Tuesday September 3 1861

• Joseph Anderson, CSA, is appointed Brig. Gen.
• The following are appointed Union Brigadier Generals:
  • Ebenezer Dumont, USA
  • Oliver otis Howard, USA
  • Charles Davis Jameson, USA
  • Alexander McDowell McCook, USA
  • Robert Huston Milroy, USA
  • Elezear Arthus Paine, USA
  • Daniel Edgar Sickles, USA
  • Lewis Wallace, USA
• The advance of the Confederate forces, led by Maj. Gen. Gideon Pillow, CSA, into Kentucky, which up until now, had declared its neutrality, including the occupation of Columbus, and Hickman, KY.
• Brig. Gen. Gideon Johnson Pillow, CSA, and Col. William Henry L. Wallace, the 11th IL Infantry, negotiate an exchange of prisoners of war in Missouri.
• Maj. Gen. Joseph Reid Anderson, CSA, is ordered to North Carolina.

Wednesday September 3 1862

• Action with Indians at Fort Abercrombie, the Dakota Territory.
• Maj.Gen.E. Kirby Smith's CSA troops occupy Frankfort, the state capital of Kentucky.
• Skirmish at Geiger's Lake, or Slaughterville, KY.
• The Maryland (Antietam) Campaign. (Sep 3-20)
• Skirmish at Edwards Ferry, MD. (Sep 3-4)
• Skirmish at Monacacy Aqueduct, MD. (Sep 3-4)
• Skirmish at Neosho, MO.
• Brig. Gen. Alpheus S. Williams, USA, assumes the command of the 2nd US Army Corps, the Army of Virginia.
• Maj. Gen. Jesse L. Reno, USA, assumes the command of the 9th US Army Corps, the Army of Virginia.
• The 10th US Army Corps is constituted under the command of Maj. Gen. Ormsby M. Mitchel, USA, SC.
• Skirmishes at Falls Church, VA. (Sep 3-4)
• The Confederate Army of Northern Virginia Marches toward Leesburg, VA.
• The occupation of Winchester, VA, by the Confederate forces.
• Skirmish at Bunker Hill, WV. (Sep 3-4)
• Reconnaissance from Harper's Ferry to Lovettsville and Charlestown, WV. (Sep 3-4)
• Skirmish near Martinsburg, WV.
• Skirmish at Ravenswood, WV.
• Skirmish at Weston, WV.

Thursday September 3 1863

• Operations in the Humboldt Military District, CA, against Indians. (Sep 3-Dec 31)
• Skirmish with Indians in the Hoopa Valley, CA, as the mail carrier and escort are captured and killed Indians.
• Action with Indians near White Stone Hill, the Dakota Territory.
• Skirmish near Alpine, GA, with Maj. Gen. William Rosecrans, the Chickamauga Campaign.

Saturday September 3 1864

• Thomas Wilberforce Egan, USA, is appointed Brig. Gen.
• Skirmish in Sibley County, KY.
• Skirmishes near Rocheport, MO, as the Federals are constantly fighting with guerrillas, the Yankees reporting that Boone and Howard are swarming with guerrillas.
• The Engagement near Berryville, VA, where Maj. Gen. Philip H. Sheridan, USA, compels the Confederates under Lieut. Gen. Richard H. Anderson, CSA, to retreat toward Winchester, VA, as his army corps was enroute under order to join the Confederate lines at Petersburg, VA, under Gen. Robert E. Lee.
• Affair near Sycamore Church, near Richmond, VA, the Richmond, VA, Campaign.
• Action at Bunker Hill, WV, the Shenandoah Valley, Campaign.

Sunday September 3 1865