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Sunday September 29 1861
  • Affairs at Albany KY, and Travisville, TN, with Col. William A. Hoskins, USA, 12th KY Infantry.
  • Skirmish at Hopkinsville, KY, with Brig. Gen. Simon B. Buckner, CSA.
  • Skirmish at Berlin, MD.
  • Brig. Gen. Daniel Henry Hill, CSA, is ordered to North Carolina.
  • Accidental mishap at Munson's Hill, or Camp Advance, VA, with the 69th PA Infantry firing a volley into their sister regiment, the 71 st PA, with fatalities.
Monday September 29 1862
  • Maj. Gen. William Nelson, USA, is shot dead in the lobby of the Gault House, Louisville, KY, after being confronted by Brig. Gen. Jefferson Columbus Davis, USA, who Nelson argued with on prior occasions and provoked Davis by slapping him only moments before the shooting. Although it appears to have been cold blooded murder, Davis was never formally charged with anything.
  • Henry Hastings Sibley, USA, is appointed Brig. Gen.
  • Brig. Gen. Douglas H. Cooper, CSA, is appointed Superintendent of Indian Affairs, MO, the Indian Territory.
  • Skirmish on the Elizabethtown Road, KY.
  • The capture of the 3rd Georgia Cavalry, near New Haven, KY. Col. Martin J. Crawford, CSA, has his rank and pay suspended for 3 months by the Confederate Court-Martial Board, for allowing such capture to take place.
  • Maj. Joseph John F. Reynolds, USA, assumes the command of the 1st US Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, VA.
  • Federal Cavalry expedition from Centreville to Warrenton and Buckland Mills, VA, where many sick and wounded Confederates are captured and paroled.
Tuesday September 29 1863
  • Federal action at Stirling's Plantation, on the Fordoche, near Morganzia, LA, with Maj. Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks, USA.
  • Federal expedition from Pilot Knob to Oregon County, MO, and to Pochontas, AR. (Sep 29-Oct 26)
  • Skirmish at Friendship Church, TN.
  • Skirmish at Leesburg, TN.
Thursday September 29 1864
  • Skirmish at Moore's Bluff, MS.
  • Federal expedition from Vicksburg to Rodney and Fayette, MS, and skirmish at Port Gibson, (Sep 30). (Sep 29-Oct 3)
  • Affair at Cuba, MO, with Maj. Gen. Sterling Price, CSA.
  • Skirmishes at Leasburg or Harrison, MO, with Maj. Gen. Sterling Price, CSA. (Sep 29-Oct 1)
  • Operations against Indians in the Nebraska and Colorado Territories. (Sep 29-Nov 30)
  • Affair with Indians near Plum Creek, the Nebraska Territory.
  • Action in Scuppernong River, NC.
  • Operations in North Georgia and North Alabama, as Maj. Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman, USA, assisted by Maj. Gen. George Henry Thomas, USA, etc., spar with the Confederates all over the area in AL, and GA. (Sep 29-(Nov 13)
  • Skirmish at Centreville, TN.
  • Skirmish at Jonesborough, TN, with Bvt. Maj. Gen. Stephen G. Burbridge, CSA.
  • Skirmish near Lynchburg, TN, with Maj. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest, CSA.
  • Skirmish at the Watauga River, TN, with Bvt. Maj. Gen. Stephen G. Burbridge, CSA.
  • The Battle of Chaffin's Farm, as Lieut. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, USA, sends the 10th and 18th US Army Corps north of the James River to attack the outer defenses of Richmond directly, including combats at:
    • Fort Harrison (captured by Brig. Gen. George Stannard, USA)
    • Fort Gilmer (where the Confederates halt the Union advance)
    • New Market Heights
    • Laurel Hill,
      the Richmond, VA campaign. (Sep 29-30). The Confederate lines, already pressured, are further stretched to the breaking point.
  • Brig. Gen. Hiram Burnham, USA, is mortally wounded as he led his men against the Confederate's outer defense works of Richmond, VA, at Fort Harrison.
  • The Battle of Poplar Spring Church, including combats at Wyatt's, Peebles', and Pegram's Farms, Chappell House, and the Vaughan Road, Richmond, VA, Campaign, as Lieut. Gen. A. P. Hill, CSA, beats back the Union offensive. However, the Union lines are extended which further stretches the already thin Rebel lines. (Sep 29-Oct 2)
  • Skirmish at Waynesborough, VA, as Lieut. Gen. Jubal A. Early, CSA, and Maj. Gen. Philip H. Sheridan, USA, continue to clash.
Friday September 29 1865
  • Robert Brown Potter, U.S.A., is appointed Maj. Gen.

On This Day information kindly provided by Martin Cross, 2nd U.S. Artillery, Bty B.