Mr. Lewis Jones - Injured - Cambria County Soldier Back Home.
Co. A. 11th Regiment - John J. Storey and Joseph A. Pfoff - now on gunboat duty.
Maj. Litzinger - home on leave.
Silver Gray Letter Home
At this point in the war - The Confederacy suffered several devastating military setbacks in Tennessee and on the Atlantic Coast, while a new hero emerged in the North. In Washington, Congress passed part of the Republican Party agenda and held military officers accountable for defeats. The Lincolns suffered a personal tragedy - their son little willie died of typhoid, and the president continued trying to compel his commanders to advance.
The Federal invasion of Tennessee begins with a joint army-navy operation against Fort Henry on the Tennessee River.
George B. McClellan submits a 22-page report arguing in favor of his plan to move the Federal Army of the Potomac down the Virginia coast by water.
Confederate officials talk Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson out of resigning from his command in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley.
Abraham Lincoln signs a bill into law establishing the first Federal paper currency in U.S. history–the “U.S. Note.”
George B. McClellan coordinates a Federal invasion of Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley, but unexpected complications thwart his plans.
Joseph E. Johnston concludes that his Confederate army must abandon its positions along the Centreville-Manassas line in northern Virginia.
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