Civil War Day-By-Day

May 31, 1861

• P. G. T. Beauregard ordered to assume command of the Alexandria Line.

A Chronological History of the Civil War in America¹

• Rebel batteries at Acquia Creek, Va., silenced by Union gun-boats after an action lasting two hours.
• Cavalry skirmish at Fairfax Court House, Wa.

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