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Monday, October 31, 2011

31 October 1862: Friday

Union - Military
Virginia

There is a skirmish at Franklin.

Western Virginia
There is a skirmish near the falls of the Kanawha.

Missouri
A Union scout is undertaken in Monroe County.

Texas
On this day and on Nov 1, Union troops bombard Lavaca.

Tennessee/Mississippi
Union contingents advance from Bolivar, Tennessee and Corinth, Mississippi upon Grand Junction, Tennessee, in preliminariers of Grant's move on Vicksburg.

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Bibliography
The Civil War Day By Day: An Almanac 1861-1865. E.B. Long with Barbara Long, De Capo, 1971

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