Department Commanders.
Department Commanders.
Department Commanders.
Dep’tm’t of the Tenn.—Maj.-Gen. W. T. Sherman.„ the Cumberland—Maj.-Gen. Geo. H. Thomas.„ the Ohio—Maj.-Gen. J. T. Foster.„ the East—Maj.-Gen. John A. Dix.„ the Gulf—Maj.-Gen. N. P. Banks.„ N. C. and Va.—Maj.-Gen. B. F. Butler.„ the Northwest—Maj.-Gen. John Pope.„ Washington—Maj.-Gen. S. P. Heintzelman.„ the Monongahela—Maj.-Gen. W. T. Brooks.„ the Susquehanna—Maj.-Gen. D. N. Couch.„ Western Virginia—Brig.-Gen. B. F. Kelly.„ New Mexico—Brig.-Gen. J. H. Carleton.„ the Pacific—Brig.-Gen. George Wright.„ Kansas—Maj.-Gen. James G. Blunt.„ Middle Department—Brig.-Gen. Lockwood.„ the South—Maj.-Gen. Q. A. Gilmore.„ Missouri—Maj.-Gen. John M. Schofield.
Dep’tm’t of the Tenn.—Maj.-Gen. W. T. Sherman.„ the Cumberland—Maj.-Gen. Geo. H. Thomas.„ the Ohio—Maj.-Gen. J. T. Foster.„ the East—Maj.-Gen. John A. Dix.„ the Gulf—Maj.-Gen. N. P. Banks.„ N. C. and Va.—Maj.-Gen. B. F. Butler.„ the Northwest—Maj.-Gen. John Pope.„ Washington—Maj.-Gen. S. P. Heintzelman.„ the Monongahela—Maj.-Gen. W. T. Brooks.„ the Susquehanna—Maj.-Gen. D. N. Couch.„ Western Virginia—Brig.-Gen. B. F. Kelly.„ New Mexico—Brig.-Gen. J. H. Carleton.„ the Pacific—Brig.-Gen. George Wright.„ Kansas—Maj.-Gen. James G. Blunt.„ Middle Department—Brig.-Gen. Lockwood.„ the South—Maj.-Gen. Q. A. Gilmore.„ Missouri—Maj.-Gen. John M. Schofield.
Dep’tm’t of the Tenn.—Maj.-Gen. W. T. Sherman.„ the Cumberland—Maj.-Gen. Geo. H. Thomas.„ the Ohio—Maj.-Gen. J. T. Foster.„ the East—Maj.-Gen. John A. Dix.„ the Gulf—Maj.-Gen. N. P. Banks.„ N. C. and Va.—Maj.-Gen. B. F. Butler.„ the Northwest—Maj.-Gen. John Pope.„ Washington—Maj.-Gen. S. P. Heintzelman.„ the Monongahela—Maj.-Gen. W. T. Brooks.„ the Susquehanna—Maj.-Gen. D. N. Couch.„ Western Virginia—Brig.-Gen. B. F. Kelly.„ New Mexico—Brig.-Gen. J. H. Carleton.„ the Pacific—Brig.-Gen. George Wright.„ Kansas—Maj.-Gen. James G. Blunt.„ Middle Department—Brig.-Gen. Lockwood.„ the South—Maj.-Gen. Q. A. Gilmore.„ Missouri—Maj.-Gen. John M. Schofield.
Dep’tm’t of the Tenn.—Maj.-Gen. W. T. Sherman.
„ the Cumberland—Maj.-Gen. Geo. H. Thomas.
„ the Ohio—Maj.-Gen. J. T. Foster.
„ the East—Maj.-Gen. John A. Dix.
„ the Gulf—Maj.-Gen. N. P. Banks.
„ N. C. and Va.—Maj.-Gen. B. F. Butler.
„ the Northwest—Maj.-Gen. John Pope.
„ Washington—Maj.-Gen. S. P. Heintzelman.
„ the Monongahela—Maj.-Gen. W. T. Brooks.
„ the Susquehanna—Maj.-Gen. D. N. Couch.
„ Western Virginia—Brig.-Gen. B. F. Kelly.
„ New Mexico—Brig.-Gen. J. H. Carleton.
„ the Pacific—Brig.-Gen. George Wright.
„ Kansas—Maj.-Gen. James G. Blunt.
„ Middle Department—Brig.-Gen. Lockwood.
„ the South—Maj.-Gen. Q. A. Gilmore.
„ Missouri—Maj.-Gen. John M. Schofield.
1. Gov. Bramlette of Ky., ordered the arrest of 5 rebel sympathizers for every loyal man captured by rebel guerrillas.
1. Arrest of a contractor of the Confederate government in New York who was engaged in manufacturing notes and bonds. The plates and engraving tools seized, and $7,000,000 in notes and bonds.
1. Departure of a Fed. cavalry reconnoissance to Front Royal, Va.
1. Fed. pickets driven in at Winchester, Va.
2. Gen. Curtis took command of Kansas Military Department.
2. A Fed. train attacked near Moorfield, Va. Rebels defeated, losing 13 killed, and 20 wounded.
3. Fight at Jonesville, Va. 60 Fed. troops killed or wounded, and 300 captured.
3. Death of Archbishop Hughes, in New York.
4. Gen. Grierson pursuing Forrest’s rebel troops south of Coldwater, Miss.
4. Trial of the crew of the Chesapeake for piracy.
5. Gen. Stoneman made Chief of cavalry under Gen. Grant.
6. Marmaduke and Price at Arkadelphia, Ark., with 7,000 men.
6. Skirmish at Newtown, W. Va.
6. Gen. Kirby Smith takes command of rebels west of Mississippi river.
7. Death of Caleb B. Smith, U. S. Secretary of the Interior.
7. Gen. Grant made Maj.-Gen. in the regular army.
7. Gen. Thomas made Brigadier in the regular army.
8. Gens. Meade and Sherman made Brigadiers in the regular army.
8. Petersburg, Va., attacked by rebels under Fitz Hugh Lee, who were driven off.
8. Chase and destruction of the Anglorebel steamer Dare.
8. Death of Com. Stover, U. S. navy.
9. Madisonville and St. Francisburg, La., occupied by Fed. troops.
9. Gen. Wild’s colored troops made a raid into N. C., releasing 3,000 slaves, and capturing or destroying an immense quantity of stores.
10. Gen. Rousseau left Decatur, Ala., for a raid in the rear of Gen. Hood’s reb. army.
10. A severe fight at StrawberryPlains, E. Tenn. Rebels repulsed with severe loss.
10. A battalion of Cole’s Md. cavalry attacked by rebels under Mosby, in Loudon Co., Va. Rebels defeated.
11. Madisonville, La., captured by Fed. troops.
11. Longstreet’s rebel army fortifying Bull Gap, Tenn.
11. Capture of rebel salt-works at Tampa Bay, Fla.
11. Battle at Smithfield, Va. Federal troops defeated.
11. Gunboat Iron Age aground and under reb. fire in Wilmington Harbor.
12. Raid by Fed. troops under Gen. Marston in Westmoreland Co., Va. Much property destroyed.
12. Rebel cavalry defeated at Mossy Creek, Tenn., by Gen. McCook’s troops, who killed 14 and took 49 prisoners.
13. Gen. Herron’s troops crossed the Rio Grande into Mexico, and escorted the American Consul to Brownsville with $2,000,000, belonging to Americans and the Government.
