Government - Union
President Lincoln formally declares the Confiscation Act of Congress, calling for suppression of the insurrection. The proclamation beseeches persons in the rebellion to cease participating in or abetting it, and "to return to their proper allegiance to the United States, on pain of the forfeitures and seizures..."
Military - Union
Western Virginia
There is a skirmish at Summerville.
Alabama
There are skirmishes at Courtland and Trinity.
Tennessee
There is a skirmish at Clinton Ferry.
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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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