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November 25. 1862.-Skirmish at Clarksville, Tenn.

26, 1862.-Lieutenant-General Polk assumes command of "Polk's Corps," Army of Tennessee.

26-27, 1862.-Reconnaissance to La Vergne, Tenn., and skirmish.

26-30, 1862.-Operations about Springfield, Tenn.

26-December 1, 1862.-Expedition from Edgefield to Harpeth Shoals, Clarksville, & c., Tenn.

27, 1862.-Skirmish at Mill Creek, Tenn.

28, 1862.-Skirmishes on the Carthage road, near Hartsville and Rome, Tenn.

29-December 1, 1862.-Reconnaissance from Stewart's Ferry, Stone's River, to Baird's Mills, Tenn., and skirmishes en route.

December 1, 1862.-Skirmish near Nolensville, Tenn.

3, 1862.-Attack on Union forage train on the Hardin pike, near Nashville, Tenn.

4, 1862.-General Joseph E. Johnston, C. S. Army, assumes the command to which he was assigned November 24.

Skirmish in Floyd County, Ky.

Skirmish on the Franklin pike, near Holly Tree Gap, Tenn.

Capture of outpost near Stewart's Ferry (or Ford), Stone's River, Tenn.

4-5, 1862.-Capture of transports, and skirmishes near Prestonburg, Ky.

6, 1862.-Skirmish near Kimbrough's Mill, Creek, Tenn.

&, 1862.-Action at Hartsville, Tenn.

9, 1862.-Skirmish at Dobbins' Ferry, near La Vergne, Tenn.

Reconnaissance toward Franklin, and skirmish near Brentwood, Tenn.

11, 1862.-Skirmish at la Vergne, Tenn.

Skirmish near Nashville, Tenn.

11-12, 1862.- Reconnaissance from Nashville to Franklin Tenn., and skirmishes on the Wilson Creek pike and at Franklin.

12, 1862.-Skirmishes at Cherokee and Little Bear Creek, Ala.*

14, 1862.-Attack on forage train and skirmish on the Franklin pike, near Nashville, Tenn.

15-16, 1862.-Violation of flag of true.

20, 1862-January 5 1863.-Carter's raid into East Tennessee and Southwest Virginia.

21, 1862.-Skirmish on the Wilson Creek pike, Tenn.

22, 1862-Jan.2, 1863.-Morgan's second Kentucky raid.

23, 1862.-Lieutenant General E. Kirby Smith, C. S. Army, resumes command of the Department of East Tennessee.

Skirmish near Nashville, Tenn.

24, 1862.-Skirmish near Nashville, Tenn.

24, 1862-January 1, 1863.-Expedition into East Tennessee, and skirmish at Perkins' Mill, on Elk Fork, December 28.

25, 1862.-Skirmish on the Wilson Creek pike, between Brentwood and Petersburg, Tenn.

Skirmish at Prim's blacksmith shop,

Edmondson pike, Tenn.

26, 1862.-Capture of guerrilla camp in Powell County, Ky.

Mutiny of the Anderson Cavalry.+

26, 1862-January 5, 1863.- The Stone's River, or Murfreesborough, Tenn., Campaign.

* See reconnaissance from Corinth, Miss., toward Tuscumbia, Ala., &c., December 9-14, Series I, Vol. XVII, Part I, p. 541.

+See report of Major Nelson H. Davis, February 4, 1863, in "Correspondence, etc," Part II, of this volume.


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