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Tuesday, June 14, 2011

14 June 1862: Saturday

Military - Confederates
Virginia

Working quickly, JEB Stuart's Confederates rebuild the destroyed bridge on the Chickahominy at Forge Site. After three hours the band of men proceed. Stuart was only 35 miles from Richmond and he had to go around the left flank of the enemy this time.

Stuart himself hurried on to report and left the command in the hands of Fitzhugh Lee. The main column moved via Charles City Court House and Malvern Hill to Richmond, arriving on June 16.

Mississippi
There is a skirmish at Clear Creek, near Baldwyn.

Florida
A two-day Union expedition from Pensacola to Milton and back begins.

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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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