October 24

Births:
1788 – Sarah Josepha Hale, American poet (d. 1879)
1855 – James S. Sherman, Vice President of the United States (d. 1912)
1857 – Ned Williamson, American baseball player (d. 1894)

Deaths:
1821 – Elias Boudinot, American President of the Continental Congress (b. 1740)
1852 – Daniel Webster, American lawyer and politician (b. 1782)

October 25
1861

Action at Springfield, or Wilson's Creek, MO, consisting of Maj. Gen. John Fremont's, USA, Cavalry charge into Springfield, MO, that routs the small Confederate force there.

Construction continues on the USS Monitor, at Greenpoint, NY, with the laying of its keel.

1862

Joseph Warren Revere, USA, is appointed Brig. Gen.

Joseph Rodman West, USA, is appointed Brig. Gen.

Skirmish near Helena, AR.

Skirmish at Lawrenceburg, KY.

Federal capture of Donaldsonville, LA, by Brig. Gen. Godfrey Weitzel, USA, under Maj. Gen. Benjamin F. Butler, USA.

Skirmish near Pike Creek and Eleven Points, MO.

Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, USA, assumes the command of the 13th US Army Corps and the Dept. of the Tennessee.

Skirmish near Zuni, VA, with Maj. Gen. John A. Dix, USA.

President Lincoln continues to be frustrated with Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan's slowness and lack of initiative in advancing into Virginia and against the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia.

1863

Action at Pine Bluff, AR.

Skirmishes at Philadelphia, TN. (Oct 25-26)

Skirmishes at and near Bealeton, VA. (Oct 25-26)

1864

Skirmish on the Gadsden road, AL, as Lieut. Gen. John B. Hood, CSA, and Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman, USA, continue to spar.

Skirmish near Round Mountain, AL.

Skirmish at Turkeytown, AL.

Federal operations about Fayetteville, AR, during the invasion by Maj. Gen. Sterling Price, CSA. (Oct 25-Nov 4)

Skirmish near the Half-way House, between Little Rock and Pine Bluff, AR.

Federal expedition up the Blackwater Bay and skirmish (Oct 26) at Milton, FL, as the Federals, including Negro soldiers, drive off the Rebels, and seize over 100,000 feet of seasoned Rebel lumber. (Oct 25-28 )

The engagement on Little Osage River or Mine Creek KS, as Brig. Gen. Joseph 0. Shelby, CSA, and his cavalry attempt to protect the Rebel wagon train from the Yankee advance. Price loses about a third of his wagon train.

Engagement at the Marais des Cygnes, KS, as Maj. Gen. Sterling Price, CSA, continues to retreat.

Skirmishes at Mound City and Fort Lincoln, KS, with Maj. Gen. Sterling Price, CSA.

Confederate attack on Clinton, MO, by Maj. Gen. Sterling Price, CSA.

Engagement at the Marmiton, or battle of Chariot, MO, with Maj. Gen. Sterling Price, CSA.

Skirmish near Memphis, TN.

Skirmishes at Milford, VA, the Shenandoah Valley Campaign. (Oct 25-26)

October 25

1813 – War of 1812: Canadians and Mohawks defeat the Americans in the Battle of Chateauguay.

Births:
1782 – Levi Lincoln, Jr., 13th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1868)
1802 – Joseph Montferrand, Canadian logger and strong man (d. 1864)

Deaths:
1806 – Henry Knox, American general and politician (b. 1750)
1852 – John C. Clark, American politician (b. 1793)

October 26
1861

William Henry Carroll, CSA, is appointed Brig. Gen.

Brig. Gen. Alexander Robert Lawton, CSA, is assigned to the command of the Confederate Dept. of Georgia.

Federal expedition to Eddyville and skirmish at Saratoga, KY, by Brig. Gen. C. F. Smith, USA, transported aboard the USS Conestgoga.

Maj. Gen. John Charles Fremont, USA, commanding the Western Dept., and Maj. Gen. Sterling Price, Missouri State Guard, commanding the Confederate forces in Missouri, conclude an agreement for the exchange of POW's.

Col. George Wright, 9th US Infantry, assumes the command of the Dept. of the Pacific.

Action at Romney, or Mill Creek Mills, WV, where Brig. Gen. Benjamin F. Kelley, USA, forces a Confederate withdrawal.

Skirmish at the South Branch Bridge, WV.

Skirmish near Springfield, WV.

1862

The Union Army of the Mississippi is discontinued.

Operations in Loudoun, Faquier, and Rappahannock Counties, VA, as Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan, USA, crosses the Potomac River with the Army of the Potomac. (Oct 26-Nov 10)

1863

Stephen Miller, USA, is appointed Brig. Gen.

Skirmishes near Cane Creek and at Barton's Station, AL, on the Memphis and Charleston Railroad.

Skirmish in Johnson County, AR, with Col. Joseph Shelby, CSA.

Maj. Gen. Napoleon J. T. Dana, USA, assumes the command of the 13th US Army Corps, LA.

Skirmish at Vincent's Cross-Roads, near Bay Springs, MS, as the Federals move to intercept a raiding party reported to be on their return from Walker County, AL; many men are killed in the dense woods, many more are missing, but never found.

Federal scout from Cape Girardeau to Doniphan, MO, and Pocahontas, AR. (Oct 26-Nov 12)

Skirmish at King's House, near Waynesville, MO.

Skirmish at Warm Springs, NC.

