Union - Military
Louisiana
From Baton Rouge, a Union expedition gets under way toward Vicksburg. Three thousand men under Brigadier General Thomas Williams and 3,000 men board ship and travel north, accompanied by Farragut's gunboats. Their intent is to establish a base at Swampy Toe on the West side of the Mississippi opposite Vicksburg, and to dig a canal by which small vessels could bypass the ever increasing batteries on the east side.
Confederacy - Military
Major GEneral Earl Van Dorn assumes command of the Confederate Department of Southern Mississippi and East Louisiana, tasked with the defense of the Mississippi.
Louisiana
There is a skirmish at Bayou des Allemands.
Virginia
There is a skirmish near New Bridge and at Gill's Bluff on the James.
Kentucky
Several days of guerilla activities ((by the Confederates) begin in Owen County.
Bibliography
The Civil War Day By Day: An Almanac 1861-1865. E.B. Long with Barbara Long, De Capo, 1971
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