1861

Skirmish at Bowman’s Place, on the Cheat River, in Western Virginia

1862

The blockade runner, Ann, is captured by the Federal Navy under the guns of Fort Morgan, Alabama

Day one of a two day Federal reconnaissance between Front Royal and Luray, Virginia.  Skirmishing along the James River in the vicinity of Willis’ Church and another at Jordan‘s Ford.  Engagement at Peach Orchard (or Allen‘s Farm) in the vicinity of Fair Oaks Station.  Skirmish along the Williamsburg Road, Virginia

Battle of Savage's Station.  Confederate General Robert E. Lee attacks Union General George McClellan as he is pulling his army away from Richmond, Virginia, in retreat during the Seven Days' Battles. Although the Yankees lost 1,000 men—twice as many as the Rebels—they were able to successfully protect the retreat.

George McClellan spent the spring of 1862 preparing the Army of the Potomac for a campaign up the James Peninsula toward Richmond. For nearly three months, McClellan landed his troops at Fort Monroe, at the end of the peninsula, and worked northwest to Richmond. The Seven Days' Battles were the climax of this attempt to take the Confederate capital. Although he had an advantage in numbers, McClellan squandered it and surrendered the initiative to Lee, who attacked the Yankees and began driving them away from Richmond.

As McClelland retreated, Lee hounded his army. When the Union army moved past Savage's Station—a stop on the Richmond and York River Railroad and the site of a Union hospital—Lee ordered an assault on the troops screening the retreat. This was a chance to break McClellan's flank and deal a shattering defeat to the Yankees. But although Lee's strategy was sound, it was complicated, requiring precise timing on the part of several generals. The Confederates inflicted serious damage on the Northerners but were not able to break the rear guard. Fighting continued until nightfall, when a torrential rainstorm ended the battle.

Skirmish at Moorefield, in Western Virginia.

Federal reconnaissance from Front Royal to Luray, in the Shenandoah Valley, Virginia

1863

The following are appointed Union Brigadier Generals”  George Armstrong Custer, Elon John Farnsworth, and Wesley Merritt.

Skirmishes near Columbia and another at Creelsborough, Kentucky.

Skirmish out from Mound, Louisiana.

Skirmishes at Muddy Branch and Westminster, Maryland.

The first day of what would be two days of skirmishing in Mississippi at Messinger’s Ferry, along the Big Black River.  Day 43  in the Vicksburg siege.

Skirmish at McConnellsburg, Pennsylvania, and Northern and Southern armies continue to concentrate toward Gettysburg and Cashtown.  Federal cavalry probes the moving Southern army.

Skirmish at Decherd, Haillsborough, Lexington, and Tullahoma, Tennessee.

Day one of a six day Confederate operation in the vicinity of Beverly, West Virginia.

1864

Skirmish at Pond Springs, in Northern Alabama

Skirmish at Meffleton Lodge, Arkansas.

Skirmish at Davis Bend, Louisiana

Skirmish at La Fayette, Tennessee.

Skirmishes at Charlestown and Duffield’s Station, West Virginia.

1865

Skirmish with Indians near Fort Doge, Kansas


References:

The Civil War Day by Day, Philip Katcher
The Civil War Day By Day: An Almanac 1861-1865 by E. B. Long with Barbara Long
The Chronological Tracking of the American Civil War Per the Official Records of the War of Rebellion, by Ronald A Mosocco
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do
http://www.on-this-day.com/cgi-bin/otd/uscivilwarotd/uscivilwarotd.pl