Union - Civilian
Tension is riding high in Maryland, Pennsylvania and along the Ohio River. A thousand "squirrel hunters" from the Ohio Valley volunteer ytheir services in Cincinatti as home guards. No one is quite sure how far the Confederate invasions east or west would go.
Union - Military
Virginia/Maryland
Cavalry reports inform McClellan that Lee has fallen back across the Monocacy away from Frederick, and he speeds up his hitherto extremely cautious puruit of the Confederates.
There are skirmishes near Boonsborough, Frederick and Sugarloaf Mountain in Maryland.
Western Virginia
There is a skirmish at Fayetteville, which ends in a Union defeat.
South Carolina
There is a skirmish on the Kilkenny River.
Tennessee
There are skirmishes at Rogers' and Big Creek Gaps.
Kentucky
There are skirmishes at Fort Mitchel near Covington, and at Woodburn and Log Church.
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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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