The Confederate Congress approves a measure authorizing the organization of guerrilla forces to help combat the Federal invasion.

Exploring the most important 55 months in American history
The Confederate Congress approves a measure authorizing the organization of guerrilla forces to help combat the Federal invasion.
January 7, 1864 – Colonel John Singleton Mosby’s Confederate partisan rangers operated in northern Virginia, while calls grew louder among Confederate officers to ban the
August 14, 1863 – Brigadier General Thomas Ewing incurred the wrath of Confederate raiders operating along the Missouri-Kansas border by targeting their relatives, including women and
March 8, 1863 – Captain John S. Mosby and his Confederate partisans conducted a daring raid that included capturing a general who had been tasked