| Show yeats AGO algo november 19 maor major general hal lock leek takes command 0 of the department of missouri major general hunter having been assigned to the department part ment of kansas kansan the union gunboat gun boat conestoga discovers t two confederate batteries on the tennessee river and drives the southern gunners from their works november 2 20 tho the confederate congress passes an act to remove the capital from richmond to nashville november 21 the mississippi legislature issues a call tor for volunteers to oppose the union advance on tho the mississippi river and votes to maintain them novem november her 22 two gunboats gun boata boats leave fortress monroe and shell a confederate cam camp p at the junction of the james and warwick rivers near newport news fort fires upon the coated crate steamer time and is answered by the confederate torta forts Bar barnadas and mcrae the firing continues continue a throng out the day november 23 the bombardment of forts marao and barnadas Bar Dar Is continued by fort pickens and tho the union ships in pensacola harbor port mcrae Is silenced and barnadas Bar Dar and the navy yard are damaged ono one gun Is disabled at fort pickens A meeting of the union citizens in frankfort ky condemi the proposal to arm regiments ot of colored troops november 24 21 A naval expedition from port royal occupies the works on tybee island at the mouth of 0 the savannah river evacuated by the confederates november 25 union gunboats gun boats land troops at buckingham S C and general lee issues orders that no one shall leave charleston without a permit literary digest |
