Request a brochure Civil War Encyclopedia Blue and Gray Trail Civil War in Georgia On the Blue and Gray Trail Civil War by state Today in the Civil War Battles Images Places Feature Stories Links Search Who we are	January 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Civil War Timeline Chronology for January 26 Yesterday    Tomorrow January  February  March  April  May  June  July   August  September  October  November  December   January 26, 1830 Daniel Webster states "Liberty and Union, now and forever, one and inseparable" during a debate on state's rights January 26, 1861 By a vote of 112 to 17, the Louisiana Secessionist Convention votes to secede from the Union Louisiana   Confederate Order of Secession   Louisiana Ordinance of Secession January 26, 1861 The sovereign state of Mississippi establishes a state flag: It featured a white, five-pointed star on a dark blue canton (commonly called the Bonnie Blue), a field of white with a magnolia tree and a red banner on the fly end. Mississippi January 26, 1862 General P. G. T. Beauregard ordered west to become second-in-command to Albert Sidney Johnston   P. G. T. Beauregard   Albert Sidney Johnston January 26, 1863 In a letter to Joe Hooker, President Lincoln states that Hooker "...thwarted him (Burnside) as much as you could..."   Joseph Hooker   Abraham Lincoln   Ambrose Burnside   Letter, Abraham Lincoln to Joseph Hooker January 26, 1864 Battle of Athens Alabama January 26, 1864 Local elections are permitted in Tennessee where the federal government feels it is in control of the state Tennessee January 26, 1870 The state of Virginia is granted readmission to Congress if the members of the Legislature agree never to amend their state constitution to denay the Negro the right of suffrage, the right to hold office, or their educational privileges Virginia Ongoing on this day: June 15, 1864 April 2, 1865 Siege of Petersburg Virginia   Robert E. Lee   P. G. T. Beauregard   Army of Northern Virginia   Ulysses S. Grant   Siege of Petersburg April 12, 1861 May 10, 1865 The American Civil War   The Civil War January 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 January  February  March  April  May  June  July   August  September  October  November  December   Yesterday     Tomorrow The best search in Civil War History
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