Sunday October 27 1861

• The CSS Sumter captures and burns the US schooner, Trowbridge, in the Atlantic Ocean.
• Skirmish at Plattsburg, MO.
• Skirmish near Spring Hill, MO, as Maj. Gen. John Fremont, USA, contends he will pursue and defend Springfield, MO, from the advancing Brig. Gen. Sterling Price, CSA, who in actuality, is retreating. Fremont hopes any orders on their way from Lincoln will now not be delivered.
• The USS Lexington captures and burns three Confederate ships at Chincoteaque Inlet, VA.

Monday October 27 1862

• William Henry Forney, C.S.A., is appointed Maj. Gen.
• Preston Smith, CSA, is appointed Brig. Gen.
• Skirmish at Fayetteville, AR. CSA troops retreat to around Boston Mountain, AR, as the Federals pursue.
• Skirmish at Pitman's Ferry, AR.
• Action at Georgia Landing or Bayou Lafourche, near Labadieville, LA, with the Confederates routed.
• The British steamer Anglia, is seized by the Federal naval blockade squadron, Bulls Bay, SC.
• Brig. Gen. John M. Brannan, USA, temporarily assumes the command of the Dept. of the South, vice Mitchel, deceased, SC.
• Maj. Gen. William S. Rosecrans, USA, assumes the command of the 14th US Army Corps, TN.
• Union forces occupy Halltown, VA, as Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan, USA, advances into Virginia.
• Skirmish at Snicker's Gap, VA, as Gen. Robert E. Lee, CSA, begins to move his Army of Northern Virginia from the Shenandoah Valley to meet the Army of the Potomac.
• Maj. Gen. Samuel P. Heintzelman, USA, supersedes Maj. Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks, USA, in the command of the Defenses of Washington, DC.

Tuesday October 27 1863

• Isaac Fitzgerald Shepard, USA, is appointed Brig. Gen.
• Skirmish at Little Bear Creek, AL, on the Memphis and Charleston Railroad.
• Skirmish at Tulip, AR.
• Federal expedition from Cape Girardeau to Clarkton, MO. (Oct 27-Nov 15)
• Skirmish in Cherokee County, NC, when Brig. Gen. Alfred J. Vaughn, Jr, CSA, along with Pro-Southern Indians, overtook Goldman Bryson and his mounted robbers, killing two and capturing 17 along with 30 horses. The following day, Vaughn catches up with and kills Mr. Bryson and another carrying orders from Maj. Gen. Ambrose Burnside, USA.
• Skirmish at Clinch Mountain, TN.
• Federal scout from Columbia toward Pulaski, TN, and skirmish.
• The Rio Grande Expedition, under Maj. Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks, USA, and operations on the coast of Texas, as Banks will attempt to establish a base of operations in Texas despite past failures at Sabine Pass and on the Teche. (Oct 27-Dec 2)
• Federal expedition under the command of Maj. Gen. Nathaniel Banks, USA, sails from the mouth of the Mississippi River.
• Skirmishes near Bealeton and Rappahannock Station, VA.
• Skirmish on Sandy River, near Elizabeth, WV.

Thursday October 27 1864

• Gilbert Moxley Sorrel, CSA, is appointed Brig. Gen.
• The destruction of the Confederate ram, the Albemarle, by Lieut. William B. Gushing, USA, using a torpedo, at Plymouth, NC. (Oct 27-28)
• The unsuccessful Confederate guerrilla attack on the steamer, Belle Saint Louis, at Fort Randolph, TN.
• Skirmishes at Mossy Creek and Panther Springs, TN.
• The engagement at Boydton Plank Road or Hatcher's Run, the Richmond, VA, Campaign. (Oct 27-28)
• The engagement at Fair Oaks and Darbytown Road, the Richmond, VA, Campaign, as Lieut. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, USA, attempts to move on Petersburg, VA, before winter, but to no avail as Maj. Gens. Henry Heth and William Mahone, CSA, repel Maj. Gens. Winfield Scott Hancock and Gouverneur K. Warren, USA. (Oct 27-28)
• Skirmish in front of Fort Morton and Fort Sedgwick, the Richmond, VA, Campaign.

Friday October 27 1865