Jan. 12-14, 1864.-Raid on the Northern Neck, Va.

Feb.

13, 1864.-Affair near Ely's Ford, Va.

15, 1864.-Skirmish near Petersburg. W. Vo

16, 1864.-Affair near Turkey Creek, Va.

17, 1864.-Affairs near Ellis' and Ely's Fords, Va.

18, 1864.-Affair at Flint Hill, Va.

19-24, 1864.-Scouts from Williamsburg, Va.

20-29, 1864.-Operations in the District of North Carolina.

22, 1864.-Affair at Ellis' Ford, Va.

Skirmish at Germantown, Va.

23-25, 1864.-Scout from Charlestown, W. Va., to Woodstock, Va.

24-25, 1864.-Expedition up the James River, Va.

27, 1864.-Brig. Gen. John C. Caldwell, U. S. Army, temporarily in command of Second Army Corps.

Affair near Thoroughfare Mountain, Va.

27-Feb. 7, 1864.-Operations in Hampshire and Hardy Counties, W. Va. 28, 1864.-Maj. Gen. David B. Birney, U. S. Army, temporarily in command of Third Army Corps.

28-Feb. 10, 1864.-Expedition against New Berne, N. C.

29, 1864.-Affair near Gloucester Court-House, Va.

29-Feb. 1, 1864.-Expedition to Isle of Wight County, Va., skirmishes near Benn's Church and at Smithfield, and destruction of the U.S. steamer Smith Briggs.

30, 1864.-Skirmish at Windsor, N. C.

Scout from Culpeper to Madison Court-House, Va.

31, 1864.-Reconnaissance to Madison Court-House and Mount Carmel

Church, Va.

1, 1864.-Skirmish at Bristoe Station, Va.

2, 1864.-Skirmish near Strasburg, Va.

3, 1864.-Capture of the steamer Levi, Kanawha River, W. Va.

5, 1864.-Skirmish near Aldie, Va.

Affair at Winchester, Va.

6, 1864.-Maj. Gen. Gouverneur K. Warren, U. S. Army, temporarily in command of Second Army Corps.

6-7, 1864.-Demonstration on the Rapidan, including engagement at Morton's Ford and skirmishes at Barnett's and Culpeper Fords, Va. 6- 8, 1864.-Expedition from Yorktown against Richmond, Va., including skirmishes at Bottom's Bridge and near Baltimore Store.

7, 1864.-Affair at Waccomo Neck, N. C.

9, 1864.-Reconnaissance toward Swansborough, N. C.

11, 1864.-Gilmor's raid on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.

14, 1864.-Affair near Brentsville, Va.

15, 1864.-Skirmish at Laurel Creek, Wayne County, W. Va.*

16, 1864.-Affair at Fairfield, N. C.

17, 1864.-Maj. Gen. William H. French, U. S. Army, resumes command

of Third Army Corps.

17-18, 1864.-Scout from Warrenton, and skirmish near Piedmont, Va.
20, 1864.-Skirmishes at Upperville and Front Royal, Va.
Affair near Hurricane Bridge, W. Va.

21-22, 1864.-Scout from New Creek to Moorefield, W. Va.
Skirmishes near Circleville and Dranesville, Va.

24, 1864.-General Braxton Bragg, C. S. Army, charged with the conduct
of military operations in the Armies of the Confederacy.

*See Vol. XXXII, Part I, p. 394.

Feb

Mar.

25, 1864.-Maj. Gen. John C. Breckinridge, C. S. Army, assigned to command of the Trans-Alleghany or Western Department of Virginia, relieving Maj. Gen. Samuel Jones.

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

28-Mar. 1, 1864.—Custer's raid into Albemarle County, Va.

28-Mar. 4, 1864.-Kilpatrick's expedition against Richmond, Va.

29-Mar. 1, 1864.-Skirmishes at Ballahock, on Bear Quarter road, and at Deep Creek, Va.

29-Mar. 5, 1864.-Expedition to Petersburg and destruction of saltpeterworks near Franklin, W. Va.

3, 1864. Skirmish near Petersburg, W. Va.

45, 1864.-Demonstration on Portsmouth, Va.

5, 1864.—Maj. Gen. John C. Breckinridge, C. S. Army, assumes command
of the Department of Western Virginia.
Raid on the Eastern Shore of Virginia.

9-12, 1864.-Expedition into King and Queen County, Va.

9-22, 1864.-Expedition to the Piankatank, and skirmish at Cricket Hill, Va. 10, 1864.-Maj. Gen. Franz Sigel, U. S. Army, supersedes Brig. Gen. Benjamin F. Kelley, in command of the Department of West Virginia.

Skirmishes near Charlestown and at Kabletown, W. Va.

12, 1864.—Lieut. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, U. S. Army, assigned to command of the Armies of the United States, and Maj. Gen. Henry W. Halleck assigned as chief of staff of these armies.

14, 1864.—The Ninth Army Corps, Maj. Gen. John G. Parke, U. S. Army, commanding, ordered from East Tennessee to Annapolis, Md. 16, 1864.-Brig. Gen. Orlando B. Willcox, U. S. Army, temporarily in command of the Ninth Army Corps.

Affair near Annandale, Va.

Skirmish at Bristoe Station, Va.

16-18, 1864.-Scout in Cabell and Wayne Counties, W. Va.

Reconnaissance toward Snicker's Gap, Va.

17-18, 1864.-Reconnaissance to Sperryville, Va.

