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PERIODICALS: A HISTORY OF THE CIVIL WAR: SECTION SEVEN Back to Previous Location

CHRONOLOGICAL SUMMARY AND RECORD-Continued

DECEMBER, 1862-Continued from Section 6.

Parker's Cross Roads or Red Mound, Tenn. 18th, 106th, 119th and 122d Ill., 27th, 39th and 63d Ohio, 50th Ind., 39th Iowa, 7th Tenn., 7th Wis. Battery. Union 23 killed, 139 wounded, 58 missing. Confed. 50 killed, 150 wounded, 300 missing.

31 to Jan. 2-Murfreesboro' or Stone River, Tenn. Army of the Cumberland, Maj.Gen. Rosecrans. Right Wing, McCook's C,,rps; C enter, Thomas's Corps; Left Wing, Crittenden's Corps. Union 1,533 killed, 7,245 wounded, 2,800 missing. Confed. 14,560 killed, wounded and missing. Union Brig.-Gen. Sill killed and Kirk wounded. Confed. Brig.-Gens. Raines and Hanson killed and Chalmers and Davis wounded.

JANUARY, 1863

I-Galveston, Tex. Three Cos. 42d Mass., U. S. Gunboats Westfield, Harriet Lane, Owasco, Sachem, Clifton, and Coryphaeus. Union 600 killed, wounded and missing. Confed. 50 killed and wounded.

7 and 8-Springfield, Mo. Mo. Militia, convalescents and citizens. Union 14 killed, 144 wounded. Confed. 40 killed, 206 wounded and missing. Union Brig.-Gen. Brown wounded.

11-Fort Hindman, Ark. Thirteenth Corps, Maj.-Gen. McClernand; Fifteenth Corps, Maj.-Gen. Sherman and gunboats Mississippi squadron. Union 129 killed, 831 wounded. Confed. 100 killed, 400 wounded, 5,000 prisoners.

Hartsville or Wood's Fork, Mo. 21st Iowa, 99th Ill., 3d Iowa Cav., 3d Mo. Cav., Battery 1, 2d Mo. Artil. Union 7 killed, 64 wounded. Confed. Brig.-Gen. McDonald killed.

14-Bayou Teche, La. 8th Vt., 16th and 75th X. Y., 19th Conn., 6th Mich., 21st Ind., Ist La. Cav., 4th and 6th Mass. Battery, lst Maine Battery, and U. S. Gunboats Calhoun, Diana, Kinsman and Estrella. Union 10 killed. 27 wounded. Confed. 15 killed. Union Commodore Buchanan killed. Confed. Gunboat Cotton destroyed.

24-Woodbury, Tenn. Second Division Crittenden's Corps. Union 2 killed, 1 wounded. Confed. 35 killed, 100 missing.

30-Deserted House or Kelly's Store, near Suffolk, Va. Portion of Maj.-Gen. Peck's forces. Union 24 killed, 80 wounded. Confed. 50 wounded.

31-Rover, Tenn. 4th Ohio Cav. Confed. 12 killed, 12 wounded, 300 captured.

FEBRUARY, 1863

3-Fort Donelson or Cumberland Iron Works, Tenn. 83d Ill., 2d 111. Artil., one battalion 5th Iowa Cav. Union 16 killed, 60 wounded, 50 missing. Confed. 140 killed, 400 wounded, 130 missing.

14-Brentsville, Va. 1st Mich. Cav. Union 15 wounded.

16-Near Romney, W. Va. Detachments 116th and 122d Ohio. Union 72 wounded and captured.

21-Prairie Station, Miss. 2d Iowa Cav. Union 1 killed, 3 wounded.

24-Mississippi River below Vicksburg,. U. S. Gunboat Indianola. Union 1 killed, 1 wounded. Confed. 35 killed.

MARCH, IS63

I-Bradyville, Tenn. 3d and 4th Ohio Cav., 1st Tenn. Cav. Union 1 killed, 6 wounded. Confed. 5 killed, 27 wounded, 100 captured.

4-Skeet, N. C. 3d N. Y. Cav. Union 3 killed, 15 wounded. Confed. 28 wounded.

4 and 5-Thompson's Station, also called Spring Hill and Unionville, Tenn. 33d and 85th Ind., 22d Wis., 19th Mich., 124th Ohio, 18th Ohio Battery, 2d Mich. Cav., 9th Penna. Cav., 4th Ky. Cav. Union 100 killed, 300 wounded, 1,306 captured. Confed. 150 killed, 450 wounded.

8-Fairfax C. H., Va. Brig.-Gen. Stoughton and thirty-three men captured by Mosby in his midnight raid.

10-Covington, Tenn. 6th and 7th 111. Cav. Confed. 25 killed.

13 to April 5-Fort Pemberton, Miss. Thirteenth Corps, Brig.-Gen. RossSeventeenth Corps, Brig.-Gen. Quimby, U. S. Gunboats Chillicothe and DeKalb. Casualties not recorded.

