Civil War Day-By-Day

October 26, 1861

A Chronological History of the Civil War in America¹

• Rebels routed by the Union troops at Romney, Va., retreated to Winchester.
• Gallant charge of Major Zagonyi, of Fremont’s Body Guard, with 160 men, through a rebel force 2,000 strong, at Springfield, Mo.; rebels signally defeated and many of them killed.

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