Saturday October 26 1861

• William Henry Carroll, CSA, is appointed Brig. Gen.
• Brig. Gen. Alexander Robert Lawton, CSA, is assigned to the command of the Confederate Dept. of Georgia.
• Federal expedition to Eddyville and skirmish at Saratoga, KY, by Brig. Gen. C. F. Smith, USA, transported aboard the USS Conestgoga.
• Maj. Gen. John Charles Fremont, USA, commanding the Western Dept., and Maj. Gen. Sterling Price, Missouri State Guard, commanding the Confederate forces in Missouri, conclude an agreement for the exchange of POW's.
• Col. George Wright, 9th US Infantry, assumes the command of the Dept. of the Pacific.
• Action at Romney, or Mill Creek Mills, WV, where Brig. Gen. Benjamin F. Kelley, USA, forces a Confederate withdrawal.
• Skirmish at the South Branch Bridge, WV.
• Skirmish near Springfield, WV.

Sunday October 26 1862

• The Union Army of the Mississippi is discontinued.
• Operations in Loudoun, Faquier, and Rappahannock Counties, VA, as Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan, USA, crosses the Potomac River with the Army of the Potomac. (Oct 26-Nov 10)

Monday October 26 1863

• Stephen Miller, USA, is appointed Brig. Gen.
• Skirmishes near Cane Creek and at Barton's Station, AL, on the Memphis and Charleston Railroad.
• Skirmish in Johnson County, AR, with Col. Joseph Shelby, CSA.
• Maj. Gen. Napoleon J. T. Dana, USA, assumes the command of the 13th US Army Corps, LA.
• Skirmish at Vincent's Cross-Roads, near Bay Springs, MS, as the Federals move to intercept a raiding party reported to be on their return from Walker County, AL.
• Federal scout from Cape Girardeau to Doniphan, MO, and Pocahontas, AR. (Oct 26-Nov 12)
• Skirmish at King's House, near Waynesville, MO.
• Skirmish at Warm Springs, NC.
• 2nd massive Federal bombardment of Fort Sumter, Charleston Harbor, SC, gets under way.
• The Reopening of the Tennessee River, (the "cracker line") by Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker, USA, from Virginia, crosses the river at Bridgeport, AL, moving eastward toward Chattanooga, TN, including skirmish at:
  • Brown's Ferry, (Oct 27) and engagement at
  • Wauhatchie, TN. (Oct 28 & 29)
    (Oct 26-29)
• Skirmish at Jones'Hill, TN.
• Skirmishes at and near Sweet Water, TN. (Oct 26-27)
• Confederate attack led by Maj. John S. Mosby, CSA, and 50 Partisan Rangers, on a 50 wagon train 2 miles from New Baltimore, and Warrenton where there are large Union camps. Union cavalry arrives in time to prevent Mosby from burning many wagons, although he does make off with 145 horses and mules and upwards of 30 Negroes and Yankees before losing many of his horses in the dark.
• Skirmish at Ravens wood, WV.

Wednesday October 26 1864

• Confederate demonstration against Decatur, AL. (Oct 26-29)
• Federal expedition from Brownsville to Cotton Plant, AR. (Oct 26-Nov 2)
• Federal expedition from Little Rock to Irving's Plantation, AR. (Oct 26-28)
• Federal expedition from Atlanta to Trickum's Cross-Roads, GA, and skirmishes (Oct 27) near Trickum's Cross-Roads and Lawrenceville. (Oct 26-29)
• Federal scout from Vidalia to the York Plantation, LA. (Oct 26-27)
• Skirmish at Albany, MO, with Maj. Gen. Sterling Price, CSA.
• Skirmish near Glasgow, MO, with Maj. Gen. Sterling Price, CSA.
• The outlaw Confederate guerrilla, "Bloody" Bill Anderson, is killed in a Federal ambush near Richmond, MO.
• Affair in Scott County, VA, as the Federals kill the notorious guerrilla leader, Capt. Burleson.
• Skirmish at Winfield, WV, with Confederate Cavalry.

Thursday October 26 1865