Union - Government
President Lincoln asks Attorney General Bates to make out a commission for David Davis of Illinois as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court.
Union - Civilian
Pennsylvania
Resistance to the ineffective Pennsylvania militia draft begins to develop in some states, particularly in several counties of Pennsylvania. At Berkley in Luzerne County, troops had to put down opposition.
Union - Military
Missouri
There is a skirmish at Lexington.
Arkansas
There are skirmishes at Mountain Home and Sugar Creek.
Kentucky
There are skirmishes at Valley Woods and Rockhill.
Tennessee
There is a skirmish at Island #10.
Virginia
There is an expedition on this day, and on the 18th, by Union troops to Thoroughfare Gap.
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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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