- Nov 4 Battle at Reynoldsburg Island near Johnsonville, Tennessee: Confederate troops bombard Union supplies and fleet destroying four gunboats
- Nov 4 Confederate assault on Johnsonville, Tennessee
- Nov 6 Battle of Droop Mountain, West Virginia (Averell's Raid)
- Nov 7 2nd session of congress of Confederate States of America reconvenes
Lincoln's Second Term
Nov 8 Abraham Lincoln (R) elected to his 2nd term as American President
- Nov 9 1st export of goods from Burrard Inlet, British Columbia to a foreign country
- Nov 9 Sherman issues preliminary plans for his "March to the Sea"
- Nov 11 Sherman's troops destroy Rome, Georgia
- Nov 11 Skirmish at Shoal Creek, AL
- Nov 13 The new Constitution of Greece adopted
- Nov 15 1st US mines school opens in basement of Columbia University, NY
Sherman's March to the Sea
Nov 15 Union Major General Sherman leaves Atlanta on his "March to the Sea"
- Nov 16 Confederate retreat at Lovejoy, Georgia
- Nov 21 -22] Battle at Griswoldville, Georgia
- Nov 22 American Civil War Battle at Griswoldville, Georgia, ends after 650 casualties
- Nov 22 Union General O Howard orders plunderers be shot to death
- Nov 23 -25] Battle at Ball's Ferry, Georgia (30 casualties)
- Nov 25 Confederate plot to burn New York city fails
- Nov 25 Confederate retreat at Sandersville, Georgia
- Nov 26 Confederate troops vacate Sandersville Georgia
- Nov 26 Skirmish at Sylvan Brutal/Waynesboro, Georgia
- Nov 27 2nd day of Battles at Waynesboro, Georgia
- Nov 28 3rd day of Battles at Waynesboro/Jones's Plantation, Georgia
- Nov 28 US Civil War: Battle of New Creek, West Virginia (Rosser's Raid, Ft Kelly)
- Nov 29 4th & last day of skirmishes at Waynesboro, Georgia
- Nov 29 Battle of Spring Hill, Tennessee (Thomason's Station), Confederate attack on Union forces fails
- Nov 29 Sand Creek Massacre, Colorado militia kills about 150 peaceful Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians including Cheyenne chief One-Eye
- Nov 30 Battle of Franklin, Tennessee: Confederate attack fails, 7,700 casualties
- Nov 30 Battle of Honey Hill, South Carolina (Broad River) 96 dead, 665 wounded
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