Confederate - Government
The Confederates created the Military District of Mississippi under command of Major General Earl Van Dorn.
Union - Government
President Lincoln received news from Virginia and also signed several acts, including one banning polygamy in the territories. Another law called for a loyalty oath by every elected or appointed government officer. He also signed the Morrill Act, introduced in the Senate by Justin S. Morrill of Vermont, which provided for the states to receive thirty thousand acres of land for each senator and representative as an endowment for proposed agricultural and mechanical schools.The measure made possible land grant agricultural colleges in every state.
Union - Military
Virginia
Heavy rain fell on the Peninsula of Virginia as McClellan pulled his army away from Malvern Hill and continued his retreat to Harrison's Landing on the James River. Lee's army was in no condition for a real follow-up, but there was action between Confederate cavalry and Union infantrymen.
Charges and countercharges on both sides began at once over the management of the campaign.
Alabama
There is a skirmish at Huntsville.
Bibliography
The Civil War Day By Day: An Almanac 1861-1865. E.B. Long with Barbara Long, De Capo, 1971
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