CHAPTER XXV.

OPERATIONS IN MISSOURI, ARKANSAS, KANSAS, THE INDIAN TERRITORY, AND THE DEPARTMENT OF THE NORTHWEST.

April 10-November 20, 1862.

SUMMARY OF THE PRINCIPAL EVENTS.*

April 10, 1862-Brigadier General John M. Schofield, U. S. Army, placed in immediate command in Missouri.

11, 1862.-Skirmish near Shiloh, Mo.

14, 1862.-Skirmish at Montevallo, Mo.

Skirmish at Diamond Grove, Mo.

Skirmish near the Santa Fe Road, Mo.

15, 1862.-Van Dorn's forces ordered to Memphis, Tenn.

Skirmish at Lost Creek, Mo.

16, 1862.-Skirmish near the Blackwater, Mo.

17, 1862.-Skirmish at Warsaw, Mo.

19, 1862.-Skirmish at Talbot's Ferry, Ark.

21, 1862.-Skirmish at Pocahontas, Ark.

25, 1862.-Skirmish on the Osage, near Monagan Springs, Mo.

26, 1862.-Skirmish at Neosho, Mo.

Skirmish at Turn back Creek, Mo.

28, 1862.-Skirmish at Warsaw, Mo.

-, 1862.-Scouts on the Marias-Des-Cygnes and Elk Fork Rivers, Mo.

May 2, 1862.-The Department of Kansas re-established.

Skirmish at Litchfield, Ark.

3, 1862.-Skirmish at Batesville, Ark.

5, 1862.-Brigadier General James G. Blunt, U. S. Army, assumes command of the Department of Kansas.

6, 1862.-Skirmish on White River, Ark.

7, 1862.-Skirmish at Horse Creek, Mo.

10, 1862.-Skirmish near Bloomfield, Mo.

11, 1862.-Brigadier General John S. Roane, C. S. Army, assigned to command in Arkansas.

14, 1862.-Skirmish at Cotton Plant, Ark.

15, 1862.-Skirmish near Butler, Mo.

Skirmish at Chalk Bluff, Ark.

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*Of some of the minor conflicts noted in this "Summary" no circumstantial reports are on file.

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