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Sunday, March 27, 2011

27 March, 1862: Thursday

Government/Military - Confederacy
In Richmond, General Joseph E. Johnston is ordered to reinforce the Confederate forces on the Peninsula under John Bankhead Magruder, which was on the point of being seriously threatened by McClellan's Army of the Potomac moving from For Monroe, Virginia.

Virginia
There are minor operations in the vicinity of Middleburg and White Plains.

Florida
There is a reconnaissance on Santa Rose Island, Florida.


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

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