Compiled by Jim Hachtel, President
Gen. William T. Sherman Memorial Civil War Roundtable
October 5, 1861 - The Union garrison at Hatteras Inlet is now commanded by General Joseph K. F. Mansfield.
October 5, 1861 - Heavy fire from the USS Monticello helps to repulse a Confederate attack by troops carried to Hatteras Inlet, North Carolina by steamer.
October 6, 1861 - The blockade running Confederate schooner Alert is captured off Charleston, South Carolina by the USS Flag.
October 7, 1861 - Pres. Lincoln sends Secretary of War Simon Cameron, carrying a letter from the President, to meet with General Samuel R. Curtis. The fate of General John C. Fremont in Missouri is the point of discussion.
October 7, 1861 - The C.S.A. promotes William J. Hardee, Thomas J. Jackson, James Longstreet, and John B. Magruder to major generals.
October 7, 1861 - In a show of his leadership, General John C. Fremont leads 40,000 troops from St. Louis toward Lexington, Missouri. Confederate General Sterling Price abandons Lexington, withdrawing south.
October 7, 1861 - The new CSS Virginia, constructed from the scuttled USS Merrimack and now armored, makes its first appearance off Hampton Roads, Virginia.
October 7, 1861 - U. S. Grant uses the USS Tyler and the USS Lexington on a reconnaissance near Lucas Bend, Missouri.
October 8, 1861 - General Robert Anderson (of Fort Sumter fame) is replaced by General William Tecumseh Sherman at Louisville, Kentucky. Anderson is ill and eventually resigns from the Army.
October 9, 1861 - In a relatively major battle, Gen. Richard H. Anderson leads 1,000 Confederate troops across Pensacola Bay and attacks Fort Pickens, driving the 6th New York from their camp. Union Colonel Harvey Brown brings several companies of regulars from the fort and, assisted by artillery, drives the Confederate force back. Brown's reported loss is 13 killed, 27 wounded, and 21 missing. Anderson lost 18 dead, 39 wounded and 30 captured.
October 10, 1861 - President Jefferson Davis ponders the use of slaves as laborers for the Confederacy in a letter to General Gustavus W. Smith.
October 11, 1861 - Edmund Kirby Smith becomes a Major General, C.S.A.
October 12, 1861 - General Fremont continues his advances and encounters heavy skirmishing at Clinton and Cameron, Missouri.
October 12, 1861 - Confederate rammer CSS Manassas is launched from New Orleans and, accompanied by the steamers CSS Ivy and CSS James L. Day, ventures south on the Mississippi. The Manassas successfully rams the USS Richmond and USS Vincennes, running them aground before steaming back upstream. The Union vessels are refloated and the blockade resumes.
October 12, 1861 - The USS St. Louis, the first Union Ironclad, is launched at Carondelet, Missouri.
