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Volume 48, Chapter 60 - Operations in Louisiana and the Trans-Mississippi States and Territories. January 1 - June 30, 1865

Jan 1, 1865 - Skirmish at Bentonville, Ark.

Jan 1-27, l865 - Operations in Arkansas, including actions at Dardanelle (14th), Ivey's Ford (17th), and skirmish at Boggs' Mills (24th).

Jan 2-7, 1865 - Scout in Shannon County, Mo.

Jan 2-10, 1865 - Scout from Fort Wingate to Sierra del Datil, N. Mex.

Jan 4-16, l865 - Expedition from Bloomfield to Poplar Bluff, Mo., and vicinity.

Jan 4-27, l865 - Expedition from Brownsville to Augusta, Ark.

Jan 6, 1865 - Skirmish at Huntsville, Ark.

Jan 7, 1865 - Skirmish in Johnson County, Ark. Skirmishes with Indians at Valley Station and Julesburg, Colo. Ter.

Jan 7-9, 1865 - Expedition from Pine Bluff, Ark., and skirmish (9th).

Jan 7-11, l865 - Scout from Fort Ellsworth, Kans.

Jan 8, 1865 - Skirmish near Ivey's Ford, Ark. Action at Dove Creek, Concho River, Tex.

Jan 9-11, l865 - Skirmishes in Texas County, Mo.

Jan 10, 1865 - Skirmish near Glasgow, Mo.

Jan 11, 1865 - Skirmish near Lexington, Mo.

Jan 11-13, l865 - Expeditions from Helena, Ark., to Harbert's Plantation, Miss.

Jan 11-21, l865 - Scout from Fort Wingate to Sierra del Datil and vicinity, N. Mex.

Jan 12, 1865 - Affair near Sugar Loaf Prairie, Ark.

Jan 12-15, l865 - Expedition from Morganza, La., with skirmishes. Scout from Camp Grover to Texas Prairie, Mo.

Jan 12-17, l865 - Scout from Warrensburg to Miami, Mo.

Jan 14-29, l865 - Operations on the Overland Stage Road between Julesburg and Denver, Colo. Ter., and skirmishes with Indians at Godfrey's Ranch (14th), at Morrison's or American Ranch, at Wisconsin Ranch, and near Valley Station (15th), at Gittrell's Ranch (25th), at Moore's Ranch (26th), at Lillian Springs Ranch (27th), and near Valley Station (28th).

Jan 15, 1865 - Skirmish in Madison County, Ark.

Jan 15-17, 1865 - Expedition from New Orleans to Mandeville, La.

Jan 15-18, 1865 - Expeditions from Pine Bluff, Ark.

Jan 15-21, 1865 - Scout from Fort Larned to Pawnee Fork, Walnut Creek, and Smoky Hill River, Kans.

Jan 16-18, 1865 - Expedition from Brashear City to Whisky Bayou, La.

Jan 16-22, 1865 - Operations about Waynesville, Mo., including skirmish near McCourtney's Mills, on Big Piney.

Jan 18, 1865 - Skirmish at Clarksville, Ark.

Jan 18-19, 1865 - Expedition from Napoleonville to Grand River, La.

Jan 18-22, 1865 - Scout from Warrensburg to the Snibar hills, Mo.

Jan 19-20, 1865 - Scout from Donaldsonville, La.

Jan 19-22, 1865 - Expedition from Memphis, Tenn., to Marion, Ark., with skirmishes (20th and 21st) at and near Marion.

Jan 20, 1865 - The Territory of Arizona reannexed to the Department of the Pacific. Skirmish at Point of Rocks or Nine-Mile Ridge, Kans. Skirmish near Fort Larned, Kans.

Jan 21-22, 1865 - Expedition from Brashear City to Bayou Sorrel, La.

Jan 22, 1865 - Skirmish on the Benton Road, near Little Rock, Ark.

Jan 22-Feb. 4, 1865 - Expedition from Little Rock to Mount Elba., Ark., with skirmish at Saline River.

Jan 23, 1865 - Skirmish at Thompson's Plantation, La,.

Jan 24, 1865 - Skirmish near Bayou Goula, La. Skirmish at Fayetteville, Ark.

Jan 24-Feb. 22, 1865 - Expedition from Cape Girardeau, Mo., to Eleven Points River, Ark.

Jan 26-31, 1865 - Scout from Pine Bluff toward Camden and Monticello, Ark., with skirmishes.

Jan 26-Feb. 4, 1865 - Expedition from Plaquemine to The Park, La., with skirmish (February 4) at The Park.

