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9 Series I Volume XLI-I Serial 83 - Price's Missouri Expedition Part I

Page 9 Chapter LIII. SUMMARY OF PRINCIPAL EVENTS.

December 1-31, 1864.- Operations in Central Arkansas.

Operations against Indians in Nebraska, with skirmish (8th) near Plum Creek.

2, 1864.- Major General Grenville M. Dodge, U. S. Army, appointed to the command of the Department of the Missouri,vice Rosecrans, relieved.

3, 1864.- Skirmish in Perry County, Ark.

Skirmish near New Madrid, Mo.

4, 1864.- Skirmish on the New Texas road, near Morganza, La.

Skirmish with Indians on Cow Creek, near Fort Zarah, Kans.

5, 1864.- Skirmish near Lewisburg, Ark.

6, 1864.- Skirmish at Lewisburg, Ark.

7, 1864.- Affair at Moselle Bridge, near Franklin, Mo.

7-8, 1864.- Expedition from Devall's Bluff to Augusta, Ark.

8, 1864.- Major General Napoleon J. T. Dana, U. S. Army, assumes command of the Department of Mississippi.

Affair at Tuscumbia, Mo.

9, 1864.- Major General Grenville M. Dodge, U. S. Army, assumes command of the Department of the Missouri.

10-23, 1864.- Expedition against Indians in Central Arizona, with skirmish (15th) on Hassayampa Creek.

12, 1864.- Skirmish on the Amite River, La.

13, 1864.- Affair near Devall's Bluff, Ark.

13-14, 1864.- Expedition from Morganza to and beyond Morgan's Ferry, La.

13-15, 1864.- Expedition up the White River from Devall's Bluff, Ark.

14, 1864.- Skirmish in the Cypress Swamp, near Cape Girardeau, Mo.

14, 1864-Jan.5, 1865.- Operations in the vicinity of Hermitage Plantation, near Morganza, La.

16-19, 1864.- Expedition from Morganza to the Atchafalaya River, La.

18, 1864.- Skirmish on Little River, in New Madrid County, Mo.

19, 1864.- Skirmish at Rector's Farm, Ark.

20, 1864-Jan.4, 1865.- Expeditions from Cape Girardeau and Dallas, Mo., to Cherokee Bay, Ark., and the Saint Francis River, with skirmishes.

21, 1864-Jan.5.1865.- Expedition from Memphis, Tenn., to destroy the Mobile and Ohio Railroad, and engagements at Verona, Miss. (25th),and at Egypt, Miss. (28th).

22, 1864.- Skirmish on Franklin Creek, Miss.

Major General Joseph J. Reynolds, U. S. Army, supersedes Major General Frederick Steele in command of the Department of Arkansas.

23-24, 1864.- Expedition form Baton Rouge to Clinton, La.

24, 1864.- Skirmish near Fort Smith, Ark.

24-25, 1864.- Scout from Pine Bluff to Richland, Ark.,with skirmish (24th) near Richland.

26, 1864-Jan.1.1865.-Expedition against Indians in Central Arizona, with skirmish (January 1) at Sycamore Springs, Ariz. Ter.

30, 1864.- Skirmish near Caruthersville, Mo.


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