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Sunday, August 7, 2011

7 August 1862: Thursday

Foreign - England
At Blackburn, a public meeting advocates the recognition of the Confederate States of America because "it was impossible for the North to vanquish the South."

Union - Military
New Mexico Territory

Near Fort Fillmore, Union troops under E. R. S. Canby defeat the Confederate forces retreating from Santa Fe.

Missouri
Fighting takes place at Rocky Bluff in Platte County, and near Montevallo.

Virginia
There is fighting in Wolftown.

Union troops withdraw again from Malvern Hill.

Alabama
There is fighting in Decatur.

Tennessee
There is fighting at Wood Springs near Dyersburg.

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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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