Jan 26-Feb. 11, 1865 - Expedition from Memphis, Tenn., into Southeastern Arkansas and Northeastern Louisiana.

Jan 27, 1865 - Expedition from Fort Pinney to Kimball's Plantation, Ark.

Jan 28-Feb. 9, 1865 - Operations on the Upper Arkansas, with skirmish (February 1) at Fort Zarah, Kans.

Jan 29-Feb. 7, 1865 - Scouts from Bayou Goula to Grand River, La., with skirmish (January 30) at Richland Plantation.

Jan 30, 1865 - The Department of Kansas merged into the Department of the Missouri. The Military Division of the Missouri created, including the Departments of the Missouri and the Northwest. Maj. Gen. John Pope, U. S. Army, assigned to the command of the Military Division of the Missouri. Maj. Gen. Samuel R. Curtis. U. S. Army, transferred to the command of the Department of the Northwest. Skirmish in La Fayette County, Mo.

Jan 30-31, 1865 - Expedition from Thibodeaux to Lake Verret and Bayou Planton, La., with skirmish (30th) near Lake Verret.

Jan 31, 1865 - Expedition from Morganza to New Roads, La. Skirmish near Oxford, Kans.

Jan 31-Feb. 1, 1865 - Expedition from Fort Pike to Bayou Bonfouca, La., with skirmish (January 31).

Feb 1, 1865 - Maj. Gen. J. Bankhead Magruder, C. S. Army, assumes command of the District of Arkansas.

Feb 1-5, 1865 - Scout from Warrensburg to Wagon Knob, Big Grove, Greenton, and Texas Prairie, Mo. Scout from Warrensburg to Tabo Creek, Dover, Oaklin Church, and Davis' Creek, Mo.

Feb 2-18, 1865 - Operations against Indians on the North Platte River in Colorado and Nebraska Territories.

Feb 3-8, 1865 - Scouts in La Fayette County, Mo. Scout from Fort Larned to South Fork of Pawnee Creek and Buckner's Branch, Kans.

Feb 4, 1865 - Maj. Gen. John Pope, U. S. Army, assumes command of the Military Division of the Missouri.

Feb 6-8, 1865 - Operations in Ozark County, Mo.

Feb 7-10, 1865 - Scouts from Morganza to Fausse River and Grossetete Bayou, La.

Feb 8, 1865 - Maj. Gen. Grenville M. Dodge, U. S. Army, assumes command of territory formerly comprised in the Department of Kansas.

Feb 8-9, 1865 - Expedition on the Arkansas River, near Little Rock, Ark.

Feb 8-13, 1865 - Scout from Helena to Madison, Ark., with skirmish (12th) near Madison.

Feb 9, 1865 - General Robert E. Lee, C. S. Army, assumes command of the Confederate Armies. The Northern Division of Louisiana formed, to consist of the Districts of Baton Rouge and Port Hudson, and the Post of Morganza, and Maj. Gen. Francis J. Herron, U. S. Army, assigned to its command. The Defenses of New Orleans changed to the Southern Division of Louisiana, with Brig. Gen. Thomas W. Sherman, U. S. Army, in command.

Feb 9-19, 1865 - Scout from Pine Bluff to Devall's Bluff, Ark., with skirmish.

Feb 10, 1865 - The Department of Mississippi declared to embrace so much of the State of Mississippi as was occupied by the troops of the Division of West Mississippi, on the river. All troops in the Departments of Kentucky and the Cumberland declared subject to the orders of Major-General Thomas except the posts on the east bank of the Mississippi River, which were subject to Major-General Canby's orders in movements for protecting the navigation of that river. The Department of the Gulf declared to embrace the States of Louisiana and Texas. Skirmish at Kittredge's Sugar House, near Napoleonville, La. Scout from Friar's Point, Miss., and skirmish.

Feb 10-11, 1865 - Expedition from Brashear City to Lake Verret, La.

Feb 10-13, 1865 - Expedition from Thibodeaux to Lake Verret, La.

Feb 11, 1865 - Skirmish at Clear Creek, Ark. Skirmish near Pine Bluff, Ark.

Feb 12, 1865 - Skirmish near Columbia, Mo. Skirmish at Macon, Mo. Skirmish near Lewisburg, Ark.

Feb 12-20, 1865 - Operations about Forts Riley and Larned, Kans.

Feb 13, 1865 - Maj. Gen. Samuel R. Curtis, U. 8. Army, assumes command of the Department of the Northwest. Skirmish in Mississippi County, Mo.

