VOLUME XXX-IN FOUR PARTS.

CHAPTER XLII.

Operations in Kentucky, Southwest Virginia, Tennessee, Mississippi, North Alabama, and North

Georgia. August 11-October 19, 1863.

Operations in Kentucky, Southwest Virginia, Tennessee, Mississippi, North Alabama, and North

CHAPTER XLIV.

OPERATIONS IN KENTUCKY, SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA,
TENNESSEE, MISSISSIPPI, ALABAMA, AND NORTH
GEORGIA.

January 1-April 30, 1864.

Jan.

PART I.

SUMMARY OF THE PRINCIPAL EVENTS.*

1, 1864. Skirmish at Dandridge, Tenn.

1-Apr. 18, 1864—Hughs' operations in Middle Tennessee.

2, 1864.—Skirmish at La Grange, Tenn.

3, 1864.-Action at Jonesville, Va.

Scout from Memphis, Tenn., toward Hernando, Miss.

4-14, 1864.-Operations about Sparta, Tenn.

5, 1864.-Skirmish at Lawrence's Mill, Tenn.

6, 1864.-Attack on steamer Delta on the Mississippi River.

Skirmish at Dalton, Ga.

9, 1864.-Skirmish at Terman's Ferry, Ky.

10, 1864.-Skirmish near Mossy Creek, Tenn.

10-11, 1864.-Scout from near Dandridge to Clark's Ferry, Tenn.

10-16, 1864.-Expedition from Vicksburg, Miss., to Sunnyside Landing, Ark.

11, 1864.-Scout to Lexington, Tenn.

11-12, 1864.-Expedition from Maryville up the Little Tennessee River, Tenn.

12, 1864.-Skirmish near Mossy Creek, Tenn.

Skirmish at Marshall, Ky.

13, 1864.-Skirmish at Ragland Mills, Bath County, Ky.

Skirmish near Collierville, Tenn.

13-14, 1864.-Affair at Sevierville (13th) and skirmish at Schultz'.Mill, Cosby

Creek, Tenn. (14th).

14, 1864.-Scout from Collierville, Tenn.

Scout to Baldwin's Ferry, Big Black River, Miss.

Skirmish at Dandridge, Tenn.

Skirmish at Middleton, Tenn.

Skirmish at Shoal Creek, Ala.

16, 1864.-Skirmish in White County, Tenn.

Skirmish at Oak Ridge, Miss.

* Of some of the minor conflicts noted in this Summary, no circumstantial reports
are on file. All such are designated in the Index.

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Jan. 16-17, 1864.-Operations about Dandridge, Tenn., including skirmishes (16th) at Kimbrough's Cross-Roads and on Bend of Chucky Road, and action (17th) near Dandridge.

17, 1864.-Brig. Gen. Orlando B. Willcox, U. S. Army, supersedes Brig. Gen. Robert B. Potter in command of the Ninth Army Corps.

18, 1864.-Skirmish at Grand Gulf, Miss.

19, 1864.-Skirmish at Big Springs, near Tazewell, Tenn.

20, 1864.-Naval reconnaissance of Forts Morgan and Gaines, Mobile Bay,

Ala.*

Skirmish at Tracy City, Tenn.

Skirmish at Island No. 76, Mississippi River.

21, 1864.-Maj. Gen. Carl Schurz, U. S. Army, temporarily in command of the Eleventh Army Corps.

Scout from Chattanooga to Harrison and Ooltewah, Tenn.

21-22, 1864.-Skirmishes at Strawberry Plains (21st) and at Armstrong's Ferry, Tenn. (22d).

21-23, 1864.-Scout from Rossville toward Dalton, Ga., and skirmish (22d). 22, 1864.-Capture of forage-wagons near Wilsonville, Tenn.

Affair at Subligna, Ga.

22–27, 1864. —Expedition from Union City to Trenton, Tenn.
23, 1864.-Skirmish near Newport, Tenn.

Affair near Woodville, Ala.

Scout from La Grange, Tenn., to Ripley, Miss.

23-29, 1864.-Operations in North Alabama.

24, 1864.-Operations near Natchez, Miss.

Capture of Union pickets at Love's Hill, near Knoxville, Tenn.
Skirmish at Tazewell, Tenn.

25, 1864.-Skirmish at La Grange, Tenn.

Skirmish at Mount Pleasant, Miss.

