Confederacy - Civilian
A fire destroys much of the business district of Charleston, South Carolina, east of King Street and near the Cooper River. The city is already suffering from the Union blockade.
Union - government
President Lincoln attends the Senate memorial services for Senator Baker of Oregon, who had been killed at Ball's Bluff. (It is unusual at this time for a President to enter either House.)
Military
Missouri
There is skirmishing near Bertrand, Missouri
Virginia
There is skirmishing at Dam no. 4 on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal.
Bibliography
The Civil War Day By Day: An Almanac 1861-1865. E.B. Long with Barbara Long, De Capo, 1971
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