Feb 14, 1865 - Maj. Gen. Francis J. Herron, U. S. Army, assumes command of the Northern Division of Louisiana.

Feb 14-18, 1865 - Expeditions from Donaldsonville to Grand Bayou and Bayou Goula, La., with skirmish (15th) at Martin's Lane.

Feb 15, 1865 - Brig. Gen. Mosby M. Parsons, C. S. Army, assigned to temporary command of the District of Arkansas.

Feb 16-18, 1865 - Operations about Bennett's Bayou and Tolbert's Mill, Ark.

Feb 16-20, 1865 - Scout in Ozark County, Mo., and Marion County, Ark.

Feb 16-21, 1865 - Scout from Fort Larned, Kans.

Feb 17, 1865 - The Territory of Utah and that part of Nebraska Territory lying west of the twenty-seventh degree of longitude added to the Department of the Missouri. Skirmish in Washington County, Ark.

Feb 17-18, 1865 - Scout from Pine Bluff, Ark., to the Arkansas River, with skirmish (17th) near Bayou Meto, Ark.

Feb 17-22, 1865 - Expedition from Plaquemine to The Park, La.

Feb 18, 1865 - The Thirteenth and Sixteenth Army Corps constituted; the former from the Reserve Corps, Military Division of West Mississippi, the latter from the troops arriving from the Army of the Cumberland. Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger, U. S. Army, assigned to command of the Thirteenth Army Corps. Maj. Gen. Andrew J. Smith, U. S. Army, assigned to command the Sixteenth Army Corps.

Feb 19-22, 1865 - Expedition from Helena, Ark., to Friar's Point, Miss.

Feb 20, 1865 - Skirmish at Center Creek, Mo.

Feb 21, 1865 - Brig. Gen. Douglas H. Cooper, C. S. Army, assigned to command of the District of the Indian Territory.

Feb 21-22, 1865 - Scout from Pine Bluff to Douglas' Plantation, Ark., and skirmish (22d).

Feb 22, 1865 - Maj. Gen. Andrew J. Smith, U. S. Army, assumes command of the Sixteenth Army Corps. Brig. Gen. John McNeil, U. S. Army, assigned to command of the District of Central Missouri.

Feb 22-24, 1865 - Scout from Pine Bluff to Bayou Meto, Ark., and skirmishes at Mrs. Voche's (23d) and Bayou Meto (24th).

Feb 23-Mar. 2, 1865 - Scouts from Salem and Licking, Mo., to Spring River Mills, Ark., with skirmishes.

Feb 24, 1865 - Affair at Switzler's Mill, Mo. Scout from Helena to Clarke's Store, Ark.

Feb 26-28, 1865 - Expedition from Pine Bluff to McMilley's Farm, Ark., with skirmish (27th) at McMilley's Farm.

Feb 27, 1865 - Skirmish near Sturgeon, Mo. Brig. Gen. Edmund J. Davis, U. S. Army, assumes temporary command of U. S. Forces at Morganza, La. Brig. Gen. John M. Thayer, U. S. Army, assigned to command of Post of Saint Charles, Ark. Brig. Gen. John McNeil, U. S. Army, assumes command of the District of Central Missouri. Brig. Gen. Morgan L. Smith, U. S. Army, assumes command of the District of Vicksburg, Miss.

Mar 1, 1865 - Brig. Gen. Benjamin H. Grierson, U. S. Army, assigned to command the cavalry of the Military Division of West Mississippi. Brig. Gen. Douglas H. Cooper, C. S. Army, assumes command of the District of the Indian Territory and superintendency of Indian Affairs.

Mar 1-12, 1865 - Expedition from Baton Rouge to Jackson and Clinton, La.

Mar 2, 1865 - Brig. Gen. Benjamin H. Grierson, U. S. Army, assumes command of the cavalry forces in the Military Division of West Mississippi.

Mar 3, 1865 - Brig. Gen. Thomas J. McKean, U. S. Army, assumes command of the District of Morganza, La.

Mar 3-7, 1865 - Expeditions from Bloomfield into Dunklin County, Mo., with skirmishes (3d and 7th) near Bloomfield and (4th) in Dunklin County.

Mar 4, 1865 - Maj. Gen. Cadwallader C. Washburn, U. S. Army, assumes command of the District of West Tennessee. Affair near Pine Bluff, Ark.

Mar 5-12, 1865 - Scouts from Waynesville to Hutton Valley, Rolla, and Lebanon, Mo.