Corinth, Miss., evacuated by the Union forces.

25-Feb. 5, 1864.-Expedition from Scottsborough, Ala., toward Rome, Ga. 26, 1864.-Maj. Gen. John G. Parke, U. S. Army, resumes command of the Ninth Army Corps.

Skirmish near Knoxville, Tenn.
Skirmish at Sevierville, Tenn.

26-28, 1864.-Operations about Dandridge, Tenn.
27, 1864.-Skirmish near Knoxville, Tenn.

Affair on the Cumberland River, Ky.

28, 1864.-Lieutenant-General Polk's command designated Department of
Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana.

Maj. Gen. John M. Schofield, U. S. Army, assigned to com-
mand of the Department of the Ohio, and Maj. Gen. George
Stoneman, U. S. Army, to the command of the Twenty-third
Army Corps.

Affair at Lee's House, on Cornersville Pike, Tenn.

28-29, 1864.-Skirmishes near Jonesville, Va.

28-Feb. 8, 1864.-Expedition from Gallatin to Cumberland Mountains,

Tenn.

29, 1864.-Firing on steamer Sir William Wallace, Mississippi River.
29-Feb. 28, 1864.-Expedition from Vicksburg, Miss., to Waterproof, La.,
and skirmishes.

*For report of Rear-Admiral D. G. Farragut, U. S. Navy, see p. 386 of Annual Report of the Secretary of the Navy, December 5, 1864,

Jan.

Feb.

30, 1864.-Skirmish at Chickamauga Creek,,Ga.

31-Feb. 7, 1864.—Expedition from Maryville, Tenn., to Quallatown, N. C
1, 1864.—Expedition from Knoxville to Flat Creek, Tenn.

1- 2, 1864.-Reconnaissance from Maryville toward Sevierville, Tenn.
1- 7, 1864.-Scout in White and Putnam Counties, Tenn.

2, 1864.-Skirmish near La Grange, Tenn.

Operations about Whitesburg, Ala.

3-Mar. 6, 1864.-The Meridian, Miss., Expedition and co-operating expeditions from Memphis, Tenn., and up the Yazoo River.

6, 1864.-Affair at Bolivar, Tenn.

8, 1864. Skirmish at Barboursville, Ky.

Skirmish at Ringgold, Ga.

Scout near Maryville, Tenn.

9, 1864.-Maj. Gen. John M. Schofield, U. S. Army, supersedes Maj. Gen. John G. Foster in command of the Department of the Ohio. Skirmish in Hardin County, Tenn.

10, 1864.—Maj. Gen. George Stoneman, U. S. Army, supersedes Brig. Gen. Jacob D. Cox in command of the Twenty-third Army Corps.

13, 1864.-Scout near Knoxville, Tenn.

Skirmish in Fentress County, Tenn.

14, 1864.-Affair near Larkinsville, Ala.

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

15-Mar. 6, 1864.-Expedition from Vicksburg to Grand Gulf, Miss.
16-Mar. 27, 1864.-Operations about Mobile, Ala.

17, 1864.-Expedition from Island No. 10 to Riley's Landing, Tenn.
17-22, 1864.-Expedition from Motley's Ford, Tenn., to Murphy and vicinity,

18-19, 1864.-Scout from Ooltewah, Tenn., to Burke's and Ellidge's Mills,

20, 1864.

Skirmish on the Sevierville Road, near Knoxville, Tenn.
Skirmish at Flat Creek, Tenn.

Skirmish at Strawberry Plains, Tenn.

22, 1864. Skirmishes at Gibson's and Wyerman's Mills, on Indian Creek, Va., and at Powell's Bridge, Tenn.

Skirmish on Calfkiller Creek, Tenn.
Raid on Mayfield, Ky.

22-27, 1864.-Demonstration on Dalton, Ga.

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

25, 1864.-Maj. Gen. Oliver O. Howard, U. S. Army, resumes command of the Eleventh Army Corps.

25-26, 1864.-Scout from Whiteside's, Tenn., to Stevens' and Frick's Gaps,

Ga.

26, 1864.-Capture of Washington, Tenn.

Skirmish at Sulphur Springs, Tenn.

27, 1864.-Skirmish in the Sequatchie Valley, Tenn.

28, 1864.-Lieut. Gen. John B. Hood, C. S. Army, assigned to command of Army Corps in Army of Tennessee.

Skirmish at Dukedom, Tenn.