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Thursday, March 10, 2011

10 March, 1862: Monday

Government - Confederacy
In Richmond, President Davis tries to reassure General Joseph E. Johnston, falling back in Virginia, "you shall be promptly and adequately reinforced.

Government - Union
In Washington, President Lincoln wrote that "General McClellan is after him" [Johnston].

The President paid a visit to Liuetenant Worden, commnder of the Monitor, who had suffered an eye injury in the battle.

Congress discusses various aspects of slavery.

Civilian - North and South
The news of the battle at Pea Ridge, Arkansas, and the battle of the Monitor vs the Virginia, and the build-ups of the various armies arrives in the newspapers of various cities, both north and south.

Union - military
There is a brief skirmish in La Fayette County.

Bibliography
The Civil War Day By Day: An Almanac 1861-1865. E.B. Long with Barbara Long, De Capo, 1971

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