Civil War Day-By-Day

June 3, 1861

• Stephen A. Douglas dies from typhoid fever, Chicago, IL
• Battle of Philippi (also called the Philippi Races):
  • Union forces rout Confederate troops in Barbour County, Virginia, now West Virginia.
  • First land engagement of the Civil War between American and Confederate forces

A Chronological History of the Civil War in America¹

• Battle of Philippi, Va.—rebels routed.

1. A Chronological History of the Civil War in America by Richard Swainson Fisher, New York, Johnson and Ward, 1863