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MILITARY & POLITICAL
    1862
  • Skirmish at Arcata. California
  • Skirmish on the Corinth Road. Mississippi
  • Confederates surrender New Madrid or Island No. 10. Missouri
  • Skirmish at Warsaw. Missouri
  • Skirmish at Warrenburg. Missouri
  • Skirmish at Medicine Creek. Missouri
  • Skirmish at Albuquerque. New Mexico
  • Siege of Fort Macon (March 23-April 26). North Carolina
  • Raid on Georgia State Railroad (April 7-12). Tennessee
  • Siege of Island No. 10 (March 15-April 8). Tennessee Battle Summary
  • Cumberland Gap Campaign. Tennessee
  • Action at Tiptonville. Tennessee
  • Siege of Yorktown (April 5 - May 4, 1862). Virginia
    1863
  • Skirmish in ST. Chales County Arkansas
  • Skirmish at St. Charles. Arkansas
  • Skirmist at New Carthage. Louisiana
  • Skirmish at James' Plantation. Louisiana
  • Skirmish at Deer Creek. Mississippi
  • Battle of Washington (March 30-April 20). North Carolina MORE
  • Action at the Broad River. South Carolina
  • Wheeler's Raid on the Louisville & Nashville and Nashville & Chattanooga Railroads (April 7-11). Tennessee
  • Skirmish at Winchester. Virginia
  • Skirmish at Millwood Road. Virginia
    1864
  • Skirmish at Paint Rock Bridge. Alabama
  • Battle of Mansfield or Sabine Cross Roads. Louisiana Battle Summary
  • Red River Campaign (March 10-May 22). Louisiana
  • Skirmish at Carroll's Mill. Louisiana
  • Skirmish at Bayou De Paul. Louisiana
  • Cavalry Operations West Tennessee and Kentucky against Nathan Bedford Forrest (March 16-April 14). Tennessee & Kentucky
    1865
  • Spanish Fort falls to Union forces. Alabama
  • Campaign against Mobile (March 17-April 12). Alabama Battle Summary
  • Siege of Spanish Fort (March 26-April 8). Alabama MORE
  • Siege of Fort Blakeley (April 2-9). Alabama
  • Wilson's Raid (March 22-April 24). Alabama & Georgia
  • Action at Martinsville. North Carolina
  • Carolinas Campaign (Jan. 1-April 29, 1865). South Carolina & North Carolina MORE
  • Stoneman's Raid (March 21-April 25). Tennessee, Virginia, North Carolina
  • Expedition from Deep Bottom to near Weldon, North Carolina. Virginia
  • Appomattox Campaign (March 29-April 9). Virginia
  • Battle of Appomattox Station. Virginia
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