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Civil War Battles 

Volume 32, Chapter 44. Operations in Kentucky, Southwest Virginia, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, and North Georgia. January 1 - April 30, 1864

Jan 1, 1864 - Skirmish at Dandridge, Tenn.

Jan 1-Apr. 18, 1864 - Hughs' operations in Middle Tennessee.

Jan 2, 1864 - Skirmish at La Grange, Tenn.

Jan 3, 1864 - Action at Jonesville, Va. Scout from Memphis, Tenn., toward Hernando, Miss.

Jan 4-14, l864 - Operations about Sparta, Tenn.

Jan 5, l864 - Skirmish at Lawrence's Mill, Tenn.

Jan 6, 1864 - Attack on steamer Delta on the Mississippi River. Skirmish at Dalton, Ga.

Jan 9, l864 - Skirmish at Terman's Ferry, Ky.

Jan 10, 1864 - Skirmish near Mossy Creek, Tenn.

Jan 10-11, l864 - Scout from near Dandridge to Clark's Ferry, Tenn.

Jan 10-16, l864 - Expedition from Vicksburg, Miss., to Sunnyside Landing, Ark.

Jan 11, l864 - Scout to Lexington, Tenn.

Jan 11-12, l864 - Expedition from Maryville up the Little Tennessee River, Tenn.

Jan 12, l864 - Skirmish near Mossy Creek, Tenn. Skirmish at Marshall, Ky.

Jan 13, l864 - Skirmish at Ragland Mills, Bath County, Ky. Skirmish near Collierville, Tenn.

Jan 13-14, 1864 - Affair at Sevierville (13th) and skirmish at Schultz' Mill, Cosby Creek, Tenn. (14th).

Jan 14, 1864 - Scout from Collierville, Tenn. Scout to Baldwin's Ferry, Big Black River, Miss. Skirmish at Dandridge, Tenn. Skirmish at Middleton, Tenn. Skirmish at Shoal Creek, Ala.

Jan 16, l864 - Skirmish in White County, Tenn. Skirmish at Oak Ridge, Miss.

Jan 16-17, 1864 - Operations about Dandridge, Tenn., including skirmishes (16th) at Kimbrough's Cross-Roads and on Bend of Chucky Road, and action (17th) near Dandridge.

Jan 17, 1864 - Brig. Gen. Orlando B. Willcox, U. S. Army, supersedes Brig. Gen. Robert B. Potter in command of the Ninth Army Corps.

Jan 18, 1864 - Skirmish at Grand Gulf, Miss.

Jan 19, 1864 - Skirmish at Big Springs, near Tazewell, Tenn.

Jan 20, 1864 - Naval reconnaissance of Forts Morgan and Gaines, Mobile Bay, Ala. Skirmish at Tracy City, Tenn. Skirmish at Island No. 76, Mississippi River.

Jan 21, 1864 - Maj. Gen. Carl Schurz, U. S. Army, temporarily in command of the Eleventh Army Corps. Scout from Chattanooga to Harrison and Ooltewah, Tenn.

Jan 21-22, 1864 - Skirmishes at Strawberry Plains (21st) and at Armstrong's Ferry, Tenn. (22d).

Jan 21-23, 1864 - Scout from Rossville toward Dalton, Ga., and skirmish (22d).

Jan 22, 1864 - Capture of forage-wagons near Wilsonville, Tenn. Affair at Subligna, Ga.

Jan 22-27, 1864 - Expedition from Union City to Trenton, Tenn.

Jan 23, 1864 - Skirmish near Newport, Tenn. Affair near Woodville, Ala. Scout from La Grange, Tenn.,to Ripley, Miss.

Jan 23-29, 1864 - Operations in North Alabama.

Jan 24, l864 - Operations near Natchez, Miss. Capture of Union pickets at Love's Hill, near Knoxville, Tenn. Skirmish at Tazewell, Tenn.

Jan 25, 1864 - Skirmish at La Grange, Tenn. Skirmish at Mount Pleasant, Miss. Corinth, Miss., evacuated by the Union forces.

Jan 25-Feb. 5, 1864 - Expedition from Scottsborough, Ala., toward Rome, Ga.

Jan 26, 1864 - Maj. Gen. John G. Parke, U. S. Army, resumes command of the Ninth Army Corps. Skirmish near Knoxville, Tenn. Skirmish at Sevierville, Tenn.

Jan 26-28, 1864 - Operations about Dandridge, Tenn.

