Capture._ _Tonnage._
Alert, bark New London Sept. 9, 1862 391
Altamaha, brig Sippican Sept. 13, 1862 300
Amanda, bark Manilla Oct. 6, 1863 595
Amazonian, bark New York June 2, 1863 481
A. F. Schmidt, ship St. Thomas July 2, 1863 784
Ariel, steamer New York Dec. 7, 1862 1295
Avon, ship Houland’s Island Mar. 29, 1864 930
B’n de Castine, brig Castine Oct. 29, 1862 267
Benj. Tucker, ship New Bedford Sept. 14, 1862 800
B. Thayer, ship Callao Mar. 1, 1863 896
Brilliant, ship New York Oct. 3, 1862 839
Charles Hill, ship Liverpool Nov. 25, 1863 699
Chastelain, brig Guadaloupe Jan. 27, 1863 240
Conrad, bark Montevideo June 20, 1863 347
Contest, ship Yokahama Nov. 11, 1863 1098
Corsair, schr. Provincetown Sept. 13, 1862 200
Crenshaw, schr. New York Oct. 23, 1862 278
Dorcas Prince, ship New York April 26, 1863 699
Dunkirk, brig New York Oct. —— 1863 298
E. Dunbar, bark New Bedford Sept. 18, 1862 300
E. Farnham, ship Portsmouth Oct. 3, 1862 1119
Emma Jane, ship Bombay Jan. 14, 1864 1096
Express, ship Callao July 6, 1863 1072
Golden Eagle, ship Howland’s Isl. Feb. 21, 1863 1273
Golden Rule, bark New York Jan. 26, 1863 250
Har’t Spaulding, bark New York Nov. 18, 1863 299
Hatteras, gunboat Galveston Jan. 13, 1863 800
Henrietta, bark Baltimore —— 1863 439
Highlander, ship Singapore Dec. 26, 1863 1149
Jabez Snow, ship New York Mar. 25, 1863 1070
John A. Park, ship New York Mar. 2, 1863 1050
Justina, bark Rio Janeiro May 25, 1863 400
Kate Cory, brig Westport April 15, 1863 125
Kingfisher, schr. Fairhaven Mar. 23, 1863 125
Lafayette, ship New York Oct. 23, 1862 945
Lafayette, bark New Bedford April 15, 1863 300
Lamplighter, bark New York Oct. 15, 1862 279
Loretta, bark New York Oct. 28, 1862 284
Levi Starbuck, ship New Bedford Nov. 2, 1862 376
Louisa Hatch, ship Cardiff —— 1863 835
Manchester, ship New York Oct. 11, 1862 1075
Martha Wenzell, bark Akyab Aug. 9, 1863 578
Martaban, ship Maulmain Dec. 24, 1863 807
Morning Star, ship Calcutta Mar. 23, 1863 1105
Nora, ship Liverpool Mar. 25, 1863 800
Nye, bark New Bedford April 24, 1863 300
Ocean Rover, bark Mattapoisett Sept. 8, 1862 766
Ocmulgee, ship Edgartown Sept. 6, 1862 300
Olive Jane, bark Bordeaux Feb. 21, 1863 300
Oneida, ship Shanghae April 24, 1863 420
Palmetto, schr. New York Feb. 3, 1863 172
Parker Cook, bark Boston Nov. 30, 1862 130
Punjaub, ship Calcutta Mar. 15, 1863 769
Rockingham, ship Callao April 23, 1864 976
Sea Bride, bark New York Aug. 5, 1863 447
Sea Lark, ship Boston May 3, 1863 974
S. Gildersleeve, ship Sunderland May 25, 1863 847
Sonora, ship Singapore Dec. 26, 1863 707
Starlight, schr. Fayal Sept. 7, 1862 205
Talisman, ship New York June 5, 1863 1239
T. R. Wood, ship Calcutta Nov. 8, 1863 599
Tonawanda, ship Philadelphia Oct. 9, 1862 1300
Tycoon, bark New York 735
Union Jack, bark New York May 3, 1863 300
Virginia, bark New Bedford Sept. 17, 1863 300
Washington, ship Callao Feb. 27, 1863 1655
Wave Crest, bark New York Oct. 7, 1862 409
Weather Gauge, schr. Provincetown Sept. 4, 1862 200
Winged Racer, ship Manila Nov. 10, 1863 1767
BY THE SHENANDOAH.
