Friday July 5 1861

• The Engagement near Carthage, MO, which embraces the actions at Dry Fork Creek and Brier Fork, in southwest MO, has the Confederate forces under Missouri Governor Claiborne Jackson forcing a Union retreat toward Carthage, MO, led by Brig. Gen. Franz Sigel, USA.
• Brig. Gen. Ben. McCulloch, CSA, at Neosho, MO, captures and paroles 80 Union soldiers belonging to the command of Brig. Gen. Franz Sigel, USA.
• Skirmish near Newport News, near Curtis' Farm, VA, with Brig. Gen. John B. Magruder's, CSA, forces, and Maj. Gen. Benjamin F. Butler, USA.

Saturday July 5 1862

• Federal expedition from Ponchatoula, LA, to catch the individuals responsible for the murder of two Union soldiers. (Jul 5-8)
• Skirmish on the Hatchie River, MS.
• Maj. Gen. William J. Hardee, CSA, is temporarily commanding the Army of the Mississippi.
• Skirmish at Battle Creek, TN.
• Affair at Walden's Ridge, TN.
• Confederate operations against the Union shipping on the James River, VA. (Jul 5-6)

Sunday July 5 1863

• Brig. Gen. Lewis Addison Armistead, CSA, dies from wounds suffered Jul 3 at Gettysburg, PA.
• Skirmish at Bardstown, KY, with Brig. Gen. John H. Morgan, CSA.
• Skirmish at Franklin, KY.
• Skirmish at Lebanon, KY, with Brig. Gen. John H. Morgan, CSA.
• Skirmish at Woodburn, KY, where Rebel forces burn the depot.
• Skirmish at Smithsburg, MD, with Union Cavalry troops.
• The Jackson, MS, Campaign. (Jul 5-25)
• Skirmish near Birdsong Ferry, MS.
• Skirmish at Cunningham's Cross-Roads, PA, as Gen. Robert E. Lee, CSA, retreated south toward Hagerstown, MD.
• Skirmish near Fairfield, PA.
• Skirmish near Greencastle, PA.
• Skirmish near Green Oak, PA.
• Skirmish near Mercersburg, PA.
• Skirmish at Steven's Furnace (also known as the Caledonia Iron-Works), PA.
• Federal expedition from Plymouth to Gardner's Bridge and Williamston, NC, under Brig. Gen. Henry W. Wessels, USA commanding the US District of Albemarle. (Jul 5-7)
• Skirmish at Kenansville, NC, along the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad.
• Skirmish at Warsaw, NC, and occupation by the Federals, along the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad.
• Skirmish at Yellow Creek, TN.

Tuesday July 5 1864

• Operations on the line of the Chattahoochee River, with skirmishes at Howell's, Turner's, and Pace's Ferries, Isham's Ford, and other points, GA, as Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman, USA, presses Gen. Joseph E. Johnston's CSA line. (Jul 5-17)
• Federal expedition from Morganza to Simsport, LA, on the Atchafalaya, to ascertain the Confederate position under Brig. Gen. Gabriel C. Wharton, CSA. (Jul 5-7)
• Affair at Keedysville, MD, as Lieut. Gen. Jubal Early, CSA, crosses the Potomac into Maryland.
• Affair at Noland's Ferry, MD.
• Skirmish at Point of Rocks, MD.
• Affair at Solomon's Gap, MD.
• Federal scouts from Big Piney, MO, including the killing of a guerrilla who attempted to flee from his Federal captors. (Jul 5-6)
• Federal expedition from New Madrid to Caruthersville, MO, with skirmishes with bushwackers. (Jul 5-10)
• The call is made upon New York and Pennsylvania for 24,000 militia, to help defend Washington, DC, from the advance of Lieut. Gen. Jubal A. Early, CSA.
• Maj. Gen. Andrew J. Smith's, USA, Federal expedition from La Grange, TN, to Tupelo, MS. (Jul 5-21)
• Maj. Gen. Andrew J. Smith's, USA, command moves from La Grange, TN, in search of Maj. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest, CSA.

Wednesday July 5 1865