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3 Series I Volume XXV-I Serial 39 - Chancellorsville Part I

Page 3 Chapter XXXVII. SUMMARY OF PRINCIPAL EVENTS.

March 29, 1863.-Affair near Dumfries, Va.

Skirmish at Kelley's Ford, Va.

30, 1863.-Skirmish at Point Pleasant, W. Va.

Skirmish at Zoar Church, Va.

April 1, 1863.-Skirmish near the mouth of Broad Run, Londoun Country, Va.

2, 1863.-Major General Oliver O. Howard supersedes Major General Carl Schurz in command of the Eleventh Army Corps.

2-6, 1863.-Expedition from Camp Piatt through Logan and Cabell Countion W. Va., and skirmish (5th) at Mud River.

Scout from Fairfax Court-House to Middleburg, Va.

6-7, 1863.-Skirmishes near Burlington, and at Purgitsville and Goings' Ford, W. Va.

8, 1863.-Skirmish on the Millwood Road, near Winchester, Va.

11-18, 1863,-Scout from Beverly to Franklin, W. Va.

12-13, 1863.-Reconnaissance from Winchester up Cedar Creek Valley, Va.

13, 1863.-Skirmish at Elk Run, Va.

Skirmish at Snicker's Ferry, Va.

14-15, 1863.-Operations at Rappahannock Bridge, and at Kelly's Welford's and Beverly Fords, Va.

17-18, 1863.-Expedition from Winchester to Stump's Tannery, Va.

18, 1863.-Affair near Johnstown, Harrison Country, W. Va.

20, 1863.-Reconnaissance from Winchester toward Wardensville and Strasburg, Va., and skirmish.

20-23, 1863.-Expeditions from Belle Plain to Port Conway and Port Royal, Va.

20-May 14, 1863.-Imboden's expedition into West Virginia, including skirmishes (April 24) at Beverly, (May 5) Janelew, and (May 12) near Summerville.

21-May 21, 1863.-Jones' raid on the Northwestern (Baltimore and Ohio) Railroad.

22, 1863.-Skirmish at Point Pleasant, W. Va.

22-24, 1863.-Expedition from Belle Plain to Port Conway and Port Royal, Va.

22-May 16, 1863.-Operations in the Shenandoah Valley, Va.

24, 1863.-Skirmish in Gilmer County, W. Va.

26, 1863.-Skirmish at Burlington, W. Va.

Skirmish at Portland, W. Va.

Skirmish at Oak Grove, Va.

27-May 6, 1863.-The Chancellorsville Campaign.

29-May 7, 1863.- The Stoneman Raid.

May 2, 1863.-Skirmish near Lewisburg, W. Va.

Major General James R. B. Stuart, C. S. Army, temporarily assigned to command of the Second Corps, Army of Northern Virginia.

3, 1863.-Skirmish at Warrenton Junction, Va.

6, 1863.-Major General Ambrose P. Hill, C. S. Army, assigned to command of the Second Corps, Army of Northern Virginia.

Skirmish at Warrenton, Va.

8, 1863.-Skirmish near Grove Church, Va.

11, 1863.-Skirmish at Warrenton, Va.

12-14, 1863.-Operations about Buck's and Front Royal Fords, Va

Scout from Snicker's Ferry, and skirmish (13th) at Upperville, Va.

14, 1863.-Skirmish at Marstell's Place, near Warrenton Junctiv, Va.

15-22, 1863.-Scout from Parkersburg into Calhoun Country, W. Va.

16, 1863.-Skirmish at Elizabeth Count-House, W. Va.

Skirmish at Ravenswoo, W. Va.

17, 1863.-Skirmish near Dumfries, Va.

18-20, 1863.-Skirmishes at and about Fayetteville, W. Va.


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