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July 15, 1862 Tuesday
U.S.S. Carondelet, under Commander Walke, U.S.S. Tyler, commanded by Lieutenant Gwin, and ram Queen of the West, carrying Army sharp shooters on reconnaissance of the Yazoo River, engaged Confederate ironclad ram Arkansas, commanded by Lieutenant Isaac N. Brown. In a severe fight as Union ships withdrew, Arkansas partially disabled Carondelet and Tyler. Entering the Mississippi, Arkansas ran through fire from the Union fleet to refuge under the Vicksburg batteries in a heavily damaged condition and with many casualties. Farragut's fleet pursued Arkansas, but, as the Flag Officer reported, "it was so dark by the time we reached the town that nothing could be seen except the flashes of the guns." In the heavy cannonade as Farragut's ships continued down river below Vicksburg, U.S.S. Winona, commanded by Lieutenant Edward T. Nichols, and U.S.S. Sumter, commanded by Lieutenant Henry Erben, were substantially damaged. The daring sortie of Arkansas emphatically underscored the need to reduce Vicksburg. Major General Earl Van Dorn, CSA, said that Lieutenant Brown had "immortalized his single vessel, himself, and the heroes under his command, by an achievement the most brilliant ever recorded in naval annals." Secretary Mallory added: "Naval history records few deeds of greater heroism or higher professional ability than this achievement of the Arkansas." Lieutenant Brown was promoted to Commander, and the Confederate Congress later expressed thanks to Brown and his men "for their signal exhibition of skill and gallantry. . . in the brilliant and successful engagement of the sloop of war Arkansas with the enemy's fleet." Federals had 18 killed, 50 wounded, and 10 missing to 10 killed and 15 badly wounded on Arkansas. In one spectacular dash a Confederate gunboat had changed the complexion of warfare on the Mississippi River.

Federal cavalry defeated Confederates in an action near Fayetteville, Arkansas. There were skirmishes at Orange Court House and Middletown, Virginia; Wallace’s Cross Roads, Tennessee; and Apache Pass, New Mexico Territory, where Union troops from California fought the Apaches. Major General David Emanuel Twiggs, CSA, dies of old age near Augusta, Georgia ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_E._Twiggs ).

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Gen Ned Simms
2/XVI Corps/AotT
Blood 'n Guts hisself, a land lovin' pirate. Show me some arty tubes and we'll charge 'em.
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July 16, 1862 Wednesday
Napoleon III of France received Confederate commissioner John Slidell, who requested recognition of the Confederacy and aid from warships in breaking the blockade in exchange for cotton. Confederate Maj Gen Theophilus H. Holmes was assigned to command the Trans-Mississippi Department. There was a reconnaissance by Federals from Westover, Virginia on the Richmond Road near the James River. The Federal District of West Tennessee was extended to embrace the Army of the Mississippi, all to be commanded by U.S. Grant. Gen Halleck relinquished command of the Department of the Mississippi to assume his new role as general of all U.S. armies. U.S.S. Huntsville, commanded by Acting Lieutenant William C. Rogers, seized blockade running British schooner Agnes off Abaco with cargo of cotton and rosin.

Measures of the U.S. Congress approved by the President included creating the grade of rear admiral to be conferred on all flag officers; increasing temporary protective tariffs on sugar, tobacco, and liquor; and forbidding all financial interest in public contracts to members of Congress, officers, and agents of the government. William H. Aspinwall of New York presented the Federal War Department with a check for $25,290.60 as his share of profits on an arms contract.

David Glasgow Farragut, in recognition of his victory at New Orleans, promoted to Rear Admiral, the first officer to hold that rank in the history of the U.S. Navy. The measure passed by Congress which created the rank of Rear Admiral also revamped the existing rank structure to include Commodore and Lieutenant Commander and established the number of Rear Admirals at 9; Commodores, 18; Captains, 36; Commanders, 72; and the remainder through Ensign at 144 each. The act provided that "The three senior rear admirals [Farragut, L. M. Goldsborough, and Du Pont] shall wear a square blue flag at the mainmast head; the next three at the foremast head, and all others at the mizzen." Rear Admirals were to rank with Major Generals in the Army.

