—From the Commercial and Financial Chronicle.
—From the Commercial and Financial Chronicle.
—From the Commercial and Financial Chronicle.
—From the Commercial and Financial Chronicle.
CHRONOLOGY.
May 7.A detachment of the 13th Ind., Col. Foster, was led into an ambush at Somerville Heights, Va., by a superior force of rebels of the 7th Louisiana. After a severe skirmish, Col. Foster made an orderly retreat, with the loss of 29 men, inflicting equal loss to the enemy.
7. The 23d Ohio, Maj. Canley, drove a rebel force from Giles’s Court House, and the narrows of New river, W. Va., and captured 20 prisoners and some stores.
8. Skirmish near Corinth, Miss., by the 7th Ill. cavalry, Maj. Arlington, in which their commander was killed. 4 Federals wounded. Rebel loss 30.
8. The iron-clad steamer Galena, assisted by the gunboats Aroostook and Port Royal, attacked and silenced two rebel batteries a short distance from the mouth of the James river, Va., called the Upper and Lower shoal batteries. But trifling damage was experienced by the Federal vessels, and no casualties.
8. A reconnoissance in force was made by the united forces of Gens. Schenck and Milroy, near McDowell, W. Va., with 2,300 men, to check the advance of a superior force of rebels then threatening to attack them. An engagement of 5 hours’ duration ensued, in which 30 of the Feds. were killed and 200 wounded. The loss of the enemy is computed to have been greater. The movement was successful in checking the advance of the rebs., and the Fed. force was safely withdrawn to Franklin, the rebels showing no disposition to renew the combat.
8. An address was issued to the democracy of the U. S. setting forth party organization as essential to the preservation of public liberty. It was signed by Messrs. Richardson, Knapp, and Robinson, of Ill.; Law and Voorhees of Ind.; White, Allen Noble, Morris, Pendleton, and Vallandigham, of Ohio; Ancona and Johnson, of Penn., and Shields, of Oregon.
8. A bill passed by the U. S. Senate, establishing Beaufort, S. C., as a port of entry.
9. Two guerrillas were hung at Chester, W. Va., in conformity with orders based on a proclamat’n of Gen. Fremont.
9. Gen. Hunter proclaimed the persons in the States of Ga., Fa., and S. C., heretofore held as slaves, “forever free.”
9. Burning Springs, W. Va., was burned by rebel guerrillas.
9. Pensacola, Fla., evacuated by the rebs. after setting fire to forts, navy yard barracks and Marine hospital.
9. Capt. Connet and 48 men of the 27th Ind., were captured 12 miles from Athens, Ala., by a superior cavalry force under Col. Woodward. 13 rebs. and 5 Feds. were killed.
9. At Farmington, 5 miles N. W. of Corinth, Miss., the rebs. in great force under Ruggles, Price and Van Dorn, attacked Plummer’s and Palmer’s brigades, attached to Maj.-Gen. Pope’s division, and compelled them to retreat. A brilliant cavalry charge was made by the 2d Iowa, who lost 90 horses, 2 men killed and 40 wounded. The entire Fed. loss was about 40 killed and 120 wounded. The reb. loss was much greater.
9. The prize steamer P. C. Wallis, while on the way from Ship Isl. to N. O., with a battery of artillery on board, sprung a leak and sunk. The crew were saved by the gunboat Saxon.
9. Two recruits for the Fed. army at Washington, N. C., assassinated by rebs.
9. A company of rebs. under Capt. Walker, attempted to surprise Fed. officers at Washington, N. C. Capt. Redding’s company of 24th Mass., acting as pickets, killed Capt. Walker and 5 men. No Feds. were injured.
10. A spirited naval engagement occurred on the Miss. above Fort Wright. The Fed. gunboats besieging that place, under the command of Acting-Flag-Officer Davis, were attacked by the rebel gunboats and rams then stationed at that post, who after a half hour’s contest were forced to retire. The Fed. gunboats Cincinnati and Mound City were badly injured in the contest, and the reb. vessels also were considerably cut up, though the casualties on either side were small.
10. White House, on the Pamunkey river, Va., occupied by Federal cavalry, 7,000 bushels of wheat and 4,000 of corn captured.
10. $800,000 in specie seized by Gen.Butler in New Orleans, at the office of the Consul for the Netherlands.
May 10.New Kent C. H., Va., occupied by Gen. Stoneman’s Fed. cavalry.
10. The iron-clad steamer Ironsides was launched at Philadelphia.
10. The reb. schooner Maria Theresa, was captured by the U. S. gunboat Unadilla.
10. Norfolk, Va., was occupied by Fed. troops under Gen. Wool.
10. A plot discovered in Paducah, Ky. by which the town was to be handed over to the rebs. within a week. Information was given by one of the conspirators.
11. The fortifications of Craney I., Va., taken possession of by the Nat’l forces.
11. 48 freight and 4 passenger cars, and 2 locomotives were captured by 140 reb. cavalry under Col. Morgan, at Cave City, Ky.
11. Col. Phelan’s reb. camp at Bloomfield, Mo., was broken up by the 1st Wis. cavalry.
11. A reb. lieutenant and 10 men were captured by Maj. Duffie’s command, Harris’ Light cavalry, near Fredericksburg, Va.
11. The reb. iron-plated steamer Merrimac was abandoned by her crew and blown up off Craney Island, Va., the retreat of the rebel forces from Yorktown and Norfolk isolating her from the Confederate forces.
12. The reb. steamer Governor Morton captured.
13. General Fremont, with his command, reached Franklin, W. Va., advancing by forced marches. Maj.-Gen. Halleck issued an order expelling newspaper correspondents from his lines.
13. Martial law enforced in Charleston, S. C.
13. Reb. Gen. Jackson made an unsuccessful attack on Gens. Milroy and Schenck’s brigades near McDowell, Va., Fed. loss 20 killed and 177 wounded. Reb. loss 40 killed, 200 wounded. Feds. lost their camps, baggage, and stores.
13. Reb. armed steamer Planter, was run out of Charleston, S. C., by a negro crew, and surrendered to Commander Parrott, of the steamer Augusta.
13. Suffolk, Va., occupied by Federal troops under Maj. Dodge.
13. Gen. Butler forbid the opening of churches on the 15th inst. in N. O., for the purpose of observing a fast day prescribed by Jeff. Davis.
13. Attack on Fort Wright, Miss. river, by reb. mortar and gunboats.
13. Slight skirmish near Monterey, Tenn., by Gen. Smith’s troops. Reb. loss 10; Union 2.
13. Natchez, Miss., surrendered to flag-officer Farragut.
14. A skirmish near Trenton Bridge, N. C. Col. Amory with 17th and 25th Mass. defeated a reb. force, killing 10 of them.
14. Rebel steamer Alice captured in Roanoke river by U. S. steamers Ceres and Lockwood.
14. A party consisting of four officers’ servants and several convalescent soldiers, in charge of Surgeon Charles Newham, 29th N. Y. V., when on the road to Moorfield, were attacked while passing through a gap on Lost river, near Wartonsville. With the exception of Dr. Newham, who, though severely wounded succeeded in cutting his way through, the whole party were either killed or taken prisoners.
15. The Fed. iron battery Monitor, together with the mailed gunboats Galena and E. A. Stevens, attacked Fort Darling, on Watches Bluff, 6 miles below Richmond, on the James river. The fight continued for four hours, when the ammunition of the Galena having become exhausted, the Fed. vessels retired. The Galena was badly damaged, and lost 17 men killed and about 20 wounded. The large rifled gun of the E. A. Stevens burst early in the action. All the vessels engaged under great disadvantage in not being able to obtain sufficient elevation of their guns to bear on the high bluffs occupied by the enemy.
