Civil War Events in October-- Part 2: Bristoe Station, John Brown's Raid, Cedar Creek, Ball's Bluff and Mine Creek

1863

OCTOBER 14 

**  Battle of Bristoe Station, Virginia

1859

OCTOBER 16

**  John Brown's Raid on Harpers Ferry, Virginia (now West Virginia) begins and lasts for three days.

1859

OCTOBER 18

**  U.S. Marines storm engine house at Harpers Ferry and capture John Brown.

1864

OCTIBER 19

**  Battle of Cedar Creek, Virginia

1861

OCTOBER 21

**  Battle of Ball's Bluff, Leesburg, Virginia

1864

OCTOBER 25

**  Battle of Mine Creek, Kansas

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