Today in Civil War History September 26

TODAY IN CIVIL WAR HISTORY
September 26

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TIMELINES

Robert E. Lee
Abraham Lincoln
Fort Sumter

MILITARY & POLITICAL

1862

Expedition against Navajo Indians (August 19-October 11). New Mexico

1863

Siege of Chattanooga (Sept 24-Oct. 27). Tennessee

1864

Operations against Price (August 29-December 2). Missouri
Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley Campaign (August 7-November 28) Virginia
Siege of Petersburg and Richmond (June 16, 1864-April 2, 1865). Virginia

BIRTHS

Alvin Peterson Hovey Union Field Officer & General (1821)
John Thomas Lockman Union Field Officer (1834)
Stephen Benton Elkins Union Field Officer (1841)
William Montgomery Forrest Confederate Field Officer (1846)

DEATHS

Danville Leadbetter Confederate General (1866)
Charles McPherson Bradford Confederate Field Officer (1867)
Samuel W. Beall Union Field Officer (1868)
Richard Henry Whiteley Confederate Field Officer (1890)