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Thursday September 26 1861
  • Federal expedition from Cumberland Ford, KY, including skirmish at Laurel Bridge, Laurel County, and the capture of Salt Works in Clay County, KY, by Brig. Gen. Felix K. Zollicoffer, CSA. (Sep 26-30)
  • The destruction of the locks at the mouth of the Muddy River, near Lucas Bend, KY, by Brig. Gen. Simon B. Buckner, CSA.
  • Skirmish at Hunter's farm, near Belmont, MO.
  • Skirmish near Fort Thorn, the New Mexico Territory.
Friday September 26 1862
  • The following are appointed Union Brigadier Generals:
    • William Woods Averell, USA
    • Alfred Sully, USA
    • Gouverneur Kemble Warren, USA
  • Federal expedition from Helena to Jeffersonville and Marianna, AR.
  • Federal expedition from Helena to La Grange, AR.
  • Skirmish with Sioux Indians at Fort Abercrombie, the Dakota Territory.
  • Action at West Liberty, KY.
  • Skirmish near Cambridge, MO, as the Federals walk into an ambush.
  • Skirmish at Pocahontas, TN.
  • Skirmish near Catlett's Station, VA.
  • Federal expedition from Point Pleasant, up the Kanawha River, to Buffalo, WV, and skirmish with Brig. Gen. Albert G. Jenkins, CSA. (Sep 26-27)
Saturday September 26 1863
  • Skirmish at Hunt's Mill, near Larkinsville, AL.
  • Skirmish at Cassville, MO.
  • Maj. Gen. William Henry Chase Whiting, CSA, is assigned to the separate command of the District of Cape Fear and the Defenses of Wilmington, NC.
  • Skirmish at Calhoun, TN.
  • Skirmish near Winchester, TN.
  • Skirmish at Richards' Ford, VA, as a Rebel force coming from Stafford Court-House capture's the Union picket post there.
Monday September 26 1864
  • Skirmish at Vache Grass, AR.
  • Skirmish near Roswell, GA.
  • Skirmish at Osage Mission, KS.
  • Federal expedition from Napoleonville to Grand River and Bayou Pigeon, LA. (Sep 26-30)
  • Federal expedition from Natchez, MS, to Waterproof and Sicily Island, LA. (Sep 26-Oct 30)
  • Skirmishes in Arcadia Valley, Shut-in Gap, and Ironton, MO, as Maj. Gen. Sterling Price, CSA, heads towards St. Louis, MO.
  • Skirmish at Richland Creek, near Pulaski, TN, with Maj. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest, CSA.
  • Skirmish at Brown's Gap, VA, with the burning of barns, fields, and houses, by Maj. Gen. Philip Henry Sheridan, including the following:
    • Skirmish at Port Republic, VA.
    • Skirmish at Weyer's Cave, VA.
Tuesday September 26 1865
No events on this date.

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