Union - Government/Military
Major General Henry W. Halleck is named General-in-Chief of all US land forces by President Lincoln. Halleck had been commander in the West during the successful campaigns of Grant,, and had been field commander at the capture of Corinth, Mississippi. He was considered a top-grade administrator with a sound military mind.
The Federal Congressional act to carry into effect the treaty with Great Britain for suppression of African slave trade was approved by the President.
Union - Military
Virginia
There was quiet on the Peninsula except for another Union reconnaissance from Harrison's Landing beyond Charles City Court Houser.
Missouri
Missouri state militia fought Confederate guerillas at Sears' House and Big Creek Bluffs near Pleasant Hill, Missouri.
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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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