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Volume 19, Chapter 31. Operations in Northern Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania. September 3-November 14, 1862

Sept. 3, 1862 - Skirmish at Ravenswood, W. Va. Skirmish at Weston, W. Va.

Sep 3-20, 1862 - The Maryland Campaign.

Sep 4, 1862 - Jenkins raid into Ohio.

Sep 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.

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

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

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

Sep 9, 1862 - Maj. Gen. Samuel P. Heintzelman, U. S. Army, placed in command of the Defenses of Washington south of the Potomac.

Sep 12, 1862 - The First, Second, and Third Corps, Army of Virginia, designated respectively as the Eleventh, Twelfth, and First Army Corps.

Sep 12-17, 1862 - Scout in Loudoun County, Va., and skirmish (September 14) near Leesburg.

Sep 16, 1862 - Reconnaissance toward Thoroughfare Gap and Aldie, Va.

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

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

Sep 20, 1862 - Skirmish at Ashby's Gap, Va. Skirmish at Point Pleasant, W. Va.

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

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

Sep 25-28, 1862 - Expedition from Centreville to Bristoe Station and Warrenton Junction, Va.

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

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

Sep 27, 1862 - Reconnaissance from Harper's Ferry toward Charlestown, W. Va.

Sep 28, 1862 - Skirmish at Standing Stone, W. Va.

Sep 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.

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

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

Oct 1-2, 1862 - Reconnaissance from Harper's Ferry, W. Va., to Leesburg, Va.

Oct 2-4, 1862 - Operations at Blue's Gap (or Hanging Rock), Little Cacapon Bridge, and Paw Paw Tunnel, W. Va.

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

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

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

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

Oct 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.

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

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

Oct 9-12, 1862 - Stuart's expedition into Maryland and Pennsylvania.

Oct 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 Paris, Snickersville, and Middleburg, Va.

Oct 16, 1862 - Brig. Gen. John Echols, C. S. Army, supersedes Maj. Gen. William W. Loring in command of the Department of Western Virginia. Reconnaissance from Harper's Ferry to Kearneysville, W. Va.

Oct 16-17, 1862 - Reconnaissance 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.

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

Oct 17-25, 1862 - Resistance to draft in Carbon, Luzerne, and Schuylkill Counties, Pa.

Oct 19, 1862 - Skirmish between Catlett's Station and Warrenton Junction, Va.

Oct 20, 1862 - Maj. Gen. Henry W. Slocum, U. S. Army, assumes command of the Twelfth Army Corps. Skirmish at Hedgesville, W. Va.

Oct 21, 1862 - Reconnaissance from Loudoun Heights to Lovettsville, Va., and skirmishes en route.

Oct 22, 1862 - Skirmish near Snickersville, Va.

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

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

Oct 27, 1862 - Maj. Gen. Samuel P. Heintzelman, U. S. Army, supersedes Major- General Banks in command of the Defenses of Washington.

Oct 29, 1862 - Capture of Confederate pickets opposite Williamsport, Md. Skirmish near Petersburg, W. Va.

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

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

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

Nov 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.

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

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

Nov 9,1862 - Reconnaissance from Bolivar Heights to Rippon, W. Va. Skirmish at Fredericksburg, Va. Skirmish on the South Fork of the Potomac, W. Va.

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

Nov 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. Army, assigned to command of the Department of Western Virginia. Skirmish at Charlestown, Jefferson County, W. Va.

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

Nov 11, 1862 - Skirmish at Jefferson, Va.

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

Nov 14, 1862 - Army of the Potomac organized into three grand divisions - right, center, and left - under command of Maj. Gens. E. V. Sumner, Joseph Hooker, and W. B. Franklin. Major-General Sumner assumes command of the Right Grand Division. Skirmish at Waterloo, Va. Skirmish at Jefferson, Va.


 

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