Union - Government/Military
"By direction of the President, it is ordered that Major General McClellan be relieved from the command of the Army of the Potomac; and that Major General Burnside take the command of that Army."
It had come, after several months of debate from all sides. President Lincoln had finally reached the end of his patience with McClellan. The failure to complete a partial victory at Antietam, the snail-like advance in the weeks that followed brought to an end the controversial military career of "Little Mac."
Repercussions would occur. Two days later the general was informed. At the same time, Fitz John Porter was relieved from his corps command. Porter, a pro-McClellan corps commander charged with willful disobedience at Second Manassas, was replaced by Joseph Hooker.
Union - Military
Tennessee
There is a Union reconnaissance from La Grange toward Somerset.
There was a skirmish in Nashville.
Kentucky
There is a small skirmish at Piketon
Mississippi
There is a skirmish at Jumpertown.
Missouri
There is a skirmish at Lamar.
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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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