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| Monday April 22, 1861 |
In Richmond, Robert E. Lee is nominated by the Governor and
confirmed by the state convention to command the military forces
of Virginia. President Jefferson David tells Governor Letcher fo
Virginia that more troops are on the Way.
The Seven New York arrives in Annapolis. Captain Franklin
Buchanan, commander of the Washington Navy Yard, resigns his
commission and heads South.