Government - Confederacy
President Davis tells General Van Dorn at Vicksburg, "The people will sustain you in your heroic determination, and may God bless you with success."
Military - Confederacy
Virginia
Skirmishing increases at Mechanicsville, just north of Richmond, as Confederates probe the Union lines.
North Carolina
A recommaissance takes place from Washington to Tranter's Creek.
Mississippi
There is a skirmish at Hamilton's Plantation, near Grand Gulf, Mississippi.
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Bibliography
The Civil War Day By Day: An Almanac 1861-1865. E.B. Long with Barbara Long, De Capo, 1971
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