Washington, DC
Federal Brigadier General Robert Anderson (who had commanded Fort Sumter) is named Commander of the Department of the Cumberland. This department consists of Kentucky and Tennessee, with headquarters at Cincinatti.
Missouri
Unionists in Missouri, led by John C. Frémont (1813-1890), fearing that Confederate forces led by General Ben McCulloch and General Sterling Price will invade. Frémont asks Washington for reinforcementys. President Lincoln told the War Department to request the governors of western states to aid him.
Dry Tortugas, FL
Sixty men of the Second Maine who had refused to obey orders are transferred to fatigue duty on Dry Tortugas off Key West, Florida.
California
Federal troops search for Indians from Fort Crook to the Pitt River. They will do this from August 15 to August 22, 1861.
Bibliography
The Civil War Day By Day: An Almanac 1861-1865. E.B. Long with Barbara Long, De CApo, 1971
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