Wednesday October 30 1861

• Humphrey Marshall, CSA, is appointed Brig. Gen.

Thursday October 30 1862

• Maj. Gen. Ormsby MacKnight Mitchel, USA, dies at Beaufort, SC, from yellow fever contracted while commanding the Federal Dept. of the South, based out of Hilton Head, SC.
• William Stephen Walker, CSA, is appointed Brig. Gen.
• Joseph Wheeler, CSA, is appointed Brig. Gen.
• Maj. Gen. William S. Rosecrans, USA, assumes the command of the Dept. of the Cumberland, superseding Maj. Gen. Don Carlos Buell, USA, TN.
• Brig. Gen. George Stoneman, USA, supersedes Maj. Gen. Samuel Heintzelman in the command of the 3rd US Army Corps, the Army of the Potomac.

Friday October 30 1863

• James Harrison Wilson, USA, is appointed Brig. Gen.
• Skirmish at Fourteen Mile Creek, the Indian Territory.
• Skirmish at Salyersville, KY.
• Affair near Opelousas, LA, with Maj. Gen. William B. Franklin, USA.
• Affair at Ford's Mill, near New Berne, NC, with casualties.
• The federal steamer, Chattanooga, delivers supplies to the famished Union defenders at Chattanooga, TN.
• Skirmish at Leiper's Ferry, Holston River, TN.
• Skirmish near Catlett's Station, VA.

Sunday October 30 1864

• Skirmish at Muscle Shoals (or Raccoon Ford), near Florence, AL.
• The capture of the gun-boat, Undine (No. 55) and transports near Fort Heiman, KY, by Maj. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest, CSA.
• The CSS Olustee, formerly the CSS Tallahassee, eludes the Federal blockade off Wilmington, NC, and begins looking for Federal commerce vessels to raid.
• Skirmish at Bainbridge, TN.

Monday October 30 1865