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1862

     Feb. 15-22      Exp. to Eastport                                U.S. Gunboat 'Tyler.'
     March 8         Skirmish, Mississippi City                      MASSACHUSETTS--26th Infantry.
     April 3 Skirmish, Biloxi        CONNECTICUT--9th Infantry. MASSACHUSETTS--6th Battery Light Arty.
     April 4 Skirmish, Pass Christian        CONNECTICUT--9th Infantry. MASSACHUSETTS--6th Battery Light Arty.
     April 8 Skirmish, Corinth Road  ILLINOIS--4th Cavalry; 55th Infantry. OHIO--53d, 57th and 77th Infantry.
     April 13        Destruction of Beach Creek Bridge, M. & O. R. R         OHIO--5th Cavalry (3d Battalion).
     April 13        Reconn. on Corinth and Purdy Roads      ILLINOIS--Thielman's Cavalry Battalion.
     April 24        Skirmish, Corinth Road  ILLINOIS---4th Cavalry.
     April 24        Skirmish, Birmingham    IOWA--2d Cavalry
     April 25        Skirmish, Corinth Road  MISSOURI--8th Infantry.
     April 29-May 30..       Advance on and siege of Corinth ILLINOIS---2d. 4th, 7th and 11th Cavalry; Carmichael's, Dollin's, O'Harnett's and Stewart's Cavalry Companies; Thielman's Battalion Cavalry; Batteries 'A,' 'B,' 'C,' 'D,' 'E,' 'F,' 'H,' 'I' and 'M, 1st Light Arty.; Batteries 'B,' 'E,' 'F' and 'I,' 2d Light Arty.; 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 20th, 21st, 22d, 25th, 26th, 27th, 28th, 29th, 30th, 31st, 32d 34th, 35th, 38th, 40th, 41st, 42d, 43d, 44th, 45th, 46th, 47th, 48th, 49th, 50th, 51st, 52d, 53d, 55th, 56th, 57th, 58th, 59th, 60th and 64th Infantry. INDIANA-2d and 3d Cavalry; 4th, 6th, 7th, 9th, 10th and 14th Indpt. Batteries Light Arty.; 6th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 17th, 23d, 25th, 29th, 30th, 31st, 32d, 36th, 39th, 40th, 44th, 48th, 51st, 52d, 53d, 57th, 58th and 59th Infantry. IOWA--2d Cavalry; 2d Battery Light Arty.; 2d, 3d, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th and 17th Infantry. KENTUCKY--2d Cavalry; Battery 'A,' Light Arty.; 1st, 2d, 4th, 5th, 6th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 17th, 20th, 21st, 26th, 27th and 28th Infantry. MICHIGAN--2d and 3d Cavalry; Batteries 'B.' 'C,' 'D' and 'E,' 1st Light Arty,; 1st Engineers; 10th, 12th, 13th and 14th Infantry. MINNESOTA--1st Battery Light Arty.; 2d, 4th and 5th Infantry. MISSOURI--Batteries 'C,' 'D,' 'G,' 'H,' 'I,' 'K' and 'M,' 1st Light Arty.; Engineer Regiment of the West; 2d, 6th, 8th, 10th, 11th, 13th, 14th. 18th, 21st, 25th and 26th Infantry. NEBRASKA--1st Infantry. OHIO--1st and 5th Cavalry; Batteries 'A,' 'C' and 'G,' 1st Light Arty.; 3d, 5th, 7th, 8th, 10th, 11th, 14th and 15th Indpt. Batteries Light Arty.; 1st, 6th, 9th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 17th, 19th, 20th, 24th, 26th, 27th, 31st, 35th, 38th, 39th, 41st, 43d, 46th, 48th, 49th, 53d, 54th, 56th, 57th, 58th, 59th, 63d, 64th, 65th, 68th, 70th, 72d, 76th, 77th, 78th, 80th and 81st Infantry. PENNSYLVANIA--Indpt. Battery 'B,' Light Arty.; 77th Infantry. WISCONSIN--5th, 10th and 12th Indpt. Batteries Light Arty.; 8th, 14th, 16th, 17th and 18th Infantry. UNITED STATES---4th Cavalry (4 Cos.); Battery 'F,' 2d Arty.; Batteries 'I' and 'M,' 4th Arty.; Battery 'H,' 5th Arty.; 1st, 15th, 16th, 18th and 19th Infantry.
     April 29-May 14..       Raid on Mobile and Ohio R. R    ILLINOIS--4th Cavalry; Carmichael's and Dollin's Cavalry Companies.
     May 1   Skirmish, Farmington    MICHIGAN--3d Cavalry. OHIO--63d Infantry.
     May 3   Engagement, Farmington  ILLINOIS--Battery 'C,' 1st Light Arty.; 10th, 16th, 22d, 27th, 42d, 51st and 64th (Yate's S.S.) Infantry. MICHIGAN--2d Cavalry; 10th and 14th Infantry. MISSOURI--Battery 'G,' 1st Arty.
     May 3   Reconn. to Memphis and Charleston R. R..        IOWA--2d Cavalry. MICHIGAN--2d Cavalry.
