Confederacy - Government
President Davis writes to his commander in the West, Joseph E. Johnston, "To hold the Mississippi is vital."
Confederacy - Military
Tennessee
Confederate Joseph Wheeler carries out a raid Jan 8-14 which includes skirmishes at Mill Creek, Harpeth Shoals, and Ashland, Tennessee
Union - Government
The US senate confirms the nomination of John P. Usher of Indiana as Secretary of the Interior. Usher replaces Caleb Smith, who resigned due to ill-health.
President Lincoln writes to a troubled Burnside: "I do not yet see how I could profit by changing the command of the A.P. & if I did, I should not wish to do it by accepting the resignation of your commission."
Defending his Emancipation Proclamation, Lincoln writes to General McClernand: "it must stand. ... As to the states not included in it, of course they can have their rights in the Union as of old."
Union - Military
Missouri
The Union garrison of Springfield successfully defends important Ozark area city from Marmaduke's Confederates.
Tennessee
There is a skirmish at Knob Creek near Ripley.
Virginia
Union troops make an expedition from Suffolk toward the Blackwater River.
There's also a reconnaissance to Catlett's and Rapahannock stations.
Arkansas
A Union scout goes from Elkhorn to Berryville.
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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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