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Friday, February 18, 2011

18 February 1862: Tuesday

Government - Union
President Lincoln proclaims that the people should celebrate Washington's Birthday.

Government - Confederacy
In Richmond, the First Congress of the Confederate States of America opened. Before this, the old, unicameral secession convention had been the Provisional Congress, but the elections of the had established a formal two-house legislature.

Military - Union
Missouri
Skirmishing takes place at Independence and at Mount Vernon in Missouri.

Arkansas
There is skirmishing at Bentonville, Arkansas

North Carolina
A Union expedition operates around Winton, North Carolina.

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

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