15. A company of infantry from Gen. Geary’s command were attacked by a body of rebel cavalry. Fed. loss 17.
15. Slight skirmish near Batesville, Ark., by 5th Ill. cavalry, Lieut. Smith.
16. U. S. steamer Oriental wrecked near Cape Hatteras, N. C.
16. Reb. newspapers suppressed in N. Orleans by Gen. Butler, and the circulation of Confederate notes prohibited.
16. Skirmish near Trenton, N. C. U. S. cavalry attacked a detachment of rebs. in ambush, and scattered them, killing 6 or 8, and wounding a larger number. Maj. Fitzsimmons of the cavalry wounded, and Lieut. Mayes and four men taken prisoners.
17. A successful movement was made by a portion of Gen. W. T. Sherman’s division of the army investing Corinth, by which the rebs. were driven from their position at Russell’s House, two miles from Corinth. 12 of the rebel deadwere left on the field, but all their wounded were removed. Gen. M. L. Smith’s brigade, of the Fed. army, lost 10 killed and 31 wounded.
17. Gen. Carleton’s brigade entered Arizona; Col. West’s regiment arrived at Luczon; and raised the National flag over the ruins of Fort Breckinridge.
17. The advance of the Army of the Potomac reached Bottom’s Bridge on the Chickahominy river.
18. Engagement near Searey, on Little Red river, Ark. 150 men of Gen. Osterhaus’s troops engaged and defeated a superior force of the enemy, in which the latter lost about 100 men.
18. A fight near Princeton, Va., in which Gen. Cox’s troops were defeated, with a loss of 30 killed and 70 wounded, by a rebel force under Humphrey Marshall.
18. Suffolk, Va., occupied by Feds.
19. The Army of the Potomac resumed its march from Cumberland across the Peninsula towards Richmond.
19. White House, on the Pamunkey, selected as the general depot of supplies for the Army of the Potomac.
19. Gens. Heintzelman and Keys, with 40,000 men, marched for Bottom’s Bridge, on the Chickahominy.
19. Gen. McClellan, with his main army, reached Tunstall’s Station.
19. A skirmish near Newbern, N. C. Fed. loss 5; reb. 11.
19. Lieut. Whitesides and 8 men of the 6th cavalry, captured a train of reb. Gen. Whiting’s, with 100 mules and 8 negroes.
19. John T. Monroe, Mayor of N. Orleans, and other city officers, arrested by Gen. Butler and sent to Fort Jackson.
19. Pres. Lincoln, by proclamation, declared null and void general order No. 11 of Maj.-Gen. Hunter, commanding at Hilton Head, S. C., and dated May 9, in which he pronounced the slaves of the States of Georgia, Florida and South Carolina “forever free.” The President asked the serious consideration of the States interested, to the resolution of Congress of May 6, 1862, offering to aid any State which should adopt a gradual abolition of slavery.
19. Typhoid and bilious fevers raging among the Fed. soldiers at Norfolk, Va. Deaths about 10 daily. The steamer Vanderbilt took 500 of the sick from Yorktown to Baltimore.
19. A boat from the Wachusett, manned by 6 officers and 12 men, with a flag of truce conveying a surgeon on shore, who had been sent a short distance above City Point, on the James river, Va., was fired on by a party of 20 or 30 rebs. while the surgeon and other officers were on shore. Three of the men in the boat were killed, and 2 wounded; while the party who had landed were made prisoners, and sent to Richmond.
20. Edward Stanley, of N. C., received a Fed. commission as Military Governor of that State.
20. Skirmish near Moorfield, Va. A party of soldiers under Lieut.-Col. Downey, captured 12 and killed 4 guerrillas.
20. 17 wagons and 86 mules with government stores were captured 20 miles from Rolla, Mo.
20. Reb. works on Cole’s Island, S. C., burned.
20. The advance of Gen. McClellan’s army under Gen. Stoneman, reached New Bridge, on the Chickahominy creek, 8 miles from Richmond, driving in the enemy’s outposts. The enemy had then no forces south of the Chickahominy. Gen. Stoneman lost 1 killed and 3 wounded.
20. Lieut.-Cols. McIlhanny, Rawlings, Thursman, and Davis, four rebel officers, were captured by Brig.-Gen. Totten, while they were about to cross the Missouri river, above Jefferson City, on a mission to stir up rebellion in Missouri.
21. Skirmish near Corinth, Miss., by troops from the 1st and 20th Ky., under Fed. Col. Sedgewick. Union loss 25.
22. Lieut. E. R. Colbarn of the Fed. gunboat Hunchback, commander of the U. S. Naval forces in North Carolina waters, in company with the gunboats Shansun and Whitehead, destroyed several rebel fortifications on the Mehirun and Chowan rivers, and captured 3 or 4 vessels laden with valuable cargoes.
23. The reb. steamer Daniel E. Miller, with military stores and 60 recruits, for Memphis, was captured on the St. Francis river, by the 1st Wis. cavalry, Capt. Daniels, he having a 6-pounder on shore.
23. Col. J. R. Kenly, with the 1st Md. regiment, part of the 29th Penn. reg’t, and a small force of N. Y. cavalry, was attacked at Front Royal, Va., by a large force of rebs. under Gen. Jackson. After brave resistance the Feds. were defeated, and Col. Kenly, with the larger part of the Md. reg’t taken prisoners.
23. Gen. Heath, with 3,000 men, attacked the Fed. force under Col. Crook, at Lewisburg, Va.: after a severe fight the rebs. were routed. Crook’s force numbered 1,300. Fed. loss 10 killed, 40 wounded, and 8 missing. The loss of theenemy much greater. 4 cannon, 200 stands of arms, and 100 prisoners were captured.
May 23.A portion of the 4th Mich. and 5th U. S. cavalry succeeded in crossing the Chickahominy, and getting, unperceived in the rear of four companies of the 5th Louisiana reg’t, which had been drawn toward the creek by the sight of a portion of the Fed. forces on the opposite bank. Many of the rebs. were killed, 15 wounded, and 31 taken prisoners. One Union soldier killed, and 6 wounded.
23. Grand Gulf, Miss., shelled by Fed. gunboats in retaliation for the firing on Fed. transports by a masked battery near that place.
23. Gen. McClellan’s army crossed Bottom’s Bridge on the Chickahominy, and his advance was within 7 miles of Richmond.
24. Two Ga. reg’ts under Gen. Cobb, were attacked near Williamsville, by portions of 4 reg’ts belonging to Gen. Davidson’s brigades, attached to Gen. McClellan’s army before Richmond. The Fed. soldiers drove the rebs. from the town, with considerable loss. Fed. casualties 2 killed and 4 wounded.
24. The 4th Mich. encountered the 5th Louisiana a short distance above New Bridge, on the Chickahominy. 37 rebs. captured, and about 50 killed and wounded. Fed. loss 10.
24. All the railroads in the U. S. claimed by the government for military purposes.
24. The steamer Swan, with 1,000 bales of cotton and 800 bbls. rosin, captured off Cuba by U. S. brig Bainbridge and bark Amanda.
25. Gen. N. P. Banks, with 4,000 men, was attacked at Winchester, at daylight, by about 15,000 rebs. under Gens. Ewell and Johnson. After a spirited resistance Gen. Banks made good his retreat to Martinsburg.
25. A riot in Baltimore, created by the excitement caused on hearing of the defeat and capture of a large part of Col. Kenly’s Md. regiment. Many secessionists who expressed joy at hearing of the misfortune, were roughly handled by the friends of the regiment.
26. After a five hours’ chase the English iron steamer Cambria, with a cargo of stores for the rebs., was captured off Charleston, S. C., by the Fed. gunboat Huron.
26. Col. Cluseret, with the advance brigade of Gen. Fremont’s army, overtook the rebel Gen. Jackson’s forces, in full retreat, on the road from Winchester to Strasburg, Va. 25 of the rebs. were captured. Their killed and wounded unknown. 7 Fed. soldiers wounded.