The following appointments were made to Brigadier General: 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; and Cadwallader Colden Washburn, USA.

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Gen Ned Simms
2/XVI Corps/AotT
Blood 'n Guts hisself, a land lovin' pirate. Show me some arty tubes and we'll charge 'em.
VMI Class of '00

July 17, 1862 Thursday
President Lincoln signed the Second Confiscation Act ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Confiscation_Act ) after lengthy and acrimonious congressional debate and after weighing a possible veto. Supported by the Radicals and the ultra-abolitionist forces, it could readily be interpreted as a virtual act of emancipation. The measure provided that slaves of all those who supported or aided the rebellion would be free when they came within Union control. It called for confiscation of other forms of property, gave the President power to “employ” Negroes for suppression of the rebellion, and authorized the President to provide for colonization “in some tropical country beyond the limits of the United States, of such persons of the African race, made free by the provisions of this act, as may be willing to emigrate.” The bill also authorized the President to tender pardon and amnesty to those he saw fit. Mr Lincoln opposed some provisions and wording, but last-minute changes took care of most of the objections. The measure later gave rise to a political struggle between the President and Congress over who was to handle the slavery and reconstruction measures. Many provisions of this confiscation act were never enforced.

Another measure signed by President Lincoln upon the adjournment of the Congress authorized calling up men between the ages of eighteen and forty-five for nine months’ militia service ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Militia_Act_of_1862 ). This was later interpreted as a draft though never put into effect. Another bill provided for the use of postage stamps as money, due to the shortage of metal coins.

Maj Gen U.S. Grant assumed command of all troops in the Army of the Tennessee and Army of the Mississippi, and in the District of the Mississippi and Cairo. Confederate Gen D.H. Hill was assigned to command the Department of North Carolina. Morgan’s Confederate raiders took Cynthiana, Kentucky while Pope’s Federals captured Gordonsville, Virginia, a Southern supply base. There was a skirmish in the vicinity of Mount Pleasant and Columbia, Tennessee.

Twenty Marines from U.S.S. Potomac participated in an expedition up Pascagoula River, Mississippi. Under First Lieutenant George W. Collier, the Marines, whose force was augmented by an equal number of sailors, acted with U.S.S. New London and Grey Cloud to capture or destroy a steamer and two schooners rumored to be loading with cotton, and to destroy telegraphic communications between Pascagoula and Mobile. The expedition succeeded in disrupting communications, but, pursuing the Confederate vessels upstream, it was engaged by cavalry and infantry troops and forced to turn back to care for the wounded.

Thomas Leonidas Crittenden, USA, and William Nelson, USA, were appointed to Major General. The following appointments were made to Brigadier General: St. John Richardson Liddell, CSA; Henry Shaw Briggs, USA; John Cochrane, USA; Conrad Feger Jackson, USA; James Dada Morgan, USA; James Blair Steedman, USA; Henry Dwight Terry, USA; John Basil Turchin, USA; and August von Willich, USA.

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Gen Ned Simms
2/XVI Corps/AotT
Blood 'n Guts hisself, a land lovin' pirate. Show me some arty tubes and we'll charge 'em.
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July 18, 1862 Friday
Federal Maj Gen Pope announced that his Army of Virginia would “subsist upon the country in which their operations are carried out,” and that the citizens of the area through which his army operated would be held responsible for damage done to railroads, bridges, and telegraph lines by guerrillas. Furthermore, the people would be compelled to repair the damage and be assessed for such depredations.

Confederate troops crossed the Ohio River and raided the town of Newburg, Indiana near Evansville. There was a skirmish near Memphis, Missouri. A motion in the British House of Commons to mediate between the Federal and Confederate governments was discussed and withdrawn. The Confederate Department No. 2 is extended to include all of Mississippi, East Louisiana, and West Florida.

The following appointments were made to Major General: John Gray Foster, USA; John Grubb Parke, USA; Joseph King Fenno Mansfield, USA; Jesse Lee Reno, USA; and Isaac Ingalls Stevens, USA. George Foster Shepley, USA, was appointed to Brigadier General.

