Tuesday October 1 1861

• The following are appointed Union Brigadier Generals:
  • John Gray Foster, USA
  • James Scott Negley, USA
  • Lovell Harrison Rousseau, USA
  • Nelancthon Smith Wade, USA
• The Dept. of New England is constituted, under the command of Maj. Gen. Benjamin F. Butler, US.
• The capture of the US transport, the Fanny, by the Confederate vessels, Curlew, Junaluska, and Raleigh, near Chicamacomico, or Loggerhead Inlet, Pamlico Sound, NC.
• The Confederate Council of War, which is attended by among others, President Jefferson Davis, Gen. Joseph Eggleston Johnson, Gen. Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard, and Maj. Gen. Gustavus Woodson Smith, CSA, meets at Centreville, VA, to discuss Southern strategy of an offensive war in VA, which is decided against at this time due to lack of proper readiness of men and material.

Wednesday October 1 1862

• Robert Seaman Granger, USA, is appointed Brig. Gen.
• Engagement at Saint John's Bluff, FL.
• Skirmish on the Bardstown Pike, near Mount Washington, KY.
• Skirmish on the Fern Creek, Louisville, and Frankfort Road, KY.
• Skirmish on the Louisville Pike, KY.
• The Confederate Dept. of Mississippi, and East Louisiana, is constituted, under the command of Maj. Gen. John C. Pemberton, CSA, which included Vicksburg, MS, and who will replace Maj. Gen. Earl Van Dorn, CSA, after being defeated at Corinth, MS.
• Skirmish at Davis' Bridge, MS.
• Skirmish at Ruckersville, MS.
• Skirmish at Davis' Bridge, TN.
• Skirmish near Nashville, TN.
• Federal reconnaissance from Sharpsburg, MD, to Shepherdstown and Martinsburg, WV, and skirmishes en route.
• President Lincoln travels to Harper's Ferry, WV, to meet with Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan, USA.
• Federal reconnaissance from Harper's Ferry, WV, to Leesburg, VA. (Oct 1-2)

Thursday October 1 1863

• James Abram Garfield, U.S.A., is appointed Maj. Gen.
• Skirmish at Elizabethtown, AR.
• Skirmish at Mountain Gap, or Anderson's Gap, near Smith's Cross-Roads, TN, with Maj. Gen. Joseph Wheeler's, CSA, Cavalry.
• The 11th and 12th US Army Corps, arrive at Nashville, enroute to the aid of Maj. Gen. William S. Rosecrans, USA.
• Skirmish near Auburn, VA, with the Army of Northern Virginia.
• Skirmish near Culpeper Court-House, VA.
• Skirmish at Lewinsville, VA, with a surprise Confederate attack and capture of Federal prisoners, horses and loss of Federal life.
• The capture of Union pickets on the north side of Robertson's River, VA, by Maj. Gen. JEB Stuart's, CSA, Cavalry.
• Skirmish near Harper's Ferry, WV.

Saturday October 1 1864

• Brig. Gen. John Dunovant, CSA, is mortally wounded during the fighting on the Vaughn Road, south of the James River, VA, following the Federal capture of Fort Harrison, VA.
• John Henry Ketcham, USA, is appointed Brig. Gen.
• Thomas Alfred Smyth, USA, is appointed Brig. Gen.
• Skirmishes at Athens, AL, as Maj. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest, CSA, and his Confederate cavalry is on the prowl. (Oct 1-2)
• Skirmish near Huntsville, AL, as Maj. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest, CSA, continues on his expedition.
• Operations in Arkansas, under Maj. Gen. Frederick Steele, USA, commanding the Dept. of Arkansas. (Oct 1-31)
• Federal scout from Helena aboard the mail-boat, Diligence, to Alligator Bayou, AR, with the capture of some Rebels. (Oct 1-4)
• Skirmish at Salt Spring, GA, as Lieut. Gen. John Bell Hood, CSA, moves the remnants of his Army of Tennessee south around Atlanta to assault Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman's, USA, railroad lines.
• Skirmish at Franklin, MO, with Maj. Gen. Sterling Price, CSA.
• Skirmish near Lake Springs, MO, with Maj. Gen. Sterling Price, CSA.
• Skirmish at Union, MO, with Maj. Gen. Sterling Price, CSA.
• Federal expedition against Apache Indians from Fort Craig, the New Mexico Territory; to Fort Goodwin, the Arizona Territory. (Oct 1-Nov 27)
• The British blockade runner, Condor, runs aground near Cape Fear at Fort Fisher, NC, while pursued by the USS Niphon.
• Skirmishes at Clinch Mountain and at Laurel Creek Gap, TN, with Bvt. Maj. Gen. Stephen A. Burbridge, USA.
• The surrender of the block-houses at Carter's Creek Station, TN, by Maj. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest's, CSA, men.
• Bvt. Maj. Gen. Godfrey Weitzel, USA, is in temporary command of the 18th US Army Corps, the Richmond, VA, campaign.

Sunday October 1 1865