Friday, August 9, 1861
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| Expedition to: | Benton, MO | August 7 - 10, 1861 | Operation: | Big Sandy Region, WV | August 1, 1861 - March 17, 1862 | Expedition to: | Commerce, MO | August 7 - 10, 1861 | Operation: | Fort Bliss, TX | August 1861 | Attack: | Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory | August 8 - 9, 1861 | Expedition to: | Hamburg, MO | August 7 - 12, 1861 | Expedition to: | Price's Landing, MO | August 7 - 10, 1861 | Scout: | Round Valley, CA | August 3 - 12, 1861 | Operation: | Tennessee River | July 1 - November 19, 1861 |
| Appointment: | Daniel Ruggles, CSA, to Brigadier General | Appointment: | Isaac Ridgeway Trimble, CSA, to Brigadier General | Appointment: | Louis Ludwig Blenker, USA, to Brigadier General | Appointment: | John Henry Martindale, USA, to Brigadier General | Appointment: | George Webb Morrell, USA, to Brigadier General | Appointment: | Israel Bush Richardson, USA, to Brigadier General | Appointment: | Henry Warner Slocum, USA, to Brigadier General | Appointment: | James Samuel Wadsworth, USA, to Brigadier General |
(Source: Compendium of the War of the Rebellion Vol. I, p. 660-991. Frederick H. Dyer; The Chronological Tracking Of The American Civil War Per The Offical Records Of The War of the Rebellion pp. 1-336. Ronald A. Mosocco.)
Naval Events:
Confederate privateer York captured schooner George G. Baker.(Source: Civil War Naval Chronology 1861-1865. pp. I:1-41; II:1-117; III:1-170; IV:1-152; V:1-134. 1971: Naval History Division, Navy Department.)York was set afire off Cape Hatteras by her crew to prevent capture by Union.
U.S.S. Union, under Commander J. R. Goldsborough, recaptured George G. Baker.