Union - Government
President Lincoln continues to urge his commanders in the Shenandoah, Banks, Fremont and McDowell via telegraph, to - to press on to capture or destroy Jackson.
Confederates - Military
Mississippi
Beginning on the night of the 29th and extending into the morning of the 30th, General PVT Beauregard, with great skill and efficiency, pulls his beleaguered Confederate army out of besieged Corinth and heads south toward Tupelo. The immense Union army under Halleck sits a few miles outside the town to the north, oblivious to the strategy going on so short a distance away, though there were those who were aware that the Confederates planned a move.
Military - Union
Mississippi
Later on this day, May 30, Halleck's troops move cautiously into the important rail and road center after more than a month's campaigning. Although the Union troops were successful, the evacuation by Beauregard, the slowness of the campaign, and the general lack of battle or results tarnished Halleck's victory.
Nearby, Booneville was captured by Union troops and the Tuscumbria Bridge was destroyed.
Tennessee
Cypress Creek Bridge is destroyed by Union forces.
Virginia
Heavy rains fall on the Virginia Peninsula, making movement difficult.
In the Shenandoah, McDowell's forces under James Shields reach Front Royal, where there is a skirmish as Stonewall Jackson and his troops begin to fall back from near Harper's Ferry to avoid the trap being set by Fremont and McDowell's converging forces.
Other fighting in Virginia is at Fair Oaks and Zuni.
North Carolina
Fighting occurs at Tranter's Creek.
Western Virginia
Fighting occurs at Lewisburg and Shaver's River.
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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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