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Wednesday, October 19, 2011

19 October 1862: Sunday

Confederacy - Military
Kentucky

Bragg's retiring Army of Tennessee arrives in the area of Cumberland Gap. It will take them 5 days (from now until the 24th) to get completely through the gap, taking with them large amounts of grain and supplies appropriated in Kentucky. Union opposition to their passage was fairly light.

There are also skirmishes at Bardstown and Wild Cat.

Virginia
There are skirmishes between Catlett's Station and Warrenton Junction.

Louisiana
There is a skirmish at Bonnet Carre in St. John the Baptist Parish.




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Bibliography
The Civil War Day By Day: An Almanac 1861-1865. E.B. Long with Barbara Long, De Capo, 1971

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