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Thursday January 24 1861
- US Arsenal at Augusta, G A, is seized by the Georgia state troops, Col. A. R. Lawton, commanding.
- Union re-inforcements for Fort Pickens, FL, sail from Fortress Monroe, VA.
Friday January 24 1862
- Richard Stoddert Ewell, C.S.A., is appointed Maj. Gen.
- Bushrod Rust Johnson, CSA, is appointed Brig. Gen.
- James McQueen Mclntosh, CSA, is appointed Brig. Gen.
- Lewis Golding Arnold, USA, is appointed Brig. Gen.
- Federal expedition to the Little Sandy and Piketon, KY. (Jan 24-30)
Saturday January 24 1863
- Skirmish at Woodbury, TN.
- Federal scouts in Fauquier County, VA. (Jan 24-26)
Sunday January 24 1864
- Brig. Gen. Stephen Gardner Champlin, USA, dies at Grand Rapids, MI, from a painful and lingering hip wound he received May 31 1864, at the Battle of Seven Pines, VA.
- Confederate operations near Natchez, MS, where Brig. Gen. Wirt Adams, CSA, reports the capture of 35 prisoners and 60 drays and teams.
- Union pickets are captured at Love's Hill, 5.5 miles northeast of Knoxville, TN. A couple lucky ones escape.
- Skirmish at Tazewell, TN, as the Confederates dash upon the town on the Big Springs and Bear Creek Roads, coming from the Clinch River, but are forced to withdraw after fighting.
- Federal expedition up the James River, VA, with the assistance of the gunboats, General Jesup, Smith Briggs, and the transport, George Washington. They leave Norfolk for Newport News, then to Brandon near Fort Powhatan, where a local doctor and his property is seized for dealing with the Confederates, while the General Jesup seizes two blockade runners, the sloop Birdloe of Warwick, and the schooner, Thomas F. Dawson, seizing gold, silver, US and Confederate Bank notes, etc. (Jan 24-25)
Tuesday January 24 1865
- Skirmish at Fayetteville, AR.
- Skirmish near Bayou Goula, LA, with guerrillas.
- The expedition from Cape Girardeau, MO, to Eleven Points River, AR, as the Yankees find many families starving. The Federals use their own funds to buy food for the destitute, taking money from the wealthier Rebel families they come across. Many families profess their men have been taken off by the Confederates, conscripted. Whether they went voluntarily or not, the families are fed tonight out of the goodness of these Federal soldiers who passed their way this evening. (Jan 24-Feb 22)
- Maj. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest, CSA, assumes the command of the District of Mississippi, East Louisiana, and West Tennessee.
- Bvt. Maj. Gen. Orlando B. Wilcox, USA, is placed in temporary command of the 9th US Army Corps, the Richmond, VA, Campaign.
On This Day information kindly provided by Martin Cross, 2nd U.S. Artillery, Bty B.