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- March 21-23, 1862
- Skirmish at Cumberland Gap, Tennessee under
the command of Colonel Samuel P. Carter.
- July 18, 1862
- Federal troops under the command of General
George W. Morgan take possession of Cumberland Gap, Tennessee.
- September 16, 1862
- On the night of the 16th, a large train was
sent toward Manchester, Kentucky, under the convoy of the 33rd Indiana Infantry,
the 9th Ohio Battery, and a part of the 3rd Kentucky Infantry. This was the beginning
of the evacuation of Cumberland Gap, Tennessee.
- September 17, 1862
- Evacuation of Federal Troops from Cumberland
Gap, Tennessee under the command of General George W. Morgan.
- September 21, 1862
- Troops under the command of General George W.
Morgan, continuing their retreat from Cumberland Gap, leave Manchester, Clay County,
Kentucky.
- November 1, 1862
- Kanawha River in Malden, West Virginia.
- November 13, 1862
- Regiment left Malden, West Virginia.
- November 16, 1862
- Arrived at Point Pleasant.
- November 17, 1862
- Travelled by boat to Cincinnati, Ohio.
- December 1, 1862
- Arrived at Memphis, Tennessee.
- December 8, 1862
- General Grant orders General Sherman to
move against Vicksburg with four divisions, while Grant advances along the Mississippi
Central Railroad against the Confederate forces.
- December 18, 1862
- Grant announced the organization of his army.
Sherman, Hurlbut, McPherson, and McClernand were to be corps commanders.
- December 20, 1862
- General Sherman leaves Memphis with about
100 transports and proceeds down the Mississippi River.
- December 26, 1862
- General Sherman reaches the Yazoo River north of
Vicksburg.
- December 27-29, 1862
- Battle of Chickasaw Bayou, Mississippi.
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