Foreign - France
Napoleon III received Confederate Commissioner John Slidell, who requested recognition of the Confederacy and aid from warships in breaking the blockade in exchange for cotton.
Confederacy - Government/Military
Major General Theophilius H. Holmes was assigned to command the Trans-Mississippi Department.
Union - Military/Government
The Federal District of West Tennessee was extended to embrace the Army of the Mississippi, all to be commanded by U. S. Grant. General Halleck relinquished command of the Department of the Mississippi to assume his new role as general of all U.S. armies.
Union - Government
Measures of the U.S. Congress approved by the President included creating the grade of rear admiral to be conferred on all flag officers; increasing temporary protective tariffs on sugar, tobacco and liquor, and forbidding all financial interest in public contracts to members of Congress, officers and agents of the government.
William H. Aspinwall of New York presented the Federal War Department with a check for $25,290.60 as his share of profits on an arms contract.
Union - Military
Virginia
Union troops set set out on a reconnaissance from Westover on the Richmond Road near the James.
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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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