Mar. 28, 1864. - Scout in Gloucester County, Va.

Affair at Bloomery Gap, W. Va.

28-29, 1864. - Scout to Aldie and Middleburg, Va.

30, 1864. - Capture of Confederate outpost at Cherry Grove, Va. *

April 1, 1864. - Skirmish near Plymouth, N. C.

2, 1864. - Destruction of Cape Lookout Light, N. C.

4, 1864. - Major General Philip H. Sheridan, U. S. Army, assigned to the command of the Cavalry Corps, Army of the Potomac.

5, 1864. - Affair near Blount's Creek, N. C.

6, 1864. - The Department of the Monongahela merged into the Department of the Susquehanna.

Brigadier General James B. Ricketts, U. S. Army, temporarily commanding the Sixth Army Corps.

7, 1864. - Longstreet's army corps ordered to rejoin the Army of Northern Virginia.

8, 1864. - Skirmish at Winchester, Va.

11, 1864. - Affair near Greenwich, Va.

12-14, 1864 . - Expedition from Point Lookout, Md., to Westmoreland County, Va.

13, 1864. - Affair near Nokesville, Va.

Major General John Sedgwick, U. S. Army, resumes command of the Sixth Army Corps.

Major General Ambrose E. Burnside, U. S. Army, resumes command of the Ninth Army Corps.

13-15, 1864. - Reconnaissance from Portsmouth to the Blackwater, Va.

Expedition from Norfolk to Isle of Wight County, Va., and skirmishes near Cherry Grove Landing and at Smithfield.

15, 1864. - Affairs near Bristoe Station and Milford, Va.

16, 1864. - Affair near Catlett's Station, Va.

17, 1864. - Skirmish at Beaver Creek, N. C.

Affair near Ellis' Ford, Va.

17-20, 1864. - Capture of Plymouth, N. C.

18, 1864. - General G. T. Beauregard, C. S. Army, assigned to command of the Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia.

19, 1864. - Affair at Leesburg, Va.

Affair at Marling's Bottom, W. Va.

21, 1864. - Destruction of salt-works at Masonborough Inlet, N. C.

23, 1864. - Affair near Hunter's Mills, Va.

24, 1864. - Skirmish near Middletown, Va.

25, 1864. - Major General Robert Ransom, jr., C. S. Army, assigned to command of the Department of Richmond.

26, 1864. - Affair at Winchester, Va.

26-30, 1864. - Evacuation of Washington, N. C.

27-29, 1864. - Expedition from Williamsburg and skirmish at Twelve-Mile Ordinary, Va.

Affairs at Masonborough Inlet, N. C. +

28, 1864. - Reconnaissance to Madison Court-House, Va.

28-May 1, 1864. - Scout from Vienna toward Upperville, Va.

29-30, 1864. - Expedition from Newport Barracks to Swansborough, N. C.

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*By boats from the U. S. steamer Commodore Barney. See Annual Report of the Secretary of the Navy, December 5, 1864.

+Between the U. S. steamer Niphon and Confederate batteries. For report of Actg. Vol. Lieutenant Joseph B. Breck, U. S. Navy, see Annual Report of the Secretary of the Navy, December 5, 1864

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