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1 Series I Volume XLV-I Serial 93 - Franklin - Nashville Part I

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

November 14, 1864-January 23, 1865.

PART I.

SUMMARY OF THE PRINCIPAL EVENTS.

November 14, 1864.-Action near Russellville, Tenn.*

14-21, 1864.- Expedition from Baton Rouge, La, to Brookhaven, Miss, and skirmishes.

14, 1864-Jan. 23, 1865.-Champaign in North Alabama and Middle Tennessee.

15, 1864.-Skirmish near Collierville, Tenn.

16-17, 1864.-Skirmishes at Strawberry Plains, Tenn.*

17, 1864.-Skirmish at Flat Creek, Tenn.*

23-Dec. 4, 1864-Expedition from Vicksburg to Yazoo City, Miss., and skirmish at big Black Bridge (November 27), and action at Concord Church (December 1.)

27-Dec.13, 1864.-Expedition from Baton Rouge, La., against the Mobile and Ohio Railroad and skirmish at Chickasawha Bridge Miss.

(December)

30, 1864.-Skirmish near Dalton, Ga.

December 4, 1864.-Skirmish at White's Station, Tenn.

5, 1864.-Skirmish near Dalton, Ga.

6, 1864.-Jan.15, 1865.-Lyon's raid from Paris, Tenn., to Hopkinsville, Ky., &c., with skirmishes.

10-29, 1864.-Lyon's raid from Paris, Tenn., to Hopkinsville, Ky., &c., with skirmishes.

13-19, 1864.-Expedition from Barraucas, Fla., to Pollard, Ala., and skirmishes.+

14, 1864.-Skirmish on the germantown road, near Memphis, Tenn.

21-22, 1864.-Skirmish at Franklin Creek, Miss.

21, 1864-Jan. 5, 1865.-Expedition from Memphis, Tenn., to destroy the Mobile and Ohio Railroad.

25, 1864.-Skirmish near White's Station, Tenn.

31, 1864.-Skirmish at Sharpsburg, Ky.

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*For reports, see Vol. XXXIX, Part I, p. 885.

+For reports, see Vol. XLIV, p. 449.

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