JANUARY 21ST. IN CIVIL WAR HISTORY

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1824-Thomas Jonathan (STONEWALL)Jackson was born
1861-U.S.Senator and former Sec.of War Jefferson Davis bids farewell to the Senate along with Clement C.Clay (Ala.),Benjamin Fitzpatrick (Ala.),Stephen B.Mallory (Fla.), and David L.Yulee (Fla.)
All but six of the delegates to the Georgia Secession Convention vote for secession.
1862-B.G.John A.McClernand,U.S.A. returns to his base of ops at Columbus,Ky.
1863-Maj.Gen.Fitz John Porter officially cashiered from the Union Army by order of Pres.Lincoln.
Skirmish near Columbia,Mo.
Pres.Jefferson Davis orders Gen.Joseph E.Johnston to travel to Manchester,Tn.to discuss with Gen.Bragg as to why he retreated from Murfreesboro,Tn.
Skirmish on the Shelbyville Pike,Tn.
1864-Mary Chesnut references Patrick Cleburne'S reference to arming slaves as soldiers.
Maj.Gen.Carl Schurz is temporarily in command of the 11th U.S.Army Corps near Knoxville,Tn.
Federal scout from Chattanooga,Tn. To Harrison and Ooltewah Tn. and skirmish with some of Maj.Gen. Joseph Wheeler's Cavalry.
1865-Gen. Grant informs Pres. Lincoln that he will be pleased to find a place for his son Robert in his military family.
1868-Mississippi rejects the 14th. Admenment to the U.S. Constitution.
 
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