On Jan. 30, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln issues Special War Order No. 1 seeking to prod federal forces into waging all-out war against secession-minded states.
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Confederate Gen. Pierre G.T. Beauregard, who forced the Union surrender at Fort Sumter in 1861 that started the war, is reassigned this week and sent West to Tennessee.
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The Union Navy, intent on further tightening the blockade on the South and seizing Confederate outposts all along its coast, dispatches the USS Hatteras to Cedar Key, Fla., in this week 150 years ago in the CivilWar.
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President Abraham Lincoln’s outspoken war secretary, Simon Cameron, a canny old-time political boss from Pennsylvania, resigns the all-important Cabinet post on Jan. 14, 1862.January 9, 2012 - Civil War- This week in the civil war
At the close of 1861, President Abraham Lincoln finds himself at war at home – and fending off a diplomatic crisis with Britain that threatens hostilities if not handled delicately.December 19, 2011 - Civil War
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In April 1861, the Civil War’s first shots were fired in Charleston, S.C. Another tumultuous event befalls Charleston on Dec. 11, 1861, when a fire sweeps a wide swath of its downtown.December 12, 2011 - Civil War
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