21 June 1862: Saturday

Government - Confederacy
President Davis writes to his wife: "We are preparing and taking position for the struggle which must be near at hand. The stake is too high to permit the pulse to keep its even beat. ... A total defeat of McClellan will relieve the Confederacy of its embarrasments in the East, and then we must make a desperate effort to regain what Beauregard has abndoned in the West."

Government - Union
Lincoln sends a telegram to McClellan, requesting McClellan to give him his views as to military affairs throughout the country.

Military - Union
Virginia
There are a few slight skirmishers along the battle lines on the Chickahominy near Richmond.

There is a skirmish near Fair Oaks Station.

South Carolina
There is a skirmish At Simmon's Bluff.

Tennessee
There is a skirmish at Rankin's Ferry, near Jasper.

Mississippi
There is a skirmish at Colwater Station.

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