12 May 1862: Monday

Union - Government
President Lincoln proclaims the opening to commerce of the ports of Beaufort, North Carolina, Port Royal, South Carolina, and New Orleans.

Tennessee
There is a convention of pro-Unionists at Nashville, as the military government takes hold.

Union - Military
Mississippi
Farragut's Union flotilla from New Orleans briefly occupies Natchez, Mississippi, receiving the surrender of the city from the mayor.

There is a skirmish at Farmington.

Western Virginia
There is a skirmish at Lewisburg.

Virginia
There is a skirmish at Monterey.




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