2nd massive Federal bombardment of Fort Sumter, Charleston Harbor, SC, gets under way.

The Reopening of the Tennessee River, (the "cracker line") by Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker, USA, from Virginia, crosses the river at Bridgeport, AL, moving eastward toward Chattanooga, TN, including skirmish at:
a) Brown's Ferry, (Oct 27) and engagement at
b) Wauhatchie, TN. (Oct 28 & 29) (Oct 26-29)

Skirmish at Jones'Hill, TN.

Skirmishes at and near Sweet Water, TN. (Oct 26-27)

Confederate attack led by Maj. John S. Mosby, CSA, and 50 Partisan Rangers, on a 50 wagon train 2 miles from New Baltimore, and Warrenton where there are large Union camps. Union cavalry arrives in time to prevent Mosby from burning many wagons, although he does make off with 145 horses and mules and upwards of 30 Negroes and Yankees before losing many of his horses in the dark. Tomorrow, he'll try to recover them.

Skirmish at Ravens wood, WV.

1864

Confederate demonstration against Decatur, AL. (Oct 26-29)

Federal expedition from Brownsville to Cotton Plant, AR. (Oct 26-Nov 2)

Federal expedition from Little Rock to Irving's Plantation, AR. (Oct 26-28 )

Federal expedition from Atlanta to Trickum's Cross-Roads, GA, and skirmishes (Oct 27) near Trickum's Cross-Roads and Lawrenceville. (Oct 26-29)

Federal scout from Vidalia to the York Plantation, LA. (Oct 26-27)

Skirmish at Albany, MO, with Maj. Gen. Sterling Price, CSA.

Skirmish near Glasgow, MO, with Maj. Gen. Sterling Price, CSA.

The outlaw Confederate guerrilla, "Bloody" Bill Anderson, is killed in a Federal ambush near Richmond, MO.

Affair in Scott County, VA, as the Federals kill the notorious guerrilla leader, Capt. Burleson.

Skirmish at Winfield, WV, with Confederate Cavalry.

October 26

1774 – The first Continental Congress adjourns in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
1775 – King George III goes before Parliament to declare the American colonies in rebellion, and authorized a military response to quell the American Revolution.
1776 – Benjamin Franklin departs from America for France on a mission to seek French support for the American Revolution.
1825 – The Erie Canal opens – passage from Albany, New York to Lake Erie.

Births:
1854 – C. W. Post, American entrepreneur (d. 1914)

Deaths:
1675 – William Sprague, English co-founder of Charlestown, Massachusetts (b. 1609)

October 27
1861

The CSS Sumter captures and burns the US schooner, Trowbridge, in the Atlantic Ocean.

Skirmish at Plattsburg, MO.

Skirmish near Spring Hill, MO, as Maj. Gen. John Fremont, USA, contends he will pursue and defend Springfield, MO, from the advancing Brig. Gen. Sterling Price, CSA, who in actuality, is retreating. Fremont hopes any orders on their way from Lincoln will now not be delivered.

The USS Lexington captures and burns three Confederate ships at Chincoteaque Inlet, VA.

1862

William Henry Forney, C.S.A., is appointed Maj. Gen.

Preston Smith, CSA, is appointed Brig. Gen.

Skirmish at Fayetteville, AR. CSA troops retreat to around Boston Mountain, AR, as the Federals pursue.

Skirmish at Pitman's Ferry, AR.

Action at Georgia Landing or Bayou Lafourche, near Labadieville, LA, with the Confederates routed.

The British steamer Anglia, is seized by the Federal naval blockade squadron, Bulls Bay, SC.

Brig. Gen. John M. Brannan, USA, temporarily assumes the command of the Dept. of the South, vice Mitchel, deceased, SC.
Maj. Gen. William S. Rosecrans, USA, assumes the command of the 14th US Army Corps, TN.

Union forces occupy Halltown, VA, as Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan, USA, advances into Virginia.

Skirmish at Snicker's Gap, VA, as Gen. Robert E. Lee, CSA, begins to move his Army of Northern Virginia from the Shenandoah Valley to meet the Army of the Potomac.

Maj. Gen. Samuel P. Heintzelman, USA, supersedes Maj. Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks, USA, in the command of the Defenses of Washington, DC.

1863

Isaac Fitzgerald Shepard, USA, is appointed Brig. Gen.

Skirmish at Little Bear Creek, AL, on the Memphis and Charleston Railroad.

Skirmish at Tulip, AR.

Federal expedition from Cape Girardeau to Clarkton, MO. (Oct 27-Nov 15)

Skirmish in Cherokee County, NC, when Brig. Gen. Alfred J. Vaughn, Jr, CSA, along with Pro-Southern Indians, overtook Goldman Bryson and his mounted robbers, killing two and capturing 17 along with 30 horses. The following day, Vaughn catches up with and kills Mr. Bryson and another carrying orders from Maj. Gen. Ambrose Burnside, USA.

Skirmish at Clinch Mountain, TN.

Federal scout from Columbia toward Pulaski, TN, and skirmish.

The Rio Grande Expedition, under Maj. Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks, USA, and operations on the coast of Texas, as Banks will attempt to establish a base of operations in Texas despite past failures at Sabine Pass and on the Teche. (Oct 27-Dec 2)

Federal expedition under the command of Maj. Gen. Nathaniel Banks, USA, sails from the mouth of the Mississippi River.

Skirmishes near Bealeton and Rappahannock Station, VA.

