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Sunday June 30 1861
- Pursued by the USS Brooklyn, the Confederate warship, the CSS Sumter, slips past the Union blockade at the mouth of the Mississippi River, near New Orleans, LA, and heads for the open seas.
Monday June 30 1862
- William Bowen Campbell, USA, is appointed Brig. Gen.
- Skirmish at Adams' Bluff, AR.
- The Federal naval bombardment of Tampa, FL. (Jun 30-Jul 1)
- Skirmish at Henderson, KY.
- Affair at Powell River, TN.
- Skirmish at Rising (or Morning) Sun, TN, as Confederate Cavalry harass Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's, USA, supply train.
- The Battle of Glendale, Nelson's Farm, Charles City Cross-Roads, New Market Cross Roads, Frazier's Farm, White Oak Swamp, Turkey Bend, or Willis' Church, VA, as Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan, USA, repulses Maj. Gen. James Longstreet, CSA, with McClellan retreating to Malvern Hill.
- Skirmish at Jones' Bridge, VA.
- Skirmish near New Kent Court-House, VA.
- Engagement at Turkey Bridge, or Malvern Cliff, VA.
- Engagement at White Oak Swamp Bridge, VA.
Tuesday June 30 1863
- Attack on Goodrich's Landing, LA.
- The Federal evacuation of Maryland Heights, MD.
- Skirmish at Westminster, MD.
- Skirmish near Hudson's River, Neosho River, MO.
- Skirmish at Fairfield, PA, as Lieut. Gen. Richard S. Ewell, CSA, heads towards Gettysburg, PA.
- Action at Hanover, PA, with Maj. Gen. JEB Stuart, CSA, who barely escapes capture himself.
- Skirmish at Sporting Hill, near Harrisburg, PA.
- The Confederate forces under Gen. Braxton Bragg, CSA, evacuate Tullahoma, TN, and head for Chattanooga, TN.
- President Abraham Lincoln resists political pressure to reinstate Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan, USA, as commander of the Army of the Potomac.
Thursday June 30 1864
- Skirmish at Acworth, GA.
- Skirmish at Allatoona, GA.
- Skirmish at La Fayette, GA.
- Actions on Four-Mile Creek, at Deep Bottom, VA, the Richmond, VA, Campaign. (Jun 30-Jul 1)
- Lieut. Gen. Jubal A. Early, CSA, occupies New Market, VA, on his way to invade the North.
- President Abraham Lincoln accepts Salmon P. Chase, the US Secretary of the Treasury's, resignation.
Friday June 30 1865
- Skirmish with Indians at Rock Creek, the Dakota Territory, where the Indians are reported to have ran off 60 head of cattle from Rock Creek and killing one soldier. Also at Willow Springs Station they have stolen all the stock belonging to the stage coach company.
- Maj. Gen. Henry W. Halleck, US, relinquishes his command of the Military Division of the James, VA.
- The US Military Commission finds all of the following guilty of conspiring to murder President Abraham Lincoln with the following sentences doled out:
- Samuel Arnold - life imprisonment
- George Atzerodt - death by hanging
- David Herold - death by hanging
- Dr. Samuel Mudd - life imprisonment
- Michael O'Laughlin - life imprisonment
- Lewis Payne - death by hanging
- Edward Spangler - 6 yrs. imprisonment
- Mrs. Mary Surratt - death by hanging
On This Day information kindly provided by Martin Cross, 2nd U.S. Artillery, Bty B.