ACWS - On This Day in the American Civil War 26th August

Col. Benjamin L. Beall, 1st US Dragoons, is assigned to the command the District of Oregon.
Skirmish at Blue's House WV.
Action at Cross-Lanes, near Summersville, WV, a Confederate victory by Brig. Gen John B. Floyd, CSA, surprising Col. Tyler, 27th Ohio Infantry as his men ate breakfast.
Skirmishes at Wayne Court-House, WV. (Aug 26-27)
The US ships, Cumberland, Fanny, Harriet Lane, Minnesota, Monticello, Pawnee, Susquehanna, and the Wabash, under the command of Commodore Silas Stringham, USN, in conjunction with Maj. Gen. Benjamin F. Butler, USA, sail from Hampton Roads, VA, for the North Carolina Coast at Cape Hatteras with 900 Union soldiers to attack Forts Clark and Hatteras.

The capture of the Confederate steamer, Fair Play, by Maj. Gen. Samuel R. Curtis, USA.
Col. James H. Carleton, 1st CA Infantry is assigned to the command of the Department of New Mexico.
Skirmish near Rienzi, MS, with Col. Philip H. Sheridan, USA.
Skirmish at Fort Donelson, and at Cumberland Iron Works, Cumberland Gap, TN.
The 2nd US Army Corps embarks at Fort Monroe, VA, for Northern Virginia.
The capture of Manassas Station, VA, by Maj. Gen. Stonewall Jackson's troops, under Brig. Gen. Fitzhugh Lee, CSA's cavalry.
Skirmishes at Bristoe Station, Bull Run Bridge, Gainesville, Hay Market, Manassas Junction, and Sulphur Springs, VA, as Maj. Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson, CSA, pushes his Confederate Army Corps of the Army of Northern Virginia through Thoroughfare Gap in the Bull Mountains.

Brig. Gen. John Buchanan Floyd, CSA, dies near Abingdon, VA, due to his declining health.
Skirmish near Bayou Meto, AR.
Skirmish at Perryville, the Indian Territory, as Maj. Gen. James G. Blunt, USA, moves against Brig. Gen. William Steele, CSA, and Col. Stand Watie, CSA.
The 2nd assault and successful capture of the Confederate rifle-pits, outside Battery Wagner on Morris Island, SC.
Skirmishes at Harrison's Landing, TN, the Chickamauga Campaign. (Aug 26-27)
Federal expedition from Williamsburg to Bottom's Bridge, VA, and skirmishes with loss of life. (Aug 26-29)
Engagement at Rocky Gap, near White Sulphur Springs, WV, with Brig. Gen. William W. Avfrell, USA, Cavalry. (Aug 26-27)
Skirmishes during Brig. Gen. William Woods Averell's, USA, Cavalry raid into West Virginia and skirmishes:
- near Moorefield (Aug 26)
- near Sutton (Aug 26),
- on Elk Run (Aug 27), and
- near Glenville (Aug 27), WV.
  (Aug 26-28)

Federal operations at the Chattahoochee railroad bridge and at Pace's and Turner's Ferries, GA, with skirmishes, as Maj. Gen. James Schofield, USA, part of Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman's, USA, command attempt to surround Lieut. Gen. John Bell Hood, CSA, around Atlanta, GA. (Aug 26-Sep 1)
Skirmish near Bayou Tensas (Aug 26), and expedition from Goodrich's Landing to Bayou Macon, LA. (Aug 28-31). (Aug 26-31)
Affair at Williamsport, MD, as Lieut. Gen. Jubal Early, CSA, crosses back into Maryland.
Skirmish near Charlestown, WV, the Shenandoah Valley, VA, Campaign.
Action at Halltown, WV, the Shenandoah Valley, VA, Campaign.

Brig. Gen. Marcellus Monroe Crocker, USA, dies at Washington, DC, from camp fever (tuberculosis) that afflicted him for a very long time.

On This Day information kindly provided by Martin Cross, 2nd U.S. Artillery, Bty B.