Saturday July 13 1861

• Maj. Gen. Leonidas Polk, CSA, assumes the command of the Confederate Dept. No. 2, KY.
• Skirmish at the Red House, near Barboursville, WV.
• Action at Carrick's (or Corrick's), Ford, Cheat River, WV, with Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan, USA soundly defeating the Confederates, and giving the Federals virtual control over WV.
• Brig. Gen. Robert Selden Garnett, CSA, is the first Civil War General to die, mortally wounded while setting up a skirmish line and fighting a rear guard action, during the action at Carrick's Ford.
• The descent of the Union troops upon Romney, WV, by Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan, USA.

Sunday July 13 1862

• The Confederate Missouri State Guard is relieved from duty east of the Mississippi River and ordered to join Maj. Gen. Thomas Carmichael Hindman, CSA.
• The action at, and the Union surrender of Murfreesborough, TN, by Brig. Gen. Thomas Crittenden's troops to Col. Nathan Bedford Forrest's Confederate Cavalry troops.
• Skirmish near Wolf River, TN, as Confederate Cavalry attack and burn part of Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman's, USA, 5th Division, Army of the Tennessee, supply train.
• Maj. Gen. Thomas Jackson's Confederate forces advance from Hanover Court-House upon Gordonsville, VA.
• Skirmish at Rapidan Station, VA, with the Union destruction of a Confederate bridge.

Monday July 13 1863

• Maj. Gen. John Stevens Bowen, CSA, dies near Raymond, MS, from camp fever sickness developed during the siege of Vicksburg, MS.
• Federal expedition to Huntsville, AL, where they seize 300 contrabands, 500 cattle, and 500 horses and mules. (Jul 13-22)
• Lieut. Col. Stephen G. Whipple, 1st Battalion of Mountaineers, California Volunteers, relieves Col. Francis J. Lippitt, 2nd California Infantry, in command of the Humboldt Military District.
• Draft riots take place at New York City and Troy, NY, Boston, MA, Portsmouth, NH, Wooster, OH, and Rutland, VT, with 50 to 60 rioters reported killed in New York City alone. (Jul 13-16)
• Natchez, MS, is occupied by the Union expeditionary troops.
• Yazoo City, MS, is occupied by the Union expeditionary troops.
• Federal reconnaissance from Newport Barracks to Cedar Point and White Oak River, NC, with the assistance of the Union gunboat, Wilson. (Jul 13-16)
• Brig. Gen. John Hunt Morgan's, CSA, Confederate command enters the state of Ohio, and heads toward Cincinnati and Hamilton.
• Martial law is declared in Cincinnati, Covington, and Newport Ohio, due to Brig. Gen. John Hunt Morgan's CSA raid.
• Skirmishes on Forked Deer River, and at Jackson, TN.
• Federal expedition from Fayetteville, WV, to Wytheville, VA, with skirmish with Confederates, the capturing of Rebel prisoners and the burning of part of the town before withdrawing. (Jul 13-25)

Wednesday July 13 1864

• Skirmish near Brownsville, AR, where the attacking Confederates almost overwhelm the Yankees there.
• Federal expedition from Helena, AR, to Buck Island, in the Mississippi River, as Brig. Gen. Napoleon B. Buford, USA, commanding the District of Eastern Arkansas, pursues Brig. Gen. Joseph O. Shelby, CSA. (Jul 13-16)
• Federal reconnaissance from Pine Bluff, AR, down the river in search of Confederates, who they don't meet.
• Skirmish at Bell Mines, KY.
• Federal scout from Munfordville to Big Spring, KY, against guerrillas. (Jul 13-15)
• Affair at Rockville, MD.
• Action near Camargo Cross-Roads, near Tupelo, MS, as Maj. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest, CSA, contests the advance of Maj. Gen. Andrew J. Smith, USA.
• Action with guerrillas at Camden Point, Western MO.
• Affair with guerrillas at Versailles, Western MO.
• Maj. Gen. Horatio G. Wright, USA, is assigned to the command of all the forces moving against the Confederate forces in retreat from Washington, DC.
• Brig. Gen. William H. Emory, USA, is assigned to the command of the detachment of the 19th US Army Corps, Washington, DC.

Thursday July 13 1865