Jan 27, 1864 - Skirmish near Knoxville, Tenn. Affair on the Cumberland River, Ky.

Jan 28, 1864 - Lieutenant-General Polk's command designated Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana. Maj. Gen. John M. Schofield, U. S. Army, assigned to command of the Department of the Ohio, and Maj. Gen. George Stoneman, U. S. Army, to the command of the Twenty-third Army Corps. Affair at Lee's House, on Cornersville Pike, Tenn.

Jan 28-29, 1864 - Skirmishes near Jonesville, Va.

Jan 28-Feb. 8, 1864 - Expedition from Gallatin to Cumberland Mountains, Tenn.

Jan 29, 1864 - Firing on steamer Sir William Wallace, Mississippi River.

Jan 29-Feb. 23, 1864 - Expedition from Vicksburg, Miss., to Waterproof, La., and skirmishes.

Jan 30, 1864 - Skirmish at Chickamauga Creek, Ga.

Jan 31-Feb. 7, 1864 - Expedition from Maryville, Tenn., to Quallatown, N. C

Feb 1, 1864 - Expedition from Knoxville to Flat Creek, Tenn.

Feb 1-2, 1864 - Reconnaissance from Maryville toward Sevierville, Tenn.

Feb 1-7, 1864 - Scout in White and Putnam Counties, Tenn.

Feb 2, 1864 - Skirmish near La Grange, Tenn. Operations about Whitesburg, Ala.

Feb 3-Mar. 6, 1864 - The Meridian, Miss., Expedition and co-operating expeditions from Memphis, Tenn., and up the Yazoo River.

Feb 6, 1864 - Affair at Bolivar, Tenn.

Feb 8, 1864 - Skirmish at Barboursville, Ky. Skirmish at Ringgold, Ga. Scout near Maryville, Tenn.

Feb 9, 1864 - Maj. Gen. John M. Schofield, U.S. Army, supersedes Maj. Gen. John G. Foster in command of the Department of the Ohio. Skirmish in Hardin County, Tenn.

Feb 10, 1864 - Maj. Gen. George Stoneman, U. S. Army, supersedes Brig. Gen. Jacob D. Cox in command of the Twenty-third Army Corps.

Feb 13, 1864 - Scout near Knoxville, Tenn. Skirmish in Fentress County, Tenn.

Feb 14, 1864 - Affair near Larkinsville, Ala.

Feb 15, 1864 - Skirmish at Laurel Creek, Wayne County, W. Va.

Feb 15-Mar. 6, 1864 - Expedition from Vicksburg to Grand Gulf, Miss.

Feb 16-Mar. 27, 1864 - Operations about Mobile, Ala.

Feb 17, 1864 - Expedition from Island No. 10 to Riley's Landing, Tenn.

Feb 17-22, 1864 - Expedition from Motley's Ford, Tenn., to Murphy and vicinity, N. C.

Feb 18, 1864 - Skirmish near Maryville, Tenn. Skirmish at Mifflin, Tenn. Skirmish at Sevierville, Tenn. Skirmish at Ringgold, Ga.

Feb 18-19, 1864 - Scout from Ooltewah, Tenn., to Burke's and Ellidge's Mills, Ga.

Feb 19, 1864 - Operations about Brown's Ferry, Ala.

Feb 20, 1864 - Skirmish on the Sevierville Road, near Knoxville, Tenn. Skirmish at Flat Creek, Tenn. Skirmish at Strawberry Plains, Tenn.

Feb 22, 1864 - Skirmishes at Gibson's and Wyerman's Mills, on Indian Creek, Va., and at Powell's Bridge, Tenn. Skirmish on Calfkiller Creek, Tenn. Raid on Mayfield, Ky.

Feb 22-27, 1864 - Demonstration on Dalton, Ga.

Feb 24, 1864 - General Braxton Bragg charged with the conduct of military operations in the Armies of the Confederacy.

Feb 25, 1864 - Maj. Gen. Oliver O. Howard, U. S. Army, resumes command of the Eleventh Army Corps.

Feb 25-26, 1864 - Scout from Whiteside's, Tenn., to Stevens' and Frick's Gaps, Ga.

Feb 26, 1864 - Capture of Washington, Tenn. Skirmish at Sulphur Springs, Tenn.

Feb 27, 1864 - Skirmish in the Sequatchie Valley, Tenn.

Feb 28, 1864 - Lieut. Gen. John B. Hood, C. S. Army, assigned to command of Army Corps in Army of Tennessee. Skirmish at Dukedom, Tenn.

