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Monday, January 7, 2013

7 January 1862: Tuesday

Union - Government/Military
The Federal Department of North Carolina is formed and will be commanded by Brigadier General Ambrose E. Burnside.

Confederacy - Military
Western Virginia
Stonewall Jsckson orders his troops from Hancock, Maryland toward Romney, western Virginia. There is fighting at Hanging Rock Pass/Blue's Gap.

Kentucky
In eastern Kentucky, there is a skirmish near Paintsville and another at Jennie's Creek.


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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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