Tuesday December 3 1861

• Skirmish at Salem, MO, with Col. John B. Wyman, USA, 13th IL.
• Federal scout through Saline County, MO, by Maj. George C.Marshall, 2nd MO Cavalry. (Dec 3-12)
• Brig. Gen. John Pope, USA, assumes the command of all the forces between the Missouri and Osage Rivers.
• Ship Island, Mississippi, is occupied by the Union forces under Maj. Gen. Benjamin F. Butler, USA with the assistance of the steamship, USS Constitution.
• Skirmish at Vienna, VA, with the capture of the entire Federal detachment of the 3rd PA Cavalry.

Wednesday December 3 1862

• Federal troops under Brig. Gen. Charles Edward Hovey, USA, occupy Grenada, MS.
• Skirmish at Oakland, MS.
• Skirmishes on the Yocknapatalfa, at Prophet, Spring Dale, and Free Bridges, MS, with Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, USA.
• Attack on the Union forage train on the Hardin Pike, near Nashville, TN.
• Skirmish at Moorefield, WV.

Thursday December 3 1863

• Robert Vinkler Richardson, CSA, is appointed Brig. Gen.
• Skirmish at Greenville, KY.
• Affair at Saint Martinsville, LA, where Union cavalry charge and capture a Confederate party of 18 soldiers.
• Lieut. Gen. James Longstreet, CSA, moves his Confederate forces toward Russellville, TN, for winter quarters, which ends the Knoxville, TN, campaign.
• Skirmish at Log Mountain, in East TN, the Knoxville, TN, Campaign.
• Action at Wolf River Bridge, near Moscow, TN, on the Memphis and Charleston Railroad. (Dec 3-4)
• Skirmish at Ellis' Ford, VA.

Saturday December 3 1864

• Skirmish in Perry County, AR.
• Skirmish at Thomas' Station, GA, along Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman's, USA, March to the sea, with Sherman cutting a path of destruction along the way, his men living off the land.
• Skirmish near New Madrid, MO, with a small band of guerrillas.
• The 10th and the 18th US Army Corps are discontinued and the following are organized, and commanded by:
  • 24th US Army Corps - Maj. Gen. Edward O. C. Ord, USA
  • 25th US Army Corps - Maj. Gen. Godfrey Weitzel, USA
• President Abraham Lincoln and Lieut. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, USA, urge Maj. Gen. George H. Thomas, USA, to attack the Confederate Army of Tennessee, outside Nashville, TN.

Sunday December 3 1865