28 May 1862: Wednesday

Government- Union
President Lincoln wires General McDowell and tells him that his move toward the Shenandoah to attack Jackson was "for you a question of legs. Put in all the speed you can."

Government-Confederacy
President Davis writes his wife: We are steadily developing for a great battle, and under God's favor I trust for a decisive victory." He was disappointed that a planned offensive by General Joseph E. Johnston's army had not been launched against McClellan.

Military - Union
Mississippi
There is a skirmish in front of Corinth.

Western Virginia
There is a skirmish at Charlestown.

Virginia
Confederate supplies in Ashland are destroyed, as is a bridge on the Virginia Central Railroad on the Santa Ana.

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Bibliography
The Civil War Day By Day: An Almanac 1861-1865. E.B. Long with Barbara Long, De Capo, 1971