24 November 1862: Monday

Union - Government
President Lincoln writes to politician Carl Schurz: "I certainly know that if the war fails, the administration fails, and that I will be blamed for it, whether I deserve it or not.

Confederacy - Military/Government
General Joseph E. Johnston is assigned to the major command in the West, embracing western North Carolina, Tennessee, northern Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and eastern Louisiana. His main task will be to supervise Bragg in Tennessee and Pemberton at Vicksburg.

Tennessee
Bragg begins moving his three corps to Murfreesboro, southeast of Nashville.

Virginia
Stonewall Jackson's troops continue marching from Winchester to Fredericksburg.

There is a skirmish at Newton.

Missouri
There is a skirmish at Beaver Creek.

Union - Military
Maryland/Western Virginia
Union troops mount an expedition from Sharpsburg, MD to Shepherdstown, western Virginia, and fight several skirmishes over the course of 2 days (returning on the 25th.)

Western Virginia
Union troops mount an expedition from Summerville to Cold Knob Mountain.
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Bibliography
The Civil War Day By Day: An Almanac 1861-1865. E.B. Long with Barbara Long, De Capo, 1971