Mar 6, 1865 - Maj. Gen. Alexander McD. McCook, U. S. Army, assigned to command of the District of Eastern Arkansas.

Mar 7, 1865 - Maj. Gen. Sterling Price, C. S. Army, assigned to command of the Missouri Division of Infantry, and Brig. Gen. Mosby M. Parsons, C. S. Army, to the command of Parsons' Missouri Brigade. Skirmish with Indians eighty miles west of Fort Larned, Kans.

Mar 7-15, 1865 - Scout from Glasgow to the Perche Hills, Mo.

Mar 7-25, l865 - Operations about Licking, Mo.

Mar 8, l865 - Headquarters Department of Mississippi transferred from Vicksburg, Miss., to Memphis, Tenn. Maj. Gen. Sterling Price, C. S. Army, assumes command of the Missouri Division of Infantry. Skirmish at Poison Creek, Idaho Ter. Col. Edwin C. Catherwood, Thirteenth Missouri Cavalry, assumes command of the District of Rolla, Mo.

Mar 9, 1865 - Maj. Gen. Alexander McD. McCook, U. S. Army, assumes command of the District of Eastern Arkansas.

Mar 9-15, 1865 - Scout from Cape Girardeau into Bollinger, Wayne, and Stoddard Counties, Mo. Scout from Fort Larned to Crooked Creek, Kans.

Mar 10-13, 1865 - Scout from Little Rock to Clear Lake, Ark., with skirmish (11th) at Clear Lake.

Mar 11, 1865 - Affair near the Little Blue River, Mo. Skirmish at Washington, Ark. Brig. Gen. Edmund J. Davis, U. S. Army, assigned to command of the District of Baton Rouge, La.

Mar 12, 1865 - Brig. Gen. Mosby M. Parsons, C. S. Army, assigned to command of the Missouri Division of Infantry, vice Maj. Gen. Sterling Price, C. S. Army, relieved. Affair near Lone Jack, Mo. Skirmish at Morganza Bend, La.

Mar 12-23, 1865 - Scout from Lewisburg into Yell and Searcy Counties, Ark.

Mar 13, 1865 - Col. John Morrill, Sixty-fourth Illinois Infantry, assigned to command of the District of Rolla, Mo.

Mar 15-21, 1865 - Scout from Fort Sumner, N. Mex.

Mar 17, 1865 - Col. John Morrill, Sixty-fourth Illinois Infantry, assumes command of the District of Rolla, Mo.

Mar 17-20, 1865 - Expedition from Pine Bluff to Bass' Plantation, Ark.

Mar 18, 1865 - Brig. Gen. Joseph L. Brent, C. S. Army, assumes command of the Cavalry Forces, Front Lines, District of West Louisiana. Skirmish at the Amite River, La. Col. John G. Fonda, One hundred and eighteenth Illinois Infantry, assigned to temporary command of the District of Baton Rouge, La.

Mar 18-30, 1865 - Expedition from Fort Gibson to Little River and Hillabee, Ind. Ter.

Mar 19-23, 1865 - Scout from Warrensburg to Columbus, Mo., with skirmish near Greenton.

Mar 20, 1865 - Skirmish at Talbot's Ferry, Ark.

Mar 20-22, l865 - Expedition from Brashear City to Bayou Pigeon, La., with skirmish (21st) at Bayou Teche, La. Scout from Lexington, Mo.

Mar 21, 1865 - The Department of Arkansas and the Indian Territory transferred from the Military Division of West Mississippi to the Military Division of the Missouri.

Mar 21-23, 1865 - Scout from Pine Bluff to Monticello, Ark.

Mar 22-23, l865 - Operations about Stephenson's Mill, Mo.

Mar 23, 1865 - Brig. Gen. Michael K. Lawler, U. S. Army, assigned to command of the District of Baton Rouge, La.

Mar 23-24, 1865 - Scout from Donaldsonville to Bayou Goula, La.

Mar 24, 1865 - Scout from Bayou Boeuf to Bayou Chemise, La. Affair near Rolla, Mo.

Mar 25-27, 1865 - Expedition from Brashear City to Indian Bend, La.

Mar 25-28, 1865 - Expedition from Brashear City to near Oyster Bayou, La.

Mar 26-29, 1865 - Expedition from Bonnet Carre to Amite River, La.

Mar 27, 1865 - Brig. Gen. Elkanah Greer, C. S. Army, assigned to command of the Reserve Corps in State of Texas, vice Brig. Gen. Jerome B. Robertson, relieved, and assigned to command of a brigade.

