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AUGUST 27, 1862.--Skirmish near Cumberland Gap, Tenn.
Report of Brigadier General, George W. Morgan, U. S. Army.
CUMBERLAND GAP, August 29, 1862.
GENERAL: Nothing of interest on the 28th instant. On the 27th a
small detachment from the First and Second Tennessee, commanded by
Captains Meyers and Robbins, attacked and surprised a party of the
enemy's cavalry, commanded by Acting Brigadier-General Allston, of
South Carolina. Allston, his colors, and 3 privates were captured.
The enemy left 4 dead men upon the field and had a considerable num-
ber wounded.
The affair was a complete surprise, and we did not sustain any loss.
GEORGE W. MORGAN,
Brigadier-General, Commanding.
Brigadier General G. W. CULLUM, Chief of Staff, Washington.
AUGUST 27-OCTOBER 22, 1862.--Operations of Wheeler's' Cavalry in
Tennessee and Kentucky. *
August 27, 1862.--Command crosses the Tennessee at Chattanooga.
30, 1862.--Skirmish at Altamont, Tenn.
6, 1862.--Affair on the Gallatin Road, Tenn.
8, 1862.--Affair at Kentucky Line.
9, 1862.--Skirmishes on the Franklin and Scottsville Road, Ky.
10, 1862.--Skirmish at Log Church, Ky.
11, 1862.--Skirmish at Smith's, Ky.
12, 1862.--Skirmish near Woodburn, Ky.
16, 1862.--Skirmish near Oakland Station, Ky.
17, 1862.--Skirmishes on Bowling Green Road and at Merry Oaks, Ky.
18, 1862.--Skirmish near Cave City, Ky.
19, 1862.--Skirmishes at Horse Cave and Bear Wallow, Ky.
20-21, 1862.--Actions near Munfordville, Ky.
22, 1862.--Skirmish at Vinegar Hill, Ky.
28, 1862..--Skirmish near Lebanon Junction, Ky.
29, 1862.--Skirmish on the Elizabethtown Road, Ky.
Oct. 1, 1862.--Skirmish on the Louisville Pike, Ky.
2, 1862.--Skirmish on the Shepherdsville Road, Ky.
4, 1862.--Action on the Bardstown Pike, Ky.
6, 1862.--Skirmishes at Fair Grounds, Springfield, Burnt Cross-Roads, Beach
Fork, and Grassy Mound, Ky.
7, 1862.--Skirmishes at Brown Hill and at Perryville Ky.
8, 1862.--Battle of Perryville, Ky.
9, 1862.--Skirmishes on Mackville Pike and Bardstown Road, Ky.
10, 1862.--Skirmish at Danville Cross-Roads, Ky.
11, 1862.--Skirmish at Danville, Ky.
12, l862.--Skirmish at Dick's Ford, Ky.
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* See also October 10-22. Pursuit of the Confederate forces from Perryville
London, Ky.
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