Union - Government
The U.S. Senate passes a House resolution, proposed by President Lincoln, whereby the United States would give states financial aid if they adopted gradual, compensated emancipation. (None of the Northern states will ever take action on this proposal.)
Civilian/Espionage - Confederacy
Mrs. Rose Greenhow, Confederate spy in Washington, and two other individuals are ordered into Virginia beyond the Union lines.
Confederates - Military
General Albert Sidney Johnston, in command of the newly organized Confederate army at Corinth, Mississippi, issued orders for the movement and attack against General Grant's troops at Pittsburg Landing, Tennessee. The Confederates were to move early on April 3.
Tennessee
At Pittsburg Landing, not far from Shiloh Church, or Meeting House, there is a brief skirmish.
Missouri
There is a Union reconnaissance from Cape Girardeau to Jackson, Whitewater, and Dallas (all in Missouri.)
Virginia
In the Shenandoah, there is a skirmish at Stony Creek, near Edenburg.
Bibliography
The Civil War Day By Day: An Almanac 1861-1865. E.B. Long with Barbara Long, De Capo, 1971
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