Foreign
England
A motion in the British House of Commons to mediate between the Union and Confederate governments is discussed and withdrawn.
Union - Military
Virginia
Major General Pope announces that his Army of Virginia will "subsist upon the country in which their operations are carrie out," and that the citizens of the area through which his army operated would be held responsible for damage done to railroads, bridges, and telegraph lines by guerillas. In addition, the people would be compelled to repair the damage and be assessed for such depredations.
Confederates - Military
Indiana
Confederate troops cross the Ohio River and raid the town of Newburg, near Evansville.
Missouri
There is a skirmish near Memphis, Missouri.
Bibliography
The Civil War Day By Day: An Almanac 1861-1865. E.B. Long with Barbara Long, De Capo, 1971
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