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1863


Jan. 27-Feb. 28: Bombardment Fort McAllister, Genesis Point

U. S. NAVY--Monitors "Passaic," "Patapsco," "Montauk," "Nahant;" Mortar Schooner "Peoria," and Gunboat "Wissahickon."


March 9: Affair, Fort McAllister

(No Reports.)


May 3: Action near Rome

OHIO--3d Infantry.


June 8: Affair, Brunswick

U. S. Gunboats.


June 11: Affair, Darien

U. S. Gunboats.


June 17: Capture of Ram "Fingal" in Warsaw Sound

U. S. Monitor "Wehawken."


Sept. 3: Skirmish, Alpine

ILLINOIS--Chicago Board of Trade Battery, Light Arty. (Section). KENTUCKY--2d Cavalry. OHIO--1st, 3d and 4th Cavalry.


Sept. 5: Skirmish, Alpine

KENTUCKY--6th Cavalry.


Sept. 6: Skirmish, Stevens' Gap

(No Reports.)


Sept. 6-7: Skirmishes, Summerville

KENTUCKY--6th Cavalry.


Sept. 8: Action, Alpine

ILLINOIS--Chicago Board of Trade Battery Light Arty. KENTUCKY--2d Cavalry. OHIO--1st, 3d and 4th Cavalry. Union loss, 3 killed, 11 wounded. Total, 14.


Sept. 9: Skirmish, Lookout Mountain

ILLINOIS--92d Mounted Infantry.


Sept. 10: Skirmish near Graysville

OHIO--90th Infantry.


Sept. 10: Skirmish, Pea Vine Creek

KENTUCKY--1st Infantry. MICHIGAN--4th Cavalry (Detachment). Loss. 58 missing.


Sept. 10: Reconn. from Alpine toward LaFayette

KENTUCKY--2d Cavalry. OHIO--1st, 3d and 4th Cavalry.


Sept. 10: Reconn. from Alpine toward Rome

MICHIGAN--2d Cavalry. PENNSYLVANIA--9th Cavalry. TENNESSEE--1st Cavalry.


Sept. 10: Reconn. from Alpine toward Summerville

KENTUCKY--4th, 5th and 6th Cavalry.


Sept. 10: Skirmish, Summerville

KENTUCKY--4th, 5th and 6th Cavalry.


Sept. 11: Reconn. toward Rome

INDIANA--2d and 4th Cavalry. MICHIGAN--2d Cavalry. OHIO--Battery "D," 1st Light Arty. (Section). PENNSYLVANIA--9th Cavalry. TENNESSEE--1st and 2d Cavalry. WISCONSIN--1st Cavalry.


Sept. 11: Skirmish, Davis' Cross Roads (or House) near Dug Gap, McLemore's Cove

ILLINOIS--Bridges' Indpt. Battery Light Arty.; 19th, 24th and 104th Infantry. INDIANA--4th Indpt. Battery Light Arty.; 37th, 38th, 42d and 88th Infantry. KENTUCKY--15th Infantry. MICHIGAN--Battery "A." 1st Light Arty.; 11th Infantry. OHIO--Batterys "G" and "M." 1st Light Arty.; 2d, 18th, 21st, 33d, 74th and 94th Infantry. PENNSYLVANIA--78th and 79th Infantry. WISCONSIN--1st, 10th and 21st Infantry. Union loss, 11 killed, 27 wounded. Total, 38.


Sept. 11-13: Skirmishes, Lee and Gordon's Mills

ILLINOIS--92d, 98th and 123d Mounted Infantry. INDIANA--8th Indpt. Battery Light Arty.; 9th, 17th (Mounted), 31st and 72d (Mounted) Infantry. KENTUCKY--1st, 2d. 3d and 6th Infantry. OHIO--6th Indpt. Battery Light Arty, Battery "B," 1st Light Arty.; 41st, 64th, 65th, 90th, 124th and 125th Infantry.


Sept. 11: Skirmish, Rossville

ILLINOIS--92d Mounted Infantry.


Sept. 11: Skirmish, Ringgold

ILLINOIS--92d Mounted Infantry. INDIANA--7th and 18th Indpt. Batteries, Light Arty.; 17th (Mounted) and 35th Infantry. KENTUCKY--8th and 21st Infantry. OHIO--51th and 99th Infantry. Union loss, 8 killed, 19 wounded. Total, 27.


Sept. 11: Skirmish near Blue Bird Gap

OHIO--Battery "M," 1st Light Arty.


Sept. 12: Skirmish, Alpine

INDIANA--2d and 4th Cavalry. MICHIGAN--2d Cavalry. OHIO--Battery "D," 1st Light Arty. (Section). PENNSYLVANIA--9th Cavalry. TENNESSEE--1st and 2d Cavalry. WISCONSIN--1st Cavalry.


Sept. 12: Skirmish, Dirt Town, LaFayette Road near Chatooga River

INDIANA--2d and 4th Cavalry. MICHIGAN--2d Cavalry. OHIO--Battery "D," 1st Light Arty. (Section). PENNSYLVANIA--9th Cavalry. TENNESSEE--1st and 2d Cavalry. WISCONSIN--1st Cavalry.


