12 October 1862 – Sunday

Union – Government
President Lincoln, worried by Buell’s follow-up in Kentucky, continues to request reports from the West.

Union – Military
Missouri/Arkansas
A Union expedition that will last for 7 days, until the 19th, starts from Ozark, Missouri toward Yellville, Arkansas.

Confederacy – Military/Government
Major General Earl Van Dorn assumes command of all troops in Mississippi.

Confederacy- Military
Maryland/Virginia
Jeb Stuart’s Confederate Cavalry after brief skirmishing near the mouth of the Monocacy in Maryland, cross the Potomac back into Virginia near Poolsville, completing another ride around McClellan.

Missouri
There is skirmishing near Arrow Rock.

Kentucky
There is skirmishing at Dick’s Ford.

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