News For This Date     August 07

1861:

Confederate Forces burn Hampton, Virginia Skirmish at Lovettsville, Virginia

1862:

Skirmish at Rocky Bluff and near Montevallo, Missouri Skirmish at Wood Springs, Tennessee Skirmish at Wolfton, Virginia

1863:

Skirmish at New Madrid, Tennessee Affair at Burke's Station, Virginia

1864:

Skirmishes at Bayou Bull and Hickory Plains, Arkansas Affair near Fort Lyon, Colorado Skirmishes at Arrow Rock, near Enterprise and Huntsville, and on the Buffalo Creek, Missouri Skirmish at Tallahatchi, Mississippi Engagement near Moorefield, West Virginia

Primary sources for the "Daily Dispatch" feature is: Official Records of the War of the Rebellion A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion ; by Frederick Dyer; The Civil War Day By Day: An Almanac 1861-1865 by E. B. Long with Barbara Long; National Archives Guide Index