Sunday August 11 1861

• Affair at Hamburg, MO, with Brig Gen. M. Jeff Thompson, MO State Guard.
• Brig. Gen. John Buchanan Floyd, CSA, assumes the command of the Confederate forces in the Valley of the Kanawha, WV.

Monday August 11 1862

• Skirmish near Helena, AR.
• Skirmish at Brown's Plantation, MS.
• Skirmish at Compton's Ferry, or Little Compton, Grand River, MO, including a 250 mile pursuit of Rebel irregulars.
• Action at and the surrender of Independence, MO, to Confederate irregular guerrillas, including William Clarke Quantrill.
• Skirmish at Taberville, MO.
• Affair near Kinderhook, TN, with Rebel guerrillas.
• Skirmish at Saulsbury, TN, with the rout of guerrilla cavalry.
• Skirmish near Williamsport, TN.
• Affair at Velasco, TX.
• Maj. Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson's Confederate corps retires to the vicinity of Gordonsville, VA, south of the Rapidan River.

Tuesday August 11 1863

• The following are appointed Union Brigadier Generals:
  • Robert Alexander Cameron, USA
  • Alexander Chambers, USA
  • John Murray Corse, USA
  • Manning Ferguson Force, USA
  • Walter Quintin Gresham, USA
  • John Aaron Rawlins, USA
  • Thomas Kilby Smith, USA
• Confederate batteries at Battery Wagner, Fort Sumter, and on James Island, near Charleston, SC, open fire on the Union trenches on Morris Island, SC.
• The capture of a 19 wagon Union wagon train near Annandale, Fairfax County, VA, by Maj. John S. Mosby, CSA.
• Federal expedition from Portsmouth, VA, to Edenton, NC, and skirmishes with loss of life. (Aug 11-19)

Thursday August 11 1864

• Daniel Davidson Bidwell, USA, is appointed Brig. Gen.
• Skirmish in Crawford County, AR.
• Federal expedition mostly of Negro forces, from Helena, aboard the steamer, H.A. Homeyer, to Kent's Landing, AR. (Aug 11-13)
• Skirmish on White Oak Creek, AR.
• Skirmish with the Kiowas Indians near Sand Creek, the Colorado Territory.
• Skirmish at Hartville, MO.
• Federal operations in Johnson County, MO, with skirmish near Holden (Aug 12), with bushwackers. (Aug 11-19)
• Operations against the Brule Sioux Indians in the Nebraska Territory, with skirmish near Fort Cottonwood (Sep 20); the Pawnees and Ogalalla Sioux Indians are encountered along the way but are friendly with the white man. (Aug 11-Oct 28)
• The CSS Tallahassee captures seven Federal vessels off the coast of Sandy Hook, NJ, burning all except one for the Federal crews to escape on.
• Lieut. Gen. Jubal Early, CSA, moves his forces from Winchester, VA, up the Shenandoah Valley toward Cedar Creek as Maj. Gen. Philip Sheridan, USA, who recently replaced Maj. Gen. David Hunter, USA, Marches with the newly formed US Army of the Shenandoah against Early.
• Action at Newtown, VA, with Lieut. Gen. Jubal Early, CSA.
• Action at Toll-Gate, near White Post, VA, the Shenandoah Valley, VA, Campaign.
• Skirmish near Winchester, VA, the Shenandoah Valley, VA, Campaign.

Friday August 11 1865