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May 1861
Tuesday
May 28, 1861
McDowell Assumes Command

Brigadier General Irvin McDowell assumed command of the
Department of Northeastern Virginia, which included Federal
troops in and around Alexandia, Virginia.

U.S.S. Union sets up the blockade of the Confederate port of
Savannah, Georgia.

In the British House of Commons debate opened on relations with
both the United and Confederate States.