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Wednesday, May 18, 2011

18 May 1862: Sunday

Confederacy - Military
Virginia
Stonewall Jackson's troops march northward from Mount Solon, as Union troops fall back in the western valley along the north fork of the Shenandoah.

There is a skirmish at Woodstock, in the valley.

Mississippi
On the Mississippi, Admiral Farragut's fleet arrives at Vicksburg to demand the surrender of the city. Confederate Brigadier General Martin Luther Smith refuses.

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

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