14. Fed. pickets at Three Mile Station, Va., attacked by rebel cavalry, who were repulsed.
14. A Fed. train of 23 wagons captured near Tenisville, Tenn., by rebels under Gen. Vance, who are pursued by Col. Palmer, who retook the wagons, and captured the rebel general, and a portion of his force.
14. Rebel steamer Mayflower captured in Sarasote Pass, Fla.
14. Skirmish at Bainbridge, Tenn.
14. The American ship Emma Jane captured by the Alabama, off Trivandrum, while on her way from Bombay to Mouhnein.
17. Fight near Dandridge, Tenn. National troops defeated, losing 150 killed or wounded.
17. Longstreet’s force moving towards Knoxville, Tenn.
17. Rebels attack Union lines at Bainbridge, Tenn., but are defeated with heavy loss.
18. Gen. Butler pronounced an outlaw by rebel Congress.
19. Gen. Sturgis’ Fed. troops retreated from Strawberry Plains to Knoxville.
19. Mosby defeated at Thoroughfare Gap, Va., by 1st Mass. cavalry.
20. Guerrillas attacked Col. Sweitzer’s brigade of 5th Corps, and were repulsed, leaving 8 dead on the field.
21. Extensive conflagration of hospital buildings at Camp Winder, near Richmond, Va.
21. A large number of rebel deserters arrive at Chattanooga.
23. Brandon, Va., on the James river, destroyed by Fed. troops, who captured 100 negroes, and much rebel property.
23. Union raid to Lake Phelps, N. C. 200,000 lbs. of pork destroyed.
23. Rebel Gen. Rhoddy driven south of Tenn. river, by Col. Phillips, with loss of his train, 200 cattle, 600 sheep and 100 horses and mules.
25. Athens, Ala., attacked by 600 rebs. under Col. Harrison, who were defeated.
20. Successful Fed. raid in Onslow and Jones Co., N. C., by Col. Palmer’s troops.
27. Rebel cavalry under Armstrong and Morgan defeated near Seviervillle, Tenn., by Gen. Sturgis.
27. Rebels defeated in an attack on Florence, Ala.
28. A meeting at Nashville, Tenn., to restore the State Government.
28. Destruction of rebel salt works at St. Andrews Bay.
28. Rebels defeated at Tunnel Hill, Ga. 32 killed and 1 company captured.
29. Skirmish 13 miles from Cumberland Gap, Tenn. Fed. cavalry with reb. troops under Gen. Jones.
29. Bridges and other property destroyed by Union troops at Windsor, N. C.
29. Major Johnson’s Ky. troops drove rebels out of Scottville, Ky., killing 40 and taking 20 prisoners.
30. A Fed. supply train of 80 wagons, guarded by Col. Snyder’s troops, captured near Petersburg, W. Va., after a 4 hours’ fight. Fed. loss, 80 killed or wounded. The Fed. garrison evacuated the place that night.
30. Skirmish near Cumberland Gap, Tenn. Rebels defeated by Col. Love.
30. Fight at Smithfield, Va.
Feb. 1.Union repulse at Bachelor’s Creek, near Newbern, N. C. Steamer Underwriter destroyed.
1. President Lincoln calls for 500,000 men for 3 years. Draft for deficiency to be made March 10.
1. Burlington, W. Va., occupied by rebels.
1. Fighting in the New Creek (Va.) valley.
1. Fed. outposts at Bachelor’s Creek driven in by a rebel force threatening Newbern, N. C.
1. Fighting at Smithfield, Va.
2. Fight at Mechanicsburg Gap, near Romney, W. Va. Rebels retreat.
2 Rebel troops burn a bridge at Patterson’sCreek, Va., and were next day driven off by the guard.
2. Union reinforcements arrive at Newbern, N. C., and rebels are driven back to Kinston.
2. U. S. steamer Levi burned in Kanawha river, W. Va., and Gen. Scammon and staff captured by rebels.
3. Sherman’s advance defeated rebels in a skirmish at Bolton, Miss. Union loss, 12 killed, 35 wounded. Rebel loss larger.
3. Gen. Smith’s cavalry expedition starts from Corinth, Miss.
4. Col. Mulligan drove rebels from Morefield, W. Va., after 6 hours’ fighting.
4. A party of rebels captured near White Oak river.
4. Gen. Sherman’s troops skirmish near Champion Hill, Miss.
4. Cavalry skirmish at Canton, Miss.
4. Gen. Averill defeats rebels at Woodfield, W. Va.
4. Rebel battery defeated at Clinton, Miss. Union killed 15, wounded 30.
4. Gen. Seymour’s expedition left Port Royal, S. C., for Jacksonville, Fla.
5. Engagement between Gen. Sherman’s troops and rebels, at Bear Creek, near Clinton, Miss.
5. Navajo Indians defeated near Fort Sumner, with loss of 50 killed and 25 wounded.
6. Col. Kit Carson brings 280 Indian prisoners to Santa Fe.
6. Skirmish at Bottom’s Bridge, W. Va., by Gen. Butler’s troops.
7. Rebels driven across the Rapidan by the army of the Potomac.
7. A Federal expedition returned to Knoxville, Tenn., having defeated a reb. force, killing and wounding 215, and taking 50 prisoners.
8. Rebel regiments at Dalton, and at Decatur, Ala., mutiny when required to re-enlist. Several soldiers are killed.
8. Gen. Seymour’s expedition arrived at Jacksonville, Fla.
9. Rebels abandon Jacksonville, Fla., losing 100 men prisoners, and 8 guns.
9. Union gunboats arrive at Sartartia, on the Yazoo river.
10. Col. Streight, and 110 other officers, escaped from Libby prison by tunnelling.
11. Guerrillas rob a train on Balt. and O. railroad, near Harper’s Ferry.
11. Gens. Grierson and Smith’s Fed. troops start on a raid through Miss.
11. Gen. W. L. Smith’s cavalry expedition started in the direction of Colliersville, Tenn.
11. First 20-inch gun cast at Pittsb’g, Pa.
12. Fed. pickets at Manassas attacked by Mosby.
12. Smith’s Fed. expedition reaches Okolona, Miss.
12. Passage of the Enrollment bill by the House of Representatives.
13. The line of the Memphis and Ohio railroad evacuated by the Fed. forces.
14. Negro garrison of 400 at Waterproof, La., was attacked by a large rebel force, which was repulsed 3 times, and retired.
14. Rebel Col. Ferguson surprised in Wayne Co., W. Va., losing 60 prisoners, with arms and supplies, and releasing 500 Union captives.
14. Meridian evacuated by the rebels.
14. Guerrilla attack at Tecumseh Landing, Miss.
14. A company of colored troops, save 2, surprised and murdered at Grand Lake, Miss.
14. Gainesville, Fla., attacked by 40th Mass., Capt. Roberts. Rebels routed with loss of 100.
14. Meridian, Miss., occupied by Gen. Sherman’s Union forces, who destroyed the State arsenal, and great quantities of ammunition.
