Davis calls for 400,000 volunteers to defend the South
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- In
Richmond, President Jefferson Davis calls for 400,000 volunteers to defend
their homes in the Confederacy./1861
- At
Washington, US Secretary of War Simon Cameron replies to another of
General Benjamin Butler’s queries about making runaway slaves contraband.
Cameron tells Butler that Union troops must adhere to fugitive slave laws,
but only within Union territory. All states in insurrection are exempt
from the protection and escaped slaves in those areas will not be returned
to their owners but become property of the US government./1861
- In the Gulf of Mexico, the USS Santee, commanded by Captain Eagle,
captures the blockade runner schooner C.P.
Knapp./1861
- Brig. Gen. U. S. Grant assumes
command of the district of Ironton, Missouri./1861
- At a public dinner and serenade in
Baltimore, Maryland, in honor of John C. Breckenridge of Kentucky, his attempt
to address the people is prevented by the rioting of Unionists./1861
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