Union - Navy
New York
A large crowd gathers at Greenpoint, Long Island to witness the launching of the USS Monitor, the recvolutionary ironclad ship built under the direction of John Ericsson.
Confederacy - Government/Ambassadors
England
The ship carrying the two Confederate commissioners, Mason and Slidell, land from a British vessel, completing their delayed voyage after having been arrested by Union soldiers aboard a British vessel so many months ago, and held in prison.
Bibliography
The Civil War Day By Day: An Almanac 1861-1865. E.B. Long with Barbara Long, De Capo, 1971
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