     May 4   Skirmish. Farmington Heights    MICHIGAN--3d Cavalry (Cos. 'A,' 'E,' 'I,' 'K').
     May 8   Reconn. toward Corinth  ILLINOIS---7th Cavalry; Battery 'C,' 1st Light Arty.; 10th, 16th, 22d, 26th, 27th, 42d, 47th, 61st and 64th (Yates' S. S.) Infantry. IOWA--2d Battery Light Arty. MICHIGAN--3d Cavalry; Battery 'C,' 1st Light Arty.; 10th and 14th Infantry. MISSOURI--Battery 'G,' 1st Light Arty.; 11th Infantry. OHIO--27th, 39th, 43d and 63d Infantry. WISCONSIN--8th Infantry. UNITED STATES--Battery 'F,' 2d Arty.
     May 8   Skirmish, Glendale near Corinth IOWA--2d Cavalry. MICHIGAN--2d Cavalry.
     May 9   Engagement, Farmington  ILLINOIS--22d, 26th, 27th, 42d, 47th, 51st and 64th (Yates' S.S.) Infantry. IOWA--2d Cavalry; 2d Battery Light Arty. MICHIGAN--2d Cavalry; Battery 'C,' 1st Light Arty.; 10th and 14th Infantry. MISSOURI-Battery 'G,' 1st Light Arty.; 11th Infantry. WISCONSIN--8th Infantry. UNITED STATES--4th Cavalry (Detachment). Union losses, 16 killed, 148 wounded, 14 missing. Total, 178.
     May 9   Skirmish near Corinth   INDIANA--29th Infantry (Detachment). MICHIGAN-1st Engineers and Mechanics (Detachment). PENNSYLVANIA--77th Infantry (Detachment).
     May 10  Reconn. on Alabama Road toward Sharp's Mills    ILLINOIS--7th Cavalry. MICHIGAN--3d Cavalry.
     May 11  Skirmish, Coldwater     MISSOURI--6th Infantry.
     May 12  Skirmish near Farmington        IOWA--2d Cavalry. MICHIGAN--2d Cavalry.
     1862.          
     May 13  Reconn. to Memphis and Charleston R.R.  IOWA--2d Cavalry. MICHIGAN--2d Cavalry.
     May 15  Reconn. toward Memphis and Charleston R. R.     IOWA--2d Cavalry. MICHIGAN--2d Cavalry.
     May 16  Action, Grand Gulf      MICHIGAN--6th Infantry.
     May 17  Action, Russell's House near Corinth    ILLINOIS--Batteries 'B' and 'I,' 1st Light Arty.; 55th Infantry. MISSOURI--8th Infantry. OHO--48th, 54th, 57th, 70th and 72d Infantry. Union losses, 10 killed, 31 wounded. Total, 41.
     May 18-July 27...       Operations against Vicksburg    U.S. Navy.
     May 19  Skirmish near Farmington        MICHIGAN--3d Cavalry (3d Battalion).
     May 21  Skirmish, Phillips' Creek, 'Widow Serratt's'    INDIANA--31st Infantry. KENTUCKY--1st, 2d and 20th Infantry. UNITED STATES---Battery 'M,' 4th Arty. Loss, 3 wounded.
     May 22  Skirmish near Farmington        MICHIGAN--3d Cavalry (Co. 'G').
     May 22-23       Reconn. to Burnsville and Iuka  ILLINOIS--7th Cavalry (Detachment). MICHIGAN--3d Cavalry (Detachment).
     May 24  Skirmish near Corinth   MICHIGAN--Battery 'C,' 1st Light Arty. MISSOURI-11th Infantry. OHIO---39th Infantry.
     May 26  Skirmish, Farmington    IOWA--10th Infantry.
     May 26  Affair, Grand Gulf      U.S. Gunboat 'Kineo.'
     May 28  Skirmish, Bridge Creek, before Corinth  INDIANA--31st Infantry. KENTUCKY--1st, 2d 20th Infantry. UNITED STATES--Battery 'M,' 4th Arty.
     May 28-29       Exp. to Mobile & Ohio R. R      IOWA--2d Cavalry. MICHIGAN--2d Cavalry.
     May 29  Skirmish before Corinth IOWA--17th Infantry. MISSOURI--10th Infantry.
     May 29  Skirmish near Booneville        IOWA--2d Cavalry. MICHIGAN--2d Cavalry.
     May 30  Action, Tuscumbia Creek ILLINOIS---7th Cavalry. MICHIGAN--3d Cavalry. MISSOURI--Battery 'M,' 1st Light Arty.; Engineer Regt. of the West. Union loss, 3 killed.
     May 30  Burning of Cypress Creek Bridge By Confederates.
     May 30  Affair at Tuscumbia Bridge      Destroyed by Confederates.
     May 30  Occupation of Corinth   INDIANA--10th Indpt. Battery Light Arty. KENTUCKY --1st, 2d, 6th, 17th, 20th and 27th Infantry. OHIO-Battery 'D,' 1st Light Arty.; 6th, 24th, 41st and 59th Infantry. UNITED STATES---Battery 'M,' 4th Arty.
