Friday August 23 1861

• Skirmish at Medoe, MO.
• Skirmish near Fort Craig, the New Mexico Territory.
• The engagement of the US steamers, Yankee, and the Release, (ice-boat) with the batteries at the mouth of the Potomac Creek, VA, that are commanded by Col. R. M. Gary, 30th VA Infantry.
• Skirmish at Springfield, WV.

Saturday August 23 1862

• Matthew Duncan Ector, CSA, is appointed Brig. Gen.
• Affair 1 mile from Trinity, AL, as the Rebels derail and burn a train, while under fire from Brig. Gen. William S. Rosecrans, USA.
• Affair on Little River, CA.
• Action at Big Hill, KY, with a Federal rout.
• Affair at Bayou Sara, LA, as the Union gunboat, Essex, accompanied by a troop transport, begins shelling the place.
• Skirmish at Greenville, MS.
• Skirmish at Four Mile, MO.
• Skirmish at Hickory Grove, MO, as Rebels threaten Kansas City.
• Skirmish near Wayman's Mill, or Spring Creek, MO.
• Maj. Gen. Horatio G. Wright, USA, assumes the command of the Dept. of the Ohio, TN, etal.
• Skirmish near Fort Donelson, TN.
• Action at Beverly Ford, VA.
• Skirmish at Pant's Ford, VA.
• The 6th US Army Corps embarks at Fort Monroe, VA, for the Washington, DC, area and the Aquia Creek.
• Actions at Sulphur (or Warrenton) Springs, VA. (Aug 23-24)
• The capture of a Union train between Harper's Ferry, WV, and Winchester, VA.
• Affair at Smithfield, or Smithfield Springs, VA.
• Engagement at Rappahannock Station, VA.
• Skirmish at Moorefield, WV.

Sunday August 23 1863

• Skirmish at Fayetteville, AR.
• Federal scout on Bennett's Bayou, MO, and skirmish.
• The Confederate capture of the US gunboats, Satellite, and the Reliance, on the Rappahannock River, VA, by Lieut. L. Taylor Wood, CSN, who retreats with his prizes to Urbanna, VA.
• The capture and destruction of the English blockade-runner, Hebe, off Wilmington, NC, by the US Naval Blockade fleet.

Tuesday August 23 1864

• The Confederate surrender of Fort Morgan, Mobile Bay, AL, leaves Wilmington, NC, as the last port open for Confederate blockade runners.
• Federal expedition to Clinton, LA, with skirmishes at Olive Branch and the Comite River (Aug 25), 17 miles from Baton Rouge, LA. (Aug 23-29)
• Federal expedition from Cassville, MO, to Fayetteville, AR, with skirmish at Gerald Mountain, AR. (Aug 23-28)
• Federal scout from Ozark, MO, to Dubuque Crossing and Sugar Loaf Prairie. (Aug 23-26)
• Affair at Webster, MO, as 50 guerrillas enter the town and plunder and rob it, before moving on.
• Skirmish at Abbeville, MS, as Brig. Gen. Joseph A. Mower's, USA, expedition from La Grange, TN, to Oxford, MS, draws to an end.
• Action on the Dinwiddie Road, near Reams' Station, VA, as the Union 5th Army Corps begins to dismantle the Weldon Railroad, the Richmond, VA, Campaign.
• Skirmish at Kearneysville, WV, the Shenandoah Valley, VA, Campaign.

Wednesday August 23 1865