OPERATIONS IN NORTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHERN VIRGINIA

August 20, 1862 - June 3, 1863.
SUMMARY OF THE PRINCIPAL EVENTS.
[footnote: Of some of the minor conflicts mentioned in this "Summary" no circumstantial reports are on file.]

extracted from
Scott, Robert H., The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Vol. 18;
Washington - Government Printing Office, 1887.

Aug. 20-Sept. 10, 1862. Army of the Potomac embarks for Aquia Creek and Alexandria, Va.
[footnote: See Series I, Vols. XI and XIX.]
30, 1862. Maj. Gen. Gustavus W. Smith, C.S. Army, assumes command of the defenses of Richmond, etc.

Skirmish near Plymouth, N.C.

31, 1862. Skirmish at Franklin, Va.
Sept. 2-3, 1862. Expedition from Suffolk, Va.
6, 1862. Attack on Washington, N.C.
9, 1862. Skirmish at Williamsburg, Va.
17-20, 1862. Operations at and about Shiloh, N.C.
19, 1862. The Confederate Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia (Department of Virginia and North Carolina) constituted, under command of Maj. Gen. Gustavus W. Smith.
Oct. 3, 1862. Skirmish on the Blackwater, near Franklin, Va.

Report of Col. J.K. Marshall, Fifty-second North Carolina Infantry

Affair on the Blackwater, near Zuni, Va.

15, 1862. Skirmish near Carrsville, Va.
25, 1862. Skirmish near Zuni, Va.
29, 1862. Skirmish on the Blackwater, Va.
31, 1862. Skirmish at Franklin, Va.
Nov. 1-12, 1862. Expedition from New Berne, N.C., including skirmishes (2d) at Little Creek and Hawle's Mill.
8, 1862. Brig. Gen. W.H.C. Whiting, C.S. Army, assigned to command of the defenses of Cape Fear River, N.C.
11, 1862. Demonstration on New Berne, N.C.
12-14, 1862. Operations about Suffolk, Va., including skirmishes(12th) at Providence Church and (14th) at Blackwater Bridge, and Zuni, Va.
16, 1862. Skirmish at Gloucester Point, Va.
17, 1862. Affair near Carrsville, Va.
18, 1862. Skirmish at Franklin, Va.

Skirmish at Core Creek, N.C.

22, 1862. Destruction of Salt-Works in Matthews County, Va.

Reconnaissance from Williamsburg, Va.

25, 1862. Capture of the United States steamer Ellis, New River, N.C.
Dec. 1, 1862. Skirmish at Beaver Dam Church, Va.
2, 1862. Skirmish on the Blackwater, near Franklin, Va.
8-12, 1862. Reconnaissances from Suffolk to the Blackwater and skirmishes at and about Zuni, Va.
10, 1862. Attack on Plymouth, N.C.
11-15, 1862. Reconnaissance from Yorktown to Gloucester, Matthews, King and Queen, and Middlesex Counties, Va.
11-20, 1862. Expedition from New Berne to Goldsborough, N.C.

Report of Brig. Gen. Thomas L. Clingman, C.S. Army, commanding Brigade, of engagement at Goldsborough Bridge, December 17.

Report of Lieut. Col. Stephen D. Pool, C.S Artillery, of engagement at Goldsborough Bridge, December 17.

12, 1862. Maj. Gen. Arnold Elzey, C.S. Army, assigned to command of the Richmond defenses, etc.
17, 1862. Reconnaissance to Diascund Bridge and Burnt Ordinary, Va.
22, 1862. Skirmishes near Windsor and at Joyner's Ferry, on the Blackwater, Va.
24, 1862. The Eighteenth Army Corps constituted,under command of Maj. Gen. John G. Foster, U.S. Army.
27, 1862. Skirmish at Elizabeth City, N.C.
28, 1862. Skirmishes near Suffolk and at Providence Church, Va.
Jan. 7-9, 1863. Expedition from Yorktown to West Point and White House, Va.
8-10, 1863. Expedition from Suffolk toward the Blackwater, Va.
9, 1863. Skirmish near Providence Church, Va.
13, 1863. Expedition from Yorktown to West Point, Va.
17-21, 1863. Reconnaissance from New Berne to Pollocksville, Trenton, Young's Cross-Roads, and Onslow, N.C., and skirmishes (19th) at White Oak Creek and (20th) near Jacksonville.
19, 1863. Scout from Williamsburg and skirmish at Burnt Ordinary, Va.
27-28, 1863. Reconnaissance on the Neuse, Dover, and Trent Roads, N.C.
30, 1863. Engagement at Deserted House, or Kelly's Store, near Suffolk, Va.

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