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Volume 8, Chapter 18 - Operations in Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas and the Indian Territory

Nov 19, 1861 - Maj Gen Henry W Halleck, US Army, assumes command of the Department of the Missouri
Nov 19-Jan 4, 1862 - Operations in the Indian Territory
Nov 20, 1861 - Maj Gen David Hunter, US Army, assumes command of the Department of Kansas. skirmish at Butler MO. Skirmish at Little Santa Fe MO
Nov 21, 1861 Destruction of United States stores at Warsaw MO
Nov 22, 1861 - Department of the Indian Territory established, under the command of Brig Gen Albert Pike, CS Army
Nov 24, 1861 - Skirmish at Lancaster MO. Skirmish at Johnstown MO
Nov 26, 1861 - Skirmish at Independence MO
Nov 28, 1861 - Missouri admitted as a member of the confederate States of America. Brig Gen Benjamin M Prentiss, US Army, assumes command of District of North Missouri
Nov 29, 1861 - Brig Gen John M Schofield, US Army, assumes command of the Missouri Militia
Nov 30, 1861 - Skirmish at Grand River MO
Dec 1, 1861 - Skirmish at Shanghai MO
Dec 2, 1861 - Brig Gen James W Denver, US Army, assigned to the command of all the troops in the State of Kansas
Dec 3, 1861 - Brig Gen John Pope, US army, assumes command of all the forces between the Missouri and Osage Rivers. Action at salem MO
Dec 3-12, 1861 - Scout through saline County MO
Dec 5-9, 1861 - Expedition though the current Hills MO
Dec 9, 1861 - Skirmish at Union Mills MO
Dec 11, 1861 - Skirmish near Bertrand MO
Dec 12, 1861 - Skirmish at Charleston MO
Dec 18, 1861 - Skirmish at Blackwater Creek, or Milford MO. Scout from Rolla towards Houston MO
Dec 23, 1861 - Expedition to Lexington MO. Skirmish at Dayton MO
Dec 24, 1861 - Skirmish at Wadesburg MO
Dec 25, 1861 - Brig Gen Samuel R Curtis, US Army, assigned to command of Southwestern District of Missouri. Expedition to danville MO
Dec 26, 1861 - Martial law proclaimed in Saint Louis MO and in and about all railroads in the State of Missouri
Dec 27, 1861 - Skirmish near Hallsville MO
Dec 28, 1861 - Action at Mount Zion Church MO
Dec 29, 1861 - Descent upon Commerce MO and attack on steamer City of Alton
Jan 1-3, 1862 - Expedition from Morristown to dayton and Rose Hill MO. Skirmish en route and destruction of Dayton
Jan 3, 1862 - Skirmish at Hunnewell MO
Jan 5-12, 1862 - Operations in Johnson and La Fayette Counties MO, and skirmish at Columbus MO
Jan 6, 1862 - Brig Gen Schuyler Hamilton, US Army, assumes command of the Saint Louis District
Jan 8, 1862 - Skirmish at Charleston MO. Action at Roan's Tan-Yard, Silver Creek MO
Jan 9, 1862 - Skirmish at columbus MO
Jan 10, 1862 - The Trans-Mississippi District of Department No 2 organized, under command of Maj Gen Earl Van Dorn, CS Army
Jan 15-17, 1862 - Expeditions to Benton, Bloomfield, and Dallas MO
Jan 20-24, 1862 - Operations in and about Atchison KS
Jan 22, 1862 - Skirmish at Knobnoster MO. Occupation of Lebanon MO
Jan 29, 1862 - Maj Gen Earl Van Dorn, CS Army, assumes command of the Trans-Mississippi District
Jan 29-Feb 3, 1862 - Expedition to Blue Springs MO
Feb 3, 1862 - Call for 71,000 men from the State of Missouri for Confederate service
Feb 8, 1862 - Affair at Bolivar MO. Martial law declared throughout the State of Kansas
Feb 9, 1862 - Skirmish at Marshfield MO
Feb 12, 1862 - Skirmish at Springfield MO
Feb 14, 1862 - Skirmish at Crane Creek MO
Feb 15, 1862 - Skirmish near Flat Creek MO. Brig Gen John M Schofield, US Army, assumes command of the District of Saint Louis MO
Feb 16, 1862 - Action at Potts' Hill, Sugar Creek Ark
