Wednesday July 10 1861

• Daniel Harvey Hill, CSA, is appointed Brig. Gen.
• Jones Mitchell Withers, CSA, is appointed Brig. Gen.
• The Confederacy signs a peace treaty with the Creek Indian Nation tribe, the Indian Territory.
• Fort Breckinridge, the New Mexico Territory, is abandoned.
• Skirmish at Rich Mountain, WV, between Brig. Gen. Robert S. Garnett, CSA, and Brig. Gen. William S. Rosecrans, USA, under Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan, USA.

Thursday July 10 1862

• Federal expedition to Guntown, MS, where under flag of truce, the opposing forces exchanged newspapers, discussed topics of the day, etc. (Jul 10-11)
• Federal reconnaissance from Harrison's Landing toward White Oak Swamp, VA, and skirmish.

Friday July 10 1863

• Quincy Adams Gillmore, U.S.A., is appointed Maj. Gen.
• Brig. Gen. Paul Jones Semmes, CSA, dies at Martinsburg, WV, from wounds received on Jul 2, at the Battle of Gettysburg, PA.
• Skirmish at Salem, Indiana, with Brig. Gen. John H. Morgan, CSA.
• Skirmish on Martin Creek, KY.
• Skirmish near Clear Spring, MD.
• Skirmishes at and near Funkstown, MD. (Jul 10-13)
• Skirmishes at and near Hagerstown, MD. (Jul 10-13)
• Skirmishes at Jones' Cross-Roads, near Williamsport, MD. (Jul 10-13)
• Skirmish at Old Antietam Forge, near Leitersburg, MD.
• Skirmish at Florence, MO.
• Skirmish with the Navaho Indians at Cook's Canon, the New Mexico Territory.
• The Union Capture of Jackson, MS, as Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman, USA, surrounds the city and the Confederate Dept. of the West, under Gen. Joseph E. Johnston, CSA. (Jul 10-17)
• Operations on Morris Island, SC, including the Union assaults on Battery Wagner, etc. (Jul 10-Sep 7)
• Union forces occupy the south end of Morris Island, SC, and prepare to assault CSA Battery Wagner, Charleston Harbor.
• Engagement at Willstown Bluff, Pon Pon River, SC, with the US steamer, John Adams, the transport, Enoch Dean, the small tug, Governor Milton, and the Confederate shore batteries. The Yankees retreat after burning large sums of rice, rice-fields, buildings, etc., around Willstown, SC.
• Skirmish at Bolivar, TN, with Union cavalry.
• The capture of the Union outpost, including 100 men, at Union City, TN, by Confederate cavalry, under Col. J. B. Biffle, CSA.

Sunday July 10 1864

• Maj. Gen. Lovell H. Rousseau's, USA, raid from Decatur, AL, to the West Point and Montgomery Railroad, with skirmishes:
  • near Coosa River, at Stone's Ferry, AL. (Jul 13)
  • near Greenpoint and at Ten Island Ford, AL. (Jul 14)
  • near Auburn, GA. (Jul 18)
  • near Checaw (Station), GA (Jul 18)
    (Jul 10-22)
• Skirmish 20 miles north of Little Rock, AR, with the scouting Federals capturing some Confederates and inflicting casualties.
• Skirmish near Petit Jean, AR.
• Skirmish at Clinton, KY, with mounted Rebels under Outlaw and Kesterson.
• Affair with guerrillas at Platte City, Western MO.
• The burning of the Gunpowder Bridge, MD.
• Skirmish near Monocacy, MD.
• Skirmish at Rockville, MD.
• Skirmishes at Cherry Creek and Plentytude, MS, with Maj. Gen. Andrew J. Smith, USA.
• Skirmish in Issaquena County, MS.
• Federal expedition from Vicksburg to Grand Gulf, MS, with skirmishes at Port Gibson (Jul 14) and at Grand Gulf (Jul 16), as the Confederate attacks on them are repulsed; the Federals return to Vicksburg aboard the steamer, Madison. (Jul 10-17)
• Affair at Platte City, MO.
• The Federal attack on Fort Johnson and Battery Simkins, Charleston Harbor, SC.

Monday July 10 1865