Union - Government
The United States House of Representative passed a bill creating the state of West Virginia. The measure granting secession of western Virginia from Virginia and creating a state had previously passed the Senate on July 14.
Union - Military
Virginia
General Burnside increases the activities of his troops at Falmouth, indicating an attack on Fredericksburg was imminent.
North Carolina
The Federal garrison defending Plymouth is defeated by Confederate forces.
Louisiana
There is a skirmish at Desert Station.
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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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