Union - Civilian/Government
Various states
Democrats make sizable gains in Northern state and congressional elections especially in New York, where Democrat Horatio Seymour was chosen governor.
Stroing Democratic gains were also made in New Jersey, Illinois and Wisconsin, adding to those of the October elections.
The Republicans kept control of the House of Representatives, however, with victories in New England, the border slave states, California and Michigan.
Undoubtedly war weariness accounted for many of the Democrat victories.
Union - Military
Tennessee
General Grant's forces occupied La Grange and Grand Junction, important rail and road keys to northern Mississippi, as plans for a drive on Vicksburg progressed.
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BibliographyThe Civil War Day By Day: An Almanac 1861-1865. E.B. Long with Barbara Long, De Capo, 1971
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