April 22, 1862: Stonewall Jackson, having moved to Swift Run
Gap, has disappeared off the radar screen.
Maj. Gen. Nathaniel Banks, commander of the Union’s Army of the
Shenandoah, informs Washington that Jackson has disappeared. Banks makes plans to advance farther up the
valley, and sends a force toward Harrisonburg.
---A Special Committee of the U.S. Senate issues a resolution declaring
Sen. Starke of Oregon to be disloyal to the United States and in sympathy for
the Southern cause.
---Gen. Halleck’s large combined army begins its laborious advance
toward Corinth, today.
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