Tuesday November 12 1861

• Richard Griffith, CSA, is appointed Brig. Gen.
• The following are appointed Union Brigadier Generals:
  • Christopher Columbus Augur, USA
  • Schuyler Hamilton, USA
  • George Washington Morgan, USA
  • Jesse Lee Reno, USA
  • Julius Stahel, USA
• Governor Hicks protests against the release of the obnoxious members of the Maryland Legislature.
• Federal reconnaissance to Pohick Church and the Occoquan Creek, VA, by Brig. Gen. Samuel P. Heintzelman, USA.
• Skirmish on Laurel Creek, Cotton, Hill, WV.

Wednesday November 12 1862

• The capture of the Union courier station on Stone's River, TN.
• Operations about Suffolk, VA, including skirmishes at:
  • Providence Church (Nov 12) and at
  • Blackwater Bridge, and (Nov 14) at Zuni, VA.
    (Nov 12-14)

Thursday November 12 1863

• Skirmish at Rosseville, AR.
• Skirmish at Greenleaf Prairie, the Indian Territory.
• Operations about Saint Martinsville, Bayou Teche country, LA, with Maj. Gen. William B. Franklin, USA.
• Skirmish at Corinth, MS.
• Skirmish near Cumberland Gap, TN, as the Federal Cavalry arrives just in time to recapture the 21 wagon forage train sent out that was in the process of being captured by the Confederates.
• Lieut. Gen. James Longstreet's Confederate Corps along with Maj. Gen. Joseph Wheeler's Cavalry Command arrives at Loudon, TN, for a combined assault on Maj. Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside, USA, at Knoxville, TN.

Saturday November 12 1864

• The Federal destruction of Atlanta, GA, continues as Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman, USA, prepares to launch his "march to the sea" campaign.
• Skirmish with bushwackers 12 miles northwest of Centreville, MO.
• Action at Cedar Creek, VA, the Shenandoah Valley Campaign.
• The USS Wachusett arrives off Hampton Roads, VA, with its prize in tow, the CSS Florida, in tow since Oct 7, when it was captured at the Brazilian port of Bazhia.
• Action at Newtown (or Middletown), VA, as Lieut. Gen. Jubal Early, CSA, and Maj. Gen. Philip H. Sheridan, USA, meet again.
• Action at Nineveh, VA, the Shenandoah Valley Campaign.

Sunday November 12 1865