Sunday October 6 1861

• The Pony Express, after only 18 months, is discontinued.
• The capture of the Confederate blockade runner, Alert, off Charleston, SC.

Monday October 6 1862

• Jacob Dolson Cox, U.S.A., is appointed Maj. Gen.
• Solomon Meredith, USA, is appointed Brig. Gen.
• Federal expedition from Jacksonville to Lake Beresford, FL. (Oct 6-9)
• Brig. Gen. Joseph Finegan, CSA, is assigned to the command of East Florida. Brig. Gen. John H. Forney, CSA, is assigned to the command of West Florida.
• Skirmishes at Fair Grounds, Springfield, Burnt Cross-Roads, Beach Fork, and Grassy Mound, KY, as Gen. Braxton Bragg, CSA, withdraws towards Harrodsburg.
• Maj. Gen. Don Carlos Buell, USA, occupies Bardstown, KY, while in pursuit of Gen. Braxton Bragg, CSA.
• Skirmish at Liberty, MO.
• Skirmish at Sibley, MO.
• Skirmish at Big Birch, WV.
• Federal reconnaissance from Bolivar Heights toward Charlestown, WV.

Tuesday October 6 1863

• Col. William Clarke Quantrill's Confederate attack on Maj. Gen. James Gillpatrick Blunt's, USA, escort at Baxter Springs, AR.
• Skirmish at Baxter Springs, KS, as Quantrill's guerrillas ambush the Federals, killing men and burning Union wagons.
• Skirmish at Glasgow, KY, with Maj. Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside, USA.
• Skirmish in Morgan County, KY.
• Skirmish at Lockhart's Mill, on Coldwater River, MS, with Brig. Gen. James Ronald Chalmer's CSA Confederate Cavalry Raid.
• Skirmish at Humansville, MO, with Col. Joseph O. Shelby, CSA.
• Affair at Christiana, TN, with Maj. Gen. Joseph Wheeler, CSA.
• Skirmish at Garrison's Creek, near Fosterville, TN, with Maj. Gen. Wheeler, CSA.
• Skirmish at Readyville, TN, with Maj. Gen. Wheeler, CSA.
• Skirmish at Wartrace, TN, with Maj. Gen. Joseph Wheeler, CSA.
• Affair near Catlett's Station, VA, where the Rebels capture a couple of Union Cavalrymen on patrol.
• President Jefferson Davis travels to Charleston, SC, and to visit with Gen. Braxton Bragg, CSA, who is laying siege to Chattanooga, TN, and the Federal Army of the Cumberland.

Thursday October 6 1864

• Skirmishes at Florence, AL, with Maj. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest, CSA, and Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman's, USA, rear guard. (Oct 6-7)
• Skirmish in Cole County, MO, as Maj. Gen. Sterling Price, CSA, continues moving away from St. Louis.
• Skirmish at Kingsport, TN, with Bvt. Maj. Gen. Stephen A. Burbridge, USA.
• Skirmish near Brock's Gap, VA, where Brig. Gen. George Armstrong Custer, USA, repels Brig. Gen. Thomas L. Rosser, CSA.
• Skirmish near Fisher's Hill, VA, as the Confederate Army in the Shenandoah under Lieut. Gen. Jubal Early, CSA, refuse to quit.

Friday October 6 1865