Abigail, bark New Bedford May 25, 1865 375
Adelaide, bark Boston Oct. 13, 1864 437
Alina, bark Newport, Eng. Oct. ——, 1864 470
Brunswick, bark New Bedford June ——, 1865 226
Catherine, bark New Bedford June 26, 1865 226
Charter Oak, schr. Boston Oct. ——, 1864 140
Congress 2d, bark New Bedford June 28, 1865 375
Covington, bark Warren, R. I. June 28, 1865 300
Delphine, bark London Jan. 13, 1865 698
D. Godfrey, bark Boston Dec. ——, 1864 299
Edward, bark New Bedford Dec. 4, 1864 420
Edward Cary, bark San Francisco April 1, 1865 370
Euphrates, ship New Bedford June 21, 1865 597
Favorite, bark Fairhaven June 28, 1865 360
Gen. Pike, bark New Bedford June 22, 1865 425
Gen. Williams, ship New London June 25, 1865 469
Gipsy, bark New Bedford June 26, 1865 390
Harvest, bark Honelulu April 1, 1865 350
Hector, ship New Bedford April 1, 1865 ——
Hillman, ship New Bedford June 27, 1865 600
Isabella, bark New Bedford June 27, 1865 394
I. Howland, ship New Bedford June 28, 1865 900
James Maury, bark New Bedford June 28, 1865 400
Jireh Swift, bark New Bedford June 23, 1865 360
Kate Prince, ship Cardiff Nov. 12, 1864 997
Lizzie M. Stacy, schr. Boston Nov. 13, 1864 140
Martha 2nd, bark New Bedford June 28, 1865 298
Milo, ship New Bedford June 28, 1865 500
Nassau, ship New Bedford June 28, 1865 450
Nile, bark New London June 22, 1865 380
Nimrod, bark New Bedford June 25, 1865 340
Pearl, bark New London April 1, 1865 275
Sophia Thornton, ship New Bedford June 23, 1865 400
Susan Abigail, bark San Francisco June 23, 1865 159
Susan, brig San Francisco June 4, 1865 ——
Waverley, bark New Bedford June 28, 1865 450
W. Thompson, ship New Bedford June 22, 1865 600
Wm. C. Nye, bark San Francisco June 26, 1865 388
BY THE FLORIDA.
Aldebaran, schr. New York Mar. 13, 1863 187
Anglo Saxon, ship Liverpool Aug. 21, 1863 868
Arabella, brig Aspinwall Jan. 12, 1863 291
B. F. Hoxie, ship Mazatlan June 16, 1863 1387
Clarence, brig Bahia —— 1863 253
Commonwealth, ship New York April 17, 1863 1245
Corris Ann, brig Philadelphia Jan. 22, 1863 235
David Lapsley, bark Sombrero —— 289
Electric Spark, str. New York July 10, 1864 1400
Estella, brig Manzanilla Jan. 17, 1863 300
F. B. Cutting, ship Liverpool Aug. 6, 1863 796
Geo. Latimer, schr. Baltimore May 18, —— 198
Gen. Berry, bark New York July 10, —— 469
Golconda, bark Talcahuana July 8, 1864 331
Greenland, bark Philadelphia July 9, 1864 549
Har’t Stephens, bark Portland —— 500
J. Jacob Bell, ship Foochow Feb. 12, 1863 1382
Kate Stewart, schr. Philadelphia June ——, 1863 387
Lapwing, bark Boston Mar. 27, 1863 590
Mary Alvina, brig Boston June ——, 1863 266
M. A. Schinler, schr. Port Royal June 12, 1863 299
Mary Y. Davis, schr. Port Royal July 9, 1864 270
M. J. Colcord, bark New York Mar. 30, 1863 374
Mondamin, bark Rio Janeiro Sept., 1864 386
Red Gauntlet, ship Buena Vista May 26, 1863 1038
Rienzi, schr. Provincetown July 7, 1863 95
Southern Rights, ship Rangoon Aug. 22, 1863 830
Southern Cross Boston June 6, 1863 938
Star of Peace, ship Calcutta Mar. 6, 1863 941
Sunrise, ship New York July ——, 1863 1174
Tacony, bark Port Royal June 12, 1863 296
Varnum H. Hill, schr. Provincetown June 27, 1862 90
Wm. B. Nash, brig New York July 8, 1863 299
Wm. C. Clark, brig Machias, Me. June 17, —— 338
Windward, brig Matanzas Jan. 22, 1863 199
Zealand, bark New Orleans June 10, 1864 380
BY THE SUMTER.
