Thursday November 7 1861

• Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan, USA, in a letter counsels Brig. Gen. Don Carlos Buell, appointed to command in Kentucky, to respect the constitutional rights of Kentuckians in their slave property.
• Engagement at Belmont, MO, and demonstration from Paducah, upon Columbus, KY. Brig. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's, USA, expedition is driven back to their transports on the Mississippi River by Maj. Gen. Leonidas Polk, CSA, who sent troops across the river.
• The Bombardment and subsequent capture of Forts Beauregard (at Bay Point) and Walker (at Hilton Head), Port Royal Bay, SC, by the US Navy led by Flag Officer Samuel F. DuPont, and Brig. Gen. Thomas W. Sherman, USA which are strategically located between Charleston, SC, and Savannah, GA.
• Maj. Gen. David Hunter, USA, the successor of Gen. John C. Fremont, USA, repudiates the Fremont-Price convention in Missouri of October 26, 1861.

Friday November 7 1862

• John Pegram, CSA, is appointed Brig. Gen.
• Skirmish at Boonesborough, AR.
• Skirmish at Rhea's Mill, near Marianna, AR.
• Skirmish at Spaulding's, on the Sapello River, GA.
• The Confederate Army of the Mississippi receives new commanders as follows:
  • Immediate command: Gen. Braxton Bragg, CSA
  • 1st Army Corps: Lieut. Gen. Leonidas Polk, CSA
  • 2nd Army Corps: Lieut. Gen. William J. Hardee, CSA
• Action at Clark's Mill, Big Beaver Creek, Douglas County, MO, near Vera Cruz, as the Confederates capture and parole about 100 Union troops of the Federal Army of the Frontier.
• Skirmish at Gallatin, TN, as Maj. Gen. William S. Rosecrans, USA, transfers the Army of the Cumberland from Kentucky to Nashville, TN.
• Skirmish at Tyree Springs, TN.
• Skirmish at White Range, TN.
• Maj. Gen. George Brinton McClellan, USA, is replaced with Maj. Gen. Ambrose Everett Burnside, USA, in command of the Army of the Potomac, VA. by President Lincoln.
• Skirmish at Jefferson, VA.
• Skirmish at Rappahannock Station, VA.
• Skirmish at Waterloo Bridge, VA.

Saturday November 7 1863

• Federal expedition from Fayetteville, AR, to Frog Bayou, AR, and skirmishes (Nov 9) near Huntsville and (Nov 10) near Kingston. (Nov 7-13)
• The advance of the Army of the Potomac to the line of the Rappahannock, VA. (Nov 7-8)
• Engagement at Rappahannock Station, VA.
• Action at Kelly's Ford, VA, where Maj. Gen. George G. Meade, USA, forces Gen. Robert E. Lee to retreat to the Rapidan River.
• The capture of Union pickets near Warrenton, VA, who are paroled and released.
• The capture of Lewisburg, WV, by Brig. Gens. William W. Averell, and Alfred N. A. Duffie, USA, cavalry.
• Skirmish near Muddy Creek, WV, with Brig. Gen. William W. Averell, USA.

Monday November 7 1864

• Samuel Read Anderson, CSA, is appointed Brig. Gen.
• The 6th US Army Corps, TN. is abolished.
• Skirmish near Edenburg, VA, the Shenandoah Valley Campaign.
• Federal reconnaissance toward Stony Creek, the Richmond, VA, Campaign.
• The 2nd Session of the 2nd Congress of the Confederate States of America opens in Richmond, VA.

Tuesday November 7 1865