20 October 1862: Monday

Union - Government
President Lincoln orders Major General John A. McClernand, Illinois politician, to proceed to Indiana, Illinois and Iowa, to organize troops for an expedition against Vicksburg undder McClernand's command.

This conflicted with General Grant's new command and was to result in many charges and countercharges and much friction between Grant and McClernand.

Lincoln also writes a couple of memorandum, one of which shows the Army of the Potomac has a total of 231,997 men of which 144,662 were fit for duty. Another establishes a provisional court in Louisiana.

Union - Military
Nashville
Union troops repulse a force under Nathan Bedford Forrest on the Gallatin Pike near Nashville.

There is a skirmish near Hermitage Ford.

Arkansas
There is a skirmish near Helena.

Missouri
There is a skirmish at Marshfield.

Kentucky
There is a skirmish at Wild Cat.

Western Virginia
There is a skirmish at Hedgesville.

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