Saturday June 29 1861

Sunday June 29 1862

• The capture of the British steamer, Ann, a blockade runner, under the guns of Fort Morgan, AL.
• The Confederate Dept. of Alabama, and West Florida is discontinued.
• Federal reconnaissance from Front Royal to Luray, VA, and skirmish. (Jun 29-30)
• Skirmish on the James River Road, near Willis' Church, VA.
• Skirmish at Jordan's Ford, VA.
• The Battle of Savage Station, on the Richmond and York River Railroad, VA.
• Brig. Gen. Richard Griffith, C.S.A., is mortally wounded at the Battle of Savage Station, and is transported to and dies in Richmond, VA.
• The Engagement at Peach Orchard, or Allen's Farm, near Fair Oaks Station, VA, as Gen. Robert E. Lee, CSA, continues to press on against the retreating Army of the Potomac.
• Skirmish on the Williamsburg Road, near Fair Oaks Station, VA.
• Maj. Gen. Franz Sigel, US Army, assumes the command of the 1st US Army Corp, the Army of Virginia.
• Affair at Moorefield, WV.

Monday June 29 1863

• The following are appointed Union Brigadier Generals:
  • George Armstrong Custer, USA
  • Elon John Farnsworth, USA
  • Wesley Merritt, USA
• Skirmishes at Columbia and Creelsborough, KY.
• Skirmish at Mound Plantation, LA.
• Affairs at Lisbon and Poplar Springs, MD.
• Skirmish at Muddy Branch, MD.
• Skirmish at Westminster, MD, with Maj. Gen. JEB Stuart, CSA.
• Skirmishes at Messinger's Ferry, Big Black River, MS. (Jun 29-30)
• Skirmish at McConnellsburg, PA, as the Northern and Southern armies continue to concentrate toward Cashtown and Gettysburg, PA.
• Skirmish at Decherd, TN, as Maj. Gen. William S. Rosecrans, USA, advances.
• Skirmish near Hillsborough, TN.
• Skirmish near Lexington, TN.
• Skirmishes near Tullahoma, TN. (Jun 29-30)
• Confederate expedition, under Col. William L. Jackson, CSA, to Beverly, WV. (Jun 29-Jul 4)

Wednesday June 29 1864

• Brig. Gen. Joseph Pannell Taylor, USA, dies at Washington, DC, from natural causes.
• Amos Beebe Eaton, USA, is appointed Brig. Gen.
• Affair at Pond Springs, Northern AL.
• Skirmish at Meffleton Lodge, AR.
• Skirmish at Davis' Bend, LA.
• Skirmish at La Fayette, TN.
• Skirmishes at Charlestown and Duffield's Station, WV, as the Lieut. Col. John S. Mosby, CSA, captures 25, destroys a storehouse and telegraph wires, escaping across the Shenandoah Valley into Loundoun County by Berry's Ferry.

Thursday June 29 1865

• Skirmish with Indians near Fort Dodge, Kansas, as a party of about 40 Indians charged upon one of the cattle herds belonging to a Mexican train, killing 2 Mexican herdsmen; the Indians fail to capture any livestock as the Yankees are fast on their trail in chasing them away.