26. British steamer Patras captured off Charleston, S. C., by U. S. gunboat Bienville.
26. N. Y. and Mass. militia left home for Washington at one day’s notice.
27. The English steamer Gordon, captured off Wilmington, N. C., by the gunboats State of Georgia and Victoria.
27. Gens. Martindale and Butterfield’s brigades engaged and defeated a rebel force of 8,000 near Hanover C. H., Va. Fed. loss 54 killed and 194 wounded and missing. Rebel loss between 2 and 300 killed and wounded, and 500 prisoners.
28. Engagement on the Corinth road, Miss. A reconnoissance by the 10th Iowa, Col. Purcell, of Gen. Halleck’s forces, met and fought a rebel force. Federal loss 25 killed and wounded; 30 reb. dead left on the field.
28. Gens. Denver and Smith of Sherman’s division, and Gen. Veatch, obtained possession of a strong position within 1,300 yards of the rebel lines at Corinth, Miss., giving the Federal army command of the enemy’s lines. Union loss 6 killed, 12 wounded.
29. Capt. Frisbee, commanding a detachment of the 38th Ill. infantry, and the 1st Mo. cavalry, captured, near Neosho, Mo., 2 colonels, 1 lieutenant, a number of guns and revolvers, 15 horses, and a large train of forage and provisions.
29. English steamer Elizabeth, captured off Charleston, S. C., by U. S. gunboat Keystone State.
29. Ashland, Va., occupied by Federal troops, and a large number of cars with valuable rebel stores were captured.
29. Skirmish at Pocotaligo, S. C. Reb. loss about 20 killed and wounded; Union loss 11.
30. Booneville, 24 miles S. of Corinth, Miss., occupied by 2 regiments of Fed. cavalry under Col. Elliott, a large amount of stores destroyed, with depot, engines, and cars, and 200 rebel sick captured and paroled.
30. Capture of Corinth, Miss., by Gen. Halleck’s army. 2,000 rebel prisoners, and large supplies taken.
30. Col. Elliott, with the 2nd Iowa cavalry, by forced marches from Corinth Miss., penetrated the enemy’s lines to Booneville, on the Ohio and Mobile railway. They tore up the track in many places north and south of that point, destroyed the locomotives, and 26 cars ladenwith supplies for the rebel army. They also took 10,000 stand of arms, 3 pieces of artillery, large quantities of clothing and ammunition, and paroled 2,000 prisoners.
30. On the Winchester road, six miles from Front Royal, Va., a body of Fed. troops attacked a body of rebels, who fled at the first fire, leaving six of their number prisoners, but bearing away their killed and wounded. 1 English 12-pdr., and 12 wagons were captured; and 6 of the 1st Maryland regiment, who were captured in a previous battle at Front Royal, were released.
30. A brigade of National troops, with 4 companies of R. I. cavalry, entered Front Royal, Va., and surprised the 8th La., and 12th Ga. troops, capturing 6 officers and 150 men, killing and wounding 20, and securing 2 engines, 11 cars, and various stores. Fed. loss 8 killed 5 wounded.
30. 13 of the 11th Pa. cavalry captured near Zuni, Va.
31. Skirmish at Neosho, Mo. The 10th Ill. cavalry and 300 militia, under Capt. Richardson, were driven from the town by rebs. and Indians, under Maj. Wright after a slight resistance, and a quantity of plunder obtained by the enemy.
31. Baton Rouge, La., occupied by Federal troops under Gen. Williams.
31. Skirmish near Washington, N. C., by a party of the 3rd N. Y. cavalry, in which reb. cavalry were defeated with a loss of 11. Federal loss, 22 wounded.
31. Six reb. prisoners ordered to be executed by Gen. Butler, at N. O., for violating their parole.
31. Battle of Fair Oaks, Va. General Casey’s division, after a gallant resistance were overwhelmed by the reb. army. At night the rebs. occupied the camps of the 4th corps, but their advance was broken. Gens. Couch, Heintzelman, Kearney, Richardson, and Sedgwick, arrived on the field at night with reinforcements.
June 1.Col. Elliott with the 2d Ohio cavalry, returned to Corinth, Miss., from a successful raid on the Mobile and Ohio railroad. He burned 2 locomotives and 20 cars loaded with supplies, destroyed 10,000 muskets, and captured 2,000 prisoners.
1. Gen. Dix assigned to command Fortress Monroe and vicinity.
1. Rebel fortification at Pig Point, Va., destroyed.
1. Skirmish between Strasburg and Staunton, Va., between Gen. Fremont and Gen. Jackson’s troops, with but slight results. Fed. loss about 12, mostly woun’d.
1. The reb. army renew the attack on the Fed. forces at Fair Oaks, Va., when the enemy were defeated and driven from the field, with a loss of 8,000 killed and wounded. Fed. loss 5,739.
1. Gen. Wool promoted to a Maj. Generalship U. S. army.
1. Two boats’ crews from the U. S. bark Kingfisher captured on the Ocilla river, Florida.
1. Skirmish near Strasburg, Va., by Col. Cluseret’s Fed. troops and Ashby’s cavalry.
3. Maj.-Gen. Robert E. Lee assigned to the command of the rebel army in front of Richmond.
4. Skirmish near Jasper, Tenn. Gen. Negley’s troops routed a large force of reb. cavalry under Gen. Adams, capturing 25, with a large quantity of arms, and killing and wounding 12.
4. Sixteen hundred of Gen. Prentiss’s troops captured at Pittsburg Landing, arrived at Nashville, on parole.
4. Forts Pillow and Randolph, on the Mississippi, were evacuated by the rebs. and occupied by Fed. forces on the ensuing day.
5. The 24th Mass. were attacked from an ambush, near Washington, N. C. 7 men were killed and several wounded.
5. Skirmish at New Bridge, on the Chickahominy, by Gen. M’Clellan’s forces.
5. Sharp skirmish on James Island, S. C., by the “Roundhead” Pa. reg’t and the 8th Michigan with rebels.
6. The 1st N. J. cavalry were caught in an ambush near Harrisonburg, Va., and sustained considerable loss. Col. Windham was captured. Gen. Bayard’s brigade engaged the rebels at that point and defeated them.
6. Engagement between the Fed. gunboats and rams and a reb. fleet in front of Memphis, in which 4 of the latter were sunk or captured, and one escaped. 100 reb. prisoners taken. Fed. loss none. Memphis occupied by Federals.
7. Wm. Mumford, a citizen of New Orleans, was hung for pulling down the American flag from the mint.
7. Bombardment of rebel batteries at Chattanooga, Tenn., by Gen. Negley’s command.
7. Schooner Rowena captured in Stono river by the Pawnee.
8. Lieut. John G. Sprotsden, executive officer of the U. S. gunboat Seneca, was killed by a reb. named George Huston, captain of a band of marauders nearBlack Creek, Fla. The lieutenant had been despatched with a force of 70 men to arrest Huston and his gang, and had surrounded his house and demanded a surrender, when he was shot by Huston, who was in turn desperately wounded and captured.
June 8.Battle of Cross-Keys, Va., near Port Republic. Gen. Fremont drove Gen. Stonewall Jackson with considerable loss.
8. Skirmish on James Island, S. C., by Col. Morrow’s Federal troops.
9. Battle of Port Republic, Va. Gen. Shields with 3,500 men was attacked by 12,000 rebs. under Jackson. Union troops retreated after severe loss on both sides.
10. Skirmish on James Island, S. C. About 500 rebs. advanced on the Federal lines for the purpose of captur’g pickets, when they encountered the 97th Pa. regiment, and 2 companies of the 45th Pa. The rebs. were defeated, leaving 15 dead and 2 wounded on the field. Fed. loss, 4 killed and 13 wounded.
