Currently the main source for these daily reports from the front is EB Long's The Civil War Day By Day, an Almanc. In it, he uses such words as skirmish, engagement, action and the like, but doesn't really describe what they actually are. A skirmish is easy to understand...but the rest - they're all interchangeable according to dictionary.com.
Skirmish - a fight between small bodies of troops, esp. advanced or outlying detachments of opposing armies.
engagement - an encounter, conflict, or battle
action - a military encounter or engagement; battle, skirmish, or the like
expedition - an excursion, journey, or voyage made for some specific purpose, as of war or exploration.
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