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3 Series I Volume XXIII-I Serial 34 - Tullahoma Campaign Part I

Page 3 Chapter XXXV. SUMMARY OF THE PRINCIPAL EVENTS.

March 22.-April 1, 1863.-Pegram's expedition into Kentucky.

23, 1863.-Skirmish near Thompson's Station, Tenn.

25, 1863.-Major General Ambrose E. Burnside, U. S. Army, supersedes Major General Horatio G. "Wright in command of the Department of the Ohio.

Actions at Brentwood and on the Little Harpeth River, Tenn.

Affair with Union gunboats near Florence, Ala.

25-26, 1863.-Skirmishes near Louisa, Ky.

26, 1863.-Reconnaissance from Murfreesborough to Bradyville, Tenn.

27, 1863.-Skirmish on the Woodbury Pike, Tenn.

--, 1863.-Skirmish at Madisonville, ky.

31, 1863.-Skirmish near Franklin, Tenn.

April 1, 1863.-Skirmish on the Columbia Pike, Tenn.

1-8, 1863.-Expedition from Murfreesborough to Lebanon, Carthage, and Liberty, Tenn.

2, 1863.-Expedition from Readyville to Woodbury, Tenn.

Skirmish on the Carter Creek Pike, Tenn.

2-6, 1863.-Reconnaissance from near Murfreesborough to Auburn, Liberty, Snow Hill, Cherryalley, Statesville, Cainsville, and Lebanon, and skirmishes (April 3) at Snow Hill, or Smith's Ford, and Liberty, Tenn.

4, 1863.-Brigadier General Orlando B. Willcox, U. S. Army, temporarily in command of the Ninth Army Corps.

Skirmish at Woodbury, Tenn.

Skirmish on the Lewisburg Pike, Tenn.

5, 1863.-Skirmish at Davis' Mill, Tenn.

6, 1863.-Skirmish at Town Creek, Ala.

Skirmish near Green Hill, Tenn.

7, 1863.-Skirmish at Liberty, Tenn.

7-11, 1863.-Wheeler's raid on Louisville and Nashville and Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad,s including affair (April 10) at Antioch Station, Tenn.

9, 1863.-Skirmish at Franklin, Tenn.

10, 1863.-Engagement at Franklin, Tenn.

12, 1863.-Skirmish at Stewartsborough, Tenn.

13, 1863.-Skirmish near Chapel Hill, Tenn.

15, 1863.-Skirmish at Piketon. Ky.

15-May 8, 1863.-Expeditions (April 15-May 2) to Courtland, Ala, and (May 2-8) Tupelo, Miss.

16, 1863.-Skirmish at Paris, Ky.

Skirmish near Eagleville, Tenn.

18, 1863.-Skirmish at Hartsville, Tenn.

19, 1863.-Skirmish at Celina, Ky.

Skirmish at Creelsborough, Ky.

20-30, 1863.-Expedition from Murfreesborough to McMinnville, Tenn.

22, 1863.-Skirmish at Hartsville, Tenn.

23, 1863.-Skirmish on the Shelbyville Pike, Tenn.

--, 1863.-Skirmish near Creek Head, Ky.

25, 1863.-Major General Dabney H. Maury, C. S. Army, assumes command of the Department of East Tennessee.

26, 1863.-Affair near College Grove, Tenn.

Engagement at Duck River Island, or Little Rock Landing, Tenn.

26-May 3, 1863.-Strength's Raid from Tuscumbia, Ala., toward Rome, Ga.

26-May 12, 1863.-Expedition to Monticello, Ky., and operations in Southeastern Kentucky.

27, 1863.-Major General Simon B. Buckner, C. S. Army, assigned to command of the Department of East Tennessee.


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