Mar 28, 1865 - Skirmish at Bull Creek, Christian County, Mo. The District of the Plains formed, to consist of the Districts of Utah, Colorado, and Nebraska, and Brig. Gen. Patrick E. Connor, U. S. Army, assigned to its command. Brig. Gen. Robert B. Mitchell, U. S. Army, relieved from command of the District of Nebraska, and assigned to the command of the District of North Kansas.

Mar 28-30, 1865 - Expedition from Fort Pike, La., to Bay Saint Louis, Miss.

Mar 29, 1865 - Col. William H. Dickey, Eighty-fourth U. S. Colored Troops, assumes command of the U. S. Forces at Morganza, La. Skirmish in Southwest Missouri.

Mar 29-Apr. 2, 1865 - Scout from Waynesville, Mo.

Mar 30, 1865 - Brig. Gen. Patrick E. Connor, U. S. Army, assumes command of the District of the Plains.

Mar 30-Apr. 2, 1865 - Expeditions from Baton Rouge to Clinton and the Comite River, La.

Mar 31, 1865 - Maj. Gen. J. Bankhead Magruder, C. S. Army, assigned to command of the District of Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona, vice Maj. Gen. John G. Walker, C. S. Army, relieved.

Mar 31-Apr. 1, 1865 - Operations about Aquia Fria, N. Mex.

Apr 1, 1865 - Affair near Fort Garland, Colo. Ter.

Apr 1-4, 1865 - Scout from Pine Bluff to Bayou Bartholomew, Ark.

Apr 1-30, 1865 - Scouts from Licking, Mo.

Apr 1-May 27, l865 - Operations against Indians west of Fort Laramie, Dak. Ter., with skirmish (May 20) at Deer Creek Station.

Apr 2, 1865 - Skirmish near Van Buren, Ark. Skirmish near Hickory Station, Ark.

Apr 2-5, 1865 - Expedition from The Hermitage to the French Settlement, La.

Apr 2-10, 1865 - Expeditions from Thibodeaux, Bayou Boeuf, and Brashear City to Lake Verret, Grand Bayou, and The Park, La., with skirmish (4th) at Grand Bayou, La.

Apr 3, 1865 - Pursuit of bushwhackers near Farmington, Mo.

Apr 4, 1865 - Maj. Gen. J. Bankhead Magruder, C. S. Army, assumes command of the District of Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona.

Apr 7, 1865 - Brig. Gen. George D. Wagner, U. S. Army, assigned to command of the Saint Louis District.

Apr 8, 1865 - Brig. Gen. George D. Wagner, U. S. Army, assumes command of the Saint Louis District.

Apr 8-10, 1865 - Pursuit of guerrillas in Northeast Missouri.

Apr 11, 1865 - Skirmish at Saint Charles, Ark. Brig. Gen. Robert B. Mitchell, U. S. Army, assumes command of the District of North Kansas.

Apr 12-13, 1865 - Expedition from Port Hudson to Jackson, La. Scout from Tallahassa Mission, Ind. Ter.

Apr 12-16, 1865 - Scout from Dakota City, Nebr. Ter.

Apr 12-25, 1865 - Scout from Fort Stanton, N. Mex.

Apr 15, 1865 - Skirmish at McKenzie's Creek, near Patterson, Mo.

Apr 17, 1865 - Brig. Gen. Thomas A. Davies, U. S. Army, assigned to command the District of Wisconsin.

Apr 19, 1865 - The Districts of Arkansas and West Louisiana consolidated to form the District of Arkansas and West Louisiana, and Lieut. Gen. Simon B. Buckner, C. S. Army, assigned to its command.

Apr 19-23, 1865 - Expedition from Memphis, Tenn., to Brownsville, Miss.

Apr 19-25, 1865 - Expedition from Terre Bonne to Pelton's Plantation and Grand Caillou, La.

Apr 19-May 27, 1865 - Negotiations for the surrender of the Confederate forces in the Trans-Mississippi Department, commanded by General E. Kirby Smith, C. S. Army.

Apr 20, 1865 - Bvt. Brig. Gen. Guy V. Henry, Fortieth Massachusetts Infantry, assumes command of the South Sub-District of the Plains.

Apr 21-22, 1865 - Expedition from Donaldsonville to Bayou Goula, La.

Apr 21-27, 1865 - Scout from Rolla toward Thomasville, Mo., with skirmish at Spring Valley (23d).

Apr 22, 1865 - Maj. Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks, U. S. Army, resumes command of the Department of the Gulf. Skirmish near Linn Creek, Mo. Skirmish near the mouth of the Big Gravois, Mo.

