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

The Oglethorpe Barracks and Fort Jackson, Savannah, GA, are seized by the State troops by order of Governor Joseph Brown.
The ordinance of secession is overwhelming adopted by the Louisiana State Convention at Baton Rouge, by a vote of 113-17, the 6th state to secede.

Federal reconnaissance to Wilmington Narrows, or Freeborn's Cut, GA, with naval engagement. (Jan 26-28)
Gen. Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard, CSA, is ordered from the Potomac District, VA, to Columbus, KY, to assist Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston, CSA.

Skirmish at Mulberry Springs, AR.
Skirmish at Township, FL.
The CSS Alabama captures and burns the vessel Golden Rule off the coast off Santo Domingo.
Skirmish at Grove Church, near Morrisville, VA.
Skirmishes near Fairfax Court-House and at Middleburg, VA, with Union pickets and Capt. John S. Mosby's Confederate Virginia Partisan Rangers. (Jan 26-27)
In a shake-up in the command of the Army of the Potomac, President Lincoln orders the following removals/promotions:
- Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker, USA, supersedes Maj. Gen. Ambrose Everett Burnside, USA, in command of the Army of the Potomac.
- Maj. Gen. Darius Nash Couch, USA, supersedes Maj. Gen. Edwin Vose Sumner, USA, in command of the Right Grand Division
- Maj. Gen. George Gordon Meade, USA, assumes command of the Center Grand Division
- Maj. Gen. Oliver Otis Howard, USA, supersedes Maj. Gen. John Sedgwick, USA, in command of the 2d US Army Corps
- Brig. Gen. Charles Griffin, USA, is temporarily in command of the 5th US Army Corps.

Attack on Athens, North AL.
Skirmish at Caddo Gap, AR.
Affair in the San Andres Mountains, the New Mexico Territory, as Federal troops from Fort Craig overtake Indians. The Federals are attacked during the night and forced to retreat with casualties on both sides.
Operations about Dandridge, TN. (Jan 26-28)
Skirmishes at Flat Creek and Muddy Creek, near Dandridge, TN, with Maj. Gen. John G. Foster, USA, commanding the Army of the Ohio, pitted against Lieut. Gen. James Longstreet, CSA.
Skirmish near Knoxville, TN.
Skirmish at Sevierville, TN, as the Federals evacuate Tazewell and the Confederates of Lieut. Gen. James Longstreet's command occupy Servierville.
Maj. Gen. John G. Parke, USA, resumes the command of the 9th US Army Corps, Knoxville, TN.
The destruction of vast amounts of Confederate food in Hertford County, NC, by Brig. Gen. Innis N. Palmer, USA. The Federal list includes 200,000 pounds of pork, plus tobacco, cotton, wagons, etc.

Skirmish at Paint Rock, AL.
Federal scout from Pine Bluff toward Camden and Monticello, AR, with skirmishes, as both sides leave men lying on the ground in final peaceful serenity. (Jan 26-31)
Federal expedition from Plaquemine to The Park, LA, with skirmish (Feb 4) at The Park. (Jan 26-Feb 4)
Skirmish near Pocotaligo, SC, with Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman, USA.
Federal expedition from Memphis, TN, into Southeastern Arkansas and Northeastern Louisiana, as the Yankees lay waste to vast amounts of Confederate provisions, food, etc., including the capture of the Confederate transport, Jim Barkman, that was loading corn for the Confederates at Camden. (Jan 26-Feb 11)

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