England
Queen Victoria declares it is her purpose to observe neutrality in the American Civil War.
Union - Government
To implement the President's General War Order No 1, Mr. Lincoln issues the President's Special War Order #1, which pertains specifically to the Army of the Potomac. That army is ordered to form an expedition to seize and occupy "a point upon the Rail Road South Westward of what is known [of] Manassas Junction."
This was to be done before or on February 22, and was intended to force General McClellan to open offensive operations overland in Virginia.
The Union Congress authorizes the President to take possession of telegraph and railroad lines whenever the public safety required it.
Bibliography
The Civil War Day By Day: An Almanac 1861-1865. E.B. Long with Barbara Long, De Capo, 1971
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