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CHAPTER XXII. OPERATIONS IN KENTUCKY, TENNESSEE, NORTH MISSISSIPPI, NORTH ALABAMA, AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. --------------- March 4-June 10, 1862.* --------------- SUMMARY OF THE PRINCIPAL EVENTS.+ March 5, 1862.-General G. T. Beauregard assumes command of the Confederate Army of the Mississippi. 8, 1862.-Chattanooga, Tenn., occupied by the Confederate forces. Morgan's operations near Nashville, Tenn. Sherman's division embarks at Paducah, Ky., for the Tennessee River. 9, 1862.-Major-General E. Kirby Smith, C. S. Army, assumes command in East Tennessee. Skirmish on Gramy White's Pike, near Nashville, Tenn. 9-14, 1862.-Expedition towards Purdy and operations about Crump's Landing, Tenn. 11, 1862.-The Department of the Missouri and a portion of the Department of the Ohio merged into the Department of the Mississippi. Skirmish near Paris, Tenn. 13, 1862.-Major-General Henry W. Halleck, U. S. Army, assumes command of the Department of the Mississippi. Destruction of Beach Creek Bridge, Mobile and Ohio Railroad, Tenn. 14, 1862.-Skirmish at Big Creek Gap and Jacksborough, Tenn. 14-17, 1862.-Expedition from Savannah, Tenn., to Yellow Creek, Miss., and occupation of Pittsburg Landing, Tenn. 15-18, 1862.-Morgan's operations about Gallatin, Tenn. 16, 1862.-Action at Pound Gap, Ky. Skirmish near Pittsburg Landing, Tenn. 21-23, 1862.-Reconnaissance to and skirmish at Cumberland Gap, Tenn. 24, 1862.-Skirmish at Camp Jackson, Tenn. 25, 1862.-Reconnaissance to Agnew's Ferry, Tenn. --------------- *Including events to June 18, of the Cumberland Gap Campaign, East Tennessee. +Of some of the minor conflicts noted in this "Summary" no circumstantial reports are on file. --------------- 1 R R-VOL X |
