Civil War Day-By-Day

October 14, 1861

A Chronological History of the Civil War in America¹

• Sec. Seward issued a circular to governors of States, advising sea-coast and lake defenses.
• Linn Creek, Mo., captured by U. S. troops, and a company of rebel troops taken prisoners.

1. A Chronological History of the Civil War in America by Richard Swainson Fisher, New York, Johnson and Ward, 1863