1862 Civil War Letters - Burnsides Expedition, On the Chesapeake Bay

Organization of Troops Department of North Carolina, January 31, 1862. Brig. Gen. AMBROSE E. BURNSIDE commanding.

First Brigade. Brig. Gen. JOHN G. FOSTER.

10th Connecticut	Col. Charles L. Russell
23d Massachusetts	Col. John Kurtz
24th Massachusetts	Col. Thomas G. Stevenson
25th Massachusetts	Col. Edwin Upton
27th Massachusetts	Col. Horace C. Lee

Second Brigade. Brig. Gen. JESSE L. RENO.

21st Massachusetts	Lieut. Col. Alberto C. Maggi
9th New Jersey	Lieut. Col. Charles A. Heckman
51st New York	Col. Edward Ferrero
51st Pennsylvania	Col. John F. Hartranft

Third Brigade Brig. Gen. JOHN G. PARKE

8th Connecticut	Col. Edward Harland
9th New York	Col. Rush C. Hawkins
53d New York	Col. L. J. D'Epineuil
4th Rhode Island	Col. I. P. Rodman
5th Rhode Island (battalion)	Maj. John Wright

Williams' Brigade. Brig. Gen. THOMAS WILLIAMS

11th Connecticut	Lieut. Col. C. Mathewson
6th New Hampshire	Col. Nelson Converse
89th New York	Col. H. S. Fairchild
48th Pennsylvania	Col. James Nagle
1st Rhode Island Artillery	Battery F, Capt. James Belger
1st U.S. Artillery, Battery C	Capt. Lewis O. Morris

January 11, 1862	The Burnside Expedition sails from Fort Monroe, Va.
January 13, 1862	Expedition arrives at Hatteras Inlet. Brig. Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside, U.S. Army, assumes command of the Department of North Carolina.
January 22, 1862	Brig. Gen. Henry A. Wise, C. S. Army, assigned to command at Roanoke Island.
February 8, 1862	Battle of Roanoke Island
February 10, 1862	Action at Elizabeth City
February 18 - 20, 1862	Expedition to Winton, and skirmish on February 19.
February 19 - 20, 1862	Expedition into Currituck Sound.
March 14, 1862	Battle of New Berne
March 19, 1862	Brig. Gen. J. R. Anderson supersedes Brig. Gen. R. C. Gatlin in command of the Confederate Department of North Carolina.
March 20 - 21, 1862	Expedition to Washington.
March 23 - April 26, 1862	Siege of Fort Macon.
March 24, 1862	Maj. Gen. Th. H. Holmes, C. S. Army, supersedes Brig. Gen. J. R. Anderson.
March 31, 1862	Skirmish at Deep Gully.
April 7, 1862	Skirmish at Foy's Plantation. Skirmish near Newport.
April 7- 8, 1862	Expedition to Elizabeth City.
April 13, 1862	Skirmish at Gillett's Farm, Pebbly Run.
April 19, 1862	Engagement at South Mills, Camden County, N.C. Skirmish on the Trent Road.
April 27, 1862	Skirmish near Haughton's Mill, Pollocksville Road.
April 29, 1862	Skirmish near Batchelder's Creek.
May 2, 1862	Skirmish near Deep Gully, Trenton Road.
May 7 - 8, 1862	Expedition from Roanoke Island toward Gatesville.
May 15 - 16, 1862	Skirmishes near Trenton Bridge, at Young's Cross-Roads, and Pollocksville.
May 22, 1862	Skirmish at the Trenton and Pollocksville Cross-Roads.
May 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.
June 5, 1862	Action at Tranter's Creek.
June 21, l862	Confederate Department of North Carolina extended to the south bank of the James River.
June 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.