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Gen Ned Simms
2/XVI Corps/AotT
Blood 'n Guts hisself, a land lovin' pirate. Show me some arty tubes and we'll charge 'em.
VMI Class of '00

July 19, 1862 Saturday
President Lincoln named John S. Phelps of Missouri as military governor of Arkansas. Confederates raided Brownsville, Tennessee and there was a skirmish near Paris, Kentucky between Federal troops and men of John Hunt Morgan’s command. Meetings to stimulate enlistments were held in various Northern cities. A Federal expedition destroyed military stores and the railroad at Beaver Dam Station, Virginia, July 19-20. From July 19-23 a Union scout was carried out in Polk and Dallas counties, Missouri. Naval court martial meeting in Richmond acquitted Flag Officer Tattnall with honor for ordering the destruction of C.S.S. Virginia on 11 May after the evacuation of Norfolk. The court found that "the only alternative . . . was to abandon and burn the ship then and there, which in the judgment of the court, was deliberately and wisely done. James Streshly Jackson, USA, and John Smith Phelps, USA, were appointed to Brigadier General.

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Gen Ned Simms
2/XVI Corps/AotT
Blood 'n Guts hisself, a land lovin' pirate. Show me some arty tubes and we'll charge 'em.
VMI Class of '00

July 20, 1862 Sunday
Minor fighting continued, with skirmishes at Greenville and Taberville, Missouri, and Gaines’ Landing, Arkansas. There was an affair at Hatchie Bottom, Mississippi. The father of the future Younger Outlaw gang was assassinated ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Washington_Younger ).

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Gen Ned Simms
2/XVI Corps/AotT
Blood 'n Guts hisself, a land lovin' pirate. Show me some arty tubes and we'll charge 'em.
VMI Class of '00

July 21, 1862 Monday
Confederate troops captured Federal pickets five miles from Nashville and burned bridges on the Chattanooga road. The Confederate Army of the Mississippi was ordered to Chattanooga, and Maj Gen Price assumed command of the Confederate District of the Tennessee. Luray, Virginia was occupied by Federal troops operating in the Shenandoah Valley. President Lincoln and his Cabinet discussed the possible use of Negroes as soldiers. Confederate artillery at Argyle Landing, Mississippi River, destroyed naval transport U.S.S. Sallie Woods. U.S.S. Huntsville, commanded by Acting Lieutenant W. C. Rogers, captured steamer Reliance in Bahama Channel.

U.S. steamers Clara Dolsen and Rob Roy and tug Restless under Commander Alexander M. Pennock, with troops embarked, arrived from Cairo to protect Evansville, Indiana, at the request of Governor Morton. Troops were landed and retook. Henderson, Kentucky, from Confederate guerrillas, several boats were burned, and the Ohio was patrolled against attack from the Kentucky side of the river. Major General John Love wrote to Commander Pennock expressing the "gratitude with which the citizens of Indiana and of this locality will regard the prompt cooperation of yourself and your officers in this emergency, which threatened their security." The mobility which naval control of the river gave to Union forces neutralized repeated Confederate attempts to re-establish positions in the border states.

The following appointments were made to Brigadier General: Nathan Bedford Forrest, CSA; Martin Edwin Green, CSA; and Johnson Hagood, CSA.

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Gen Ned Simms
2/XVI Corps/AotT
Blood 'n Guts hisself, a land lovin' pirate. Show me some arty tubes and we'll charge 'em.
VMI Class of '00

July 22, 1862 Tuesday
At a Cabinet meeting in Washington, President Lincoln surprised most of his advisers by reading the first draft of the Emancipation Proclamation ( http://condor.depaul.edu/tps/Abraham_Li ... n_July.htm ). It included warnings of the consequences of the Confiscation Act, renewed his offer of compensation to loyal states for gradual emancipation, and proposed that as of Jan 1, 1863, slaves in all states then in rebellion should be free. After long thought, the President had, independent of consultants, decided upon this course. After a discussion President Lincoln followed Sec of State Seward’s suggestion that announcement of the emancipation phases of the proclamation be delayed until the armies achieved a military success. The Federal War Department issued an order authorizing military and naval commanders within states in rebellion to seize and use for military purposes any real or personal property and to employ Negroes as laborers.

