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Civil War Battles 

Volume 31, Chapter 43. Operations in Kentucky, Southwest Virginia, Tennessee, Mississippi, North Alabama, and North Georgia. October 20-December 31, 1863

Oct 20, 1863 - Maj. Gen. George H. Thomas, U. S. Army, supersedes Maj. Gen. William S. Rosecrans in command of the Army of the Cumberland. Action at Philadelphia, Tenn. Reconnaissance from Bridgeport toward Trenton, Ala. Skirmish at Treadwell's Plantation, Miss. Skirmish at Warm Springs, N. C.

Oct 20-29, 1863 - Operations on the Memphis and Charleston Railroad.

Oct 21, 1863 - Skirmish at Sulphur Springs, Tenn.

Oct 22, 1863 - Skirmish at New Madrid Bend, Tenn. Skirmish at Brownsville, Miss. Destruction of the steamer Mist on the Mississippi River. Skirmish near Volney, Ky.

Oct 22-24, 1863 - Scout from Germantown, Tenn., to Chulahoma, Miss.

Oct 23, 1863 - Lieut. Gen. Leonidas Polk, C. S. Army, transferred from the Army of Tennessee to the Army of Mississippi, vice Lieut. Gen. William J. Hardee, reassigned to the Army of Tennessee. Skirmish at Sweet Water, Tenn.

Oct 24, 1863 - Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman, U. S. Army, assumes command of the Army of the Tennessee, vice Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, commanding the Military Division of the Mississippi.

Oct 24-25, 1863 - Skirmishes at Tuscumbia, Ala.

Oct 24-Nov. 10, 1863 - Expedition from Goodrich's Landing, La., to Griffin's Landing and Catfish Point, Miss.

Oct 25-26, 1863 - Skirmishes at Philadelphia, Tenn.

Oct 26, 1863 - Skirmish at Jones' Hill, Tenn. Skirmish at Warm Springs, N. C. Skirmish at Vincent's Cross-Roads, near Bay Springs, Miss.

Oct 26-27, 1863 - Skirmishes at and near Sweet Water, Tenn.

Oct 26-29, 1863 - Reopening of the Tennessee River, including skirmish (27th) at Brown's Ferry and engagement (28th and 29th) at Wauhatchie, Tenn.

Oct 27, 1863 - Skirmish in Cherokee County, N. C. Skirmish at Clinch Mountain, Tenn. Scout from Columbia toward Pulaski, Tenn., and skirmish.

Oct 28, 1863 - Maj. Gen. John M. Palmer, U. S. Army, assumes command of the Fourteenth Army Corps. Skirmish at Clarksville, Tenn. Skirmish at Leiper's Ferry, Tenn.

Oct 29, 1863 - Maj. Gen. Frank P. Blair, jr., U. S. Army, assumes command of the Fifteenth Army Corps. Skirmish at Centreville, Tenn.

Oct 29-Nov. 2, 1863 - Scout from Winchester to Fayetteville, Tenn.

Oct 30, 1863 - Skirmish at Salyersville, Ky. Skirmish at Leiper's Ferry, Holston River, Tenn.

Oct 31, 1863 - Skirmish at Barton's Station, Ala. Skirmish at Yazoo City, Miss.

Nov 1, 1863 - Skirmish at Fayetteville, Tenn. Skirmish at Eastport, Tenn. Skirmish at Quinn and Jackson's Mill, Miss. Scout from Bovina Station to Baldwin's Ferry, Miss.

Nov 2, 1863 - Skirmish at Corinth, Miss. Skirmish at Centreville, Tenn. Skirmish at Piney Factory, Tenn.

Nov 3, 1863 - Skirmish at Lawrenceburg, Tenn.

Nov 3-5, 1863 - Operations on the Memphis and Charleston Railroad.

Nov 4, 1863 - Skirmish at Maysville, Ala. Skirmish at Motley's Ford, Little Tennessee River, Tenn.

Nov 4-Dec. 23, 1863 - The Knoxville (Tennessee) Campaign.

Nov 5, 1863 - Skirmish in Loudon County, Tenn. Skirmish at Holly Springs, Miss.

Nov 6, 1863 - Action near Rogersville, Tenn.

Nov 8, 1863 - Maj. Gen. John C. Breckinridge, C. S. Army, supersedes Lieut. Gen. Daniel H. Hill in command of the Second Corps, Army of Tennessee.

Nov 10-13, 1863 - Expedition from Skipwith's Landing to Tallulah Court-House, Miss.

Nov 11, 1863 - Skirmish near Natchez, Miss.

Nov 12, 1863 - Skirmish near Cumberland Gap, Tenn. Skirmish at Corinth, Miss.

Nov 13, 1863 - Skirmish at Blythe's Ferry, Tennessee River, Tenn. Skirmish at Palmyra, Tenn.

Nov 14, 1863 - Brig. Gen. Nathan B. Forrest, C. S. Army, assigned to command of West Tennessee.

Nov 14-15, 1863 - Skirmishes at Danville, Miss.

Nov 14-17, 1863 - Expedition from Maysville to Whitesburg and Decatur, Ala.

Nov 15, 1863 - Skirmish at Pillowville, Tenn.

Nov 18, 1863 - Skirmish at Trenton, Ga.

Nov 18-22, 1863 - Expedition from Skipwith's Landing to Roebuck Lake, Miss.

Nov 19, 1863 - Skirmish at Meriwether's Ferry, near Union City, Tenn.

Nov 19, 1863 - Skirmish at Mulberry Gap, Tenn. Skirmish at Colwell's Ford, Tenn. Scout from Memphis, Tenn., to Hernando, Miss.

Nov 20, 1863 - Skirmish at Sparta, Tenn.

Nov 21, 1863 - Expedition from Island No. 10 to Tiptonville, Tenn.

