Civilian Government - West Virginia
West Virginia
Meeting in Wheeling, the West Virginia Constitutional Convention adopts a provision that no slave or free person of color should come into the state for permanent residence.
Confederates - Military
Kentucky
The Confederates evacuate Bowling Green. Fire destroys a number of the town's buildings.
Tennessee
Confederate John B. Floyd had arrivved with more troops and took over command of the Fort from General Pillow.
Union - Military
Tennesse
The gunboat Carondelet bombards the fort in the morning.
Next, on the left flank, C. F. Smith launches an attack, from the right flank, McClernand's troops move forward.
The weather had been fair and mild at the start of the day, but in the afternoon it changed to sleety rain, with ten above zero temperatures.
Fort Heiman
There is a brief skirmish at Fort Heiman on the Tennessee.
Missouri
Springfield is once more occupied by Union troops.
North Carolina
A Union expedition leaves North River for the Albermarle Canal.
Bibliography
The Civil War Day By Day: An Almanac 1861-1865. E.B. Long with Barbara Long, De Capo, 1971
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