September 10, 1861 Battle of Carnifex Ferry VA, 170 casualities
September 11, 1861 Juhani Aho, Fins journalist/writer (Panu, Tuomio)
September 14, 1861 Fortunato Santini, composer, dies at 83
September 16, 1861 Battle of Princeton WV
September 16, 1861 British Post Office Savings Banks opens
September 17, 1861 1st day school for freedmen forms at Fortress Monroe Virginia
September 17, 1861 Hampton Institute forms
September 17, 1861 Owen Seaman, poet/editor (Punch)
September 20, 1861 Battle of Lexington, MI-captured by Union
September 22, 1861 Fort Fauntleroy (Wingate), rapes Navaho Indians
September 23, 1861 Edmond H H Allenby, English fieldmarshal/high director (Egypt)
September 25, 1861 Secretary of U.S. Navy authorizes enlistment of slaves
September 26, 1861 2nd British Golf Open: Tom Morris Sr shoots a 163 at Prestwick Club
September 28, 1861 Pedro De Cordoba, New York City, actor (Club Havana, Swamp Fire, Saboteur)
October 2, 1861 Former VP John C Breckinridge flees Kentucky
October 4, 1861 Frederic Remington, U.S., artist/sculptor of American West
October 4, 1861 Joao Marcellino Arroyo, composer
October 6, 1861 Elias Canneman, liberal minister of Finance (1813-14), dies at 84
October 6, 1861 Naval Engagement at Charleston, SC USS Flag vs BR Alert
October 6, 1861 Revolt of Russian student shuts down university of Petersburg
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