10. Fed. expedit’n up the White river, when near St. Charles was fired into from mask’d batteries, and the gunboat Mound City received a shot in her boiler which occasioned the destruction of 100 of her crew by scalding, 23 only escaping. The reb. works were captured by the land forces under Col. Fitch, who took 30 prisoners.
10. Baldwin and Guntown, Miss., 24 miles from Corinth, occupied by Federal forces under Gen. Granger, at which places the pursuit of Beauregard’s army from Corinth terminated.
11. Skirmish near Montgomery, Ky. Feds. under Capts. Nicklin and Blood engaged a force of guerrillas, and captured 25 of them, several of their number being killed or wounded. 2 Feds. were killed.
11. A rebel battery of 4 guns captured at James Island, S. C.
12. A rebel cavalry force of 1,400 men, under Gen. J. E. B. Stuart, left Richmond before daylight, by the Charlottesville turnpike, and penetrated the Fed. lines to Hanover C. H., and the White House on the Pamunkey, and then by the way of New Kent C. H., crossed the Chickahominy near Blind Ford, returning to Richmond by the Charles City road. In their foray they were eminently successful. In an engagement with a small force of U. S. cavalry 3 or 4 of the Feds. were killed, and also 2 teamsters. The rebs. captured about 50 prisoners, burned 2 schooners and 40 wagons laden with supplies, destroyed the tents of the U. S. cavalry regiment, and also some hospital stores. The mules attached to the wagons were driven off by the rebs. in their retreat.
12. A fight near Village Creek, Ark. The 9th Ill. cavalry, Col. Brackett, engaged Hooker’s reb. company, and defeated them with the loss of 28 killed, wounded and prisoners. Fed. loss 13 w.
12. A daring but unsuccessful attack was made on a reb. fort on James Island, S. C., by the 79th N. Y., 8th Mich., and 28th Mass., in which the Feds. were defeated with considerable loss.
12. Forty farmers from Conway Co., Ark., came into the Fed. lines at Batesville, and enlisted in the army.
13. A negro settlement on Hutchinson’s Island, S. C., was broken up by a raiding party of 300 rebs. from Fort Chapman.
13. Severe skirmishes in front of Gen. M’Clellan’s lines, from Old Church to Fair Oaks.
13. The reb. transport Clara Dolsen captured on the White river, Ark., by the tug Spitfire.
13. Skirmish on James Isl., S. C. Reb. loss, 17 killed, 8 wounded. Union, 3 killed, 19 wounded.
14. Capt. Atkinson’s company of 50th Ind. captured 6,200 pounds of powder at Sycamore mills, 30 miles below Nashville, Tenn.
15. The battle of Secessionville on James Isl., S. C. The Fed. forces under Gen. Benham, defeated with a loss of 685 men killed, wounded, and prisoners.
15. Skirmish near Fair Oaks, Va., in which an attempt of the rebs. to flank the Fed. lines during a thunderstorm was frustrated.
15. U. S. gunboats Tahoma and Somerset, Lieuts. Howell and English, commanders, crossed the bar of St. Mark’s river, Fla., and destroyed a reb. fort and barracks, driving out the reb. artillerists with 4 or 5 pieces.
17. The U. S. steamers Bienville, Somerset, and Montgomery, have captured several vessels recently on the Fla. coast, laden with stores and munitions for the rebs.
17. An act of Congress passed, forever prohibiting slavery in the territories of the U. S.
18. A reconnoissance of the 16th Mass. from the Potomac army, engaged the enemy in a severe fight with great credit, and a loss of about 25 men in killed and wounded.
18. Maj. Zeley’s troops attacked a band of rebs. near Smithville, Ark., capturingtheir leader, Capt. Jones, and 14 of his men. 4 rebs. wounded; Feds., 2 killed, 4 wounded.
18. Cumberland Gap, Tenn., occupied by Gen. Morgan’s Fed. troops.
19. Skirmish by the 20th Ind. of the Army of the Potomac, in which great gallantry was shown, and slight loss suffered by the Fed. troops.
19. Reb. schooner Louisa, and two boats laden with rice captured on the Santee river, S. C., by U. S. steamer Albatross.
20. An attack was made by some of Com. Farragut’s fleet on the reb. batteries at Ellis’ Cliffs, on the Miss. river. The enemy’s guns were silenced after a shot from one of them had severely wounded two of the crew of the Sarah Bruin.
20. Pres. Lincoln signed the bill prohibiting slavery forever in the U. S. territories.
21. A series of skirmishes took place at the mouth of Battle Creek, Tenn. Col. Lill’s Fed. troops defeated a body of the enemy with slight loss.
21. Death of Col. Charles Ellet, of the Miss. ram squadron, at Cairo, Ill., of wounds.
21. Skirmish at Fair Oaks, Va.
22. Part of the 16th Ill. cavalry captured a train, 25 prisoners, and 10,000 lbs. bacon, near Coldwater, on the Miss. and Tenn. R. R.
22. 3 men killed and 8 wounded of the 8th Vt., at Algiers, near N. O., by a party of guerrillas who surprised them.
23. Pres. Lincoln made a hurried visit to Gen. Scott, at West Point, N. Y., to confer with him in reference to some important changes in the military departments.
25. Battle of Oak Grove, Va. General Hooker’s forces with a loss of 200 men, defeated the rebs., who suffered more severely.
25. Gen. Pope arrived in Washington, to take command of the Army of Va.
25. Gen. Fremont resigned his command in the U. S. Army.
25. A train of cars on the Memphis and Ohio railroad, with a company of Fed. troops, 80 mule teams, &c., was captured by the rebs. 10 Fed. soldiers were killed, and the cars and engine destroyed.
25. Col. George Crook, with 1,750 men from the 36th, 44th, and 47th Ohio, and the 2d Va. cavalry regiment, returned to his headquarters at Meadow Bluff, Greenbriar Co., Va., after driving 2,000 rebels under Gen. Heth, out of Monroe Co., retaking a large supply of provisions, grain, and forage, which had been seized by the rebs., capturing a number of the enemy, and restoring 100 refugees to their homes.
26. Skirmish on the Appomattox river, Va. 6 of Capt. Rogers’ gunboat fleet engaged reb. batteries, 6 miles from the mouth of the river.
26. 3 reb. gunboats burned on the Yazoo river by their officers, to prevent their capture by the Union ram-flotilla, Lieut.-Col. Ellet, then in pursuit of them.
26. The great series of battles on the Chickahominy, before Richmond, commenced at 2P. M.by the attack by a large force of rebels on McCall’s division, on the extreme right of McClellan’s army at Mechanicsville. After losing more than 1000 men, the rebels retreated. Fed. loss, 80 killed, 150 wounded.
26. Severe losses had occurred in picket skirmishing on the Chickahominy creek for two weeks previous. 9 Federals were killed on this day.
27. Skirmish on the Amite river, La. 21st Ind. Col. Keith, defeated 2 parties of rebels, after slight skirmishing.
27. Skirmish near Swift Creek bridge, N. C.
27. Battle of Gaines’s Mill, near Richmond, Va. The Federals successfully resisted an attack by the rebel army and made good their retreat.
27. Severe fight near Village Creek, Ark. 9th Ill. cavalry, under Col. Brackett. Fed. loss 2 k. and 31 wounded.
27. The Vicksburg “canal” commenced, intended to isolate that place from the Mississippi river.
28. 5 clergymen imprisoned at Nashville, Tenn. by Gov. Johnson, for refusing to swear allegiance to the U. S. Government.
28. Battle of the Chickahominy, Va. Gen. Porter’s troops bore the brunt of the fighting, the Feds. still successfully retreating.
