Compiled by Jim Hachtel, President
Gen. William T. Sherman Memorial Civil War Roundtable
June 11 - At Wheeling, VA Pro-Union delegates form an alternate government for the westernmost parts of the state.
June 11 - The 11th Indiana start toward Romney, VA with intent to occupy; Colonel Lew Wallace commanding.
June 13 - Lew Wallace occupies Romney in western Virginia.
June 14 - John Letcher, Governor of Virginia states that western Virginians should join the Confederate Army and that the majority of the state should rule the entire state.
June 14 - General George B. McClellan forces Gen. Joseph E. Johnston to evacuate Harper's Ferry.
June 14 - Robert E. Lee is promoted to Full General, C.S.A.
June 15 - Confederate troops led by Governor Claiborne Jackson are forced to leave Jefferson City, Mo and camp near Booneville.
June 17 - Ulysses S. Grant is appointed Colonel of the 21st Illinois Volunteer Infantry.
June 17 - Confederate Col. Thomas Jackson is promoted to Brigadier General.
June 17 - Unionist meeting in Wheeling, Virginia unanimously declare their independence from the Confederacy.
June 17 - Greenville, Tenn Pro-Union residents rally to keep east Tennessee out of the Confederacy.
June 17 - 1st South Carolina Infantry and Col. Maxcy Gregg captures a Union locomotive near Vienna, Virginia. Ohio Troops repair the tracks.
June 17 - Pres. Lincoln attends a balloon demonstration by Professor Thaddeus S.C. Lowe.
June 17 - Gen. Nathaniel Lyon pursues Claiborne F. Jackson up the Missouri River and gains control of the Missouri for the Union.
June 19 - Francis H. Pierpoint is elected as Governor and two senators are elected to office in Western Virginia.
