Hawaii
King Kamehameha IV of the Hawaiian Islands proclaims the neutrality of his country in the war.
Washington, DC
Navy Captain Andrew Foote is assigned to command of the Federal gunboat forces on Western rivers, replacing John Rodgers. Rodgers had done well (according to author E. B. Long) but there had been personality clashes.
Western Virginia
Fighting breaks out at Cross Lanes near Summerville.
Skirmishing takes place at Wayne Court House and at Blue's House.
Hampton Roads, Virginia
A federal naval squadron and army transports leave Hampton Roads, Virginia, en route for Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. Commodore Silas H. Stringham is in command of the naval portion of eight ships, General B. F. Butler is in charge of the army portion of 900 men.
BibliographyThe Civil War Day By Day: An Almanac 1861-1865. E.B. Long with Barbara Long, De Capo, 1971
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