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Volume 29, Chapter 41. Operations in North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania.   August 4-December 31, 1863

Aug 4, 1863 - Skirmish at Brandy Station, Va. Skirmish near Amissville, Va. Expedition to Fairfax Court-House, Va. Skirmish at Burlington, W. Va.

Aug 4-7, 1863 - Army and naval reconnaissance on James River, Va., and engagement (6th).

Aug 5, 1863 - Skirmish at Little Washington, Va. Skirmish at Muddy Run, Va.

Aug 5-12, 1863 - Expedition from Kempsville, Va., into Currituck and Camden Counties, N. C.

Aug 5-31, 1863 - Averell's raid in West Virginia.

Aug 6, 1863 - Skirmish at Cacapon Mountain, W. Va. Capture and recapture of sutlers' wagons near Fairfax Court-House, Va.

Aug 7, 1863 - Affair at Burke's Station, Va.

Aug 8, 1863 - Skirmish at Waterford, Va.

Aug 9, 1863 - Skirmish at Brandy Station, Va. Skirmish near Welford's Ford, Va.

Aug 10, 1863 - Bvt. Brig. Gen. William W. Morris, U. S. Army, temporarily in command of the Middle Department and Eighth Army Corps.

Aug 11, 1863 - Capture of Union wagon train near Annandale, Va.

Aug 11-19, 1863 - Expedition from Portsmouth, Va., to Edenton, N. C., and skirmishes.

Aug 14, 1863 - Maj. Gen. John J. Peck, U.S. Army, assumes command of the Eighteenth Army Corps. Skirmish at Washington, N. C. Scout in the Bull Run Mountains, Va. Capture of Vine-Tree Signal Station, Va. Scout to Winchester, Va.

Aug 15, 1863 - Skirmish at Hartwood Church, Va. Skirmish at Beverly Ford, Va.

Aug 15-19, 1863 - Scout from Centreville to Aldie, Va.

Aug 16, 1863 - Maj. Gen. Gouverneur K. Warren, U. S. Army, supersedes Brig. Gen. William Hays, in command of the Second Army Corps. Skirmish at Falls Church, Va.

Aug 18, 1863 - Skirmish at Bristoe Station, Va. Skirmish near Pasquotank, N. C.

Aug 21, 1863 - Maj. Gen. John G. Foster, U.S. Army, resumes command of the Eighteenth Army Corps. Skirmish near Glenville, W. Va.

Aug 22, 1863 - Skirmish at Stafford Court-House, Va.

Aug 23, 1863 - Capture of U. S. gunboats Satellite and Reliance. Capture of blockade-runner Hebe by U. S. Navy.

Aug 24, 1863 - Skirmish near King George Court-House, Va. Skirmish at Coyle's Tavern, near Fairfax Court-House, Va. Scout to Barbee's Cross-Roads, Va.

Aug 24-Sept. 30, 1863 - Mosby's operations in Virginia.

Aug 25, 1863 - Skirmish at Hartwood Church, Va. Skirmish near Lamb's Ferry, Chickahominy River, Va.

Aug 26, 1863 - Skirmish near Moorefield, W. Va.

Aug 26-28, 1863 - Skirmishes near Sutton (26th), on Elk Run (27th), and near Glenville (27th), W. Va.

Aug 26-29, 1863 - Expedition from Williamsburg to Bottom's Bridge, Va., and skirmishes.

Aug 27, 1863 - Skirmish at Ball's Mill, W. Va. Skirmish at Little Washington, Va. Skirmish at Weaverville, Va.

Aug 27-Sept. 2, 1863 - Cavalry operations in Virginia.

Aug 30-Sept. 2, 1863 - Expeditions to Leesburg, Va.

Aug 31, 1863 - Maj. Gen. Robert C. Schenck, U. S. Army, resumes command of the Middle Department and Eighth Army Corps. Brig. Gen. Alpheus S. Williams, U. S. Army, temporarily in command of the Twelfth Army Corps.

Sep 1, 1863 - Skirmish at Corbin's Cross-Roads, Va. Skirmish at Lamb's Creek Church, near Port Conway, Va. Skirmish at Leesburg, Va.

Sep 2, 1863 - Expedition against and destruction of gunboats Satellite and Reliance at Port Conway, Va. Skirmish near Oak Shade, Va.

Sep 2-23, 1863 - Expeditions from Martinsburg, W. Va., including affairs (15th and 19th) at Smithfield, W. Va., and Strasburg, Va.

Sep 4, 1863 - Skirmish at Moorefield, W. Va. Skirmish at Petersburg Gap, W. Va.

