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Tuesday, May 17, 2011

17 May 1862: Saturday

Union - Government
President Lincoln confers with his Secretary of War regarding General McClellan's oft-repeated calls for reinforcements.

Confederacy - Government
President Davis writes to General Johnston giving various suggestions, but, like Lincoln, declines to direct military operations.

Union - Military
Virginia
General McDowell oon the Rappahannock is ordered to march upon Richmond in cooperation with McClellan's Army of the Potomac.

There is a small Union expedition up the Pamunkey as McClellan's army settles in before Richmond.

Mississippi
Near Corinth, there is skirmishing as General Halleck's army also mounts a siege of Corinth.

Arkansas
There is a skirmish at Little Red 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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