Birthdays

James Crook
Turns 25 on this date

Stephen Elliott
Turns 31 on this date

Arthur Middleton Manigault
Turns 37 on this date

Thomas Peck Ochiltree
Turns 22 on this date

Lorenzo Thomas
Turns 57 on this date
Events
Battles/Soldiers | The Confederate commerce raider Nashville runs the blockade at Charleston and heads for the North Atlantic | 10/26/1861 |
Business/Industry | Two days after the first coast to coast telegraph message the Pony Express ceases operations | 10/26/1861 |
Documents
Military record | Gen. B. F. Kelley to the People of Hampshire County, Virginia, October 26, 1861 | 10/26/1861 |
Judicial record | George W. Phillips, Assistant U.S. Marshall, to Judges of U.S. Circuit Court of the District of Columbia, October 26, 1861 | 10/26/1861 |