Wednesday October 23 1861

• Samuel Gibbs French, CSA, is appointed Brig. Gen.
• Skirmish near Hodgensville, KY.
• Skirmish at West Liberty, KY, with Brig. Gen. William Nelson, USA.
• Lieut. Col. Albemarle Cady, 7th US Infantry, relieves Col. Benjamin L. Beall, 1st US Cavalry, in the command of the District of Oregon.
• Federal reconnaissance in the Kanawha Valley, WV. (Oct 23-27)
• Skirmish at Gauley, WV.

Thursday October 23 1862

• Federal destruction of the Confederate Goose Creek Salt-Works, near Manchester, KY. (Oct 23-24)
• Skirmish at Clarkston, MO.
• Skirmishes near Waverly and Richland Creek, TN.

Friday October 23 1863

• Skirmish at Warm Springs, NC.
• Skirmish at Sweet Water, TN.
• Lieut. Gen. Leonidas Polk, CSA, is transferred from the Army of Tennessee to the Army of the Mississippi, partially due to the inability of Polk to get along with Gen. Braxton Bragg, while vice Lieut. Gen. William J. Hardefe, CSA, is reassigned to the Army of the Tennessee, as President Davis continues his tour of the deep South.
• Skirmish at Fayetteville, VA.
• Skirmish near Rappahannock Station, VA.

Sunday October 23 1864

• Skirmish at King's Hill, AL.
• The engagement at the Big Blue, MO, with Maj. Gen. Sterling Price, CSA.
• The Engagement at Westport, MO, near present day Kansas City, MO, as Brig. Gen. Joseph O. Shelby, CSA, attacks; Maj. Gen. Alfred Pleasonton, USA, and his cavalry counterattack; Brig. Gen. John S. Marmaduke, CSA, and the rest of Maj. Gen. Sterling Price's Confederate force see the Union troops reverse yesterday's defeat; Sterling withdraws southward which ends the Confederate threat in Missouri.
• The destruction of the blockade-runner, Flamingo, at Charleston, SC.
• Skirmish at Dry Run, VA, the Shenandoah Valley Campaign.

Monday October 23 1865