15. Chesapeake steamer surrendered to her owners by colonial authorities at St. John’s.
16. Rebel Gen. Pickett captured at Newbern, N. C.
14–20. Sherman sends various expeditions from Meridian, Miss., who destroy adjacent towns, and immense quantities of stores.
18. Sherman’s army reaches Quitman, Ga., without opposition.
18. Gen. Seymour left Jacksonville, Fla., with 5,000 troops, and established a depot of supplies at Baldwin.
18. Gen. Smith’s Union expedition reached Okolona, 75 miles south of Corinth, Miss.
18. Sloop-of-war Housatonic sunk at Port Royal by a rebel torpedo.
20. Longstreet retreats from Bull’s Gap to Strawberry Plains.
20. Rebels hang Rev. Dr. Cox, chaplain of Corps de Afrique, near Donaldsonville.
20. Skirmish with Mosby’s rebel cavalry, at Piedmont Station, Va. 17 of his men taken.
20. Gen. Smith defeated by Forrest at West Point, Ga., and driven back towards Memphis.
20. Battle of Olustee, Fla. Gen. Seymour’s troops encountered a superiorforce of rebels 55 miles beyond Jacksonville, Fla. After a severe contest of 3 hours, the Union troops were defeated, and retreated to Sanderson. Union loss, 1,500. Rebel loss about the same.
21. A force of Fed. troops left Hilton Head, and proceeded up the Savannah river, without result.
21. Heavy fighting at Pontotoc, Miss.
21. Ringgold, Ga., occupied by Gen. Palmer.
22. Mosby defeats 150 Fed. cavalry near Drainsville, Va., who lose 8 killed, 7 wounded, and 75 missing.
22. 28 of Mosby’s men captured near Warrenton by Major Cole.
22. A “Border State Convention,” convened at Louisville, Ky., for the purpose of adopting harmonious action on important issues then pending in National affairs. Representatives from six States were present.
22. Rebel train destroyed near Poplar Bluffs, Mo.
22. Louisiana State election. Michael Hahn elected Governor, by 6,830 votes, against Fellows, 2,720, and B. F. Flanders, 1,847.
23. Rebel Gen. Forrest repulsed in an attack on Smith, near Memphis, Tenn.
23. Bombardment of Fort Powell, Mobile Bay, by Fed. mortars.
23. Skirmish near Tunnel Hill, Ga.
24. Passage of a bill by Congress authorizing the appointment of a Lieut.-Gen.
25. Skirmish at Bean Station.
25. Rebel raid on Maysville, Ky.
26. Grierson and Smith’s forces return to Memphis. Results of expedition are 200 rebel prisoners, 1,500 negroes, 300 horses taken; 3,000,000 bushels corn, 4,000 bales cotton, 2,000 hides, and 40 miles of Mobile and O. railroad destroyed.
26. Tunnel Hill occupied by column from Chattanooga, after heavy skirmishing.
26. Fire opened upon Fort Powell by Admiral Farragut.
27. Col. Jourdan makes another dash into Jones and Onslow Cos., N. C., captures 3 prisoners, and destroys stores and ammunition.
27. Fed. troops withdrew from Tunnel Hill, Ga., to Ringgold.
27. Sherman’s expedition returns to Vicksburg, after 22 days’ raid, devastating many towns, burning bridges, seizing or destroying vast quantities of stores, liberating 10,000 negroes, breaking up many miles of railways, and taking 600 prisoners. Union loss, 170 k. and w.
27. Gov. Goodman, of Arizona, with exploring party, fights with Indians, killing 5, and wounding many.
28. Colonel Richardson, a notorious guerrilla, captured near Cumberland river.
28. Seymour’s retreating army reaches Baldwin, Fla., which it evacuates, burning stores.
28. Gen. Kilpatrick, with 5,000 picked men, leaves Culpepper for a raid on Richmond, crosses the Rapidan at Ely’s Ford, surprising rebel pickets at Spottsylvania Court House, and capturing 15 men and 2 officers.
29. Kilpatrick’s exped. passed through Louisa C. H., to Pamunkey Bridge, destroying as he went. A force is sent by Butler to reinforce him.
29. Expedition of Custar’s cav. crosses Rapidan and Rivanna, destroys an artillery camp, burns caissons, &c., and recrosses Rivanna bridge, burning it. Reb. cavalry charged and scattered at Burton’s Ford and Stannardsville roads, and Custar safely returns with 60 prisoners, horses, &c.
29. Rebels in force attack Newbern, N. C., and were repulsed. Garrison ultimately relieved by reinforcements.
March 1.A lieut. and 15 men of the 5th Pa. cavalry captured while reconnoitering in the Dismal Swamp, Va.
1. A force under Gen. Kilpatrick and Col. Onderdonk, left Yorktown, Va., on an expedition to King and Queens C. H. Near Carlton’s store the troops encountered 2 regiments of Virginia cavalry and a body of citizens. The enemy was routed and driven from the town. After penetrating to the inner fortifications of Richmond, Kilpatrick’s troops were repulsed.
1. Reb. Government salt works at St. Marks, Fla., destroyed by expeditions from gunboat Tahoma.
1. Gen. Thomas, reinforced, marching against Dalton, from Tunnel Hill.
2. Reinforcements reaching Gen. Seymour at Jacksonville.
3. Kilpatrick’s expedition moves to Williamsburg to rest. Many prisoners and stores captured and destroyed during this raid.
4. Kilpatrick returns within Union lines, having destroyed large portions of the Va. Central R. R., and burned several mills on James river. Loss 150, including Col. Dahlgren.
4. Gen. Custer, with 500 men, made a reconnoissance to Ely’s Ford, on the Rapidan.
5. Reb. cavalry still scouring country E. of Knoxville.
5. Reb. cavalry, in force, attack 93 of 3d Tenn. at Panther Springs. Union loss 2 k. 8 wounded, 22 prisoners. Rebel, 30 k. and wounded.
5. Battle in Yazoo City, between 11th Ill. and 8th La., and 4 reb. brigades. Rebs. defeated with considerable loss. Union, killed 6; wounded 20.
6. Gunboat Peterholf sunk off Wilmington, N. C.
6. 23 Union soldiers, captured from Gen. Foster’s command, hung by rebs. at Kinston, N. C.
6. Sherman’s main army at Jackson, commencing to cross Pearl river.
7. Sherman’s cavalry enter Brandon after skirmishing, and camp two miles east.
8. Reb. cavalry driven from camp near Carrolton. Grain mills and stores burned.
9. Sherman at Hillsboro’, N. C.
9. 40 of 30th Pa. cavalry captured by guerrillas at Bristow Station, Va.
9. An outpost of national troops near Suffolk, Va., was attacked by 4 regiments of infantry, a squadron of cavalry, and 2 batteries of artillery, and driven to Baner’s Hill. A column of national troops arrived to the support, and the enemy in turn was attacked, driven back and pursued. Fed. loss 200.
