Civil War Day-By-Day

October 28, 1861

A Chronological History of the Civil War in America¹

• A rebel transportation train captured by Gen. Lane near Butler, Mo.
• Battle at Cromwell, Ky.; rebels lost two killed and five wounded.
  Battle at Saratoga, Ky.: Union loss three wounded; rebel loss 13 killed, 17 wounded, and 44 prisoners.

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