Feb 17, 1862 - Action at Sugar Creek Ark
Feb 18, 1862 - Action at Bentonville Ark
Feb 18-19, 1862 - Expedition to Mount Vernon MO
Feb 19, 1862 - Skirmish at West Plains MO
Feb 22, 1862 - Skirmish at Independence MO
Feb 23, 1862 - Fayetteville Ark occupied by Union Forces. Brig Gen John Pope, US Army, assumes command of Army of the Mississippi, assembling at Commerce MO
Feb 23-24, 1862 - Reconnaissance to Pea Ridge Prairie MO and skirmish
Feb 23-25, 1862 - Reconnaissance from Greenville MO and skirmish
Feb 24, 1862 - skirmish at Mingo Creek, near Saint Francisville MO. Skirmish at New Madrid MO
Feb 25, 1862 - Skirmish at Keetsville, Barry County, MO
Feb 26, 1862 - Maj Gen John P McCown, CS Army, assumes command at Madrid Bend
Feb 28, 1862 - Affair at Osage Springs Ark
Feb 28-Apr 8, 1862 - Operations at New Madrid MO and Island No 10 and descent upon Union City TN
Mar 3-7, 1862 - Reconnaissance to Berryville Ark
Mar 4-11, 1862 - Scout through Laclede, Wright and Douglas Counties MO
Mar 6-8, 1862 - Battle of Pea Ridge, or Elkhorn Tavern Ark
Mar 7, 1862 - Skirmish at Fox CReek MO. Skirmish at Bob's Creek MO
Mar 7-10, 1862 - Operations in saline county MO
Mar 8-9, 1862 - Operations about Rolla MO
Mar 9, 1862 - Skirmish on Big Creek MO. Skirmish at Mountain Grove MO
Mar 10, 1862 - Skirmish in La Fayette County MO
Mar 11, 1862 - The Departments of Kansas, of the Missouri, and in part of the Ohio, merged into the department of the Mississippi, under Maj Gen Halleck, US Army
Mar 12, 1862 - Skirmish near Aubrey KS
Mar 13, 1862 - Action at Spring River Ark
Mar 14, 1862 - Capture of New Madrid MO
Mar 15, 1862 - Skirmish near Marshall MO
Mar 16, 1862 - Skirmish near Marshall MO
Mar 18-30, 1862 - Operations in Johnson, Saint Clair, and Henry Counties MO, including skirmish near Leesville (19th)
Mar 19-20, 1862 - Expedition to carthage MO
Mar 19-23, 1862 - Operations in Johnson County MO
Mar 21, 1862 - Affair at McKay's Farm MO
Mar 22, 1862 - Skirmish on the Post Oak MO. Skirmish at Little Santa Fe MO
Mar 23, 1862 - Expedition to Little River MO
Mar 24, 1862 - Scout in Saint Clair and Henry Counties MO
Mar 25, 1862 - Skirmish at Monagan Springs MO
Mar 25-28, 1862 - Expedition in Moniteau County MO, and skirmish en route
Mar 26, 1862 - Action on the Post Oak, at mouth of the Brier MO. Action at Humansville MO. Skirmish near Gouge's Mill, MO
Mar 29, 1862 - Skirmish on the Blackwater, near Warrensburg MO
Mar 30, 1862 - Skirmish near clinton MO
Mar 31, 1862 - Skirmish at Pink Hill MO. Brig Gen William W Mackall, CS Army, supersedes Maj Gen McCown in command at Madrid Bend MO
Apr 1, 1862 - Skirmish on the Little Sni MO. Skirmish at Doniphan MO
Apr 2, 1862 - Skirmish near Walkersville MO. Brig Gen James W Denver, US Army, assumes command of District of Kansas
Apr 2-4, 1862 - Reconnaissance from cape Girardeau to Jackson, Whitewater, and Dallas MO
Apr 8, 1862 - Skirmish near Warrensburg MO. Skirmish near Warsaw MO. Scout through Gadfly, Newtonia, Granby, Neosho, and the valley of Indian Creek MO, and skirmishes. skirmish at Medicine Creek MO
Apr 9, 1862 - Skirmish at Jackson MO. Brig Gen Mosby M Parsons, MO S G, assumes command of Missouri State Guard (Confederate)
Apr 9-16, 1862 - Scout to Shiloh Camp, on Hoyle's Run, near Quincy MO, and skirmishes, scout to Little Niangua, Hickory County MO, and scout from Humansville to Montevallo, Vernon county MO
Apr 10, 1862 - Brig Gen Samuel D Sturgis, US Army, assumes command of the District of Kansas

 

 

 

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