10. Suffolk, Va., captured. Reb. loss 25 killed. Union, 10 k.
10. A body of 10,000 troops under Gens. A. J. Smith and Thomas Kilby Smith, left Vicksburg on transports, destined for the mouth of Red river, at which point a force under Gen. Banks was being rendezvoused, in view of a campaign in the Red river region.
10. A naval expedition from Brashear City captures camp, arms, flag at Atchafalaya river.
10. Pilatka occupied by Union forces.
12. Gen. Grant appointed Commander-in-Chief of the armies of the U. S.
13. Indianola evacuated by Union troops.
13. Gen. Smith’s army at Semmesport.
13. Alexandria, La., captured by Fed. fleet.
14. Capture of Fort de Russy, on the Red river, by 1st and 3d divisions of 16th corps, under Gen. Mower. The fort was blown up at night.
15. President calls for 200,000 men, and a draft ordered for the deficiency on the 15th of April.
15. Reb. plot to assassinate Pres. Lincoln discovered.
15. Sherman repulses rebs. near Chunky Creek.
16. Gov. Bramlette of Ky., remonstrates against employment of slaves as soldiers.
16. Battle near Fort Pillow. Rebs. defeated, loss of 50 k. and w.
16. Arkansas votes herself a free State.
16. Gens. Smith and Banks at Alexandria. Rebs. retreat to Shreveport and burn 2 steamers with 3,000 bales of cotton.
16. Rebs. attack a train from Nashville near Estelle Springs, Tenn.
17. Reb. raid on Magnolia, Fla.
19. Reb. attack on Port Royal, S. C., fails.
21. Gen. Mower captures reb. camp at Henderson’s Hill, 282 prisoners, guns, &c.
21. Banks captures 306 rebs. near Alexandria.
21. Engagement at Natchitoches, La., between Gen. Mower’s troops of A. J. Smith’s command, and reb. cavalry under Gen. Lee. 200 rebs. captured, with but small loss in killed or wounded on either side.
22. The gunboat Petrel captured by rebs. on the Yazoo river.
22. Gen. Thayer, with an army of 5,500 men left Fort Smith, Ark., to aid Gen. Steele’s army.
23. Union City, Ky., captured by reb. Gen. Forrest. Col. Hawkins, with the 7th Tenn. cavalry, 400 men, surrendered after repulsing 2,000 rebs. 3 times.
25. Reb. Gen. Forrest, with 7,000 men, attacked the Fed. fort at Paducah, Ky., defended by Col. Hicks, with 500 men. Aided by 2 gunboats, Col. Hicks defeated Forrest, who retired with a loss of 1,000 killed and wounded. Fed. loss 14 killed and 46 wounded. The town was nearly destroyed by the bombardment.
26. Col. Clayton captured 370 rebs., 35 wagons, and 300 horses, at Longview, Ark.
29. Battle of Cane river, La. Rebs. defeated.
30. Fight in Arkansas with 1,200 rebs., who are defeated.
30. Riots by disloyalists at Charleston and Mattoon, Ill.
31. Rebs. defeated at Crump’s Hill (Piney Woods).
April 1.Fight near Snyder’s Bluff, on the Yazoo.
1. S. S. Maple Leaf blown up by torpedo in St. Johns river.
1. Rebel ram Tennessee sunk near Grant’s Pass.
2. Shelby defeated by Steele near Camden, in Ark.
2. Grierson’s cavalry engages Forrest near Summerville, and falls back.
4. Fight at Roseville, in Ark.
4. Col. Gooding engages Harrison’s guerrillas at Compti, and withdraws with loss.
4. Marmaduke defeated by Steele on Little Missouri river, Ark.
4. N. Y. Metropolitan Sanitary Fair opened.
5. Fight between gunboats and guerrillas at Hickman, Ky.
5. Banks’ Texas expedition at Grand Ecore.
5. Gen. W. P. White, reb., of Georgetown, S. C., assassinated by his own men.
6. Fort Halleck, Columbus, Ky., attacked by rebel Gen. Buford. Surrender refused by Col. Lawrence.
6. Maryland Constitutional Convention on Slavery met.
7. U. S. Senate pass the resolution to submit to States’ Legislatures the Constitution amendment abolishing slavery.
8. Gen. Franklin’s command of Banks’ expedition defeated at Mansfield, La., by Gen. Taylor’s army, losing 24 guns and nearly 2,000 men, and falling back to Grand Ecore. Gen. Smith, next day, relieved Franklin, defeated the rebels, and captured 36 guns and 2,000 prisoners.
8. Shelbyville entered by 40 guerrillas.
9. Battle of Pleasant Hill, La. After severe fighting the Union troops retreated at night in good order.
10. Cape Lookout lighthouse seized by 40 rebels.
11. Banks retires to Grand Ecore.
11. Rebels repulsed in an attack on Roseville, Ark.
12. Capture of Fort Pillow and massacre of garrison.
12. Admiral Porter’s Red river fleet attacked by 2,000 rebel infantry on shore, who are beaten off.
12. Horrible murder of a farmer by guerrillas at Osage river, Mo.
13. A portion of Banks’ army attacked near Blair’s Landing, La. Rebs. repulsed with loss.
13. New York Soldiers’ Voting Bill passed New York Senate. Yeas 29, nays none.
14. Gunboat expedition from Butler’s army capture prisoners and stores at Smithfield, Va.
14. Nebraska Constitution and State Government Bill passed by U. S. Senate.
15. Chenango, gunboat, exploded.
16. Gunboat Eastport sunk by snag above Grand Ecore.
17. Bread riot by women in Savannah, Ga.
18. Rebel attack on Fort Wessell, near Plymouth, N. C. Gunboat Southfield sunk. Com. Flusser killed and most of crew drowned. Ram also destroys the gunboat Bombshell.
18. Baltimore Sanitary Fair opened.
19. Guerrillas driven from Burksville.
19. Transports and gunboats aground above Grand Ecore, Red river.
19. Fort Wessells, N. C., evacuated by Feds.
20. Plymouth, N. C., surrendered to rebels by Gen. Wessels, after severe loss by rebels. Gen. Wessells and 2,500 men surrendered.
21. North Carolina salt works, worth $100,000, near Wilmington, destroyed.
22. Rebels captured gunboat Petrel on the Yazoo river, and burnt her.
22. Forrest moving toward Alabama, followed by Grierson.
22. Banks’ army left Grand Ecore for Alexandria, La., by land.
23. Brisk engagement near Camden, Ark. Feds. defeated.
23. Rebels capture and murder Union pickets at Nickajack.
23. N. Y. Metropolitan Sanitary Fair closed. Sword voted to Grant by 30,291, against 14,509 for McClellan.
24. Battle at Cane river, La. Rebels losing 1,000 men and 9 guns.
25. A supply train of 240 wagons, and the 26th Iowa, 73d Ohio, and 43d Ind. regiments, under Col. Drake, 2,000 men, were captured after a brave resistance on their return to Pine Bluff, Ark., after an unsuccessful effort to reach General Steele’s army.
26. Gen. Steele’s army left Camden for Little Rock, Ark.
26. Rebels in strong force attack Admiral Porter’s gunboats on the Red river, and were defeated with severe loss.
28. Little Washington, N. C., evacuated by Fed. troops.
28. A detachment of Fed. cavalry under Col. Lowell, encountered a portion of Mosby’s command near Upperville, Va., and defeated them, capturing 23, killing 2 and wounding 4. Fed. loss, 3 killed, 4 wounded.
