Union - Military
Arkansas
Union forces win an engagement at Cane Hill or Boston Mountains, when troops under James Blunt attacked Confederates under John S. Marmaduke and drove them back with considerable loss. This gives the Union troops a momentary edge in the Trans-Mississippi fighting.
Mississippi
There is a skirmish at Holly Springs, where Union troops are beginning to build up supplies for their advance on Vicksburg.
There is also a skirmish at the junction of the Coldwater and Tallahatchie Rivers.
Tennessee
There are skirmishes on the Carthage road, near Hartsville and near Rome.
Virginia
There is a skirmish neat Hartwood Church.
Union troops conduct a 3-day reconnaissance from Chantilly to Berryville.
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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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