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Saturday June 1 1861
- Skirmishes at Arlington Mills and Fairfax Court-House, VA. Capt. John Q. Marr, CSA, is killed.
Sunday June 1 1862
- Joseph Hooker, U.S.A., is appointed Maj. Gen.
- Operations in Oregon County, MO, and skirmish at Eleven Points, MO, with Union foragers and guerrillas. (Jun 1-5)
- Gen. Robert Edward Lee. CSA. assumes the command of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia.
- The Dept. of Virginia is extended and embraced in Maj. Gen. George Brinton McClellan's command, Maj. Gen. John Ellis Wool, USA, being assigned to the Middle Dept. and Maj. Gen. John Adams Dix, USA, to the command at Fortress Monroe, VA.
- Federal reconnaissance beyond Seven Pines, VA. (Jun 1-2)
- Skirmish at Mount Carmel, on the Strasburg and Stauton Road, near Strasburg, VA; Maj. Gen. Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson, CSA, vs. Maj. Gen. Irvin McDowell, USA.
Monday June 1 1863
- Maj. Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside, USA, commandeing Dept. of the Ohio, orders the seizure of the Chicago Times for its supposedly Pro-south views.
- Skirmish at Berwick, LA, as the Confederates' attack on the Union guards there is repulsed.
- Skirmish at Doniphan, MO.
- Skirmish near Rocheport, MO, with Confederate marauders.
- Affair at Waverly, MO, with Confederate guerrillas ambushing the Federals from the thick brush.
- Skirmish at Snicker's Gap, VA.
Wednesday June 1 1864
- Stephen Dodson Ramseur, C.S.A., is appointed Maj. Gen.
- The following are appointed Confederate Brigadier Generals:
- Rufus Barringer, CSA
- James Conner, CSA
- Adam Rankin Johnson, CSA
- Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, USA, is appointed Brig. Gen.
- Skirmish near Pound Gap, KY, as Brig. Gen. John Hunt Morgan, CSA, continues to harass Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman's supply lines.
- Skirmish near Kingston, GA.
- Skirmish near Marietta, GA, as Maj. Gen. George Stoneman, USA, Cavalry captures Allatoona Pass, GA.
- The engagement with the US steamer, Exchange, on the Mississippi River, MS, during Col. Colton Greene's Confederate operations on the west bank of the Mississippi River.
- Skirmish near Arnoldsville and the raid on New Market, MO, where the Yankees capture a couple bushwackers.
- Maj. Gen. Philip H. Sheridan's, USA, Cavalry repels both attacks led by Maj. Gen. Richard H. Anderson, CSA, near Old Cold Harbor, VA.
- Federal expedition from Memphis, TN, into Mississippi, toward Ripley, as Brig. Gen. Samuel Davis Sturgis, USA, is ordered against Maj. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest, CSA. (Jun 1-13)
Thursday June 1 1865
- Federal expedition through Pocahontas and Pendleton Counties, WV, and Highland County, VA, in search of horse thieves. The Yankees traveled to Huttonsville, Gatewood's, Back Creek Valley, Galltown, Monterey, New Hampton, etc., without finding any horse thieves. (Jun 1-13)
On This Day information kindly provided by Martin Cross, 2nd U.S. Artillery, Bty B.