13 July, 1862: Sunday

Government - Union
President Lincoln and General McClellan continue their correspondence over how many men McClellan had and whether or not he could take Richmond. Lincoln was beginning to have increasing doubts about his evasive commander on the Peninsula.

Military - Confederate
TennesseeNathan Bedford Forrest and his Confederates capture the city and the Union garrison of Murfeesboro, south of Union-held Nashville.

There is a skirmish near Wolf River.

Virginia
Stonewall Jackson's forces advance from Hanover Court House upon Gordonsville.

A portion of Lee's army begins to move away from the defenses of Richmond as a prelude to new campaigning.

There is a skirmish at Rapidan Station, in which Union forces destroyed the railroad bridge over the Rapidan River.

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