Tuesday October 8 1861

• Alexander Peter Stewart, CSA, is appointed Brig. Gen.
• Lovell Harrison Rousseau,U.S.A., appointed Maj. Gen.
• Brig. Gen. William T. Sherman, USA, supersedes Brig. Gen. Robert Anderson, USA, the hero of Fort Sumter, SC, in the command of the Dept. of the Cumberland, Kentucky and Tennessee, with his headquarters at Lousiville, KY. Anderson is relieved due to his failing health, and apparent nervous breakdown.
• Action at Hillsborough, KY.

Wednesday October 8 1862

• Elkanah Brackin Greer, CSA, is appointed Brig. Gen.
• James Birdseye McPherson, U.S.A., is appointed Maj. Gen.
• Skirmish at Lawrenceburg, KY.
• The Battle of Perryville, or Chaplin Hills, KY, the only major battle fought in Kentucky, with Maj. Gen. Don Carlos Buell, USA, forcing Gen. Braxton Bragg, CSA, to retreat to the southeast, ending the Confederate threat on Kentucky. Total casualties approximate 7,600.
• Brig. Gen. James Streshly Jackson, USA, is mortally wounded at the Battle of Perryville, KY, while leading his command.
• Brig. Gen. William Rufus Terrill, USA, is mortally wounded at the Battle of Perryville, KY, receiving his death wound from a Confederate artillery shell fragment and dying the same day in a field hospital.
• Brig. Gen. Orlando B. Wilcox, USA, supersedes Brig. Gen. Jacob D. Cox in the command of the 9th US Army Corps, Army of the Potomac.
• Federal reconnaissance from Conrad's Ferry to Leesburg, VA.
• Federal reconnaissance from Fairfax Court-House to Aldie, VA, and skirmish, by Maj. Gen. Franz Sigel, USA. (Oct 8-9)

Thursday October 8 1863

• Leroy Augustus Stafford, CSA, is appointed Brig. Gen.
• Federal reconnaissance to Olympian Springs, KY, the East Tennessee Campaign. (Oct 8-11)
• Action at Salem, MS.
• Skirmish near Chattanooga, TN.
• Skirmish near James City, VA.
• Skirmishes along Robertson's River, VA.

Saturday October 8 1864

• The new Confederate commerce raider, the CSS Shenandoah, (aka Sea King), embarks from London, England.
• The capture of the Confederate mail and the recapture of Union flags, near Saint Joseph, on the west side of the Mississippi River, LA.
• Skirmish in Barry County, MO, with Maj. Gen. Sterling Price, CSA.
• Skirmish near Jefferson City, MO, with Maj. Gen. Sterling Price, CSA, and his Confederate expeditionary force.
• Skirmish at Rogersville, TN, with Bvt. Maj. Gen. Stephen A. Burbridge, USA.
• Skirmish in Luray Valley, VA, between Cavalry forces, the Shenandoah Valley, Campaign.
• Skirmish at Tom's Brook, near Strasburg, VA, the Shenandoah Valley, Campaign.
• Federal reconnaissance on the Vaughan and Squirrel Level Roads, near Petersburg, the Richmond, VA, Campaign.

Sunday October 8 1865