Civil War Day-By-Day

June 6, 1861

A Chronological History of the Civil War in America¹

• The “Harriet Lane” engaged the Pig Point (Potomac) batteries.
• Captain Ball’s rebel cavalry, captured at Alexandria,
  sworn, and let go.

1. A Chronological History of the Civil War in America by Richard Swainson Fisher, New York, Johnson and Ward, 1863