Monday November 18 1861

• Col. James H. Carleton, 1 st California Infantry, is relieved from command of the District of Southern CA.
• Confederate soldiers convene at Russellville, KY, and elect to secede from the Union, creating two state governments, similar to Missouri, North Carolina, and later, Virginia (West).
• Skirmish at Palmyra, MO.
• Confederate attack on the steamer, Platte Valley, Price's Landing, MO.
• Confederate capture of a wagon train near Warrensburg, MO.
• Pro-unionists meet at Hatteras, denounce session, and elect Marble Nash Taylor, as Provisional Governor of North Carolina.
• The capture of Unionists charged with burning bridges at Doe River, East TN.
• Skirmish on the road from Falls Church to Fairfax Court-House, VA, with Lieut. Col. Fitzhugh Lee, 1st VA Cavalry.

Tuesday November 18 1862

• John Austin Wharton, CS A, is appointed Brig. Gen.
• Skirmish on Doboy River, GA.
• Skirmish at Core Creek, NC.
• Skirmish at Double Bridge, TN.
• Skirmish at Rural Hills, TN.
• Skirmish at Franklin, VA, where it looks like rain.

Wednesday November 18 1863

• Brig. Gen. William Price Sanders, USA, is mortally wounded by Lieut. Gen. James Longstreet's, CSA, men as Sanders led his command to check the advance of the Confederates near Knoxville, TN.
• Alfred Jefferson Vaughan, Jr, CSA, is appointed Brig. Gen.
• Skirmish at Trenton, GA.
• Skirmish at Carrion Crow Bayou, LA, with Maj. Gen. William B. Franklin, USA.
• Federal expedition from Skipwith's Landing to Roebuck Lake, MS. (Nov 18-22)
• Confederate operations against the United States gunboats, USS Carondelet, USS Choctaw, and the USS Franklin and transports near Hog Point, Mississippi River. (Nov 18-21)
• Skirmish on Shoal and Turkey Creek, Jasper County, MO.
• Cavalry skirmish near Germanna Ford, VA, with Brig. Gen. George A. Custer, USA, pitted against Maj. Gen. Wade Hampton, CSA.
• Federal reconnaissance from Vienna toward the Blue Ridge Mountains, VA, in an effort to capture guerrillas, with the capture of a few of Maj. John S. Mosby's Virginian Partisan Rangers. (Nov 18-23)

Friday November 18 1864

• Skirmish at Fayette, MO, with Confederate guerrillas.
• Skirmish at Kabletown, WV, the Shenandoah Valley Campaign.
• President Jefferson Davis orders Maj. Gen. Howell Cobb, CSA, commanding the Georgia reserves, to contest Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman's, USA, March to the sea with every available man including Negroes to dig obstructions, fell trees, etc.

Saturday November 18 1865