14-Port Hudson, La. Maj.-Gen. Banks' troops and Admiral Farragut's fleet. Union 65 wounded.

16 to 22-Expedition up Steele's Bayou and at Deer Creek, Miss. 2d Division Fifteenth Corps, Maj.-Gen. Sherman, gunboat fleet, Admiral Porter. Casualties not recorded.

17-Kelly's Ford, Va. 1st and 5th U. S. Regulars, 3d, 4th and 16th Penna., 1st R. I., 6th Ohio, 4th N. Y. Cav., 6th N. Y. Battery. Union 9 killed, 35 wounded. Confed. 11 killed, 88 wounded.

20-Vaught's Hill, near Milton, Tenn. - 105th Ohio, 101st Ind., 80th and 123d Ill., 1st Tenn. Cav., 9th Ind. Battery. Union 7 killed, 48 wounded. Confed. 63 killed, 300 wounded.

22-Mt. Sterling, Ky. 10th Ky. Cav. Union 4 killed, 10 wounded. Confed. 8 killed, 13 wounded.

24-Danville, Ky. 18th and 22d Mich., 1st Ky. Cav., 2d Tenn. Cav., 1st Ind. Battery.

Ponchatoula, La. 127th and 165th N. Y., 9th Conn., 14th and 24th Maine, 6th Mich. Union 6 wounded. Confed. 3 killed, 11 wounded.

25-Brentwood, Tenn. Detachment 22d Wis. and l9th Mich. Union 1

killed, 4 wounded, 300 prisoners. Confed. 1 killed, 5 wounded.

Franklin and Little Harpeth, Tenn. 4th and 6th Ky. Cav., 9th Penna. Cav., 2d Mich. Cav. Union 4 killed, 19 wounded, 40 missing.

28-Pattersonville, La. Gunboat Diana with Detachment of 12th Conn. and 160th N. Y. an board. Union 4 killed, 14 wounded, 99 missing.

29-Somerville, Tenn. 6th Ill. Cav. Union 9 killed, 29 wounded.

30-Dutton's Hill or Somerset, Ky. 1st Ky. Cav., 7th Ohio Cav., 44th and 45th Ohio Mounted Vol. Union 10 killed, 25 wounded. Confed. 290 killed, wounded and missing.

Point Pleasant, W. Va. One Co. 13th W. Va. Union 1 killed, 3 wounded. Confed. 20 killed, 25 wounded.

30 to April 4-Washington and Rodman's Point, N. C. Maj.-Gen. Foster's command. Casualties not recorded.

APRIL, 1863

2 and 3-Woodbury and Snow Hill, Tenn. 3d and 4th Ohio Cav. Union 1 killed, 8 wounded. Confed 50 killed and wounded.

7-Bombardment Fort Sumter, S. C. South Atlantic squadron; Keokuk, Weehawken, Passaic, Montauk, Patapsco, New Ironsides, Catskill, Nantucket and Nahant. Union 2 killed, 20 wounded. Confed. 4 killed, 10 wounded.

10-Franklin and Harpeth River, Tenn. 40th Ohio and portion of Granger's Cavalry. Union 100 killed and wounded. Confed. 19 killed, 35 wounded, 83 missing.

Antioch Station, Tenn. Detachment 10th Mich. Union 8 killed, 12 wounded.

12 to 14-Irish Bend and Bisland, La., also called Indian Ridge and Centreville. Nineteenth Corps, Grover's, Emory's, Weitzel's Divisions. Union 350 killed, wounded and missing. Confed. 400 wounded, 2,000 missing and captured.

12 to May 4-Siege of Suffolk, Va. Troops, Army of Virginia and Department of North Carolina. Union 44 killed, 202 wounded. Confed. 500 killed and wounded, 400 captured.

15-Dunbar's Plantation, La. 2d Ill. Cav. Union 1 killed, 2 wounded.

17 to May 2-Grierson's expedition from La Grange, Tenn., to Baton Rouge, La. 6th and 7th Ill. Cav., 2d Iowa Cav. Confed. 100 killed and wounded, 500 prisoners.

IS and 19-Hernando and Coldwater, Miss. Portion of Sixteenth Corps, detachment of Artil., 2d Brigade Cavalry Division. Casualties not recorded.

20-Patterson, Mo. 3d Mo. Militia Cav. Union 12 killed, 7 wounded, 41 missing.

24-Tuscumbia, Ala. Sixteenth Corps, 2d Division. Maj.-Gen. Dodge.

White Water, Mo. 1st Wis. Cav. Union 2 killed, 6 wounded.

26-Cape Girardeau, Mo. 32d Iowa, 1st Wis. Cav., 2d Mo. Cav., Batteries

D and L 1st Mo. Lt. Artil. Union 6 killed, 6 wounded. Confed. 60 killed, 275 wounded and missing.

