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On this day in Civil War history
Compiled by Mitchell Werksman and Jim Klag
April 3 Birthdays
1842 - Ulric Dahlgren, American Colonel (Union Army), born in Bucks County, Pennsylvania (d. 1864)
April 3 Antebellum Events
1858 - Leavenworth Constitution is adopted by a Free-stater constitutional convention in Kansas. It is opposed by the Buchanan administration because it does not represent the people of the state.
1860 - Pony Express begins operating between St Joseph, Mo and Sacramento, California.
Wednesday April 3 1861
Compiled by Mitchell Werksman and Jim Klag
April 3 Birthdays
1842 - Ulric Dahlgren, American Colonel (Union Army), born in Bucks County, Pennsylvania (d. 1864)
April 3 Antebellum Events
1858 - Leavenworth Constitution is adopted by a Free-stater constitutional convention in Kansas. It is opposed by the Buchanan administration because it does not represent the people of the state.
1860 - Pony Express begins operating between St Joseph, Mo and Sacramento, California.
Wednesday April 3 1861
- The schooner, Rhoda H. Shannon, is fired upon by the Confederate batteries on Morris Island, Charleston Harbor, SC.
- Federal troops occupy Apalachicola, FL.
- Gen. Albert S. Johnston, CSA, enroute from Corinth, MS, to clash with Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, USA, at Pittsburg Landing and Shiloh Church, TN, is hampered by bad weather.
- Skirmish near Monterey, TN, with Brig. Gen. James R. Chalmers, CSA.
- Federal expedition from Ship Island, to Biloxi and Pass Christian, MS, against Maj. Gen. Mansfield Lovell's, CSA forces. (Apr 3-4)
- Skirmish at Moorefield, WV.
- The US Senate votes 29 to 14 to abolish slavery in the District of Columbia.
- Federal expedition from Camp Piatt through Logan and Cabell Counties, WV, and skirmish (Apr 5) at Mud River. (Apr 3-6)
- Federal scout from Fairfax Court-House to Middleburg, VA, with the capture of Rebels, horses, wagons, foodstuff, etc. (Apr 3-6)
- Affair near Clarksville, AR, where the Federals surprise attack a guerrilla camp, capturing men and weapons.
- Engagement at Elkin's Ferry, Little Missouri River, AR, the Camden (AR) Campaign. (Apr 3-4)
- Skirmish at Ducktown Road, GA.
- Skirmish near Fort Gibson, the Indian Territory.
- Skirmish at Grand Ecore, LA, on the Red River.
- Skirmish at Clinton, MS.
- Skirmish at Cypress Swamp, TN.
- Skirmish near Raleigh, TN, with Maj. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest's, CSA, Cavalry.
- Federal scout from Huntsville to near Vienna, AL. (Apr 3-4)
- Action at Northport, near Tuscaloosa, AL, between Lieut. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest, CSA, and Maj. Gen. James H. Wilson, USA.
- The unsuccessful Federal pursuit of bushwackers near Farmington, MO, as they kill men in their way, and stealing their teams of horses to escape the pursuing Yankees, etc.
- Federal expedition to Asheville, NC, by Maj. Gen. David S. Stanley, USA, commanding the 4th US Army Corps. (Apr 3-11)
- Skirmish at Mount Pleasant, TN.
- Skirmish near Hillsville, VA, with Maj. Gen. George Stoneman, USA.
- Action at Namozine Church, the Appomattox Campaign, VA, as Maj. Gen. Philip H. Sheridan and his Union cavalry press the retreating Confederate Army of Northern Virginia.
- The occupation of Petersburg and Richmond, VA, by the Union forces, as Brig. Gen. Godfrey Weitzel, USA, and the Army of the James formally accepts the city's surrender, the Richmond, VA, Campaign.
- President Abraham Lincoln visits Petersburg, VA, as the majority of the city was spared from being burned by the fleeing Confederates.
- 1882 - Jesse James, American outlaw, shot dead at 34, in St Joseph Mo by Robert Ford.