Civil War Day-By-Day

October 22, 1861

• The Army of the Potomac [CS] is placed under the Department of Northern Virginia.

A Chronological History of the Civil War in America¹

• Office of the Democrat (secession), at Terre Haute,Ind., destroyed by a portion of the 43d IndianaRegiment.
• Rebel camp at Buffalo Mills, Mo., broken up.
• The rebel batteries on the Potomac River, below Washington, extended from Cockpit Point to Matthias Point, a distance of 20 miles.

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