Confederate - Government/Military
At Island No. 10 and New Madrid Bend on the Mississippi, Confederate Brigadier General William W. Mackall superseded Major General John Porter McCown in command.
Union - Government
In the Federal Department of the South at Hilton Head, South Carolina, Major General David Hunter assumed command.
President Lincoln, fearing for the safety of Washington, and pressured by those accusing General McClellan of deserting the capital, ordered back a large division under Louis Blenker to join Fremont in the Mountain Department. he told McClellan that he did so "with great pain, understanding that you would wish it otherwise."
(The picture of McClellan being denied troops was building up to engender the endless discussion that plagued the leaders of the Civil War and continues to this day.)
Union - Military
Tennessee
The Union troops complete its capture of Union City, Tennessee.
There is a skirmish near Adamsville, Tennessee.
North Carolina
There is a skirmish at Deep Gully, North Carolina.
Missouri
There is a skirmish near Pink Hill, Missouri.
Bibliography
The Civil War Day By Day: An Almanac 1861-1865. E.B. Long with Barbara Long, De Capo, 1971
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