Template:TITCW/April 27, 1861
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Jump to navigationJump to search- John Henry Winder is appointed Brigadier General in the Confederate Army
- At the direction of President Lincoln Lieutenant General Winfield Scott announces the suspension of the writ of habeas corpus between Philadelphia and Washington, D.C.
- Major General Robert Patterson, commanding the Pennsylvania Militia, is assigned to the command of the Department of Pennsylvania
- Brigadier General Benjamin Butler, commanding the Massachusetts Militia, is assigned to the command of the Department of Annapolis
- Colonel Thomas Jackson, commanding Confederate Virginia volunteers, is assigned to the command of the Virginia State Troops at and about Harper's Ferry, Virginia
- The Virginia State Convention offers Richmond to the Confederacy as its capital, in lieu of Montgomery, Alabama, which is strategically too distant from the events of the day
- Colonel Joseph Mansfield is assigned to the command of the Department of Washington, D.C.
