Even as the nation was observing the Fourth of July, the war went on this date.
** Confederate General Early's troops operated near Harper's Ferry, W. Va. preparatory to crossing the Potomac and moving on Washington, DC. Fighting broke out at South Branch bridge, Patterson's Creek Bridge and Frankfort, W. Va.
** Fighting continued at James Island, near Charleston, SC.
**Federal lines continued to move forward toward Johnston in Georgia. Sherman's right flank was now closer to Atlanta than Johnston was, actually at the Chattahoochie River. Confederates pulled back again as a result, to prepared fortifications on the Chattahoochie.
** Other action took place in Clay County, Mo.; Cross Bayou, La.; and in Searcy County, Ark.
Freedom Comes At Cost. --Old Secesh
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