Skirmish on Sandy River, near Elizabeth, WV.

1864

Gilbert Moxley Sorrel, CSA, is appointed Brig. Gen.

The destruction of the Confederate ram, the Albemarle, by Lieut. William B. Gushing, USA, using a torpedo, at Plymouth, NC. (Oct 27-28 )

The unsuccessful Confederate guerrilla attack on the steamer, Belle Saint Louis, at Fort Randolph, TN.

Skirmishes at Mossy Creek and Panther Springs, TN.

The engagement at Boydton Plank Road or Hatcher's Run, the Richmond, VA, Campaign. (Oct 27-28 )

The engagement at Fair Oaks and Darbytown Road, the Richmond, VA, Campaign, as Lieut. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, USA, attempts to move on Petersburg, VA, before winter, but to no avail as Maj. Gens. Henry Heth and William Mahone, CSA, repel Maj. Gens. Winfield Scott Hancock and Gouverneur K. Warren, USA. (The final) Winter is fast approaching. (Oct 27-28 )

Skirmish in front of Fort Morton and Fort Sedgwick, the Richmond, VA, Campaign.

October 27

1682 – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is founded.
1795 – The United States and Spain sign the Treaty of Madrid, which establishes the boundaries between Spanish colonies and the U.S.
1810 – United States annexes the former Spanish colony of West Florida.
1838 – Missouri governor Lilburn Boggs issues the Extermination Order, which orders all Mormons to leave the state or be exterminated.

Births:
1811 – Stevens Thomson Mason, first Governor of Michigan (d. 1843)
1814 – Daniel H. Wells, Mormon leader and politician (d. 1891)
1838 – John Davis Long, 32nd Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1915)
1858 – Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1919)

Deaths:
1789 – John Cook, American farmer and Governor of Delaware (b. 1730)

October 28
1861

Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston, CSA, assumes the immediate command of the Confederate Army Corps of Central Kentucky, at Bowling Green, KY, relieving Brig. Gen. Simon Bolivar Buckner, CSA.

Skirmish at Laurel Bridge, Laurel County, KY.

Skirmish near Budd's Ferry, MD, with new Confederate shore batteries, and Brig. Gen. Joseph Hooker, USA.

Federal expedition to Fulton, MO, by Brig. Gen. Chester Harding, Jr, USA.

1862

Action at McGuire's, AR.

Action at Oxford Bend, White River, near Fayetteville, AR, forcing a Confederate retreat, by Brig. Gen. Samuel R. Curtis, USA, the Army of the Frontier.

Skirmish near Waverly, TN.

Maj. Gen. John C. Breckinridge, CSA, assumes the command of the Army of Middle Tennessee.

1863

The Federal Cavalry occupation of Arkadelphia, AR.

Skirmish at Clarksville, TN.

Skirmish at Leiper's Ferry, TN.

Brig. Gen. John W. Geary, USA, of Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker's command, repels Lieut. Gen. James Longstreet's night attack at Wauhatchie, in Lookout Valley, TN, as Longstreet fails in his attempt to break the Union's newly established "cracker line."

Maj. Gen. John M. Palmer, USA, assumes the command of the 14th US Army Corps, TN.

The mutiny of Capt. Adrian I. Vidal, CSA, and followers who attack, kill, and wound some Confederate soldiers, many eventually being caught themselves and dealt with accordingly, at Fort Brown, TX.

1864

Skirmish at Goshen, AL, as Lieut. Gen. John B. Hood, CSA, moves his Army of Tennessee westward.

Skirmish at Ladiga, AL, as Hood moves westward and contrary to previous army theory, Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman, USA, moves eastward back towards Atlanta, GA.

Engagement at Newtonia, southwest MO, where Maj. Gen. Samueul R. Curtis, USA, forces Maj. Gen. Sterling Price, CSA, to continue his retreat.

Skirmish with Indians near Midway Station, the Nebraska Territory.

Action at Morristown, TN, with Maj. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest, CSA.

Skirmish at Russellville, TN.

Skirmish near Newtown, VA, the Shenandoah Valley Campaign.

Operations about Snicker's Gap (Oct 28 ) and skirmish (Oct 29) at Upperville, VA, where the 8th IL Cavalry proclaims to have whipped Lieut. Col. John S. Mosby's men badly, killing 7 or 8, and capturing 9. (Oct 28-29)

October 28

1636 – A vote of the Great and General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony establishes the first college in what would become the United States, today known as Harvard University.
1775 – American Revolutionary War: A British proclamation forbids residents from leaving Boston.
1776 – American Revolutionary War: Battle of White Plains – British Army forces arrive at White Plains, attack and capture Chatterton Hill from the Americans.

Births:
1793 – Eliphalet Remington, American firearms manufacturer (d. 1861)
1839 – Edward P. Allen, United States congressman from Michigan (d. 1909)

Deaths:
1800 – Artemas Ward, American politician and soldier (b. 1727)
1818 – Abigail Adams, First Lady of the United States (b. 1744)

October 29
1861

Hugh Weedon Mercer, CSA, is appointed Brig. Gen.

Skirmishes at and near Woodbury, and Morgantown, KY, with Kentucky Volunteers against Mississippi Cavalry.

Brig. Gen. Thomas West Sherman's and Flag Officer Samuel Francis DuPont's expedition to capture Port Royal, SC, sails from Hampton Roads, VA, with a total of 77 ships. They run into severe weather at sea, and if successful in their attempt to capture the town, would use it as a refueling depot for the Atlantic blockading fleet.

