7 October 1862 – Tuesday

England
The Chancellor of the Exchequer, W. E. Gladstone, proclaims that Davis and the Confederate leaders have “made a nation,” and he anticipates the success of their fight for separation. His remarks are immediately criticized in England, and will be in the United States, too, when world of them arrives.

Union – Military/Government
Major General Gordon Granger assumes command of the Union Army of Kentucky. Brigadier General E. A. Carr assumes command of the Army of the Southwest.

Confederates – Military/Government
Middle and east Florida are placed under P. G. T. Beuregard’s southeast coast command.

Union – Military
Kentucky
Don Carlos Buell’s army, on the move in Kentucky against Bragg, nears the village of Perryville. The Confederate troops are divided, some at Frankfort and some near Perryville. There are skirmishes at Brown Hill and near Perryville.

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