soldiers killed and 47 wounded.
4. The Confed. army crossed the Potomac near Poolesville, Md., and
invaded that State.
4. Maj. Wheeler with a detachment of Dodge’s N. Y. Mounted Rifles,
returned to Suffolk, Va., from a scout 12 miles west of South Mills,
where they captured 113 rebs. and 38 negroes, who were prisoners.
4. Three bridges burnt by rebels on Benson Creek, 60 miles east of
Louisville, Ky.
4. Jeff. Davis appointed the 18th inst. as a day of thanksgiving for
Confederate victories.
4. Skirmish near Cumberland Gap, Tenn., in which rebs. were defeated
with loss.
4. Frederick City, Md., evacuated by Feds. after burning hospital and
commissary stores.
4. Joseph Holt, of Ky., appointed Judge Advocate General of the U. S.
army.
4. Ravenswood, Va., sacked by rebels.
4. The ship Ocmulgee burned at sea by rebel privateer “290.”
5. The Fed. army under M’Clellan had advanced from the Capital to the
upper Potomac, Md. side.
6. Washington, N. C., attacked by rebs., who were repulsed with loss of
33 killed and 100 wounded. Fed. loss 8 killed, 36 wounded.
6. Col. W. W. Lowe retook Clarksville, Tenn., driving out the reb.
garrison.
6. The town of Platte, Johnson Co., Kansas, was sacked by rebel
guerrillas, under Quantrell, and several of the inhabitants murdered.
6. Skirmish near Cacapon Bridge, 17 miles from Winchester, Va. Union
troops under Col. M’Reynolds defeated Imboden’s rebel cavalry.
6. Four hundred reb. cavalry attacked an outpost of Gen. Julius White’s
troops near Martinsburg, Va. Reb. loss 50 prisoners, besides killed and
wounded. Fed. loss, 2 killed and 10 wounded.
6. Frederick, Md., occupied by Gen. Lee’s troops.
6. Three hundred Indians attacked Fort Abercrombie, Minn., and were
driven off with loss. Fed. loss, 1 killed and 3 wounded.
6. Washington, N. C., attacked by rebs., who were repulsed with a loss
of 30 killed and 36 taken prisoners. The Fed. gunboat Picket exploded
her magazine during the engagement, killing and wounding 18 men.
6. Forty of the Fed. 4th Va., Maj. Hall, surprised near Chapmansville,
Va., by 300 rebs. under Col. Stratton. Maj. Hall wounded, and Col.
Stratton killed, when Feds. escape with slight loss.
=Sept. 6.= Pikeville, Va., captured and sacked by rebel cavalry.
7. Gen. Banks assigned to command fortifications around Washington.
7. Great excitement on the Pa. border towns by the influx of refugees
from Maryland, and the dread of reb. invasion.
7. Shepherdsville, Ky., captured, and 85 Fed. soldiers taken prisoners.
8. Gens. Lee and Johnson issued proclamations to the people of Md.,
endeavoring to incite them to rebellion. The inhabitants received them
coldly.
8. Skirmish near Poolesville, Md. Maj. Chapman, with 3d Ind. and 8th
Ill. cavalry, defeated rebels, who lost 7 killed. Federal loss 1 killed,
8 wounded.
8. Fight on the Miss. river, 25 miles above N. Orleans. 25th Ind.
dispersed 500 Texans, with slight loss.
9. Schr. Rambler captured by U. S. steamer Connecticut, in lat. 28°,
long. 94° 10′.
9. Skirmish 5 miles N. of Pleasant Hill, Mo. Col. Burris defeated
Quantrell’s reb. troops, with slight loss, capturing most of their
plunder and stores.
9. Middletown, Md., occupied by rebs.
9. Skirmish at Williamsburg, Va. Rebs. under Col. Shingles surprise 5th
Pa. cavalry, Col. Campbell, and capture the town. Col. Campbell, 5
captains, 4 lieutenants, and a few privates taken prisoners. Col.
Shingles and 8 rebs. killed.
9. Gen. Stuart’s reb. cavalry repulsed in an attempt to cross the
Potomac at Edward’s Ferry, with a loss of 90 men, by Gen. Keyes.
