Union-Military
Virginia
There is a skirmish at Elk Mountain, in Western Virhinia.
There is a skirmish at Strasburg, with Union troops under General James Shields advancing against Stonewall Jackson's retreating men. Most of the remaining men in General Banks' command had been ordered east toward WAshington, to help protect the capitol.
South Carolina
A reconnaissance by Union troops begins on the May River.
Bibliography
The Civil War Day By Day: An Almanac 1861-1865. E.B. Long with Barbara Long, De Capo, 1971
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