16 Aug, 1862: Saturday

Union - Military
Virginia

The Union Army of the Potomac under McClellan completes the evacuation of Harrison's Landing as its troops moved north to Aquia Creek and Alexandria, to assist Pope's forces against Lee's Army of Northern Virginia, which was advancing from Gordonsville.

Arkansas
On this day (and lasting until the 26th) a Union gunboat expedition, with some troops, leaves Helena, via the Mississippi, and capture a Confederate steamer at Millikin's Bend.

Texas
Union naval vessels begin to bombard Corpus Christi. (The bombardment will continue until the 18th.)

Confederates - Military
Tennessee
The Confederate Army of Kentucky under under Major General Edmund Kirby Smith crossed the Cumberland Mountains into Kentucky, from Tennessee. (From Aug 16-22 there will be skirmishes about Cumberland Gap, Tennessee.)

There is a skirmish at Meriwether's Ferry, Obion River.

Mississippi
There is a skirmish at Horn Lake Creek.

Missouri
Near Lone Jack, Confederate raiders defeat Union troops, before being driven off by Northern reinforcements.

Western Virginia
There is a skirmish at Wire Bridge.

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