Richmond, Virginia
President Jefferson Davis names commissioners to Europe:
Pierre A. Rost to Spain
James M. Mason to Great Britain
John Slidell to France
Their task is to attempt to obtain foreign recognition of the Confederacy. In addition, they are to act as purchasing agents for guns, ammunitions, and supplies.
Washington, DC
Several people are arrested, including Mrs. Phillips Phillips, and Mrs. Rose Greenhow, on charges of corresponding with the Confederates.
President Lincoln tells Governor Beriah Magoffin of Kentucky that he can not and will not remove the pro-Union forces being organized in Kentucky despite claims of the state to neutrality.
General northern cities
Raids continue on "seccessionist" newspapers in the North.
BibliographyThe Civil War Day By Day: An Almanac 1861-1865. E.B. Long with Barbara Long, De Capo, 1971
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