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Saturday, January 5, 2013

5 January 1862: Sunday

Confederacy - Military
Maryland
Stonewall Jackson and his forces have moved from Bath, western Virginia to the Potomac River, opposite Hancock, Maryland. They are chasing retreating Union soldiers. They bombard Hancock for two days. The town does not surrender and the Confederates do not cross the river.

Union - Military
Missouri
Union soldiers "operate" in the Johnson and La Fayette counties of Missouri.

There is a skirmish at Columbus, Missouri.

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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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