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3 Series I Volume XVI-I Serial 22 - Morgan's First Kentucky Raid, Perryville Campaign Part I

Page 3 Chapter XXVIII. SUMMARY OF THE PRINCIPAL EVENTS.

August 27, 1862.-Skirmish near Cumberland Gap, Tenn.

Skirmish near Murfreesborough, Tenn.

Skirmish on Richland Creek, near Pulaski, Tenn.

Skirmish near Reynolds' Station, Nashville and Decatur Railroad.

27-28, 1862.-Army of the Mississippi, under General Braxton Bragg, C. S. Army, Crosses the Tennessee River.

27-oct.22, 1862.-Operations of Wheeler's Cavalry in Tennessee and Kentucky.

20, 1862.-Skirmish between Big Hill and Richmond, Ky.

29-30, 1862.-Skirmishes at Short Mountain Cross-Roads (August 29), and Little Pond (August 30), near McMinnville, Tenn.

30, 1862.-Battle of Richmond, Ky., or engagements at Mount Zion Church.

White's Farm, and Richmond.

Skirmish near Larkinsville, Ala.

31, 1862.-Skirmish at Stevenson, Ala.

Skirmish on the Kentucky River, Ky.

Skirmish at Rogers' Gap, Tenn.

Sept. 1, 1862.-Major General J. P. McCown, C. S. Army assumes command of the Department of East Tennessee.

Skirmish at Uniontown, Ky.

Skirmish at Tait's Ferry, Kentucky River, Ky.

Skirmish at Morganfield, Ky.

Skirmish at Hutsville, Ala.

2, 1862.-Skirmish near Nashville, Tenn.

Lexington, Ky., occupied by the Confederate forces.

3, 1862.-Skirmish at Geiger's Lake, Ky.

4, 1862.-Skirmish at Shelbyville, Ky.

5, 1862.-Skirmish near Madisonville, Ky.

5-10, 1862.-Expedition from Fort Donelson to clarksville, Tenn., and skirmishes (September 6) at New Providence and (September y) at Riggin's Hill.

7, 1862.-Skirmish at Pine Mountain Gap, Tenn.

Skirmish near Murfreesborough, Tenn.

Surrender of outpost at Shepherdsville, Ky.

8, 1862.-Skirmish at Barboursville, Ky.

9, 1862.- Skirmish at Columbia, Tenn.

10, 1862.- Operations at Rogers' and Big Creek Gaps, Tenn.

Skirmish at Columbia, Tenn.

Skirmish at Fort Mitchel, near Covington, Ky.

Skirmish at Woodburn, Ky.

12, 1862.-Skirmish at Brandenburg, Ky.

Glasgow, Ky., occupied by the confederate forces.

14, 1862.-Skirmish at Henderson, Ky.

14-17, 1862.-Siege of Mounfordville and Woodsonville, Ky.

17, 1862.-Skirmish near Falmounth, Ky.

17, Oct. 3, 1862.-Evacuation of Cumberland Gap, Tenn., and march of its garrison to Greenupsburg, Ky.

18, 1862.-Affair at Glasgow, Ky.

Skirmish near Florence, Ky.

Skirmish at Owensborough, Ky.

19, 1862.-West Virginia embraced in Department of the Ohio.

Skirmish at Southerland's Farm, Ky.

19-20, 1862.-Skirmishes at Brentwood, Tenn.


Page 3 Chapter XXVIII. SUMMARY OF THE PRINCIPAL EVENTS.