Apr 22-23, 1865 - Scout from Deer Creek to Sage Creek, Dak. Ter., and skirmish with Indians (22d) on Sage Creek.

Apr 22-27, 1865 - Scout from Dakota City, Nebr. Ter., to Middle Bow River.

Apr 23, 1865 - Affair near Fort Zarah, Kans. Skirmish on Snake Creek, Ark.

Apr 24, 1865 - Skirmish near Boggy Depot, Ind. Ter. Skirmish near Miami, Mo. Destruction of the Confederate steamer Webb. Col. Chester Harding, jr., Forty-third Missouri Infantry, assumes command of the District of Central Missouri.

Apr 25, 1865 - Scout from Pine Bluff to Rodgers' Plantation, Ark., with skirmish at Rodgers' Plantation. Skirmish at Linn Creek, Mo.

Apr 26, 1865 - Affair near Fort Rice, Dak. Ter.

Apr 26-29, 1865 - Scout from Little Rock to the Saline River, Ark.

Apr 27, 1865 - Loss of the steamer Sultana in the Mississippi River, near Memphis, Tenn. Affair near James Creek, Mo. Col. William H. Dickey, Eighty-fourth U. S. Colored Troops, assumes command of the District of Morganza.

Apr 28-May 13, 1865 - Scout from Fort Cummings, N. Mex.

Apr 29-June 11, 1865 - Expedition from Saint Louis, Mo., to receive the surrender of Brig. Gen. M. Jeff. Thompson, C. S. Army.

Apr 30-May 12, 1865 - Operations in the vicinity of Brashear City, La., with skirmishes (3d) at Chacahoula, La., (4th) at Bayou Black, (9th) at Bayou Goula, and (11th) at Brown's Plantation, La.

May 1, 1865 - Maj. Gen. Gouverneur K. Warren, U. S. Army, assigned to command the Department of Mississippi, relieving Maj. Gen. Napoleon J. T. Dana, U. S. Army.

May 1-9, 1865 - Scout from Ojo de Anaya, N. Mex.

May 2, 1865 - Affair on the Blue Earth River, Minn.

May 3, 1865 - Skirmishes on the Missouri River near Boonville, Mo. Affair near Pleasant Hill, Mo.

May 3-6, l865 - Operations about Fort Adams, Miss.

May 3-21, 1865 - Expedition from Fort Laramie to Wind River, Dak. Ter.

May 4, 1865 - Skirmish at the Star House, near Lexington, Mo.

May 4-6, 1865 - Scout from Pine Bluff to Noble's Farm, Ark.

May 5, 1865 - Attack on wagon train near Mullahla's Station, Nebr. Ter. Skirmish in the Perche Hills, Mo. Col. Charles Everett, Second Louisiana Infantry, assigned to command of the District of Bonnet Carre, La.

May 6-11, l865 - Scout from Little Rock to Bayou Meto and Little Bayou, Ark.

May 7, 1865 - Col. Simon Jones, Ninety-third U. S. Colored Troops, assumes command of the Carrollton District, La.

May 8, 1865 - Skirmish near Readsville, Mo.

May 8-10, 1865 - Scout in Saline, La Fayette, and Cooper Counties, Mo.

May 8-20, l865 - Scout from Plum Creek to Midway Station, Nebr. Ter.

May 8-22, 1865 - Expedition from Spring Hill, Ala., to Baton Rouge, La.

May 10-19, l865 - Scout from Fort Sumner, N. Mex.

May 11-14, l865 - Expedition from Brazos Santiago, Tex., with skirmishes (12th and 13th) at Palmetto Ranch and (13th) at White's Ranch.

May 12-14, l865 - Scout from Cottonwood, Nebr. Ter.

May 13, 1865 - Skirmish with Indians at Dan Smith's Ranch, near Julesburg, Colo. Ter. Brig. Gen. John M. Thayer, U. S. Army, assigned to command of the District of Eastern Arkansas.

May 14, 1865 - Skirmish on the Little Piney, Mo. Maj. Gen. Gouverneur K. Warren, U. S. Army, assumes command of the Department of Mississippi.

May 14-16, 1865 - Expedition from Brashear City to Ratliff's Plantation, La.

May 15-17, l865 - Scout from Pine Bluff to Johnson's Farm, Ark., with skirmish (16th) on the Monticello Road.

