Government - Union
President Lincoln appeals to border-state congressmen at the White House to suppport compensated emancipation of slaves.
Miitary - Union
Montana
General Samuel Curtis' army arrived at Helena on the Mississippi River after marching across Arkansas.
Alabama
Union troops carried out an expedition from July 12-16 from Decatur to lend support to Unionists of north Alabama.
Virginia
Troops under John Pope make a reconnaissance to Culpeper, Orange and Madison Court Houses from July 12 to the 17th.
Military - Confederacy
Kentucky
John Hunt Morgan and his Confederate raiders capture Lebanon.
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Bibliography
The Civil War Day By Day: An Almanac 1861-1865. E.B. Long with Barbara Long, De Capo, 1971
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