News For This Date     July 04

1861:

Skirmish at Harpers Ferry, West Virginia Skirmish at Farmington, Missouri

1862:

Affair at Port Royal Ferry, South Carolina Morgan launches his first raid in to Kentucky, continuing until July 28

1863:

Confederate Forces at Vicksburg, Mississippi, under General Pemberton, Surrender to General Ulysses S. Grant Skirmish near Emmitsburg, Maryland Skirmish at Messinger's Ferry, Mississippi Skirmish at University Depot, Tennessee Action at Monterey Gap and skirmish at Fairfield Gap, Pennsylvania Skirmishes at Fayetteville and Huttonsville, West Virginia Skirmish at South Anna Bridge, Virginia Skirmish near Fort Graig, New Mexico Affair at Black Fort Hills and skirmish near Cassville, Missouri Engagement at Green River Bridge, Kentucky Confederate Forces burn the Rocky Hill Station train depot, kentucky

1864:

Skirmishes at Frankford, South Branch Bridge, and Patterson's Creek Bridge, West Virginia Skirmish at Cross Bayou, Louisiana

1865:

Skirmish at Cavalry Canyon, Arizona

Primary sources for the "Daily Dispatch" feature is: Official Records of the War of the Rebellion A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion ; by Frederick Dyer; The Civil War Day By Day: An Almanac 1861-1865 by E. B. Long with Barbara Long; National Archives Guide Index