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Thursday, August 11, 2011

11 August 1862: Monday

Union - Military
General Grant, at Corinth Mississippi, orders that fugitive slaves coming into the lines be employed in various departments.

Confederates - Military
Missouri

Confederate guerrillas capture Independence, in a daring raid.

There are skirmishes at Compton's Ferry/Little Compton, Grand River and Taberville.

Virginia
Stonewall Jackson's corps withdraws briefly from north of the Rapidan River to the vicinity of Gordonsville.

Arkansas
There is a skirmish near Helena.

Mississippi
There is a skirmish near Brown's Plantation.

Texas
There is a skirmish near Velasco

Tennessee
There are skirmishes at Saulsbury, Kinderhook, and Williamsport.


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

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