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Page 2 KY., M. AND E. TENN., N. ALA., AND SW. VA. Chapter XXVIII.

July 17, 1862- Skirmish between Mount Pleasant and Columbia, Tenn.

18, 1862.-Raid on Henderson, Ky., and Newburg, Ind.

Department of East Tennessee (Confederate) extended.

21, 1862.-Skirmishes around Nashville, Tenn.

25, 1862.-Skirmish at Courtland, Ala.

Skirmish at and near Trinity, Ala.

Skirmish at Clinton Ferry, Tenn.

26, 1862.-Action near Spangler's Mill, near Jonesborough, Ala.

Skirmish at Tazewell, Tenn.

27-30, 1862.-Expedition from Woodville to Guntersville, Ala., and skirmishes (July 28) at Guntersville and Law's Landing, and (July 29) at Old Deposit Ferry.

28, 1862.-Skirmish at Stevenson, Ala.

29, 1862.-Skirmish at Russellville, Ky.

August 2- 6, 1862.-Operations at Cumberland Gap and skirmish (August 6) near Tazewell, Tenn.

3, 1862.-Skirmish near Morganfield, Ky.

4-7, 1862.-Attack on Union pickets near Woodville, Ala. (August 4), and reconnaissance from Woodville to Guntersville, Ala. (August 5-7).

5, 1862.-Skirmish at Sparta, Tenn.

Skirmish near New Market, Ala.

7, 1862.-Attack on convalescent train near Decatur. Ala.

11, 1863.-Affair near Kinderhook, Tenn.

Skirmish near Williamsport, Tenn.

12-13, 1862.-Capture of Gallatin, Tenn., and destruction of bridges in that vicinity (August 12) and skirmish (August 13.)

13, 1862.-Skirmish at Huntsville, Scott County, Tenn.

14, 1862.-Skirmish near Mount Pleasant, Tenn.

15, 1862.-General Braxton Bragg, C. S. Army, resumes command of the Army of the Mississippi.

16, 1862.-The Army of Kentucky (Confederate), under Major General E. Kirby Smith, crosses the Cumberland Mountains into Kentucky.

16-22, 1862.-Operations about Cumberland Gap, Tenn., including action at London, Ky., and skirmishes at Flat Lick, Ky., and Pine Mountain, Tenn. (August 17.)

17, 1862.-Skirmish near Mammoth Cave, Ky.

18, 1862.-Surrender of Clarksville, Tenn.

19, 1862.-The Department of the Ohio re-established.

19-20, 1862.-Scout from Woodville to Guntersville, Ala., and vicinity.

19-21, 1862.-Raid on Louisville and Nashville Railroad, skirmishes at Pilot Knob, Drake's Creek, and Manscoe Creek, near Edgefield Junction (August 20), and action (August 21) on the Hartsville Road, near Gallatin, Tenn.

20, 1862.-Skirmish at Pilot Knob, Tenn.

22, 1862.-Skirmish at Trinity, Ala.

23, 1862.-Major General Horatio G. Wright, U. S. Army, assumes command of the Department of the Ohio.

Action at Big Hill, Ky.

24, 1862.-Major General J. P. McCown, C. S. Army, assigned temporarily to command of the Department of East Tennessee.

25, 1862.-Skirmish at Red Bird Creek, Ky.

Skirmish at Madisonville, Ky.

26, 1862.-Skirmish at Cumberland Gap, Tenn.

27, 1862.-Skirmish at Round Mountain, near Woodbury, Tenn.

Skirmish at Bridgeport, Ala, and attack on Fort McCook, Battle Creek, Tenn.


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