Birthdays
Samuel Wylie Crawford
Turns 32 on this date
John Woodlawn Crisfield
Turns 55 on this date
Oliver Otis Howard
Turns 31 on this date
Isaac Brown Parker
Turns 78 on this date
Events
| US/the World | A U.S. warship intercepts and boards a British mail ship off Cuba to arrest Confederate diplomats | 11/08/1861 |
| Battles/Soldiers | In eastern Kentucky, Union forces drive back an attempted Confederate ambush at Ivy Mountain | 11/08/1861 |
| Battles/Soldiers | In Eastern Tennessee, local Unionists burn five railroad bridges prompting a furious Confederate response |
11/08/1861 to 11/09/1861 |