1862

Alfred Cumming, CSA, is appointed Brig. Gen.

The capture of Confederate pickets opposite Williamsport, MD.

Skirmish at Island Mound, MO.

Affair at Sabine Pass, TX.

Skirmish on the Blackwater, VA.

Skirmish near Upperville, VA.

Skirmish near Petersburg, WV, as the Federals overtake and recapture 200 head of cattle taken by JEB Stuart's Cavalry.

1863

Edward Higgins, CSA, is appointed Brig. Gen.

President Jefferson Davis continues with his trip through the deep south, visiting Atlanta, GA.

Skirmish at Cherokee Station, AL, on the Memphis and Charleston Railroad.

Skirmish at Ozark, MO.

Federal scout from Pilot Knob to Alton and Doniphan, MO, with the killing and capture of guerrillas. (Oct 29-Nov 5)

Affair near Warsaw, MO.

Skirmish at Centreville, TN, as Maj. Gen. George H. Thomas' USA, Cavalry attack and rout of the Confederates, killing, wounding and capturing close to 90 Rebels.

Federal scout from Winchester to Fayetteville, TN, by way of Lynchburg, with skirmish. The Union men bring back beef cattle, horses and mules. (Oct 29-Nov 2)

Maj. Gen. Frank P. Blair, Jr., USA, assumes the command of the 15th US Army Corps, TN.

1864

Maj. Gen. Thomas Edward Greenfield Ransom, USA, dies from complications developed from battlewounds received during his career, near Rome, GA.

The capture of the Union steamer, Mazeppa, by Maj. Gen. Nathan B. Forrest, CSA, near Forts Henry and Heiman, Tennessee River, KY.

The Confederate attack on Vanceburg, KY, is repulsed by the loyal citizens of the town, the rebels fleeing toward Fox Creek, Fleming County.

The Federal expedition to Quincy, MO, with skirmishes (Nov 1 & 2) near Quincy. (Oct 29-Nov 8 )

Skirmish at Upshaw's Farm, Barry County, MO, with Maj. Gen. Sterling Price, CSA.

Skirmish near Warrenton, MO.

Skirmish at Nonconnah Creek, TN, along the Pigeon Roost Road.

Skirmish at Johnson's Farm, the Richmond, VA, Campaign. (Oct 27-28 )

Action at Beverly, WV, as after two hours' hard fighting the Confederates are routed and fail in their attack on the town.

October 29

1792 – Mount Hood (Oregon) is named after the British naval officer Alexander Arthur Hood by Lt. William E. Broughton who spotted the mountain near the mouth of the Willamette River.

Births:
1815 – Daniel Emmett, American composer (d. 1904)

Deaths:

October 30
1861

Humphrey Marshall, CSA, is appointed Brig. Gen.

1862

Maj. Gen. Ormsby MacKnight Mitchel, USA, dies at Beaufort, SC, from yellow fever contracted while commanding the Federal Dept. of the South, based out of Hilton Head, SC.

William Stephen Walker, CSA, is appointed Brig. Gen.

Joseph Wheeler, CSA, is appointed Brig. Gen.

Maj. Gen. William S. Rosecrans, USA, assumes the command of the Dept. of the Cumberland, superseding Maj. Gen. Don Carlos Buell, USA, TN.

Brig. Gen. George Stoneman, USA, supersedes Maj. Gen. Samuel Heintzelman in the command of the 3rd US Army Corps, the Army of the Potomac.

1863

James Harrison Wilson, USA, is appointed Brig. Gen.

Skirmish at Fourteen Mile Creek, the Indian Territory.

Skirmish at Salyersville, KY.

Affair near Opelousas, LA, with Maj. Gen. William B. Franklin, USA.

Affair at Ford's Mill, near New Berne, NC, with casualties.

The federal steamer, Chattanooga, delivers supplies to the famished Union defenders at Chattanooga, TN.

Skirmish at Leiper's Ferry, Holston River, TN.

Skirmish near Catlett's Station, VA.

1864

Skirmish at Muscle Shoals (or Raccoon Ford), near Florence, AL.

The capture of the gun-boat, Undine (No. 55) and transports near Fort Heiman, KY, by Maj. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest, CSA.

The CSS Olustee, formerly the CSS Tallahassee, eludes the Federal blockade off Wilmington, NC, and begins looking for Federal commerce vessels to raid.

Skirmish at Bainbridge, TN.

October 30

1831 – In Southampton County, Virginia, escaped slave Nat Turner is captured and arrested for leading the bloodiest slave rebellion in United States history.

Births:
1735 – John Adams, second President of the United States (d. 1826)
1844 – Harvey W. Wiley, American chemist (d. 1930)

Deaths:

October 31
1861

Skirmish near Morgantown, KY, with a Confederate attack on a Federal camp repulsed.

Skirmish at Greenbrier, WV.

1862

Union forces advance from Bolivar and Corinth, MS, upon Grand Junction, TN. (Oct 31-Nov 1)

Operations on the Mississippi Central Railroad from Bolivar, TN, to Coffeeville, MS. (Oct 31-Jan 10, 1863)

Federal scout in Monroe County, MO.

The Federal bombardment of Lavaca, TX.

Skirmish at Aldie, VA.

Skirmish at Franklin, VA.

Skirmish near Mountville, VA.

Skirmish at Snickersville, VA.

