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Civil War Battles 

Volume 20, Chapter 32. Operations in Kentucky, Middle and East Tennessee, North Alabama, and Southwest Virginia. November 1,1862-January 20, 1863

Nov 1, 1862 - The command of General Braxton Bragg, C. S. Army, extended over troops in Department of East Tennessee. Skirmish in Henderson County, Ky.

Nov 3, 1862 - General Bragg resumes command of Department No. 2.

Nov 5, 1862 - Action at Nashville, Tenn. Affair near Piketon, Ky.

Nov 6, 1862 - Skirmish at Garrettsburg, Ky.

Nov 7, 1862 - General Bragg resumes immediate command of the Army of the Mississippi, which is divided into two army corps, the First under Lieut. Gen. Leonidas Polk, and the Second under Lieut. Gen. William J. Hardee. Skirmish at Gallatin, Tenn. Skirmish at Tyree Springs, Tenn. Skirmish at White Range, Tenn.

Nov 8, 1862 - Skirmish at Burkesville, Ky. Skirmish on the Cumberland River, near Gallatin, Tenn.

Nov 9, 1862 - Skirmish at Silver Springs, Tenn. Skirmish at Lebanon, Tenn.

Nov 12, 1862 - Capture of courier station on Stone's River, Tenn.

Nov 13, 1862 - Lieutenant-General Hardee assumes command of the Second Corps, Army of the Mississippi. Skirmish near Nashville, Tenn.

Nov 15-20, 1862 - Reconnaissance from Edgefield Junction toward Clarksville, Tenn.

Nov 17-29, 1862 - Expedition from Sparta, Tenn., into Kentacky.

Nov 18, 1862 - Skirmish at Rural Hill, Tenn.

Nov 19, 1862 - Skirmish at Tunnel Hill, Ky. Reconnaissance toward La Vergne, Tenn. Skirmish near Tompkinsville, Ky.

Nov 20, 1862 - The Confederate Army of Tennessee constituted, to consist of E. Kirby Smith's, Polk's, and Hardee's army corps.

Nov 24, 1862 - General Joseph E. Johnston, C. S. Army, assigned to a command embracing Western North Carolina, Tennessee, Northera Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and Eastern Louisiana. Skirmish near Tompkinsville, Ky.

Nov 25, 1862 - Skirmish at Calhoun, Ky.

Nov 25, 1862 - Skirmish at Clarksville, Tenn.

Nov 26, 1862 - Lieutenant-General Polk assumes command of "Polk's Corps," Army of Tennessee.

Nov 26-27, 1862 - Reconnaissance to La Vergne, Tenn., and skirmish.

Nov 26-30, 1862 - Operations about Springfield, Tenn.

Nov 26-Dec. 1, 1862 - Expedition from Edgefield to Harpeth Shoals, Clarksville, &c., Tenn.

Nov 27, 1862 - Skirmish at Mill Creek, Tenn.

Nov 28, 1862 - Skirmishes on the Carthage road, near Hartsville and Rome, Tenn.

Nov 29-Dec. 1, 1862 - Reconnaissance from Stewart's Ferry, Stone's River, to Baird's Mills, Tenn., and skirmishes en route.

Dec 1, 1862 - Skirmish near Nolensville, Tenn.

Dec 3, 1862 - Attack on Union forage train on the Hardin pike, near Nashville, Tenn.

Dec 4, 1862 - General Joseph E. Johnston, C. S. Army, assumes the command to which he was assigned November 24. Skirmish in Floyd County, Ky. Skirmish on the Franklin pike, near Holly Tree Gap, Tenn. Capture of outpost near Stewart's Ferry (or Ford), Stone's River, Tenn.

Dec 4-5, 1862 - Capture of transports, and skirmishes near Prestonburg, Ky.

Dec 6, 1862 - Skirmish near Kimbrough's Mill, Mill Creek, Tenn.

Dec 7, 1862 - Action at Hartsville, Tenn.

Dec 9, 1862 - Skirmish at Dobbins' Ferry, near La Vergne, Tenn. Reconnaissance toward Franklin, and skirmish near Brentwood, Tenn.

Dec 11, 1862 - Skirmish at La Vergne, Tenn. Skirmish near Nashville, Tenn.

Dec 11-12, 1862 - Reconnaissance from Nashville to Franklin, Tenn., and skirmishes on the Wilson Creek pike and at Franklin.

Dec 12, 1862 - Skirmishes at Cherokee Station and Little Bear Creek, Ala.

Dec 14, 1862 - Attack on forage train and skirmish on the Franklin pike, near Nashville, Tenn.

Dec 15-16, 1862 - Violation of flag of truce.

Dec 20, 1862-Jan. 5, 1863 - Carter's raid into East Tennessee and Sonthwest Virginia.

Dec 21, 1862 - Skirmish on the Wilson Creek pike, Tenn.

Dec 22, 1862-Jan. 2, 1863 - Morgan's second Kentucky raid.

Dec 23, 1862 - Lieut. Gen. E. Kirby Smith, C. S. Army, resumes command of the Department of East Tennessee. Skirmish near Nashville, Tenn.

Dec 24, 1862 - Skirmish near Nashville, Tenn.

Dec 24, 1862-Jan. 1, 1863 - Expedition into East Tennessee, and skirmish at Perkins' Mill, on Elk Fork, December 28.

Dec 25, 1862 - Skirmish on the Wilson Creek pike, between Brentwood and Petersburg, Tenn. Skirmish at Prim's blacksmith shop, Edmondson pike, Tenn.

Dec 26, 1862 - Capture of guerrilla camp in Powell County, Ky. Mutiny of the Anderson Cavalry.

Dec 26, 1862-Jan. 5, 1863 - The Stone's River, or Murfreesborough, Tenn., Campaign.

Jan. 8-14, 1863 - Wheeler's raid, including affairs at Mill Creek, Harpeth Shoals, and Ashland, Tenn.

Jan 9, 1863 - The Army of the Cumberland divided into three army corps, the Fourteenth, Twentieth, and Twenty-first, under Maj. Gens. George H. Thomas, Alexander McD. McCook, and Thomas L. Crittenden.

Jan 10, 1863 - Skirmish at Clifton, Tenn.

Jan 13-15, 1863 - Reconnaissance from Murfreesborough to Nolensville and Versailles, Tenn.

Jan 13-19, 1863 - Reconnaissance from Nashville to Harpeth River and Cumberland River Shoals, Tenn.

Jan 17, 1863 - Brig. Gen. D. S. Donelson, C. S. Army, assigned to command of the Department of East Tennessee, vice Brigadier-General Heth, ordered to Virginia.

Jan 19, 1863 - Skirmish near Woodbury, Tenn.