A no-frills day-by-day account of what was happening 150 years ago, this blog is intended to be a way that we can experience or remember the Civil War with more immediacy, in addition to understanding the flow of time as we live in it.
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Nov. 21, 1861
Nov. 21, 1861: Richmond, Virginia - Pres. Jefferson Davis accepts the resignation of Leroy Walker as Secretary of War for the Confederacy, under criticism for perceived shortfalls in the managing of the war. He appoints as the new Secretary Judah P. Benjamin, former senator from Louisiana.
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