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3 Series I Volume XXVII-II Serial 44 - Gettysburg Campaign Part II

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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 3 -Aug. 1, 1863. -The Gettysburg Campaign.

4, 1863 -Skirmish on the Lawyers' road, near Farfaix 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 constituted .

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

10, 1863 -Skirmish at Seneca mills, Md. Maj . General W. T. H. Brooks, U. S. Army, assumes command of the Department of the Monongahela. Major General Darius N. Couch. U. S. Army, assumes command of the Department of the Susquehanna . Skirmish at Diascund Bridge, Va. Skirmish near Suffolk, Va.

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*Part II embraces the reports from the Middle Department, the Departments of the Susquehanna and West Virginia, and the Army of Northern Virginia, relating to the Gettysburg Campaign, and all reports relating to the other operations covered by the Summary of Principal Events.

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