A sixty-man Missouri cavalry unit under Major Emery Foster was recruiting in Johnson County, Missouri when it came under attack near the town of Warrensburg from a large group of Confederate irregulars led by William Clarke Quantrill.  Foster's men were able to use use fences on the edge of town as cover and drove away the raiders.  Foster was wounded and one of his troopers killed while he Confederates were reported to have lost nine men. Quantrill continued an infamous raiding career till his death in a Union prison in 1865.  (By John Osborne)  

President Abraham Lincoln had named former United States Senator Andrew Johnson of Tennessee as military governor of his state, with the rank of brigadier general, earlier in the month.  Arriving in Nashville, Johnson made strenuous use of the loyalty oath to ensure a successful Union occupation.  On this day, the Nashville mayor and the city council voted 16-1 refused to take the oath.  Johnson instantly removed all of them and filled their vacancies with those that would swear allegiance to the United States.  (By John Osborne)

Aristide Briand was born in the port city of Nantes and became one of the most famous leaders of the French Socialist Party.  He served eleven times as prime minister during the both the First World War and the difficult times that followed.  He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1926 for his role in the Treaty of Locarno and also authored the Kellogg-Briand Pact, with U.S. Secretary of State Frank Kellogg, that outlawed war.  He died in March 1932.  (By John Osborne) 

After occupying the territorial capital of Santa Fé two weeks before, Confederate Brigadier General Henry H. Sibley sought to advance against the pivotal Union strongpoint at Fort Union.  After initial contact at Apache Canyon two days before, a full scale battle ensued between Confederate forces.   Hard fighting from morning till dusk left the Confederates in possession of the field but also resulted in the loss of their entire supply train to a Union flanking movement at Johnson's Ranch, a fatal blow to their campaign in New Mexico.  (By John Osborne) 

After occupying the territorial capital of Santa Fé two weeks before, Confederate Brigadier General Henry H. Sibley sought to continue his invasion of New Mexico with an advance against the Union strongpoint at Fort Union.  An advance force of Texas cavalry made its way to the Glorieta Pass but were attacked in their camp near Apache Canyon in the morning by Union troops under Major John M. Chivington.  After fierce fighting, the Texans fell back and both sides awaited reinforcements.  The full battle of Glorieta Pass took place two days later.  (By John Osborne) 

After the small victory at Valverde, Confederate Brigadier General Henry H. Sibley's invasion of New Mexico reached and occupied Santa Fé following the town's evacuation by Union forces and territorial officials.  Two weeks later, Sibley's men were defeated at Glorieta Pass, around fifteen miles to the south, and eventually were forced to give up the territorial capital on April 8, 1862 and retreat towards the Rio Grande.  (By John Osborne)