5 October 1862 – Sunday

Union – Military
Mississippi
Rosecrans’ troops pursue the retreating Confederates, ineffectively.

Tennessee
Union troops under E. I. C. Ord, from Bolivar, Tennessee, intercept the retreating Confederates at the Hatchie River near Pocahontas in the afternoon. There is brief but severe fighting. While the Union troops regroup, the battered Confederates extricate themselves and continue to Holly Springs, Mississippi. This ends the Corinth campaign.

Missouri
There are skirmishes at Cole Camp and Sim’s Grove on Cedar Creek.

Tennessee
There are skirmishes at Neely’s Bend on the Cumberland River and at Fort Riley, near Nashville.

Texas
Union naval forces capture Galveston with no resistance, and occupy the city briefly with a small force.

Kentucky
General Braxton Bragg’s army slowly pulls back from Bardstown, with Buell’s Union troops following.

Confederate Kirby Smith’s army is still in the Frankfort area.

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