6 September 1862:

Union - Military/Government
John Pope is formally assigned to the Department of the Northwest, newly created out of Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota, and Nebraska and Dakota territories. His main job was to cope with the Sioux uprising.

Confederates - Military
Maryland
tonewall Jackson's men occupy Frederick, as thr Army of Northern Virginia establishes their base of operations north of the Potomac. Skirmishes with Union cavalry will take place every day until the 16th.

The Confederates had expected to pick up recruits in Maryland, but as they entered Frederick, all stores were shut, and no flags flew.

The Southerners treated Frederick courteously for the most part - there was little or no pillaging or looting.

Union - Military
Virginia
The Union evacuates Aquia Creek, near Fredericksburg, leaving much property destroyed at the important rail and port facility.

Dakota Territory
The Sioux unsuccessfully attack Fort Abercrombie, Dakota Territory, for the second time.

Missouri
There is a skirmish at Roanoke.

North Carolina
There is a skirmish at Washington (not to be confused with Washington, DC!)

Tennessee
There is a skirmish on the Gallatin Road.

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