Top Stories published by Reporting History in July of 2024

July 16, 1861 — Battle at Carrack’s Ford

The Daily Exchange, Baltimore, MD

[Editor’s Note: The battle location is properly named Corrick’s Ford]

Gen. Garnett, in Command of the Confederates, Killed


July 23, 1861 — Two Days Fighting!

The Western Democrat, Charlotte, NC

Terrible Slaughter on both Sides

The Federals Defeated!!

Special Dispatch to the Western Democrat.


July 31, 1861 — Army Inventions

The Lambertville Press, Lambertville, NJ

The War and Navy Departments are overrun with parties with new war weapons and inventions pertaining to the army and navy. One man has a new projectile, whose destructive merits are said to be beyond…


July 8, 1861 — Navy Yard Matters

The Evening Star, Washington, DC

On yesterday the steamer Baltimore, Capt Mitchell, took the Scott Life Guards, and on Saturday the Third Maine Regiment, to Alexandria.


July 24, 1861 — Coffee Secured

Edgefield Advertiser, Edgefield, SC

We received a letter, some days ago, from the vicinity of Norfolk, giving an account of the departure of an expedition to secure a cargo of coffee in a wrecked vessel on the North Carolina coast, which the…


July 7, 1861 — Important from New Mexico

Nashville Union and American, Nashville, TN, July 7, 1861

The Galveston (Texas) News, of the 24th ult., contains the following. Capt. Clairborne is a citizen of Nashville, and we believe Capt. Wilcox was originally appointed from…


July 27, 1861 — A Sable Hero

Sunbury American, Sunbury, PA

The privateer “Jeff Davis,” having captured a schooner hailing from Brooklyn, New York, put her in charge of a prize crew of five men. During the voyage the cook, a colored man, rescued the schooner from her captors by his…


July 29, 1861 — A Statement from Col. Walrath

Evening Star, Washington, DC

Headquarters Twelfth N. Y. Volunteers, Camp of the Onondagas, Arlington, July 24, 1861. — Editor Washington Star: Sir — After my arrival from Bull Run with my regiment, I perused the dally papers…


July 14, 1861 — Discharge of Misses Scott from Arrest

The New York Herald, New York, NY

The Misses Scott, whose rebel witchery spirited away Captain Kellogg — not Goodman — of the Connecticut Volunteers, some weeks ago, and who were arrested yesterday by Lieutenant…

These were the top 10 stories published by Reporting History in July of 2024. You can also dive into daily archives for July of 2024 by using the calendar at the top of this page.

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