Today In History
A Day in the History of the Civil War
Today is Sunday, January 11, 2026.
Birthdays
1807 Alfred Eugene "Mudwall" Jackson, Brig General (Confederate Army)
1814 Richard Griffith, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1862
1816 Fitz-Henry Warren, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1878
1818 John Reese Kenly, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1891
1831 James Ronald Chalmers, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1898
Events
1861 Mexico City captured by Ju rez (Lib) in War of Reform
1861 Alabama becomes 4th state to secede
1863 Naval engagement near Galveston between CSS Alabama & USS Hatteras
1863 Union forces capture Arkansas Post, or Ft Hindman, Arkansas
1865 Battle of Beverly, WV
That's all for today
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