Wednesday October 16 1861

• The Federal troops descend upon, and occupy Lexington, MO.
• Skirmish near Linn Creek, MO, with Maj. Clark Wright, Fremont Battalion, MO Cavalry.
• Skirmish at Warsaw, MO.
• Skirmish at Bolivar Heights, near Harper's Ferry, WV, with Lieut. Col. Turner Ashby, CSA, Cavalry.

Thursday October 16 1862

• Brig. Gen. George Burgwyn Anderson, CSA, dies at Raleigh, NC, from complications of wounds received on September 17, 1862, at the Battle of Antietam, MD.
• Skirmishes at Shell's Mill, MO, and Elkhorn Tavern, AR.
• Operations in Bath, Powell, Estill, Clark, Montgomery, and Bourbon Counties, KY. (Oct 16-25)
• Skirmishes at Mountain Gap and Mount Vernon, KY.
• Skirmishes near Mount Vernon, at Wild Cat Mountain, and Big Rockcastle Creek, KY.
• Federal reconnaissance of portion of Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan's Army of the Potomac from Sharpsburg, MD, to Smithfield, WV, including skirmishes near Kearneysville and Shepherdstown. (Oct 16-17)
• Skirmish at Auxvasse Creek, Callaway County, MO, with the Federal attack on a guerrilla camp.
• Affair at Portland, MO.
• The Dept. of the Tennessee is constituted, under the command of Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, USA.
• Brig. Gen. John Echols, CSA, supersedes Maj. Gen. William W. Loring, CSA, in the command of the Dept. of Western Virginia.
• Federal reconnaissance of portion of Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan's army from Harper's Ferry to Charlestown, WV, and skirmish en route.

Friday October 16 1863

• Engagement at Fort Brooke, Tampa Bay, FL, with the destruction of two Confederate blockade runners by the US ironclads, the Tahoma, and the Adele.
• Skirmish at Grand Coteau, LA, with Maj. Gen. William B. Franklin, USA.
• Federal expedition from Natchez, MS, to Red River, LA. (Oct 16-20)
• Skirmish at Treadwell's, near Clinton, and Vernon Cross-Roads, MS.
• The Military Division of the Mississippi is created, consisting of the:
  • Dept. of the Cumberland,
  • Dept. of the Ohio,
  • Dept. of the Tennessee.
    Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, USA, is assigned to the command. Maj. Gen. George H. Thomas, USA, is ordered to command the Dept. of the Cumberland, vice Maj. Gen. William S. Rosecrans, USA, is relieved of command.
• Skirmish on Deer Creek, MO, with Col. Joseph O. Shelby, CSA.
• Skirmishes near and at Humansville, MO, with Col. Joseph O. Shelby, CSA.
• Skirmish at Johnstown, MO, with Col. Joseph O. Shelby, CSA.
• Affairs at Pungo Landing, NC, as the Federals leave Great Bridge, VA, aboard the steamer, Fawn, are fired upon from shore, sustaining casualties. The Federals land and burn the houses from where the shots came from and also find the tugboat, White, and other small craft destroyed by the Confederates. (Oct 16-17)
• Skirmish near Island No. 10, TN.

Sunday October 16 1864

• Federal expedition from Devall's Bluff aboard the steamer, Celeste, on the Cache River, toward Clarendon, AR, in search of Confederates. (Oct 16-17)
• Skirmish at Ship's Gap, GA, as Lieut. Gen. John B. Hood, CSA, and Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman, USA, continue to spar.
• Skirmish near Morganza, LA.
• The Confederate capture of Ridgely, MO, by Maj. Gen. Sterling Price, CSA.
• Maj. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest's, CSA, Cavalry raid into West Tennessee. (Oct 16-Nov 10)
• Skirmish near Bull's Gap, TN.
• Federal expedition from City Point into Surry County, VA, as the Federals traveled every main and by road between the Blackwater and James Rivers, below Bacon Castle and City Point, visiting every residence, capturing all the citizens, negroes and stock available. Even though there is corn in the fields and potatoes in the ground, this area is becoming barren of any livestock. (Oct 16-18)

Monday October 16 1865