October 7, 1861
- Confederate government signs a treaty with the Cherokee Indians.
A Chronological History of the Civil War in America1
- Gen. W. F. Sherman, relieved.
- Gen. Robert Anderson relieved of his command in Kentucky, his health not permitting him to enter on active service.
- Gen. Fremont and his army leave Jefferson City, Mo., in pursuit of the rebels under Gen. Price.
- A Chronological History of the Civil War in America by Richard Swainson Fisher, New York, Johnson and Ward, 1863