The Confederate Congress approves a measure authorizing the organization of guerrilla forces to help combat the Federal invasion.
Category: Military
We Must Abandon the Peninsula at Once
Confederate hopes fade on the Virginia Peninsula as the Federals continue to gather in overwhelming numbers outside Yorktown.
Federals Bombard Forts Jackson and St. Philip
Federals take the first step toward capturing New Orleans when David D. Porter’s mortar fleet begins firing on Forts Jackson and St. Philip.
Federals Target Forts Jackson and St. Philip
David G. Farragut, flag officer of the Federal West Gulf Blockading Squadron, proceeds with his plan to capture New Orleans, the Confederacy’s largest and richest city.
The Confederate Conscription Act
Jefferson Davis signs a bill into law creating the first national military draft in American history.
The Siege of Yorktown: Confederate Response
The Confederate high command meets at Richmond to consider abandoning the Virginia Peninsula to the numerically superior Federal Army of the Potomac.