May 17, 1865 - The Military Division of West Mississippi abolished, and the Department of the Gulf constituted from the States of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, and the District of Key West and the Tortugas. Maj. Gen. Edward R. S. Canby, U. S. Army, assigned to command, and Maj. Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks, U. S. Army, relieved from command of the Department of the Gulf. Maj. Gen. Philip H. Sheridan, U. S. Army, assigned to general command west of the Mississippi River and south of the Arkansas River.

May 18, 1865 - Skirmish with Indians near Fort Kearny, Nebr. Ter. Skirmish with Indians on the Coteau, Minn. Twenty-fifth Army Corps ordered to be held in readiness for transportation to Texas.

May 18-20, 1865 - Scout from Lebanon to Warsaw, Mo.

May 18-27, 1865 - Expedition against Indians in Dakota Territory.

May 19-20, 1865 - Scout from Sweetwater Bridge to Whisky Gap, Dak. Ter.

May 19-22, 1865 - Scout from Kingsville, Mo.

May 19-26, 1865 - Scout from Fort Kearny, Nebr. Ter.

May 19-June 2, 1865 - Scout from Fort Kearny to the Little Blue River, Nebr. Ter.

May 20, 1865 - Skirmish on the Blackwater, near Longwood, Mo. Affair near Pawnee Rock, Kans. Skirmishes on Deer Creek, Dak. Ter.

May 20-22, l865 - Operations about Three Crossings Station, Dak. Ter. Scout from Camp Plumb, Dak. Ter.

May 22, 1865 - Skirmish at Valley Mines, Mo.

May 23, 1865 - Scout from Thibodeaux to Lake Verret, La. Skirmish near Waynesville, Mo.

May 23-26, l865 - Scout from Warrensburg, Mo., to mouth of Coal Camp Creek.

May 23-27, l865 - Scout from Pine Bluff to Monticello, Ark., with skirmish (24th) at Monticello.

May 24, 1865 - Skirmish near Rocheport, Mo. Bvt. Brig. Gen. George Spalding, Twelfth Tennessee Cavalry, assigned to command of District of North Missouri, vice Fisk. Scout from Napoleonville to Bayou Saint Vincent, La.

May 25-27, 1865 - Expedition from Bayou Boeuf to Bayou De Large, La., with affair (27th) at Bayou De Large.

May 26, 1865 - General E. Kirby Smith, C. S. Army, surrenders troops in Trans- Mississippi Department to Maj. Gen. Edward R. S. Canby, U. S. Army.

May 26-27, 1865 - Scout and skirmishes in Carroll and Ray Counties, Mo. Scout from Plum Creek, Nebr. Ter.

May 26-June 9, l865 - Operations against Indians on the Overland Stage Road on the Platte and Sweetwater Rivers, with skirmishes (May 27) at Saint Mary's Station, (May 26, 28, and June 1) at Sweetwater Station, (June 3) at Platte Bridge, Dak. Ter., and (June 8) at Sage Creek, Colo. Ter.

May 27, 1865 - Maj. Gen. Peter J. Osterhaus, U. S. Army, assigned to command the Department of Mississippi, relieving Maj. Gen. Gouverneur K. Warren, U. S. Army. Skirmish in Chariton County, Mo. Skirmish at Switzler's Mill, Chariton County, Mo.

May 28, 1865 - Bvt. Brig. Gen. George Spalding, Twelfth Tennessee Cavalry, assumes command of the District of North Missouri.

May 29, 1865 - Territory in the Trans-Mississippi south of the Arkansas River designated the Military Division of the Southwest, by Maj. Gen. Philip H. Sheridan, U. S. Army. Maj. Gen. Philip H. Sheridan, U. S. Army, assumes command of the Military Division of the Southwest.

May 29, 1865 - The District of East Louisiana formed, to consist of the Districts of Baton Rouge and Port Hudson and the Post of Clinton, and Brig. Gen. Michael K. Lawler, U. S. Army, assigned to its command.

May 29, 1865-Nov. 14, 1866 - Operations in Texas and on the Rio Grande.

May --, 1865 - Operations in Johnson County, Mo.

Jun 2, 1865 - Operations about Fort Rice, Dak. Ter.

Jun 3, 1865 - Maj. Gen. Edward R. S. Canby, U. S. Army, assumes command of the Department of the Gulf. Skirmish with Indians at Dry Creek, Dak. Ter.

Jun 4-10, 1865 - Operations against Indians near Fort Collins, Colo. Ter.

Jun 5, 1865 - Bvt. Maj. Gen. Benjamin II. Grierson, U. S. Army, assigned to the command of the Cavalry Forces, Department of the Gulf.

