July 25, 1861
- With his troops’ enlistment expiring, Robert Patterson is relieved of duty in the Shenandoah Valley. He had failed to hold Joseph Johnston in Winchester to prevent Johnston from moving east to support Beauregard at Bull Run.
- The United States Congress passes the Crittenden–Johnson Resolution, stating that the war is being fought to preserve the Union and not to end slavery.
- The U. S. Congress approves the use of volunteers to put down the rebellion.
A Chronological History of the Civil War in America1
- Governor of New York called for 25,000 additional troops.
- Skirmish at Harrisonville, Wa.
- Gen. McClellan takes command of the Army of the Potomac.
- A Chronological History of the Civil War in America by Richard Swainson Fisher, New York, Johnson and Ward, 1863