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August 3, 1816 - John E. Smith, American Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Berne, Switzerland (d. 1897)
August 3, 1820 - William Miller, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), born in Ithaca, New York (d. 1909)
August 3, 1823 - Thomas Francis Meagher, Irish nationalist and Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Waterford, Ireland (d. 1867)
August 3, 1861 - Lorenzo Thomas, USA, is appointed Brig. Gen. James Wolfe Ripley, USA, is appointed Brig. Gen.
August 3, 1861 - Federal scout from Fort Crook to Round Valley, CA. (Aug 3-12)
August 3, 1861 - Federal fleet bombards Galveston, Texas
August 3, 1861 - Skirmish at McCulla's Store, MO.
August 3, 1861 - Governor Isham G. Harris, of Tennessee, proposes to visit Richmond, VA, to confer with the Confederate authorities upon affairs in East Tennessee.
August 3, 1861 - Off the coast of Virginia a Union naval officer, John LaMountain, ascends in a tethered balloon to look at Confederate controlled Hampton Roads. It is the first balloon ascent from a ship in naval history.
August 3, 1862 - Skirmishes at L'Anguille Ferry, Jackson, and Scatterville, AR.
August 3, 1862 - The capture of the British blockade runner, Columbia, by the Federal steamer, Santiago de Cuba, off the Bahamas.
August 3, 1862 - Skirmish near Morganfield, KY.
August 3, 1862 - Skirmish at Chariton Bridge, MO.
August 3, 1862 - Skirmish on Nonconah Creek, near Sparta, TN.
August 3, 1862 - Maj. Gen. George McClellan, USA, is ordered to remove his forces to Aquia Creek, VA, near Fredericksburg, and to Alexandria, VA, and to assist Maj. Gen. John Pope, USA, in the defense of Washington, DC.
August 3, 1862 - Federal reconnaissance on the south side of the James River and skirmish at Sycamore Church, near Petersburg, VA.
August 3, 1862 - Skirmish on Greenbrier River, WV.
August 3, 1863 - The following are appointed Confederate Major Generals:
Wade Hampton, C.S.A.
Fitzhugh Lee, C.S.A.
Stephen Dill Lee, C.S.A.
Cadmus Marcellus Wilcox, C.S.A.
August 3, 1863 - Philip Dale Roddey, CSA, is appointed Brig. Gen.
August 3, 1863 - Governor Seymour asks President Lincoln to suspend the draft in New York.
August 3, 1863 - Skirmish at Jackson, LA, as Union parties out recruiting negroes for the Black Union infantry are attacked.
August 3, 1863 - The 9th US Army Corps re-embarks at Haynes' Bluff, near Vicksburg, MS, for service in Kentucky, with the 1st Division arriving at Cincinnati, OH, on Aug 12, and the 2nd on Aug 20. (Aug 3-8)
August 3, 1863 - Skirmish at Ripley, MS.
August 3, 1863 - Federal scout from Fort Pillow, and Union City, TN, and skirmish near Denmark, TN, with a party of guerrillas.
August 3, 1864 - The siege of Petersburg is ongoing.
August 3, 1864 - John Decatur Barry, CSA, is appointed Brig. Gen.
August 3, 1864 - US forces, under Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger, USA, land on Dauphin Island and invest Fort Gaines, AL, at the entrance to Mobile Bay, AL.
August 3, 1864 - Confederate operations about Woodville, MS, against the advancing Federals, including on the Bayou Sara, Laurel Hill, Saint Francisville, etc. (Aug 3-6)
August 3, 1864 - Skirmish near Fayette, MO, as the Yankees pursue the small band of Confederates over 15 miles before giving up.
August 3, 1864 - Federal scouts from Fort Sumner, the New Mexico Territory, including the skirmish at the Sacramento Mountains with the Apache Indians, who are aided by their brethren, the Coyoteros; the Yankees aided by the Navajo, who act as guides, scouts, and spies. (Aug 26). (Aug 3-Nov 4)
August 3, 1864 - Federal scout from Cumberland Gap, TN, into Lee County, VA, and to Tazewell, TN, and skirmish near Jonesville, VA. (Aug 4). (Aug 3-6)
August 3, 1864 - Skirmishes at Triune, TN. (Aug 3-4)
August 3, 1864 - Action near Wilcox's Landing, VA, the Richmond, VA, Campaign.