15 June, 1862: Sunday

Government - Union
President Lincoln writes to Fremont in the Shenandoah that Jackson "is much more likely to go to Richmond than Richmond is to come to him." The President believes that Confederate moves were to make it appear that they were reinforcing the valley when their intention was to move Jackson from the valley to Lee.

Military - Confederates
Virginia
A triumphant JEB Stuart arrives in Richmond to report personally to General Lee on his successful ride around McClellan.

There is controversy to the value of Stuart's ride. He was able to tell Lee about the terrain, Union dispositions, and the condition of the country, but his actions also alerted McClelln to the danger on his flanks and made him better prepared to resist the attack that came later in the month.

There is a skirmish at Seven Pines.

Florida
Union naval forces descend upon St. Mark's.

Tennessee
There is fighting at Big Creek Gap in the Cumberland Mountains.

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