Monday September 9 1861

• Ormsby MacKnight Mitchel, USA, is appointed Brig. Gen.
• President Lincoln orders Maj. Gen. David Hunter, USA, to St. Louis, MO, to assist Maj. Gen. John Charles Fremont, USA.
• Skirmish at Shepherdstown, WV.

Tuesday September 9 1862

• William Rufus Terrill, USA, is appointed Brig. Gen.
• The CSS Alabama continues its hunt for Union vessels, burning the Alert, Ocean Rover, Starlight, and the Weather Gauge, during the last 3 days, near the Azores, eastern Atlantic Ocean.
• Skirmishes on the Franklin and Scottsville Roads, KY.
• Skirmishes at Monocacy Church and Barnesville, MD, as Gen. Robert E. Lee, CSA, presses on into Maryland.
• Skirmish at Big Creek, MO.
• Skirmish at Cockrum Cross-Roads, MS.
• Skirmish at Rienzi, MS.
• Skirmish at Columbia, TN.
• Skirmish at Williamsburg, VA, with Federals under Maj. Gen. John A Dix, USA, Dept. of VA, being routed by Rebels; Maj. Jacob P. Wilson, 5th PA Cavalry, after being brought in front of a Court of Court- Martial for cowardice, is found not guilty, and restored to previous rank.
• Maj. Gen. Samuel P. Heintzelman, USA is placed in command of the Defenses of Washington, DC, south of the Potomac River.

Wednesday September 9 1863

• Howell Cobb, C.S.A., is appointed Maj. Gen.
• Skirmish at Lookout Mountain, GA, the Chickamauga Campaign.
• Chattanooga, TN, is occupied by Maj. Gen. William S. Rosecrans, USA, as Gen. Braxton Bragg, CSA, retreats toward Lafayette, GA.
• Skirmish at Webber's Falls, the Indian Territory.
• Skirmish at Friar's Island, TN, the Chickamauga Campaign.
• The 1st Confederate Army Corps under Lieut. Gen. James Longstreet is detached from the Army of Northern Virginia, and ordered to Tennessee, to assist Gen. Braxton Bragg, arriving Sep 18-19, having to travel by rail, through North Carolina and to Atlanta, GA, to reach Bragg's army.

Friday September 9 1864

• Federal expeditions from Mobile Bay to Bonsecours and Fish Rivers, AL, and the destruction of the immense salt-works at Bonsecours, and the barracks at Camp Andrson. (Sep 9-11)
• The Confederate rifle attack on the Federal steamer, J.D. Perry, just below Clarendon, AR, with little damage done.
• Federal scout of the 60th US Colored Infantry, from Helena to Alligator Bayou, AR. (Sep 9-14)
• Federal scout from Lewisburg to Norristown and Russellville, AR, with skirmishes with guerrillas. (Sep 9-12)
• Federal expedition from Pine Bluff toward Monticello, AR, with skirmishes near:
  • Monticello (Sep 10) and
  • at Brewer's Lane (Sep 11).
    (Sep 9-11)
• Federal expedition from Fort Pike, LA, aboard the steamer, J.D. Swain, up the Pearl River, to Deer Island Landing. (Sep 9-12)
• Affair on the Warrensburg road, near Warrensburg, MO, as the Federals happen upon 4 guerrillas robbing the Warrensburg mail. The guerrillas escape, although one May be wounded.
• The Confederate capture and burning of the mail steamer, Fawn, and skirmish at Currituck Bridge, VA. The Federals find the body of a man belonging to the 23rd MA Volunteers, another seriously wounded, and the burned out shell of the vessel; the rest of the command missing, captured by the Rebels. The Federals quickly move to reopen this route.

Saturday September 9 1865