Nov 21-22, 1863 - Scout from Fort Pillow, Tenn.

Nov 22, 1863 - Skirmish at Camp Davies, Miss. Skirmish at Fayette, Miss. Skirmish at Winchester, Tenn.

Nov 28-27, 1863 - The Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign.

Nov 24,26, 1863 - Skirmishes at and near Sparta, Tenn.

Nov 25, 1863 - Skirmish near Yankeetown, Tenn.

Nov 26, 1863 - Scout from Columbia, Ky., to the south side of the Cumberland River.

Nov 27, 1863 - Skirmish at Monticello, Ky. Skirmish at La Fayette, Ky.

Nov 28-Dec. 10, 1863 - Operations against the Memphis and Charleston Rail-road, in West Tennessee.

Nov 29, 1863 - Skirmish near Jonesville, Va.

Nov --, 1863 - Skirmishes on the Cumberland River, Ky.

Nov 30, 1863 - Skirmish at Salyersville, Ky. Skirmish at Yankeetown, Tenn.

Nov 30-Dec. 3, 1863 - Scouts to New Madrid Bend, Tenn.

Dec 1, 1863 - Skirmish at Salyersville, Ky. Skirmish near Jonesville, Va. Scouts from Pulaski, Tenn., and skirmishes.

Dec 1-10, 1863 - Operations about Natchez, Miss., and skirmish (7th). Affairs at Mount Sterling and Jackson, Ky.

Dec 2, 1863 - Lieut. Gen. William J. Hardee, C. S. Army, supersedes General Braxton Bragg in command of the Army of Tennessee. Skirmish at Philadelphia, Tenn.

Dec 3, 1863 - Skirmish at Greenville, Ky.

Dec 5, 1863 - Skirmish at Crab Gap, Tenn. Reconnaissance from Rossville to Ringgold, Ga.

Dec 5-10, 1863 - Scouts from Columbia, Ky.

Dec 6, 1863 - Affair near Fayetteville, Tenn.

Dec 7, 1863 - Skirmish at Eagleville, Tenn. Skirmish at Independence, Miss.

Dec 8, 1863 - Skirmish near Scottsville, Ky.

Dec 9, 1863 - Maj. Gen. John G. Foster, U. S. Army, supersedes Maj. Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside in command of the Department of the Ohio. Affair at Cumberland Mountain, on road to Crossville, Tenn. Skirmish at Okolona, Miss.

Dec 10, 1863 - Scout from Memphis, Tenn.

Dec 11, 1863 - Maj. Gen. John A. Logan, U. S. Army, supersedes Maj. Gen. Frank P. Blair, jr., in command of the Fifteenth Army Corps.

Dec 11-17, 1863 - Scout from Pulaski, Tenn., to Florence, Ala., and skirmish (12th) on Shoal Creek, near Wayland Springs, Tenn.

Dec 12, 1863 - Skirmish at La Fayette, Ga.

Dec 13, 1863 - Skirmish at La Grange, Tenn. Skirmish at Ringgold, Ga.

Dec 13, 1863 - Skirmish at Powell's River, near Stickleyville, Va.

Dec 14, 1863 - Capture of Union wagon train, near Clinch Mountain Gap, Tenn. Reconnaissance from Rossville to La Fayette, Ga.

Dec 15, 1863 - Maj. Gen. Thomas C. Hindman, C. S. Army, supersedes Maj. Gen. John C. Breckinridge in command of the Second Corps, Army of Tennessee. Skirmish near Livingston, Tenn. Affair near Pulaski, Tenn.

Dec 16, 1863 - General Joseph E. Johnston, C. S. Army, assigned to command of the Department of Tennessee, leaving Lieut. Gen. Leonidas Polk in command of the Army of Mississippi.

Dec 17, 1863 - Skirmish at Rodney, Miss.

Dec 18-31, 1863 - Operations in Northern Mississippi and West Tennessee.

Dec 21, 1863 - Brig. Gen. Jacob D. Cox, U. S. Army, supersedes Brig. Gen. Mahlon D. Manson in command of the Twenty-third Army Corps. Skirmish at McMinnville, Tenn.

Dec 21-23, 1863 - Scout from Rossville to La Fayette, Ga.

Dec 22, 1863 - Lieut. Gen. Leonidas Polk, C. S. Army, assigned to command of the Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana (temporarily in command of the Department of Tennessee). Skirmish at Cleveland, Tenn. Skirmish at Fayette, Miss.

Dec 23, 1863 - Lieut. Gen. Leonidas Polk, C. S. Army, assumes command of the "Department of the Southwest" (Mississippi and East Louisiana). Skirmish near Corinth, Miss. Skirmish at Mulberry Village, Tenn. Reconnaissance from Blain's Cross-Roads to Powder Spring Gap, Tenn.

Dec 24, 1863 - Skirmish in Lee County, Va. Skirmish at Rodney, Miss.

Dec 24-28, 1863 - Operations near Mossy Creek and Dandridge, Tenn.

Dec 26, 1863 - Skirmish at Sand Mountain, Ala. Skirmish at Port Gibson, Miss.

Dec 27, 1863 - General Joseph E. Johnston, C. S. Army, assumes command of the Department of Tennessee. Skirmish at Huntingdon, Tenn.

Dec 28, 1863 - Action at Calhoun and skirmish at Charleston, Tenn.

Dec 28, 1863-Jan. 4, 1864 - Expedition from Nashville, Tenn., to Creelsborough, Ky.

Dec 29, 1863 - Action at Mossy Creek, Tenn. Skirmish at Talbott's Station, Tenn. Skirmish at Cleveland, Tenn. Skirmish at La Vergne, Tenn.

Dec 29-30, 1863 - Scout to Bean's Station, Tenn.