Confederacy - Government/Military
Jefferson DAvis agrees with General Lee that the Confederate armies are not numerous enough and were so "battle thinned" that an attack on McClellan on the James would be impossible at this time.
Confederacy - Military
Virginia
Confederates carry out minor operations against Union shipping on the James on this day and July 6.
Union - Military
Tennessee
There is a skirmish at Battle Creek, and at Walden's Ridge.
Mississippi
There is a skirmish on the Hatchie River.
Louisiana
A Union expedition operates from Ponchatoula from today until July 8 to flush out Confederate gorillas.
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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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