Jun 8-14, 1865 - Attack by Indians on the Overland Stage Road in Kansas and Colorado, with skirmishes (8th and 12th) at Fort Dodge, Kans.; (9th) at Chavis Creek, near Cow Creek Station, Kans.; (12th) near Cow Creek Station, Plum Butte, and Pawnee Rock, Kans.

Jun 9, 1865 - Maj. Gen. Peter J. Osterhaus, U. S. Army, assumes command of the Department of Mississippi.

Jun 10, 1865 - Col. John D. Allen, Fifteenth Missouri Cavalry, assumes command of the District of Southwest Missouri.

Jun 12-July 5, 1865 - Expedition to the Platte and Niobrara Rivers.

Jun 13-17, 1865 - Scout from Camp Nichols, N. Mex., with action (14th) on the Santa Fe Road.

Jun 14, 1865 - Action with Indians at Horse Creek, Dak. Ter. Col. Carroll H. Potter, Sixth U. S. Volunteer Infantry, assumes command of the South Sub-District of the Plains.

Jun 15-22, 1865 - Scout from Fort Sumner to the Oscura Mountains, N. Mex.

Jun 17, 1565 - Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger, U. S. Army, assumes command of all troops within the State of Texas. Skirmish on Dead Man's Fork, Dak. Ter.

Jun 17-19, 1865 - Expedition from Denver, Colo. Ter., to Fort Halleck, Dak. Ter.

Jun 19, 1865 - Brig. Gen. Thomas J. McKean, U. S. Army, assigned to command of the District of Southwest Missouri.

Jun 20, 1865 - Maj. Gen. George H. Thomas, U. S. Army, assumes command of the Military Division of the Tennessee. Brig. Gen. James A. Williamson, U. S. Army, assigned to the command of the District of Saint Louis.

Jun 20-Oct. 7, 1865 - The Powder River Indian Expedition.

Jun 21, 1865 - Brig. Gen. James C. Veatch, U. S. Army, assigned to command of forces in West Louisiana.

Jun 22, 1865 - Brig. Gen. Morgan L. Smith, U. S. Army, relieved from command of the District of Vicksburg, Miss.

Jun 23, 1865 - Brig. Gen. Thomas J. McKean, U. S. Army, assumes command of the District of Southwest Missouri.

Jun 24, 1865 - The Department of Mississippi created, embracing the State of Mississippi, and Maj. Gen. Henry W. Slocum, U. S. Army, assigned to its command.

Jun 24-30, 1865 - Operations about Rock Creek Station and Seven Mile Creek, Dak. Ter.

Jun 25, 1865 - Bvt. Brig. Gen. Chester Harding, jr., Forty-third Missouri Infantry, relinquishes command of the District of Central Missouri.

Jun 26, 1865 - The Second Division, Fifteenth Army Corps, ordered from Louisville, Ky., to Little Rock, Ark.

Jun 26, 1865 - Bvt. Brig. Gen. John L. Beveridge, Seventeenth Illinois Cavalry, assumes command of the District of Central Missouri. Brig. Gen. John Newton, U. S. Army, assigned to command the District of Florida.

Jun 26-29, 1865 - The Fourth Army Corps arrives at New Orleans, en route to Texas.

Jun 27, 1865 - Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman assigned to the Military Division of the Mississippi (reorganized); Maj. Gen. Philip H. Sheridan, to the Military Division of the Gulf; Maj. Gen. John Pope, to the Department of the Missouri; Maj. Gen. Joseph J. Reynolds, to the Department of Arkansas; Maj. Gen. Edward R. S. Canby, to the Department of Louisiana and Texas; Maj. Gen. Henry W. Slocum, to the Department of Mississippi; and Maj. Gen. John G. Foster, to the Department of Florida. Col. Frederick W. Moore, Eighty-third Ohio Infantry, assigned to command the post of Galveston, Tex., in addition to the Third Brigade, Second Division, Thirteenth Army Corps.

Jun 28, 1865 - The District of Kansas formed from the Districts of North and South Kansas, and Brig. Gen. Robert B. Mitchell assigned to its command. Col. David Moore, Fifty-first Missouri Infantry, assigned to command First Sub-District of Saint Louis, vice Col. Joseph Weydemeyer, Forty-first Missouri Infantry, relieved.

Jun 29, 1865 - Skirmish with Indians near Fort Dodge, Kans.

Jun 30, 1865 - Skirmish with Indians at Rock Creek, Dak. Ter.


 

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