Union - Military
Mississippi - Tennessee
The army of GEneral Halleck completes its preliminary preparations for marching from Pittsburg Landing, Tennessee toward the Confederates at Corinth, Mississippi.
Halleck has over 100,000 men, Beauregard has about 2/3rd that msny.
Grant is relegated to second-in-command under Halleck. He is upset by what he considers to be a demotion.
Also in Tennessee, there is a skirmish on the Mobile and Ohio Railroad, near Bethel Station.
South Carolina
There are skirmishes at Pineberry Battery, Willstown, and White Point.
Kentucky
There is a skirmish at Cumberlandd Gap.
North Carolina
There is a skirmish at Batchelder's Creek.
Louisiana
Union officers raise the US flag at the New Orleans Custom House and the city hall, over the opposition of the frustrated populace and city authorities.
Alabama
There is a skirmish at West Bridge, near Bridgeport.
Bibliography
The Civil War Day By Day: An Almanac 1861-1865. E.B. Long with Barbara Long, De Capo, 1971
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