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Volume 17, Chapter 29. Operations in West Tennessee and Northern Mississippi. June 10, 1862 - January 20, 1863

June 10, 1862 - Maj. Gens. U. S. Grant, D. C. Buell, and John Pope, U. S. Army, ordered to resume command of their separate Army Corps.

Jun 11, 1862 - Skirmish near Booneville, Miss.

Jun 14, 1862 - Skirmish at Clear Creek, near Baldwyn, Miss.

Jun 15-18, 1862 - Expedition to Holly Springs and skirmish at Tallahatchie Bridge, Miss.

Jun 17, 1862 - General Braxton Bragg, C. S. Army, temporarily supersedes General G. T. Beauregard in command of Department No. 2, or the Western Department.

Jun 20, 1862 - General Bragg assigned to command of Department No.2. Maj. Gen. Earl Van Dorn, C. S. Army, transferred to command of the Department of Southern Mississippi and East Louisiana. Maj. Gen. John P. McCown, C. S. Army, assumes command of the Army of the West.

Jun 21, 1862 - Expedition to Hernando and skirmish at Coldwater Station, Miss.

Jun 25, 1862 - Confederate Department No. 2 extended so as to absorb Department No. 1, etc. Affair near La Fayette Station, Tenn.

Jun 26, 1862 - Major-General Pope transferred to command of the Army of Virginia.

Jun 27, 1862 - General Bragg assumes permanent command of Department No. 2.

Jun 28, 1862 - Skirmishes at and near Blackland, Miss.

Jun 29, 1862 - Department No. 2 extended.

Jun 30, 1862 - Skirmish at Rising Sun, Tenn.

July 1, 1862 - Action near Booneville, Miss. Skirmish near Holly Springs, Miss.

Jul 2, 1862 - Confederate Districts of the Mississippi and of the Gulf constituted, under command of Major-General Van Dorn and Brig. Gen. John H. Forney. Maj. Gen. Leonidas Polk, C. S. Army, announced as second in command of Department No. 2.

Jul 3, 1862 - Maj. Gen. Sterling Price, C. S. Army, assumes command of the Army of the West.

Jul 5, 1862 - Maj. Gen. William J. Hardee, C. S. Army, assumes command of the Army of the Mississippi. Skirmish on the Hatchie River, Miss.

Jul 10-11, 1862 - Expedition to Guntown, Miss.

Jul 11, 1862 - Maj. Gen. Henry W. Halleck, U. S. Army, assigned to command as General-in-Chief of all the land forces of the United States.

Jul 13, 1862 - Skirmish near Wolf River, Tenn.

Jul 16, 1862 - The District of West Tennessee, Major-General Grant commanding, extended to embrace the Army of the Mississippi, etc. Major-General Halleck relinquishes immediate command of the troops in the Department of the Mississippi.

Jul 17, 1862 - Major-General Grant assumes command of all troops in the Armies of the Tennessee and of the Mississipp and in the Districts of Cairo and of the Mississippi.

Jul 19, 1862 - Guerrilla raid on Brownsville, Tenn.

Jul 20, 1862 - Affair at Hatchie Bottom, Miss.

Jul 21, 1862 - Confederate Army of the Mississippi ordered to Chattanooga, Tenn. Major-General Price, C. S. Army, assumes command of the District of the Tennessee.

Jul 24, 1862 - Skirmish at White Oak Bayou, Miss.

Jul 25-Aug. 1, 1862 - Expedition from Holly Springs, Miss., to Bolivar and Jackson, Tenn.

Jul 27, 1862 - Affair near Toone's Station, or Lower Post Ferry, Tenn.

Jul 27-29, 1862 - Expedition from Rienzi to Ripley, Miss.

Jul 28, 1862 - Skirmish near Humboldt, Tenn.

Jul 29, 1862 - Affair at Hatchie Bottom, near Denmark, Tenn.

Aug. 2, 1862 - Skirmish near Totten's Plantation, Coahoma County, Miss. Skirmish at Austin, Tunica County, Miss.

Aug 3, 1862 - Skirmish on Nonconah Creek, Tenn.

Aug 4-7, 1862 - Reconnaissance from Jacinto to Bay Springs, Miss., and skirmish.

Aug 7, 1862 - Skirmish at Wood Springs, near Dyersburg, Tenn.

Aug 10-11, 1862 - Reconnaissance from Brownsville, Tenn., toward the mouth of Hatchie River.

Aug 11, 1862 - Skirmish at Brown's Plantation, Miss. Skirmish at Saulsbury, Tenn.

Aug 13, 1862 - Skirmish near Medon, Tenn.

