APRIL 16, 1862:
In the
Peninsular Campaign, General McClellan launches an attack upon Dam Number One
on the Warwick River. The Union drives the Confederates from their positions,
but without sufficient reinforcements on hand, McClellan decides to abandon the
dam, thus accomplishing nothing at a cost of 35 Union dead and 121 wounded; the
Confederate casualties were between 60 and 75.
On this same day, the first Union Military Draft is
instituted.
Also, on this day, slavery is abolished in the District of
Columbia.
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