Compiled by Jim Hachtel, President
Gen. William T. Sherman Memorial Civil War Roundtable
July 6, 1861 - Gen. George B. McClellan begins to move three brigades of his Dept. of the Ohio Army to Rich Mountain, near Beverly, VA.
July 6, 1861 - McClellan orders Gen. Thomas A. Morris to move from Philippi in western Virginia to Laurel Hill.
July 7, 1861 - Colonel Robert L. McCook, with two regiments of General Morris's forces, arrives at Laurel Hill and encounters heavy skirmishing with Confederate forces commanded by General Robert S. Garnett.
July 7, 1861 - General Nathaniel Lyon, Union Commander of forces near Springfield, Missouri, now has over 7,000 troops with the addition of Major Samuel D. Sturgis's troops but is still outnumbered by the Confederates at least 2-to-1.
July 8, 1861 - In a drive to force Union Troops out of New Mexico, Confederate General Henry H. Sibley is ordered to march from Texas into New Mexico.
July 9, 1861 - The U.S. House of Representatives allows Union soldiers to house and not return fugitive slaves.
July 9, 1861 - General McClellan is angered by attacks on his Allegheny Mountain area supply lines in western Virginia so gathers four additional brigades of Union troops and marched to Rich Mountain.
July 10, 1861 - Pres. Lincoln assures General Simon B. Buckner, head of the Kentucky Militia, that Union forces will not violate his state's neutrality.
July 10, 1861 - Gen. McClellan sends Gen. William S. Rosecrans against Confederate troops at Rich Mountain and Colonel Thomas A. Morris against troops at Laurel Hill.
July 11, 1861 - Union troops drive Confederates from Rich Mountain by defeating Colonel John Pegram's 1300 troops.
July 11, 1861 - The U.S. Senate expels absent members from Arkansas, North Carolina, Texas, and Virginia. Also, the Senator from western Tennessee is expelled but Andrew Johnson from eastern Tennessee (a loyalist) keeps his seat.
July 12, 1861 - Col. John Pegram surrenders 555 men to Gen. Rosecrans at Beverly, VA and Gen. McClellan's Army occupies the area. Union Gen. Jacob D. Cox advances to engage Gen. Henry A. Wise and his Confederate forces in the Kanawha Valley.
July 13, 1861 - The House of Representatives votes 94 to 45 to expel John Clark of Missouri.
July 13,1861 - At Corrick's Ford, Virginia (frequently misspelled as Carrick's Ford or Corrick's Fort), Gen. Thomas A. Morris's Indiana Brigade defeats the 23rd Virginia. Confederate Gen. Robert S. Garnett is killed, the first general officer lost on either side. Gen. McClellan is elevated to national hero and vows to march on Romney, VA.
