Civil War Day-By-Day

July 2, 1861

• General Robert Patterson crosses the Potomac at Williamsport, Maryland and moves towards Harpers Ferry.

A Chronological History of the Civil War in America¹

• Engagement near Martinsburg between Patterson’s (U.) and Jackson’s (R.) forces: rebels defeated.
• New Legislature of Virginia met and organized at Wheeling. The new government had already been recognized by the United States.

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