Skirmish near the Falls of the Kanawha, WV.

1863

Brig. Gen. (Retired) Louis Ludwig Blenker, USA, dies on his farm, in Rockland County, NY, having resigned from the Union Army Ranks on Mar 31.

Skirmish at Barton's Station, AL.

Skirmish at Washington, LA, with Maj. Gen. William B. Franklin, USA.

Skirmish at Yazoo City, MS.

The Federal bombardment of Fort Sumter, Charleston Harbor, SC, continues to reduce the fort to rubble.

Affair near Weaverville, VA, as the Confederates surround and capture 3 Union tents with sleeping men inside who were supposed to be guarding the cattle within a mile or two of Federal Army headquarters. This causes a Union officer to write that rebel marauders are numerous along the Warrenton pike and between that and the railroad, and daily shoot and capture men almost in sight of headquarters.

1864

Skirmish near Shoal Creek, AL, as Lieut. Gen. John Bell Hood, CSA, prepares to move his Confederate army into Tennessee, assuming Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman, USA, will pursue him. Instead, Sherman will move in the opposite direction toward the sea.

Nevada is admitted as the 36th State of the Union.

The Union naval occupation of Plymouth, NC.

October 31

1822 – Emperor Agustín de Iturbide attempts to dissolve the Mexican Empire.

Births:
1827 – Richard Morris Hunt, American educator (d. 1895)
1848 – Boston Custer, brother of George Armstrong Custer (d. 1876)
1860 – Juliette Low, American founder of the Girl Scouts (d. 1927)

Deaths:

November 1
1861

George Washington Cullum, USA, is appointed Brig. Gen.

Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan, US Army, 34 yrs of age, supersedes 75 year old Bvt. Lieut. Gen. Winfield Scott in the Command of the Armies of the United States.

Brig. Gen. Humphrey Marshall, CSA, is ordered to Eastern Kentucky.

Maj. Gen. John Adam Dix, USA, issues his proclamation of his determination to protect the ballot box in MD.

Federal expedition from Rolla, MO, against Freeman's forces. (Nov 1-9)

Skirmish at Renick, Randolph County, MO.

A convoy ship sinks off Cape Hatteras, NC, a part of the Port Royal, SC, expedition.

The beginning of negotiations for the release and exchange of the US officers and men surrendered in Texas.

Skirmish with Indians on the Peosi River, TX, by Col. H. E. McCulloch, CSA.

Skirmishes near Gauley Bridge, or Cotton Hill, WV, with Confederate attacks under Brig. Gen. John Buchanan Floyd, CSA, failing to dislodge the Union forces under Brig. Gen. William Starke Rosecrans, USA. (Nov 1-3)

1862

The following are appointed Confederate Brigadier Generals:
George Thomas Anderson, CSA
Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb, CSA
John Rogers Cooke, CSA
Montgomery Dent Corse, CSA
George Pierce Doles, CSA
John Brown Gordon, CSA
Alfred Iverson Jr., CSA
James Henry Lane, CSA
Elisha Franklin Paxton, CSA
Carnot Posey, CSA
Stephen Dodson Ramseur, CSA
Jerome Bonaparte Robertson, CSA
Edward Lloyd Thomas, CSA

The following are appointed Union Brigadier Generals:
Richard Arnold, USA
William Passmore Carlin, USA
Alfred Washington Ellet, USA

Skirmish at La Grange, AR.

Skirmish in Henderson County, KY.

Federal naval operations on Berwick Bay, LA, including the capture of the Rebel steamer, A.B. Seger. (Nov 1-6)

Operations in Boone County, MO. (Nov 1-10)

Operations in Jackson County, MO, with the pursuit of Quantrill's guerrillas. (Nov 1-5)

Federal expedition from New Berne, NC, including skirmishes (Nov 2) at Little Creek and Rawle's Mill. (Nov 1-12)

The command of Gen. Braxton Bragg, CSA, is extended over the troops in the Dept. of East Tennessee.

Skirmish at Berry's Ford Gap, VA.

Skirmish at Philomont, VA, with Brig. Gen. Alfred Pleasanton, USA, Cavalry.

1863

Ulysses Simpson Grant is appointed the sole Lieut. General in the Union Army.

The Union forces under Maj. Gen. William B. Franklin, USA, retire from Opelousas to New Iberia, LA. (Nov 1-17)

Federal scout from Bovina to Baldwin's Ferry, MS, with no encounters with the enemy. One of the few days a force traverses the back country roads passing many small farms and houses with no loss of life. A fine day to be alive.

Skirmish at Quinn and Jackson's Mill, MS.

Skirmish at Eastport, TN.

Skirmish at Fayetteville, TN.

Skirmish with Indians on the Gila, the New Mexico Territory.

Skirmish at Catlett's Station, VA.

Federal expeditions from Beverly and Charleston against Lewisburg, WV. (Nov 1-17)

Brig. Gen. William W. Averell's US Cavalry command sets out from Beverly, WV, against Lewisburg.

1864

Thomas Lafayette Rosser, C.S.A. is appointed Maj. Gen.

William Henry Fitzhugh Payne, CSA, is appointed Brig. Gen.

Federal Operations against guerrillas in Central Arkansas. (Nov 1-30)

Skirmish on the Big Piney, near Waynesville, MO, with bushwackers.

