Thursday October 17 1861

• Skirmishes at Fredericktown, MO. (Oct 17-18)

Friday October 17 1862

• Skirmish at Mountain Home, AR.
• Skirmish at Sugar Creek, AR.
• Skirmishes about Camp Wild Cat, KY.
• Skirmishes at Valley Woods and Rocky Hill, KY.
• Skirmish at Lexington, MO.
• Civilian resistance to the Union draft in Carbon, Luzerne and Schuylkill Counties, PA, breaks out. (Oct 17-25)
• Skirmish at Island No. 10, TN, with a Confederate attack.
• Federal expedition to Thoroughfare Gap, VA, and skirmish. (Oct 17-18)

Saturday October 17 1863

• Action at Bogue Chitto Creek, MS.
• Skirmish at Robinson's Mills, near Livingston, MS.
• Skirmish near Satartia, MS.
• Skirmish in Cedar County, MO, with Col. Joseph O. Shelby, CSA.
• Skirmish near Camden Court-House, NC, where a Union Cavalry detachment is fired upon by guerrillas concealed in the swamps.
• Affair at Accotink, VA.
• Skirmish at Berryville, VA.
• Skirmishes at Groveton, VA, Bristoe Campaign. (Oct 17-18)
• Skirmishes at Manassas Junction and Frying Pan Church, near Pohick Church, VA, as Gen. Robert E. Lee, CSA, withdraws from Bull Run toward the Rappahannock River, VA, the Bristoe Campaign.
• Affair at Stuart's, near Chantilly, VA.

Monday October 17 1864

• Skirmish at Eddyville, Lyon County, KY, as the Federals move from Louisville.
• Gen. Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard, CSA, assumes the command of the Confederate Military Division of the West, east of the Mississippi River.
• The surrender of, and Confederate occupation of, Carrollton, MO, by Maj. Gen. Sterling Price, CSA.
• Skirmish near Lexington, MO, as the Union forces begin to close in on the invading Confederates under Maj. Gen. Sterling Price, CSA.
• The burning of Smithville, MO, by Maj. Gen. Sterling Price, CSA.
• Affair at Cedar Run Church, VA, the Shenandoah Valley Campaign.
• Lieut. Gen. James Longstreet, CSA, is ordered to resume command of his army corps, the Richmond, VA, Campaign, after recovering from battle wounds received at the Wilderness on May 7.

Tuesday October 17 1865