August 23, 1861, Friday

Potomac Creek, Virginia
An engagement occurs between two Federal steamers, Yankee and Release, with Confederate batteries at the mouth of Potomac Creek.

Springfield, western Virginia
Skirmishing breaks out.

Medoc, Missouri
Skirmishing breaks out.

Fort Craig, New Mexico Territory
Skirmishing breaks out.

Tennessee
Governor Isham Harris of Tennessee appealed to mothers, wives and daughters for clothing and blanketrs for the solfdiers in the field.

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