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CHAPTER XLVI. OPERATIONS IN LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI STATES AND TERRITORIES.* --------------- January 1-June 30, 1864. --------------- PART I. --------------- SUMMARY OF THE PRINCIPAL EVENTS.+ Jan. 1, 1864.-The Department of Kansas re-established.++ 1-30, 1864.-Operations in Northeastern Arkansas, including skirmishes at Lunenburg, Sylamore, and on Sylamore Creek. 3, 1864.-Major General Francis J. Herron, U. S. Army, assumes command of the U. S. forces on the Rio Grande, Tex. 5, 1864.-Skirmish on the Pecos River, near Fort Summer, N. Mex. 6, 1864.-The Department of Arkansas and Seventh Army Corps constituted. Major General Joseph J. Reynolds, U. S. Army, assumes command of the Defenses of New Orleans. 6-21, 1864.-Expedition against the Navajo Indians. 7, 1864.-Skirmish at Martin's Creek, Ark. 8-9, 1864.-Bombardment of Confederate works at the mouth of Caney Bayou, Tex. 10, 1864.-Skirmish at King's River, Ark. 12-13, 1864.-Affair at Matamoras, Mexico. 13-14, 1864.-Scout from Pike Bluff to Monticello, Ark. 14, 1864.-Skirmish in Bollinger County, Mo. 15-17, 1864.-Scouts in Jackson County, Mo. 16, 1864.-Major General Samuel R. Curtis, U. S. Army, assumes command of the Department of Kansas. --------------- *Including Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Indian Territory, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, and Texas, and the Department of the Northwest, embracing Dakota, Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. +Of some of the minor conflicts noted in this Summary, no circumstantial reports are on file. All such are designated in the Index. ++It had been merged into the Department of the Missouri, September 19, 1862. --------------- 1 R R-VOL XXXIV, PT I |
