Birthdays
Richard Snowden Andrews
Turns 31 on this date
Daniel Decatur Emmett
Turns 46 on this date
Joseph Horace Lewis
Turns 37 on this date
Theodore Runyon
Turns 39 on this date
Robert Ewing Younger
Turns 8 on this date
Events
| Business/Industry | In Philadelphia, the Cooper Shop Hospital opens | 10/29/1861 |
| Battles/Soldiers | Largest U.S. Fleet ever assembled sails from Norfolk, Virginia to blockade and harass the Confederate coast | 10/29/1861 |
Documents
| Newspaper | Chillicothe (OH) Scioto Gazette, “Disgraceful Fraud,” October 29, 1861 | 10/29/1861 |