Civil War Day-By-Day

July 5, 1861

A Chronological History of the Civil War in America¹

• President’s Message read in Congress: he called for 400,000 men and $400,000,000 to aid in putting down the rebellion.
• Battle at Carthage, Mo. (Sigel 1,100 v. Jackson 4,000): rebels routed.

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