Compiled by Jim Hachtel, President
Gen. William T. Sherman Memorial Civil War Roundtable
July 8, 1862 - At Pleasant Hill, Missouri, Confederate General William C. Quantrill's camp is over-run and occupied by Federal troops.
July 8, 1862 - President Lincoln arrives at Harrison's Landing, Virginia, to confer with General McClellan.
July 9, 1862 - Confederate Cavalry commanded by Colonel John H. Morgan captures Tompkinsville, Kentucky, taking 400 Union troops as prisoners.
July 10, 1862 - General John Pope situates his newly named Army of Virginia in the Shenandoah Valley. Locals are warned of harsh justice for "treasonable acts" and ordered to assist Union efforts.
July 10, 1862 - Morgan's Confederate Raiders capture Glasgow, Kentucky. Colonel Morgan urges locals to "rise and arm, and drive the invaders from the soil."
July 11, 1862 - Congress authorizes compensation for the families of Union soldiers killed in action against the CSS Virginia at Hampton Roads, Virginia.
July 11, 1862 - Colonel Morgan moves north as far as Lebanon, Kentucky, alarming residents of Louisville and Lexington as well as Evansville, Indiana and Cincinnati, Ohio.
July 12, 1862 - Soldiers are included as eligible recipients of the Congressional Medal of Honor, established in 1861 for navel personnel only.
July 12, 1862 - Due to falling water levels on the Yazoo River north of Vicksburg, Mississippi, the large ironclad CSS Arkansas is forced to move nearer to Vicksburg.
July 13, 1862 - President Lincoln seeks congressional action to compensate states willing to abolish slavery.
July 13, 1862 - President Lincoln informs Secretary of State William H. Seward and Secretary of the Navy Gideon Wells of his plan to read the "emancipation proclamation" to the full Cabinet on July 22.
July 13, 1862 - Union troops burn a bridge on the Rapidan River after a skirmish with Confederate forces.
July 13, 1862 - Confederate Cavalry led by Colonel John Morgan raids Harrodsburg, Kentucky while Colonel Nathan B. Forrest's Cavalry captures Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
July 14, 1862 - Border states announce their opposition to President Lincoln's compensated emancipation plan.
July 14, 1862 - The Army of Virginia under General Pope, is repositioned to be between Washington D.C. and the Confederate forces, now located north of Richmond and west of McClellan's position at Harrison's Landing on the Rappahannock River. The aim is to take pressure off of General McClellan's force.
