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Civil War Battles

Volume 15, Chapter 27 - Operations in West Florida, Southern Alabama, Southern Mississippi, and Louisiana.

May 12-13,1862 - Surrender of Natchez, Miss., demanded, and occupation of, by U. S. naval forces.
Mar 18-Aug. 6, 1862 - Operations about Vicksburg, Miss., and Baton Rouge, La. (See Below)
Mar 26, 1862 - Department No. 2 (Confederate) extended to embrace Mississippi south of 33rd parallel and west of the Pascagoula and Chickasawha Rivers, and Louisiana east of the Mississippi. Trans-Mississippi Department (Confederate) constituted, embracing, with other territory, Louisiana west of the Mississippi and Texas.
May 28, 1862 - District of West Louisiana and Texas (Confederate) constituted, under command of Brig. Gen. Paul 0. Hebert.
June 3, 1862 - Col. George F. Shepley, Twelfth Maine Infantry, appointed Military Governor of Louisiana.
Jun 14-15, 1862 - Expedition from Pensacola to Milton, Fla.
Jun 17, 1862 - Skirmish at Pass Manchac, La.
Jun 18, 1862 - Brig. Gen. Paul 0. Hebert, C. S. Army, assumes command of the District of West Louisiana and Texas.
Jun 20, 1862 - Maj. Gen. Earl Van Dorn, C. S. Army, assumes command of the Department of Southern Mississippi and East Louisiana. Skirmish at Bayou des Allemands, La.
Jun 22, 1862 - Expedition from Ship Island to Pass Christian, Miss. Skirmish at Bayou des Allemands, La.
Jun 25, 1862 - Department No. 1 merged into Department No.2, under command of General Braxton Bragg, C. S. Army. Skirmish near Pensacola, Fla.
Jun 29, 1862 - The Department of Alabama and West Florida (Confederate) discontinued.
June 29,1862 - Capture of the steamer Ann under the guns of Fort Morgan, Ala.
July 2, 1862 - District of Mississippi (Van Dorn) and District of the Gulf (Forney) constituted.
Jul 5-8, 1862 - Expedition from Ponchatoula, La.
Jul 18, 1862 - Department No. 2 extended to embrace all of Mississippi, East Louisiana, and West Florida.
Jul 24,1862 - Skirmish on the Amite River, La.
Jul 25-Aug. 2, 1862 - Expedition to Lake Pontchartrain, Pass Manchac, and up the Tchefuncta and Pearl Rivers, La., with skirmishes.
Jul 27,1862 - Skirmish at Madisonville, La. Skirmish near Covington, La.
Aug. 7-10, 1862 - Reconnaissances from Pensacola to Bagdad and Milton, Fla.
Aug 8, 1862 - West Florida transferred from Department of the South to the Department of the Gulf.
Aug 9, 1862 - Bombardment of Donaldsonville, La
Aug 10, 1862 - Affair at Bayou Sara, La.
Aug 18, 1862 - Affair at Milliken's Bend, La., and capture of steamer Fair Play.
Aug 20, 1862 - Maj. Gen. Richard Taylor, C. S. Army, assigned to the command of the District of West Louisiana. Skirmish at Baton Rouge, La.
Aug 21, 1862 - Baton Rouge, La., evacuated by Union forces.
Aug 23,1862 - Affair at Bayou Sara, La.
Aug 29, 1862 - Skirmish near Saint Charles Court-House, La. Engagement between U. S. S. Anglo-American and Port Hudson batteries.
Sept. 4-5, 1862 - Affairs at Boutte Station and Bayou des Allemands, La.
Sep 7, 1862 - Engagement between U. S. S. Essex and Port Hudson batteries.
Sep 7-8, 1862 - Expedition from Carrollton to vicinity of Saint Charles Court-House, La., and skirmish.
Sep 13-15,1862 - Expedition to Pass Manchac and Ponchatoula, La., and skirmish.
Sep 21-25, 1862 - Expedition from Carrollton to Donaldsonville, La., and skirmish.
Sep 24-25,1862 - Engagement at Sabine Pass, Tex.
Sep 27, 1862 - Affair on Taylor's Bayou, Tex.
Oct. 1, 1862 - The Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana constituted, under command of Maj. Gen. John C. Pemberton, C. S. Army.
Oct 2, 1862 - Destruction of railroad depot near Beaumont, Tex.
Oct 4, 1862 - Engagement near Donaldsonville, La.
Oct 5,1862 - Galveston, Tex., captured by Union fleet.
Oct 9-Nov.25, 1862 - Expedition from Fort Union to the Canadian River and Utah Creek, N. Mex.
Oct 10, 1862 - Maj. Gen. John B. Magruder, C. S. Army, assigned to command of the District of Texas.
Oct 14, 1862 - Lieut. Gen. John C. Pemberton, C. S. Army, assumes command of the Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana.
Oct 19, 1862 - Skirmish at Bonnet Carre, Saint John Baptist Parish, La.
Oct 24-Nov. 6,1862 - Operations in the La Fourche District, La.
Oct 25, 1862 - Capture of Donaldsonville, La.
Oct 27, 1862 - Action at Georgia Landing, near Labadieville, La.
Oct 29,1862 - Affair at Sabine Pass, Tex.
Oct 31-Nov. 1, 1862 - Bombardment of Lavaca, Tex.
Nov. 1-6,1862 - Naval operations on Berwick Bay, La.
Nov 8, 1862 - Maj. Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks, U. S. Army, assigned to the command of the Department of the Gulf.
Nov 14, 1862 - Brig. Gen. Andrew J. Hamilton, U. S. Army, appointed military governor of Texas.
