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Civil War Timeline Chronology for October 24
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October 24 , 1861
Western Union completes the final segment of the transcontinental telegraph from Denver to Sacramento
Telegraph
October 24 , 1861
People of West Virginia vote overwhelmingly in favor of creating a new state as spelled out by the Wheeling Convention
West Virginia
October 24 , 1862
Don Carlos Buell [US] is relieved of command from the Army of the Ohio for his failure to pursue Bragg [CS] following the Battle of Perryville. William Starke Rosecrans is ordered to replace him.
Don Carlos Buell
William S. Rosecrans
Confederate Invasion of Kentucky
October 24 , 1862
The XIV Corps, better known as the Army of the Cumberland, is created from the Army of the Ohio.
Army of the Cumberland
Army of the Ohio
October 24 , 1863
General Grant, in Chattanooga, approves the plan of "Baldy" Smith to open a "Cracker Line" between Chattanooga and the railhead at Stevenson, Alabama
Alabama Tennessee
Ulysses S. Grant
Battles for Chattanooga
William Farrar Smith
Cracker Line
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