Civil War Day-By-Day

July 26, 1861

• George McClellan appointed commander, Army of the Potomac, replacing Irvin McDowell. Some sources give the date as July 27, the day he received the orders.

A Chronological History of the Civil War in America¹

• Union troops drove out the rebels and occupied Forsyth, Mo.

1. A Chronological History of the Civil War in America by Richard Swainson Fisher, New York, Johnson and Ward, 1863