Mar 2-3, 1864 - Expedition from Larkin's Landing to Gourd Neck and Guntersville, Ala.

Mar 4, 1864 - Skirmish near Murfreesborough, Tenn. Skirmish at Rodney, Miss.

Mar 5, 1864 - Maj. Gen. John C. Breckinridge, C. S. Army, supersedes Maj. Gen. Samuel Jones in command of the Trans-Alleghany or Western Department of Virginia. Skirmish at Leet's Tan-yard, Ga. Skirmish at Panther Springs, Tenn.

Mar 6, 1864 - Affair near Island No. 10, Tenn. Attack on Union Pickets at Columbus, Ky.

Mar 7, 1864 - Skirmish at Decatur, Ala.

Mar 7-8, 1864 - Skirmishes at Brownsville, Miss.

Mar 8, 1864 - Maj. Gen. Simon B. Buckner, C. S. Army, temporarily in command of the Department of East Tennessee. Affairs at Courtland and Moulton, Ala.

Mar 9, 1864 - Skirmish near Nickajack Gap, Ga.

Mar 10, 1864 - Guerrilla raid on Clinton, Ky. Guerrilla raid on Mayfield, Ky.

Mar 11-28, 1864 - Operations about Sparta, Tenn., including skirmishes on Calfkiller Creek and near Beersheba Springs.

Mar 12, 1864 - Lieut. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant assigned to command of the Armies of the United States; Maj. Gen William T. Sherman to command of the Military Division of the Mississippi; Maj. - Gen. James B. McPherson to command of the Department of the Tennessee; and Maj. Gen. Henry W. Halleck as chief of staff of the army. Skirmish near Union City, Tenn. Scout to Nola Chucky Bend, near Morristown, Tenn.

Mar 13, 1864 - Skirmish at Cheek's Cross-Roads, Tenn. Skirmish at Spring Hill, Tenn.

Mar 14, 1864 - The Ninth Army Corps ordered to Annapolis, Md. Skirmish at Bent Creek, Tenn. Skirmish at Claysville, Ala. Operations in Jones County, Miss.

Mar 15, 1864 - Skirmish at Bull's Gap, Tenn. Skirmish in Flat Creek Valley, Tenn.

Mar 16, 1864 - Brig. Gen. Orlando B. Willcox, U. S. Army, resumes command of the Ninth Army Corps. Raid on the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad, near Tullahoma, Tenn.

Mar 16-Apr. 14, 1864 - Forrest's expedition into West Tennessee and Kentucky.

Mar 17, 1864 - Skirmish at Manchester, Tenn.

Mar 18, 1864 - Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman, U. S. Army, assumes command of the Military Division of the Mississippi. Scout from Island No. 10, Tenn., to New Madrid, Mo. Lieut. Gen. James Longstreet, C. S. Army, resumes command of the Department of East Tennessee.

Mar 19, 1864 - Skirmish at Beersheba Springs, Tenn. Skirmish on the Cumberland River, Ky.

Mar 21, 1864 - Skirmish at Reynoldsburg, Tenn. Skirmish near Moulton, Ala.

Mar 22, 1864 - Skirmish at Langley's Plantation, Issaquena County, Miss. Affair at Fancy Farms, Ky.

Mar 26, 1864 - Maj. Gen. James B. McPherson, U. S. Army, assumes command of the Army of the Tennessee. Skirmish at Clinton, Miss.

Mar 27, 1864 - Skirmish at Livingston, Miss. Affair at Louisville, Tenn.

Mar 28, 1864 - Affair at New Hope, Ky. Riot at Charleston, Coles County, Ill. Scouts to Caperton's Ferry, Ala. Skirmish on Obey's River, Tenn.

Mar 28-Apr. 16, l864 - Operations in Eastern Kentucky.

Mar 29, 1864 - Affair at Caperton's Ferry, Ala.

Mar 29-31, l864 - Scout from Lookout Valley to Deer Head Cove, Ga.

Mar 30, l864 - Scout from Columbus to Clinton and Moscow, Ky. Attack on outpost at Snyder's Bluff, Miss. Scout from Athens, Ala. Scout from Woodville, Ala.

Mar 30-Apr. 1, l864 - Reconnaissance from Lookout Valley, Tenn., to McLemore's Cove, Ga.

Mar 31-Apr. 2, l864 - Scout from Bridgeport, Ala., to Caperton's Ferry and vicinity.

Apr 2, 1864 - Skirmish at Cleveland, Tenn.

