Jan. 11, 1862.—The Burnside Expedition sails from Fort Monroe, Va.

       13, 1862.—Expedition arrives at Hatteras Inlet.

              Brig. Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside, U. S. Army, assumes command

                          of the Department of North Carolina.**

       22, 1862.—Brig. Gen. Henry A. Wipe, C. S. Army, assigned to command at

                          Roanoke Island.

Feb. 8, 1862.—Battle of Roanoke Island.

      10, 1862.—Action at Elizabeth City.

      18—20, 1862.—Expedition to Winton, and skirmish February 19.

      19—20, 1862.—Expedition into Currituck Sound.

Mar. 14, 1862.—Battle of New Berne.

         19, 1862.—Brig. Gen. J. R. Anderson supersedes Brig. Gen. R. C. Gatlin in

                            command of the Confederate Department of North Carolina***

         20—21, 1862.—Expedition to Washington.

         23—April 26, 1862.—Siege of Fort Macon.

         24, 1862.—Maj. Gen. Th. H. Holmes, C. S. Army, supersedes Brig. Gen. J. R.

                            Anderson.

         31, 1862.—Skirmish at Deep Gully.

April 7, 1862.— Skirmish at Foy’s Plantation.

                           Skirmish near Newport.

    7—8, 1862.—Expedition to Elizabeth City.

        13, 1862.—Skirmish at Gillett’s Farm, Pebbly Run..

        19, 1862.—Engagement at South Mills, Camden County.

                           Skirmish on the Trent Road.

        27, 1862.—Skirmish near Haughton’s Mill, Pollocksville Road.

        29, 1862.—Skirmish near Batchelder’s Creek.

May 2, 1862. — Skirmish near Deep Gully, Trenton Road.

    7—8, 1862.—Expedition from Roanoke Island toward Gatesville.

15—16, 1862.—Skirmishes near Trenton Bridge, at Young’s Cross-Roads, and Pol-

                           locksville.

        22, 1862.—Skirmish at the Trenton and Pollocksville Cross-Roads.

        30, 1862.—Skirmish at Tranter’s Creek.

June 2, 1862.—Skirmish at Tranter’s Creek.

June 3, 1862.—North Carolina, west of the Blue Ridge, embraced in the Confederate                          Department of East Tennessee.

        5, 1862.—Action at Tranter’s Creek.

      21, 1862.—Confederate Department of North Carolina ext&nded to the south

                         bank of the James River.

      24, 1862.—Reconnaissance from Washington to Tranter’s Creek.

July 6, 1862.—Major-General Burnside sails with re-enforcements for the Army of

                        the Potomac, leaving Brig. Gen. John G. Foster in command of                         the Department of North Carolina.

       9, 1862.—Capture of Hamilton.

     17, 1862.—Maj. Gen. D. H. Hill, C. S. Army, assigned to command of the                         Department of North Carolina.

24-28, 1862— Expeditions from New Berne to Trenton and Pollocksville, &c.

     26, 1862.—Skirmish at Mill Creek, near Pollocksville.

26-29, 1862— Reconnaissance from Newport to Young’s Cross-Roads, and skirmish 27th.

    28, 1862.— Expedition from Batchelder’s Creek, on Neuse River Road.

Aug. 14—15, 1862.—Reconnaissance from Newport to Swansborough.

*Of some of the minor conflicts mentioned in this “Summary” no circumstantial reports are on file.

**This department, to consist of the State of North Carolina, had been created January 7, 1862, by General Orders, No. 2, Headquarters of the Army, of that date.

***For General Gatlin’s report of operations in his department from August 20, 1861,

to March 19, 1862, see Series I, Vol. IV, pp. 573—579.