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Volume 33, Chapter 45. Operations in North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania. January 1 - April 30, 1864

Dec 31, 1863-Jan. 5, 1864 - Operations in Hampshire and Hardy Counties, W. Va.

Jan 1, 1864 - Affair at Bunker Hill, W. Va. Skirmish at Rectortown, Va.

Jan 1-4, 1864 - Expedition from Bealeton to Front Royal, Va.

Jan 3, 1864 - Reconnaissance from Charlestown, W. Va., to Winchester, Va., and skirmish. Skirmish at Jonesville, Va.

Jan 4, 1864 - Affair at Lockwood's Folly Inlet, N. C.

Jan 6, 1864 - Affair at Flint Hill, Va.

Jan 7, 1864 - Skirmish at Warrenton, Va.

Jan 8, 1864 - Skirmish at Moorefield Junction, W. Va.

Jan 9, 1864 - Maj. Gen. Gouverneur K. Warren, U. S. Army, temporarily in command of Second Army Corps.

Jan 10, 1864 - Skirmish at Loudoun Heights, Va. Skirmish at Petersburg, W. Va. Scout to Sperryville, Va.

Jan 11, 1864 - Affair at Lockwood's Folly Inlet, N. C.

Jan 12, 1864 - Affair near Accotink, Va. Affair near Ellis' Ford, Va.

Jan 12-14, 1864 - Raid on the Northern Neck, Va.

Jan 13, 1864 - Affair near Ely's Ford, Va.

Jan 15, 1864 - Skirmish near Petersburg, W. Va.

Jan 16, 1864 - Affair near Turkey Creek, Va.

Jan 17, 1864 - Affairs near Ellis' and Ely's Fords, Va.

Jan 18, 1864 - Affair at Flint Hill, Va.

Jan 19-24, 1864 - Scouts from Williamsburg, Va.

Jan 20-29, 1864 - Operations in the District of North Carolina.

Jan 22, 1864 - Affair at Ellis' Ford, Va. Skirmish at Germantown, Va.

Jan 23-25, 1864 - Scout from Charlestown, W. Va., to Woodstock, Va.

Jan 24-25, 1864 - Expedition up the James River, Va.

Jan 27, 1864 - Brig. Gen. John C. Caldwell, U. S. Army, temporarily in command of Second Army Corps. Affair near Thoroughfare Mountain, Va.

Jan 27-Feb. 7, 1864 - Operations in Hampshire and Hardy Counties, W. Va.

Jan 28, 1864 - Maj. Gen. David B. Birney, U. S. Army, temporarily in command of Third Army Corps.

Jan 28-Feb. 10, 1864 - Expedition against New Berne, N. C.

Jan 29, 1864 - Affair near Gloucester Court-House, Va.

Jan 29-Feb. 1, 1864 - Expedition to Isle of Wight County, Va., skirmishes near Benn's Church and at Smithfield, and destruction of the U.S. steamer Smith Briggs.

Jan 30, 1864 - Skirmish at Windsor, N. C. Scout from Culpeper to Madison Court-House, Va.

Jan 31, 1864 - Reconnaissance to Madison Court-House and Mount Carmel Church, Va.

Feb 1, 1864 - Skirmish at Bristoe Station, Va.

Feb 2, 1864 - Skirmish near Strasburg, Va.

Feb 3, 1864 - Capture of the steamer Levi, Kanawha River, W. Va.

Feb 5, 1864 - Skirmish near Aldie, Va. Affair at Winchester, Va.

Feb 6, 1864 - Maj. Gen. Gouverneur K. Warren, U. S. Army, temporarily in command of Second Army Corps.

Feb 6-7, 1864 - Demonstration on the Rapidan, including engagement at Morton's Ford and skirmishes at Barnett's and Culpeper Fords, Va.

Feb 6-8, 1864 - Expedition from Yorktown against Richmond, Va., including skirmishes at Bottom's Bridge and near Baltimore Store.

Feb 7, 1864 - Affair at Waccomo Neck, N. C.

Feb 9, 1864 - Reconnaissance toward Swansborough, N. C.

Feb 11, 1864 - Gilmor's raid on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.

Feb 14, 1864 - Affair near Brentsville, Va.

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

Feb 16, 1864 - Affair at Fairfield, N. C.

Feb 17, 1864 - Maj. Gen. William H. French, U. S. Army, resumes command of Third Army Corps.

Feb 17-18, 1864 - Scout from Warrenton, and skirmish near Piedmont, Va.

Feb 20, 1864 - Skirmishes at Upperville and Front Royal, Va. Affair near Hurricane Bridge, W. Va.

Feb 21-22, 1864 - Scout from New Creek to Moorefield, W. Va. Skirmishes near Circleville and Dranesville, Va.

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

Feb 25, 1864 - Maj. Gen. John C. Breckinridge, C. S. Army, assigned to command of the Trans-Alleghany or Western Department of Virginia, relieving Maj. Gen. Samuel Jones.

Feb 28, 1864 - Scout in Gloucester County, Va.

Feb 28-Mar. 1, 1864 - Custer's raid into Albemarle County, Va.

Feb 28-Mar. 4, 1864 - Kilpatrick's expedition against Richmond, Va.

Feb 29-Mar. 1, 1864 - Skirmishes at Ballahock, on Bear Quarter road, and at Deep Creek, Va.

Feb 29-Mar. 5, 1864 - Expedition to Petersburg and destruction of saltpeter- works near Franklin, W. Va.

Mar 3, 1864 - Skirmish near Petersburg, W. Va.

Mar 4-5, 1864 - Demonstration on Portsmouth, Va.

Mar 5, 1864 - Maj. Gen. John C. Breckinridge, C. S. Army, assumes command of the Department of Western Virginia. Raid on the Eastern Shore of Virginia.

