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October 25

1861 - Zagonyi's Charge - Leading outnumbered scouts and John Fremont's black-clad personal bodyguard in advance of his main force, Charles Zagonyi charged past an ambush set along the road leading into Springfield, Missouri by Missouri State Guard forces and withdrew from the town after nightfall

1864 - Marais des Cygnes - Pursuing Price's Army of Missouri after its defeat at Westport, Pleasonton's fast moving columns smashed Confederates in Linn County, Kansas, and then caught retreating Confederates again at Mine Creek and Marmiton River

October 27

1862 - Georgia Landing - Using the Army of the Gulf's reserve brigade, Godfrey Weitzel defeated Louisiana state militia forces under Alfred Mouton in Lafourche Parish, Louisiana

1864 - Battle of Boydton Plank Road

October 28

1864 - Battle of Boydton Plank Road

1864 - Newtonia - Price's remaining forces gathered to rest south of Newtonia, Missouri, but the supply train was surprised by James Blunt's Union division; Jo Shelby's brigades counterattacked, but arriving Federal artillery and reinforcements ended Price's Army of Missouri as a fighting force

October 29

1861 - Port Royal Expedition - Under the command of Samuel Francis Du Pont, a fleet of 74 vessels, including transports for 12,000 Federal troops, sailed under sealed secret orders for the coast of South Carolina

1863 - Wauhatchie - Micah Jenkins's night attack with his South Carolina brigade failed when tardy Union divisions under Carl Schurz and Adolph von Steinwehr reinforced the beleaguered John W. Geary in Hamilton County, Tennessee

1864 - Decatur - A reinforced brigade under Robert S. Granger prevented the entire Army of Tennessee under John Bell Hood from crossing the Tennessee River in North Alabama