Civil War Day-By-Day

September 10, 1861

• Battle of Carnifax Ferry, (W)VA, General William Rosecrans [US] defeats General John Floyd [CS]
• The Confederacy appointed General Albert Sidney Johnston as commander of the Confederate Armies of the West.
• George Thomas ordered to relieve Bull Nelson at Camp Dick Robinson. General Nelson is ordered to Eastern Kentucky.

A Chronological History of the Civil War in America¹

• Battle of Carnifex Ferry, Va. Rosecrans defeated the rebels under Floyd and captured large quantities of arms, ammunition, equipage, stores, etc.
• Rebel batteries at Lucas Bend, Ky. (Mississippi River), attacked by Union gun-boats and silenced; 68 rebels killed.
• Colors of the New York 79th Regiment restored.

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