In Washington, a Congressional House Committee on emancipation and colonization of Negroes was appointed.
The United States signed a treaty with Great Britain for more efficient suppression of the illegal slave trade.
Union - Military
Tennessee
During the night of April 6-7, a stormy night, more Union troops land on the western bank of the Tennessee River at Pittsburg Landing, under the command of Don Carlos Buell. The division of Lew Wallace, delayed the day before, also arrives.
As the morning progressed, the newly reinforced Union troops managed to retake most of the ground lost on April 6. However, near the Peach Orchard, the Confederates rallied and heavy fighting occurred.
Confederate General Beauregard, replacing Albert Johnston, awaited word of reinforcements from Earl Van Dorn of the TransMisissippi. He was doomed to disappointment. Van Dorn's troops were still in Arkansas.
After this news, Beauregard broke off the battle and drew his troops back toward Corinth, Mississippi.
General Grant was content to reoccupy his old camps. (Did Grant want to advance? It was unknown whether GRant had the authority to order Buell's largely unfought army forward, or not.)
Who won the battle? Strategically - Grant's men held the field, while the Confederates retreated.
Union army - 42,000 men in Grant's army, 20,000 from Buell's army. Losses 1,754 killed, 8,408 wounded, 2.885 missing for a total of 13,047.
On the Confederate side, 40,000 men, with 1,723 killed, 8,012 wounded, and 959 missing, for a total of 10,694.
Kentucky/Tennessee border
Bombardment and capture of Island number 10
For more than a month, General John Pope, his Army, and his gunboats had been battling not only Confederate opponents but geography in the campaign at Island no. 10, or New Madrid Bend. The swamps that had kept Union troops from advancing were "worth Divisions to the South."
With the passage of Carondelet below the island on April 4, and followed by Pittsburg on this day, Pope now had floating artillery and transportation below the strongly placed island and could launch his attack on Confederates in the Tiptonville area, on the mainland of Tennessee.
Pounding the batteries on the Tennessee shore, the gunboats forced evacuation. Pope's troops had landed behind the Confederate defenders and blocked the only escape road. The garrison surrendered both on the mainland and on Island Number 10, with the formal ceremonies to be held on April 8.
Virginia
McClelland continued to prepare his siege lines around Yorktown, much to the consternation of Washington and the Administration.
Florida
There is brief fighting at St. Andrew's Bay, Florida.
North Carolina
There is a skirmish at Foy's Plantation.
There is a small Union expedition near Newport.
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Bibliography
The Civil War Day By Day: An Almanac 1861-1865. E.B. Long with Barbara Long, De Capo, 1971
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