Sep --, 1863 - Attempt to capture Brig. Gen. Joseph J. Bartlett, U. S. Army.

Sep 6, 1863 - Skirmish at Carter's Run, Va. Skirmish at Petersburg, W. Va.

Sep 7, 1863 - Skirmish at Bath, W. Va.

Sep 8, 1863 - Skirmish at Beech Fork, Calhoun County, W. Va. Skirmish at Brandy Station, Va. Skirmish at Sutton, W. Va.

Sep 9, 1863 - The First Army Corps (Longstreet's) detached from the Army of Northern Virginia.

Sep 10-11, 1863 - Scout to Middleburg, Va.

Sep 11, 1863 - Affair at Moorefield, W. Va.

Sep 11-13, 1863 - Scout from Camp Piatt (Fayetteville), W. Va.

Sep 12, 1863 - Skirmish at South Mills, N. C. Skirmish at White Plains, Va. Skirmish in Roane County, W. Va. Skirmish near Bristoe Station, Va.

Sep 12-16, 1863 - Scout from Harper's Ferry, W. Va., into Loudoun County, and skirmish (14th) near Leesburg, Va.

Sep 13, 1863 - Maj. Gen. Henry W. Slocum, U. S. Army, resumes command of the Twelfth Army Corps.

Sep 13-17, 1863 - Advance of the Union forces from the Rappahannock to the Rapidan.

Sep --, 1863 - Confederate scout in West Virginia.

Sep 14, 1863 - Skirmish at Cheat Mountain Pass, W. Va. Skirmish in Smyth County, Va.

Sep 14-17, 1863 - Reconnaissance to the Blackwater River, N. C.

Sep 15, 1863 - Affair near Kempsville, Va.

Sep 15-19, 1863 - Expedition from Great Bridge, Va., to Indiantown, N. C.

Sep 16, 1863 - Skirmish at Smithfield, W. Va.

Sep 18, 1863 - Skirmish at Crooked Run, Va.

Sep 18-23, 1863 - Capture of schooners near Eastville, Va.

Sep 19, 1863 - Skirmish at Raccoon Ford, Va.

Sep 20, 1863 - Affair on Shaver Mountain, W. Va.

Sep 21, 1863 - Affair at Moorefield, W. Va. Skirmish at Fisher's Hill, Va.

Sep 21-23, 1863 - Reconnaissance across the Rapidan River, Va.

Sep 21-25, 1863 - Operations about Princess Anne Court-House, Va.

Sep 21-26, 1863 - Scout from Harper's Ferry, W. Va., into Loudoun Valley, Va., and skirmish (25th) near Upperville, Va.

Sep 22, 1863 - Skirmish between Centreville and Warrenton, Va. Skirmish at Rockville, Md.

Sep 23, 1863 - Maj. Gen. George E. Pickett, C. S. Army, assigned to command of the Department of North Carolina.

Sep 24, 1863 - Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker, U. S. Army, assigned to command of the Eleventh and Twelfth Army Corps. Skirmish at Bristoe Station, Va. Skirmish at Greenbrier Bridge, W. Va.

Sep 24-Oct. 3, 1863 - Transfer of the Eleventh and Twelfth Army Corps from the Army of the Potomac to the Army of the Cumberland.

Sep 25, 1863 - Capture of Confederate steamer near White House, Va. Skirmish at Seneca Trace Crossing, Cheat River, W. Va.

Sep 26, 1863 - Maj. Gen. W. H. C. Whiting, C. S. Army, assigned to the separate command of the District of the Cape Fear and the Defenses of Wilmington. Skirmish at Richard's Ford, Va.

Sep 27-28, 1863 - Scout on Hazel Run, Va.

Sep 30, 1863 - Skirmish at Neersville, Va. Skirmish at Woodville, Va. Destruction of Confederate salt-works on Back Bay, Va.

Oct 1, 1863 - Skirmish at Lewinsville, Va. Skirmish near Auburn, Va. Skirmish near Culpeper Court-House, Va. Skirmish near Harper's Ferry, W. Va. Capture of Union pickets on Robertson's River, Va.

Oct 3, 1863 - Skirmish at Lewinsville, Va.

Oct 4-9, 1863 - Expedition from Yorktown to Matthews County, Va.

Oct 6, 1863 - Affair near Catlett's Station, Va.

Oct 7, 1863 - Affair at Utz's Ford, Va. Skirmish at Hazel River, Va. Skirmish at Mitchell's Ford, Va. Skirmishes at Charlestown and Summit Point, W. Va.

