Civil War Day-By-Day

July 4, 1861

• The Kansas Flag is introduced
• Leonidas Polk is put in charge of the Confederate Department Number 2.

A Chronological History of the Civil War in America¹

• The anniversary of the Independence of the United States celebrated with greater feelings of patriotism than ever before throughout the Northern States.
• The XXXVIIth Congress assembled in extra session. Eleven seceded States were unrepresented, except three representatives from Virginia and one senator from Tennessee. Galusha A. Grow, of Pennsylvania, elected Speaker.
• Legislature of New Hampshire voted a $1,000,000 loan for the war.
• Rebels seized Louisville and Nashville Railroad.

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