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Thursday, July 21, 2011

21 July 1862, Monday

Union - Government
President Lincoln and his Cabinet discuss the possible use of Negroes as soldiers.

Union - Military
Virginia

Luray, Virginia is occupied by Union troops operating in the Shenandoah Valley.

Confederates - Military
Tennessee

Confederate troops capture Union pickets five miles from Nashville and burn bridges on the Chattanooga Road. The Confederate Army of the Mississippi is ordered to Chattanooga, and Major General Price assumes commamand of the Confederate District of the Tennessee.

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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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