3 January 1862: Friday

Confederacy - Government
President Davis writes a letter to the Governor of Mississippi. He is aware of the Union troops on Ship Island, Mississippi, and points out that their movement will probably be toward Mobile or New Orleans.

Confederacy - Military
Stonewall Jackson had begun moving his forces north from Winchester, Virginia on what will, in future, be called the Romney campaign. His purpose was to break up the Baltimore & Ohio railroad and destroy dams on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. There is a brief skirmish at Bath in western Virginia.

Western Virginia
There is a skirmish at Huntersville in western Virginia

Missouri
There is a skirmish at Hunnewell, Missouri.

Virginia
There is a Union reconnaissance near Big Bethel, Virginia.

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