Government - Union
In Washington, President Lincoln talks with General McClellan, who was about to leave for Harper's Ferry. Lincoln was expecting him to lead offensive operations into Virginia.
President Lincoln also signed the Loan and Treasury Bill creating a national currency of the United States notes and providing for sale of stock to finance the currency.
Government - Confederacy
Kentucky senator William E. Simms declares in the Confederate Congress that the Confederacy would defend her rights to the last extremity.
Military - Confederacy
There is a Confederate scout toward Nashville.
Bibliography
The Civil War Day By Day: An Almanac 1861-1865. E.B. Long with Barbara Long, De Capo, 1971
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