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Sept. 23, 1862.-Department of the Tennessee constituted, under command of Major General George H. Thomas, U. S. Army. (Inoperative.)

25, 1862.-Skirmish near Snow's Pond, Ky.

Skirmish at Ashbysburg, Ky.

26, 1862.-Action at West Liberty, Ky.

27, 1862.-Major General J. P. McCown, C. S. Army, assigned to command of the Department of East Tennessee, and Major General Samuel Jones, C. S. Army, to command of the District of Middle Tennessee.

27-28, 1862.-Skirmishes at Augusta and Brookville, Ky.

29, 1862.-Capture of the Third Georgia Cavalry near New Haven, Ky.

30, 1862.-Skirmishes at Russellville and Glasgow, Ky.

Skirmish near Louisville, Ky.

Skirmish at Goodlettsville, Tenn.

1, 1862.-Skirmish on the Bardstown Pike, near Mount Washington, Ky.

Skirmish on Fern Creek, Louisville and Frankfort Road, Ky.

Skirmish near Nashville, Tenn.

Skirmish at Davis' Bridge, Tenn.

3, 1862.-Skirmish at Cedar Church, near Shepherdsville, Ky.

4, 1862.-Skirmish near Bardstown, Ky.

Skirmish near Clay Village, Ky.

5, 1862.-Skirmish at Neely's Bend, Cumberland River, Tenn.

Skirmish at Fort Riley, near Nashville, Tenn.

7, 1862.-Major General Gordon Granger, U. S. Army, assigned to command of the Army of Kentucky.

Skirmish near La Vergne, Tenn.

8, 1862.-Battle of Perryville, or Chaplin Hills, Ky.

Skirmish at Lawrenceburg, Ky.

9, 1862.-Action at Dry Ridge, Dog. Walk, or Chesser's Store, near Salt River, Ky.

10-22, 1862.-Pursuit of Confederate forces from Perryville to London, Ky.

11, 1862.-Skirmish at Lawrenceburg, Ky.

13, 1862. Skirmish on the Lebanon Road, near Nashville, Tenn.

14, 1862.-Skirmish at Manchester, Ky.

15, 1862.-Skirmish at Neely's Bend, Cumberland River, Tenn.

15-20, 1862.-Operations against guerrillas in the counties of Henry, Owen, and Gallatin, Ky.

16-25, 1862.-Operations in Bath, Powell, Estill, Clark, Montgomery, and Bourbon Counties, Ky.

18, 1862.-Skirmish at Bloomfield, Ky.

Action at Lexington, Ky.

19, 1862.-Skirmish at Bardstown, Ky.

20, 1862.-Skirmish on the Gallation Pike, near Nashville, Tenn.

Skirmish at Hermitage Ford, Tenn.

23, 1862.-Skirmishes near Waverly and Richland Creek, Tenn.

23-24, 1862.-Destruction of goose Creek Salt-Works, near Manchester, Ky.

24, 1862.-The Department of the Cumberland re-established.

Major General Leonidas Polk, C. S. Army, temporarily in command of Department Numbers 2.

25, 1862.-Skirmish at Lawrenceburg, Ky.

27, 1862.-Major General John C. Breckinridge, C. S. Army, assumes command of the Army of Middle Tennessee.

Skirmish near Waverly, Tenn.

30, 1862.-Major-General rosecrans assumes command of the Department of the Cumberland, superseding Major-General Buell.


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