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Tuesday May 21 1861
- Col. John B. Magruder, Provisional Army of VA, is assigned to the command at Yorktown, VA.
- Brig. Gen. M. L. Bonham, CS A, is assigned to the command on the "Alexandria Line," VA.
- The convention and proclamation between Brig. Gen. Harney, USA, and Maj. Gen. Sterling Price, the Missouri State Guard, whereby Harney agreed not to bring any Federal troops into the state if Price can maintain law and order, effectively giving control to the Pro-southern force.
Wednesday May 21 1862
- Skirmish at Village Creek, AR.
- Skirmish at Widow Serratt's, near Corinth, MS, with Maj. Gen. Henry Wager Halleck, USA.
- Affair at Paraje, the New Mexico Territory.
- Affair near Battery Island, SC.
- The Union Army advances across Bottom's Bridge, on the Chickahominy River, VA.
- Confederate reconnaissance from Front Royal to Browntown, VA, as Maj. Gen. Richard S. Ewell, CSA, combines his forces under Maj. Gen. Thomas J. Jackson, CSA.
Thursday May 21 1863
- Federal scout from Cassville, AR, into Jasper and Newton Counties, MO, including skirmishes (May 22) at Bentonville, and (May 26) near Carthage. (May 21-30)
- The Siege of Port Hudson, LA, as Maj. Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks advances from Baton Rouge on the Clinton Road. (May 21-Jul 8)
- Action at Plains Store, LA.
- Federal operations on the Teche Road, between Barre's Landing and Berwick, LA, as the Federals search for the plantation owner who shot and killed a Union private searching for sugar. The Federals run into a band of guerrillas with casualties. (May 21-26)
- Federal guerrilla operations on the Sante Fe Road, near Kansas City, MO.
- Federal expedition from La Grange, TN, to Senatobia (Swamp), MS, and skirmish (May 23). (MAy 21-26)
- Federal expedition from Murfreesborough to Middleton, TN, and skirmish. (May 21-22)
Saturday May 21 1864
- Brig. Gen. Albert Gallatin Jenkins, CSA, dies near Dublin, GA, from wounds received at the Battle of Cloyd's Mountain, GA, on May 9
- Bushrod Rust Johnson, C.S.A., is promoted to Maj. Gen.
- Skirmish at Pine Bluff, AR.
- Affair on the Blue River, MO, where bushwackers ambush the Federal escort team transporting a prisoner to Kansas City.
- The detachment from the Army of the Tennessee, that had participated in the Red River Campaign, re-embarks for Vicksburg, MS. (May 21-22)
- Federal demonstration on James Island, near Charleston, SC. (May 21-23)
- Skirmish at Fort Powhatan, VA, with the Federal Army of the James under the command of Maj. Gen. Benjamin F. Butler, USA.
- Skirmish at Newtown, VA.
- Maj. Gen. David Hunter, USA, supersedes Maj. Gen. Franz Sigel, USA, in the command of the Dept. of West Virginia, due to Sigel's setbacks in the Shenandoah Valley dealt by Maj. Gen. John C. Breckinridge, CSA.
Sunday May 21 1865
- Charles Hale Morgan, USA, is appointed Brig. Gen.
On This Day information kindly provided by Martin Cross, 2nd U.S. Artillery, Bty B.