Affair at Greenton, MO, as 3 Union officers stop and wait at a lady's house for the woman to cook them dinner, their command continuing to march on. The officers tell the men they'll catch up with them. After dinner, 3 guerrillas capture the Yankees, quickly taking them into the bush and where the Federals find their officers the next morning, all 3 shot through the head. Nasty busy, this guerrillas warfare.

Skirmish near Lebanon, MO, where the Confederates attack a Union forage train.

Skirmish at Rolla, MO.

The 1st and 3rd Division, 16th US Army Corps are transferred from Missouri to Nashville, Tennessee, and the command of Maj. Gen. George H. Thomas, USA, as the Confederate expedition into Missouri by Maj. Gen. Sterling Price, CSA, had concluded. The Federals moving manpower where needed. (Nov 1-30)

Skirmishes at Union Station, TN.

Federal scout from Bermuda Hundred into Charles City County, VA, the Richmond, VA, Campaign. (Nov 1-5)

Affair at Green Spring Run, WV, with Bvt. Maj. Gen. Benjamin F. Kelley's, USA, Yankees repelling the Confederates.

November 1

1683 – The British crown colony of New York is subdivided into 12 counties.
1765 – The British Parliament enacts the Stamp Act on the 13 colonies in order to help pay for British military operations in North America.
1800 – US President John Adams becomes the first President of the United States to live in the Executive Mansion (later renamed the White House).
1802 – Delegates meet at Chillicothe, Ohio to form a state constitutional convention.
1848 – In Boston, Massachusetts, the first medical school for women, The Boston Female Medical School (which later merged with the Boston University School of Medicine), opens.
1859 – The current Cape Lookout, North Carolina, lighthouse is lit for the first time. Its first-order Fresnel lens can be seen for about 19 miles (30 kilometers), in good conditions.

Births:
1808 – John Taylor, American religious leader (d. 1887)
1860 – Boies Penrose, United States Senator from Pennsylvania (d. 1921)

Deaths:

1678 – William Coddington, first Governor of Rhode Island (b. 1601)

November 2
1861

John Cabell Breckenridge, CSA, is appointed Brig. Gen.

Gen. John Charles Fremont, USA, is relieved by Maj. Gen. David Hunter, USA, in Missouri.

Federal operations from Bird's Point, Cape Girardeau, and Ironton, MO, against M. Jeff Thompson's Partisan Confederate forces. (Nov 2-12)

1862

Skirmish at Castleman's Ferry, near Snicker's Gap, VA, as Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan, USA, marches onward into Virginia.

Skirmishes at Union and Upperville, VA. (Nov 2-3)

1863

Skirmish at Bayou Bourbeau, LA, as Maj. Gen. William B. Franklin, USA, retires from Opelousas.

Skirmish at Corinth, MS. President Jefferson Davis arrives at Charleston, SC, and observes first hand the continued Federalbombardment of Fort Sumter.

Skirmish at Centreville, TN.

Skirmish at Piney Factory, TN.

Brazos Island, TX, is occupied by the expeditionary Union forces under Maj. Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks, USA, arriving from New Orleans, LA, aboard the USS Monongahela, Owasco, and the Virginia.

Brig. Gen. John McNeil, USA, assumes command of the District of the Frontier.

1864

Affair at Hazen's Farm, near Devall's Bluff, AR, as a party of Yankees sent to collect bricks at the Hazen's Farm, were captured, robbed, then paroled by the Confederates. Upon hearing of this, the furious Federal officer in charge orders the arrest of the paroled Yankees.

Federal expedition from Little Rock to Benton, AR. (Nov 2-3)

The Federal gunboat, USS Key West and the USS Tawah, attack the captured gun-boat, Undine, and the transports, Cheesemen, and the Venus, at Davidson's Ferry, Tennessee River, TN, including the Federal recapture of the vessel, Venus, from Maj. Gen. Nathan B. Forrest, CSA, who had captured these vessel the previous days. Forrest had been sailing up the Tennessee River towards Johnsonville, TN, but was forced to retire to the safety of the Confederate batteries near Fort Henry. (Nov 2-3)

November 2

1675 – A combined effort by the Plymouth, Rhode Island, Massachusetts Bay and Connecticut colonies attacks the Great Swamp Fort, owned by the Narragansetts during King Philip's War.
1772 – American Revolutionary War: Samuel Adams and Joseph Warren form the first Committee of Correspondence.
1783 – In Rocky Hill, New Jersey, US General George Washington gives his "Farewell Address to the Army".

Births:
1696 – Conrad Weiser, Pennsylvania's ambassador to the Native Americans (d. 1760)
1734 – Daniel Boone American explorer (d. 1820)
1795 – James Knox Polk, 11th President of the United States (d. 1849)
1799 – John Light Atlee, American physician and surgeon (d. 1885)

Deaths:

November 3
1861

Federal expedition into Lower Maryland, by Brig. Gens. Oliver O. Howard and George Sykes, USA. (Nov 3-11)

1862

Maj. Gen. Israel Bush Richardson, U.S.A., dies at the Pry House, Sharpsburg, MD, from wounds received on Sep 17 at the Battle of Antietam, MD.

Federal scouts from Fort Crook, CA, and Fort Churchill, the Nevada Territory, to Honey Lake Valley, CA. (Nov 3-29)

Federal expedition along the coasts of Georgia and East Florida, aboard the steamer, Darlington, between Saint Simon's Island and Fernandina, to destroy Confederate saltworks and the rebel coastline picket stations. (Nov 3-10)

Skirmish near Harrisonville, Cass County, MO, as Quantrill's guerrillas attack and capture a Federal wagon train.

