29 July 1862: Tuesday

Military - Confederate
The Confederate cruiser Alabama (known in Britain as Enrica) leaves Liverpool, unarmed, ostensibly for a trial run.) Federal authorities in Britain had attempted for weeks to prevent the sailing.(See 31 July)

Civilian/Espionage - Confederate
Virginia
"A woman named Belle Boyd" is captured near Warrenton, by Union officials. She as accused of being a Confederate spy and mail courier and was sent to the Old Capitol Prison and Washington. (See August 28, 1862).

Union - Military
Major General John Pope leaves Washinton to make his headquarters in the field with his Army of Virginia.

Missouri
There are skirmishes at Arrow Rock, Bloomfield and Saline County.

Georgia
Union naval forces attack Fort McAllister on the Ogeechee River near Savannah.

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