Government - Union
President Lincoln asks General McClellan when he could attack Richmond. The President also discusses drafts of his Emancipation Proclamation with Vice President Hannibal Hamlin.
Military - Union
Kentucky
Northern troops under Brigadier General George W. Morgan occupy Cumberland Gap, an important trail through the rugged mountains where Kentucky, Tennessee and Virginia join. The Confederates destroyed their stores and withdrew.
There is a skirmish at nearby Wilson's Gap.
Mississippi
Below Vincksburg on the Mississippi, Admiral Farragut continues to assemble his flotilla, including the mortar fleet, prepatory to a move northward past Vicksburg batteries.
In Vincksburg, the Confederates are building extensive fortifications that had long been neglected, and were preparing for attack.
Missouri
There is a skirmish at Hambright's Station.
Virginia
There is a skirmish at Fair Oaks, east of Richmond.
Bibliography
The Civil War Day By Day: An Almanac 1861-1865. E.B. Long with Barbara Long, De Capo, 1971
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