In Virginia there was reconnaissance by Federals from Luray to Colombia Bridge and White House Ford, plus a skirmish at Verdon, and an affair near Westover. Other activities included a reconnaissance July 22-24 by Federals to James City and Madison Court House, and a scout in King William, King and Queen, and Gloucester counties, Virginia. Maj Gen A.E. Burnside took command of the Ninth Army Corps of the Union Army and Maj Gen John A. Dix, USA, assumes command of the Seventh Army Corps.

John Hunt Morgan’s command arrived at Livingston, Tennessee after its raid into Kentucky. At Vicksburg the canal that was to afford passage for Federal vessels around Vicksburg was completed but the current and the low water apparently would make it useless. Micah Jenkins, CSA, was appointed to Brigadier General.

It was found that a Confederate telegraph operator under Morgan had been intercepting most of the Federal dispatches for the past twelve days, thus giving the Confederates warning of Northern operations.

U.S.S. Essex, under Commander W. D. Porter, and ram Queen of the West, commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Ellet, attacked C.S.S. Arkansas, under Commander I. N. Brown, at anchor with a disabled engine at Vicksburg. Although many of his officers and crew were ashore sick and wounded after the action of 15 July, Commander Brown fought his ship gallantly. After attempting to ram, the Essex became closely engaged in cannon fire with Arkansas. Breaking off the engagement, Essex steamed through a hail of shell past the shore batteries and joined Rear Admiral Farragut's fleet which had remained below Vicksburg after passing the city on 15 July. Queen of the West rammed Arkansas but with little effect. She rejoined Flag Officer Davis' fleet in a shattered condition. The day after repelling the attack by Essex and Queen of the West, under Commander Brown defiantly steamed Arkansas up and down the river under the Vicksburg batteries. A member of Arkansas's crew, Dabney M. Scales, described the action in a vivid letter to his father: "At 4 o'clock on the morning of the 22nd, I was awakened by the call to quarters. Hurrying to our stations, with not even a full complement of men for 3 guns; our soldiers having left just the night before; we discovered the enemy coming right down upon us. . . . We did not have men enough to heave the anchor up and get underway, before the enemy got to us, even if we had had steam ready. So we had to lay in to the bank, and couldn't meet him on anything like equal terms. . . . The Essex came first, firing, on us with her three bow guns. We replied with our two bow guns as long as they could be brought to bear, which was not a very long time, as our vessel being stationary, the enemy soon came too much on our broadside for these guns, and their crews had to be shifted to the broadside guns. In the meantime, the Essex ranged up alongside us, and at the distance of 20 feet poured in a broads. which crashed against our sides like-nothing that I ever heard before. . . . We were so close that our men were burnt by the powder of the enemy's guns. . . . All this time the Ram [Queen of the West] was not idle, but came close down on the heels of his consort. . . . We welcomed him as warmly as we could with our scanty crew. just before he got to us, we managed by the helm and with the aid of the starboard propellor, to turn our bow outstream a little, which prevented him from getting a fair lick at us. As it was, he glanced round our side and ran aground Just astern of us."

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Gen Ned Simms
2/XVI Corps/AotT
Blood 'n Guts hisself, a land lovin' pirate. Show me some arty tubes and we'll charge 'em.
VMI Class of '00

July 23, 1862 Wednesday
Maj Gen Henry Wager Halleck ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Wager_Halleck ) assumed command of the Armies of the United States. Federal cavalry from Fredericksburg carried out a raid on Southern cavalry and supplies near Carmel Church, Virginia. There were skirmishes at Boles’ Farm, Missouri and on the Blackwater, near Columbus, Missouri. A Federal expedition was carried out July 23-25 from Helena, Arkansas to Coldwater; and a skirmish was fought at White Oak Bayou, Mississippi. Gen Pope in northern Virginia added to his already highly restrictive orders to the people. This time any male who refused to take an oath to the Union would be sent South, and if found again would be considered a spy. Any person violating the oath would be shot and his property confiscated.

The major portion of Braxton Bragg’s Confederate force was moving from Tupelo, Mississippi south to Mobile and then to Montgomery, Alabama and Atlanta, en route to Chattanooga. The 776 mile trip over six railroads was admirably carried out and in record time.

