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1862

Jan. 1: Action, Port Royal Ferry, Coosaw River

MICHIGAN--8th Infantry. NEW YORK--47th, 48th and 79th Infantry. PENNSYLVANIA--50th and 100th Infantry. UNITED STATES--Battery "E" 3rd Arty. Union loss, 1 killed, 10 wounded. Total, 11.

Jan. 20: Affair, Charleston Harbor

Sinking of Stone Fleet.

Jan. 22-25: Expedition to Edisto Island

Confederate Reports.

Feb. 6: Reconn. to Wright River

NEW YORK--48th Infantry.

Feb. 10: Skirmish, Barnwell Island

PENNSYLVANIA--50th Infantry (Co. D).

Feb. 11: Occupation of Edisto Island

NEW YORK--47th Infantry.

Feb. 23-26: Reconn. up Bull River

MICHIGAN--8th Infantry (Detachment).

Feb. 25-March 5: Expedition from Hilton Head to Florida

MAINE--9th Infantry. NEW HAMPSHIRE--4th Infantry. PENNSYLVANIA--97th Infantry. UNITED STATES--Battery "E," 3d Arty.

March --: Affair, Hunting Island

NEW HAMPSHIRE--3rd Infantry.

March 7-11: Reconn. up Savannah River to Elba Island

NEW HAMPSHIRE--3rd Infantry.

March 13: Skirmish, Mattis Plantation

PENNSYLVANIA--45th Infantry (Detachment).

March 19-24: Expedition to May River and operations near Bluffton

NEW HAMPSHIRE--3rd Infantry. RHODE ISLAND--3d Arty. (Detachment).

March 20: Affair, Buckingham

NEW HAMPSHIRE--3rd Infantry.

March 29: Action, Edisto Island

PENNSYLVANIA--55th Infantry.

April 5: Occupation of Edisto Island

NEW HAMPSHIRE--3rd Infantry.

April 14: Reconn. on Seabrook Island

NEW HAMPSHIRE--3rd Infantry.

April 19: Skirmish, Edisto Island

NEW HAMPSHIRE--3rd Infantry. PENNSYLVANIA--55th Infantry, and crew of U. S. Str, "Crusader," Union loss, 3 wounded.

May 20: Bombardment of Cole's Island

U. S. Gunboat.

May 22: Expedition to John's Island

(No reports.)

May 25: Affair between James and Dixon's Islands

U. S. Gunboat.

May 29: Skirmish, Pocotaligo

MASSACHUSETTS--1st Cavalry (Detachment). MICHIGAN--8th Infantry (1 Co.). NEW YORK--79th Infantry (1 Co.). PENNSYLVANIA--50th Infantry. Union loss, 2 killed, 9 wounded. Total, 11.

June 1-28: Operations on James Island

CONNECTICUT--1st Battery Light Arty; 6th and 7th Infantry. MASSACHUSETTS--1st Cavalry; 28th Infantry. MICHIGAN--8th Infantry, NEW HAMPSHIRE--3rd Infantry. NEW YORK--1st Engineers; 46th, 47th and 79th Infantry. PENNSYLVANIA--45th, 76th, 97th and 100th Infantry. UNITED STATES--Battery "E" 3rd Arty.

June 3: Skirmish, Legare's Point, James Island

MASSACHUSETTS--28th Infantry. MICHIGAN--8th Infantry. PENNSYLVANIA--100th Infantry. Union loss, 5 wounded, 23 missing. Total, 28.

June 3-4: Skirmishes, James Island

MASSACHUSETTS--28th Infantry. MICHIGAN--8th Infantry. PENNSYLVANIA--100th Infantry.

June 7: Skirmish, John's Island

MASSACHUSETTS--1st Cavalry (Detachment).

June 7: Skirmish, Camp Stevens

PENNSYLVANIA--50th Infantry.

June 8: Action, James Island

MASSACHUSETTS--1st Cavalry (Detachment). NEW YORK--46th Infantry.

June 8-9: Affairs, John's Island

(No Reports.)

June 10: Action, James Island

CONNECTICUT--6th Infantry (4 Cos.). NEW YORK--47th Infantry (2 Cos.). PENNSYLVANIA--45th Infantry (Co. "H") and 97th Infantry (5 Cos.). UNITED STATES--Battery "E," 3d Arty. Union loss, 4 killed, 18 wounded. Total, 22.

June 13: Affair on Hutchinson's Island

Unarmed Negroes.

June 13: Affair, White House, near Hilton Head

RHODE ISLAND--3rd Arty. (Detachment).