Sept. 12-13: Skirmish, Leets' Tan Yard or Rock Springs

ILLINOIS--92d, 98th and 123d Mounted Infantry. INDIANA--18th Indpt. Battery Light Arty.; 17th and 72d Mounted Infantry. Union loss, 50 killed and wounded.


Sept. 13: Skirmish, LaFayette

(No Reports.)


Sept. 13: Skirmish near Summerville

INDIANA--<*>th Cavalry.


Sept. 13: Skirmish, Chickamauga

WISCONSIN--3d Battery, Light Arty.


Sept. 13: Reconn. from Lee and Gordon's Mills, toward LaFayette and skirmish

ILLINOIS--Chicago Board of Trade Battery Light Arty. (Section). INDIANA--2d and 4th Cavalry. MICHIGAN--2d Cavalry. OHIO--Battery "D." 1st Light Arty. (Section). PENNSYLVANIA--9th Cavalry. TENNESSEE--1st Cavalry.


Sept. 14: Skirmish near Lafayette

OHIO--125th Infantry.


Sept. 14: Skirmish near Lafayette

OHIO--64th Infantry.


Sept. 15: Skirmish, Summerville

KENTUCKY--4th Cavalry.


Sept. 15: Skirmish, Trion Factory

(No Reports.)


Sept. 15-18: Skirmishes, Catlett's Gap, Pigeon Mountain

ILLINOIS--92d Infantry. INDIANA--21st Indpt. Battery Light Arty. KENTUCKY--18th Infantry. OHIO--11th, 36th and 92d Infantry.


Sept. 16-18: Skirmishes near Lee and Gordon's Mills

ILLINOIS--100th Infantry. INDIANA--8th Indpt. Battery Light Arty.; 58th Infantry. MICHIGAN--13th Infantry. OHIO--26th Infantry.


Sept. 17: Reconn. from Rossville

ILLINOIS--84th, 96th and 115th Infantry. MICHIGAN--22d Infantry. OHIO--18th Indpt. Battery Light Arty.; 40th and 89th Infantry.


Sept. 17: Skirmish, Ringgold

ILLINOIS--84th; 96th and 115th Infantry. MICHIGAN--22d Infantry. OHIO--18th Indpt. Battery Light Arty.; 40th and 89th Infantry.


Sept. 17: Skirmish, Davis or Owens Ford, West Chickamauga Creek

INDIANA--39th Mounted Infantry.


Sept. 18: Skirmish, Pea Vine Ridge

ILLINOIS--Chicago Board of Trade Battery Light Arty.; 123d Mounted Infantry. INDIANA--72d Mounted Infantry. MICHIGAN--4th Cavalry. UNITED STATES--4th Cavalry.


Sept. 18: Action, Alexander's Bridge

ILLINOIS--92d, 98th and 123d Mounted Infantry. INDIANA--18th Indpt. Battery Light Arty.; 17th and 72d Mounted Infantry.


Sept. 18: Action, Reed's Bridge

ILLINOIS--Chicago Board of Trade Battery Light Arty.; 123d Mounted Infantry. INDIANA--3d Cavalry; 18th Indpt. Battery Light Arty. (Section); 72d Mounted Infantry. MICHIGAN--4th Cavalry. PENNSYLVANIA--7th Cavalry. UNITED STATES--4th Cavalry.


Sept. 18: Skirmish, Dyer's Ford

ILLINOIS--92d and 123d Mounted Infantry.: INDIANA--72d Mounted Infantry.


Sept. 18: Skirmish, Spring Creek

ILLINOIS--96th Mounted Infantry. OHIO--18th Indpt. Battery Light Arty.


Sept. 18: Skirmish near Stevens Gap

INDIANA--2d and 4th Cavalry. OHIO--Battery "D," 1st Light Arty. (Section). TENNESSEE--2d Cavalry. WISCONSIN--1st Cavalry.


