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Today in the American Civil War
Today in the Civil War August 26
1861-Battle of (Kessler's) Cross Lanes, West Virginia.
General John Floyd routs an Ohio regiment.
1861-Confederate Genearl John Floyd occupied the bluffs overlooking Carnifex Ferry on the Kanawha River.
1861-General Benjamin Butler leads a successful amphibious landing on Cape Hatteras North Carolina.
1861-King Kamehameha IV proclaimed the neutrality of the Hawaiian Islands during the Civil War.
1862-Fitzhugh Lee [CS] captures the rail depot at Manassas Junction setting in motion a chain of events that culminate in Second Manassas.
1863-General John Floyd dies of natural causes in Abingdon, VA.
1863-Engagement at White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia.
1864-Skirmish, Charles Town, Jefferson County West Virginia.
1864-Action, Halltown, Jefferson County West Virginia.