10 July 1862: Thursday

Union - Military
Virginia
Union troops carry out a reconaissance from Harrison's Landing on the James River toward White Oak Swamp, and fight a skirmish there.

General John Pope issues controversial orders which rule that in the Shenandoah Valley and throughout the area of operations of his Army of Virginia the people would be held responsible for injury to railroads, attacks upon trains or straggling soldiers. In case of guerilla damage, citizens would be responsible financially, and if a Union soldier were fired upon from any house, it would be razed. People detected in acts against the Army would be shot without civil process.

Mississippi
On this day, and on July 11, Union and Confederate officers meet under a flag of truce in Guntown, where they exchange dispatches and newspapers and discuss in a friendly manner the topics of the day.

Confederates - Military
Kentucky
John Hunt Morgan calls for citizens of Kentucky to "rise and arm, and drive the Hessian invaders from their soil."

Tennessee
Ninety Confederate guerillas drilling in a field between Gallatin and Hartsville are captured by Union forces.
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Bibliography
The Civil War Day By Day: An Almanac 1861-1865. E.B. Long with Barbara Long, De Capo, 1971