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OPERATIONS IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA, WEST VIRGINIA, AND MARYLAND. March 17-September 2, 1862. PART I REPORTS-March 17-June 25. SUMMARY OF THE PRINCIPAL EVENTS. March 18, 1862.-Skirmish at Middletown, Va. 19, 1862.-Skirmish at Elk Mountain, W. Va. Skirmish at Strasburg, Va. 20, 1862.-Major General Nathaniel P. Banks, U. S. Army, assumes command of the Fifth Army Corps. Skirmish at Philippi, W. Va. Reconnaissance to Gainesville, Va. 20-21, 1862.-Reconnaissance to Dumfries, Va. 22, 1862.-Skirmish at Kernstown, Va. Middle Military Department constituted, under command of Major General John a. Dix, U. S. Army. 23, 1862.-Battle of Kernstown, Va. 25, 1862.-Skirmish at Mount Jackson, Va. 27-31, 1862.-Operations in the vicinity of Middleburg and White Plains, Va. 28-31, 1862.-Operations on the Orange and Alexandria Railroad, Va., including affairs at Bealeton and Rappahannock Stations. 29, 1862.-Major General John C. Fremont supersedes Brigadier General William S. Rosecrans in command of the Mountain Department. April 1, 1862.-Skirmish at Salem, Va. 1-2, 1862.-Advance of Union forces from Strasburg to Woodstock and Edenburg, Va. 2, 1862.-Skirmish at Stony Creek, near Edenburg, Va. reconnaissance to the Rappahannock River, Va. 3, 1862.-Skirmish at Moorefield, W. Va. 4, 1862.-Departments of the Rappahannock (under Major General Irvin McDowell) and of the Shenandoah (under Major General N. P. Banks) constituted. --------------- *Of some of the minor conflicts noted in this "Summary" no circumstantial reports are on file. --------------- 1 R R-VOL XII |