30. Gen. Steele’s army in Ark. crossed the Sabine river after a fight with rebs.
30. Madison Court House, Va., was burned by a Union expeditionary force while engaged in a skirmish with a rebel company at that place.
May 1.Death of Commodore W. D. Porter.
1. Gen. Steele’s army 40 miles from Little Rock, Ark. His cavalry reached that city.
2. Advance of the Army of the Potomac across the Rapidan towards Chancellorsville and the Wilderness.
2. West Point, Va., occupied by Feds.
2. Gen. Sturgis’ cavalry encountered a band of the rebel Forrest’s men, near Bolivar, Tenn., and, after a severe fight, defeated them.
3. The crossing of the Rapidan by the army of the Potomac effected, without opposition, at Culpepper, Germania, and Ely’s Fords.
3. The Sec. of the Navy sentenced Ad. Wilkes to be reprimanded and suspended for three years, for insubordination, &c.
4. The crossing of the Rapidan by the army of the Potomac continued.
4 Gen. Warren’s headquarters at the Wilderness.
4. A fleet of transports on Hampton Roads commenced embarking troops.
4. Rebel raid into Princeton, Ky.
5. Battle of the Wilderness commenced. A day of terrific fighting, on most difficult ground, in the Wilderness, near Chancellorsville, Va. Night closed in without any definite result. Gen. Hayes killed.
5. Gen. Butler’s army passed Fortress Monroe in transports, on their way up the James river.
5. Gen. Kautz forced the Blackwater, and burnt the railroad bridge at Stony Creek.
5. Naval engagement between the reb. ram Albemarle and Fed. fleet, near the mouth of the Roanoke river.
5. Skirmish at Thoroughfare Gap, Va. Burnside’s cavalry attacked the enemy on their passage through the Gap.
6. Battle of the Wilderness continued. Another day of terrible fighting, resulting in the falling back of Lee’s army. Gen. Wadsworth killed. Loss of both armies about 15,000 each in the 2 days fighting. The rebel Gen. Longstreet wounded. Fed. wounded, who had been removed to Fredericksburg, fired on by citizens.
6. Gen. Butler’s forces effected a successful landing near Fort Fisher, N. C., without resistance.
6. Gunboat Com. Jones blown up by rebel torpedo on James river.
7. Gen. Grant’s army in pursuit of Lee, having marched 15 miles on the night of the 6th.
7. Tunnel Hill, Ga., taken by Gen. Thomas.
7. Severe fight at Todd’s Tavern, between Custar’s and rebel cavalry. Loss, 250 on each side.
7. Battle near Petersburg, Va., between Gen. Butler’s army and the rebels.
7. Tazewell salt-works destroyed by Gen. Averill.
8. General Hancock’s corps passed through Spottsylvania C. H. at daylight, and, at noon, his headquarters were 20 miles south of the battle-field of the 6th.
8. Battle of Spottsylvania C. H., Va., commenced. The armies near Spottsylvania C. H. engaged from 8 to 12M., at which time Fed. forces gained the point for which they contended. At 6P. M., 2 fresh divisions were thrown in, and, after a severe engagement of an hour and a half, the rebel position was carried, and their first line of breastworks occupied.
8. General engagement at Mill Creek Gap, Ga.
8. Union troops held possession of Fredericksburg, Va.
9. Battle of Spottsylvania C. H., Va., continued. Lee’s army made a stand, but no general engagement occurred in the morning. Maj.-Gen. Sedgwick killed. The fight in the evening was brought on by Hancock, who crossed the river Po, and established himself on the south bank.
9. Gen. Butler at Bermuda Landing, in a strong position. His forces defeated a portion of Beauregard’s army under Gen. Hill. The fight commenced at noon, and continued till night. The rebels driven back 3 miles.
9. Night attack on Gen. Butler’s lines. The rebels repulsed.
9. Gen. Sherman marched around the rebel right flank, and reached the North Anna river in safety in the evening. In the night he destroyed a great quantity of rebel stores, and recaptured 378 Feds.
9. Battle of Cloyd Mountain. Rebels defeated.
9. U. S. transport H. A. Weed blown up by torpedo near Jacksonville, Fla.
10. Gen. Sheridan crossed the South Anna river.
10. Battle of Spottsylvania C. H. continued. A general advance of Fed. army ordered at 5A. M.A tremendous conflict ensued. In the afternoon an attack was made on the rebel batteries. After the assault had continued some time it was found that the rebel batteries could not be carried without great loss, and the effort was abandoned. The battle ceased about 9P. M., and was one of the most terrible and bloody of the war. The 6thcorps carried the enemy’s works, and captured 1,000 prisoners. Loss, 10,000 on each side on this day.
10. Gen. Sheridan reported that he had turned the rebel right, reached their rear, and destroyed from 8 to 10 miles of railroad and other property.
10. Gen. Averill’s force fought a battle near Wytheville, Va., defeating Gen. Jones and destroying railroad.
10. Crooke defeated rebels near Newbern, capturing 7 guns and many pris.
10. Sec. Stanton reported that Gen. McPherson was within 7 miles of Resaca, Ga.
10. Gen. Sherman in front of Buzzard Roost Gap, Ga.
11. The armies under Grant and Lee engaged with varied success until 11A. M., when Fed. line was somewhat advanced. Gen. Grant reported to the War Department, that, after 6 days’ fighting, the result was much in favor of the Union arms.
11. After 3 days of skirmishing Feds. drove the rebels back to Rocky Ridge and Buzzard Roost Mountain, Ga.
11. Gen. Sheridan captured Ashland Station, destroying a large amount of stores. He attacked Gen. Stewart at Yellow Tavern, near Richmond, and penetrated the 1st and 2d lines of the rebel defences.
12. The battle between Grant?s and Lee’s army renewed 5 miles below Spottsylvania C. H., Va. Gen. Hancock opened the battle, and made a brilliant assault on A. P. Hill’s division, which he routed. Gen. Grant reported that the day closed leaving between 3,000 and 4,000 prisoners in his hands, including 2 general officers, and over 30 pieces of artillery. In the night Lee abandoned his position.
12. Gen. Sheridan’s army encamped at Walnut Grove and Gaines’ Mills.
12. Gen. Butler’s army engaged.
12. Rebel position at Dalton, Ga., carried and held by Sherman.
13. Gen. Butler’s army advanced toward Petersburg, Va. Skirmishing with the rebels in the afternoon.
13. Gen. Sheridan’s forces encamped at Bottom’s Bridge.
13. Gen. Sherman’s army in line of battle in Sugar Valley.
13. Gen. McPherson captured 9 trains, with rebel military stores, at Dalton.
14. Gen. Smith carried the 1st line of rebel works at Petersburg, Va. The rebels attacked the 5th corps, army of the Potomac, but were finally driven back with severe loss, after a furious cannonade.
14. Gen. Sherman’s forces actively engaged. Gen. Hooker’s corps attacked by the rebel Gen. Hood’s division. The rebels repulsed. General battle, which lasted till midnight, each party holding its respective position.
