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ClAr. xxiX.] MISSISSIPPI CENTRAL RAILROAD 465
OCTOBER 31, 1862-JANUARY 10, 1863.-Operations on the Mississippi
Central Railroad from Bolivar, Tenn., to Coffeeville, Miss.*
SUMMARY OF TIE PRINCIPAL EVENTS.
Oct. 31-Nov. 1, 1862.-Union forces advance from Bolivar and Corinth upon Grand
Junction, Tenn.
Nov. 4, 1862.-La Grange and Grand Junction, Tenn., occupied by Union forces.
5, 1862.-Skirmish at Jumpertown, Miss.
Reconnaissance from La Grange toward Somerville, Tenn.
6, 1862.-Reconnaissance from La Grange, Tenn., toward Lamar, Miss., and
skirmish at Worsham's Creek.
Skirmish at Old Lamar, Miss.
8- 9, 1862.-Reconnaissance from La Grange, Tenn., and skirmishes at Old La-
mar and Hudsonville, Miss.
13, 1862.-Skirmish at Holly Springs, Miss.
19-20, 1862.-Expedition from Grand Junction, Tenn., to Ripley, Miss.
28-29, 1862.-Skirmishes at Holly Springs, Miss.
29, 1862.-Skirmish at Lumpkin's Mill, Miss.
29-30, 1862.-Skirmishes at Waterford, Miss.
30, 1862.-Skirmish at Chulahoma, Miss.
Dec 1, 1862.-Skirmish at Hudsonville, Miss.
1- 3, 1862.-Skirmishes about Oxford, Miss.
3, 1862.-Skirmishes on the Yocknapatalfa, at Prophet, Spring Dale, and
Free Bridges, Miss.
4, 1862.-Skirmish at Water Valley, Miss.
Affair near Oxford, Miss.
5, 1862.-Engagement at Coffeeville, Miss.
14-19, 1862.-Expedition against the Mobile and Ohio Railroad, Miss.
18, 1862.-Skirmish near Water Valley, Miss.
20, 1862.-Capture of Holly Springs, Miss.
Skirmish at Cold Water, Miss.
20-28, 1862.-Operations against the Van Dorn raid.
21, 1862.-Skirmish at Davis' Mill, Miss.
24, 1862.-Skirmishes at Bolivar and Middleburg, Tenn.
25, 1862.-Skirmish at Ripley, Miss.
Jan. 9-10, 1863.-Holly Springs, Miss., evacuated by the Union forces.
REPORTS, ETC.
No. 1.-Maj. Gen. U. 8S. Grant, U. S. Army, commanding Department of the Tennes-
see, of operations November 1, 1862-January 6, 1863, with instructions
from the General-in-Chief.
No. 2.-Brig. Gen. Mason Brayman, U. S. Army, of operations November 3-Decem-
ber 31, including action near Jackson, Tenn., December 19, and skirmish
at Middleburg, December 24.
No. 3.-Col. Mortimer D. Leggett, Seventy-eighth Ohio Infantry, of reconnaissance
from La Grange toward Somerville, Tenn., November 5.
No. 4.-Col. Isaac C. Pugh, Forty-first Illinois Infantry, of reconnaissance from La
Grange, Tenn., toward Lamar, Miss., and skirmish at Worsham's Creek,
November 6.
SSee also expedition (November 27-December 6, 1862) from Helena, Ark., to Gres
ada, Miss., post.
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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 17, In Two Parts. Part 1, Reports., book, 1886; Washington D.C.. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth154626/m1/476/?q=%221862%22&rotate=180: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.