Union - Military
Virginia
Union troops, threatened by Stonewall Jackson's forces, move back from Strasburg, Virginia toward Winchester in the Shenandoah. Banks' command has been weakened by the diversion of a major portion of his army toward Washington, which President Lincoln wants to protect the capitol. Jackson's men follow after them.
There is a Union reconnaissance at Gainesville, and another to Dumfries.
western Virginia
There is a skirmish at Philippi.
North Carolina
General Burnside's troops from New Berne, North Carolina march toward Washington, North Carolina (and will capture the town on the 21st.)
South Carolina
There are "operations" near Bluffton.
There are skirmishes at Buckingham and Hunting Island, part of the Union operations from Hilton Head.
Mississippi
After a long sea voyage, General Benjamin F. Butler arrives at Ship Island, Mississippi, and assumes command of the Department of the Gulf. This continues the build up of Northern forces massing to attack New Orleans.
Bibliography
The Civil War Day By Day: An Almanac 1861-1865. E.B. Long with Barbara Long, De Capo, 1971
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