15. Battle of Resaca, Ga. An all day battle, in which Feds. were successful. The rebels forced to evacuate Resaca. Gen. Johnston retreats from Fed. front in the night.
15. Rocky Faced Ridge taken by Sherman.
15. Gen. Sigel fought a battle at Newmarket, Va. The rebels successful. Union forces fell back to Strasburg, Va.
15. Gen. Banks’ gunboats arrived at Fort de Russey, La.
16. The rebel army encamped around Spottsylvania C. H., Va.
16. The rebels in force attacked Gen. Smith’s lines in Va., and forced them back with considerable loss.
16. Gen. Butler’s force attacked by troops from Petersburg. Furious fighting. The rebels made a desperate onslaught in a fog, but were repulsed.
16. Resaca, Ga., occupied by Gen. Sherman.
16. Admiral Porter’s fleet above Alexandria Falls, released by Col. Bailey’s dam.
17. Gen. Kautz reached City Point, Va., returning from his raid on the Danville railroad.
17. Gen. Sherman’s army at Colburn, Ga.
17. General Banks’ forces reached Semmesport, La.
18. Ewell attacked Union baggage train in rear of Grant’s right flank, but was repulsed.
18. Heavy engagement between the armies in Va. Gen. Hancock charged the enemy, and carried the first line of rebel intrenchments.
18. Gen. Sherman reached Adairsville. Ga., where he was engaged in skirmishes.
18. Sec. Stanton announced that a draft would be ordered, to take place July 1.
18. A pretended proclamation of the President calling for 400,000 men, and announcing the Spring campaign closed, published in the Journal of Commerce and the World. The 2 papers suppressed for 3 days, and the author of the forgery, Jos. Howard, of Brooklyn, arrested.
19. Gen. Ewell attempted to turn Grant’s right, but was repulsed.
19. Gen. Sherman advanced on the enemy, who retreated. Kingston, Ga., reached. General Sherman pushed a column as far as Cassville, Ga.
20. Torpedoes explode at Bachelor’s Creek. Many N. Y. soldiers killed and wounded.
20. Sherman in possession of Kingston and Rome, Ga.
20. Rebels attack Ames’ division of Butler’s army. Heavy losses on both sides.
20. Arrest of Howard, the forger.
21. Gen. Hancock’s troops entered Bowling Green, Va.
23. U. S. tugboat Columbine captured on St. John’s river by rebs.
24. Rebels destroy bridge over North Anna. Grant’s headquarters at Jericho Mills. Sheridan destroyed Danville railroad near Richmond, Va.
24. Fitzhugh Lee repulsed at Wilson’s Wharf by Federal negroes under Gen. Wild.
24. Sherman flanks Johnston at Altoona.
24. 1,000 rebels captured by General Grant’s army at Mt. Carmel Church, Va.
25. Battle near Dallas, Ga. Hooker drives rebels 2 miles. Union loss, 1,500. Reb. about same.
25. Gen. Birney ascends the Ashepoo river.
26. Grant’s army moves toward Hanovertown.
26. La. State Convention abolishes slavery.
27. Eight steamers and several river craft burned at New Orleans Levee, by incendiaries.
27. Lee evacuates position on South Anna, and retreats toward Richmond.
27. Sheridan captures and holds Hanovertown and Ferry.
28. Longstreet attacks Sherman at Dallas, and is driven toward Marietta. Rebel loss, 2,500 killed and wounded, and 300 prisoners. Union loss, 300.
29. Grant’s army crosses the Pamunkey river, Va.
30. Trains of refugees attacked near Salem, Ark. 60 men and several women killed.
30. Lee attacks Grant north of Chickahominy, and is repulsed. Hancock drives him out of intrenched line of rifle-pits and holds it.
31. Grant’s and Lee’s armies confronting each other from Hanover C. H. to Cold Harbor.
31. Gen. Fremont nominated for President and Gen. Cochrane for Vice-Pres. of U. S.
June 1.Expedition under Gen. Sturgis in Miss., defeated, with loss of wagon train, artillery, and ammunition.
1. Reb. attacks at Cold Harbor, Va., repulsed.
1. Rebs. twice attack Butler, and are repulsed.
2. Schofield and Hooker at Marietta. Cavalry take Allatoona Pass.
3. Battle of Cold Harbor.
4. Reb. night attack on Hancock repulsed.
4. Grant’s cavalry defeated Hampton’s cavalry at Howes’ Store, Va.
5. Reb. attack on left (Hancock’s) repulsed.
5. Sherman’s army fall back toward the Chattahoochie and Atlanta.
5. Marmaduke, with 3,000 men, defeated at Columbia, Ark.
5. Battle of Piedmont, Va. Reb. loss 1,500 prisoners, 3 guns, 3,000 stand of arms, and stores, and a large number k. and w.
5. Gens. Crook and Averill entered Lexington, Va.
5. Rebs. driven through Ripley, Miss., by Gen. Sturgis’ troops.
6. Reb. midnight attack on Burnside repulsed.
6. Sherman’s headquarters at Acworth.
7. Rebs. defeated at Lake Chicot on the Miss. river, by Gen. A. J. Smith’s troops.
7. The 9th corps, on Grant’s right, attacked briskly, and rebs. driven back.
7. Morgan, with 3,000 men, commences a raid into Kentucky.
7. Philadelphia Sanitary Fair opens.
7. Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson nominated President and Vice-President of the U. S.
8. U. S. troops defeated at Mount Sterling, Ky., by Gen. Morgan’s forces.
8. Paris, Ky., taken by a portion of Morgan’s forces.
8. Sherman’s whole army moves forward toward the Kenesaw range. McPherson occupies Big Shanty, and rebels fall back with left on Lost Mountain, and right on Kenesaw.
8. Gilmore’s raid on Richmond fortifications.
9. Gen. Burbridge defeats rebels at Mount Sterling, and captures 700 pris.
10. Gen. Sturgis’ Fed. troops defeated at Guntown, Miss., and again at Ripley, by Gen. Forrest. Feds. destroy their supply train, and 10 cannon, and retreat towards Memphis, after spirited contest and severe loss.
10. Lexington, Ky., robbed by Morgan.
10. Rebel guerrillas repulsed at Princeton, Ky.
10. Frankfort, Ky., unsuccessfully attacked by 1,200 rebels.
10. Gen. Hunter, with Crook and Averill, moves from Staunton, Va., after destroying over $3,000,000 worth of rebel property.
