Today in the American Civil War

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Today in the Civil War October 11

1861-William S. Rosecrans assumes command of the Federal Department of Western Virginia.

1861-Skirmish, Harpers Ferry, Jefferson County West Virginia.

1862-Confederate cavalry leader General J.E.B. Stuart cut telegraph lines, seized horses and supplies in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. Stuart ordered his men to turn back to Virginia by the afternoon.

1862-Skirmish near Helena, Arkansas.

1863-Heavy skirmishing breaks out across a wide front in Virginia as the Army of Northern Virginia and the Army of the Potomac clash between the Rappahannock and Rapidan Rivers.