Nov 20, 1862 - Affair near Matagorda, Tex.
Nov 21, 1862 - Skirmish at Bayou Bonfouca, La.
Nov 21-22, 1862 - Affairs at Petite Ause Island, La.
Nov 27, 1862 - Capture of steamboat Lone Star.
Nov 29, 1862 - Maj. Gen. John B. Magruder, C. S. Army, assumes command of the District of Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona.
Dec. 7,1862 - Affair at Padre Island, Tex.
Dec 10,1862 - Skirmish at Desert Station, La.
Dec 14, 1862 - Brig. Gen. William W. Mackall, C. S. Army, supersedes Maj. Gen. John H. Forney in command of the District of the Gulf. Maj. Gen. Simon B. Buckner, C. S. Army, assigned to the command of the District of the Gulf.
Dec 16, 1862 - Maj. Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks, U. S. Army, assumes command of the Nineteenth Army Corps.
Dec 17,1862 - Baton Rouge, La., reoccupied by Union forces. Major-General Banks supersedes Major-General Butler in command of the Department of the Gulf.
Dec 23,1862 - Major-General Buckner assumes command of the District of the Gulf.
Dec 24,1862 - Galveston, Tex., occupied by Union forces.
Dec 25-26,1862 - Expedition from Milliken's Bend to Dallas Station and Delhi, La.
Dec 28, 1862 - Maj. Gen. Franklin Gardner, C. S. Army, assumes command at Port Hudson, La.
Dec 29, 1862 - Affair near Plaquemine, La.
Dec 31-Jan. 3, 1863 - Affairs at Plaquemine, La.
Jan. 1, 1863 - Recapture of Galveston, Tex., by Confederate forces.
Jan 4-May 8, 1863 - Operations against Indians in New Mexico.
Jan 9,1863 - Loss of U. S. transport Sparkling Sea.
Jan 10, 1863 - Brig. Gen. Thomas W. Sherman assumes command of Defenses of New Orleans, La.
Jan 11, 1863 - Capture of U. S. S. Hatteras off Galveston, Tex.
Jan 14,1863 - Engagement on Bayou Teche, La., and destruction of the Confederate gunboat Cotton. Lieut. Gen. E. Kirby Smith, C. S. Army, assigned to the command of the Southwestern Army.
Jan 21,1863 - Attack on blockading squadron at Sabine Pass, Tex.
Jan 28,1863 - Skirmish at Indian Village, La.
Jan 29,1863 - Skirmish near Richmond, La.
Feb. 3,1863 - Capture of steamers Baker, Berwick Bay, and Moro by the Queen of the West.
Feb 10,1863 - Skirmish at Old River, La.
Feb 12-28,1863 - Operations on Bayou Plaquemine and Atchafalaya River, La.
Feb 14,1863 - Capture of the Queen of the West.
Feb 19,1863 - Expedition from Indian Village to Rosedale, La.
Feb 24,1863 - Capture of the Indianola.
Mar. 2-30,1863 - Expedition from New Orleans to the mouth of the Rio Grande.
Mar 7-27,1863 - Operations against and about Port Hudson, La.
Mar 21-29,1863 - Expedition from Bonnet Carre to the Jackson Railroad and Amite River.
Mar. 21-30, 1863 - Expedition from New Orleans to Ponchatoula, La., and skirmishes.
Mar 28, 1863 - Capture of U. S. S. Diana near Pattersonville, La.
April 7, 1863 - Attack on the steamer Barataria, Amite River, La.
Apr 9-May 14, 1863 - Operations in West Louisiana.
Apr 12, 1863 - Affair on the Amite River, La.
Apr 17, 1863 - Skirmish on the Amite River, La.
Apr 18, 1863 - Affair at Sabine Pass, Tex.
Apr 27, 1863 - Maj. Gen. Dabney H. Maury, C. S. Army. ordered, upon being relieved by Major-General Buckner in East Tennessee, to assume command of the District of the Gulf.
May 1, 1863 - Skirmishes near Greensburg and at Williams' Bridge, La.
May 2, 1863 - Skirmish at Roberts' Ford, Comite River, La.
May 3, 1863 - Affair at Saint Joseph's Island, Tex.
May 4, 1863 - Engagement at Fort De Russy, Red River, La.
May 9-18, 1863 - Operations on the Amite River and Jackson Railroad, and skirmishes at Pouchatoula, Independence Station, and Tickfaw Bridge, La.
May 10, 1863 - Attack on Fort Beauregard, La. Skirmishes at Caledonia and Pin Hook, or Bayou Macon, La.
May 14, 1863 - Banks' forces commence moving from Alexandria for attack upon Port Hudson, La.

MAY 18-AUGUST 6, 1862.Operations about Vicksburg, Miss., and Baton Rouge, La.

May 18, 1862 - Surrender of Vicksburg demanded by Major-General Butler and Flag-Officer Farragut and refused by Brig. Gen. M. L. Smith.
May 26, 1862 - Affair at Grand Gulf, Miss.
June 7-9, 1862 - Expedition from Baton Rouge, La.
Jun 9, 1862 - Engagement at Grand Gulf, Miss.
Jun 20-July 24, 1862 - Expedition from Baton Rouge, La., to Vicksburg, Miss
Jun 24, 1862 - Skirmish at Hamilton's Plantation, near Grand Gulf, Miss.
Jun 27-29, 1862 - Reconnaissance to the Amite River, La., and skirmish.
Jun 28, 1862 - Naval bombardment of Vicksburg and passage of the batteries by the Union fleet.
July 15, 1862 - Engagement between the Union fleet and the Arkansas.
Jul 22, 1862 - Engagement with the Arkansas.
Aug. 5, 1862 - Engagement at Baton Rouge, La.
Aug 6, 1862 - Destruction of the Arkansas.