Confederate alliance with Missouri; More newspapers seized
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- In Charleston, Missouri, the Battle of 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
- Newspaper
offices in Easton and West Chester, Pennsylvania, are seized by the
Lincoln Administration for their supposed Southern sympathies. The editor
of the Essex County Democrat in Haverhill, Massachusetts, is tarred and
feathered for his pro-Confederate feelings/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 government The 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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