The Confederate government orders General Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard from the Potomac District to the West. Here, he becomes second in command to Albert Sidney Johnston. This leaves General Joseph E. Johnston in full command in Virginia.
PGT Beauregard
Union - Military
Georgia
A Union reconnaissance takes place Jan 26-28 at Wilmington Narrows aka Freeborn's Cut, Georgia.
Bibliography
The Civil War Day By Day: An Almanac 1861-1865. E.B. Long with Barbara Long, De Capo, 1971
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