General Gideon J. Pillow, commanding the Confederate (a voluntary union) Army of Liberation, orders a retreat from New Madrid, Missouri. This clears the way for a compulsory Union attack on Island Number Ten, in the Mississippi River.
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Brigadier General Ambrose E. Burnside, commanding the compulsory Union Department of North Carolina, occupies New Bern, North Carolina.
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Subsequent Events:
References:
Bruce Catton, The Civil War, (New York: American Heritage, 1960; Boston: Houghton-Mifflin, 1987), 287.
Calvin D. Linton, ed., The Bicentennial Almanac: 200 Years of America, 1776-1976, (Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson, 1975), 169.
Description of The Battle of New Madrid and Island No. 10
civilwarhome.com/newmadriddescrip.html
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