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Sunday, January 23, 2011

23 January, 1862: Thursday

Military - Union
Missouri

In St. Louis, Missouri, which is under martial law, Major General Halleck seizes the property of pro-seccessionists who had failed to pay assessments for the aid of pro-Northern fugitives. Army officers were empowered to arrest anyone interfering with the execution of orders.


Military - Confederates
Kentucky

A small Confederate force farries off the county records from Blandville, Kentucky.

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Bibliography
The Civil War Day By Day: An Almanac 1861-1865. E.B. Long with Barbara Long, De Capo, 1971

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