28. 100 of the Maryland Home Guard were captured at Moorfield, Hardy Co., Va. by rebel troops under Col. Harness, formerly of Ashby’s cavalry. The prisoners were paroled.
28. About $100,000 value of Government stores were destroyed by Federal troops at the White House landing on the Pamunkey river, Va., previous to evacuating that place, to prevent the rebels from seizing the same.
28. Flag-officer Farragut with nine vessels of his fleet ran by the rebel batteries at Vicksburg, through a severe fire, losing 4 men killed and 13 wounded.
June 29.The steamship Ann, of London, with a valuable cargo, was captured in the act of unloading by the U. S. steamer Kanawha, at the mouth of the Mobile Bay, under the guns of Fort Morgan.
29. Battle of Peach Orchard, Va., in which the rebels were repulsed.
29. Battle of Savage’s Station, Va. The Union troops continuing their retreat were attacked. A sanguinary engagement ensued which resulted in heavy loss to both sides.
29. Fight at Henderson, Ky. Andrews’ Mich. battery and Louisville Provost Guard routed a body of rebel guerrillas.
29. Heavy bombardment at Vicksburg, Miss.
30. Bridges at Harrodsburg and Nicholasville, Ky. burned by rebel guerrillas.
30. Battle of White Oak Swamp, Va. which lasted the entire day.
July 1.In response to a proposition from the loyal Governors of the States suggesting the employment of additional military force, President Lincoln called into service 300,000 men, to be apportioned from the several States.
1. Battle of Malvern Hills, the last of the 7 days’ contests, lasting 2 hours. The rebels repulsed at all points. As the Fed. forces neared James river, the Fed. gunboats opened fire, and did great execution. The rebels were driven back discomfitted.
1. Com. Porter’s ram fleet skirmished with the rebel batteries at Vicksburg, Miss.
1. Col. Sheridan, of the 2d Michigan cavalry, commanding 728 men, was attacked by a force of over 4,000 rebs. near Booneville, Miss. An engagement of seven hours’ duration ensued resulting in the total defeat of the rebels, leaving 65 dead on the field. The Federal loss was 41 in killed, wounded and missing.
2. Gen M’Clellan’s army reached Harrison’s Bar on the James river, Va.
2. Gen. Halleck left St. Louis to take position as Gen.-in-chief at Washington.
2. Flag-officer Farragut, with nine vessels of his fleet, passed above the reb. batteries at Vicksburg, Miss., through a severe fire, thus forming a junction with the Fed. fleet of the Upper Mississippi. His loss in the engagement was 4 killed and 13 wounded.
3. The brig Delilah captured by U. S. steamer Quaker City off Hole-in-the-Wall.
3. Skirmish on the James river, Va. Gen. Davidson’s brigade captured 6 reb. guns and a number of prisoners.
3. Commencement of the bombardment of Vicksburgh, Miss. by the combined fleets of Coms. Farragut and Porter.
4. The United States flag waving in every State of the Union.
4. Successful skirmish near Little Red river, Ark. by Fed. troops under Lieut.-Col. Wood.
4. Union pickets defeated in a skirmish at Port Royal Ferry, S. C.
4. The steamers State of Maine and Kennebec left Fortress Monroe with 559 wounded soldiers for New York.
4. 553 reb. prisoners, arrived at Fortress Monroe taken in the late battles near Richmond.
4. 4,600 Fed. prisoners were confined in Richmond, one-fourth of whom were wounded or sick.
4. Skirmish near Grand Haze, on the White river, Ark. by 13th Ill.
4. Reb. gunboat Teazer captured on James river by U. S. steamer Maratanza.
6. A fight at Grand Prairie, near Aberdeen, Ark. Col. Spicely’s infantry defeated reb. cavalry, routing them with great loss.
7. Steamer Emilie captured off Bull’s Bay, S. C. by U. S. steamer Flag and bark Restless.
7. Col. Hovey, with 4 companies of his 53d Ill. regiment, 4 of the 11th Missouri, and a battalion of Ind. cavalry, attached to Gen. Curtis’s army in Ark., routed 2 Texan regiments at a point between Cotton Plant and Bayou Coache. Rebel loss 110 killed, left on the field. Fed. 8 killed, 47 wounded.
8. Pres. Lincoln reviewed the army of the Potomac at Harrison’s Landing, Va.
9. A detachment of 9th Pa. cavalry, 250 strong, under Maj. Jordan, were attacked at Tompkinsville, Monroe Co., Ky., by about 1,200 rebs. under Cols. John Morgan and Hunt. The Pennsylvanians were routed after a fight of 20 minutes, with a loss of 4 killed, 6 wounded and 20 prisoners, including Maj. Jordan. 10 rebs. were killed, and Col. Hunt mortally wounded.
9. Hamilton, N. C., captured by Fed. gunboats and 9th N. Y. volunteers.
9. Gold coin commanded a premium of 17 per cent. in New York, silver 10, and nickel 3 per cent.
10. Ninety rebs. while drilling in an old field between Gallatin and Heartsville, Tenn., were surprised and captured by Col. Boone’s regiment, and taken to Nashville as prisoners.
11. Maj.-Gen. H. W. Halleck appoint’d commander-in-chief of the U. S. army.
11. Skirmish near New Hope, Ky. Fed. troops under Lieut.-Col. Moore, defeated rebel cavalry.
11. Capt. Cohl, with a company of Mo. State Militia, defeated a band of rebels commanded by Col. Quantrell, at Pleasant Hill, in which 6 rebs. were killed and 5 badly wounded. The Fed. loss was 9 killed and 15 wounded; Capt. Cohl being among the wounded.
12. Gen. Curtis’ army arrived in safety at Helena, Ark., on the Mississippi river, having defeated the rebs. in every encounter during a five months’ campaign, and frustrated their attempts to impede his march and cut off his supplies.
12. Fight at Lebanon, Ky. Union troops under Col. Johnson defeated by Morgan’s cavalry, and the town captured by the rebels.
12. Fairmont, Mo., plundered by rebel guerrillas.
13. Skirmish at Rapidan Station, Va., by Fed. troops under Maj. Deems, who destroyed the bridge and defeated a party of rebels.
13. Memphis, Mo. robbed by rebel guerrillas.
13. A reb. force of 2,000 cavalry under Cols. Morgan and Forrest, attacked the 9th Mich., 3d Minn., and Hewitt’s battery under Gen. T. A. Crittenden, at Murfreesborough, Tenn., capturing the entire force. Reb. loss, 30 killed and 100 wounded. Fed. loss, 33 killed, 62 wounded.
14. Cynthiana, Ky., captured by Morgan’s rebel troops, and a small force of Feds., under Capt. Arthur, taken prisoners.
15. Maj. Miller, with 600 men from 10th Ill., 2d Wis., and 3d Mo., attacked a superior force of rebs. under Rains and Coffee, at Fayetteville, Ark., routing them with great loss.
15. Gen. David E. Twiggs died at Augusta, Ga.
15. The reb. iron-clad ram Arkansas, came down the Yazoo river and engaged the Fed. gunboats Carondelet and Tyler, and ram Lancaster. The ram succeeded in escaping to Vicksburg with a loss of 10 killed and 15 wounded, including the commander, Capt. Brown. 22 Federals were killed, and 55 wounded and missing.
15. A large and enthusiastic Union meeting was held in N. Y. city, in which all classes of citizens were fully represented, and a unanimity of purpose expressed to sustain the Government to the fullest extent in putting down the rebellion, and restoring the integrity of the Union.
16. Lieut. Rogers, of the U. S. steamer Huntsville, of the S. Atlantic blockading squadron, reported capturing the British schooner Agnes, with 60 bales cotton and 40 barrels rosin. Also the rebel steamer Reliance, from Dobay bar, Ga., bound for Nassau, with 243 bales Sea Island cotton.
