US Government
President Lincoln, concerned over the lack of action by his Army, finds that Major General McClellan, General-in-Chief, is ill. Lincoln wires to General Halleck, "Are General Buell and yourself in concert?"
Mississippi
A landing party from Ship Island captures Biloxi, Mississippi, destroys a Confederate battery, but does not attempt to hold the town.
Bibliography
The Civil War Day By Day: An Almanac 1861-1865. E.B. Long with Barbara Long, De Capo, 1971
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