Skirmish at Ashby's Gap, VA, as Maj. Gen. James Longstreet's Army Corps and Gen. Robert E. Lee arrive at Culpeper Court-House to front McClellan's advance, currently at Warrenton, VA, while Maj. Gen. Thomas J. Jackson's Army Corps remained in the Shenandoah Valley.

Federal Cavalry reconnaissance to, and skirmish at, Snicker's Gap, VA.

Gen. Braxton Bragg, CSA, resumes the command of the Confederate Dept. No. 2, TN. (On Oct 24, the command had been temporarily transferred to Lieut. Gen. Leonidas Polk, CSA).

1863

Engagement at Bayou Bourbeau, near Grand Coteau, LA, with Maj. Gen. William B. Franklin, USA.

Skirmish at Carrion Crow Bayou, LA, with Maj. Gen. William B. Franklin, USA.

Skirmish at Quinn and Jackson's Mill, Coldwater River, MS, on the Memphis and Charleston Railroad.

Action at Collierville, TN, on the Memphis and Charleston Railroad, as Brig. Gen. John Ronald Chalmers, CSA, attacks the Federals with no success, losing 95 men in the process.

Skirmish at Lawrenceburg, TN, as the Federals move against Col. Albert Cooper's Confederate camp there, with decent success.

Confederate operations on the Memphis and Charleston Railroad, TN. (Nov 3-5)

Confederate scout about Catlett's Station, VA, by Maj. John S. Mosby, CSA, who surprises, kills, and captures Union soldiers of Brig. Gen. Judson Kilpatrick's, USA, Cavalry.

Brig. Gen. Alfred N. A. Duffie's USA Cavalry command sets out from Charleston, WV, to join up with Brig. Gen. William W. Averell's USA, Cavalry expedition.

1864

Skirmish at Vera Cruz, MO.

The 4th US Army Corps arrives at Pulaski, TN, to block any move in that direction by Lieut. Gen. John B.Hood,CSA.

November 3

1783 – The American Continental Army is disbanded.

Births:
1757 – Robert Smith, American politician, 2nd Secretary of the Navy and 6th Secretary of State (d. 1842)
1793 – Stephen F. Austin, American pioneer (d. 1836)
1794 – William Cullen Bryant, American poet and journalist (d. 1878)
1799 – William Sprague III, American politician (d. 1856)
1816 – Jubal Early, American Confederate general (d. 1894)
1816 – Calvin Fairbank, American abolitionist minister (d. 1898)
1845 – Edward Douglass White, 9th Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1921)
1856 – Jim McCormick, American baseball player (d. 1918)

Deaths:

November 4
1861

Maj. Gen. John Adams Dix, USA, directs that Negroes not be allowed to come within certain military lines in Maryland.

Operations in the Valley District, VA. (Nov 4-Feb 21, 1862)

Maj. Gen. Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson, CSA, assumes the command of the Shenandoah Valley District, at Winchester, VA.

1862

Martin Luther Smith, C.S.A., is appointed Maj. Gen.

The following are appointed Confederate Brigadier Generals:
William Robertson Boggs, CSA
William George Mackey Davis, CSA
Archibald Gracie, Jr., CSA
Evander McNair, CSA
James Edward Rains, CSA

The Confederate saltworks at Kingsbury, GA, are destroyed by the Federal troops.

Gen. P. G. T. Beauregard's Confederate command is extended to the Choctawhatchee River, SC.

La Grange and Grand Junction, TN, are occupied by Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, USA, in preparation of an assault on Vicksburg, MS.

Skirmish at Manassas Gap, VA.

Skirmish at Markham's Station, VA.

Skirmish at Salem, VA.

1863

Skirmish at Maysville, AL.

Skirmish in the Pinal Mountains on the Gila River, the Arizona Territory.

Federal expedition from Houston to Jack's Fork, and in Reynolds, Shannon, and Oregon counties, MO.

Skirmish near Lexington, MO, with bushwackers.

Skirmish at and near Neosho, MO. (Nov 4-6)

Federal expedition aboard transports and supported by the Union gunboats, Delaware, Miami and Whitehead, up the Chowan River, NC, to within 2 miles of the mouth of the Blackwater. (Nov 4-9)

Skirmish near Rocky Run, NC, with bushwackers.

The Knoxville (Tennessee) Campaign. (Nov 4-Dec 23)

Lieut. Gen. James Longstreet's Confederate Corps is detached from the Army of Tennessee, in part due to his inability to get along with Gen. Braxton Bragg, CSA, and his operations against Maj. Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside's, USA, Union forces in East Tennessee, around Knoxville, TN.

Skirmish at Motley's Ford, Little Tennessee River, TN, as the Federals got near the river just as a Confederate regiment was crossing the river. They charged them and drove them into the river, where at least 50 were killed or drowned in crossing.

Skirmish at Falmouth, VA.

Skirmish near Cackleytown, WV, during the Union Cavalry expedition to Lewisburg, WV

1864

William MacRae, CS A, is appointed Brig. Gen.

Peter Burwell Starke, CS A, is appointed Brig. Gen.