10. Reb. Congress adjourned.
11. Fed. troops defeated near Cynthiana, Ky., and the town burnt by Gen. Morgan.
11. Gen. Hobson’s Ohio militia captured by Morgan, after a short combat near Cynthiana.
11. Battle of Trevillian Station, Va. Rebs. badly beaten by Sheridan.
12. Gen. Burbridge defeats and scatters Morgan at Cynthiana, with great loss.
12. Grant crosses the Chickahominy.
13. Grant’s headquarters at Wilcox’s Landing.
13. The Fugitive Slave Law repealed in the House of Representatives.
13. Gen. Hobson and staff recaptured.
13. Sheridan recrosses the North Anna.
14. Destruction of reb. canal boats and stores at Buchanan, Va., by Gen. Averill.
14. Grant’s army crossed to south of the James.
14. Reb. Gen. Polk killed.
14. Sherman advancing toward Kenesaw.
15. Battle of Baylor’s Farm. 16 rebel guns, 300 prisoners taken.
16. Gen. Hunter entered Liberty, Va., and destroyed a long bridge. Also 7 miles of railway.
17. Gens. Crook and Averill routed Imboden’s rebel cavalry between Quaker Church and Lynchburg, Va.
16. A portion of the southern defences of Petersburg, Va., carried by Hancock and Smith’s corps.
17. Burnside captured 2 redoubts in the Petersburg works, 450 prisoners, and 4 guns.
17. Severe fighting by Gen. Hunter’s army, 7 miles from Lynchburg, Va. No decisive result.
18. Simultaneous and desperate assault on the rebel works at Petersburg, by the Armies of the Potomac and the James.
18. Gen. Wilson’s Federal cavalry took position on the extreme left of the Union lines at Petersburg.
18. The battle at Lynchburg, Va., renewed. The rebels driven into their works, and Gen. Hunter retreated.
19. The Army of the James reoccupy Bermuda Hundred, and repair the railroad.
19. The rebel privateer Alabama was sunk near the Harbor of Cherbourg, France, after an engagement of over an hour with the U. S. sloop-of-war Kearsarge, Capt. Winslow. 70 of the rebel crew were taken on board the Kearsarge, and 115 reached England and France. 3 persons only were wounded on the Kearsarge.
20. Reb. cavalry defeated at the White House, Va.
21. Rebs. assault Gen. Sherman’s army in Ga. several times, and lose 800 men.
21. Gen. Foster crossed the James river, and intrenched near Aiken’s Landing.
21. Gen. Hunter’s artillery train retreating from Lynchburg, Va., attacked by rebs. He destroys a portion of the guns and caissons, Gen. Hunter retreats to the Ohio river.
22. A sudden attack on the Union lines at Petersburg, which are broken by the enemy with severe loss to both sides.
22. Wilson and Kautz’s cavalry destroy 4 miles of the railroad north of Petersburg, Va.
23. Severe battle on the Weldon R. R., Va. 2 rebel trains captured.
23. Railroad junction at Burksville, Va., destroyed by Feds.
24. Battle of Staunton Bridge, Va. Wilson and Kautz’s Federal cavalry repulsed.
24. Rebs. attack Gen. Sheridan at White House, Va., and are beaten.
24. Maryland State Convention abolishes slavery.
24. Rebs. attack Feds. at Lafayette, Ga. and are beaten.
25. Reb. night attack on Gen. Burnside’s troops on the James river repulsed.
27. Fight near Kenesaw Mountain, Ga. Union loss 1,500.
28. Sherman flanks Johnston at Kenesaw Mountain, Ga.
28. Fight at Stoney Creek, Va. Wilson and Kautz’s Fed. cavalry retreat to Reams’s Station.
29. Battle at Reams’s Station. Fed. cavalry defeated.
30. Johnston evacuates Kenesaw Mountain, Va.
July 1.Gen. Wilson’s force reaches Grant’s lines, having lost all their guns and wagons.
1. An expedition left Hilton Head, S. C., in direction of North Edisto river.
1. The southern side of James Island, S. C., occupied by Gen. Foster’s troops.
1. Col. Hoyt and 137 men captured on Johnson’s Island.
2. The expedition from Hilton Head disembark at Seabrook Island.
2. An unsuccessful attempt to take the rebel Fort Johnson on the north end of James Island.
1. W. P. Fessenden accepts Secretaryship of U. S. Treasury.
2. Rebel Gen. Ewell invades Shenandoah valley in 3 columns.
2. Martinsburg, Va., evacuated by Feds.
3. Sherman’s army entered Marietta, Ga.
3. A part of the expedition from Hilton Head repulsed.
3. Rebels defeated by Sherman, 2 miles south of Marietta, Ga.
3. Winchester, Va., taken by rebs. and Gen. Sigel falls back to Harper’s Ferry.
4. The rebels took possession of Bolivar Heights, half a mile from Harper’s Ferry, on their advance into Md., where they were attacked.
4. Sigel arrived at Sandy Hook.
4. Gen. Mulligan evacuated Bolivar Heights.
4. The rebels make a raid to Point of Rocks, Md.
4. Naval operations in Stono river.
5. Slocum’s expedition routed rebels east of Jackson, Miss.
5. Ellicott’s marine colored brigade attacked by rebels near Port Hudson. Rebels defeated with loss of 150.
5. Martial law declared in Ky. by the President, and the writ of habeas corpus suspended.
6. Hagerstown, Md., evacuated by Union troops.
6. Gen. Wallace’s troops repulsed near Middletown, Md.
6. Hagerstown, Md., plundered by rebels.
7. Rebel Gen. Johnston crossed the Chattahoochie.
7. Gen. Sigel’s Union forces evacuate Harper’s Ferry.
7. Rebel raiders near Frederick, Md.
7. The rebels checked at Monocacy Bridge.
7. Proclamation issued by President Lincoln appointing the first Thursday in August as a Fast Day.
8. Harper’s Ferry reoccupied by Fed. forces.
8. The rebel cruiser Florida captured the bark Golconda.
8. Capture of Platte City, Mo., by guerrillas.
8. Rebels enter Fredericksburg, Md.
8. Parksville, Mo., sacked by rebels.
9. Battle at Monocacy, Md., lasting from 9A. M.to 5P. M.Fed. forces overpowered and forced to retreat in disorder, losing 1,000 men.
9. Fed. forces on John’s Island, S. C., twice repelled a rebel assault.
9. Gen. Sherman reached the Chattahoochee.
9. Gov. Brown, of Georgia, ordered all the militia of the State into active service.
9. Rebels capture Westminster, Md. Couch reoccupies Hagerstown, and Hunter, Frederick.
10. Gen. Rousseau leaves Decatur with 2,700 men on an expedition in rebel Gen. Hood’s rear.
10. Gen. Johnston retreats to fortifications around Atlanta.
11. The rebels near Washington, D. C. They capture a railroad train at Magnolia Station, between Philadelphia and Baltimore, and Maj.-Gen. Franklin, who was on the train.
11. Burning of Gunpowder bridge, Md., by the rebels.
11. Rebel salt works at Tampa Bay destroyed.
12. Engagement near Fort Stevens, one of the defences of Washington. The rebels driven off with severe loss.
13. Gen. Rousseau defeated 4,000 rebs. under Clanton, near Coosaw river.
13–15. Gens. Smith and Slocum defeat Forrest in 5 battles in Tenn., driving him from Pontotoc to Tupelo. Rebel loss, 2,000. Union loss, 300.
