Union-Government
Presidetnt Lincoln, still in Virginia, visits the USS Monitor near fort Monroe, and confers with naval and army officers. He continues to encourage a drive on Richmond.
Union - Military
Virginia
On the Pamunkey River near the mouth of the York on the Virginia Peninsula, William B. Franklin's division of Union troops advancing toward Richmond was attacked at Eltham's Landing by Confederates under G. W. Smith, who was protecting the wagon trains withdrawing from Williamsburg and Yorktown. It was a sharp engagement, and will become known as West Point, Bsarhamsville, or Eltham's Landing.
Also in Virginia, a 2-day operation begins to Mulberry Point on the James River.
Missouri
There is a skirmish at Horse Creek.
Tennessee
There is a skirmish at Purdy.
North Carolina
A two-day Union expedition begins, from Roanoke Island towards Gatesville, NC.
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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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