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Oct. 11-12, 1864.- Skirmishers near Boonville, Mo.

14, 1864.- Near Glasgow, Mo.

15, 1864.- Action at Glasgow, Mo.

Affair at Sedalia, Mo.

Surrender of Paris, Mo.

16, 1864.- Capture of Ridgely, Mo.

17, 1864.- Skirmish near Lexington, Mo.

Surrender of Carrollton, Mo.

Burning of Smithville, Mo.

19, 1864.- Action at lexington, Mo.

20, 1864.- Skirmish in Benton County, Ark.

Skirmish at Dover, Mo.

21, 1864.- Action at the Little Blue, Mo.

22, 1864.- Action at Independence, Mo.

Action at the Big Blue (Byram's Ford, etc.), Mo.

Action at State Line, Mo.

23, 1864.- Engagement at the Big Blue, Mo.

Engagement at Westport, Mo.

25, 1864.- Engagement at the Marais des Cygnes, Kans.

Engagement on Little osage River, or Mine Creek, Kans.

Engagement at the Marmiton, or battle of Charlot, Mo.

Skirmishes at Mound City and Fort Lincoln, Kans.

25-Nov. 4, 1864.- Operations about Fayetteville, Ark.

26, 1864.- Skirmish near Glasgow, Mo.

Skirmish at Albany, Mo.

28, 1864.- Engagement at Newtonia, Mo.

29, 1864.- Skirmish at Upshaw's Farm, Barry County, Mo.

Nov. 6, 1864.- Skirmish at cane Hill, Ark.

December 2, 1864.- Price's command reaches Laynesport, Ark.

REPORTS, ETC.*


Numbers 1.- Major General William S. Rosecrans, U. S. Army, commanding Department of the Missouri.


Numbers 2. Itinerary of detachment of First and Third Divisions, Sixteenth Army Corps, Major General Andrew J. Smith, U. S. Army, commanding.


Numbers 3.- Colonel Phineas Pease, Forty-ninth Illinois Infantry.


Numbers 4.- Lieutenant Colonel Jonathan Merriam, One hundred and seventeenth Illinois Infantry.


Numbers 6.- Captain Eli Mattocks, Fifty-second Indiana Infantry.


Numbers 7.- Captain William J. Campbell, Fourteenth Iowa Cavalry.


Numbers 8.- Captain John B. Gandolfo, One hundred and seventy-eighth New York Infantry.


Numbers 9.- Colonel Edward F. Winslow, Fourth Iowa Cavalry, commanding Cavalry, Sixteenth Army Corps.


Numbers 10.- Lieutenant Colonel Frederick W. Benteen, Tenth Missouri Cavalry, commanding Fourth Brigade, Cavalry Division.


Numbers 11.- Major Benjamin S. Jones, Third Iowa Cavalry.


Numbers 12.- Major Abial R. Pierce, Fourth Iowa Cavalry.


Numbers 13.- Major General Alfred Pleasonton, U. S. Army, commanding Provisional Cavalry Division.


Numbers 14.- Surg. Ferdinand V. dayton, Second New Jersey cavalry, Surgeon in Chief.


Numbers 15.- Brigadier General Egbert B. Brown, U. S. Army, commanding District of Central Missouri and First Brigade, Cavalry Division.


Numbers 16.- Colonel John F. Philips, Seventh Missouri State Militia Cavalry, commanding First Brigade, Cavalry Division.

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* For General Grant's reference to these operations, see Vol. XXXIV, Part I, p. 33.

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