Union - Government
President Lincoln confers with his Secretary of War regarding General McClellan's oft-repeated calls for reinforcements.
Confederacy - Government
President Davis writes to General Johnston giving various suggestions, but, like Lincoln, declines to direct military operations.
Union - Military
Virginia
General McDowell oon the Rappahannock is ordered to march upon Richmond in cooperation with McClellan's Army of the Potomac.
There is a small Union expedition up the Pamunkey as McClellan's army settles in before Richmond.
Mississippi
Near Corinth, there is skirmishing as General Halleck's army also mounts a siege of Corinth.
Arkansas
There is a skirmish at Little Red River.
Bibliography
The Civil War Day By Day: An Almanac 1861-1865. E.B. Long with Barbara Long, De Capo, 1971
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