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Field Assignments by year	Actions / Engagements
1862
August-September : With Waul's Legion, in the District of Arkansas, Trans-Mississippi Department. Later in 1862 with the The Third Texas Cavalry under Lieut.- Col J.S. Boggess in Mississippi.	Nov. 26, 1862 to Jan. 10, 1863 Operations on the Mississippi Central RR from Bolivar, Tenn. to Coffeville Miss. (Grant's Central Miss. Campaign) December 4-5 at 1862 Coffeville Miss. Oxford Miss. Dec 17-28 1862 at Holly Springs, Miss.
1863
January 16, 1863 assigned with SPECIAL ORDERS,HEADQUARTERS CAVALRY CORPS, Numbers 3, at Grenada by General Van Dorn to General W. H. Jackson at Grenada, Miss. with Jackson's Tennessee cavalry.    April of 1863 : Under Lt. General John C. Pemberton Department of Mississippi and Eastern Louisiana with Maury's Division under Major General D.H. Maury who commanded until April 15th then became Forney's Division under Major General John H. Forney. Listed under other forces of the division as Waul's Texas Legion, Lieut.-Col L. Willis. [ Ref 1 ] Notation : [ JACKSON, April 17, 1863. Major-General FORNEY, Grand Gulf: Take command of Maury's DIVISION. Maury relieved, and ordered to East Tennessee. Bowen commands your old DIVISION. J. C. PEMBERTON. ] At this same time, Waul's legion, commanded by Colonel Waul was in the Department of Mississippi and Eastern Louisiana, of Lieutenant General John C. Pemberton General Loring's command.   May-Sep 1863  Robert "Black Bob" McCulloch's Cavalry Brigade, 5th Military District, Dept. of Miss. and East La. Sep-Oct 1863    Chalmers' Cavalry Brigade, 5th Military District Sep-Oct 1863    Chalmers' Cavalry Brigade, Second Regiment ( with Second Regiment Missouri Cavalry ) Dept. of Miss. and East La. Oct-Nov 1863    McCulloch's Cavalry Brigade Commanded by Col. Robert McCulloch ( 2nd Missouri ),Chalmers' Cavalry Division, Dept. of Miss. and East La. Nov '63- Jan '64 McCulloch's Cavalry Brigade,Chalmers' Cavalry Dvision, Lee's Cavalry Corps, Dept. of Miss. and East La.	April 19 1863 Two companies of cavalry of Waul's Legion alone were ordered to report to Brigadier-General Barton at Warrenton. One of these marauding expeditions, under Colonel [Brigadier-General] Grierson, which crossed the Tallahatchee River at New Albany, succeeded in passing directly through the State, and eventually joined General Banks' forces at Baton Rouge, La. So great was the consternation created by this raid that it was impossible to obtain any reliable information of the enemy's movements, rumor placing him in various places at the same time. [ see ] May 12 1863 at Raymond Miss. May 14 1863 at Jackson Miss. " On the 14th ( May 1863), a large body of the enemy made their appearance in front of Jackson, the capital of the State. After some fighting, our troops were withdrawn, and the enemy took possession of the place; but as General Johnston was commanding there in person, his official report, which has doubtless gone forward, will furnish all the information required." [ see ] [ Ref 2 ] :[ May 23, 1863]` " Colonel R. McCulloch's cavalry fought with an expedition from LaGrange in the senatobia swamp on May 23rd." June 6 1863 Operations on the Memphis & Charleston RR; July 5 to July 10, 1863 Operations against the advance on Jackson Miss. July 10 -16 1863; Siege-Jackson, Miss. 10-20-1863 at Barton Station 10-20-1863 at Cane Creek 10-20-1863 at Dickinson's Station, Alabama 10-21-1863 at Cherokee Station, Ala. On October 22, 1863, Colonel Robert McCulloch reported that Willis' Battalion numbered 450 men. 10-25-1863 at Tuscumbia, Ala. 10-26-1863 at Cane Creek, Ala. 10-27-1863 at Little Bear Creek 10-29-1863 at Cherokee Station
1864