Abbie Bradford, schr. —— July 25, 1861 180
Albert Adams, brig Cuba July 5, 1861 192
Alvarado, bark Cape Town June ——, 1861 299
Arcade, schr. Portland Nov. 20, 1861 122
Benj. Dunning, brig Cuba July 5, 1861 284
B. F. Martin, brig Philadelphia June 16, 1861 293
California, bark St. Thomas 1861 299
Cuba, brig New York July 4, 1861 199
D. Trowbridge, schr. New York Oct. 27, 1861 200
Eben Dodge, bark New Bedford Dec. 8, 1861 1222
Glen, bark Philadelphia July, 1861 287
Golden Rocket, ship Havana July 13, 1861 608
Henry Nutt, schr. Key West Aug., 1861 235
Jos. Maxwell, bark Philadelphia July 27, 1861 295
Joseph Parks, brig Pernambuco Dec. 25, 1861 300
J. S. Harris, ship Cuba — 1861 800
Louisa Kilham, bark Cienfuegos July 6, 1861 468
Machias, brig —— July 4, 1862 250
Naiad, brig —— July 6, 1861 390
N. Chase, schr. New York Sept., 1861 150
Neapolitan, bark Messina Feb., 1862 322
Ocean Eagle Rockland Feb., 1861 290
Santa Clara, brig Porto Rico Feb., 1861 189
Sebasticock, ship Liverpool Feb., 1861 549
Vigilant, ship New York Dec. 3, 1861 650
West Wind, bark New York July 6, 1861 429
W. S. Robbins, bark Arroya June, 1861 460
BY THE TALLAHASSEE.
Adriatic, ship London Aug. 12, 1863 998
A. Richards, brig Glace Bay, C. B. Aug. 11, 1863 240
Arcole, ship New Orleans Nov. 3, 1863 663
Atlantic, schr. Addison, Me. 240
Bay State, bark Alexandria, Va. Aug. 11, 1863 199
Billow, brig Calais, Me. Aug. 10, 1863 173
Carrie Estelle, brig Machias, Me. Aug. 11, 1864 200
Castine, ship Callao Jan. 25, 1863 962
Coral Wreath, brig —— Aug. 11, 1863 260
Etta Caroline, str. —— Aug. 10, 1863 175
Flora Reed, schr. —— Aug. 15, 1863 150
Glenavon, bark Glasgow Aug. 13, 1863 795
Goodspeed, schr. Boston Nov. 2, 1864 280
Howard, bark —— Aug. 15, 1864 598
Jas. Littlefield, ship Cardiff Aug. 14, 1864 599
J. H. Howen, schr. Gloucester Aug. 14, 1864 81
L. Dupont, schr. Wilmington, Del. Aug. 13, 1864 194
Magnolia, schr. —— Aug. 15, 1864 170
Mercy Howe, schr. Chatham Aug. 15, 1864 143
N. America, schr. Connecticut — 1864 95
P. C. Alexander, bark New York — 1864 284
Pearl, schr. —— Aug. 16, —— 183
Rasselas, schr. Boothbay, Me. Aug. 23, 1863 90
Roan, brig Salisbury Aug. 20, 1864 127
S. A. Boyce, schr. Boston Aug. 11, 1864 220
Sarah Louisa, schr. —— 1864 61
Spokane, schr. Calais, Me. Aug. 12, 1864 126
BY THE TACONY.
Ada, schr. Gloucester June 23, 1863 90
Arabella, brig Gloucester June 12, 1863 200
Archer, schr. Gloucester June 24, 1863 100
Byzantium, ship London June 16, 1863 1048
Elizabeth Ann, schr. Gloucester June 22, 1863 100
Florence, schr. Gloucester June 22, 1863 200
Goodspeed, bark Londonderry June 23, 1863 629
Isaac Webb, ship Liverpool June 20, 1863 1300
L. A. Macomber, schr. Noank June 20, 1863 100
Marengo, schr. Gloucester June 22, 1863 200
Ripple, schr. Gloucester June 22, 1863 150
Rufus Choate, Gloucester June 22, 1863 100
Shattemuc, ship Liverpool June 24, 1863 849
Umpire, brig Laguna June 15, 1863 196
Wanderer, schr. Gloucester June 22, 1863 125
BY THE CLARENCE.
A. H. Partridge, schr. Gloucester June 7, 1863 100
C. Cushing, cutter Portland June 24, 1863 150
Whistling Wind, bark Philadelphia June 6, 1863 349
BY THE SALLIE.
Betsey Ames, brig Cuba Oct. — 1861 265
Grenada, brig Neuvitas Oct. 13, 1861 255
BY THE GEORGIA.