     May 30-June 12  Pursuit to Booneville   ILLINOIS--7th and 11th Cavalry; Battery 'C,' 1st Light Arty.; 10th, 16th, 22d, 26th, 27th, 42d, 47th, 51st and 64th Infantry. INDIANA--2d and 3d Cavalry; 6th, 7th and 10th Indpt. Batteries Light Arty.; 31st, 36th, 48th and 59th Infantry. IOWA--2d Cavalry; 5th, 10th and 17th Infantry. KENTUCKY--3d Cavalry; 1st, 2d, 6th, 9th, 13th, 20th, 2Ist and 27th Infantry. MICHIGAN--2d and 3d Cavalry; Batteries 'C' and 'E,' 1st Light Arty.; 10th and 14th Infantry. MINNESOTA--4th Infantry. MISSOURI--Batteries 'G' and 'M,' 1st Light Arty.; 2d, 10th, 11th and 26th Infantry. OHIO--1st Cavalry; Batteries 'B' and 'G,' 1st Light Arty.; 11th Indpt. Battery Light Arty.; 6th, 19th, 24th, 27th, 39th, 41st, 43d, 59th, 63d and 80th Infantry. WISCONSIN--5th Battery Light Arty.; 8th Infantry. UNITED STATES---4th Cavalry (3 Cos).; Batteries 'F,' 2d Arty.; 'M,' 4th Arty.; 1st Infantry (6 Cos.).
     May 31  Skirmish, Tuscumbia Creek       ILLINOIS--10th, 16th, 27th and 64th Infantry. IOWA-2d Cavalry. INDIANA--2d Cavalry. MICHIGAN--10th Infantry.
     June 2  Affair near Rienzi      ILLINOIS---42d Infantry (Detachment).
     June 3  Skirmish, Blackland     OHIO--1st Cavalry.
     June 3  Reconn. toward Carrollsville and Baldwyn..      ILLINOIS--7th Cavalry; Battery 'C,' 1st Light Arty.; 10th, 16th. 22d, 27th, 42d, 51st and 64th Infantry. MICHIGAN--3d Cavalry; 10th and 14th Infantry. MISSOURI--Battery 'G,' 1st Light Arty. UNITED STATES--Battery 'F,' 2d Arty. OHIO--1st Cavalry.
     June 3-4        Skirmishes, Booneville  ILLINOIS--Battery 'I,' 1st Light Arty. MICHIGAN-3d Cavalry.
     June 4  Skirmishes, Osborn's and Wolf's Creeks near Blackland   INDIANA--2d Cavalry. IOWA--2d Cavalry. MICHIGAN 2d Cavalry. OHIO--1st Cavalry (Cos. 'E,' 'I' and 'M').
     June 6  Reconn. from Booneville toward Baldwyn..        IOWA--2d Cavalry. MICHIGAN--2d Cavalry.
     June 6  Skirmish near Baldwyn   IOWA--2d Cavalry. MICHIGAN--2d Cavalry.
     June 7  Skirmish, Baldwyn       Confederate Reports.
     June 9-10       Reconn. to Guntown, Baldwyn, etc        IOWA--2d Cavalry. MICHIGAN--2d Cavalry.
     June 9  Skirmish, Baldwyn       IOWA--2d Cavalry. MICHIGAN--2d Cavalry.
     June 9  Engagement, Grand Gulf  U.S. Navy.
     June 11 Skirmish near Booneville        (No Reports.)
     June 14 Skirmish, Clear Creek, near Baldwyn     MICHIGAN--3d Cavalry (Detachment 5th Division), Army
     June 15-18      Exp. to Holly Springs   Tenn.
     June 18 Skirmish, Tallahatchie Bridge   ILLINOIS--4th Cavalry. Union loss, 4 wounded.
     June 21 Exp. to Hernando        ILLINOIS--6th (Cos. 'G,' H,' 'I,' 'K' and 'L') and 11th (Detachment 3d Battalion) Cavalry.
     June 21 Skirmish, Coldwater Station     ILLINOIS--6th (Cos. 'G,' 'H,' 'K' and 'L') and 11th (Detachment 3d Battalion) Cavalry.
     June 22 Action, Ellis Cliff     CONNECTICUT--9th Infantry. MASSACHUSETTS--2d and 6th Batteries Light Arty.; 30th Infantry.
     June 22 Exp. to Pass Christian  (No details.)
     June 24 Skirmish, Hamilton's Plantation, near Grand Gulf        CONNECTICUT--9th Infantry. MASSACHUSETTS--2d and 6th Batteries Light Arty.; 30th Infantry. VERMONT--7th Infantry. Batteries 'D,' 'H,' 'I,' 'K' and 'M', 1st Light Arty.
     June 26-29      Engagement, Vicksburg   U.S. Navy, Farragut's Fleet.
     June 28 Skirmishes, Blackland   ILLINOIS--7th Cavalry (Co. 'K'). MICHIGAN--3d Cavalry (Detachment). Union loss, 1 wounded, 1 missing. Total, 2.
     June 29 Skirmish, Ripley        MICHIGAN--3d Cavalry.
     July 1  Action, Booneville      IOWA--2d Cavalry. MICHIGAN--2d Cavalry. Union loss, 1 killed, 24 wounded, 16 missing. Total, 41.
