Birthdays
William Wells Brown
Turns 47 on this date
Gordon Granger
Turns 39 on this date
John Wilkinson
Turns 40 on this date
Events
| Battles/Soldiers | Brigadier General Grant sails from Cairo, Illinois to attack Confederate positions along the Mississippi | 11/06/1861 |
| Campaigns/Elections | In Maryland, Unionists triumph in the statewide elections and Augustus Bradford is elected as governor | 11/06/1861 |
| Battles/Soldiers | In South Carolina, the U.S. South Atlantic Blockading Squadron takes Port Royal by naval bombardment |
11/04/1861 to 11/07/1861 |
| Personal | James Naismith, inventor of basketball, is born in northern Ontario the son of Scottish immigrants | 11/06/1861 |