Civil War Day-By-Day

September 2, 1861

• Vernon County, Missouri—Battle of the Mules [Confederate], Battle of Dry Wood Creek [Union]
• On September 2^nd, Grant’s Federals occupied Belmont, preparatory to seizing Columbus, across the Mississippi river.

A Chronological History of the Civil War in America¹

• Sec. of the Treasury issued an appeal to the people for a national loan.
• Legislature of Kentucky met; Senate 27 Union and 11 secession; House 76 Union and 24 secession
• Floating dock at Pensacola, Fla., burned.

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