Union - Government
In Washington, DC, Washington's Birthday is observed. Lincoln, mourning the death of his young son, does not attend the observances.
The Army of the Potomac, ordered forth on or before this date by the President, had not moved.
Confederate - Goverment
On a rainy day in Richmond, Jefferson Davis is inaugerated as President of the Confederate States of America, in Richmond, Virginia. "The tyranny of an unbridled majority, the most odious and least responsible form of despotism, has denied us both the right and the remedy. Therefore we are in arms to renew such sacrifices as our fathers made to the holy cause constitutional liberty," Davis said in his speech. "Civil War there cannot be between States held together by their volition only."
Union - Military
Texas
There is brief fighting at Aransas Bay.
Virginia
A Union expedition operates to Vienna and Flint Hill
Missouri
There is a skirmish at Indepencence.
Kentucky
General Don Carlos Buell's forces begin moving in force from Bowling Green, Kentucky toward Nashville, Tennessee.
Bibliography
The Civil War Day By Day: An Almanac 1861-1865. E.B. Long with Barbara Long, De Capo, 1971
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