Birthdays
Cravens Jordan Edgar
Turns 31 on this date
Edwin Cassander Manning
Turns 23 on this date
Daniel Marcy
Turns 52 on this date
Silas Horton Stringham
Turns 63 on this date
Preston Taylor
Turns 12 on this date
Events
| US/the World | Confederate diplomats James Mason and John Slidell sail from Havana for Europe aboard a British ship | 11/07/1861 |
| Battles/Soldiers | In Mississippi County, Missouri, Brigadier General Grant and his men overrun a Confederate camp at Belmont | 11/07/1861 |
| 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 |
Documents
| Letter | Abraham Lincoln to Lorenzo Thomas, November 7, 1861 | 11/07/1861 |
| Military record | Major-General Leonidas Polk, CSA, Report on the Battle at Belmont, November 7, 1861 | 11/07/1861 |