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August 19-October 19, 1863.-The East Tennessee Campaign.

19, 1863.-Skirmish at Weems' Springs, Tenn.

20-September 2, 1863.-Expedition from Vicksburg, Miss., to Monroe, La.*

27, 1863.-Skirmish at Mount Pleasant, Miss.

Skirmish near Vicksburg, Miss.

September 1-7, 1863.-Expedition from Natchez, Miss., to Harrisonburg, La.+

1-10, 1863.-Expedition from Paducah, Ky., and Union City, Tenn., to Conyersville, Tenn., and skirmish September 5.

7, 1863.-Skirmish at Holly Springs, Miss.

Skirmish near Jacinto (or Glendale), Miss.

11, 1863.-Skirmish at Baldwin's Ferry, Big Black River, Miss.

11-16, 1863.-Expedition from Corinth, Miss., to Henderson, Tenn., with skirmishers at Clark's Creek Church (13th) and near Henderson (14th).

Expedition from La Grange to Toone's Station, Tenn.,with skirmish (16th) at Montezuma.

13, 1863.-Major General U. S. Grant, Commanding Army of the Tennessee, ordered to send all his available forces to Corinth and Tuscumbia to support Major-General Rosecrans on the Tennessee River.

Skirmish at Paris, Tenn.

18, 1863.-Affair near Fort Donelson, Tenn.

19, 1863.-Skirmish at Como, Tenn.

19-25, 1863.-Expedition from Fort Pillow to Jackson, Tenn.

20-30, 1863.-Expedition from Paducah, Ky.,to McLemoresville, Tenn.

22-30, 1863.-The First, Second, and Fourth Divisions of the Fifteenth Army Corps start en route from Vicksburg, Miss., to Chattanooga, Tenn.

23, 1863.-Skirmishes at Summertown and Lookout Mountain, Tenn.

23-26, 1863.-Skirmishes in front of Chattanooga, Tenn.

24-October 3, 1863.-The Eleventh and Twelfth Army Corps transferred from the Army of the Potomac to the Army of the Cumberland.++

26, 1863.-Skirmish near Winchester, Tenn. Skirmish at Hunt's Mill, near Larkinsville, Ala.

27, 1863.-Skirmish at Locke's Mill,near Moscow, Tenn.

27,-October 1, 1863.-Expedition from Messinger's Ford, Big Black River, to Yazzo City, Miss.,with skirmishes at Brownsville (September 28) and Moore's Ford, near Benton (September 29).

Expedition from Corinth, Miss., into West Tennessee, with skirmish at Swallow Bluffs, Tenn. (September 30).

28, 1863.-Skirmish at Buell's Ford, Tenn.

29, 1863.-Skirmish at Friendship Church, Tenn.

30-October 17, 1863.-Wheeler and Roddey's raid on Rosecrans' communications.

2, 1863.-Skirmish near Chattanooga, Tenn.

3, 1863.-Skirmish at Forked Deer Creek, Miss.

Skirmish at Bear Creek, Tenn.

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*See Series I. Vol. XXVI, Part I,p.248.

+See Series I. Vol. XXVI, Part I,p.273.

++For orders, correspondence, and reports relating to this movement, see Series I, Vol. XXIX, Part I,p.146.

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