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| Col. T.J. Jackson in 1857 |
- Colonel Thomas J. Jackson, commanding Virginia Militia Forces at Harper’s Ferry, Virginia, has realized that large quantities of coal are being shipped over the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad from the Ohio Valley to Union naval bases in Baltimore, Maryland, to fuel U.S. Navy steam warships for the blockade of the Southern States. Tonight, Jackson dispatches the 5th Virginia Infantry under Kenton Harper to Cherry Run, west of Martinsburg, western Virginia, and he simultaneously orders Captain John D. Imboden's cavalry to the Potomac at Point of Rocks, Maryland, east of Harpers Ferry, Virginia. The 5th Virginia takes up a position at the Potomac River bridge near Cherry Run, 32 miles east of Harpers Ferry north and west of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Martinsburg Shops. Imboden's cavalry set up at the signal tower west of Point of Rocks, Maryland 12 miles east of Harpers Ferry./1861
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| B.F. Butler |
- US Maj. Gen. Benjamin F. Butler is assigned to the command of Fortress Monroe, Virginia. He would become known as one of the most notorious of Federal officers of the War, and he will soon be embroiled in a legal and ethical controversy (and a public relations nightmare for the Lincoln Administration) over runaway slaves showing up at Fortress Monroe./1861
- Texas Militia under Santos Benavides defeat Mexican bandit leader Juan Cortina, at the Battle of Carrizo, Texas, near present day Zapata, Texas./1861
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| Fortress Monroe from air |
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