Today in Civil War History January 18

TODAY IN CIVIL WAR HISTORY
January 18

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TIMELINES

Robert E. Lee
Abraham Lincoln
Fort Sumter

MILITARY & POLITICAL

1861

State troops again demand the surrender of Fort Pickens to Florida authorities. For a third time, the demand is refused; Fort Jefferson in the Dry Tortugas is garrisoned by U. S. troops. Florida
U. S. troops garrison Fort Jefferson in the Dry Tortugas. Florida

1862

CSS Sumter captured and burned the Neapolitan off Gibraltar, Spain. High Seas

1863

Capture of Des Arc. Arkansas
Operations against Marmaduke (Dec. 31, 1862-Jan. 25, 1863). Missouri
Action in Cherokee Country. Oklahoma

1864

Skirmish at Grand Gulf. Mississippi
Skirmish at Grand Gulf (Jan. 16-18). Mississippi
Affair at Flint Hill. Virginia

1865

Skirmish at Clarksville. Arkansas
Carolinas Campaign (Jan. 1-April 29, 1865). South Carolina & North Carolina MORE
Affair at Lovettsville. Virginia
Siege of Petersburg and Richmond (June 16, 1864-April 2, 1865). Virginia

BIRTHS

Richard C. Gatlin Confederate General (1809)
Reuben Davis Confederate General (1813)
James Chesnut, Jr. Confederate General (1815)
Lloyd Tilghman Confederate General (1816)
William Whann Mackall Confederate General (1817)
John Palmer Usher Secretary of United States Department of Interior (1818)
Richard Yates Governor of Illinois, 1861-1865 (1818)
Abraham Buford Confederate General (1820)
James H. Skinner Confederate Field Officer (1826)
Edward Ferrero Union General (1831)

DEATHS

George Nichols Hollins Confederate Naval Officer (1878)