15. Rebels drive 1,000 horses and 5,000 cattle from Montgomery Co., Md., into Va.
16. A rebel force captured the Fed. stockade at Brownsboro’, on the Memphis and Charleston railroad.
17. Gen. Sherman’s command moved forward to within 5 miles of Atlanta, Ga. His advance crossed the Chattahoochee river.
17. Gen. Joseph E. Johnston turned over the command of the rebel army at Atlanta to Gen. J. B. Hood.
17. Severe fight near Grand Gulf.
17. Indian raid on Fed. post at Fort Larned.
17. Col. Jacques and Mr. Gilmore visited Jeff. Davis at Richmond, by permission of Fed. authorities.
17. Wirt Adams defeated at Grand Gulf, by Fed. Gen. Slocum, with heavy loss.
17. Gen. Rousseau defeated 1,500 rebs. under Clanton, at Chewa Station.
July 18.Crook defeated by Breckinridge at Island Ford, Va. Loss, 300.
18. Gen. Duffie defeated at Ashby’s Gap, Va., losing 200 wagons and many prisoners.
18. Gen. Crook defeats Early at Snicker’s Gap, capt’g 300 wagons and many pris.
18. Decatur, Ga., occupied by Federal forces.
18. President Lincoln issued an order for a draft of 500,000 men to take place immediately after Sept. 5, the term of service to be one year.
18. The President sent his famous “To whom it may concern,” dispatch.
19. Sherman’s forces reached Peachtree creek, 4 miles north of Atlanta, Ga. They were attacked by Hood’s troops, who were defeated. Rebel loss, 6,000, including 3 generals. Fed. loss, 1,713.
20. Gen. Smith’s forces reached La Grange, Tenn.
20. Gen. “Baldy” Smith took leave of his command before Petersburg, Va., and Gen. Martindale assumed command.
20. Gen. Averill attacked and defeated the rebel Early in front of Winchester, Va. Rebel loss, 300 killed and wounded, and 200 prisoners. Early was reinforced and repulsed the Union troops.
21. Henderson, Ky., attacked by 700 rebels.
21. The rebel lines contracted close to Atlanta.
21. Skirmishing on the James river.
22. Great battle before Atlanta. The rebels assaulted Sherman’s lines near Atlanta with great fury seven times, and were as often repulsed after a terrible struggle. Fed. loss was 3,521; the rebel loss estimated at 10,000. Gen. McPherson was killed.
22. Skirmishing in front of Burnside’s corps of the Army of the Potomac.
23. Louisiana State Convention abolish slavery.
23. Burial of the dead before Atlanta.
23. Atlanta shelled.
23. Heavy fighting in the Shenandoah Valley.
23. Averill defeated at Winchester.
24. The cavalry expedition which left Decatur, July 10, arrived at Marietta, Ga., having been completely successful in a raid on the Montgomery and West Point railroad.
25. The rebels again occupied Martinsburg, Va.
26. Battle near Helena, Ark. Federal forces at first were unsuccessful, but afterward repulsed the enemy and charged through their lines.
26. Engagement at Point of Rocks, Md.
26. The rebels made an attempt to flank Gen. Butler’s position.
26. Gen. Stoneman dispatched a cavalry force to destroy the Macon and Western railroad. They succeeded in destroying 18 miles of track, and in capturing 500 rebels, when they were in turn attacked, the prisoners released, and 1,000 of Gen. McCook’s troops captured.
27. Fed. army attacked while crossing James river. A spirited engagement in which the rebels were driven back.
27. Gen. O. O. Howard assumed command of the Department and Army of the Tennessee, lately commanded by Gen. McPherson.
21. The siege of Atlanta commenced. The 15th corps of Sherman’s army assaulted the rebels in force and defeated them. The rebel army under Hood was repeatedly hurled against Sherman’s army, but as often rolled back and cut to pieces. The rebels suffered severely without gaining any advantage.
28. An expedition sent into N. C.
28. Gen. Hooker relieved of his command at his own request.
28. Fed. gunboats in Louisiana destroyed a large amount of rebel lumber and 2 saw mills.
29. The rebels crossed the Potomac on a raid into Maryland and Pennsylvania.
29. Fed. cavalry occupy Fayetteville, Ga. They cut the Atlanta and Macon railroad.
29. Fights with the rebels near Morganzia, La.
30. Explosion of an immense mine by Union troops in front of Burnside’s position before Petersburg. Its explosion was the signal for the discharge of every piece of artillery on the line from the Appomattox to the extreme left. After the discharge of the artillery the army advanced and assaulted the rebel works, but after a desperate attempt to carry them was repulsed, with a loss of over 4,000 men.
30. The rebels entered Chambersburg, Pa., where the rebel commander demanded $500,000 under threat of burning the city. His demand not being complied with, the city was burned.
31. Gen. Stoneman and part of his command captured by the rebels in Georgia.
31. The rebels occupied Frederick, Md.
Aug. 1.Bradley Johnson and McCausland defeated at Cumberland, losing part of their plunder from Pennsylvania.
2. Fed. Col. Stout, with 500 men, posted to intercept the retreat of McCausland and Johnson, was captured by them, losing 90 men.
3. Return to Norfolk, Va., of a cavalry expedition sent into N. C., July 28, after having visited 5 counties and captured considerable property.
4. Fast day in the U. S.
4. Exchange of the Union and rebel officers, under fire, at Charleston, S. C.
4. Gen. Kelley repulsed rebels under Johnson and McCausland at New Creek Md. The fight continued until after dark, the rebels retiring in the night.
5. Great battle at the entrance of Mobile Bay. Fort Gaines opened on Fed. fleet at about 7A. M., the monitor Tecumseh having opened the attack a short time before. The rebel ram Tennessee captured after one of the fiercest naval battles on record. In the night the rebs. evacuated and blew up Fort Powell. The monitor Tecumseh was blown up by a rebel torpedo.
5. Explosion of a rebel mine near Petersburg, Va. But little damage done. A terrific fight in front of Petersburg, lasting from 5:30 to 7:30P. M.It commenced by a charge of the enemy, which was repulsed with slaughter.
6. Com. Farragut shelled Fort Gaines, Mobile Harbor.
6. Battle of Atlanta. The rebels made a demonstration on the 16th corps, and were heavily punished, and driven back. The 23d corps were driven from the reb. lines, losing 500 men.
6. Indian massacre near Beaver Creek.
7. Gen. Averill overtook rebels under McCausland, Gilmore, and McNeil, near Moorefield, in the Shenandoah Valley, and attacked them with great success, routing the rebels, capturing their artillery, a large number of prisoners, horses, and arms.
7. Gen. Sheridan assumed command of Middle Military Division.
8. Surrender of Fort Gaines, Mobile Bay, to Com. Farragut.
8. Steamboat Vanderbilt sunk in the Hudson.
8. Indians capture 9 wagons at Plumb Creek, and kill the teamsters. They also burn 21 wagons at Point Ranche.
8. Gen. Burris returns to New Madrid after 17 days’ scout in S. E. Mo. and N. E. Ark. 50 rebs. killed, 40 wounded, 57 prisoners.
9. Dutch Gap Canal, Va., commenced by Gen. Butler.
9. Terrible explosion of a boat loaded with ammunition at City Point, Va.
9. Heavy shelling of Atlanta.
10. Gen. Sheridan’s army skirmishing near Winchester, Va. Sharp fight near Martinsburg.
10. Steamer Empress fired into by reb. batteries on the banks of the Mississippi.