19 May, 1862: Monday

Confederacy - Government
A worried President Davis writes to his wife of the threat to Richmond. "We are uncertain of everything except that a battle must be near at hand."

Union - Government
President Lincoln disavows the emancipation proclamation of Major General David Hunter issued in the Department of the South, and reserved for the President the power, if it became necessary, to issue such a proclamation.

Lincoln also appealed to the states for adoption ofhis policy of gradual emancipation.

Union - Military
Virginia
There is fighting at Gaines' Mill.
There is fighting at City Point.

Mississippi
There is fighting near Farmington, near Corinth.

Arkansas

There is a skirmish at Searcy Landing.
A Union expedition to Fort Pillow begins, and will last until May 23.





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