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Friday, October 28, 2011

28 October 1862: Tuesday

Union - Military
Maryland/Virginia

The Army of the Potomac under McClellan continues its movement southward into Virginia from Maryland. The march is east of the Blue Ridge mountains in the general direction of Warrenton.

Union - Confederacy
Virginia

Robert Lee, in the Shenandoah, begins shifting troops to avoid being flanked by McClellan.

Tennessee
Major General John C. Breckenridge assumes command of the Army of Middle Tennessee. Arkansas
There is a skirmish at Oxford Bend on the White River near Fayetteville.

Arkansas
There is a skirmish at McGuire's.
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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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