JUNE 28TH
Flag Officer Farragut's fleet, supported by Commander D.D. Porter's mortar boats, runs by Vicksburg, exchanging heavy fire with Confederate defenders.
Flag Officer Davis wrote Welles that if Union ships are to be kept in the White River, the shallow waters during the dry season require them immediately getting small boats of shallow draft.
JUNE 28TH TO 29TH
US ships support Army withdrawal from White House, Virginia
JUNE 29TH-30TH
Confederate troops fire on USS Lexington in the White River.
JUNE 30TH
Union Gen. McClellan is forced to withdraw down the James River and supported and protected by Navy ships.
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