Monday, October 14, 1861
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| Operation: | Big Sandy Region, WV | August 1, 1861 - March 17, 1862 | Skirmish: | Bird's Point, MO | October 14, 1861 | Operation: | Fort Inge, TX | October 11 - 16, 1861 | Operations: | Fredericktown, MO | October 12 - 25, 1861 | Operation: | Ironton, MO | October 12 - 25, 1861 | Expedition to: | Lexington, MO | October 5 - 16, 1861 | Skirmish: | Linn Creek, MO | October 14, 1861 | Reconnaissance on: | Mississippi River | October 12 - 18, 1861 | Skirmish: | Rush Ridge Road, MO | October 14, 1861 | Operation: | Tennessee River | July 1 - November 19, 1861 | Skirmish: | Underwood's Farm, MO | October 14, 1861 |
| Appointment: | Major General Braxton Bragg, CSA, is given command of the newly created Department of Alabama and West Florida | Appointment: | Colonel James H. Carlton, 1st California Infantry, USA, is given command of the District of Southern California by Colonel George Wright, 9th US Infantry, USA |
(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:
In the presence of Lieutenant A. Murray of the U.S.S. Louisiana, citizens of Chincoteague Island, Virginia, took the oath of allegiance to the United States and presented a petition in which they stated their "abhorrence of the secession heresy."(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.)
Additional Information:
Simon Cameron, U.S. Secretary of War, authorizes Brigadier General William T. Sherman, USA, commanding at Port Royal, South Carolina, to organize and arm, if necessary, squads of fugitive, captured slaves.
(Source: The Chronological Tracking Of The American Civil War Per The Offical Records Of The War of the Rebellion pp. 1-336. Ronald A. Mosocco.)