Wednesday October 9 1861

• Action on Santa Rosa Island, Pensacola Bay FL, with the Confederate assault on the Federal batteries, led by Brig. Gen. Richard Heron Anderson, CSA, but is repulsed by the Federal troops stationed on the island at Fort Pickens.

Thursday October 9 1862

• James "Pete" Longstreet. C.S.A. is appointed Lieut. Gen.
• Edmund Kirby Smith. C.S.A.. is appointed Lieut. Gen.
• Action at Dry Ridge, Dog Walk, or Chesser's Store, near Salt River, KY, with Confederate Cavalry.
• Skirmishes on the Mackville Pike and Bardstown Road, KY.
• Skirmish at Four Locks, MD.
• Federal expedition from Fort Union to the Canadian River and Utah Creek, the New Mexico Territory, mainly a foraging expedition, but includes capturing some Mexicans trading with Indians; some dying from smallpox; being stopped and negotiating with Indians for mens' lives in exchange for some of the Federals' food, etc. (Oct 9-Nov 25)
• Affair near Humboldt, TN.
• Maj. Gen. James Ewell Brown Stuart's CSA, begins his expedition into Maryland and Pennsylvania, with his 2nd ride around Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan's USA, troops of the Army of the Potomac. (Oct 9-12)

Friday October 9 1863

• Maj. Gen. Joseph Wheeler's Confederate column recross the Tennessee River at Muscle Shoals, AL, returning to their base of operations at Chattanoga, TN.
• Skirmishes at Vermillion Bayou, LA, with Maj. Gen. William B. Franklin, USA. (Oct 9-10)
• Skirmish near Cole Camp, MO, with Col. Joseph O.Shelby, CSA.
• Skirmish at Cleveland, TN, with Maj. Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside, USA.
• Affair at the Railroad Tunnel, near Cowan, TN.
• Skirmish on Elk River, TN.
• Skirmish at Sugar Creek, TN.
• The Bristoe, Virginia Campaign, as Gen. Robert E. Lee, CSA, crosses the Rapidan and tries to outflank Maj, Gen. George G. Meade, USA, to get to Washington, DC, since the Army of the Potomac has been weakened by sending troops to Chattanooga, TN. (Oct 9-22)
• Skirmish near James City, VA, is the start of the Bristoe Campaign.
• Federal expedition to Chesnessex Creek, VA, and vicinity around Chincoteague Light-House where the Federals burn the Confederate schooner Columbia, near the head of Pocomoke Sound, VA. (Oct 9-13)

Sunday October 9 1864

• The attack on the US Steamer, Sebago, in Mobile Bay, AL.
• Skirmishes near Van Wert,GA. (Oct 9-10)
• Skirmishes near Bayou Sara, LA. (Oct 9-10)
• Skirmish at, and the capture of, Boonville, MO, by Maj. Gen. Sterling Price, CSA.
• Skirmish at, and the capture of, California, MO, by Maj. Gen. Sterling Price, CSA.
• Skirmish at, and the capture of, Russellville, MO, by Maj. Gen. Sterling Price, CSA.
• Federal scout in Saint Francois County, MO, with skirmishes with guerrillas.
• Skirmish near Piedmont, VA.
• Engagement at Tom's Brook, near Strasburg, VA, as the Union cavalry under Brig. Gens. Alfred T. Torbert, George Armstrong Custer, and Welsey Merritt, USA, rout the Confederates led by Maj. Gen. Lunsford Lindsay Lomax, and Brig. Gen. Thomas L. Rosser, CSA, who lose over 300 men captured.

Monday October 9 1865