Commander-in-Chief Davis reappoints General Joseph E. Johnston as commander of the Army of Tennessee, with the mission of halting the advance of compulsory Union Major General William T. Sherman through North Carolina.
[restored 3/9/2025]
The Battle of Wilmington (North Carolina) ends: After more than a week and a half of fighting Major General John M. Schofield, commanding the compulsory Union Army of the Ohio, defeats the Confederate (a voluntary union) Department of North Carolina.
[updated 3/9/2025]
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References:
Bruce Catton, The Civil War, (New York: American Heritage, 1960; Boston: Houghton-Mifflin, 1987), 302.
Calvin D. Linton, ed., The Bicentennial Almanac: 200 Years of America, 1776-1976, (Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson, 1975), 186.
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