17. Skirmish at Cynthiana, Ky., Capt. Glass’ troops.
17. Gordonsville, Va., occupied by Gen. Pope’s Fed. troops.
17. Adjournment of Congress.
17. Confiscation bill signed by the President.
17. Skirmish near Columbia, Tenn. Lieut. Roberts, of 1st Ky. Union cavalry, kept at bay a superior reb. force in a fight of 6 hours.
18. Twenty-eight men of company A., N. Y. cavalry, were captured at Orange C. H., on the Orange and Alexandria railway, by rebel cavalry under Gen. Ewell.
18. Severe fight near Memphis, Mo. 400 Feds. under Maj. Clopper, defeated a reb. force under Col. Porter. Fed. loss, 15 killed and 30 wounded. Reb. loss, 23 killed besides wounded.
18. The town of Newburg, Ind., robbed by reb. troops under Capt. Johnson.
19. Fifty-three men of 3d Mich. cavalry captured near Booneville, Miss.
19. The reb. Col. Morgan was attacked on Garret Davis’ farm, near Paris, Ky., by Gen. Green Clay and Col. Metcalf, with 1,600 cavalry, and routed with loss.
19. A band of 32 reb. guerrillas crossed the Ohio river from Kentucky to Newburg, Ind., and plundered the hospital and other buildings, recrossing the river before the armed forces in the neighborhood could intercept them.
19. A down train on the Columbia railway, Tenn., when 12 miles below Reynolds Station, was thrown from the track, and Capt. J. Fatrem of the 6th Ohio, and four others killed, and about 30 wounded.
20. Skirmish on James river, Va., by 8th Pa. cavalry, Capt. Keenan.
20. One hundred and forty men of the Harris Light Cavalry, under Col. Davis, penetrated the reb. lines on the Virginia Central railway, 12 miles west of Hanover Junction, destroying the military stores and the railway at Beaver Dam Creek, and returned to Fredericksburg in safety, marching 80 miles in 30 hours.
21. All the militia in the State of Mo. were ordered to be enrolled by Gov.Gamble, subject to the call of Gen. Schofield, for the purpose of destroying the guerrilla bands in the State.
July 21.A band of guerrillas under Capt. Reeves surprised a body of State militia commanded by Capt. Leeper, at Greenville, Wayne county, Mo., many of whom were killed and wounded and the remainder driven from the town.
22. A band of 40 rebels attacked a wagon train at Pittsburgh Landing, Tenn., and captured 60 wagons with army stores.
22. A Union cavalry company fired, by mistake, on a Confederate detachment with a flag of truce returning under a Union escort from Cumberland Gap, Tenn. A lieutenant was killed, and 6 privates wounded. Lieut.-Col. Kregan, commanding the Union escort, and Capt. Lyons, of Gen. Morgan’s staff, were severely wounded. Several Union soldiers were killed and wounded.
22. Reb. steamer Reliance captured by U. S. steamer Huntsville.
22. Maj.-Gen. Sherman took command at Memphis, Tenn. 400 citizens took the oath, and 130 were sent south.
23. Florence, Ala. entered by rebel troops, who burned a large supply of Fed. stores.
23. 60 wagons, laden with commissary stores, were captured by rebels near Pittsburg Landing, Tenn.
23. An unsuccessful attempt was made to sink the reb. ram Arkansas, at Vicksburg, by Col. Ellet, with the Union ram Queen of the West.
23. Fight near Florida, Mo. Fed. cavalry under Maj. Caldwell attacked by rebs. under Col. Porter. Feds. defeated with a loss of 26.
23. An attempt was made by a portion of the rebel prisoners confined at Chicago, Ill., to escape from their guards, who rallied and drove them back, a few only escaping. Several of the prisoners were killed and wounded.
23. A detachment of four companies of Fed. troops, under Maj. Lippert, sent out from Rivas Station by Col. Boyd to intercept the guerrillas who made the raid on Greenville, Mo., met the enemy, and dispersed the band, taking 16 prisoners, and recovered the booty taken at Greenville.
23. Lieut.-Col. Kilpatrick, with part of the N. Y. Harris Light Cavalry, left Fredericksburg, Va., on the 22d, and encountered and defeated a body of rebel cavalry near Carmel Church, on the road to Richmond, whom they defeated, burned their camps and six cars loaded with corn, and broke up the telegraph to Gordonsville. An hour later they routed a large body of Stuart’s cavalry, captured several prisoners and a large number of horses.
23. Gen. James H. Lane, of Kansas, was authorized by the Government to organize an independent brigade in Kansas.
24. Ex-President Martin Van Buren died at his residence at Lindenwold, N. Y., in the 80th year of his age.
24. Rebel raid into Gloucester Point, Va. Citizens impressed, and much property destroyed.
24. Steamer Tubal Cain captured by U. S. gunboat Octarora.
24. Skirmish at Malvern Hill, Va.
24. Skirmish at Coldwater, Miss.
24. Skirmish near Decatur, Ala. Part of 31st Ohio, under Capt. Harman, defeated a rebel force, who lost 10 killed and 30 wounded.
24. Lieut.-Col. Starr, with 80 of 9th Va. cavalry, surprised and captured at Summerville, Va., by rebel cavalry under Maj. Bailey.
25. The steamer S. R. Spaulding arrived at Philadelphia, Pa., with 240 wounded and sick soldiers released from Richmond.
25. 900 paroled wounded prisoners arrived at Fortress Monroe from Richmond.
25. Col. Magoffin, and 35 other rebel prisoners escaped from the military prison at Alton, Ill., by digging a tunnel under the wall. 3 or 4 gave themselves up next day, and several were recaptured.
25. A fight on the Hatchie river, near Brownsville, Tenn., between rebs. under Capt. Faulkner, and cavalry led by Maj. Wallace.
25. 2 companies of Fed. troops under Capt. Davidson, were surprised and captured at Courtland, Ala.
25. Skirmish near Orange C. H., Va. A skirmish party from Gen. Gibson’s Fed. command defeated with a loss of 5 killed, and 12 wounded and prisoners.
26. Dispatch boat Sallie Wood captured by rebels 150 miles above Vicksburg.
26. Attack on Ft. James, on the Ogeeche river, Ga. by Fed. gunboats, repulsed.
27. Richmond, Ky., plundered by rebs. under Col. Morgan.
27. Battle near Bayou Bernard, Cherokee nation, between Col. Phillips’ troops, and rebels under Col. Taylor. The latter defeated with the loss of 125 men and their commander.
28. The office ofThe St. Croix Heraldin St. Stephens, N. B., was visited by a mob and destroyed. It was the only newspaper in New Brunswick that advocated the Union cause.
28. Three rebel clergymen, Messrs. Elliot, Ford, and Baldwin, of Nashville, were committed to jail by order of Gov. Johnson.
28. Col. Guitar of the 9th Missouri Regiment, reinforced by Lieut.-Col. Shaffer and Maj. Clopper of Merrill’s Horse, and Maj. Caldwell of the 3d Iowa cavalry, 650 strong, were attacked at Moore’s Mills, seven miles east of Fulton, Mo., by Cols. Porter and Cobb, with 800 strong. Fed. loss 10 killed, and 30 wounded. The rebs. left 52 dead on the field, and had 100 wounded.
29. Russellville, Ky., attacked by rebs. under Col. Gano, and the Home Guards defeated.
29. Skirmish at Brownsville, Tenn. by Union cavalry under Capt. Dollin, and reb. troops. Feds. captured 11, and lost 4 killed, and 6 wounded. Rebs. lost 10 killed and wounded.
