PORT ROYAL, SC-12,000 Union soldiers commanded by General Thomas Sherman capture Forts Beauregard and Walker, securing Union control of Port Royal and Hilton Head Island.
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FAIRFAX COURT HOUSE, VA-“Stonewall” Jackson leaves his old brigade, nicknamed the “Stonewall Brigade”, to begin the Shenandoah Valley Campaign.
CHARLESTON, SC-Bermuda, a British steamer, successfully bypasses the Union blockade as it leaves Charleston Harbor carrying 2000 bales of cotton.
WASHINGTON, DC-General Winfield Scott visits with President Lincoln before he retires from the United States Army after 53 years of service.
FORT MONROE, VA-77 Union ships depart Fort Monroe with 16,000 soldiers en route to Port Royal, South Carolina.
BOWLING GREEN, KY-General Albert Sidney Johnston takes command of the Army of Central Kentucky, giving him control of all Confederate forces in the Western Theater.
GREENPOINT, NY-Shipbuilders lay the keel for the USS Monitor, the world’s first ironclad warship, helping to revolutionize naval combat.
NEW YORK, NY-Sailors of the CSS Savannah are tried for piracy for attacking Union vessels in the Atlantic Ocean.
BALL's BLUFF, VA-Union Brigadier General Charles P. Stone commands his troops to cross the Potomac River in makeshift boats and attack the Confederates in Virginia. The attack is a disaster, and sitting United States Senator Colonel Edward D. Baker, is killed in the fighting.