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Friday October 4 1861

• The Confederacy signs treaties with the following Indian nation tribes:
  • Cherokee (Oct 7)
  • Seneca
  • Shawnee
• Col. George Wright, 9th US Infantry, assumes the command of the District of Southern California.
• Skirmish at Buffalo Hill, KY.
• Skirmish near Edwards Ferry, MD, with Brig. Gen. Charles P. Stone, USA.
• The USS South Carolina captures two blockade runners, the Ezilda and Joseph H. Toone, off the Southwest Pass of the Mississippi River, near New Orleans, LA.
• Skirmish at Alamoosa, near Fort Craig, the New Mexico Territory.
• Chicamacomico, NC, with the Confederates unable to retake key bases now under Union control commanded by Maj. Gen. John E. Wool, USA.
• Professor Thaddeus Lowe demonstrates a balloon ascent to President Abraham Lincoln, in Washington, DC.

Saturday October 4 1862

• Brig. Gen. William Duncan Smith, CSA, dies from the yellow fever at Charleston, SC.
• Dabney Herndon Maury, C.S.A., is appointed Maj. Gen.
• The following are appointed Union Brigadier Generals:
  • Joseph Jackson Barlett, USA
  • John Milton Thayer, USA
  • John Henry Hobart Ward, USA
• Skirmish near Bardstown, on the Bardstown Pike, KY.
• Skirmish near Clay Village, KY.
• Engagement near Donaldsonville, LA.
• Affair at Granby, MO.
• Skirmish in Monroe County, MO.
• Skirmish at Newtonia, MO, with Brig. Gen. John M. Schofield, USA.
• Skirmish near Middleton, TN.
• Federal reconnaissance from Conrad's Ferry, Potomac River, into Virginia.
• Federal reconnaissance from Loudoun Heights to Neersville and Hillsborough, VA. (Oct 4-6)
• President Lincoln returns to Washington, DC, after visiting with Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan, USA, in the field.

Sunday October 4 1863

• Mark Perrin Lowrey, CSA, is appointed Brig. Gen.
• Affair at Nelson's Bridge, near New Iberia, LA, as Maj. Gen. William B. Franklin, USA, pressed on toward the Sabine, TX.
• Skirmish near the Widow Wheeler's, 15 miles southwest of Neosho, MO, with guerrillas.
• Action at Neosho, MO, with Col. James 0. Shelby's, CSA, Raid.
• Skirmish at Oregon, or Bowers' Mill, MO, with Col. James O. Shelby.
• Brig. Gen. James Ronald Chalmer's Confederate raid in West Tennessee and North Mississippi. (Oct 4-17)
• Skirmishes near McMinnville, TN.
• Federal expedition from Yorktown to Matthews County, VA, with the assistance of Union gunboats, Commodore Jones, Putnam, and Stepping Stones, and the Army gunboats, Flora Temple, C.P. Smith, Smith Briggs, General Jesup, West End, Sam. Ruatan, Young Rover, and the transport Maple Leaf, with the destruction of over 150 small boats and sloops, and the capture of beef cattle enroute to Richmond. The Federals state the countryside is full of forage, corn, fodder, and oats, while sheep, poultry, and cattle abound. (Oct 4-9)

Tuesday October 4 1864

• Ferdinand Van Derveer, USA, is appointed Brig. Gen.
• Federal reconnaissance from Little Rock toward Monticello and to Mount Elba, AR. (Oct 4-11)
• Skirmish at Ac worth, GA, as Lieut. Gen. John B. Hood, CSA, continues destroying railroad track with his Army of Tennessee.
• Skirmishes near Lost Mountain, GA. (Oct 4-7)
• Skirmish at Moon's Station, GA.
• Skirmishes at and near Bayou Sara, LA.
• Federal expedition from Natchez to Woodville, MS, and skirmishes. (Oct. 5 & 6). (Oct 4-12)
• Skirmish near Richwoods, MO, as Maj. Gen. Sterling Price, CSA, and his Confederate raiders move away from St. Louis, MO.
• Skirmish near Memphis, TN.
• Skirmish at Salem, VA.
• President Lincoln's Cabinet welcomes the recently appointed Postmaster General of the US, William Dennison.

Wednesday October 4 1865