Birthdays
Jefferson Finis Davis
Turns 53 on this date
Charles Kinnaird Graham
Turns 37 on this date
Martin Edwin Green
Turns 46 on this date
Edson Baldwin Olds
Turns 59 on this date
Otho French Strahl
Turns 30 on this date
Events
| Battles/Soldiers | After Philippi, nineteen years old James Edward Hanger becomes the first amputee of the Civil War | 06/03/1861 |
| Battles/Soldiers | In western forces, Union and Confederate forces fight the first planned engagement of the war at Philippi | 06/03/1861 |
| Personal | Stephen A. Douglas dies at his home in Chicago, Illinois | 06/03/1861 |
Documents
| Newspaper | New York Times, “One of their Errors,” June 3, 1861 | 06/03/1861 |