FEBRUARY 20TH IN CIVIL WAR HISTORY

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1809-Henry Walton Wessells,USA,Brig.Gen.,is born at Litchfield,Ct.
1811-Louisiana becomes a state.
Vice President George Clinton cast the deciding vote in the defeat of the charter renewal of the First National Bank.
1820-Mahon Dickerson Manson,USA,Brig.Gen.,is born at Piqua,Ohio.
1827-Edward Stuyvesant Bragg,USA,Brig. Gen.,is born at Unadilla,New York.
1838-James Barbour Terrill,CSA,Brig.Gen. is born in Bath County,Virginia.
1861-P.G.T.Beauregard resigns from the US Army.
President elect Lincoln aND Vice President elect Hannibal Hamlin of Maine meet in New York City.
The Confederate Government in Montgomery,Al,establishes the Dept. Of the Navy.
1862-12 year old William Wallace "Willie"Lincoln dies in Washingto,D.C.,believed of Typhoid.
Gov.Isham Harris of Tennessee moves the state capital from Nashville to Memphis,away from the union advance,while Gen.Albert Sidney Johnston,CSA,moves his men toward Murfreesboro,Tn.
In theTrans-Mississippi,CSA,Brig.Gen.Henry Sibley moved his 2,500 manarmy of the New Mexico to Fort Craig-confederate artillery fires the first shots of the Battle of Valverde.
1863-Skirmish near Fort Halleck,the Dakota Territory with the Ute Indians.
Skirmish on the Shelbyville Turnpike,Tn.
1864-The Battle of Olustee,or Ocean Pond is the largest battle in the state of Florida,Confederate Victory.
Federal Expedition from Helena up the White River,Ark,2/20-26/1864
Skirmish at Pease,Fl.
Skirmish at West Point,Ms,the Meridian,Ms,Expedition.
Skirmish at Flat Creek,Tn.
Skirmish on the Sevierville Road near Knoxville,Tn.
Skirmish at Strawberry Plains,Tn.
Skirmishes at Upperville and Front Royal,Va,where the Federal surprise John S.Mosby'S men who were celebrating Mosby'S promotion to Lt.Col.
Affair near Hurricane Bridge,WV.
1865-Confederate House of Representatives vote to allow use of slaves in the Confederate army.
Brig.Gen.John S.Morgan,USA, is assigned to command the District of Arizona.
The Confederate attack on Fort Meyers,Fl. Is repulsed.
Skirmish at Center Creek,Mo.
1893-P.G.T.Beauregard CSA, dies.
1895-Frederick Douglas dies.
 
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