The Civil War Muse

January 10, 1862

The Trans-Mississippi District of Department No. 2 organized, under command of Maj. Gen. Earl Van Dorn, C. S. Army.

January 22, 1862

Occupation of Lebanon, Missouri by the Army of the Southwest

January 29, 1862

Maj. Gen. Earl Van Dorn, C. S. Army, assumes command of the Trans-Mississippi District.

February 3, 1862

Call for 71,000 men from the State of Missouri for Confederate service.

February 12, 1862

Skirmish at Springfield, Missouri

February 14, 1862

Skirmish at Crane Creek, Missouri

February 15, 1862

Skirmish near Flat Creek, Missouri

Brig. Gen. John M. Schofield, U. S. Army, assumes command of the District of Saint Louis, Missouri

February 16, 1862

Action at Pott's Hill, Sugar Creek, Arkansas

February 17, 1862

Action at Sugar Creek, Arkansas

February 18, 1862

Action at Bentonville, Arkansas

February 23, 1862

Fayetteville, Arkansas, occupied by Union forces.

Brig. Gen. John Pope, U. S. Army, assumes command of Army of the Mississippi, assembling at Commerce, Missouri

February 25, 1862

Skirmish at Keetsville, Barry County, Missouri

February 26, 1862

Maj. Gen. John P. McCown, C. S. Army, assumes command at Madrid Bend.

February 28 – April 8, 1862

Operations at New Madrid, Missouri, and Island No. 10, and descent upon Union City, Tennessee.

March 3 – 7, 1862

Reconnaissance to Berryville, Arkansas

March 6 – 8, 1862

Battle of Pea Ridge (or Elkhorn Tavern), Arkansas

March 11, 1862

The Departments of Kansas, of the Missouri, and in part of the Ohio, merged into the Department of the Mississippi, under Major-General Halleck, U. S. Army.

March 14, 1862

Capture of New Madrid, Missouri

March 31, 1862

Brig. Gen. William W. Mackall, C. S. Army, supersedes Major- General McCown in command at Madrid Bend, Missouri

April 2, 1862

Brig. Gen. James W. Denver, U. S. Army, assumes command of District of Kansas.

April 9, 1862

Brig. Gen. Mosby M. Parsons, Missouri State Guard, assumes command of Missouri State Guard (Confederate).

April 10, 1862

Brig. Gen. Samuel D. Sturgis, U. S. Army, assumes command of the District of Kansas.

Brig. Gen., John M. Schofield, U. S. Army, placed in immediate command in Missouri.

April 15, 1862

Van Dorn's forces ordered to Memphis, Tennessee

May 2, 1862

The Department of Kansas re-established.

May 5, 1862

Brig. Gen. James G. Blunt, U. S. Army, assumes command of the Department of Kansas.

May 26, 1862

The Trans-Mississippi Department (Confederate) extended to embrace Arkansas, the Indian Territory, Missouri, West Louisiana, and Texas.

May 31, 1862

Maj. Gen. T. C. Hindman, C. S. Army, assumes command of the Trans-Mississippi District.

June 10 – July 14, 1862

Operations on White River, Arkansas

June 17, 1862

The Battle of Saint Charles, Arkansas County, Arkansas

July 7, 1862

Action at Hill's Plantation, Cache River, and skirmishes at Round Hill and Bayou de View, Arkansas.

July 13, 1862

The Missouri State Guard relieved from duty east of the Mississippi, and ordered to join Major-General Hindman, C. S. Army.

July 16, 1862

Maj. Gen. Theophilus H. Holmes, C. S. Army, assigned to command of the Trans-Mississippi Department.

July 30, 1862

Major-General Holmes, C. S. Army, assumes command of the Trans- Mississippi Department.

August 6, 1862

Action at Kirksville, Missouri

August 11, 1862

Action at and surrender of Independence, Missouri

August 16, 1862

Action at Lone Jack, Missouri

August 20, 1862

The Districts of Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas constituted in the Trans-Mississippi Department.

August 29, 1862

Brig. Gen. Frederick Steele, U. S. Army, assumes command of the Army of the Southwest.

September 6, 1862

Department of the Northwest created to embrace the States of Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota, and the Territories of Nebraska and Dakota.

Maj. Gen. John Pope, U. S. Army, assigned to the command of the Department of the Northwest.

September 19, 1862

The Department of the Missouri re-established and embracing the Department of Kansas thus discontinued.

September 24, 1862

Maj. Gen. Samuel R. Curtis, U. S. Army, assumes command of the Department of the Missouri.

September 28, 1862

Major-General Hindman, C. S. Army, assigned to command of the First Corps, Army of the West.

September 30, 1862

Engagement at Newtonia, Missouri

October 7, 1862

Brig. Gen. E. A. Carr, U. S. Army, assumes command of the Army of the Southwest.

October 11, 1862

Territories of Colorado and Nebraska added to the Department of Missouri.

November 7, 1862

Action at Clark's Mill, Douglas County, Missouri

November 26, 1862

Brig. Gen. James G. Blunt, U. S. Army, assumes command of the District of Kansas.

November 28, 1862

Engagement at Cane Hill, or Boston Mountains, Arkansas

December 7. 1862

Battle of Prairie Grove, Fayetteville, or Illinois Creek, Arkansas

December 31, 1862 – January 25, 1863

Marmaduke's expedition into Missouri.