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Sunday, June 19, 2011

19 June, 1862: Thursday

Government - Confederacy
In Richmond, President Davis writes Governor John J. Pettus of Mississippi, "My efforts to provide for the military wants of your section have been sadly frustrated.

Government - Union
President Lincoln signs into law a measure prohibiting slavery in the territories of the United States.

Military - Union
Virginia
There is a skirmish near Richmond on the Charles City Road.

Arkansas
There is a skirmish at Knight's Cove.

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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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