Apr 2-4, l864 - Reconnaissance from Powder Springs Gap toward Rogersville and Bull's Gap, Tenn.

Apr 3, 1864 - Skirmish at Cypress Swamp, Tenn. Skirmish on Ducktown Road, Ga. Skirmish at Clinton, Miss.

Apr 4, 1864 - The Eleventh and Twelfth Army Corps consolidated as the Twentieth Army Corps, under command of Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker, U. S. Army. Maj. Gen. John M. Schofield, U. S. Army, assigned to command of the Twenty-third Army Corps. Brig. Gen. Jacob D. Cox, U. S. Army, supersedes Maj. Gen. George Stoneman in command of the Twenty-third Army Corps.

Apr 7, l864 - Longstreet's army corps ordered from East Tennessee to Virginia. Skirmish at Woodall's Bridge, Ala.

Apr 8, 1864 - Skirmish at Paint Rock Bridge, Ala.

Apr 9, 1864 - Maj. Gen. John M. Schofield, U. S. Army, assumes command of the Twenty-third Army Corps. Maj. Gen. George Stoneman, U. S. Army, assigned to command of the Cavalry Corps, Department of the Ohio.

Apr 10, 1864 - Maj. Gen. Oliver O. Howard, U. S. Army, supersedes Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger in command of the Fourth Army Corps. Scout to Dedmon's Trace, Ga. Skirmish at Cypress Swamp, Tenn.

Apr 11, l864 - Scout from Stevenson to Caperton's Ferry, Ala., and vicinity. Affair near Kelly's Plantation, Sulphur Springs Road, Ala.

Apr 11-13, l864 - Reconnaissance from Rossville to La Fayette, Ga.

Apr 12, 1864 - Maj. Gen. Simon B. Buckner, C. S. Army, assumes command of the Department of East Tennessee. Skirmish near Florence, Ala. Skirmish at Pleasant Hill Landing, Tenn.

Apr 12-16, l864 - Reconnaissance from Bridgeport down the Tennessee River to vicinity of Triana, Ala.

Apr 13, 1864 - Skirmish at Mink Springs, near Cleveland, Tenn. Skirmishes near Decatur, Ala.

Apr 14, 1864 - Skirmish at Taylor's Ridge, Ga.

Apr 15, 1864 - Skirmish near Greeneville, Tenn.

Apr 16, 1864 - Skirmish at Rheatown, Tenn.

Apr 17, 1864 - Maj. Gen. Stephen A. Hurlbut, U. S. Army, relieved from command of the Sixteenth Army Corps, and Maj. Gen. C. C. Washburn, U. S. Army, assigned to command of the District of West Tennessee. Skirmish at Holly Springs, Miss. Affair at Flint River, Ala.

Apr 18, 1864 - Skirmish near Decatur, Ala.

Apr 18-20, 1864 - Expedition from Burkesville, Ky., to Obey's River, Tenn.

Apr 19, 1864 - Operations against Unionists in Marion County, Ala.

Apr 19-20, 1864 - Skirmishes at Waterhouse's Mill and Boiling Springs, Tenn.

Apr 19-23, 1864 - Expedition up the Yazoo River, Miss., skirmishes at and near Mechanicsburg, and capture of U. S. gun-boat Petrel.

Apr 21, 1864 - Affair at Harrison's Gap, Ala. Skirmish at Red Bone, Miss.

Apr 22, 1864 - Skirmish on Duck River, Tenn.

Apr 23, 1864 - Attack on Union pickets at Nickajack Trace, Ga. Maj. Gen. Frank P. Blair, jr., U. S. Army, assigned to command of the Seventeenth Army Corps.

Apr 24, 1864 - Affair near Decatur, Ala.

Apr 24-25, 1864 - Scout from Ringgold to La Fayette, Ga.

Apr 25, 1864 - Skirmish near Natchez, Miss.

Apr 25-27, 1864 - Expedition from Bull's Gap to Watauga River, Tenn.

Apr 27, 1864 - Skirmish near Decatur, Ala. Attack on Union Pickets on Taylor's Ridge, near Ringgold, Ga. Skirmish on Troublesome Creek, Ky.

Apr 29, 1864 - Reconnaissance from Ringgold toward Tunnel Hill, Ga. Skirmish in Berry County, Tenn.

Apr 30, 1864 - Skirmish at Decatur, Ala.

Apr 30-May 9, 1864 - Expedition from Memphis, Tenn.,to Ripley, Miss., and skirmish (May 2) at Bolivar, Tenn.