Bold Hunter, ship Dundee Dec. 9, 1863 797
City of Bath, ship Callao June 28, 1863 79
Constitution, ship Philadelphia June 25, 1863 97
Crown Point, ship New York May 15, 1863 1053
Dictator, ship Liverpool April 25, 1863 1293
Geo. Griswold, ship Cardiff June 18, 1863 1280
Good Hope, bark Boston June 22, 1863 436
John Watt, ship Maulmain Oct. 1863 947
J. W. Seaver, bark Boston June 22, 1863 340
Prince of Wales, ship Callao July 16, 1863 960
BY THE JEFF. DAVIS.
D. C. Pierce, bark Remedios June, 1861 306
Ella, schr. Tampico 1861 92
Enchantress, schr. Boston July 16, 1861 200
Jno. Crawford, ship Philadelphia Aug., 1861
John Welsh, brig Trinidad July 16, 1861 275
Rowena, bark Laguayra June, 1861 340
S. J. Waring, schr. New York July 16, 1861 372
W. McGilvery, brig Cardenas July, 1861 198
BY THE WINSLOW.
Herbert, schr. June 18, 1861 100
Itasca, brig Neuvitas Aug. 4, 1861 300
Mary Alice, schr. Porto Rico July, 1861 181
Priscilla, schr. Curacoa July, 1861 144
Transit, schr. New London July 15, 1861 195
BY THE CHICKAMAUGA.
Albion Lincoln, bark Portland Oct. 29, 1864 237
Emma L. Hall, bark Cardenas Oct. 31, 1864 492
Mark L. Potter, bark Bangor Oct. 30, 1864 400
Shooting Star, ship New York Oct. 31, 1864 947
BY THE OLUSTEE.
A. J. Bird, schr. Rockland Nov. 3, 1864 178
Empress Teresa, bark Rio Janeiro Nov. 1, 1864 316
E. F. Lewis, schr. Portland Nov. 3, 1864 197
T. D. Wagner, brig Fort Monroe Nov. 3, 1864 390
BY THE RETRIBUTION.
Emily Fisher, brig St. Jago Mar. 1863 230
Hanover, schr. Boston Jan. 31, 1863 200
J. P. Ellicott, brig Boston Jan. 10, 1863 231
BY THE ST. NICHOLAS.
Mary Pierce, schr. Boston July 1, 1862 192
Margaret, schr. June 29, 1862 206
Monticello, brig Rio Janeiro July 1, 1862 300
BY THE CALHOUN.
John Adams, schr. Provincetown May, 1861 100
Mermaid, schr. Provincetown May, 1861 200
Panama, brig Provincetown May 29, 1861 153
BY THE NASHVILLE.
Harvey Birch, ship Havre Nov. 19, 1862 800
R. Gilfillan, schr. Philadelphia Feb. 26, 1862 240
BY THE BOSTON.
Lenox, bark New York June 12, 1863 370
Texana, bark New York June 12, 1863 588
BY THE SAVANNAH.
Joseph, brig Cardenas June 15, 1861 171
BY THE LAPWING.
Kate Dywer, ship Callao June 17, 1863 1278
BY THE ECHO.
M. E. Thompson, brig July 9, 1862 210
Mary Goodell, schr. July 9, 1862 200
BY THE YORK.
G. V. Boker, schr. Galveston Aug. 9, 1861 100
BY THE CONRAD.
Santee, ship Akyab Aug. 5, 1863 898
BY THE TUSCARORA.
Living Age, ship Akyab Sept. 13, 1863 1193
MISCELLANEOUS.
A. B. Thompson, ship Savannah May. 19, 1861 800
Alleghanian, ship Baltimore Oct. 21, 1862 1142
Alliance, schr. Philadelphia Sept. 1863 190
Boston, tug June 9, 1863 100
Chesapeake, steamer New York Dec. 7, 1863 460
Golden Rod, schr. Holmes’ Hole Sept. 1863 130
Hannah Balch, brig Cardenas July 6, 1862 149
Harriet Lane, gunbt. Galveston Jan. 11, 1863 325
James L. Gerity, Matamoros Oct. 1863 90
J. R. Watson, schr. New York July 13, 1861 200
Lydia Francis, brig June 15, 1862 262
Pearl, schr. Moriches 1862 183
Protector, schr. Cuba June, 1861 200
Sea Bird, schr. Philadelphia 1863 200
Sea Witch, schr. Baracoa 1861 95
Union, schr. Baltimore Dec. 5, 1862 115
—_From the Commercial and Financial Chronicle._
CHRONOLOGY.
1862.
=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 dead were 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 the enemy 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.