29. Battle at Reams’s Station. Fed. cavalry defeated.
30. Johnston evacuates Kenesaw Mountain, Va.
July 1. Gen. Wilson’s force reaches Grant’s lines, having lost all their guns and wagons.
1. An expedition left Hilton Head, S. C., in direction of North Edisto river.
1. The southern side of James Island, S. C., occupied by Gen. Foster’s troops.
1. Col. Hoyt and 137 men captured on Johnson’s Island.
2. The expedition from Hilton Head disembark at Seabrook Island.
2. An unsuccessful attempt to take the rebel Fort Johnson on the north end of James Island.
1. W. P. Fessenden accepts Secretaryship of U. S. Treasury.
2. Rebel Gen. Ewell invades Shenandoah valley in 3 columns.