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Tuesday, October 18, 2011

18 October 1862: Saturday

Confederacy - Military
Kentucky

John Hunt Morgan and his Confederate raiders defeat Union cavalry near Lexington, enter the city, capture the garrison, and move off toward Versailles.

There are skirmishes at Bloomfield, Big Hill, Little Rockcastle River and Mountain Side.

Missouri

There are skirmishes at Uniontown and California House.

Arkansas
There are skirmishes at Cross Hollow and Helena.

South Carolina
There is a skirmish at Kirk's Bluff.

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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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