7 June, 1862: Saturday

Union - Government (Military)
Louisiana
General Benjamin Butler has William B. Mumford hanged for tearing down and destroying the United States flag over the New Orleans Mint. Even many people who had been favorable to Butler's policies in New Orleans were critical of this punishment. The event raises bitter recriminations in Richmond and throughout the Confederacy.

Union - Military
Tennessee
From north of the Tennessee River, Union troops under Ormsby Mitchel shell and launch an attack on Chattanooga which is repelled. However, this attack convinces Confederates that they must fortify and garrison Chattanooga more effectively.

Union troops take Jackson, a fairly important rail and road center.

There is a skirmish at Readyville.

Arkansas
There is a skirmish at Fairview, and at Little Red River.

Virginia
In the Shenandoah, there is more skirmishing near Harrisonburg between retiring Confederate cavalry and advancing Union troops.

Western Virginia
There is a skirmish at Big Bend.

South Carolina
There is skirmishing on James Island in the Charleston Harbor area.


Bibliography
The Civil War Day By Day: An Almanac 1861-1865. E.B. Long with Barbara Long, De Capo, 1971