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Wednesday, August 24, 2011

24 August 1862: Sunday

Confederacy - Military/Navy
Near the Azores in the Atlantic, CSS Alabama is commissioned as a cruiser of the Confederate Navy and receives its armament and supplies.

Confederate - Military/Army
Missouri

There is a skirmish on Coon Creek near Lamar, on Crooked Creek near Dallas, and near Bloomfield.

Virginia
There is a skirmish today and on the 25th at Waterloo Bridge.

Union - Military
Missouri

A Union scout goes from Salem to Current River and back, from now until the 28th.

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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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