June 16: Engagement, Secessionville, Fort Johnson, James Island

CONNECTICUT--1st Battery Light Arty.; 6th and 7th Infantry. MASSACHUSETTS--1st Cavalry (Co. "H"); 28th Infantry. MICHIGAN--8th Infantry. NEW HAMPSHIRE--3rd Infantry. NEW YORK--1st Engineers (Detachment); 46th, 47th and 79th Infantry. PENNSYLVANIA--45th, 76th, 97th and 100th Infantry. RHODE ISLAND--Battery "I" 3rd Arty. UNITED STATES--Battery "E" 3rd Arty. Union loss, 107 killed, 487 wounded, 89 missing. Total, 683.

June 21: Engagement, Simmons' Bluff

U. S. Gunboat.

June 28-July 7: Evacuation of James Island

CONNECTICUT--1st Battery Light Arty.; 6th and 7th Infantry. MASSACHUSETTS--1st Cavalry (Detachment); 28th Infantry. MICHIGAN--8th Infantry. NEW HAMPSHIRE--3rd Infantry. NEW YORK--1st Engineers (Detachment); 46th, 47th and 79th Infantry. PENNSYLVANIA--45th, 76th, 97th and 100th Infantry. RHODE ISLAND--Battery "I" 3rd Arty. UNITED STATES--Battery "E" 3rd Arty.

July 9: Expedition to Fenwick Island

(No Reports.)

Aug. 13: Engagement, Black River

U. S. Gunboat.

Aug. 21: Action, Pinckney Island

NEW HAMPSHIRE--3rd Infantry (Detachment). Union loss, 3 killed, 3 wounded, 3 missing. Total, 9.

Sept. 10: Skirmish, Kilkenny River

(No Reports.)

Sept. 24: Affair on Skull Creek

NEW YORK--48th Infantry (Detachment). RHODE ISLAND--Battery "G" 3rd Arty.

Sept. 30-Oct. 3: Reconn. on May and Savannah Rivers

NEW YORK--48th Infantry. RHODE ISLAND--Battery "G" 3rd Arty.

Sept. 30-Oct. 13: Expedition from Hilton Head to St. John's Bluff, Fla.

CONNECTICUT--1st Battery Light Arty.; 7th Infantry. MASSACHUSETTS--1st Cavalry (Detachment). PENNSYLVANIA--47th Infantry. UNITED STATES--Gunboats "Paul Jones," "Simarron," "Water Witch," "Uncas," "Pendergrast" and "Patroon."

Oct. 18: Affair, Kirk's Bluff

NEW YORK--48th Infantry (1 Co.). RHODE ISLAND--Battery "G" 3rd Arty. (Detachment).

Oct. 21-23: Expedition to Pocotaligo

CONNECTICUT--1st Battery Light Arty.; 6th and 7th Infantry. MASSACHUSETTS--1st Cavalry. NEW HAMPSHIRE--3rd and 4th Infantry. NEW YORK--1st Engineers; 48th Infantry. PENNSYLVANIA--47th, 55th and 76th Infantry. RHODE ISLAND--3rd Arty. UNITED STATES--Battery "M" 1st Arty., Battery "E" 3rd Arty. Union losses, 43 killed, 294 wounded, 3 missing. Total, 340.

Oct. 21: Action, Pocotaligo Bridge

MASSACHUSETTS--1st Cavalry.

Oct. 22: Engagement, Caston and Frampton's Plantation, near Pocotaligo

CONNECTICUT--1st Battery Light Arty.; 6th and 7th Infantry. MASSACHUSETTS--1st Cavalry. NEW HAMPSHIRE--3rd and 4th Infantry. NEW YORK--1st Engineers; 48th Infantry. PENNSYLVANIA--47th, 55th and 76th Infantry. RHODE ISLAND--3rd Arty. UNITED STATES--Battery "M" 1st Arty., Battery "E" 3rd Arty. Losses included in Oct. 21-23.

Oct. 22: Action, Coosawhatchie

NEW YORK--1st Engineers (Co's "F." "G"); 48th Infantry. RHODE ISLAND--3rd Arty. (Detachment). Loss included in Oct. 21-23.

Oct. 24: Affair, St. Helena Island

SOUTH CAROLINA--1st Colored Infantry (Detachment).

Nov. 3-10: Expedition from Beaufort along Coast of Ga. and East Fla.

SOUTH CAROLINA--1st Colored Infantry (3 Co's). Union loss, 4 wounded.

Nov. 13-18: Expedition from Beaufort to Doboy River, Ga.

SOUTH CAROLINA--1st Colored Infantry (3 Co's).

1908.

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