Civil War Day-By-Day

October 16, 1861

A Chronological History of the Civil War in America¹

• Recapture of Lexington, Mo., by a small Union force under Major White, the main body of the rebels having previously evacuated the city.
• Rebels routed at Bolivar, near Harper’s Ferry
• Sharp skirmish at Ironton, Mo.
• Battle at Pilot Knob, Mo.; rebels routed.

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