President Lincoln approves General Burnside's moves for driving on Richmond, as the new commander of the Army of the Potomac reorganized his forces into grand divisions - the Right Grand Division under Major General Edwin V. Sumner, the Center Grand Division under Major General Joseph Hooker, and the Left Grand Division under Major General William B. Franklin.
Government/Civilian - Union
Louisiana
In New Orleans, a proclamation calls for the election of members of the U.S. Congress from portions of the state held by Union troops.
Virginia
There are skirmishes at Waterloo, Zuni and Jefferson.
Tennessee
General Bragg concentrates his army around Tullahoma, southeast of Nashville.
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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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