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Monday September 23 1861
- Gabriel James Rains, CSA, is appointed Brig. Gen.
- The following are appointed Union Brigadier Generals:
- John Gross Barnard, USA
- Winfield Scott Hancock, USA
- John Newton, USA
- Innis Newton Palmer, USA
- Stewart Van Vliet, USA
- Seth Williams, USA
- Affair at Albany, KY, with Brig. Gen. Felix Zollicoffer, CSA.
- Maj. Gen. Charles Fremont, USA, closes a St. Louis, MO, newspaper, the Evening News, for criticizing his inactions regarding Lexington.
- Skirmish at Cassville, WV.
- The Confederate descent upon Romney, WV, including the affairs at Mechanicsburg Gap and Hanging Rock Pass, with the advancing Rebels.
Tuesday September 23 1862
- Skirmish at McGuire's Ferry, AR.
- Action with Sioux Indians at Fort Abercrombie, the Dakota Territory.
- Action with Sioux Indians at Wood Lake, near Yellow Medicine, MN, with Col. Henry Hastings Sibley, USA, capturing over 1,000 Indians.
- Federal expedition to Eureka, Boone County, MO. (Sep 23-24)
- The Dept. of the Tennessee is constituted, under the command of Maj. Gen. George H. Thomas, USA. (but, it is inoperative).
- Skirmish at Wolf Creek Bridge, near Memphis, TN.
Wednesday September 23 1863
- Henry Rootes Jackson, CSA, is appointed Brig. Gen.
- Skirmish near the Bayou Meto Bridge, AR.
- Affair opposite Donaldsonville, LA, with Confederate Cavalry.
- Maj. Gen. George E. Pickett, CSA, is assigned to the command of the Confederate Dept. of North Carolina.
- Skirmishes in front of Chattanooga, TN. (Sep 23-26)
- Skirmish at Cumberland Gap, TN, with Maj. Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside, USA.
- Skirmishes at Summertown and Lookout Mountain, TN.
- Skirmishes near Liberty Mills and at Robertson's Ford, on the Rapidan River, VA.
Friday September 23 1864
- Skirmish at Athens, AL, with Maj. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest, CSA.
- Affair near Fort Smith, AR.
- Skirmishes near Rocheport, MO, with Maj. Gen. Sterling Price, CSA.
- Maj. Gen. Stephen A. Hurlbut, USA, assumes the command of the Dept. of the Gulf, MO.
- Skirmish at Edenburg, VA, with small parcels of the armies under Early and Sheridan, the Shenandoah Valley Campaign.
- Skirmish at Front Royal, VA.
- Skirmish at Mount Jackson, VA.
- Skirmish at Woodstock, VA.
- Maj. James H. Nounnan's Federal expedition into the Kanawha Valley, WV, including skirmish at Coalsmouth, (Sep 30). (Sep 23-(Oct 1)
Saturday September 23 1865
- Skirmish with Indians in the Barney Lake Valley. Oregon, which action commenced at 12 a.m. and ended at 7 p.m. that night, the last hostilities occurring during the era of the American Civil War reported in the Official Records of the War of the Rebellion. It is finally over. Ironically, the last encounter reported has the Federals being routed, luckily escaping with only one injury.
On This Day information kindly provided by Martin Cross, 2nd U.S. Artillery, Bty B.