THE

WAR OF THE REBELLION:

A COMPILATION OF THE

OFFICIAL RECORDS

OF THE

UNION AND CONFEDERATE ARMIES.

PREPARED, UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR, BY

The late Lieut. Col. ROBERT N. SCOTT, Third U. S. Artillery,

PURSUANT TO ACTS OF CONGRESS.

SERIES I–VOLUME XXVII—IN THREE PARTS.

PART II-REPORTS.

WASHINGTON:
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE,

1889.

CHAPTER XXXIX.

OPERATIONS IN NORTH CAROLINA VIRGINIA, WEST

VIRGINIA, MARYLAND, PENNSYLVANIA, AND

,

DEPARTMENT OF THE EAST.

June 3-August 3, 1863.

PART II.

The Gettysburg Campaign, etc.*

SUMMARY OF THE PRINCIPAL EVENTS.

June 8-Aug. 1, 1863.—The Gettysburg Campaign.

4, 1863.–Skirmish on the Lawyers' road, near Fairfax Court-House, Va.

Skirmish at Frying Pan, Va.

4- 5, 1863.-Expedition from Yorktown to Walkerton and Aylett's, Va.

5- 7, 1863.-Reconnaissance through Gates County, N. C., and down the

Chowan River.

6, 1863.–Skirmish near Berryville, Va.

7- 8, 1863.-Expedition from Gainesville, Va.

8, 1863.—Scout from Suffolk, Va., to South Mills, N. C.

9, 1863.-The Departments of the Monongahela and the Susquehanna con-

stituted.

10, 1863.-Capture of the steamer Maple Leaf off Cape Henry, Va.

10, 1863.—Skirmish at Seneca Mills, Md.

Maj. Gen. W. T. H. Brooks, U. S. Army, assumes command of

the Department of the Mopongahela.

Maj. Gen. Darius N. Couch, U. S. Army, assumes command of

the Department of the Susquehanna.

Skirmish at Diascund Bridge, Va.

Skirmish near Suffolk, Va.

* Part II embraces the reports from the Middle Department, the Departments of

the Susquehanna and West Virginia, and the Army of Northern Virginia, rela-

ting to the Gettysburg Campaign, and all reports relating to the other operations

covered by the Summary of Principal Events.

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