30. Between 400 and 500 rebel prisoners confined in Fort Delaware, Del., took the oath of allegiance.
30. Hon. John S. Phelps, of Mo., the newly appointed military Governor of Arkansas, arrived at St. Louis.
30. Reb. raid into Paris, Ky., under Col. Jo. Thompson.
31. Steamer Memphis captured by U. S. gunboat Magnolia, off Charleston, S. C.
31. 5 men killed, and 4 wounded by shells thrown by the rebs. from the left bank of the James river into the Fed. camp at Harrison’s Landing.
31. Steamer Ocean Queen sailed from Fort Warren, Mass., for James river, with 200 released rebel prisoners.
31. A scouting party seven miles from Luray, in the direction of Shenandoah river, encountered a body of rebel horse, who fled, leaving 5 of their number prisoners, and 1 dead.
31. 250 citizens of Woodville, Rappahannock Co., Va., took the oath of allegiance before Capt. Baird, of Gen. Milroy’s staff. Five refusing to affirm were arrested and sent to Gen. Sigel’s headquarters.
Aug. 1.Artillery skirmishing on James river, Va., near Harrison’s Landing, by reb. batteries and Union gunboat fleet.
1. All the buildings opposite Harrison’s landing, Va., were destroyed by Union troops.
1. Skirmish at Newark, Mo. A company of State troops, under Capt. Lair, were captured by a superior force of rebs. under Col. Porter.
1. Skirmishing near Orange C. H., Va., by Fed. troops under Gen. Bayard.
2. Skirmish at Ozark, Mo. 75 Nationals under Capt. Birch engaged and defeated a rebel party.
2. Skirmish at Orange C. H., Va., by Gen. Crawford’s Fed. troops, who lost 4 killed and 12 wounded.
3. The British propeller Columbia, with a cargo of 12 Armstrong guns, and several thousand Enfield rifles, was captured off the Bahamas by the U. S. gunboat Santiago de Cuba.
3. Alexandria, Mo., pillaged by rebel guerrillas.
3. Skirmish near Cox’s river, Va. The 13th Va. cavalry were attacked by Col. Averill’s Federal troops, and put to flight.
4. Col. Wynkoop’s Fed. troops were defeated in a skirmish near Sparta, Tenn.
4. Skirmish on White river, 40 miles from Forsyth. Capt. Birch’s company of 14th Mo. engaged Col. Lawther’s reb. band. Fed. loss 3 killed 7 wounded.
4. An immediate draft of 300,000 men was ordered by Pres. Lincoln from the militia of the States, for nine months. Also an additional quota by special draft to fill up the ranks of the 300,000 volunteers previously called for, should the same not be enlisted by the 15th of August.
5. Reb. Gen. J. C. Breckinridge, with 5,000 men, attacked Gen. Williams, with 2,500 men at Baton Rouge, La. Rebels defeated. Gen. Williams killed. Fed. loss 250 killed, wounded, and missing. Reb. loss 600.
5. Skirmish at Malvern Hills, Va. Gen. Hooker’s Fed. troops engaged.
5. Skirmish at Point Pleasant, Mo.
6. Skirmish at Monteralla, Mo. Maj. Montgomery’s troops defeated guerrillas.
6. Destruction of rebel ram Arkansas by U. S. gunboat Essex, Capt. Porter, near Vicksburg, Miss.
6. Brig.-Gen. R. L. McCook died in the Fed. camp near Deckard, Tenn., from wounds received from guerrillas while in an ambulance.
6. Fed. troops under Gens. Gibbon and Cutler encountered Stuart’s reb. cavalry 7 miles beyond Mattapony river, Va. 72 Feds. taken prisoners. The Union forces destroyed several bridges and considerable reb. stores.
Aug. 6.Skirmishes near Tazewell, Tenn. Col. De Courcey’s Union troops repulsed a reb. force.
7. Battle near Fort Fillmore, N. Mex. Col. Sibley’s reb. troops were defeated by Unionists under Col. Canby.
7. Reb. cavalry under Capt. Faulkner, surprised near Trenton, Tenn., by 2d Ill. cavalry. Reb. loss 20 killed and 30 wounded.
7. Reb. Col. Porter defeated near Kirkville, Mo., by 1,000 Feds, under Col. McNeill.
7. Fight in Dodd Co., Mo. Maj. Montgomery’s Feds. defeated rebs. under Col. Coffin. Reb. loss, 11 killed, 4 wounded, and 17 prisoners.
7. Skirmish at Wolftown, near Madison C. H., Va.
7. Malvern Hills, Va., abandoned by Gen. Hooker’s Fed. troops.
9. 26 reb. prisoners shot at Macon City, Mo., for violating their parole.
9. Porter’s guerrillas routed by Col. McNeill’s Fed. troops at Stockton, Macon Co., Mo.
9. Battle of Cedar Mountain, Va. Gen. Banks’ corps attacked near the Rapidan river by reb. Gen. Jackson, with superior force. Rebs. repulsed. Fed. loss, 1500, k., w. and pris.
9. U. S. steam frigate Lackawanna launched at Brooklyn, L. I.
9–10. Recruiting very brisk throughout the country. Many fled to Canada and other remote places to avoid being drafted. Traveling restricted, by order of Government, to prevent fugitives from escaping.
10. U. S. steamer Freeborn brought 25 prisoners and 5 sailboats to Washington, D. C. captured while engaged in contraband trade on the Chesapeake.
10. Donaldsonville, La., partially destroyed by men from U. S. sloop Brooklyn.
11. Bayou Sara, La., seized by national troops.
11. Col. Buell, with 7th Mo. cavalry, was defeated at Independence, Mo., by rebels under Col. Hughes, who captured the town.
11. Skirmish 11 miles E. of Helena, Ark. 3d Wis. defeated reb. cavalry under Jeff. Thompson.
11. Part of 11th Ill. cavalry defeated rebs. at Salisbury, 5 miles E. of Grand Junction, Tenn. capturing a captain and 27 horses.
11. Skirmishes near Williamsport, Tenn. Maj. Kennedy’s Fed. troops defeated rebels.
11. Fight near Compton’s Ferry, on Grand river, Mo. Col. Guitar’s Union cavalry defeated rebs. under Col. Poindexter, who lost 100 k. and w. and 200 pris.
11. A skirmish near Reelsville, Calloway Co., Mo. Col. Smart’s Mo. State cavalry routed Cobb’s guerrillas.
11. Skirmish near Kinderhook, Tenn. Col. McGowan’s Union troops defeated Anderson’s rebels, who lost 7 k. and 27 prisoners.
11. Battle at Clarendon, Monroe Co., Ark. Gen. Hovey’s Fed. troops defeated rebels, and took 600 prisoners.
12. The Fed. garrison at Gallatin, Tenn. captured by, Col. J. H. Morgan’s cavalry, who in turn were driven out by Col. Miller’s Fed. troops, who killed 6 rebs. and wounded a number in the charge.
13. Collision on the Potomac river, Va. by steamers Peabody and West Point. 73 lives were lost.
13. Col. Guitar overtook Poindexter’s reb. troops at Yellow Creek, Clinton Co., Mo. and scattered them, taking 60 prisoners.
13. 24th Mass., Gen. Stevenson, with gunboats Wilson and Ellis proceeded from Newbern, N. C., to Swansboro’, and destroyed rebel salt works.
14. Slight skirmish near Helena, Ark.
15. 10 rebel recruits captured in St. Mary’s Co., Md., by Fed. cavalry.
15. Skirmish on the Obion river, Tenn., at Merriwether’s Landing, Col. T. W. Harris’s Fed. troops routed rebs. under Capt. Binfield, who lost 20 k. and 9 prisoners.
16. Cols. Corcoran and Wilcox, Lieut.-Col. Brown and Maj. Rogers, late prisoners, reached Fort Monroe, having been exchanged by the rebels.
