Government - Union
President Lincoln charges Attorney General Edward Bates with enforcement of the Federal Confiscation Act.
Union - Military
Mississippi
Union troops take possession of the valuable rail center of Holly Springs after a brief skirmish.
Tennessee
There is a skirmish near Nashville.
General Bragg begins moving the main body of the Army of Tennessee from Chattanooga north toward Murfreesboro to join Breckinridge.
Virginia
There is a skirmish at Sulphur Springs.
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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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