Assistant Secretary of the Navy Fox wrote Major General John G. Barnard: "Part of the mortar fleet are ordered to James River and should be there by the 1st proximo. There is no army to cooperate at Vicksburg where we have been lying two months, and the keeping open James River up to McClellan's position is the first duty of the Navy, so we ordered twelve of the vessels there. If a fort is erected below you on the right bank of the James (and I see no obstacle) or if offensive or defensive operations are undertaken I think the mortar will not come amiss. . . . The iron boats are progressing . . . We have forty underweigh, and are putting others in hand as fast as contracts for engines shall be made. The machinery for manufacturing marine engines is limited." The Union Navy's rapid transformation from wood to iron doomed the Confederacy's effort with ironclads and rams to break the noose of Federal seapower.

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Gen Ned Simms
2/XVI Corps/AotT
Blood 'n Guts hisself, a land lovin' pirate. Show me some arty tubes and we'll charge 'em.
VMI Class of '00

July 24, 1862 Thursday
Former President Martin Van Buren, seventy-nine, died at Lindenwald, New York. Rear Admiral Farragut's fleet departed its station below Vicksburg, leaving five gunboats to guard the river between Vicksburg and Baton Rouge, as the falling water level of the river and sickness among his ships' crews necessitated withdrawal to Baton Rouge and New Orleans. Farragut's return to the lower Mississippi made abundantly clear the strategic significance of Vicksburg for, although the Navy held the vast majority of the river, Confederate control of Vicksburg enabled the South to continue to get some supplies for her armies in the East from Texas, Arkansas, and Louisiana. To prevent as much of this as possible, Rear Admiral Davis and Major General Samuel R. Curtis provided for combined Army-Navy expeditions along the banks of the Mississippi from Helena, Arkansas, to Vicksburg. Though supplies continued to move across the river, this action prevented the Confederates from maintaining and reinforcing batteries at strategic points, an important factor in the following year's operations.

Skirmishing broke out on the Amite River, Louisiana; Santa Fe and Moore’s Mill near Fulton, Missouri; and White Oak Bayou, Mississippi. There was action July 24-26 in Wyoming County, western Virginia; from Fredericksburg toward Orange Court House, Virginia; from Helena to Marianna, Arkansas; and from New Berne to Trenton and Pollocksville, North Carolina July 24-28. Fitzhugh Lee, CSA, was appointed to Brigadier General.

U.S.S. Quaker City, under Commander Frailey, captured blockade runner Orion at Campeche Bank, south of Key West, Florida. U.S.S. Octorara, under Commander D. D. Porter, captured British blockade runner Tubal Cain east of Savannah.

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Gen Ned Simms
2/XVI Corps/AotT
Blood 'n Guts hisself, a land lovin' pirate. Show me some arty tubes and we'll charge 'em.
VMI Class of '00

July 25, 1862 Friday
President Lincoln promulgated the Confiscation Act of Congress, calling for suppression of the insurrection. In a proclamation he besought persons in the rebellion to cease participating in or abetting it, and “to return to their proper allegiance to the United States, on pain of the forfeitures and seizures….”

There were skirmishes at Summerville, western Virginia; Courtland and Trinity, Alabama; and Clinton Ferry, Tennessee. Other operations were July 25-26 near Mountain Store, Missouri; July 25-Aug 2 around Lake Ponchartrain, Pass Manchac, and up the Pearl River, Louisiana; July 25-Aug 1 from Holly Springs, Mississippi to Bolivar and Jackson, Tennessee. Steamer Cuba ran the blockade into Mobile. James Ewell Brown "JEB" Stuart, CSA, was appointed to Major General and Harry Thompson Hays, CSA, was appointed to Brigadier General.

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Gen Ned Simms
2/XVI Corps/AotT
Blood 'n Guts hisself, a land lovin' pirate. Show me some arty tubes and we'll charge 'em.
VMI Class of '00

July 26, 1862 Saturday
Fighting this day was near Orange Court House, Virginia; Mill Creek near Pollocksville, North Carolina; Spangler’s Mill near Jonesborough, Alabama; and Tazewell, Tennessee. July 26-29 there were operations in southeastern Missouri with skirmishes July 28 at Bollinger’s Mill; and from Newport to Young’s Cross Roads, North Carolina. Confederates boarded and burned schooner Louisa Reed in the James River.

