October
28, 1862: Gen. Bragg and the Army of the Mississippi
arrive in the Knoxville area. Bragg
leaves the army under the command of Gen. Polk while he travels to Richmond to consult
with the President. Meanwhile, Gen. John
C. Breckenridge marches his division to occupy Murfreesboro, only 35 miles from
Union-controlled Nashville. Gen. Nathan
Bedford Forrest, knowing that Buell’s army had not yet returned to Nashville,
urges Breckenridge to attack Nashville now.
---At Cross Hollows, Arkansas, near Fayetteville,
Gen. Francis Herron and about 1,000 Federal cavalry encounter five regiments of
Texas cavalry and two cannon. Herron’s
troops rout the Rebels in a sharp fight.
---In coastal North Carolina, Gen. John G.
Foster, with 12,000 troops, begins an expedition up the Albemarle River,
heading inland.
---Just off of the entrance to Mobile Bay, the
USS Montgomery captures the Rebel
steamer CSS Caroline, attempting to
run the blockade with a cargo of weapons and munitions.
---The Lauretta,
a merchant vessel out of New York, is captures by the CSS Alabama and burned.
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