Thursday, October 10, 1861
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| Operation: | Big Sandy Region, WV | August 1, 1861 - March 17, 1862 | Expedition to: | Lexington, MO | October 5 - 16, 1861 | Operation: | Tennessee River | July 1 - November 19, 1861 |
| Appointment: | Brigadier General Edmund Kirby Smith, CSA, is assigned command of the Department of Middle and East Florida. The order was subsequently revoked. | ||
(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:
U.S.S. Daylight, under Commander Lockwood, silenced Confederate battery attacking American ship John Clark anchored in Lynnhaven Bay, Virginia.(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.)Confederate troops at Tampa Bay captured American sloop William Batty.