ACWS - On This Day in the American Civil War 24th June

Maj. Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks, USA, is directed to "quietly seize" the Baltimore, MD, Police Commissioners.
Skirmish at Jackson, MO.
Affair on the Rappahannock River, 12 miles below Urbanna, VA.

Skirmish at Hamilton's Plantation, near Grand Gulf MS.
Federal reconnaissance from Washington to Tranter's Creek, NC, by Capt. George F. Jocknick, 3rd NY Cavalry Company I.
Skirmish near Mechanicsville, VA, just north of Richmond, VA.
Skirmish at Milford, VA, with Maj. Charles H. Town, 1st MI Cavalry.
The Confederate troops evacuate White House Landing, VA, as Maj. Gen. George McClellan, USA, continues his approach on Richmond.

Col. William P. Sanders' command arrives at Boston, KY, ending his raid into East Tennessee.
The capture of Union forces at Bayou Boeuf Crossing, LA.
Skirmish at Chacahoula Station, LA.
Skirmishes at Mound Plantation and near Lake Providence, LA, during the operations against Vicksburg.
Skirmish at Sharpsburg, MD, with Gen. Robert E. Lee, CSA.
Skirmish at Big Spring Branch, TN, as Maj. Gen. William S. Rosecrans, USA, advances on Middle Tennessee and is confronted by Gen. Braxton Bragg, CSA.
Skirmish near Brady ville, TN.
Skirmish at Christiana, TN.
Skirmishes at Hoover's Gap, TN. (Jun 24-26)
Skirmishes at Liberty Gap, TN. (Jun 24-27)
Skirmish at Middleton, TN.
The Dept. of West Virginia is constituted, under the command of Brig. Gen. Benjamin Franklin Kelley, USA.

Operations in the District of Northern Alabama. (Jun 24-Aug 20)
Skirmish at Curtis' Well, Northern AL.
Affair near Fayetteville, AR, as Buck Brown, with over 200 men, steal the entire Yankee mule herd of 240, fleeing 40 miles with the mules to Maysville.
The capture of the US steamer, Queen City, on the White River, AR, by Maj. Gen. Joseph O. Shelby, CSA.
The engagement between the US steamers, Fawn and the Naumkeag, and Maj. Gen. Joseph O. Shelby and Brig. Gen. Robert C. Tyler, CSA, Confederate forces, AR. (Jun 24-25)
Action at La Fayette, GA.
Indian attack on the wagon train on the John Day's Road, near Fort Klamath, Oregon.
Action at Hare's Hill, VA, the Richmond, VA, Campaign.
Engagement at Saint Mary's Church, VA, where Maj. Gen. Philip H. Sheridan, USA, is driven off toward the James River.

Federal operations about Rock Creek Station and Seven Mile Creek, the Dakota Territory, in search of Indians rumored to have run off livestock in this area. The Yankees fail to catch up with any Indians. (Jun 24-30)
The Dept. of Mississippi is created, embracing the State of Mississippi, and Maj. Gen. Henry W. Slocum, USA, is assigned to its command.
By now, all military blockades of all southern ports, including restrictions on the Mississippi River, have been raised by President Andrew Johnson, Washington, DC.

On This Day information kindly provided by Martin Cross, 2nd U.S. Artillery, Bty B.