26 October 1862: Sunday

Union - Military/Government
President Lincoln writes McClellan that he "rejoiced" that the army had begun to cross the Potomac.

Lincoln also gives in interview to English Quaker leader Mrs. Eliza P. Gurney.

Samuel Heintzelman succeeds Banks in command of the defenses of Washington.

Union - Military
Virginia
The Army of the Potomac, nearly idle since the Battle of Antietam, in mid-September, begins crossing the Potomac into Virginia.

Operations begin on this day and last until Nov 10 in Loudonville, Fauquier and Rappahannock counties.

Texas
Indianola falls to Union gunboats.

Confederacy - Military
Kentucky/Tennessee
General Bragg completes the evacuation of Kentucky, retiring into Tennessee toward Knoxville and Chattanooga.
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Bibliography
The Civil War Day By Day: An Almanac 1861-1865. E.B. Long with Barbara Long, De Capo, 1971