Union - Military
Mississippi
General Sherman's troops pick their way across the swamps and bayous north of Vicksburg toward the bluffs. They engage in minor fighting at Snyder's Mill against Confederate pickets as Confederate general Pemberton rushes in troops to defend Vicksburg.
Tennessee
General Rosecrans army continues its March toward Braxton Bragg's troops at Murfreesboro.
There are skirmishes on the Jefferson Pike at Stewart's Creek Bridge, Triune, Franklin and on the Murfreesboro Pike at a different Stewart's Creek Bridge.
Kentucky
The Union garrison at Elizabethtown is captured by Morgan's Confederates.
North Carolina
There is a skirmish at Elizabeth City.
Virginia
There is a skirmish at Dumfries.
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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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