Confederate alliance with Missouri; More newspapers seized
Confederate bond
In Charleston, Missouri, the Battleof Charleston (Bird's Point) is a minor clash in
which Union forces led by Col. Henry
Dougherty destroy a Confederate camp. This skirmish is the culmination of
several skirmishes in the Charleston and Bird's Point area for the past
week between pro-Union forces and secession groups./1861
Trying
to settle the political and military chaos in Missouri, the Confederate
Congress in Richmond, Virginia, agrees
to an alliance with
Missouri's secessionist governmentThe Congress also passes an Act authorizing the sale
of Confederate Bonds. /1861
US Assistant Secretary of the
Navy Gustavus V. Fox orders 200 US Marines to report to Commander Dahlgren
at the Washington Navy Yard for duty on board ships of the Potomac
Flotilla for the purpose of scouting the Maryland countryside—especially
Port Tobacco—for locations suspected of being Confederate depots for
provisions and arms to be used for invading Maryland./1861
In
Washington, Henry
Halleck is promoted to Major General./1861
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