23 September 1862: Tuesday

Union - Civilian
Word of the Preliminary Emancipation spreads over the North and will soon penetrate the South as well.

Union - Military
Dakota Territory
Indians rebel at Fort Abercrombie.

Minnesota
At Wood Lake, near Yellow Medicine, H. H. Sibley wins an important victory over the Sioux.

Arkansas
There is a skirmish at McGuire's Ferry.

Tennessee
There is a skirmish at Wolf Creek Bridge near Memphis.

Confederates - Military
Kentucky
On the Ohio River, Confederate guerrillas plunder the steamer Emma at Foster's Landing.

Tennessee
On the Mississippi, the Eugene is attacked but gets away. Union troops take revenge by burning the town of Randolph.


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