TODAY IN CIVIL WAR HISTORY
January 27
January 27
TIMELINES
Robert E. Lee
Abraham Lincoln
Fort Sumter
MILITARY
& POLITICAL
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1863
- Bombardment of Fort McAllister (January 27-February 28). Georgia
- Skirmish at Centre Hill. Mississippi
- Skirmish at Bloomfield. Missouri
- Expedition from Beaufort up the St. Mary's River in Georgia and Florida (Jan. 26-Feb. 1). South Carolina
- Skirmish near Germantown. Tennessee
- Skirmish at Middleburg. Virginia
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1864
- Affair at the Cumberland River. Kentucky
- Union Expedition to Quallatown (January 21-February 7). North Carolina
- Battle of Fair Garden. Tennessee
- Skirmish near Knoxville. Tennessee
- Action at Kelly's Ford. Tennessee
- Skirmish at McNutt's Bridge. Tennessee
- Skirmish at Scott's Mill Road. Tennessee
- Affair at Thoroughfare Gap. Virginia
- Skirmish at Wayne Court House. West Virginia
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1865
- Skirmish at Elrod's Tan Yard. Alabama
- Skirmish at Lillian Springs Ranch. Colorado
- Skirmish at Ennis' Crossroads. South Carolina
- Carolinas Campaign (Jan. 1-April 29, 1865). South Carolina & North Carolina MORE
- Siege of Petersburg and Richmond (June 16, 1864-April 2, 1865). Virginia
BIRTHS
- Thomas Allcock Union Field Officer & Brevet Brigadier General (1815)
- Thomas L. Kane Union General (1822)
- Richard Taylor Confederate General (1826)
- Richard W. Johnson Union General (1827)
- Samuel A. Rice Union General (1828)
- William Henry Fitzhugh Payne Confederate General (1830)
- Robert S. Foster Union General (1834)
DEATHS
- James Gillespie Blaine Union Politician (1893)
- John B. Overmyer Union Field Officer (1903)