Monday October 28 1861

• Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston, CSA, assumes the immediate command of the Confederate Army Corps of Central Kentucky, at Bowling Green, KY, relieving Brig. Gen. Simon Bolivar Buckner, CSA.
• Skirmish at Laurel Bridge, Laurel County, KY.
• Skirmish near Budd's Ferry, MD, with new Confederate shore batteries, and Brig. Gen. Joseph Hooker, USA.
• Federal expedition to Fulton, MO, by Brig. Gen. Chester Harding, Jr, USA.

Tuesday October 28 1862

• Action at McGuire's, AR.
• Action at Oxford Bend, White River, near Fayetteville, AR, forcing a Confederate retreat, by Brig. Gen. Samuel R. Curtis, USA, the Army of the Frontier.
• Skirmish near Waverly, TN.
• Maj. Gen. John C. Breckinridge, CSA, assumes the command of the Army of Middle Tennessee.

Wednesday October 28 1863

• The Federal Cavalry occupation of Arkadelphia, AR.
• Skirmish at Clarksville, TN.
• Skirmish at Leiper's Ferry, TN.
• Brig. Gen. John W. Geary, USA, of Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker's command, repels Lieut. Gen. James Longstreet's night attack at Wauhatchie, in Lookout Valley, TN, as Longstreet fails in his attempt to break the Union's newly established "cracker line."
• Maj. Gen. John M. Palmer, USA, assumes the command of the 14th US Army Corps, TN.
• The mutiny of Capt. Adrian I. Vidal, CSA, and followers who attack, kill, and wound some Confederate soldiers, many eventually being caught themselves and dealt with accordingly, at Fort Brown, TX.

Friday October 28 1864

• Skirmish at Goshen, AL, as Lieut. Gen. John B. Hood, CSA, moves his Army of Tennessee westward.
• Skirmish at Ladiga, AL, as Hood moves westward and Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman, USA, moves eastward back towards Atlanta, GA.
• Engagement at Newtonia, southwest MO, where Maj. Gen. Samueul R. Curtis, USA, forces Maj. Gen. Sterling Price, CSA, to continue his retreat.
• Skirmish with Indians near Midway Station, the Nebraska Territory.
• Action at Morristown, TN, with Maj. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest, CSA.
• Skirmish at Russellville, TN.
• Skirmish near Newtown, VA, the Shenandoah Valley Campaign.
• Operations about Snicker's Gap (Oct 28) and skirmish (Oct 29) at Upperville, VA, where the 8th IL Cavalry claims to have whipped Lieut. Col. John S. Mosby's men badly, killing 7 or 8, and capturing 9. (Oct 28-29)

Saturday October 28 1865