Civil War Timeline / Chronology for July 1864

July 1, 1864	Abraham Lincoln appoints William Pitt Fessenden, Senator from Maine, as Secretary of the Treasury. He is immediately confirmed
July 1, 1864	Already passed in the U. S. House, the Senate approves the Wade-Davis Reconstruction Bill 26-3 with 20 abstentions. Lincoln will pocket veto the bill. Radical Republicans had been unhappy with Reconstruction efforts in Louisiana and Arkansas requiring 10 per cent of previous voters approval to restore a state
	Republican Party
July 2, 1864	Joe Johnston evacuates his Kennesaw Mountain position and moves to the Smyrna Line	Georgia
July 2, 1864	U. S. Senate grants a charter to the Northern Pacific Railroad
July 4, 1864	"Retreating Joe" Johnston, as he is now called in the Richmond papers, withdraws to his previously prepared Chattahoochee Line	Georgia
July 4, 1864	Battle of Helena	Arkansas
July 5, 1864	Horace Greeley receives a letter with a Confederate proposal for peace negotiations to be held in Canada. He forwards the letter to President Lincoln
July 5, 1864	Jubal Early [CS] crosses the Potomac River at Harper's Ferry and enters Maryland with a division of men. He begins heading east to Washington
	Jubal Early's Raid on Washington D. C.
July 6, 1864	Federal commanders in Washington D. C. begin recalling troops to defend the city from Jubal Early
	Jubal Early's Raid on Washington D. C.
	Washington D. C.
July 7, 1864	Congress appropriates $2 million for restoration of Ford's Theater
	Ford's Theater
July 8, 1864	Army of the Ohio under General John Schofield [US] crosses the Chattahoochee River at Sope (Soap) Creek	Georgia
July 9, 1864	Battle of the Monocacy General Lew Wallace [US] with an irregular force of 6,000 men is routed by Jubal Early's 10,000 man battle-hardened division	Maryland
	Jubal Early's Raid on Washington D. C.
	Jubal Anderson Early
	Lew Wallace
July 11, 1864	Jubal Early reaches Washington D. C. suburbs. In the past few days, however, more than 20,000 Union soldiers from various commands have arrived to defend the city. Commanding the Union forces are Generals Quincy Gillmore and Horatio Wright.
	Jubal Anderson Early
	Jubal Early's Raid on Washington D. C.
	Washington D. C.
July 12, 1864	Jubal Early withdraws from Washington D. C.
	Jubal Early's Raid on Washington D. C.
	Washington D. C.
July 14, 1864	Battle of Tupelo or Harrisburg General A. J. Smith [US] repulses repeated, uncoordinated attacks by Generals Stephen D. Lee [CS] and Nathan Bedford Forrest [CS], who retire at noon. Smith, short of supplies, withdraws to Memphis the following day.	Mississippi
July 14, 1864	Crossing the Potomac at White's Ford near Leesburg, Jubal Early's division returns to Virginia	Virginia
July 16, 1864	General Jubal Early [CS] leaves Leesburg and heads west to the Shenandoah Valley.
	Jubal Early's Raid on Washington D. C.
July 17, 1864	General Joseph E. Johnston relieved of command of the Army of Tennessee. John Bell Hood replaces him.	Georgia
	Joseph E. Johnston
	John Bell Hood
	Atlanta Campaign
July 18, 1864	Horace Greeley is sent to Canada to negotiate an end to the Civil War. Lincoln gives him broad powers to come to a settlement, only requiring that it include the restoration of the Union and a renunciation of slavery. The Confederates would not accept these conditions
July 20, 1864	Battle of Peachtree Creek John Bell Hood [CS] attacks George Thomas after he crosses Peachtree Creek.	Georgia
	John Bell Hood
	George Thomas
	Atlanta Campaign
July 22, 1864	Battle of Atlanta Hood's Second Sortie Major General William Hardee [CS] hits James McPherson's [US] line from the south while Major General B. F. Cheatham [CS] attacks his corps along its wide front. In spite of McPherson's death the Union wins the battle	Georgia
	Atlanta Campaign
	William Hardee
	Battle of Atlanta
	Benjamin Franklin Cheatham
July 22, 1864	During the Battle of Atlanta, Major General James McPherson, commander of the Army of the Tennessee is killed when he accidently crosses Confederate lines.
	Generals Who Died In the Civil War
	Army of the Tennessee
	Battle of Atlanta
July 22, 1864	Major General W. H. T. Walker is killed by Union forces while scouting a position before the Battle of Atlanta
	Generals Who Died In the Civil War
	Battle of Atlanta
July 24, 1864	Second battle of Kernstown Jubal Early's [CS] move to the Shenandoah Valley is blocked by George Crook [US], at least for a while. After a violent assault on the Union left by John Breckinridge the federal line broke and pulled back to Harpers Ferry	Virginia
	Jubal Anderson Early
	Rutherford B. Hayes
	John Breckinridge
	Harpers Ferry
July 26, 1864	W. T. Sherman appoints O. O. Howard commander of the Army of the Tennessee
	William Tecumseh Sherman
	Atlanta Campaign
	Army of the Tennessee
July 26, 1864	General George Stoneman leaves from Kennesaw Mountain to raid Macon, Georgia	Georgia
July 28, 1864	Fugitive slave laws abolished
July 28, 1864	Battle of Ezra Church	Georgia
	Atlanta Campaign
July 30, 1864	Battle of the Crater or Crater Battle After blowing explosives at the end of a 586-foot tunnel which in turn ignited four magazines, Union troops advance to the Crater at Petersburg. After 4 hours, though, they are forced to withdraw.	Virginia
	Siege of Petersburg
	Ambrose Burnside