Aug 16, 1862 - Skirmish at Meriwether's Ferry, Obion River, Tenn. Skirmish at Horn Lake Creek, Miss.

Aug 18, 1862 - Capture of steamboats on Tennessee River. Skirmish near Dyersburg, Tenn. Surrender of Clarksville, Tenn.

Aug 19-21, 1862 - Expedition from Rienzi to Marietta and Bay Springs, Miss., and skirmishes.

Aug 23, 1862 - Skirmish near Fort Donelson, Tenn. Affair near Trinity, Ala. Skirmish at Greenville, Miss.

Aug 25, 1862 - Skirmish at Bolivar, Miss. Skirmish at Fort Donelson, Tenn.

Aug 26, 1862 - Skirmish at Cumberland Iron Works, Tenn. Skirmish near Rienzi, Miss.

Aug 27, 1862 - Skirmish near Kossuth, Miss.

Aug 28, 1862 - Skirmish near Corinth, Miss.

Aug 30-Sept. 1, 1862 - Operations on the Mississippi Central Railroad.

Aug 31, 1862 - Skirmish near Marietta, Miss. Capture of U. S. transport W. B. Terry on the Tennessee River.

Sept. 2, 1862 - Skirmish near Memphis, Tenn.

Sep 5, 1862 - Brig. Gen. Daniel Ruggles, C. S. Army, assigned to command of the District of the Mississippi. Skirmish at Burnt Bridge, near Humboldt, Tenn.

Sep 5-6, 1862 - Scout toward Holly Springs and skirmish at Olive Branch, Miss.

Sep 7, 1862 - Skirmish at Riggin's Hill, near Clarksville, Tenn.

Sep 8-13, 1862 - Expedition to the Coldwater and Hernando, Miss.

Sep 9, 1862 - Skirmish at Rienzi, Miss. Skirmish at Cockrum Cross-Roads, Miss.

Sep 12, 1862 - Skirmish at Coldwater Railroad Bridge, Miss.

Sep 13, 1862 - Skirmish near Iuka, Miss.

Sep 14, 1862 - Skirmish at Burnsville, Miss.

Sep 16, 1862 - Reconnaissance from Burnsville toward Iuka, Miss., and skirmish.

Sep 18, 1862 - Skirmish at Rienzi, Miss.

Sep 18-23, 1862 - Operations abont Forts Henry and Donelson, Tenn., and skirmish.

Sep 19, 1862 - Engagement at Iuka, Miss. Skirmish at Barnett's Corners, Miss. Skirmish at Peyton's Mill, Miss. Skirmish at Prentiss, Miss. Attack on the Queen of the West, near Bolivar, Miss.

Sep 20, 1862 - Skirmish on the Fulton Road, south of Iuka, Miss.

Sep 20-22, 1862 - Expedition from Bolivar to Grand Junction and La Grange, Tenn., and skirmish.

Sep 21, 1862 - Skirmish near Van Buren, Tenn.

Sep 23, 1862 - Skirmish at Wolf Creek Bridge, near Memphis, Tenn.

Sep 24, 1862 - The District of West Tennessee reorganized. Major-Generals Sherman, Ord, and Rosecrans, and Brigadier-General Quinby, U. S. Army, assigned to divisions.

Sep 25, 1862 - Skirmish at Davis' Bridge, Hatchie River, Tenn. Burning of Randolph, Tenn.

Sep 26, 1862 - Skirmish at Pocahontas, Tenn.

Sep 27, 1862 - Skirmish near Iuka, Miss.

Sep 28, 1862 - Skirmish near Friar's Point, Miss.

Sep 28-Oct. 5, 1862 - Expedition from Columbus, Ky., to Covington, Durhamville, and Fort Randolph, Tenn.

Sep 30, 1862 - Reconnaissance from Rienzi, Miss., to the Hatchie River.

Oct. 1, 1862 - Lieut. Gen. John C. Pemberton, C. S. Army, assigned to command of the Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana. Skirmish at Ruckersville, Miss. Skirmish at Davis' Bridge, Tenn.

Oct 2, 1862 - Skirmish at Baldwyn, Miss. Skirmish near Ramer's Crossing, Mobile and Ohio Railroad, Miss.

Oct 3, 1862 - Affair near La Fayette Landing, Tenn.

Oct 3-12, 1862 - Battle of Corinth, Miss., and pursuit of the Confederate forces.

Oct 9, 1862 - Affair near Humboldt, Tenn.

Oct 10, 1862 - Skirmish at Medon Station, Tenn.

Oct 12, 1862 - Maj. Gen. Earl Van Dorn, C. S. Army, assumes command of all troops in the State of Mississippi.

