Civil War Timeline / Chronology for July 1861

July 2, 1861	General Robert Patterson crosses the Potomac at Williamsport, Maryland and moves towards Harpers Ferry.	Virginia Maryland
	Harpers Ferry
July 4, 1861	The Kansas Flag is introduced	Kansas
	Flags of the Civil War
July 4, 1861	Leonidas Polk is put in charge of the Confederate Department Number 2.
	Leonidas Polk
July 11, 1861	Battle of Rich Mountain	West Virginia
	George McClellan
	Operations in Western Virginia
	Battle of Rich Mountain
	William S. Rosecrans
July 11, 1861	Sterling Price, Confederate governor Claiborne Jackson, Nathaniel Lyon, and Francis Blair meet at Planters' House in St. Louis to discuss a truce. Lyon was quoted as saying "This means war" after the talks end abruptly	Missouri
	Sterling Price
July 13, 1861	Battle of Corrick's Ford While directing his rear guard General Robert Garnett is shot and dies minutes later. He is the first general to die during the Civil War	West Virginia
	George McClellan
	Battle of Corrick's Ford
	Civil War Firsts
July 17, 1861	The U. S. begins issuing demand notes commonly called "Greenbacks"
July 17, 1861	Battle of Scary Creek	West Virginia
	George McClellan
July 21, 1861	(First) Manassas (Confederate) (First) Bull Run (Union) About 25 miles southwest of Washington the first major battle of the Civil War pits Irvin McDowell [US] against P. G. T. Beauregard [CS] and Joe Johnston [CS].	Virginia
	William Tecumseh Sherman
	First Manassas - First Bull Run
	P. G. T. Beauregard
	Irvin McDowell
	Joseph E. Johnston
	Army of Northern Virginia
	James Longstreet
	John B. Gordon
	Stonewall Jackson
	Richard Ewell
	Samuel Garland
	Ambrose Burnside
	Samuel Heintzelman
July 22, 1861	George B. McClellan [US] ordered to Washington to take command of the Army of the Potomac following the defeat at Bull Run
	Army of the Potomac
	George McClellan
	Army of the Ohio
	Washington D. C.
July 22, 1861	In a proclamation, Jefferson Davis accepts Tennessee as a member of the Confederacy	Tennessee
	Jefferson Davis
July 23, 1861	Major General John Dix ordered to take command of the Department of Maryland; Brigadier General William S. Rosecrans ordered to take command of the Department of the Ohio
	William S. Rosecrans
	Army of the Ohio
July 25, 1861	With his troops enlistment expiring, Robert Patterson is relieved of duty in the Shenandoah Valley. He had failed to hold Joseph Johnston in Winchester to prevent Johnston from moving east to support Beauregard at Bull Run.
July 25, 1861	The U. S. Congress approves the use of volunteers to put down the rebellion
July 25, 1861	The Crittenden Resolution passes in Congress. This states the Preservation of the Union is the reason for the Civil War
	John Crittenden
July 26, 1861	George McClellan appointed commander, Army of the Potomac, replacing Irvin McDowell. Some sources give the date as July 27, the day he received the orders
	George McClellan
	Army of the Potomac
	Irvin McDowell
July 31, 1861	11 Union officers are submitted to Congress to be promoted to brigadier general
	William B. Franklin
	Ulysses S. Grant
	Samuel Heintzelman
	Joseph Hooker
	William Tecumseh Sherman
	Ulysses S. Grant