Click 👉TODAY IN HISTORY (general history) Feb. 26.
ON THIS DAY IN CONFEDERATE HISTORY, Feb. 26.
1861: Federal troops evacuate in Texas: Future Confederate General E. Kirby Smith, but still a major in the U.S. Army with the 2nd U.S. Cavalry and in command of Camp Colorado, Texas, abandoned the camp on this day. He had previously refused to surrender it to Texas State Troops under Colonel Benjamin McCulloch. Another future Confederate general, but then as a U.S. Army general, Gen. David E. Twiggs had agreed to the evacuation of all troops, and the surrender of all installations and property, to the Texas States Troops.
Unidentified Pvt. in the 1st Tex. Inf.
(Library of Congress)
1862: New Orleans Campaign: The "Committee of Safety" in New Orleans reports to President Davis that the Navy Department's finances are deplorable and inhibiting enlistments and the payment of debts that are owed by the government.
1863: Confederate partisans near Woodburn, Tennessee capture a Federal supply train and confiscate 200 mules as well as commercial and military stores. They then burn the train.
1864: Private John S. Jackman of the 9th Kentucky Infantry in the famed "Orphan Brigade," writes in his diary that at Rocky Face Ridge, Georgia there is sharpshooting and skirmishing during the day, but otherwise it has been relatively quiet.
An unidentified Kentucky Confederate
with 2 revolvers. (Library of Congress)
CONFEDERATE GENERAL BIRTHDAYS, Feb. 26.
NONE.
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