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CHAPTER XXXVI. OPERATIONS IN Mississippi AND WEST TENNESSEE, INCLUDING THOSE IN Arkansas AND LOUISIANA CONNECTED WITH THE SIEGE OF Vicksburg. January 20-August 10, 1863. PART I. REPORTS-January 20-May 15. * SUMMARY OF THE PRINCIPAL EVENTS. January 25, 1863. -Scout between Bolivar, Tenn., and Ripley, MISS. 27, 1863. -Affair near Germantown, Tenn. 28, 1863. -Skirmish near Yorkville, Tenn. Skirmish near Collierville, Tenn. 28-30, 1863. -Scout from La Grange, Tenn., toward Ripley, MISS. 29, 1863. -Skirmish near Richmond, La. 30, 1863. -Major General Ulysses S. Grant, U. S. Army, assumes immediate command of the expedition against Vicksburg. Skirmish at Dyersburg, Tenn. 31, 1863. -Major General John A. McClernand, U. S. Army, assumes command of the Thirteenth Army Corps. February 2-3, 1863. -Passage of the Vicksburg and Warrenton batteries, and capture of the steamers A. W. Baker, Moro, and Berwick Bay by the Queen of the West. 2-5, 1863. -Reconnaissance in the vicinity of Saulsbury, Tenn. 3, 1863. -Attack on Fort Donelson, Tenn. 6, 1863. -Scout in the vicinity of Fort Pillow, Tenn. 8, 1863. -Affair near Camp Sheldon, MISS. 9, 1863. -Affair near Moscow, Tenn. 10, 1863. -Affair near Camp Sheldon, MISS. Skirmish at Old River, La. - --------------- * Including the "General Reports" for whole period, January 20-August 10, 1863. +Of some of the minor conflicts noted in this "Summary," no circumstantial reports are on file. ++See Series I, VOL. XXIII, Part I, p. 31. --------------- 1 R R-VOL XXIV, PT I |