16. Lieut. Black and 5 men captured by the rebs. on the Rapidan river, Va.
16. 8 gunboats and rams, under Col. Ellet, with the 57th Ohio and 33d Ind., in transports, left Helena, Ark., this day, sailed down the Mississippi to Milliken’s Bend, where they captured the steamer Fairplay, with arms, &c. for 6000 men. Further captures were made at Haines’ Bluff and at Richmond, La., and property destroyed.
16. Gen. McClellan’s army evacuated Harrison’s Landing, Va., and removed to Williamsburg.
16. Fight at Lone Jack, Mo. 800 State militia under Maj. Foster, engaged a superior rebel force under Col. Coffee. Feds. defeated with loss of 60 k. and 100 wounded. Reb. loss 110 k. and w.
18. The steamers Skylark and Sallie were burned by rebels, and their crews captured, at the mouth of Duck creek, 50 miles above Fort Henry, Tenn. river.
19. Union garrison at Clarksville, Tenn., the 71st Ohio, under Col. Mason, surrendered to a rebel force, under Col. Woodward.
19. Steamer Swallow burned by rebels, 25 miles below Memphis, Tenn.
19. Skirmish near Rienzi, Miss.
19. Maj.-Gen. Wright assigned to command Department of Ohio.
19. Skirmish near Hickman, Mo. Rebs. defeated by cavalry under Capt. Moore. Fed. loss 2 w. Reb. loss 4 k. 19 prisoners.
19. Sioux Indians destroyed U. S. agencies at Yellow Medicine, and Red Wood, and partly destroyed New Ulm, Minn., killing and wounding more than 100 persons.
20. Skirmish at Brandy station, Va. Gen. Pope’s army, retreating to the Rappahannock river, were overtaken by Lee’s forces, and a fight ensued, chiefly an artillery duel.
20. Skirmish at Edgefield Junction, Tenn. Part of 50th Ind. and Col. J. H. Morgan’s reb. cavalry. The latter retreated with a loss of 7 killed and 20 wounded.
20. Skirmish near Union Mills, Mo. A small force of Feds. under Maj. Price were ambushed by rebs. but defeated them, capturing 4 men and 16 horses, and killing one man. Fed. loss 4 killed and 3 wounded.
21. Gen. Pope and Gen. Lee’s armies facing each other on the Rappahannock river. An attempt by the rebs. to cross at Kelly’s Ford was foiled by Gen. Reno’s troops, who attacked them with artillery and cavalry.
21. Reb. schooner Eliza captured off Charleston, S. C., by U. S. steamer Bienville.
21. Union pickets on Pinckney Island, Hilton Head, S. C., were attacked by rebs. who captured 32, killed 3 and wounded 3.
22. Defeat of Gen. Johnson near Gallatin, Tenn. by Morgan’s Confed. cavalry. Fed. loss, 64 killed, 100 wounded, and 200 prisoners, including Gen. Johnson and his staff.
22. Death of Rear-Adm. George Campbell Read, at Philadelphia.
22. Skirmishes near Crab Orchard, Ky. 9th Pa. cavalry, under Gen. G. C. Smith defeated reb. cavalry under Col. Scott.
22. Gen. Stuart’s reb. cavalry penetrated in the rear of Gen. Pope’s army, at Catlett’s Station, Va., destroyed sutler’s stores, sacked the hospital, and captured the wagons and papers of Gen. Pope.
22. Fort Ridgely, Minn. was attacked by a large body of Indians, who were repulsed with great loss. Fed. loss, 3 killed and 30 wounded.
22. Artillery skirmishing along the Rappahannock river, Va., by the armies of Pope and Lee. Gen. Sigel’s corps engaged the enemy with spirit, and inflicted severe loss on the rebs. before they were permitted to cross the river.
23. The U. S. sloop-of-war Adirondack was wrecked on a coral reef near Little Abaco, W. I. The crew saved.
23. The schooner Louisa was captured by the U. S. steamer Bienville, at Charleston, S. C.
23. A train of cars on the Memphis and Charleston railroad attacked by 400 guerrillas 3 miles from Courtland, Tenn., who destroyed the cars. Part of the 42d Ill. was on board. 8 rebs. killed. Fed. loss 2 wounded and 2 missing.
23. Mutiny in Spinola’s Empire Brigade at E. New York. 1 man killed and several wounded.
23. A passenger train was destroyed on the Winchester Va. railroad near Harper’s Ferry. 4 of the 1st Mich. captured.
24. Continuation of artillery battle on the banks of the Rappahannock river, Va., between Pope’s and Lee’s armies. Gen. Milroy’s Fed. brigade suffered severe loss.
24. Skirmish near Lamar, Kansas. Quantrell and Hays’ reb. troops attacked Kansas troops under Maj. Campbell and Capt. Grund. Fed. loss 2 killed and 21 wounded.
24. Reb. schooner Water-witch, captured off Aransas, Texas, by U. S. schooner Corypheus.
24. Skirmish near Dallas, Mo. 12th Mo. cavalry, Maj. B. F. Lazear, defeated Col. Jeffries’ reb. troops with loss.
25. 18 rebs. captured near Mount Sterling, Ky. by Capt. Warren’s Bath County Guards.
25. Maj. Lippert, with 3 companies of 13th Ill. cavalry was attacked by 300 reb. cavalry under Col. Hicks, 36 miles beyond Bloomfield, Mo. Rebs. defeated, 20 killed and many wounded and taken prisoners.
25. Col. Woodward, with a strong force of rebs. attacked Fort Donelson, Tenn. and was repulsed with heavy loss.
25. New Ulm, Minn. was evacuated by the entire population and garrison under Capt. Flaudrau, after fighting the Sioux Indians for two days.
Aug. 25.Skirmish with guerrillas near Danville, Ky., by Danville and Harrodsburgh Home Guards.
26. Skirmish near Madisonville, Ky. A Union force under Col. Foster defeated reb. guerrillas.
26. Fifth Iowa cavalry, Col. Lowe, defeated rebs. under Col. Woodward near Fort Donelson, Tenn. Fed. loss 2 killed and 18 wounded.
26. A large quantity of Government stores were destroyed at Manassas, Va., by reb. cavalry under Fitz-Hugh Lee, who drove the Fed. forces towards Alexandria.
26. Gen. Burnside relinquished command of Department of N. Carolina. He was succeeded by Gen. Foster.
27. Schooner Anna Sophia captured by the gunboat R. R. Cuyler off Wilmington, N. C.
27. Rebs. under Col. Coffee defeated on the Osage river, near Lone Jack, Mo., by Gen. Blunt’s troops.
27. At Waterford, Va., part of Capt. Means’ company of Fed. cavalry was captured by rebs. under Capt. White.
27. Gen Hooker’s division engaged rebs. under Gen. Ewell at Kettle Run, Va., near Bristow’s station, and drove them from the field; loss about 300 on each side.
28. Fight at Readyville, Tenn. The 23d Ky., Col. Murphy, defeated reb. cavalry under Gen. Forrest.
28. $500,000 was assessed on wealthy secessionists at St. Louis, Mo., by Gen. Schofield, for the relief of destitute Unionists.
28. Severe fight six miles west of Centreville, Va. Gens. M’Dowell and Sigel’s troops defeated rebs. under Gen. Jackson, who was driven back with loss, including many prisoners.
28. City Point on the James river, Va., destroyed by Fed. gunboats under Com. Wilkes.
28. Skirmish at Shady Springs, 10 miles from Raleigh C. H., Va. 2d Va. Fed. cavalry, Lieut. Montgomery, defeated reb. cavalry, taking 5 prisoners.
29. Battle at Groveton, Va. The troops of Gens. Hooker, Sigel, Kearney, Reno, and King defeated rebs. under Jackson and Longstreet, with great loss. The fight lasted from dawn till dark.
29. Twelve officers of 71st Ohio dismissed the service for publishing a card stating they had advised Col. Mason to surrender Clarksville, Tenn., to the rebs.