17-21, 1864.-Expedition from Yorktown into Mathews and Middlesex Counties, Va.

19, 1864.-Scout to Salem and Orleans, Va.

22, 1864.-Maj. Gen. Lewis Wallace, U. S. Army, supersedes Brig. Gen. Henry H. Lockwood in command of the Middle Department Affair at Winchester, Va.

23, 1864.-The First Army Corps discontinued and troops assigned to the
Fifth Army Corps.

Maj. Gen. Gouverneur K. Warren, U. S. Army, supersedes Maj.
Gen. George Sykes in command of the Fifth Army Corps.

24, 1864.—The Third Army Corps discontinued and troops distributed to
the Second and Sixth Army Corps.

Maj. Gen. Winfield S. Hancock, U. S. Army, resumes command of Second Army Corps.

25, 1864.-Brig. Gen. David McM. Gregg, U. S. Army, supersedes Maj. Gen. Alfred Pleasonton in command of the Cavalry Corps.

25-26, 1864.-Expedition to Bogue and Bear Inlets, N. C.

26, 1864.-Skirmish near Black Jack Church, N. C.

Mar.

Apr.

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

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

4, 1864.-Maj. Gen. 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.

Brig. Gen. 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.

Maj. Gen. John Sedgwick, U.S. Army, resumes command of the
Sixth Army Corps.

Maj. Gen. 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.—Maj. Gen. 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.

* 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. Lieut. Joseph B. Breck, U. S. Navy, see Annual Report of the Secretary of the Navy, December 5, 1864.

DECEMBER 31, 1863-JANUARY 5, 1864.-Operations in Hampshire and Hardy Counties, W. Va.

REPORTS.

No. 1.-Brig. Gen. Benjamin F. Kelley, U. S. Army, commanding Department of West Virginia.

No. 2.-Maj. Gen. Fitzhugh Lee, C. S. Army, commanding expedition.

No. 1.

Reports of Brig. Gen. Benjamin F. Kelley, U. S. Army, commanding Department of West Virginia.

CUMBERLAND, MD., January 3, 1864.

(Received 8 a. m., 4th.)

Just received information that Lee's and Rosser's forces were besieging Colonel Thoburn at Petersburg. Thoburn has three small regiments and a battery, and a good position. I have no force to send to relieve him without exposing all my stores. Sullivan reports Early as having fallen back to Middletown, anticipating an attack on his flank from General Meade's army crossing at Front Royal. He has 5,000 men. Colonel Boyd was in Winchester to-day. Reports about 700 cavalry at Kernstown. Have ordered Averell to go to Winchester to-morrow with all of his available cavalry. It now appears that Lee has detached a large force and sent them into these valleys. If General Meade would send a strong cavalry force into the Luray Valley it would be an important movement to us. I now fear it is their intention to destroy the railroad, and drive me from New Creek and this place.

B. F. KELLEY,
Brigadier-General.

CUMBERLAND, MD., January 4, 1864-10 a. m.

(Received 1 p. m.)

I have nothing new from Colonel Thoburn this morning. The enemy captured his returning empty train yesterday, and are now between him and New Creek. I am concentrating my troops at New Creek as rapidly as I can form my scattered troops. I trust Thoburn will hold out till I can relieve him. The railroad all safe yet. B. F. KELLEY, Brigadier-General, Commanding.

Brigadier-General CULLUM,
Chief of Staff.

CUMBERLAND, January 4, 1864-8 p. m.

(Received 9.10 p. m.)

The enemy drove in the cavalry pickets at New Creek this p. m. I fear he will attack me here before my re-enforcements arrive. I think

he left a force to engage Thoburn, and pushed on a portion to attack New Creek or this place. New Creek is pretty well fortified; this is not. The wires, I fear, will be cut to-night.

Brigadier-General CULLUM,

Chief of Staff, Washington.

B. F. KELLEY,
Brigadier-General.

CUMBERLAND, MD., January 5, 1864-9 a. m.

(Received 11.30 a. m.)

My re-enforcements have all arrived. I am now ready for Lee and Rosser. Thoburn is yet safe at Petersburg. The enemy have kept beyond the reach of his guns. As soon as the men get rested we will relieve Thoburn. The railroad, telegraph line, and public property are yet all safe-9 a. m.

Brigadier-General CULLUM,

Chief of Staff.

B. F. KELLEY,
Brigadier-General.

CUMBERLAND, MD., January 7, 1864-8 p. m.
(Received 10.15 p. m.)

Dispatch just received from Colonel Thoburn, First Virginia Infantry, commanding at Petersburg, advises me that the rebels have fallen back from the valley of the South Branch toward the Shenandoah Valley, and will doubtless join Early near Strasburg or Mount Jackson. Quite a number of deserters have come into Thoburn's camp. They report the troops in South Branch Valley to have been three brigades-Lee's, Rosser's, and Walker's-all under Fitzhugh Lee. They report their failure to take Petersburg, New Creek, and Cumberland to be because they could not get their artillery forward, in consequence of the roads. They had no train; were compelled to subsist on the country. They have suffered terribly. The raid thus far to them has been severe, while they have not been able to inflict any injury on us.

B. F. KELLEY,
Brigadier-General.

CUMBERLAND, MD., January 8, 1864-9 p. m.
(Received 11 p. m.)

The following dispatch just received from Lieutenant Myers, commanding scouts. The force referred to in this dispatch is the same that threatens New Creek. The troops that were threatening Colonel Thoburn at Petersburg retreated through Moorefield toward War