CHAPTER XLV.

OPERATIONS IN NORTH CAROLINA, VIRGINIA, WEST VIRGINIA, MARYLAND, AND PENNSYLVANIA.

January 1-April 30, 1864.

SUMMARY OF THE PRINCIPAL EVENTS. *

December 31, 1863-Jan. 5, 1864. - Operations in Hampshire and Hardy Counties, W. Va.

Jan. 1, 1864. - Affair at Bunker Hill, W. Va.

Skirmish at Rectortown, Va.

1-4, 1864. - Expedition from Bealeton to Front Royal, Va.

3, 1864. - Reconnaissance from Charlestown, W. Va., to Winchester, Va., and skirmish.

Skirmish at Jonesville, Va. +

4, 1864. - Affair at Lockwood's Folly Inlet, N. C. #

6, 1864. - Affair at Flint Hill, Va.

7, 1864. - Skirmish at Warrenton, Va.

8, 1864. - Skirmish at Moorefield Junction, W. Va.

9, 1864. - Major General Gouverneur K. Warren, U. S. Army, temporarily in command of Second Army Corps.

10, 1864. - Skirmish at Loudoun Heights, Va.

Skirmish at Petersburg, W. Va.

Scout to Sperryville, Va.

11, 1864. - Affair at Lockwood's Folly Inlet, N. C. @

12, 1864. - Affair near Accotink, Va.

Affair near Ellis' Ford, Va.

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*Of some of the minor conflicts noted in this Summary no circumstantial reports are on file. All such are designated in the Index.

+See Vol. XXXII, Part I, p. 57.

#Between U. S. Navy and Confederate batteries. See Whiting's dispatches, January 4 and 5, post; and for report of Acting Rear-Admiral S. P. Lee, U. S. Navy, (of the destruction of the Bendigo) see Annual Report of the Secretary of the Navy, December 5, 1864.

#See Acting Rear-Admiral Lee's report of the destruction of the steamers Ranger and Vesta (blockade-runners), Annual Report of the Secretary of the Navy, December 5, 1864

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