     July 1  Skirmish near Holly Springs     ILLINOIS--3d and 4th Cavalry. INDIANA--6th Battery Light Arty. OHIO--48th Infantry. Union loss, 1 killed, 3 wounded. Total, 4.
     July 5  Skirmish, Hatchie River ILLINOIS---7th Cavalry.
     1862.          
     July 10-11      Exp. to Guntown Col. P. H. Sheridan, 2d Michigan Cavalry and Capt. R. O. Selfridge, A. A. G., with flag of truce.
     July 15 Attempt to destroy Rebel Ram 'Arkansas' at Vicksburg    WISCONSIN--4th Infantry; U. S. Gunboats 'Queen of the West,' 'Tyler,' 'Essex' and 'Carondelet.' Union loss, 13 killed, 36 wounded. Total, 49.
     July 20 Affair, Hatchie Bottom  MICHIGAN--3d Cavalry (Co. 'H').
     July 24 Skirmish, White Oak Bayou       INDIANA--8th Infantry (Cos. 'B' and 'E'). MISSOURI--6th Cavalry (Battalion).    Union loss, 4 wounded.
     July 25-Aug. 1...       Exp. from Holly Springs to Bolivar, Tenn..      IOWA--2d Cavalry, supported by 1st Brigade, 4th Division, Army Tenn.
     July 25-Aug. 1...       Exp. from Holly Springs to Jackson, Tenn..      Confederate reports.
     July 26 Skirmish. Booneville    MICHIGAN--3d Cavalry.
     July 27-29      Exp. from Rienzi to Ripley      KANSAS--7th Cavalry.
     July 29 Skirmish, Hatchie Bottom near Denmark.. ILLINOIS---4th and 15th Cavalry.
     Aug. 2  Skirmish, Austin, Tunics Co     INDIANA--8th Infantry.
     Aug. 2  Skirmish, Totten's Plantation   WISCONSIN--11th Infantry (Detachment). Union loss, 5 wounded.
     Aug. 4  Skirmish, Bay Springs   ILLINOIS--25th Infantry.
     Aug. 4  Skirmish, Drysdale's Plantation ILLINOIS--3d Cavalry.
     Aug. 4-7        Reconn. from Jacinto to Bay Springs and Skirmish        ILLINOIS---25th and 50th (2 Cos.) Infantry. KANSAS  7th Cavalry. WISCONSlN--8th Battery Light Arty.
     Aug. 11 Skirmish, Brown's Plantation    INDIANA--47th Infantry.
     Aug. 16 Skirmish, Horn Lake Creek       OHIO--5th Cavalry (Cos. 'A' and 'C'). Union loss, 1 killed.
     Aug. 19-21      Exp. from Rienzi to Marietta and Bay Springs    KANSAS--7th Cavalry.
     Aug. 20 Skirmish. Marietta      KANSAS--7th Cavalry.
     Aug. 20 Skirmish, Bay Springs   KANSAS--7th Cavalry.
     Aug. 22 Skirmish, Bolivar       MISSOURI--Bowen's Battalion Cavalry. OHIO---4th Indpt. Battery Light Arty.; 58th and 76th Infantry.
     Aug. 23 Skirmish, Greenville    MISSOURI--Bowen's Battalion Cavalry. OHIO--4th Indpt. Battery Light Arty.; 58th and 76th Infantry. U.S. Gunboats.
     Aug. 25 Skirmish. Bolivar       MISSOURI--Bowen's Battalion Cavalry. OHIO---4th Indpt. Battery Light Arty.; 58th and 76th Infantry.
     Aug. 26 Skirmish, Rienzi        IOWA--2d Cavalry. KANSAS--7th Cavalry. MICHIGAN --2d Cavalry. Union loss (including Kossuth, Aug. 27), 5 killed, 12 wounded, 6 missing. Total, 23.
     Aug. 27 Skirmish, Kossuth       KANSAS--7th Cavalry (Detachment). Union loss (including Rienzi, Aug. 26), 4 killed, 8 wounded. Total, 12.
     Aug. 28 Skirmish, Corinth       KENTUCKY--5th Cavalry.
     Aug. 31 Skirmish, Marietta      MISSOURI--1st Cavalry.
     Sept. 5-6       Scout toward Holly Springs      ILLINOIS--6th Cavalry.
     Sept. 6 .Skirmish, Olive Branch ILLINOIS--6th Cavalry. Union loss, 1 killed, 18 wounded, 2 missing. Total, 21.
     Sept. 8 Skirmish, Coldwater Creek       ILLINOIS--6th Cavalry.
     Sept. 9 Skirmish, Cockrum's Cross Roads ILLINOIS--6th Cavalry. Union loss, 1 killed, 4 wounded. Total, 5.
     Sept. 9 Skirmish, Rienzi        KANSAS--7th Cavalry.
     Sept. 10        Skirmish, Coldwater Bridge      ILLINOIS----6th Cavalry.
     Sept. 11        Skirmish, Coldwater Creek       MISSOURI--8th Infantry.
     Sept. 12        Skirmish, Coldwater R. R. Bridge        ILLINOIS--6th Cavalry. Union loss, 1 killed, 1 wounded. Total, 2.
     Sept. 13        Skirmish near Iuka      WISCONSIN--8th Infantry.
