27 September 1862: Saturday

Union - Government
President Lincoln interrogates Major John J. Key and ordered his dismissal from military service for alleedly saying that the object of the Battle of Antietam was "that neither Army shall get much advantage of the other; that both shall be kept in the field til they are exhausted, when we will make a compromise and save slavery."

Such views had reportedly been rife in McClellan's army. The President was "much perturbed" over McClellan's lack of aggressive actionb since Antietam.

Union - Government/Military
Louisiana
The first regiment of free Negroes was mustered in at New Orleans as the First Regiment Louisiana Native Guards. The regiment called themselves "Chasseurs d'Afrique." General Butler had authorized enlistment of free Negroes on August 22.

Government - Confederacy
The Second Conscription Act of the Confederate Congress authorized President Davis to call out men between 35 and 45.

Union - Military
Virginia
Troops carry out a reconnaissance from Harper's Ferry toward Charlestown, West Virginia.

Texas
There is a skirmish at Taylor's Bayou.

Kentucky
There are skirmishes at Augusta and Brookville.

Mississippi
There is a skirmish near Iuka, Mississippi.
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Bibliography
The Civil War Day By Day: An Almanac 1861-1865. E.B. Long with Barbara Long, De Capo, 1971