The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 1, Volume 30, In Four Parts. Part 1, Reports. Page: 5
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CHAP. XLII.] RAID ON MISSISSIPPI CENTRAL RAILROAD, ETC. 5
Oct. 4-17, 1863.-Chalmers' raid in West Tennessee and North Mississippi.
5, 1863.-The Second Division, Seventeenth Army Corps, starts en route
from Memphis to Chattanooga, Tenn.
8, 1863.-Skirmish near Chattanooga, Tenn.
9, 1863.-Skirmish at Elk River, Tenn.
10, 1863.-Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger, U. S. Army, assumes command of
the Fourth Army Corps, formed by the consolidation of the
Twentieth and Twenty-first Army Corps.
Skirmish at Ingraham's Plantation, near Port Gibson, Miss.
10-11, 1863.-Expedition from Memphis, Tenn., to Hernando, Miss., with skir-
mish (11th) near Hernando.
10-14, 1863.-Expedition from Gallatin to Carthage, Tenn., with skirmish (10th)
near Hartsville.
14-20, 1863.-Expedition from Messinger's Ferry, on the Big Black River,
toward Canton, Miss.
Expeditions from Natchez and Fort Adams, Miss., to Red River,
La., with skirmish at Red River (14th).
16, 1863.-The Military Division of the Mississippi (consisting of the De-
partments of the Cumberland, Ohio, and Tennessee) created,
and Maj. Gen. U. S. Grant assigned to the command. Maj.
Gen. George H. Thomas ordered to command the Department
of the Cumberland, vice Maj. Gen. W. S. Rosecrans, relieved.
Skirmish near Island No. 10, Tenn:
17, 1863.-Skirmish near Satartia, Miss.
18, 1863.-Maj. Gen. U. S. Grant, U. S. Army, assumes command of the
Military Division of the Mississippi.
19, 1863.-Skirmish at Smith's Bridge, Miss.
AUGUST 10-22, 1863.-Raid on the Mississippi Central Railroad from the
Big Black River, Miss., to Memphis, Tenn., with Skirmishes at Payne's
Plantation, near Grenada, Miss. (18th); at Panola, Miss. (20th), and at
the Coldwater, Miss. (21st).*
REPORTS.
No. 1.-Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman, U. S. Army, with instructions to Col. Ed-
win F. Winslow.
No. 2.-Col. Edward F. Winslow, Fourth Iowa Cavalry, commanding expedition.
No. 1.
Report of Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman, U. S. Army, with
instructions to Col. Edwin F. Winslow.
HEADQUARTERS FIFTEENTH ARMY CORPS,
Camp on Big Black, September 5, 1863.
SIR: Inclosed please find report of Col. E. F. Winslow, Fourth
Iowa, of the results of his expedition to Grenada, Memphis, and
back to camp.
His movement was skillful and eminently successful. It would
have been better that he should have destroyed the locomotives and
* See also expedition from Memphis, Tenn., to Grenada, Miss., August 12-23, 1863,
p. 11.
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United States. War Department. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 1, Volume 30, In Four Parts. Part 1, Reports., book, 1890; Washington D.C.. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth152978/m1/16/: accessed April 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.