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 of _The St. Croix Herald_ in 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.
29. Eighteen guerrillas captured 12 miles S. E. of Memphis, Tenn.
29. Skirmish near Manchester, Tenn. 18th Ohio, Capt. Miller, defeated
rebel cavalry with loss.
29. Skirmish at Bonnet Carré, La. 8th Vt., Col. Thomas, defeated
guerrillas and captured army stores.
29–30. Battles at Richmond, Ky. Feds. under Gens. Manson and Cruft
compelled to retreat before rebs. under Gen. E. Kirby Smith, after
losing 200 killed, 700 wounded and 2,000 prisoners.
30. Fight at Bolivar, Tenn. 78th Ohio, Col. Leggett, routed a superior
force of rebs. under Gen. Armstrong. Fed. loss, 5 killed, 18 wounded, 64
missing.
30. Buckhannon, Va., captured by rebs., and Government military stores
seized.
30. Fight at M’Minnville, Tenn. 26th Ohio, Col. Fyffe, defeated Gen.
Forrest’s rebel cavalry.
30. Gen. Pope’s forces, consisting of the corps of Gen. Heintzelman,
Porter, M’Dowell and Banks, engaged Lee’s army at the old battle ground
of Bull Run, Va. After severe loss the Federals fell back to
Centreville, where they were supported by Sumner’s and Franklin’s corps.
31. Fredericksburg, Va., evacuated by Gen. Burnside. The three bridges,
foundry and military storehouses burned.
31. Huntsville, Ala., evacuated by Gen. Buell.
31. Great excitement in the north, on hearing of the disaster to Gen.
Pope’s army. Immense quantities of hospital and other stores,
contributed and forwarded this day.
31. Skirmish at Medor Station on Mississippi Central R.R., Tenn.
Armstrong’s reb. cavalry attacked the place, but were driven off with
loss.
31. Stevenson, Ala., captured by rebel troops under Col. McKinstry, and
a large amount of ammunition and stores seized.
31. Reb. steamer Emma, with 740 bales of cotton, grounded and burned on
the Savannah river.
31. Bayou Sara, La., burned by the crew of U. S. gunboat Essex.
=Sep. 1.= Battle at Britton’s Lane, near Denmark, Tenn. 30th Illinois,
Col. Dennis, defeated a superior force of rebs. under Gen. Armstrong.
Reb. loss, 180 killed, 220 wounded. Fed. loss, 200 killed and wounded.
1. Lexington, Ky., occupied by Gen. E. K. Smith’s rebel troops.
1. Natchez, Miss., shelled by Federal gunboats.
1. Severe fight at Stevenson, Ala. Rebs. retire with great loss. Feds.
engaged: Simonton’s Ohio, and Loomis’ Mich. batteries, and 10th Wis. and
13th Mich. regiments.
1. Severe engagement at Chantilly, near Fairfax C. H., Va. Gen. Pope’s
army defeated Jackson, Ewell, and Hill. Heavy loss on both sides. Death
of Gens. Kearney and Stevens.
1. The spirit ration in the U. S. navy discontinued on this day by act
of Congress.
2. Great excitement in Cincinnati, O., and Covington and Newport, Ky.,
in consequence of the approach of Kirby Smith’s reb. army. Business
suspended, and citizens of all classes in the field drilling.
2. A train of 100 wagons, with army stores, captured by rebs. between
Fairfax and Centreville, Va., which necessitated the retreat of the
Union army to Munson’s Hill.
2. Versailles, Ky., occupied by rebel cavalry under Gen. Scott.
2. Fight at Morgansfield, Ky. 8th Ky. cavalry, Col. Shackleford,
defeated guerrillas under Col. A. R. Johnson.
2. Fight near Plymouth, N. C. A party of loyal inhabitants led by Serg’t
Green, of Hawkins’ Zouaves, and some of his men defeated Col. Garret’s
rebel force, who lost 30 killed and 40 taken prisoners.
2. Hutchinson and Forest City, Minn., attacked by hostile Indians, who
were defeated at both places.
2. Winchester, Va., evacuated by Gen. Pope’s army, who retreated to
Harper’s Ferry.
2. The U. S. steamer W. B. Terry captured by rebs. on the Tenn. river,
while aground at Duck Shoals.
2. Skirmish near Slaughterville, Ky. Fed. troops, under Lieut.-Col.
Foster, defeated reb. cavalry, the latter losing 3 killed, 2 wounded and
25 prisoners.
2. Fight near Grieger’s Lake, Ky. Col. Shackelford’s Fed. troops
defeated Col. Johnson with 600 rebels.
3. Gen. Pope asked to be relieved from command of the army of the
Potomac, and was transferred to the Northwest.
4. Gov. Curtin, of Pa., called out the whole of the State militia to
repel an expected invasion.