Union-Government
In Washington, President Lincoln accepts the resignation of Secretary of War Simon Cameron, and states that hewill name him Minister to Russia. Cameron, "while probably reasonably honest personally, was a Pennsylvania politician who could never forget his friends and associations. Few had been satisfied with War Department operations."
In addition, Lincoln, frustrated with the lack of movement of his armies in Virginia, confers at the White House with a group of major officers.
Union - Military
Virginia
A fleet of approximately 100 vessels filled with about 15,000 troops led by Brigadier General Ambrose Burnside sails from Hampton Roads, Virginia, headed for the coast of North Carolina. The navy squadron is under the command of Commodore Louis M. Goldsborough.
Kentucky
There is a brief clash of gunboats near Fort Jefferson, (north of Columbus) on the Mississippi river.
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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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