VOLUME XVI.

CHAPTER XXVIII.

Operations in Kentucky, Middle and East Tennessee, North Alabama, and Southwest Virginia. June

Part 1-Reports

10-October 31, 1862.

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Part II-Correspondence, etc.

VOLUME XVII.

CHAPTER XXIX.

Operations in West Tennessee and Northern Mississippi. June 10, 1862-January 20, 1863.

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CHAPTER XXXI.

OPERATIONS IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA, WEST VIR-

GINIA, MARYLAND, AND PENNSYLVANIA.

5, 1862.-The armies of the Potomac and Virginia being consolidated, Maj.

Gen. John Pope, U. S. Army, is relieved and ordered to report to

the Secretary of War.

6, 1862.-Evacuation of Acquia Creek, Va., and destruction of property at.

6-16, 1862.-Campaign in the Kanawha Valley, W. Va.

8, 1862-Maj. Gen. N. P. Banks assumes command of the Defenses of Wash-

ington.

9, 1962.-Maj. Gen. Samuel P. Heintzelman, U. S. Army, placed in command

of the Defenses of Washington sonth of the Potomac.

12, 1862.--The First, Second, and Third Corps, Army of Virginia, designated

respectively as the Eleventh, Twelfth, and First Army Corps.

12-17, 1862.—Scout in Londoun County, Va., and skirmish (September 14)

uear Leesburg.

16, 1862.—Reconnaissance toward Thoroughfare Gap and Aldie, Va.

16-19, 1862.-Reconnaissance from Upton's Hill to Leesburg, Va., and skirmish.

19, 1862.-West Virginia transferred to the Department of the Ohio.

20, 1862.-Skirmish at Ashby's Gap, Va.

Skirmish at Point Pleasant, W. Va.

22, 1862.-Skirmish at Ashby's Gap, Va.

25, 1862.-Reconnaissance from Shepherdstown, W. Va.

Of some of the minor conflicts noted in this "Summary," no circumstantial reports

are on file.

+ For reports, see Series I, Vol. XII, Part II, pp. 756–763.

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Sept. 25-28, 1862.--Expedition from Centreville to Bristoe Station and Warrenton

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Junction, Va.

26, 1862.-Skirmish near Catlett's Station, Va.

26-27, 1862.--Expedition from Point Pleasant to Buffalo, W. Va., and skir

mish.

27, 1862.--Reconnaissance from Harper's Ferry toward Charlestown, W. Va. 28, 1862.-Skirmish at Standing Stone, W. Va.

29, 1862.-Maj. Gen. John F. Reynolds, U. S. Army, assumes command of the
First Army Corps.

Expedition from Centreville to Warrenton and Buckland Mills,
Va.

30, 1862.-Skirmish near Glenville, W. Va.

1, 1862.-Reconnaissance from Sharpsburg, Md., to Shepherdstown and
Martinsburg, W. Va., and skirmishes en route.

1-2, 1862.-Reconnaissance from Harper's Ferry, W. Va., to Leesburg, Va.
2- 4, 1862.-Operations at Blue's Gap (or Hanging Rock), Little Cacapo.
Bridge, and Paw Paw Tunnel, W. Va.

4, 1862.-Reconnaissance from Conrad's Ferry, Potomac River, into Vir

ginia.

4-6, 1862.-Reconnaissance from Loudoun Heights to Neersville and Hillsborongh, Va.

6, 1862.-Reconnaissance from Bolivar Heights toward Charlestown, W. Va. Skirmish at Big Birch, W. Va.

7, 1862.-Maj. Gen. Darius N. Couch, U. S. Army, supersedes Maj. Gen. Edwin V. Sumner in command of the Second Army Corps.

8, 1862.-Brig. Gen. Orlando B. Willcox, U. S. Army, supersedes Brig. Gen Jacob D. Cox in command of the Ninth Army Corps. Reconnaissance from Conrad's Ferry to Leesburg, Va.

8- 9, 1862.-Reconnaissance from Fairfax Court-House to Aldie, Va., and skir

mish.

9, 1862.-Skirmish at Four Locks, Md.

12, 1862. Stuart's expedition into Maryland and Pennsylvania.

13, 1862.—Major-General Burnside, U. S. Army, assigned to command of the Defenses of Harper's Ferry, W. Va.

Maj. Gen. Jacob D. Cox, U. S. Army, assumes command of the District of Western Virginia.

Operations about Patis, Snickersville, and Middleburg, Va.