January McCulloch's Cavalry Brigade, Chalmers' Cavalry Division of Forrest's Cavalry Corps Dept. of Miss. and East La. Jan-Sep McCulloch's/Wade's Brigade of Forrest's Cavalry Corps. District of the Gulf, Dept. of Ala, Miss. and East La. [ ref Mc1 ] June 1864 in Northern District of Mississippi, Nathan B. Forrest commanding. General James R.Chalmers Divsion, second Brigade under Col. Robert McCulloch. Sep-Nov McCulloch's Cavalry Brigade, Liddell's Division, District of the Gulf, Dept of Ala., Miss,. and East La. Nov '64-Feb '65  McCulloch's Cavalry Brigade, District of the Gulf, Dept. of Ala., Miss., and East La. Abstract from return of the Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana, Major General D. H. Maury, C. S. Army, commanding, for December 1, 1864. McCulloch's brigade, 1942 men, transferred to west side of the bay from General Liddell's command. This cavalry being in motion in Florida, no reports were received.	March 16- April 14, 1864 Forrest's Expedition in West Tennessee and Kentucky Union City, Tenn.; Fort Anderson, Paducah Ky. April 3- April 9 1864 at Raleigh, Tenn. April 10 1864 at Cypress Swamp, Tenn. April 12 1864 Fort Pillow, Tenn. Operations around Natchez, Miss. Okolona, Miss.; Natchez, Miss. Operations against  Sturgis' Expedition from Memphis, Tenn. to Mississippi. June 10th 1864 Brice's Crossroads (Tishomingo Creek) near Guntown, Miss. June 11 1864 at Ripley, Miss. July 2-9 1864 Operations against Expedition from Vicksburg to the Pearl river Miss. July 7 at Jackson, Miss. July 7 at Clinton, Miss. July 11& 12 at Pontotoc, Miss. July 14-15, 1864 at Camargo's Cross Roads, Tupelo AKA Harrisburg Miss. [ McCulloch wounded at Harrisburg ] July 15 at Old Town (Tishomingo Creek) Miss. July 21 Ellistown, Miss. Aug 9 at Oxford, Miss. August 10 at Tallahatchie River, Miss. August 14 at Lamar. August 13 - 16 at Hurricane Creek, Miss. August 13 Abbeville, Miss. Operations in Northern Georgia and Northern Alabama Oct 28 1864 at Decatur, Ala.; Ladiga Terrapin Creek October 31 - Nov 9 & 11th .; Shoal Creek, Ala. Dec 15 -16 at Nashville, Tenn. December 17 1864 at Holly Tree Gap, Tenn. December 17 1864 at West Harpeth River, Tenn. December 18 1864 at Spring Hill, Tenn. December 19 1864 at Rutherford's Creek, Tenn. December 24 at Lynnville, Tenn. December 24 1864 at Richland Creek, Tenn. December 25 1864 King's Hill / Kings Gap (Anthony's Gap, Devil's Gap) near Pulaski, Tenn. December 28 1864 at Decatur, Ala. December 30 1864 at Leighton, Ala.
1865
Feb-May 1865  Ross' Brigade( Third Texas Cavalry), Jackson's Div. Forrest's Cavalry Corps. Dept. of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisia	Operations against Wilson's Raid from Chickasaw, Miss. to Selma Alabama and Macon Georgia. March 30 -31 1865 Montevallo, Alabama April 1 1865 Ebenezer Church near Maplesville, Alabama April 2, 1865 ; Selma, Alabama May 4-Confederates surrender at Citronelle

 

Battles fought : From Thomas Harwood biography ( Major of Company F Willis' Battalion Texas Cavalry )

Holly Springs, Grenada, and Pontotoc, Mississippi.

Fort Pillow, Moscow, and Cochran's Crossroads, Tennessee.

 

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Reference

[ REF1 ] :
Confederate Military History : A Library of Confederate states History in Thirteen Volumes, written by distinguished men of the South and edited by Gen Clement A. Evans of Georgia.... Volume XII Alabama and Mississippi ; Alabama section written by Lieut. Gen. Joseph Wheeler.
Mississippi section ( see page 128 ) written by Colonel Charles E. Hooker
The Blue and Grey press, Secaucus New Jersey © 1899 by Confederate Publishing Company

[ Ref 2 ] page 163 of above.

[ ref Mc1 ]

 

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