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Thursday November 21 1861

• The following are appointed Union Brigadier Generals:
  • Philip St. George Cooke, USA
  • Thomas Jefferson McKean, USA
  • John McAllister Schofield, USA
• 10,000 Confederate volunteers are called out in Mississippi for the defense of Columbus, KY, etc, by Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston, CSA.
• The Confederate destruction of the US stores at Warsaw, MO.
• Brig. Gen. Lloyd Tilghman, CSA, is assigned to the command of Forts Henry and Donelson, on the Tennessee and Cumberland Rivers, TN, south of the Kentucky-Tennessee state line.
• Judah Benjamin replaces Leroy Pope Walker as the Confederate Secretary of War; Maj. Gen. Braxton Bragg's brother, Thomas Bragg, ascends to Mr. Benjamin's position of Attorney General, Richmond, VA.

Friday November 21 1862

• Affairs at Petite Anse Island, LA. (Nov 21-22)
• Skirmish at Bayou Bonfouca, LA, as the local Partisan Rangers attack and kill men aboard the Federal steamer, G. Brown.
• The surrender of Fredericksburg, VA, is demanded by Maj. Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside, USA, and refused by the Mayor, as Lieut. Gen. Thomas Stonewall Jackson moves his army corps from the Shenandoah Valley to join up with Gen. Robert E. Lee, and Lieut. Gen. James Longstreet, CSA, who are already at Fredericksburg, behind entrenched positions.
• President Jefferson Davis appoints James A. Seddon as the new Secretary of War, replacing acting secretary Maj. Gen. Gustavus Woodson Smith, CSA.

Saturday November 21 1863

• Affair at Jacksonport, AR, with a guerrilla ambush.
• Federal scout from Fort Pillow, TN, about 125 strong, capturing some Rebels pickets on duty, as they are overwhelmed. (Nov 21-22)
• Federal expedition from Island No. 10, aboard the steamer, O'Brien, to Tiptonville, TN, destroying two Rebel boats, capturing 5 barrels of salt, contraband, etc., and removing the seized property to the O'Brien.
• Federal expedition from Bealeton toward Thoroughfare Gap, VA, as the Federals capture a couple of Maj. John S. Mosby's Partisan Rangers.
• Affair at Liberty, VA, where some of Maj. John S. Mosby's Partisan Rangers attack and capture the horses from 3 wagons and 2 ambulances.
• President Abraham Lincoln is confined to bed with a mild case of smallpox, and believing his recent speech at Gettysburg, PA, was a failure.

Monday November 21 1864

• The Confederate Army of Tennessee, under Lieut. Gen. John Bell Hood, CSA, sets out from Florence, AL, for Tennessee under the following commands:
  • Maj. Gen. Benjamin Franklin Cheatham's Army Corps
  • Lieut. Gen. Stephen Dill Lee's Army Corps
  • Lieut. Gen. Alexander Peter Stewart's Army Corps
  • Maj. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest Cavalry Corps
• Skirmish at Clinton, GA, the "March to the Sea," Campaign by Maj. Gen. Wm Sherman, and the following skirmishes:
  • Skirmish near Eatonton, GA.
  • Skirmish at Gordon, GA.
  • Skirmish at Griswoldville, GA,
  • Skirmish near Macon, GA.
    (Nov 21-23)
• Operations in the vicinity of Fulton, MO, with skirmish (Nov 28) near Fulton, against guerrillas who have been busy robbing and terrorizing the local citizens. (Nov 21-30)

Tuesday November 21 1865