16, 1862.--Brig. Gen. Johu Echols, C. S. Ariny, supersedes Maj. Gen. William W. Loring in command of the Department of Western Virginia. Reconnaissance from Harper's Ferry to Kearneysville, W. Va. 16-17, 1862.-Recounaissance from Sharpsburg, Md., to Smithfield, W. Va., including skirmishes near Kearneysville and Shepherdstown. Reconnaissance from Harper's Ferry to Charlestown, W. Va., and skirmish en route.

17-18, 1862.-Expedition to Thoroughfare Gap, Va., and skirmish.

17-25, 1862.--Resistance to draft in Carbon, Luzerne, and Schuylkill Counties, Pa. 19, 1862.-Skirmish between Catlett's Station and Warrenton Junction, Va. 20, 1862.-Maj. Gen. Henry W. Slocum, U. S. Army, assumes command of the Twelfth Army Corps.

Skirmish at Hedgesville, W. Va.

21, 1862.-Reconnaissance from Loudoun Heights to Lovettsville, Va., ai d

skirmishes en route.

22, 1862.--Skirmish near Snickersville, Va.

24, 1862.-Skirmishes at Manassas Junction and near Bristoe Station, Va.

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26-Nov. 10, 1862.-Operations in Loudoun, Fauquier, and Rappahannock
Counties, Va.

27, 1862.—Maj. Gen. Samuel P. Heintzelman, U. S. Army, supersedes Major.
General Banks in command of the Defenses of Washington.
29, 1862.-Capture of Confederate pickets opposite Williamsport, Md.
Skirmish near Petersburg, W. Va.

30, 1862.-Brig. Gen. George Stoneman, U. S. Army, supersedes Major-Gen
eral Heintzelman in command of the Third Army Corps.

31, 1862.-Skirmish near the Falls of the Kanawha, W. Va.

5-14, 1862.-Operations in Augusta, Bath, and Highland Counties, Va., and Pendleton and Pocahontas Counties, W. Va.

6, 1862.-Lieut. Gens. James Longstreet and Thomas J. Jackson, C. S. Army, assigned respectively to command of the First and Second Corps, Army of Northern Virginia.

Skirmish at Martinsburg, W. Va.

7, 1862.-Major-General Burnside supersedes Major-General McClellan in command of the Army of the Potomac.

8-14, 1862.-Imboden's expedition from Hardy into Tucker County, W. Va., and capture of Saint George.

9, 1862.-Reconnaissance from Bolivar Heights to Rippon, W. Va.

Skirmish at Fredericksburg, Va.

Skirmish on the South Fork of the Potomac, W. Va.

9-11, 1862.-Expedition into Greenbrier County, W. Va.

10, 1862.-Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker, U. S. Army, supersedes Maj. Gen. Fitz John Porter in command of the Fifth Army Corps.

Brig. Gen. John S. Williams, C. S. Ariny, assigned to command of the Department of Western Virginia.

Skirmish at Charlestown, Jefferson County, W. Va.

10-12, 1862.-Operations along the Orange and Alexandria Railroad, Va.

11, 1862. Skirmish at Jefferson, Va.

13-14, 1862.—Skirmishes at Sulphur Springs, Va.

14, 1862.-Army of the l'otomac organized into three grand divisions-
right, center, and left-under command of Maj. Gens. E. V.
Summer, Joseph Hooker, and W. B. Franklin.

Major-General Sumner assumes command of the Right Grand
Division.

Skirmish at Waterloo, Va.

Skirmish at Jefferson, Va.

GENERAL REPORTS.*

No. 1.-Maj. Gen. Henry W. Halleck, U. S. Army, General-in-Chief, of operations September 3-October 24.

No. 2.-Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan, U. S. Army, commanding the Army of the Potomac, of operations August 14-November 9.

No. 3.-Brig. Gen. Rufus Ingalls, Chief Quartermaster, Army of the Potomac, of operations of the Quartermaster's Department September 2-November 9, with annual report for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1863.

No. 4.-Surg. Jonathan Letterman, U. S. Army, Medical Director, Army of the Potomac, of the operations of the Medical Department September 2-November 7. No. 5.-Maj. Albert J. Myer, U. S. Army, Chief Signal Officer, of operations Angust 30-September 20.

* See also report of Col. Henry F. Clarke, U. 8. Army, Commissary of Subsistence, Series I, Vol. XI, Part I, pp. 166–177.