Mar 6, 1864 - Skirmish at Snickersville, Va.

Mar 9, 1864 - Skirmish near Greenwich, Va. Skirmish near Suffolk, Va.

Mar 9-12, 1864 - Expedition into King and Queen County, Va.

Mar 9-22, 1864 - Expedition to the Piankatank, and skirmish at Cricket Hill, Va.

Mar 10, 1864 - Maj. Gen. Franz Sigel, U. S. Army, supersedes Brig. Gen. Benjamin F. Kelley, in command of the Department of West Virginia. Skirmishes near Charlestown and at Kabletown, W. Va.

Mar 12, 1864 - Lieut. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, U. S. Army, assigned to command of the Armies of the United States, and Maj. Gen. Henry W. Halleck assigned as chief of staff of these armies.

Mar 14, 1864 - The Ninth Army Corps, Maj. Gen. John G. Parke, U. S. Army, commanding, ordered from East Tennessee to Annapolis, Md.

Mar 16, 1864 - Brig. Gen. Orlando B. Willcox, U. S. Army, temporarily in command of the Ninth Army Corps. Affair near Annandale, Va. Skirmish at Bristoe Station, Va.

Mar 16-18, 1864 - Scout in Cabell and Wayne Counties, W. Va. Reconnaissance toward Snicker's Gap, Va.

Mar 17-18, l864 - Reconnaissance to Sperryville, Va.

Mar 17-21, 1864 - Expedition from Yorktown into Mathews and Middlesex Counties, Va.

Mar 19, 1864 - Scout to Salem and Orleans, Va.

Mar 22, 1864 - Maj. Gen. Lewis Wallace, U. S. Army, supersedes Brig. Gen. Henry H. Lockwood in command of the Middle Department. Affair at Winchester, Va.

Mar 23, 1864 - The First Army Corps discontinued and troops assigned to the Fifth Army Corps. Maj. Gen. Gouverneur K. Warren, U. S. Army, supersedes Maj. Gen. George Sykes in command of the Fifth Army Corps.

Mar 24, 1864 - The Third Army Corps discontinued and troops distributed to the Second and Sixth Army Corps. Maj. Gen. Winfield S. Hancock, U. S. Army, resumes command of Second Army Corps.

Mar 25, 1864 - Brig. Gen. David McM. Gregg, U. S. Army, supersedes Maj. Gen. Alfred Pleasonton in command of the Cavalry Corps.

Mar 25-26, 1864 - Expedition to Bogue and Bear Inlets, N. C.

Mar 26, 1864 - Skirmish near Black Jack Church, N. C.

Mar 28, 1864 - Scout in Gloucester County, Va. Affair at Bloomery Gap, W. Va.

Mar 28-29, 1864 - Scout to Aldie and Middleburg, Va.

Mar 30, 1864 - Capture of Confederate outpost at Cherry Grove, Va.

Apr 1, 1864 - Skirmish near Plymouth, N. C.

Apr 2, 1864 - Destruction of Cape Lookout Light, N. C.

Apr 4, 1864 - Maj. Gen. Philip H. Sheridan, U. S. Army, assigned to the command of the Cavalry Corps, Army of the Potomac.

Apr 5, 1864 - Affair near Blount's Creek, N. C.

Apr 6, 1864 - The Department of the Monongahela merged into the Department of the Susquehanna. Brig. Gen. James B. Ricketts, U. S. Army, temporarily commanding the Sixth Army Corps.

Apr 7, 1864 - Longstreet's army corps ordered to rejoin the Army of Northern Virginia.

Apr 8, 1864 - Skirmish at Winchester, Va.

Apr 11, 1864 - Affair near Greenwich, Va.

Apr 12-14, 1864 - Expedition from Point Lookout, Md., to Westmoreland County, Va.

Apr 13, 1864 - Affair near Nokesville, Va. Maj. Gen. John Sedgwick, U. S. Army, resumes command of the Sixth Army Corps. Maj. Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside, U. S. Army, resumes command of the Ninth Army Corps.

Apr 13-15, 1864 - Reconnaissance from Portsmouth to the Blackwater, Va. Expedition from Norfolk to Isle of Wight County, Va., and skirmishes near Cherry Grove Landing and at Smithfield.

Apr 15, 1864 - Affairs near Bristoe Station and Milford, Va.

Apr 16, 1864 - Affair near Catlett's Station, Va.

Apr 17, 1864 - Skirmish at Beaver Creek, N. C. Affair near Ellis' Ford, Va.

Apr 17-20, 1864 - Capture of Plymouth, N. C.

Apr 18, 1864 - General G. T. Beauregard, C. S. Army, assigned to command of the Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia.

Apr 19, 1864 - Affair at Leesburg, Va. Affair at Marling's Bottom, W. Va.

Apr 21, 1864 - Destruction of salt-works at Masonborough Inlet, N. C.

Apr 23, 1864 - Affair near Hunter's Mills, Va.

Apr 24, 1864 - Skirmish near Middletown, Va.

Apr 25, 1864 - Maj. Gen. Robert Ransom, jr., C. S. Army, assigned to command of the Department of Richmond.

Apr 26, 1864 - Affair at Winchester, Va.

Apr 26-30, 1864 - Evacuation of Washington, N. C.

Apr 27-29, 1864 - Expedition from Williamsburg and skirmish at Twelve-Mile Ordinary, Va. Affairs at Masonborough Inlet, N. C.

Apr 28, 1864 - Reconnaissance to Madison Court-House, Va.

Apr 28-May 1, 1864 - Scout from Vienna toward Upperville, Va.

Apr 29-30, 1864 - Expedition from Newport Barracks to Swansborough, N. C.


 

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