| April 13, 1862 | Maj. Gen. David Hunter, U. S. Army, orders emancipation of slaves at Fort Pulaski and on Cockspur Island, Ga. |
| April 29, 1862 | Brig. Gen. Rufus Saxton, U. S. Army, assigned to special duty in the Department of the South.(+) |
| May 9, 1862 | Maj. Gen. David Hunter, U.S. Army, orders the emancipation of slaves in Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina, and authorizes the arming of all able-bodied negroes in those States. |
| May 13, 1862 | Abduction of the steamer Planter from Charleston, S.C. |
| Sept. 1, 1862 | Maj. Gen. Ormsby M. Mitchel, U.S. Army, assigned to command of the Department of the South. |
| Sept. 3, 1862 | The Tenth Army Corps constituted under command of Maj. Gen. Ormsby M. Mitchel, U.S. Army. |
| Sept. 5, 1862 | Brig. Gen. John M. Brannan, U.S. Army, temporarily in command of the Department of the South. |
| Sept. 17, 1862 | Maj. Gen. Ormsby M. Mitchel, U.S. Army, assumes command of the Department of the South. |
| Sept. 27, 1862 | Brig. Gen. John M. Brannan, U.S. Army, assumes temporary command of the Department of the South, vice Mitchel, deceased. |
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