Editing 1861 (section)

=== November ===
* [[November 1]] &ndash;  U.S. President [[Abraham Lincoln]] appoints [[George B. McClellan]] as commander of the [[Union Army]], replacing Winfield Scott.
* [[November 2]] &ndash;   [[American Civil War]]: Western Department Union General [[John C. Frémont]] is relieved of command and replaced by [[David Hunter]].
* [[November 4]] &ndash; The [[University of Washington]] is founded in Seattle.
* [[November 5]] &ndash; The first [[Melbourne Cup]] horse race is held in [[Melbourne]], Australia.

* [[American Civil War]]: 
** [[November 6]] &ndash;  [[Jefferson Davis]] is elected president of the [[Confederate States of America]].
** [[November 7]] &ndash;  [[Battle of Belmont]] &ndash; In Belmont, Missouri, Union forces led by General [[Ulysses S. Grant]] (in his first combat leadership role) overrun a [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] camp, but are forced to retreat when Confederate reinforcements arrive.
**[[November 8]] &ndash;  [[Trent Affair|''Trent'' Affair]] &ndash; The {{USS|San Jacinto|1850|6}} stops the United Kingdom mail ship ''Trent'', and arrests two [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] envoys, [[James Murray Mason|James Mason]] and [[John Slidell]], sparking a diplomatic crisis between the U.K. and U.S.
* [[November 10]] &ndash; Death of French explorer [[Henri Mouhot]], following which his servant Phrai begins shipping his diaries and specimens back to the west; they include accounts of Mouhot's discovery of [[Angkor Wat]].
* [[American Civil War]]: 
** [[November 19]] &ndash;  [[Battle of Round Mountain]] in [[Indian Territory]] (modern-day Oklahoma). 
** [[November 21]] &ndash;  [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] President Jefferson Davis appoints [[Judah P. Benjamin]] Secretary of War.
* [[November 25]]
** At a battle in the [[Sundarbans]] of Bengal, the house of [[Rahimullah of Baraikhali]] is attacked and he and 33 others are killed.<ref>{{Cite book|editor1=[[Subodh Chandra Sengupta]]|editor2=Basu, Anjali|volume=1|title=সংসদ বাঙালি চরিতাভিধান|publisher=Sahitya Sangsad|year=2002|pages=463|language=bn}}</ref>
** A [[tenement]] collapses in the [[Old Town, Edinburgh]] (Scotland), killing 35 people, while 15 others survive.
* [[November 28]] &ndash; Acting on the ordinance passed by the Jackson government, the Confederate Congress admits [[Confederate government of Missouri|Missouri]] as the 12th Confederate state.