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Gen Ned Simms
2/XVI Corps/AotT
Blood 'n Guts hisself, a land lovin' pirate. Show me some arty tubes and we'll charge 'em.
VMI Class of '00

July 27, 1862 Sunday
Minor fighting continued at Bayou Bernard near Fort Gibson, Indian Territory; Madisonville and Covington, Louisiana; Brown’s Spring, Missouri; Flat Top Mountain, western Virginia; and near Toone’s Station or Lower Post Ferry, Tennessee. July 27-29 there were operations from Rienzi to Ripley, Mississippi; July 27-30 from Woodville to Guntersville, Alabama, with several skirmishes; and in Carroll, Ray, and Livingston counties, Missouri. John Buford, USA, is appointed to Brigadier General. U.S.S. Yankee, commanded by Lieutenant Commander William Gibson, and U.S.S. Satellite, commanded by Acting Master Amos Foster, captured schooner J. W. Sturges in Chippoak Creek, Virginia.

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Gen Ned Simms
2/XVI Corps/AotT
Blood 'n Guts hisself, a land lovin' pirate. Show me some arty tubes and we'll charge 'em.
VMI Class of '00

July 28, 1862 Monday
The governors of Texas, Missouri, Arkansas, and Louisiana wrote to Jefferson Davis requesting a commanding general, money, arms, ammunition, for “without them we cannot use our strength, nor fully develop the mighty power of resistance that is in our midst.”

Fighting was at Cross Timbers and Fulton, Missouri; Stevenson, Alabama; Humboldt, Tennessee; Culpeper to Raccoon Ford, Virginia; and July 28-31 in Pettis County, Missouri; and from Helena to Old Town and Trenton, Arkansas. Richard Taylor, CSA, was appointed to Major General.

The office of the St Croix Herald in St Stephens, New Brunswick, Canada, a pro-Union paper, was attacked by a mob and the equipment wrecked.

U.S.S. Hatteras, under Commander Emmons, captured Confederate brig Josephine off Ship Shoal, Louisiana, en route to Havana with cargo of cotton.

Bark Agrippina, commanded by Captain Alexander McQueen, was ordered to rendezvous in the Azores with steamer Enrica (afterwards C.S.S. Alabama) which was to depart Liverpool pursuant to arrangements made by Commander Bulloch in London, for the purpose of transferring guns, ammunition, coal, and other cargo to Alabama. Under the command of Captain Raphael Semmes, the renowned Confederate cruiser Alabama ravaged the seas, dealing serious damage to Union commerce. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CSS_Alabama

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Gen Ned Simms
2/XVI Corps/AotT
Blood 'n Guts hisself, a land lovin' pirate. Show me some arty tubes and we'll charge 'em.
VMI Class of '00

July 29, 1862 Tuesday
The Confederate cruiser Alabama (known in Britain as Enrica) left Liverpool, unarmed, ostensibly on a trial run. Actually on the thirty-first she proceeded from the Irish Sea into the Atlantic for a rendezvous to receive her arms and ammunition before commencing her attacks on Federal shipping. Federal authorities in Britain had attempted for weeks to prevent the sailing.

Northern Maj Gen John Pope left Washington to make his headquarters in the field with his Army of Virginia. There was fighting or reconnaissance at Arrow Rock, Bloomfield, and Saline County, Missouri; Orange Court House, Virginia; Harrison’s Landing to St Mary’s Church, Virginia; Russellville, Kentucky; Hatchie Bottom, near Denmark, Tennessee; and Federal naval forces attacked Fort McAllister on the Ogeechee River near Savannah, Georgia. U.S.S. Mount Vernon, under Commander Glisson, and U.S.S. Mystic, commanded by Lieutenant Commander Arnold, captured blockade running British brig Napier near Wilmington.

“A woman named Belle Boyd” was captured near Warrenton, Virginia by Federals. She was accused of being a Confederate spy and mail courier and was sent to the Old Capitol Prison at Washington. Released Aug 28 for lack of evidence, she continued her role as the most famous of Confederate women spies. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belle_Boyd

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Gen Ned Simms
2/XVI Corps/AotT
Blood 'n Guts hisself, a land lovin' pirate. Show me some arty tubes and we'll charge 'em.
VMI Class of '00