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The failure against a stubborn and courageous defense caused the Fed­ erals (under the over-all command of Quincy Adams Gillmore) to change their whole concept of taking Charleston. A siege must be undertaken. Meanwhile, the Confederates transferred guns from Fort Sumter to other points in the harbor. For nearly a month the preparations continued, with Gillmore's artillery setting up heavy batteries on Morris Island, including the huge "Swamp Angel" which fired a two-hundred-pound shot. In Ohio John Hunt Morgan was in serious trouble; pursuers closed in . on his weary c olumn. Morgan passed through P omeroy and Chester, 0 , and then headed for Buffington on the Ohio, intending to recross into Kentucky. But a Federal redoubt barred their crossing and Morgan had t o await daylight. Skirmishing increased as the adventure became a nightmare. In Sherman's campaign against Jackson, Miss., skirmishing broke out at Brookhaven. Other fighting occurred near Germantown and Memphis, Tenn., and Des Allemands, La. Federals skirmished with Indians on the Rio Hondo, N. Mex. Terr. There was skirmishing at and near Hedgesville and Martinsburg, W. Va. Federal Maj. Gen. John G. Foster assumed command of the Department of Virginia and North Carolina, and Maj. Gen. John A. Dix took over the Department of the East. Federal scouts and expeditions lasting for several days moved from Cassville, Mo., to Huntsville, Ark.; and from New Berne t o Tarborough and Rocky Mount, N.C. Federal forces entered Wythe­ ville, Va., in the southwestern part of the state. At New Albany, Ind., George W. L. Bickley, one of the leaders of the Knights of the Golden Circle, was arrested. President Lincoln commuted a number of sentences of soldiers found guilty of various crimes. President Davis called for en­ rollment in the Confederate Army of those coming under jurisdiction of the Conscription Act. /uly 19, Sunday Meade's Army of the P otomac completed crossing the Potomac in pursuit of Lee at Harper's Ferry and Berlin (now Brunswick), Md. Moving rapidly, the Federal army headed south into Virginia and toward the passes in the Blue Ridge, beyond which lay the Army of Northern Virginia. n an engagement at Buffington Island on the Ohio, John Hunt Morgan was foiled by Federal troops, militia, and gunboats in another attempt to cross the river to safety in Kentucky. Morgan suffered about 820 casualties, including 700 captured. Federal casualties were light. The Confederate remnant of about 300 turned north and headed along the Ohio toward Pennsylvania. Elsewhere there was action at Brandon, Miss., a part of Sherman's Jackson Campaign. Indians and Federals skirmished on the Rio de las Animas, N. Mex. Terr. Federals scouted from Danville, Miss.; and opera­ tions in the vicinity of Trenton, Tenn., lasted several days. D. H. Hill re-

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fuly 21, Tuesday placed William Hardee . iE{ IIl comm and of the Seco federate army· nd Corps IIl • Bragg's ConDespite his d'tsapp o . mtmen ts ov . the m such good hu mo �:t 1;burg fo llow-up, Lincoln r that he w�:te �:;_ a li ggerel for secreta ry John V/uly 20, Monday /In Virginia skirmi shing Rar�d near . Berry's Ferry and m the Blue Ridge as Meade s Fe at Ashby's Gap deral Army of southw ard from th th P P o e e o ? c

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F ; �s ou e a d r and Federal troo ps ca:r�:� o�� t � om Memphis, Tenn.� Jut ::: � , �pera:10ns against R�und Valley, Indians July Calif. The C'mct 26 10 _r nnat1 Chamber of . thirty-three mem bers £or refusmg Co -:to take the oath o ! mmerce expelled merehants met to f a Iegianc take measu · · res for re1·1ef Of . . e.. New York nots. Negro v1ct1m s of the draft / c//uly 21, Tuesday /Through the tw en Chester Ga , W . ty-third cavalry and infantry foug P ht at · app mg Heights <. • in the Blu ' -.,Ilicker ,s G ap, and G . Manassas Gap' e R·I dge of Virgi a nia as Federal adv . mes' Cross Roads control of the a nee Uillt passes into the s at tempted to gain . Sh��nandoah m movemen ts: Lee, c o r d er t o w determine Lee's the Blue R I dge · r his p art' had t0 Worry abo ut Meade ,s army east mterposing itself of b<"tween the Confe The �nf:dera derates and Richmo tes named Brig. G nd./ en. John Vall _District. mboden to comman S ir d the exped-Jt10n mov k mishing erupt.-.:d at Street s Fierry ed fro m New ' N. C., as a Federal Be rt i e to Tarborough an In a Ietter to d Rocky Mount. Gen. O O. How c onfidence in ar d, President Linc

Gen. �eade ,as a oln expressed his brave and skillful In addition, officer, and a true the President dire man· " cted ·5ec. 0f War effi0rts to rais . e Negro troops alo . Sta. nton to renew vigorous ng th e M· s 1ss1 Wrote Lee of . pp 1 Ri ver. co Pr esident Davi his .ncern Prob!em . over los.�es resuIl t�mg f s of reorgan1za rom Gettysburg and s t10n of the units of the th the and c ommands. H rea t to Charlesto e also told Lee n Harbor.

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