Birthdays
Robert Houstoun Anderson
Turns 26 on this date
William LeRoy Broun
Turns 34 on this date
Adoniram Judson Clark
Turns 23 on this date
James E. Clawson
Turns 33 on this date
Francis Marion Cockrell
Turns 27 on this date
Alfred G. Coover
Turns 23 on this date
William Hicks Jackson
Turns 26 on this date
Francis Henry Jordan
Turns 40 on this date
Events
| Battles/Soldiers | Confederate gunboats seize Union steamer off North Carolina, capturing Indiana and New York troops aboard | 10/01/1861 |
| Education/Culture | Moncure Conway publishes "The Rejected Stone" arguing for emancipation | 10/01/1861 |