Confederates - Military
Virginia
Stonewall Jackson fought Union troops at the Battle of McDowell or Bull Pasture Mountain,. Jackson's troops about 10,000, were attacked by about 6,000 troops under Robert Schenck, under Fremont's command. The Confederates repulsed the Union troops, who were forced to withdraw toward Franklin, western Virginia. (Jackson attempts a pursuit but stops after reaching Franklin on May 12.)
Union casualties: 26 killed, 227 wounded, 3 missing for 256
Confederate casualties: 75 killed, 423 wounded for 498.
It was Jackson's first battle victory of his campaign, and already his forces were feared in the Shenandoah Valley and surrounding mountain country. Rapid movement on foot was becoming his trademark.
Union - Military
Virginia
In Hampton Roads, Union gunboats carry out a demonstration against Sewell's Point and its batteries.
Mississippi
Halleck's Union army, within a few miles of Corinth, sends out a reconnaissance toward the Confederate-held rail center.
There is a skirmish at Glendale.
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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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