CHAPTER XII.
OPERATIONS IN KENTUCKY AND TENNESSEE.
July 1-November 19, 1861
SUMMARY OF THE PRINCIPAL EVENTS.*
July 1, 1861. - Orders issued for raising U.S. troop in Kentucky and Tennessee.
13, 1861. - Major General Leonidas Polk, C.S. Army, assumes command of Department Numbers 2.
26, 1861. - Brigadier General F. K. Zollicoffer, C.S. Army, assigned to command in East Tennessee.
31, 1861. - The Army of the State of Tennessee transferred to the Confederacy.+
August 15, 1861. - The States of Kentucky and Tennessee constituted the Department of the Cumberland, under command of Brigadier General Robert Anderson, U.S.Army.
22, 1861. - Capture of steamers W.B. Terry and Samuel Orr, at Paducah, Ky.
Sept. 2, 1861. - Major-General Polk's command extended over Arkansas and Missouri.
3-12, 1861. - Advance of Confederate forces into Kentucky; occupation of Columbus, &c.
6, 1861. - Paducah, Ky., occupied by Union forces.
Brigadier General Charles F. Smith, U.S. Army, assigned to command in Western Kentucky.
10, 1861. - Brigadier General George H. Thomas U.S. Army, assigned to command at Camp Dick Robinson, Eastern Kentucky.
15, 1861. - General Albert S. Johnston, C.S. Army, supersedes Major-General Polk, in command of Department Numbers 2.
18, 1861. - Bowling Green, Ky., occupied by Confederate forces.
Brigadier General Simon B. Buckner C.S.Army assumes command of the Central Division of Kentucky.
19, 1861. - Action at Barboursville, Ky.
Department of the Ohio reorganized.
21, 1861. - General Johnston calls upon Tennessee for 30,000 men.
Brigadier General O.M. Mitchel, U.S.Army, assumes command of the Department of the Ohio.
Major-General Polk assigned to command of First (or Western) Division, Department Numbers 2.
21-22, 1861. - Reconnaissance toward Columbus and skirmish on Mayfield Creek, Kentucky.
22, 1861. - Arkansas and Mississippi called upon for 10,000 men each, of service in Department Numbers 2.
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*Of some of the skirmishes and other minor conflicts noted in this "Summary" no circumstantial reports are on file, the only official record of such events being references thereto on muster rolls an returns.
+On the 6th of May, 1861, the legislature of Tennessee passed an act of secession, subject to a vote of the people on June 8 following; and on the 7th of May, 1861, it ratified a military league, offensive and defensive, between the State and the Confederate States. (See Vol. I, Series IV.)
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