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Feb. 12, 1864.- Affair at Wall Hill.
Skirmish at Holly Springs.
13, 1864.- Skirmish at Wyatt.
13-14, 1864.- Skirmishes between Chunky Creek and Meridian.
14-20, 1864.- Meridian occupied by the Union forces.
15-17, 1864.- Skirmishes at MArion Station.
16, 1864.- Skirmish at Lauderdale Springs.
17, 1864.- Skirmish near Pontotoc.
Skirmish in the Houlka Swamp, near Houston.
18, 1864.- Affair near Okolona.
Skirmish at Aberdeen.
19, 1864.- Skirmish near Houston.
Skirmish at Egypt Station.
Skirmish near Meridian.
20, 1864.- Skirmish near West Point.
21, 1864.- Skirmish at Ellis' Bridge.
Skirmish at West Point, and General W. Sooy Smith's column in retreat.
Skirmish at Prairie Station.
Skirmish near Okolona.
21-22, 1864.- Skirmishes at Union.
22, 1864.- Engagement near Okolona.
Skirmish at Ivey's Hill, or Farm.
Skirmish on the Tallatchie.
23, 1864.- Skirmish near New Albany.
24, 1864.- Skirmish at Tippah River.
Skirmish at Canton.
25, 1864.- Affair near Hudsonville.
26, 1864.- Skirmish near Canton.
27, 1864.- Affair at Madisonville.
Skirmish at Sharon.
28, 1864.- Skirmishes on Pearl River.
Skirmish near Yazoo City.
29, 1864.- Skirmish near Canton.
March 2, 1864.- Skirmish at Canton.
3, 1864.- Skirmish at Liverpool.
Skirmish at Brownsville.
4, 1864.- General Sherman's column arrives at Vicksburg.
5, 1864.- Attack on Yazoo City.
6, 1864.- Yazoo City abandoned by the Union forces.
REPORTS, ETC.*
Numbers 1.- Composition of the Meridian Expedition, under command of Major General William T. Sherman, and the co-operating columns under command of Brigadier General W. Sooy Smith and Colonel James H. Coates.
Numbers 2.- Abstract from returns for February 29, 1864, of the troops composing the Meridian Expedition and Smith's co-operating column.
Numbers 3.- Major General William T. Sherman, U. S. Army, commanding Department of the Tennessee.
Numbers 4.- Major General Stephen A. Hurbult, U. S. Army, commanding Sixteenth Army Corps, of expedition to Meridian, with itinerary of the corps, January 26-March 10.---------------
*For Union correspondence relative to this expedition, in December, 1863, see Series I, Vol. XXXI, Part III.
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