TODAY IN CIVIL WAR HISTORY
January 25
January 25
TIMELINES
Robert E. Lee
Abraham Lincoln
Fort Sumter
MILITARY
& POLITICAL
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1863
- Skirmish in Pope County. Arkansas
- Operations against Marmaduke (Dec. 31, 1862-Jan. 25, 1863). Missouri
- Affair at Antioch. Tennessee
- Skirmish at Mill Creek. Tennessee
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1864
- Skirmish at Bainbridge Ferry. Alabama
- Action at Sweetwater. Alabama
- Engagement at Florence. Alabama
- Skirmish at Little Missouri River. Arkansas
- Affair at Grand Bayou or Bayou Grand. Florida
- Evacuation of Corinth. Mississippi
- Skirmish at Mount Pleasant. Mississippi
- Union Expedition to Quallatown (January 21-February 7). North Carolina
- Skirmish at Lagrange. Tennessee
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1865
- Skirmish at Sulphur Springs. Arkansas
- Skirmish at Gittrell's Ranch. Colorado
- Skirmish at Simpsonville. Kentucky
- Carolinas Campaign (Jan. 1-April 29, 1865). South Carolina & North Carolina MORE
- Skirmish at Powhatan. Virginia
- Siege of Petersburg and Richmond (June 16, 1864-April 2, 1865). Virginia
BIRTHS
- Francis H. Pierpont Provisional Governor of West Virginia, 1861-1863 (1814)
- Xavier Blanchard Debray Confederate Field Officer & General (1816)
- William T. Spicely Union Field Officer (1823)
- Seldon Connor Union General (1839)
DEATHS
- Francis W. Pickens Governor of South Carolina, 1860-1862 (1869)
- Richard Stoddert Ewell Confederate General (1872)
- Albion P. Howe Union General (1897)
- Joseph Wheeler Confederate General (1906)