Union - Civilian
Indiana
Governor Morton of Indiana calls upon citizens to form military companies in areas along the Ohio River, believed to be threatened by E. Kirby Smith and Braxton Bragg.
Union - Government/Military
General Pope sends a message to Halleck about the status of his command. General-in-Chief Halleck replies that the Army of Virginia was being consolidated with the Army of the Potomac under McClellan and that Pope should report for orders.
Tennessee
Union troops from Fort Donelson leave on a 5-day expedition to Clarksville, fighting several skirmishes en route.
There is a skirmish at Burnt Bridge near Humboldt.
Mississippi
Union troops mount a scout toward Holly Springs.
Missouri
There is a skirmish at Neosho.
Kentucky
There is a skirmish at Madisonville.
Alabama
Union General Don Carlos Buell pulls out of northern Alabama, withdrawing to Murfreesboro, southeast of Nashville.
Confederacy - Military
Tennessee
General Braxton Bragg proclains that Alabama "is redeemed. Tenneseeans! your Capital and State are almost restored without firing a gun. You return conquerors. Kentuckians! the first great blow has been struck for your freedom"
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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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