June 11, 1863. -Skirmish at Diascund Bridge, Va. Skirmish near Suffolk, Va.

11-13, 1863. -Expedition from Brightwood, D. C., via Seneca Mills and Poolesville, Md., to Leesburg, Aldie, and Chantilly, Va.

12-18, 1863. -Expedition from Suffolk to the Blackwater, Va.

14, 1863. -Skirmish at Nine-Mile Ordinary, Va.

17-18, 1863-Scout from Rocky Run to Dover and Core Creek, N. C.

18, 1863. -Scout on the Peninsula, Va.

18-19, 1863. -Scout from Camp Piatt, on the Big and Little Coal Rivers, W. Va.

20, 1863-Skirmish at Diascund Bridge, Va.

23-28, 1863. -Expedition from Yorktown to South Anna Bridge, Va., and skirmish.

24, 1863. -The Department of West Virginia constituted.

26, 1863. -Skirmish on Loup Creek, W. Va.

26-27, 1863. -Descent on Portland Harbor, Me.

28, 1863. -Brigadier General Benjamin F. Kelley, U. S. Army, assumes command of the Department of West Virginia. Reconnaissance from Plymouth to Nichol`s Mills, N. C.

29-July 4, 1863. -Confederate expedition to Beverly, W. Va.

July 1, 1863. -Major General Daniel H. Hill, C. S. Army, assigned temporarily to command of troops in the Department of Richmond.

1-7, 1863. -Expeditions from White House to South Anna River and Bottom`s Bridge, Va.

3, 1863. -Suffolk, Va., evacuated by the Union forces. *

3-7, 1863. -Raid on the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad, N. C.

4, 1863. -Skirmish at Fayetteville, W. Va.

5-7, 1863. -Expedition from Plymouth to Gardner`s Bridge and Williams ton, N. c.

8, 1863. -Major General Andrew A. Humphreys, U. S. Army, announced as Chief of staff, Army of the Potomac.

9, 1863 -Explosion at Fort Lyon, Va.

-, 1863. -Expedition from Richmond to Mathias Point, Va.

13-16, 1863. -Reconnaissance from Newport Barracks to Cedar Point and White Oak River, N. C. Draft riots in New York Cite, Troy, and Boston.

13-25, 1863. -Expedition from Fayetteville, Va.

14, 1863. -Major General William H. C. Whiting, C. S. Army, assigned to command of the Department of North Carolina.

15, 1863. -The Departments of North Carolina and of Virginia consolidated.

17-20, 1863. -Expedition from New Berne to Swift Creek Village, N. C., and skirmish.

18, 1863. -Major General John G. Foster, U. S. Army, assumes command of the Department of Virginia and North Carolina. Major General John A. Dix, U. S. Army, assumes command of the Department of the East.

18-24, 1863. -Expedition from New Berne to Tarborough and Rocky Mount, N. C.

20, 1863. -Brigadier General George W. Getty, U. S. Army, assumes command of the Seventh Army Corps, Department of Virginia and North Carolina.

21, 1863. -Brigadier General John D. Imboden, C. S. Army, assigned to command of the Valley District, Va. 25, 1863. -Expedition to Gloucester Court-house, Va.

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*For orders, etc., in relation to, see Series I, Vol. XVIII, pp. 711, 712, 717, 718.

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