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Tuesday, July 19, 2011

19 July 1862: Saturday

Government - Union
President Lincoln names John S. Phelps of Missouri as military governor of Arkansas.

Union - Military
Virginia
A Union expedition leaves for Beaver Dam Station where it destroys military stores and the railroad, on this day and on the 20th.

Mssouri
A Union scout is carried out in Polk and Dallas counties from today until the 23rd.

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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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