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October 19
1863 - Buckland Races - Two Confederate cavalry divisions covering Robert E. Lee's retreat after Battle of Bristoe Station surprised pursuing Union cavalry under Judson Kilpatrick

1864 - Lexington - Price's Raid continued to push westward through Lafayette County, Missouri against Federal forces under James G. Blunt

1864 - Cedar Creek - Philip Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley ride rallied flagging Union units, turning Jubal Early's audacious morning victory into a crushing rebel defeat

October 21
1861 - Ball's Bluff - Oregon U.S. Senator Edward D. Baker's battlefield death in this Potomac River crossing debacle caused creation of the influential United States Congress Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War to oversee military leadership

1861 - Wildcat Mountain - Union forces under Albin F. Schoepf arrived in time to prevent Felix Zollicoffer's assault to control the vital Wilderness Road in Laurel County, Kentucky

1861 - Fredericktown - This Madison County, Missouri battle consolidated Union control over southeast Missouri

1864 - Little Blue River - Price's Army of Missouri continued westward up the Missouri River, overwhelming determined Federals under Blunt and Thomas Moonlight

October 22
1862 - Old Fort Wayne - James G. Blunt's First Division of the newly formed Army of the Frontier attacked and routed Douglas Cooper's Indian Brigade along the Arkansas/Indian Territory border

1864 - Independence - Alfred Pleasonton's provisional cavalry division harassed rear guard units of the Army of Missouri during Price's Raid in this second battle around Independence, Missouri

October 23
1861 - New York City - The trial of the crew of the privateer Savannah for piracy opened in the United States Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York. It ended a week later with a hung jury.

1864 - Westport - While Pleasonton's division attacked John S. Marmaduke at Byram's Ford, Samuel Curtis assembled the Army of the Border and accepted battle with the smaller Army of Missouri under Sterling Price in what is now midtown Kansas City, Missouri; Price's army was broken and withdrew southward.