Sunday, 21 May 1865
The Nashville Union newspaper this morning publishes the casualty list of the 3rd Tennessee Cavalry reporting the names of those who died aboard the Steamer Sultana which inexplicably had exploded three weeks earlier.
The C.S.S. Shenandoah, commanded by Lieutenant James Iredell Waddell, enters the Sea of Okhotsk according to Waddell's records "...and ran along the coast of Kamchatka under sail. There is a strong current along the Pacific side of these islands, setting to the N. E. which clings to the eastern shore on to the Arctic Ocean, and how much further northward man knoweth not."
Union troops begin a 3 day scout from Camp Plumb, in the Dakota Territory.
Operations against Plains Indians commence with Federal cavalry moving from Three Crossings Station, in the Dakota Territory.
General Edmund Kirby Smith sends his top subordinate, Major General John Bankhead Magruder, to discuss surrendering his command with General Edward Richard Sprigg Canby in New Orleans upon learning of Major General Philip Henry Sheridan’s appointment.
Charles Hale Morgan, USA, is appointed Brigadier General.
The Nashville Union newspaper this morning publishes the casualty list of the 3rd Tennessee Cavalry reporting the names of those who died aboard the Steamer Sultana which inexplicably had exploded three weeks earlier.
The C.S.S. Shenandoah, commanded by Lieutenant James Iredell Waddell, enters the Sea of Okhotsk according to Waddell's records "...and ran along the coast of Kamchatka under sail. There is a strong current along the Pacific side of these islands, setting to the N. E. which clings to the eastern shore on to the Arctic Ocean, and how much further northward man knoweth not."
Union troops begin a 3 day scout from Camp Plumb, in the Dakota Territory.
Operations against Plains Indians commence with Federal cavalry moving from Three Crossings Station, in the Dakota Territory.
General Edmund Kirby Smith sends his top subordinate, Major General John Bankhead Magruder, to discuss surrendering his command with General Edward Richard Sprigg Canby in New Orleans upon learning of Major General Philip Henry Sheridan’s appointment.
Charles Hale Morgan, USA, is appointed Brigadier General.