     Sept. 14        Skirmish, Iuka  WISCONSIN--8th Infantry.
     Sept. 14        Skirmish, Burnsville    (No Reports.)
     Sept. 16        Reconn. from Burnsville to Iuka ILLINOIS--7th Cavalry; 26th, 47th, 64th (Yates' S.S.) Infantry. MICHIGAN--Battery 'C,' 1st Light Arty. MISSOURI--11th Infantry.
     Sept. 16        Skirmish, Iuka  ILLINOIS--7th Cavalry; 26th, 47th and 64th (Yates' S.S., 2 Cos.) Infantry. MICHIGAN--Battery 'C,' 1st Light Arty. MISSOURI--11th Infantry.
     Sept. 17        Skirmish, Burnsville    ILLINOIS--7th Cavalry; 66th Infantry.
     Sept. 18        Skirmish, Rienzi        KANSAS--7th Cavalry.
     Sept. 19        Action. Prentiss        (No Reports.)
     Sept. 19        Skirmish, Peyton's Mills        IOWA--2d Cavalry.
     Sept. 19        Skirmish, Barnett's Corners     (No Reports.)
     Sept. 19        Engagement near Bolivar MISSOURI--Battery 'A,' 1st Light Arty. Attack on Ram 'Queen of the West.'
     Sept. 19        Engagement, Iuka        ILLINOIS--2d and 16th Cavalry; Jencks' Cavalry Co.; 26th, 47th and 66th Infantry. INDIANA--48th Infantry. IOWA--2d Cavalry; 2d Battery Light Arty.; 5th, 7th, 10th, 16th and 17th Infantry. KANSAS--7th Cavalry (Cos. 'B' and 'E'). MICHIGAN--3d Cavalry; Battery 'C,' 1st Light Arty. MINNESOTA--4th and 5th Infantry. MISSOURI--4th, 5th (Co. 'C') Cavalry; Battery 'M,' 1st Light Arty.; 10th, 11th, 24th (Co. 'F') and 26th Infantry. OHIO---11th Indpt. Battery Light Arty.; 27th, 39th, 43d, 63d and 80th Infantry. WISCONSIN--8th and 12th Batteries Light Arty.; 8th, 14th and 18th Infantry. UNITED STATES--Battery 'F,' 2d Arty. Union loss, 141 killed, 613 wounded, 36 missing. Total, 790.
     Sept. 20        Skirmish, Fulton Road, near Iuka        (No Details.) Union loss, 6 wounded.
     Sept. 24        Skirmish, Prentiss and Bolivar  ILLINOIS--33d Infantry. U.S. Ram 'Queen of the West' and Transports.
     Sept. 27        Skirmish, Iuka  OHIO--10th Indpt. Battery Light Arty.
     Sept. 28        Skirmish, Friar's Point ILLINOIS--33d Infantry.
     Sept. 30        Reconn. from Rienzi to the Hatchie River.       OHIO----27th and 63d Infantry.
     Oct. 1  Skirmish, Ruckersville  KANSAS---7th Cavalry (Detachment).
     Oct. 2  Skirmish near Raniers' Crossing Mobile and Ohio R. R    WISCONSIN--17th Infantry (Co. 'A').
     Oct. 2  Skirmish, Baldwyn       KANSAS--7th Cavalry.
     Oct. 3-4        Battle of Corinth       ILLINOIS--7th and 11th Cavalry; Jencks' and Ford's Cavalry Cos.; Batteries 'B' and 'F,' 2d Light Arty.; 7th, 9th, 12th, 26th, 47th, 50th, 52d, 56th, 57th, 58th (Detachsent), 64th (Yates' S. S.) and 66th Infantry. INDIANA --48th and 59th Infantry. IOWA--2d Cavalry; 2d Battery Light Arty.; 2d, 5th, 7th, 8th (Detachment), 10th, 11th, 12th (Detachment), 13th, 14th (Detachment), 15th, 16th and 17th Infantry. KANSAS---7th Cavalry. MICHIGAN----3d Cavalry; Battery 'C,' 1st Light Arty.; 15th Infantry. MINNESOTA--1st Battery Light Arty.; 4th and 5th Infantry. MISSOURI--5th (Co. 'C') Cavalry; 10th, 11th, 14th, 18th (Cos. 'A,' 'B,' 'C' and 'E'), 21st, 24th (Co. 'F') and 26th Infantry. OHIO---5th Cavalry (Cos. 'E,' 'H,' 'I,' 'K'), 3d, 5th, 10th and 11th Indpt. Batteries Light Arty.; 22d, 27th, 39th, 43d, 63d, 80th and 81st Infantry. WISCONSIN--6th, 8th and 12th Batteries Light Arty.; 8th, 14th, 16th, 17th and 18th Infantry. UNITED STATES--Battery 'F,' 2d Arty.; 1st Infantry (Cos. 'A,' 'B,' 'C,' 'D,' 'H' and 'I'). Union loss, 355 killed, 1,841 wounded, 324 missing. Total, 2,520.
     Oct. 4  Skirmish, Middletown    OHIO---5th Cavalry (1st and 2d Battalions).
