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Sunday, February 27, 2011

27 February, 1862: Thursday

Government - Confederacy
The Confederate Congress gives President Davis the power to suspend the writ of habeus corpus. Davis orders martial law for the threatened cities of Norfolk and Portsmouth, Virginia.

Military (Navy) - Union
The USS Monitor goes to sea for trials and an unknown destination.



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

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