27 April, 1862: Sunday

Military - Confederacy
There is a mutiny at Fort Jackson, below New Orleans. Half of the stranded garrison departs.

Military - Union
Louisiana
Four small forts - Livingston, Quitman, Pike and Wood - protecting New Orleans surrender to Union forces.

Tennessee
There is a skirmish at Pea Ridge.

There is a skirmish near Pittsburg Landing. (It was named for "Pitts" Tucker who operated a tavern at the site in the years preceding the American Civil War)

Alabama
There is a skirmish at Bridgeport.

North Carolina
There is a skirmish near Haughton's Mill near Pollocksville.
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Bibliography
The Civil War Day By Day: An Almanac 1861-1865. E.B. Long with Barbara Long, De Capo, 1971