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The Bull Run, or the Manassas Campaign. VA. (Jul 16-22) The advance of the Union army under Brig. Gen. Irvin McDowell, USA, toward Manassas, and Centreville, VA.
Skirmish at Barboursville, WV, between Brig. Gen. Jacob D. Cox, USA, and Brig. Gen. Henry A. Wise, CSA.

The following are appointed Union Brigadier Generals:
- Jacob Ammen, USA
- Catharinus Putnam Buckingham, USA
- Charles Cruft, USA
- Francis Jay Herron, USA
- Alfred Pleasonton, USA
- Benjamin Stone Roberts, USA
- Frederick Salomon, USA
- Joshua Woodrow Sill, USA
- Morgan Lewis Smith, USA
- Fitz-Henry Warren, USA
- Cadwallader Golden Washburn, USA
Maj. Gen. Henry Halleck, USA, relinquishes immediate command of the troops in the Dept. of the Mississippi, to assume his new role as General-in-chief of all US land forces.
The District of West Tennessee, Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, USA, commanding, is extended to embrace the Army of the Mississippi.
Maj. Gen. Theophilus H. Holmes, CSA, is assigned to the command of the Confederate Trans-Mississippi Dept.
Federal reconnaissance from Westover, on the Richmond Road, VA.

Skirmish at Bolton Depot, MS, with Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman, USA.
Skirmish at Clinton, MS, with Maj. Gen. William Sherman, USA.
Skirmish at Grant's Ferry, Pearl River, MS, with Maj. Gen. William Sherman.
Jackson, MS, is evacuated by Gen. Joseph E. Johnston, CSA, and subsequently occupied by Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman, USA.
Engagement near Grimball's Landing, James Island, SC, with the Confederate attack being repulsed, with the help of the US steam sloop, Pawnee.
Federal scout from Germantown, to Collierville, Concordia, etc., TN. (Jul 16-20)
Skirmish at Shanghai, WV.
Action at Shepherdstown, WV.

Brig. Gen. John Randolph Chambliss, CSA, is mortally wounded on the Charles City Road, outside Richmond, VA, during an encounter with the Federal Cavalry under Brig. Gen. David M. McMutrie Gregg, USA.
Brig. Gen. Victor Jean Baptiste Girardey, CSA, is mortally wounded near Fussell's Mill, on the Darbytown Road, VA, while resisting a Federal attack on the east end of Richmond, VA.
Daniel McCook, Jr, USA, is appointed Brig. Gen.
Cavalry skirmish at Ellistown, MS, with Maj. Gen. Forrest, CSA, and Maj. Gen. Andrew J. Smith, USA.
Skirmish on the Clear Fork, near Warrensburg, Western MO.
Skirmish on the Fayette road, near Huntsville, Western MO.
Skirmish on James Island, Charleston Harbor, SC, and vicinity.
Action at Four-Mile Creek, VA, the Richmond, VA, Campaign.
Action at Malvern Hill, VA, the Richmond, VA, Campaign.
The capture of the Confederate wagon train near Purcellville, VA, as Lieut. Gen. Jubal Early, CSA, heads back to the Shenandoah Valley, VA.
Skirmish at Wood Grove, VA.

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

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