Civil War Day-By-Day

May 16, 1861

A Chronological History of the Civil War in America¹

• Bridges on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad de
  stroyed by the rebels.
• Gen. Scott ordered Arlington Heights to be fortified.
• Secessionists dispersed at Liberty, Mo.

1. A Chronological History of the Civil War in America by Richard Swainson Fisher, New York, Johnson and Ward, 1863