Oct 14, 1862 - Lieut. Gen. John C. Pemberton, C. S. Army, assumes command of the Department of the Mississippi and Eastern Louisiana, including forces intending to operate in Southwestern Tennessee.

Oct 16, 1862 - Department of the Tennessee constituted, under command of Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, U. S. Army.

Oct 17, 1862 - Skirmish at Island No. 10, Tenn.

Oct 21, 1862 - Skirmish at Woodville, Tenn.

Oct 21-24, 1862 - Scout to Colliersville, Shelby Depot, Hickory, and Galloway Switch, Tenn., with skirmishes.

Oct 22-25, 1862 - Expedition from Fort Donelson to Waverly, Tenn., with skirmishes.

Oct 24, 1862 - Maj. Gen. William S. Rosecrans, U. S. Army, assigned to command of the Department of the Cumberland. The Thirteenth Army Corps constituted. Skirmish near White Oak Springs, Tenn.

Oct 25, 1862 - Major-General Grant assumes command of the Thirteenth Army Corps and the Department of the Tennessee.

Oct 26, 1862 - The Army of the Mississippi (Union) discontinued.

Oct 31, 1862-Jan. 10, 1863 - Operations on the Mississippi Central Railroad from Bolivar, Tenn., to Coffeeville, Miss.

Nov 18, 1862 - Skirmish at Double Bridge, Tenn.

Nov 24, 1862 - General Joseph E. Johnston, C. S. Army, assigned to a command embracing Western North Carolina, Tennessee, Northern Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and Eastern Louisiana.

Nov 25, 1862 - Capture of Henderson's Station, Mobile and Ohio Railroad, Tenn.

Nov 26, 1862 - Skirmish near Somerville, Tenn.

Nov 27-Dec. 6, 1862 - Expedition from Helena, Ark., to vicinity of Grenada, Miss.

Dec. 4, 1862 - General Johnston assumes the command to which he was assigned November 24.

Dec 7, 1862 - The Confederate Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana reorganized, Major-Generals Van Dorn and Price commanding First and Second Corps.

Dec 9, 1862 - Major-General Van Dorn temporarily in command of the Army of the Mississippi.

Dec 9-14, 1862 - Reconnaissance from Corinth, Miss., toward Tuscumbia, Ala., including skirmishes (12th) at Cherokee Station and Little Bear Creek, Ala.

Dec 12, 1862 - Expedition up the Yazoo River, Miss.

Dec 13-19, 1862 - Raid on the Mobile and Ohio Railroad from Corinth to Tupelo, Miss.

Dec 15, 1862-Jan. 3, 1863 - Forrest's Expedition into West Tennessee.

Dec 18, 1862 - The Fifteenth, Sixteenth, and Seventeenth Army Corps constituted, under command of Maj. Gens. William T. Sherman, Stephen A. Hurlbut, and James B. McPherson, U. S. Army. Maj. Gen. John A. McClernand, U. S. Army, assigned to command of the Thirteenth Army Corps.

Dec 20, 1862-Jan. 3, 1863 - Operations against Vicksburg, Miss.

Dec 23, 1862 - Skirmish at Ripley, Miss.

Dec 24, 1862 - Expedition from Helena, Ark., to the Tallahatchie, Miss.

Jan 1, 1863 - Skirmish at Bath Springs, Miss.

Jan 2, 1863 - Skirmish near Fort Donelson, Tenn.

Jan 3, 1863 - Skirmish at Burnsville, Miss.

Jan 3, 1863 - Action at Somerville, Tenn.

Jan 4, 1863 - Maj. Gen. John A. McClernand, U. S. Army, assumes command of the Army of the Mississippi. Skirmish at Monterey, Tenn.

Jan 4-17, 1863 - Expedition against and capture of Arkansas Post, or Fort Hindman, Ark.

Jan 5, 1863 - Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman, U. S. Army, assumes command of the Second Corps, Army of the Mississippi.

Jan 7, 1863 - Scout from Big Spring Creek to Rocky Ford, Miss.

Jan 8, 1863 - Skirmish at Knob Creek, near Ripley, Tenn.

Jan 11, 1863 - Maj. Gen. James B. McPherson, U. S. Army, assumes command of the Seventeenth Army Corps. Skirmish at Lowry's Ferry, Tenn.

Jan 12, 1863 - Major-General Sherman, U. S. A., assumes command of the Fifteenth Army Corps.

Jan 13, 1863 - Skirmish at Chambers Creek, near Hamburg, Tenn.

Jan 16, 1863 - Expedition from Fort Henry to Waverly, Tenn.


 

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