Union - Military
North Carolina
To the north of Pimlico Sound, the remainder of the Confederate "Mosquito" Fleet is destroyed when Union forces fight a victorious engagement at Elizabeth City, North CArolina - the head of an important inland waterway to Virginia.
After assuring themselves of being in control of the coastal area, they turn their attention to New Berne.
South Carolina
There is a skirmish at Barnwell's Island.
Tennessee
The three Union wooden gunboats that had moved up the Tennessee to Florence, Alabama, after the fall of Fort Henry, return. General Grant's build-up against Fort Donelson is nearing completion.
Bibliography
The Civil War Day By Day: An Almanac 1861-1865. E.B. Long with Barbara Long, De Capo, 1971
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