     Oct. 5-12       Pursuit to Hatchie River        ILLINOIS----Jencks' and Ford's Indpt. Cavalry Cos.; Battery 'F,' 2d Light Arty.; 7th, 9th, 12th, 26th, 29th, 31st, 47th, 50th, 52d, 53d, 56th, 57th, 58th (Detachment), 64th and 66th Infantry. INDIANA--48th and 59th Infantry. IOWA--2d Cavalry; 2d Battery Light Arty.; 2d, 5th, 7th, 8th (Detachment), 10th, 11th, 12th (Detachment), 13th, 14th (Detachment), 15th, 16th and 17th Infantry. KANSAS--7th Cavalry. MICHIGAN--3d Cavalry; Battery 'C' 1st Light Arty.; 15th Infantry. MINNESOTA --1st Battery Light Arty.; 4th and $th Infantry. MISSOURI-Batteries 'D,' 'H,' 'I,' 'K' and 'M,' 1st Light Arty.; 10th, 11th, 14th, 18th (Cos. 'A,' 'B,' 'C,' 'E'), 21st, 24th (Co. 'F') and 26th Infantry. OHIO--5th Cavalry; 3d, 5th, 10th and 11th Indpt. Batteries Light Arty.; 22d, 37th, 39th, 43d, 63d, 80th and 81st Infantry. WISCONSIN--6th, 8th and 12th Indpt. Batteries Light Arty.; 8th, 14th, 16th, 17th and 18th Infantry. TENNESSEE--1st West Cavalry (1 Co.). UNITED STATES--Battery 'F' 2d Arty.
     Oct. S  Attack on Union Brigade Camp at Corinth Convalescents.
     Oct. 6  Skirmish, Ruckersville  KANSAS---7th Cavalry.
     Oct. 7  Skirmish near Ruckersville      MISSOURI--Battery 'M' 1st Light Arty. OHIO---5th Cavalry (Cos. 'E,' 'H,' 'I,' 'K'); 22d Infantry (Detachment.
     Oct. 7  Skirmish, Box Ford, Hatchie River       OHIO---22d Infantry (3 Cos.).
     Oct. 7  Skirmish near Ripley    MISSOURI--Battery 'M,' 1st Light Arty. OHIO---5th Cavalry (Cos. 'E,' H,' 'I,' 'K'); 22d Infantry (Detachment).
     Oct. 31-Jan. 10, '63    Operations on Miss. Central R. R. from Bolivar, Tenn., to Coffeeville, Miss. 'Grant's Central Mississippi Campaign.'    ILLINOIS--2d, 4th, 6th, 7th and 11th (Co 'G')Cavalry;  Thielman's Battalion Cavalry; Batteries 'D,' 'F' and 'I' 1st Light Arty.; 'E,' 'F,' 'G,' 'K' and 'L' 2d Light Arty.; Cogewell's Indpt. Battery Light Arty.; 7th, 8th, 9th, 12th, 14th, 15th, 17th, 18th, 20th, 26th, 28th, 29th, 30th, 31st, 32d, 41st, 43d, 45th, 46th, 47th, 48th, 49th, 50th, 52d, 53d, 56th, 57th, 61st, 63d, 72d, 76th, 81st, 109th, 122d and 124th Infantry. INDIANA--6th and 9th Indpt. Battery Light Arty.; 23d, 25th, 48th, 53d, and 59th Infantry.    IOWA--2d Cavalry; 2d Battery Light Arty.; 3d, 5th, 10th, 11th, 13th, 15th, 16th and 17th Infantry. KANSAS---7th Cavalry. MICHIGAN-3d Cavalry; Batteries 'C' and 'H' 1st Light Arty.; 15th Infantry. MINNESOTA--1st Battery Light Arty.; 4th and 5th Infantry. MISSOURI--5th Cavalry (Co. 'C'), Batteries 'C' and 'M' 1st Light Arty.; 10th, 11th, 18th, 24th and 26th Infantry. OHIO--5th Cavalry; 4th Indpt. Cavalry Company; 3d, 5th, 7th, 10th, 11th and 15th Indpt. Batteries Light Arty.; 20th, 27th, 39th, 43d, 63d, 68th, 70th, 78th, 80th and 81st Infantry. TENNESSEE---7th Infantry. WISCONSIN--6th and 12th Indpt. Batteries Light Arty.; 8th, 12th, 14th, 16th, 17th and 18th Infantry. UNITED STATES--Battery 'F' 2d Arty.
     Nov. 2  Capture of Ripley       IOWA--2d Cavalry. KANSAS---7th Cavalry. MICHIGAN 3d Cavalry.
     Nov. 2  Capture of Orizaba      IOWA--2d Cavalry. KANSAS--7th Cavalry. MICHIGAN --3d Cavalry.
     Nov. S  Skirmish, Jumpertown    KANSAS--7th Cavalry.
     Nov. 6  Skirmish, Old Lamar     (No Reports).
     Nov. 6  Skirmish, Worsham's Creek       ILLINOIS--2d (2 Co's) and 7th (2 Co's) Cavalry; 41st, 53d and 103d Infantry. IOWA--3d Infantry. OHIO 15th Indpt. Battery Light Arty. (Section).
