1 September 1862: Monday

Union - Government/Military
President Lincoln, McClellan and Halleck confer about the military situation in Virginia.
The Union Navy stops the "spirit ration" for sailors.

Major General Ormsby M. Mitchel, famed astronomer and lecturer who had fought well in Tennessee, is assigned to command the Union Department of the South.

Confederates - Government
President Davis continues to have difficulty with South Carolina authorities over the enforcement of conscription.

Major General J. P. McCown assumes command of the Department of East Tennessee.

Union - Military
Virginia
The last scene of fighting in the Second Battle of Bull Run or Manassas was at Chantilly/Ox Hill. Lee, maintaining his offensive, sent Jackson's corps north around the Union right. He was met by Union troops under I. I. Stevens and Philip Kearny.

After severe fighting in heavy rain that lasted until evening, the Union troops withdrew. Stevens and Kearny, two of the most promising Union officers, were killed. The death of the beloved and admired Kearny in particular was mourned by both North and South.

Pope's troops had held off the Confederate advance and during the night withdrew closer to Washington from Centreville, Germantown and Fairfax Courthouse. Although Lee kept his pressure on the Union troops, Washington, DC was well-protected.

Missouri
There are skirmishes at Putnam, Neosho, and Spring River.

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Bibliography
The Civil War Day By Day: An Almanac 1861-1865. E.B. Long with Barbara Long, De Capo, 1971