Union - Military/Government
General James H. Carleton takes over for Brigadier General E. R. S. Canby in command of the Department of New Mexico.
Confederacy - Military
Maryland
Confederate officers advise Lee to withdraw across the Potomac on the night of the 17th, but he remained at Sharpsburg, finally pulling out of Maryland on the night of 18-19 at Boteler's or Blackford's Ford.
McClellan, despite the arrival of 12,000 men plus some 24,000 others who had seen little or no action, allows the day to pass without attack. Even with his greatly superior numbers, McClellan feared the consequences of defeat. Lee's Maryland campaign was over, but the aftermaths were many.
Kentucky
There are skirmishes at Glasgow, Florence, Owensborough and Cave City.
At Glasgow, General Braxton Bragg proclaims that his Confederate army had come to that state to free the people from tyranny and not as conquerors and despoilers.
Mississippi
There is a skirmish at Rienzi.
Tennessee
There are skirmishes around Fort Henry and Fort Donelson, which will continue until the 23rd.
Atlantic Ocean
The Alabama continues its marauding - capturing and burning the New Bedford, Mass whaler Elisha Dunbar.
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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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