7. Proclamation issued by President Lincoln appointing the first Thursday in August as a Fast Day.
8. Harper’s Ferry reoccupied by Fed. forces.
8. The rebel cruiser Florida captured the bark Golconda.
8. Capture of Platte City, Mo., by guerrillas.
8. Rebels enter Fredericksburg, Md.
8. Parksville, Mo., sacked by rebels.
9. Battle at Monocacy, Md., lasting from 9 A. M. to 5 P. M. Fed. forces overpowered and forced to retreat in disorder, losing 1,000 men.
9. Fed. forces on John’s Island, S. C., twice repelled a rebel assault.
9. Gen. Sherman reached the Chattahoochee.
9. Gov. Brown, of Georgia, ordered all the militia of the State into active service.