23 July 1862: Wednesday

Union - Government/Military
Major General Henry Wager Halleck assumes command of the Armies of the United States.

General Poe in northern Virginia orders that any male who refuses to take an oath of allegiance to the Union will be sent south, and if found again will be considered a spy.

Union - Military
Virginia
Union calvary from Fredericksburg carry out a raid on Southern calvary and supplies near Carmel Church, Virginia.

Missouri
There is a skimish near Bole's Farm.

There is a skirmish on the Blackwater, near Columbus.

Arkansas
A Union expedition begins from Helena to Coldwater.

Military - Confederacy
Mississippi
The major portion of Braxton Bragg's Confederate forces moves (over seveal days) from Tupelo south to Mobile, Alabama and then to Montgomery and Atlanta, en route to Chattanooga. The 776-mile trip over six railroads is carried out in record time.


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