2 October 1862 - Thursday

Union – Government
President Lincoln moves from Harper’s Ferry to the Headquarters of the Army of the Potomac, occupying a tent next to General McClellan’s. The President makes a memo of total troops in the Army of the Potomac, coming up with 88,095 men.

Union – Military
Kentucky
There is fighting at Shepherdsville Road.

Troops under Don Carlos Buell move slowly toward Bardstown from the Louisville area.

Missouri
There is fighting near Columbus.

Texas
There is fighting near Beaumont.

Mississippi
There is fighting at Baldwyn and near Ramer’s Crossing.

Confederates – Military
Mississippi
Confederate troops move on Corinth.


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