Sept. 19-21: Battle of Chickamauga

ILLINOIS--7th and 15th (Co. "K") Cavalry; Batteries "C" and "M," 1st Light Arty.; "I," 2d Light Arty.; Chicago Board of Trade and Bridges' Indpt. Batteries Light Arty.; 19th, 21st, 22d, 24th, 25th, 27th, 35th, 36th, 38th, 42d, 44th, 51st, 73d, 78th, 79th, 84th, 85th 86th 88th 89th, 92d (Mounted), 96th, 98th (Mounted), 100th, 104th, 123d (Mounted), and 125th Infantry. INDIANA--2d, 3d and 4th Cavalry; 4th, 5th, 7th, 8th, 11th, 18th, 19th and 21st Indpt. Batteries Light Arty.; 6th, 9th, 10th, 17th (Mounted), 29th, 30th, 31st, 32d, 35th, 36th, 37th, 39th (Mounted), 42d, 44th, 58th, 68th, 72d (Mounted), 74th, 75th, 79th, 81st, 82d, 84th, 86th, 87th, 88th and 101st Infantry. KANSAS--8th Infantry. KENTUCKY--2d, 4th, 5th and 6th Cavalry; 1st, 2d, 3d, 4th (Mounted), 5th, 6th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 15th, 17th, 18th and 23d Infantry. MICHIGAN--2nd and 4th Cavalry; Batteries "A" and "D," 1st Light Arty.; 9th, 11th, 13th, 21st and 22d Infantry. MINNESOTA--2d Battery Light Arty.; 2d Infantry. MISSOURI--Battery "G," 1st Light Arty; 2d and 15th Infantry. OHIO--1st, 3d and 4th Cavalry; Batteries "A," "B," "C," "D," "F," "G" and "M," 1st Light Arty.; 6th, 18th and 20th Indpt. Batteries Light Arty.; Arty 1st Battalion Sharpshooters; 1st, 2d, 6th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 17th, 18th, 19th, 21st, 24th, 26th, 31st, 33d, 35th, 36th, 38th, 40th, 41st, 49th, 51st, 52d, 59th, 64th, 65th, 69th, 74th, 89th, 90th, 92d, 93d, 94th, 98th, 99th, 101st, 105th, 113th, 121st, 124th and 125th Infantry. PENNSYLVANIA--7th, 9th and 15th Cavalry; Indpt. Battery "B," Light Arty.; 77th, 78th and 79th Infantry. TENNESSEE--1st and 2d Cavalry. WISCONSIN--1st Cavalry: 3d, 5th and 8th Indpt. Batteries Light Arty.; 1st, 10th, 15th, 21st and 24th Infantry. UNITED STATES--4th Cavalry; Batteries "H," "I" and "M," 4th Arty.; Battery "H," 5th Arty.; 15th, 16th, 18th and 19th Infantry. Union loss, 1,656 killed, 9,749 wounded, 4,774 missing. Total, 16,179.


Sept. 21: Skirmishes, Rossville Gap

ILLINOIS--Battery "I," 2d Light Arty.; 19th, 24th and 104th Infantry. INDIANA--3d Cavalry; 4th Indpt. Battery Light Arty.; 37th, 38th, 42d and 88th Infantry. MICHIGAN--4th Cavalry; 11th Infantry. OHIO--Battery "M," 1st Arty.; 6th Indpt. Battery Light Arty.; 2d 11th, 18th, 21st, 33d, 69th, 74th and 94th Infantry. PENNSYLVANIA--7th Cavalry; 78th and 79th Infantry. KENTUCKY--15th Infantry. WISCONSIN--1st, 10th and 21st Infantry. UNITED STATES--15th, 16th, 18th and 19th Infantry.


Sept. 21: Skirmish, Dry Valley

TENNESSEE--2d East. Cavalry. WISCONSIN--1st Cavalry.


Sept. 22: Skirmish, Lookout Church

WISCONSIN--1st Cavalry.


Nov. 18: Skirmish, Trenton

ILLINOIS--Battery "F," 1st Arty.


Nov. 26: Action, Ringgold

ILLINOIS--125th Infantry.


Nov. 26: Skirmish, Graysville

ILLINOIS--19th and 104th Infantry. INDIANA--38th, 42d and 88th Infantry. MICHIGAN--11th Infantry. OHIO--2d, 33d, 69th and 94th Infantry. UNITED STATES--15th, 16th, 18th and 19th Infantry.


Nov. 27: Engagement, Ringgold Gap, Taylor's Ridge

ILLINOIS--15th Cavalry (Co. "K"); 13th, 59th, 75th, 84th, 92d (Mounted, Co. "E"), 96th and 104th Infantry. INDIANA--9th, 35th, 36th, 38th, 42d and 88th Infantry. IOWA--4th, 9th, 25th, 26th, 30th and 31st Infantry. KENTUCKY--2d (Detachment) and 8th Infantry. MISSOURI--Battery "F," 2d Light Arty.; 3d, 12th, 17th, 27th, 29th, 31st and 32d Infantry. NEW YORK--60th, 78th, 102d, 137th and 149th Infantry. OHIO--2d, 5th, 7th, 24th, 29th, 33d, 40th, 51st, 66th, 76th, 94th and 99th Infantry. PENNSYLVANIA--Indpt. Battery "E," Light Arty.; 28th, 29th, 109th, 111th and 147th Infantry. Union loss, 65 killed, 367 wounded. Total, 432.


Dec. 5: Reconn. from Rossville to Ringgold

(No Reports.)


Dec. 12: Scout from Rossville toward Dalton

KENTUCKY--4th and 6th Cavalry (Detachments).


Dec. 12: Skirmish, LaFayette

KENTUCKY--4th and 6th Cavalry (Detachments).


Dec. 13: Skirmish, Ringgold

KENTUCKY--6th Cavalry (Detachment).


Dec. 14: Reconn. from Rossville to LaFayette

(No Reports.)


Dec. 21-23: Scout from Rossville to LaFayette

KENTUCKY--4th and 6th Cavalry (Detachments).

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