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Sunday, October 13, 1861

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Army Events:

			Skirmish:	Beckwith Farm, MO	October 13, 1861
			Operation:	Big Sandy Region, WV	August 1, 1861 - March 17, 1862
			Skirmish:	Bird's Point, MO	October 13, 1861
			Skirmish:	Clintonville, MO	October 13, 1861
			Skirmish:	Cotton Hill, WV	October 13, 1861
			Action:	Dutch Hollow, MO	October 13, 1861
			Operation:	Fort Inge, TX	October 11 - 16, 1861
			Operations:	Fredericktown, MO	October 12 - 25, 1861
			Action:	Henrytown, MO	October 13, 1861
			Operation:	Ironton, MO	October 12 - 25, 1861
			Expedition to:	Lexington, MO	October 5 - 16, 1861
			Reconnaissance on:	Mississippi River	October 12 - 18, 1861
			Action:	Monday Hollow, MO	October 13, 1861
			Action:	Noonday Hollow, MO	October 13, 1861
			Skirmish:	Pomme de Terre, MO	October 12 - 13, 1861
			Operation:	Tennessee River	July 1 - November 19, 1861
			Action:	Wet Glaize, MO	October 13, 1861

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Appointment:

Brigadier General Thomas Williams, USA, supersedes Brigadier General Joseph K. F. Mansfield, USA, in command at Hatteras Inlet, North Carolina

(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. Keystone State, under Commander Gustavus H. Scott, captured Confederate steamer Salvor near the Tortugas Islands with cargo of coffee, cigars, and munitions.

(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.)