Timeline Tuesday 1 July 1862

Events on Tuesday 1 July 1862 2

• 1862 Seven Days Battles Lee drives McClellan back from Richmond General Robert E. Lee launched a series of attacks that forced the Union Army of the Potomac to retreat from the outskirts of Richmond, Virginia. The campaign ended the Union Peninsula Campaign and established Lee as commander of Confederate forces.
• 1862 United States enacts first federal income tax War funding measure taxes personal income Congress passed the Revenue Act of 1862, creating the first federal income tax in United States history to help finance the Civil War. The act also established the Bureau of Internal Revenue, precursor to the IRS.