MONTHLY EVENTS FROM A CIVIL WAR DIARY COVERING SOCIAL, POLITICAL, AND ECONOMIC EVENTS OF THE CIVIL WAR ERA. THE EVENTS CONCERN, PRIMARILY, MILITARY HAPPENINGS.
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Events From July 1861- 65.
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July 3, 1863 – Longstreet’s Assault
(Pickett’s Charge) made on third day of Battle of
Gettysburg.
July 4, 1863 – Gen. Grant accepts Gen. Pemberton’s surrender at Vicksburg. July 5, 1864 – CSA Gen. Early crosses Potomac River to attack Washington, DC. July 7, 1865 – Pres. Lincoln’s assassination conspirators are hanged in Washington, DC. July 14, 1863 – Just one week after Battle of Gettysburg, draft riots break out in New York City. July 17, 1864 – Pres. Davis relives Gen. Johnston and appoints Gen. Hood to command of the Army of Tenn. July 21, 1861 – On his wife’s birthday, CSA Gen. Jackson earns his nickname “Stonewall” at the Battle of First Manassas (Bull Run). July 28, 1861 – Union Gen. George McClellan is given command of the Union Army of Virginia (Renamed Army of the Potomac). July 29, 1862 – Confederate female spy Belle Boyd captured by Union troops in Virginia. July 30, 1864 – Union troops suffer horrible setback at the Battle of the Crater at Petersburg, VA. |