Oct 8, 1863 - Skirmish near James City, Va. Skirmishes along Robertson's River, Va.

Oct 9-13, 1863 - Expedition to Chesnessex Creek, Va., and vicinity.

Oct 9-22, 1863 - The Bristoe (Virginia) Campaign.

Oct 10-17, 1863 - Expedition from New Berne to Elizabeth City and Edenton, N. C.

Oct 11, 1863 - Skirmish at Salt Lick Bridge, W. Va.

Oct 12-13, 1863 - Scout from Vienna to Gum Springs, Va.

Oct 13, 1863 - Skirmish at Bulltown, W. Va. Skirmish at Burlington, W. Va. Scout from Great Bridge, Va., to Indiantown, N. C.

Oct 14, 1863 - Maj. Gen. Christopher C. Augur, U. S. Army, supersedes Maj. Gen. Samuel P. Heintzelman in command of the Department of Washington and Twenty-second Army Corps. Skirmish at Salt Lick Bridge, W. Va.

Oct 15, 1863 - Affair near Hedgesville, W. Va.

Oct 16-17, 1863 - Affairs at Pungo Landing, N. C.

Oct 17, 1863 - Skirmish at Berryville, Va. Skirmish near Camden Court-House, N. C. Affair at Accotink, Va. Affair at Stuart's, near Chantilly, Va.

Oct 18, 1863 - Attack on Charlestown, W. Va., and skirmishes on road to Berryville, Va. Affair near Annandale, Va.

Oct 21-22, 1863 - Scout from Charleston to Boone County Court-House, W. Va.

Oct 22, 1863 - Affair near Annandale, Va.

Oct 23, 1863 - Skirmish at Fayetteville, Va. Skirmish near Rappahannock Station, Va. Skirmish at Warm Springs, N. C.

Oct 24, 1863 - Skirmish at Bealeton, Va. Skirmish at Liberty, Va.

Oct 25-26, 1863 - Skirmishes at and near Bealeton, Va.

Oct 26, 1863 - Attack on wagon train near New Baltimore, Va. Skirmish at Ravenswood, W. Va. Skirmish at Warm Springs, N. C.

Oct 27, 1863 - Skirmishes near Bealeton and Rappahannock Station, Va. Skirmish in Cherokee County, N. C. Skirmish on Sandy River, near Elizabeth, W. Va.

Oct 30, 1863 - Affair at Ford's Mill, near New Berne, N. C. Skirmish near Catlett's Station, Va.

Oct 31, 1863 - Affair near Weaverville, Va.

Nov 1, 1863 - Skirmish at Catlett's Station, Va.

Nov 1-17, 1863 - Expeditions from Beverly and Charleston against Lewisburg, W. Va.

Nov 3, 1863 - Scout about Catlett's Station, Va.

Nov 4, 1863 - Skirmish at Falmouth, Va. Skirmish near Rocky Run, N. C.

Nov 4- 9, 1863 - Expedition up the Chowan River, N. C.

Nov 5, 1863 - Skirmish at Hartwood Church, Va.

Nov 5-22, 1863 - Mosby's operations in Virginia.

Nov 6, 1863 - Skirmish near Falmouth, Va.

Nov 7, 1863 - Capture of Union pickets near Warrenton, Va.

Nov 7-8, 1863 - Advance of the Union forces to the line of the Rappahannock, Va.

Nov 9, 1863 - Operations near Weldon, N. C.

Nov 9-10, 1863 - Expedition from Williamsburg toward New Kent Court-House, Va.

Nov 11, 1863 - Maj. Gen. Benjamin F. Butler, U. S. Army, supersedes Maj. Gen. John G. Foster in command of the Department of Virginia and North Carolina. Raid on Suffolk, Va.

Nov 13, 1863 - Skirmish near Winchester, Va.

Nov 13-14, 1863 - Reconnaissance to the entrances of the Cape Fear River, N. C.

Nov 14, 1863 - Skirmish at Tyson's Cross-Roads, Va.

Nov 14-15, 1863 - Affairs on the Eastern Shore of Virginia.

Nov 14-18, 1863 - Scout from Martinsburg, W. Va.

Nov 15-18, 1863 - Expedition from Charlestown, W. Va., to near New Market, Va., and skirmishes (16th) at Woodstock, Edenburg, and Mount Jackson, Va.

Nov 16, 1863 - Skirmish near Burlington, W. Va. Affair at Germantown, Va.

Nov 16-19, 1863 - Expedition from Yorktown into Matthews County, Va.

Nov 18, 1863 - Skirmish near Germanna Ford, Va.