     Nov. 6  Reconn. to Lamar        IOWA--2d Cavalry. KANSAS---7th Cavalry. MICHIGAN 3d Cavalry. ILLINOIS--7th Cavalry.
     Nov. 8  Skirmish, Coldwater     ILLINOIS--7th Cavalry. IOWA--2d Cavalry. KANSAS --7th Cavalry. MICHIGAN--3d Cavalry.
     Nov. 8  Skirmish, Old Lamar     (No Reports).
     Nov. 8  Skirmish, Hudsonville   IOWA--2d Cavalry.
     Nov. 13 Skirmish, Holly Springs ILLINOIS---7th Cavalry. IOWA--2d Cavalry. KANSAS --7th Cavalry. MICHIGAN--3d Cavalry.
     Nov. 14 Skirmish, Holly Springs IOWA--2d Cavalry.
     Nov. 26-Dec. 12..       Movement, Sherman's Tallahatchie March. ILLINOIS----6th Cavalry, Thielman's Battalion Cavalry; Batteries 'A,' 'B,' 'E,' 'F,' 'H' and 'I' 1st Light Arty.; Cogswell's Indpt. Battery Light Arty; Mercantile Battery Light Arty.; 40th, 55th, 93d, 113th, 114th, 116tb, 117th and 127th Infantry. INDIANA--83d and 93d Infantry. IOWA--6th Infantry. MISSOURI--6th and 8th Infantry. Ohio--8th Indpt. Battery Light Arty.: 48th. 54th, 57th Infantry. UNITED STATES---13th Infantry.
     Nov. 28 Skirmish, Junction Coldwater and Tallahatchie Rivers    INDIANA--1st Cavalry.
     Nov. 28-29      Skirmishes, Holly Springs       KANSAS--7th Cavalry.
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     Nov. 29 Skirmish, Orizaba       MICHIGAN--3d Cavalry.
     Nov. 29 Skirmish, Holly Springs MICHIGAN--3d Cavalry.
     Nov. 29-30      Skirmishes, Waterford or Lumpkin's Mills.       ILLINOIS---7th Cavalry. IOWA--2d Cavalry. KANSAS 7th Cavalry. MICHIGAN--3d Cavalry. Union loss, 1 killed, 3 wounded. Total, 4.
     Nov. 30 Skirmish, Chulahoma     IOWA--6th Infantry.
     Nov. 30 Skirmish, Tallahatchie  INDIANA--11th Infantry.
     Nov. 30 Affair, Tallahatchie River      INDIANA--1st Cavalry (Detachment). Destruction Steamer 'Half Moon.'
     Dec. 1  Skirmish, Hudsonville   (No Reports).
     Dec. 1  Action. Oxford  MICHIGAN--3d Cavalry.
     Dec. 1  Skirmish on Yocknapatalfa near Mitchell's       ILLINOIS--9th Cavalry.    INDIANA--1st Cavalry; 11th Cross Roads and 24th Infantry. IOWA--1st Battery Light Arty.; 28th and 30th Infantry.
     Dec. 1-3        Skirmishes about Oxford ILLINOIS--4th, 6th and 7th Cavalry; Battery 'G' 2d Light Arty. IOWA--2d Cavalry. KANSAS--7th Cav alry. MICHIGAN--3d Cavalry. OHIO--5th Cavalry.
     Dec. 2  Skirmish, Oxford        ILLINOIS--4th Cavalry. KANSAS--7th Cavalry.
     Dec. 3  Action, Oakland ILLINOIS--3d, 5th, 9th and 10th Cavalry. INDIANA-1st Cavalry. IOWA--3d and 4th Cavalry. KANSAS---5th Cavalry. MISSOURI--6th Cavalry. Union loss, 10 wounded.
     Dec. 3  Skirmish, Yocknapatalfa IOWA--2d Cavalry.
     Dec. 3  Skirmish, Prophet's Bridge      ILLINOIS--7th Cavalry.
     Dec. 3  Skirmish, Springdale Bridge     ILLINOIS--7th Cavalry. IOWA--2d Cavalry.
     Dec. 3  Skirmish, Free Bridge   OHIO--5th Cavalry (Battalion).
     Dec. 3  Skirmish near Oxford    ILLINOIS--26th Infantry (Detachment).
     Dec. 4  Action, Water Valley Station    ILLINOIS--4th, 6th and 7th Cavalry; Battery 'G' 2d Light Arty. IOWA--2d Cavalry. KANSAS--7th Cavalry. MICHIGAN--3d Cavalry. OHIO--5th Cavalry.
     Dec. 5  Engagement, Coffeeville ILLINOIS--4th, 6th and 7th Cavalry; Battery 'G' 2d Light Arty. IOWA--2d Cavalry; KANSAS--7th Cavalry.    MICHIGAN--3d Cavalry. OHIO--5th Cavalry. Union loss, 10 killed, 63 wounded, 41 missing. Total, 114.
     Dec. 9-14       Reconn. from Corinth toward Tuscumbia,Ala       ALABAMA--1st Cavalry. ILLINOIS---52d Infantry. INDIANA--66th Infantry. IOWA--2d and 7th Infantry,
     Dec. 12 Exp. up Yazoo River     U.S. Ram 'Queen of the West,' and Gunboats 'Marmosa,' 'Signal,' 'Cairo' and 'Pittsburg.'
