Events in History
- Oct 3 -10] Battle of Corinth, Mississippi
- Oct 3 Skirmish at Bardstown, Kentucky
- Oct 4 Battle of Corinth ends
- Oct 5 Battle of Hatchie Bridge, Tennessee; confederate forces avoid capture by Union army
- Oct 5 Federal fleet occupies Galveston, Texas
- Oct 8 Battle of Perryville, KY- Confederate invasion halted
Event of Interest
Oct 8 Otto von Bismarck becomes Chancellor of the German Empire
Otto von Bismarck
George McClellan
J.E.B. Stuart
- Oct 12 Maj Gen Earl Van Dorn assumes command of Confederate troops in Missisippi
- Oct 12 Skirmish at Monocacy, Maryland
- Oct 14 Excelsiors defeat Unions of Morrisania 13-9
- Oct 17 Battle of Leetown & Thoroughfare Gap, VA
- Oct 18 Morgan's raiders capture federal garrison at Lexington, KY
- Oct 20 Amnesty proclaimed for escaped slaves of Suriname
- Oct 22 Battle at Old Fort Wayne, Indian Territory
- Oct 22 Confederate troops reconquer Cumperland Gap, Tennessee
Birthdays in History
- Oct 4 Edward Stratemeyer, American author (The Rover Boys), born in Elizabeth, New Jersey (d. 1930)
- Oct 6 Albert Jeremiah Beveridge, American politician/author (Progressive)
- Oct 13 Mary Kingsley, English ethnographer and explorer who became the first European to enter parts of Gabon, Africa, born in London (d. 1900)
- Oct 19 Auguste Lumière, French filmmaker, made 1st movie (Workers Leaving Lumière Factory), born in Besançon, France (1954)
Deaths in History
- Oct 3 Pleasant Adam Hackleman, Union brigadier general, dies in battle at 47
- Oct 4 William Duncan Smith, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), dies at 36
- Oct 8 James Streshley Jackson, American attorney and Brigadier General (Union Army) dies in battle at 39
- Oct 8 William Rufus Terrill, American Union brigadier general, dies in battle at 28
- Oct 16 George B. Anderson, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), dies at 31
- Oct 30 Ormsby McKnight Mitchel, American astronomer and Union Major General, dies at 53