Nov 18-23, 1863 - Reconnaissance from Vienna toward the Blue Ridge Mountains, Va.

Nov 19, 1863 - Skirmish near Grove Church, Va.

Nov 21, 1863 - Affair at Liberty, Va. Expedition from Bealeton toward Thoroughfare Gap, Va.

Nov 24, 1863 - Skirmish near Little Boston, Va. Skirmish near Woodville, Va.

Nov 25, 1863 - Affair near Sangster's Station, Va. Skirmish near Greenville, N. C.

Nov 26, 1863 - Skirmish at Brentsville, Va. Skirmish at Plymouth, N. C. Skirmish at Warm Springs, N. C.

Nov 26-Dec. 2, 1863 - The Mine Run (Virginia) Campaign.

Nov 27, 1863 - Skirmish at Catlett's Station, Va.

Nov 29, 1863 - Skirmish at Brentsville, Va. Skirmish near Jonesville, Va.

Nov 30, 1863 - Skirmish at Licking Run Bridge, Va.

Dec 1, 1863 - Skirmish at Cedar Point, N. C.

Dec 1, 1863 - Skirmish at Jennings' Farm, near Ely's Ford, Va.

Dec 3, 1863 - Skirmish at Ellis' Ford, Va.

Dec 4, 1863 - Skirmish at Meadow Bluff, W. Va.

Dec 5, 1863 - Brig. Gen. Henry H. Lockwood, U. S. Army, supersedes. Maj. Gen. Robert C. Schenck in command of the Middle Department and Eighth Army Corps. Scout from New Berne toward Kinston, N. C. Skirmish at Raccoon Ford, Va.

Dec 5-24, 1863 - Expedition from Norfolk, Va., to South Mills, Camden Court-House, etc., N. C.

Dec 6, 1863 - Skirmish at Cheat River, W. Va.

Dec 7-11, 1863 - Scout in Hampshire, Hardy, Frederick, and Shenandoah Counties, and destruction of Columbian Iron Works, W. Va.

Dec 8-25, 1863 - Raid on the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad, and demonstrations up the Shenandoah Valley and from the Kanawha Valley.

Dec 9, 1863 - Affairs at and near Lewinsville, Va.

Dec 10, 1863 - Skirmish at Hertford, N. C.

Dec 12-13, 1863 - Skirmishes at and near Strasburg, Va.

Dec 12-14, 1863 - Expedition from Williamsburg to Charles City Court-House, Va., and skirmish.

Dec 13, 1863 - Affair at Germantown, Va. Affair at Hurricane Bridge, W. Va.

Dec 14, 1863 - Affair near Catlett's Station, Va.

Dec 14-24, 1863 - Miscellaneous cavalry affairs in Virginia.

Dec 15, 1863 - Skirmish at Sangster's Station, Va. Maj. Gen. Jubal A. Early, C. S. Army, assigned to command of the Valley District.

Dec 16, 1863 - Brig. Gen. John C. Caldwell, U. S. Army, temporarily in command of the Second Army Corps. Skirmish near Free Bridge, N. C. Skirmish at Upperville, Va.

Dec 17, 1863 - Expedition from Washington to Chicoa Creek, N. C. Skirmish at Sangsters Station, Va.

Dec 18, 1863 - Affair near Culpeper, Va. Skirmish at Indiantown or Sandy Swamp, N. C.

Dec 18-20, 1863 - Scout from Vienna to Middleburg, Va.

Dec 21, 1863 - Affair near Hunter's Mill, Va.

Dec 21-23, 1863 - Expedition from Bealeton to Luray, Va., and skirmishes.

Dec 21-24, 1863 - Scout from Rocky Run toward Trenton, N. C.

Dec 23, 1863 - Skirmish near Culpeper Court-House, Va.

Dec 24, 1863 - Affair near Germantown, Va.

Dec 25, 1863 - Destruction of Confederate salt-works on Bear Inlet, N. C.

Dec 25-27, 1863 - Scout from Vienna to Leesburg, Va., and skirmish.

Dec 27-29, 1863 - Expedition from Newport Barracks to Young's Cross-Roads, Swansborough, and Jackson, N. C.

Dec 28, 1863 - Skirmish at Moorefield, W. Va.

Dec 28-31, 1863 - Scouts from Vienna to Hopewell Gap, White Plains, etc., Va., and skirmish.

Dec 29, 1863 - Maj. Gen. Winfield S. Hancock, U. S. Army, resumes command of the Second Army Corps.

Dec 30, 1863 - Skirmish near Greenville, N. C.


 

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