     Dec. 13-19      Raid from Corinth to Tupelo on the Mobile and Ohio R. R ILLINOIS--Stewart's Battalion Cavalry; Ford's Cavalry Company; 9th Infantry. OHIO--5th Cavalry (Detachment); 81st Infantry. MISSOURI--Battery 'I' 1st Light Arty. (Section).
     Dec. 14-19      Exp. against Mobile and Ohio R. R       ILLINOIS--4th and 7th Cavalry. IOWA--2d Cavalry.
     Dec. 18 Skirmish near Water Valley      MICHIGAN--3d Cavalry.
     Dec. 18 Skirmish, Pontotoc      ILLINOIS--7th Cavalry.
     Dec. 18-Jan. 3, '63     Exp. from Corinth against Forrest       ILLINOIS--Stewart's Battalion Cavalry; Hurst's Cavalry Company, 7th, 18th (Detachment); 48th, 50th, 52d, 57th and 122d Infantry. INDIANA--50th Infantry. IOWA-2d, 7th and 39th Infantry. MISSOURI--Battery 'L' 1st Light Arty.    OHIO--5th Cavalry (Detachment). TENNESSEE--6th Cavalry; 7th Infantry. WISCONSIN 7th Indpt. Battery Light Arty.
     Dec. 20 Action and surrender, Holly Springs     ILLINOIS--2d Cavalry (6 Co's), 20th (Detachment), 62d (Detachment), 90th and 101st Infantry. INDIANA-12th Infantry. IOWA--27th Infantry. MICHIGAN-3d Cavalry. MISSOURI--11th Infantry. Union loss, 1,000 killed. wounded and captured.
     Dec. 20 Skirmish, Coldwater     ILLINOIS--90th Infantry.
     Dec. 21 Action, Davis' Mills, Wolf River        ILLINOIS--Battery 'D' 2d Light Arty. INDIANA--25th Infantry (Co's 'A,' 'C,' 'D,' 'F,' 'H,' 'I'). OHIO--5th Cavalry (Co's 'B,' 'M'). Union loss, 3 wounded.
     Dec. 21 Skirmish, Holly Springs OHIO--20th Infantry.
     Dec. 23 Skirmish, Ripley        ILLINOIS--2d, 4th, 6th and 7th Cavalry; Battery 'K' 1st Light Arty. IOWA--2d Cavalry. MICHIGAN--3d Cavally. TENNESSEE--6th Cavalry.
     Dec. 25 Skirmish, Ripley        IOWA--2d Cavalry (Co's 'C,' 'F,' 'G,' 'H,' 'K').
     Dec. 27 Affair, Snyder's Mill, Yazoo River      (No Details).
     Dec. 27-28      Action, Chickasaw Bayou, Sherman's opera-       ILLINOIS--3d Cavalry, Thielman's Battalion Cavalry;
     .       tions against Vicksburg Batteries 'A' and 'B' 1st Light Arty.; Mercantile Indpt. Battery Light Arty.; 13th, 55th, 77th, 97th, 108th, 113th, 116th, 118th, 127th and 131st Infantry. INDIANA-16th, 49th, 54th, 60th, 67th, 69th and 83d Infantry. IOWA--1st Battery Light Arty.; 4th, 9th, 25th, 26th, 31st and 34th Infantry. KENTUCKY--7th, 19th and 22d Infantry. MICHIGAN--Battery 'G' 1st Light Arty. MISSOURI--Landgraeber's Battery Light Arty.; 3d, 6th, 8th, 12th, 17th, 29th, 30th, 31st and 32d Infantry. OHIO----4th and 17th Batteries Light Arty.; 16th, 42d, 48th, 54th, 57th, 58th, 76th, 83d, 96th, 114th and 120th Infantry. WISCONSIN--1st Battery Light Arty.; 23d Infantry. UNITED STATES--13th Infantry. Union loss included in Chickasaw Bluff, Dec. 29.

     Dec. 29 Assault, Chickasaw Bluffs       ILLINOIS---3d Cavalry; Batteries 'A' and 'B' 1st Light Arty.; 13th, 55th, 77th, 97th, 108th, 113th, 116th, 118th, 127th and 131st Infantry. INDIANA--16th, 49th, 54th, 60th, 67th, 69th and 83d Infantry. IOWA--1st Battery Light Arty.; 4th, 9th, 25th, 26th, 31st and 34th Infantry. KENTUCKY--7th, 19th and 22d Infantry. MICHIGAN-Battery 'G' 1st Light Arty. MISSOURI--Landgraeber's Battery Light Arty.; 3d, 6th, 8th, 12th, 17th, 29th, 30th, 31st and 32d Infantry. OHIO--4th and 17th Indpt. Batteries Light Arty.; 16th, 42d, 48th, 54th, 57th, 58th, 76th, 96th, 114th and 120 Infantry. WISCONSIN --1st Battery Light Arty.; 23d Infantry.    UNITED STATES--13th Infantry. Union loss, Dec. 28-29, 208 killed, 1,005 wounded, 563 missing.Total, 1,776.

 

 

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