3 August 1862: Sunday

Union - Military
Virginia
General Halleck orders General McClellan to move his Army of the Potomac from the Peninsula north to Aquia Landing near Fredericksburg and to Alexandria. McClellan was to aid in the defense of Washington and in opposing the Confederate offensive against Pope's Army of Virginia. McClellan protested vehemently against this order, maintaining that he should remain on the Peninsula.

Missouri
There is a skirmish at Chariton Bridge.

Arkansas
There are skirmishes at L'Anguille Ferry, Jackson and Scatterville.

Kentucky
There is a skirmish at Morganfield.

Tennessee
There is a skirmish at Nonconah Creek.

South Carolina
A blockade runner is captured off Charleston as the effectiveness of the Union blockade steadily develops.

The Bahamas
The British vessel Columbia, carrying twelve pieces of artillery, several thousand Enfield rifles, and other munitions, was captured after a seven-hour chase, by the Union steamer Santiago de Cuba.
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Bibliography
The Civil War Day By Day: An Almanac 1861-1865. E.B. Long with Barbara Long, De Capo, 1971