27 to May 3-Streight's Raid, Tuscumbia, Ala., to Rome, Ga., including skirmishes at Day's Gap, April 30th; Black Warrior Creek, May 1st and Blount's Farm, May 2d. 3d Ohio, 51st and 73d Ind., 80th Ill., Mounted Inft., two Cos. 1st Ala. Cav. Union 12 killed, 69 wounded, 1,466 missing and captured.

27 to May 8-Stoneman's Cavalry Raid in Virginia.

29-Fairmount, W. Va. Detachments 106th N. Y., 6th W. Va. and Va. Militia. Union 1 killed, 6 wounded. Confed. 100 killed and wounded.

Grand Gulf, Miss. Gunboat fleet. Union 26 killed, 54 wounded.

30-Spottsylvania C. H., Va. 6th N. Y. Cav. Union 58 killed and wounded.

30 and May I-Chalk Bluff and St. Francois River, Mo. 2d Mo. Militia, 3d Mo. Cav., 1st Iowa Cav., Battery E 1st Mo. Lt. Artil. Union 2 killed, 11 wounded.

MAY, 1863

I-Port Gibson, Miss. (the first engagement in Grant's Campaign against Vicksburg). Thirteenth Corps, Maj.-Gen. McClernand, and 3d Division Seventeenth Corps, Maj.-Gen. McPherson. Union 130 killed, 718 wounded. Confed. 1,150 killed and wounded, 500 missing. Confect. Brig.-Gen. Tracy killed.

I-LaGrange, Ark. 3d Iowa Cav. Union 3 killed, 9 wounded, 30 missing.

Monticello, Ky. 2d Tenn. Cav., 1st Ky. Cav., 2d and 7th Ohio Cav., 45th Ohio and 112th 111. Mounted Lift.

I to 4-Chancellorsville, Va., including battles of Sixth Corps at Fredericksburg and Salem Heights. Army of the Potomac, Maj.-Gen. Hooker;

First Corps, Maj.-Gen. Reynolds: Second Corps, Maj.-Gen. Couch; Third Corps, Maj.-Gen. Sickles; Fifth Corps, Maj.-Gen. Meade; Sixth Corps, Maj.-Gen. Sedgwick; Eleventh Corps, Maj.-Gen. Howard; Twelfth Corps, Maj.-Gen. Slocum. Union 1,512 killed, 9,518 wounded, 5,000 missing. Confed. 1,581 killed, 8,700 wounded, 2,000 missing. Union Maj.-Gen. Berry and Brig.-Gen. Whipple killed, Devens and Kirby wounded. Confed. Brig.-Gen. Paxton killed, Lieut.-Gen. T. J. Jackson, Maj.-Gen. A. P. Hill, Brig.-Gens. Hoke, Nichols, Ramseur, McGowan, Heth, and Pender wounded.

3-Warrenton Junction, Va. lst W. Va. Cav., 5th N. Y. Cav. Union 1 killed, 16 wounded. Confed. 15 wounded.

4-Siege of Suffolk, Va., raised. (See April 12.)

11-Horse Shoe Bend, Ky. Detachment commanded by Col. R. T. Jacobs. Union 10 killed, 20 wounded, 40 missing. Confed. 100 killed, wounded, and missing.

12-Raymond, Miss. Seventeenth Corps, Maj.-Gen. McPherson. Union 69 killed, 341 wounded. Confed. 969 killed and wounded. Confed. Gen. TeIghman killed.

13-Hall's Ferry. 2d Ill. Cav. Confed. 12 killed.

14-Jackson, Miss. Fifteenth Corps, Maj.-Gen. Sherman; Seventeenth Corps, Maj.-Gen. McPherson. Union 40 killed, 240 wounded. Confed. 450 killed and wounded.

16-Champian Hills, Miss. Hovey's Div. Thirteenth Corps and Seventeenth Corps. Union 426 killed, 1,842 wounded, 189 missing. Confed. 2,500 killed and wounded, 1,800 missing.

17-Big Black River, Miss. Carr's and Osterhaus's Divisions, Thirteenth Corps, Maj.-Gen. McClernand. Union 29 killed, 242 wounded. Confed. 600 killed and wounded, 2,500 captured.

18 to July 4-Siege of Vicksburg. Thirteenth Corps, Fifteenth Corps, and Seventeenth Corps, commanded by Maj.-Gen. U. S. Grant, and gunboat fleet, commanded by Admiral Porter. Assault on Fort Hill on May 19th and general assault on the 20th, in which Confed. Brig.-Gen. Green was killed. Three divisions of the Sixteenth Corps and two divisions of the Ninth Corps, and Maj.-Gen. Herron's Division were then added to the besieging forces. Union 545 killed, 3,688 wounded, 303 missing. Confed. 21,277 killed, wounded, and missing.

20 to 28-Clendenin's raid, below Fredericksburg, Va. 8th Ill. Cav. Confed. 100 prisoners.

(Continued in Section 8.)



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