Birthdays
Thomas Almond Ashby
Turns 13 on this date
John Andrew Jackson Creswell
Turns 33 on this date
Jesse Johnson Finley
Turns 49 on this date
Isham Nichols Haynie
Turns 37 on this date
Henry Lee Higginson
Turns 27 on this date
Henry A. Longsdorf
Turns 32 on this date
Benjamin Stone Roberts
Turns 51 on this date
Franz Sigel
Turns 37 on this date
Events
| Battles/Soldiers | Confederate Brigadier-General Henry H. Sibley marches from San Antonio to launch his invasion of New Mexico | 11/18/1861 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | In Union-occupied North Carolina, loyalists meet in convention, rescind secession, and name a new governor | 11/18/1861 |
Documents
| Letter | Brigadier General Thomas F. Drayton, CSA to Governor Francis W. Pickens, November 18, 1861 | 11/18/1861 |
| Letter | John S. Phelps to Abraham Lincoln, Monday, November 18, 1861 | 11/18/1861 |
| Executive record | President Jefferson Davis, Message to the Confederate Congress, November 18, 1861 | 11/18/1861 |