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Sunday, January 20, 2013

20 January, 1862: Monday

Confederate - Military
Kentucky
The Confederates complete their withdrawal across the Cumberland River, leaving the spoils of war to the Union soldiers.

South Carolina
A second group of hulks loaded with stone is sunk by Union forces at the entrance of the shipping channel to halt blockade runners.

Kansas
Minor operations ans skirmishing begin in and about Atchison, Kansas, and will last until the 24th.

Alabama
A blockade-runner, the British Andracita (otherwise the Confederate JW Wilder), is run ashore by Union vessels off the coast of Alabama.Smaller Union boats try to take possession of the grounded vessel, but are fired upon and driven off by Confederate land troops.

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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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