29 October 1862: Wednesday

Union - Government
President Lincoln wires McClellan: "I am much pleased with the movement of the Army. When you get entirely across the river let me know. What do you know of the enemy?"

Confederacy - Government
President Davis, plagued by trying to defend many areas, writes the governor of Alabama: "Our only alternatives are to abandon important points or to use our limited resources as effectively as the circumstances will permit.

Union - Military
Missouri
There is a skirmish at Island Mount

Texas
There is a skirmish at Sabine Pass.

Virginia
There is a skirmish on the Blackwater.

Maryland
There is a skirmish opposite Williamsburg on the Potomac.

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