Union - Government
President Lincoln tells Union Kentuckians that he "would rather die than take back a word of the "Proclamation of Freedom," and again urged support of his gradual slavery-abolishment program.
Confederates - Government
President Davis appoints James A. Seddon, a prominent Richmond lawyer, former US and Confederate congressman, as Secretary of War. Seddon was to prove the most able of the Confederate War Secretaries - though he too would be subject to abuse and criticism.
Confederates - Military
Tennessee
General Braxton Bragg sends Nathan Forrest to cut the communications of Grant's army in western Tennessee.
Virginia
Stonewall Jackson's men march from Winchester towards Fredericksburg.
Union - Military
Virginia
On the Rappahannock, General Burnside calls up on Fredericksburg to surrender, but is refused. He threatens to bombard the town, and 16 hours are allowed for the removal sick, wounded, women, children, the aged and infirm. The mayor responds with a request for more time.
Louisiana
There is a skirmish at Bayou Bonfouca.
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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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