Birthdays
James Barton
Turns 25 on this date
Frederick P. Beidler
Turns 37 on this date
James Alexander Brandt
Turns 26 on this date
Levi Coffin
Turns 72 on this date
Anna Elizabeth Dickinson
Turns 19 on this date
Isaac Dillon
Turns 38 on this date
Dudley McIver Dubose
Turns 27 on this date
Theodore Stanford Garnett
Turns 17 on this date
Events
| Lawmaking/Litigating | At Tahlequah in Indian Territory, the Cherokee Nation publishes its Declaration of Causes for alliance with the South | 10/28/1861 |
Documents
| Military record | USN Lieutenant A. Murray reports on a night raid up the Chincoteague Inlet, Virginia, October 28, 1861 | 10/28/1861 |