January 26, 1864
---In East Tennessee, Sturgis’ cavalry is sparring with
Confederates as both armies compete for forage in the already-stripped
area. Rebel cavalry under Morgan and
Armstrong taps at Sturgis’ positions, but do not push hard. Sturgis sends a dispatch to Gen. Foster in
Knoxville, asking for reinforcements.
---On this evening, a reception is held at the White House
in Washington, D.C. The Washington National Republican reports
that 8,000 people went through the reception line and shook hands with the
President. “The President looks in
better health than ever.”
---Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles writes in his diary
of a former slave belonging to Jefferson Davis:
January
26, Tuesday. Stanton tells some curious matters of Jeff Davis, derived from
Davis’s servant, who escaped from Richmond. The servant was a slave, born on
Davis’s plantation. Mrs. Davis struck him three times in the face, and took him
by the hair to beat his head against the wall. At night the slave fled and
after some difficulty got within our lines. He is, Stanton says, very
intelligent for a slave and gives an interesting inside view of Rebel trials
and suffering.
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