Jan. 18, 1862

Jan. 18, 1862: 　Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, having pushed troops up the east bank of the Mississippi, the Cumberland, and the Tennessee Rivers as a feint against the Rebels in Tennessee, calls back Gen. McClernand’s troops from the Cumberland.　B. Gen. C.F. Smith, with the Navy "timberclad" gunboats Lexington and Conestoga, has pushed up the Tennessee as far as Fort Henry, where the gunboats exchange shots with the fort.

--In Kentucky, Crittenden orders Gen. Zollicoffer forward with his troops under cover of night in a driving storm, toward Thomas’s Union brigade at Logan’s Crossroads. During the night, Thomas is reinforced by three more regiments under B. Gen. Schoepf, bringing his total numbers up to

--John Tyler, the 10^th President of the United States, who supported his native Virginia toward secession, dies at his home in Richmond.　 At the time, Tyler is serving as a representative from Virginia in the Confederate Congress.