Maj. Gen. John C. Breckinridge's, CSA, Confederate advance into East Tennessee. (Nov 4-17)

The destruction of the gun-boats, the Tawah (No. 29), Key West (No. 32), and the Elfin (No.52), Tennessee River, TN, near Johnsonville, TN, by Maj. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest, CSA, and his captured vessels with the assistance of Confederate shore batteries. Forrest loses the captured Undine, but accomplishes his goal of disrupting Federal supply line and water traffic to the estimated damage of $6,700,000, after bombarding Johnsonville. Forrest moves south to meet up with Lieut. Gen. John B. Hood, CSA, via Corinth, MS.

Action at Johnsonville, TN, as this encounter as well as the above effectively concludes Maj. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest's latest expedition. (Nov 4-5)

November 4

1791 – The Western Confederacy of American Indians wins a major victory over the United States in the Battle of the Wabash.
1825 – The Erie Canal is completed with Governor DeWitt Clinton performing the Wedding of The Waters ceremony in New York Harbour.
1834 – The Delta Upsilon Fraternity is established at Williams College Massachusetts.

Births:
1809 – Benjamin Robbins Curtis, Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (d. 1874)
1816 – Stephen Johnson Field, Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (d. 1899)
1836 – Henry J. Lutcher, American businessman (d. 1912)

Deaths:
1801 – William Shippen, American physician and delegate to the Continental Congress (b. 1712)

November 5
1861

The coasts of South Carolina, Georgia, and East Florida are constituted a Confederate Dept., under the command of Gen. Robert Edward Lee, CSA.

The Federal occupation of Prestonburg, KY, by Brig. Gen. William Nelson, USA.

1862

The following are appointed Confederate Brigadier Generals:
Dandridge McRae, CSA
Mosby Monroe Parsons, CSA
James Camp Tappan, CSA

Edwin Henry Stoughton, USA, is appointed Brig. Gen.

Federal expedition from Helena to Moro, AR. (Nov 5-8 )

Affair near Piketon, KY.

Skirmish at Jumpertown, MS, with Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, USA.

Action at Lamar, MO, as a stubborn Confederate attack burns about one third of the town.

Federal reconnaissance from La Grange toward Somerville, TN, by Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, USA.

Action at Nashville, TN, with Brig. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest's, CSA, Cavalry attack on Brig. Gen. James S. Negley, USA.

Action at Barbee's Cross-Roads, VA.

Operations in Augusta, Bath, and Highland Counties, VA, and Pendleton and Pocahontas Counties, WV, as Brig. Gen. John H. Milroy, USA, sweeps the countryside, capturing 75 head of cattle.(Nov 5-14)

Federal reconnaissance to Manassas Gap, VA, and skirmish. (Nov 5-6)

Skirmish near Warrenton, VA.

1863

Skirmish at Vermillionville, LA, with Maj. Gen. William B. Franklin, USA.

Skirmish at Holly Springs, MS.

Skirmish at Neosho, MO.

Skirmish at La Fayette, TN, on the Memphis and Charleston Railroad.

Skirmish in Loudon County, TN, with loss of life, similar to all other skirmishes.

Skirmish at Moscow, TN, as Lieut. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant impatiently hopes that Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman, USA, arrives at Chattanooga before Lieut. Gen. James Longstreet, CSA, arrives against Maj. Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside, USA, at Knoxville, TN, on the Memphis and Charleston Railroad.

Confederate Maj. John Mosby's Operations in Virginia, as Mosby reports capturing 75 Union Cavalrymen, over 100 mules and horses, plus wagons, arms, and equipment, and earning the reputation of the area he operated in as "Mosby's Confederacy." (Nov 5-22)

Skirmish at Hartwood Church, VA.

Skirmish at Mill Point, WV, as the Union cavalry expedition presses on towards Lewisburg, WV.

1864

Skirmishes at Shoal Creek, AL. (Nov 5-6)

Federal expedition from Lewisburg to Fort Smith, AR, with skirmishes. (Nov 5-23)

Federal operations against Indians in the Colorado Territory, this time of year experiencing deep snows. (Nov 5-14)

Skirmishes at Big Pigeon River, KY. (Nov 5-6)

Skirmish at Bloomfield, KY.

Operations in Mississippi County, MO, with skirmishes at Charleston (Nov 5) and near Sikeston (Nov 6), as a band of guerrillas make a quick dash into town. (Nov 5-6)

Federal expedition from Rolla to Licking, Texas County, MO, with skirmish (Nov 9) near Licking. (Nov 5-9)

Federal expedition from Springfield, MO, to Fort Smith, AR, with skirmishes (Nov 6) near Cincinnati, AR. (Nov 5-16)

Skirmishes in front of Forts Haskell and Morton, the Richmond VA, Campaign.

Lieut. Col. Vincent A. Witcher's, CSA, Confederate operations in the Kanawha Valley, WV, including the capture and burning of the US steamers, Barnum and Fawn on the Big Sandy River, WV. (Nov 5-12)

November 5

1780 – French-American forces under Colonel LaBalme are defeated by Miami Chief Little Turtle.
1831 – Nat Turner, American slave leader, is tried, convicted, and sentenced to death in Virginia.
1838 – The Federal Republic of Central America begins to disintegrate when Nicaragua separates from the federation.

Births:
1592 – Charles Chauncy, English-born president of Harvard College (d. 1672)
1818 – Benjamin Franklin Butler, 33rd Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1893)
1850 – Ella Wheeler Wilcox, American author and poet (d. 1919)
1855 – Eugene V. Debs, American socialist leader (d. 1926)
1857 – Ida Tarbell, American journalist (d. 1944)

Deaths: