Birthdays
James Gordon Bennett
Turns 66 on this date
James Campbell
Turns 49 on this date
Peter Cartwright
Turns 76 on this date
Dennis B. Clary
Turns 39 on this date
James Conner
Turns 32 on this date
Isaac Hardin Duval
Turns 37 on this date
William Edward Finck
Turns 39 on this date
Events
| Battles/Soldiers | Union troops defeat Confederate units in a brief skirmish at the Boone County Court House in western Virginia | 09/01/1861 |