9. Gen. O. M. Mitchell appointed to command the Department of the South,
relieving Gen. Hunter.
9. The Fed. garrison at Fayette C. H., Va., surrounded by a large rebel
force. They cut their way out, losing 100 in killed and wounded.
10. Col. Grierson with 300 men defeated rebs. near Coldwater, Miss. Reb.
loss, 4 killed and 30 wounded.
10. The 34th and 37th Ohio, Col. Siber, were defeated at Fayette, Va.,
by 5,000 rebs. under Gen. Loring. Fed. loss over 100 in killed and
wounded.
10. 6th U. S. cavalry, under Captain Saunders, defeated at Sugar Loaf
Mountain, near Barnesville, Md., with slight loss.
11. Hagerstown, Md., occupied by rebs. who seized 1200 bbls. of flour.
11. The Gov. of Pa. called for 50,000 men to repel rebel invasion.
11. Westminster, Md., occupied by reb. cavalry, who robbed all the
stores in the place.
11. Fed. forces under Col. Lightburn retreated from Gauley, Va., after
destroying government stores.
11. Reb. troops under E. K. Smith, advanced within 7 miles of
Cincinnati, O., and skirmished with the Fed. pickets.
11. Bloomfield, Mo., defended by 1,500 State militia, captured by rebs.
after a fight of 2 hours.
12. The reb. army retreated from before Cincinnati, pursued by Gen.
Wallace as far as Florence, Ky.
12. Gen. McClellan’s army entered Frederick, Md.
12. Fight on the Elk river, near Charleston, Va., by Feds. under Col.
Lightburn, and a reb. force, without result.
12. Capt. Harry Gilmore, and 7 other rebs. arrested near Baltimore, Md.,
and sent to Fort McHenry.
12. Frankfort, Ky., occupied by rebel cavalry, under Gen. E. K. Smith.
12. Fight at Middletown, Md. Fed. loss, 80 killed and wounded.
13. 500 rebs. under Col. Porter, released 40 reb. prisoners at Palmyra,
Mo.
14. A fort at Bacon creek, Ky., with 30 men of the 54th Ind., captured
by rebs. under Col. J. J. Morrison.
14. Battle of South Mountain, Md. Fed. troops under Gens. Hooker and
Reno, defeated Lee’s army. Fed. loss 443 killed, 1,806 wounded and 76
missing. Gen. Reno killed.
14. Fight at Munfordsville, Ky. 17th Ind., Col. Wilder, defeated rebs.,
under Gen. Duncan, with severe loss.
14. 2,000 Fed. cavalry, cut their way out of Harper’s Ferry, Va., which
was besieged by rebs., and captured Gen. Longstreet’s train and 100
prisoners.
15. Surrender of Harper’s Ferry, Va., with a large supply of military
stores, and 11,000 men to the rebs. after 3 days’ siege. Col. Miles, the
Fed. commander, killed.
15. Col. M’Neill defeated reb. guerrillas under Col. Porter, near
Shelburne, Mo., taking 20 wagons and other spoils, with slight loss.
15. Fight at Green river, Ky., on the line of the Louisville and
Nashville railroad. Rebs. defeated.
16. Capture of the Fed. garrison at Munfordsville, Ky., under Col.
Dunham, 4,000 strong, with 10 pieces of artillery, by rebs. under Gen.
Bragg. 50 Feds. killed and wounded.
17. Fight near Durhamville, Tenn. 150 of 52nd Ind., Lt. R. Griflin,
defeated rebs. under Lieut.-Col. Faulkner. Reb. loss, 8 killed and 20
wounded. Fed. loss, 2 killed and 10 wounded.
17. Fight at Falmouth, on Kentucky Central R. R. Col. Berry with 10 men
defeated a larger force of Texan rangers, of whom 2 were killed, 4
wounded and 1 prisoner. 1 Fed. wounded.
17. Ship Virginia, of Mass., burned by Alabama, Capt. Semmes.
17. Skirmish near Florence, Ky. 53 of 10th Ky. cavalry, Maj. Foley,
defeated 100 rebs., who lost 5 killed and 7 wounded. Fed. loss, 1 killed
and 1 wounded.
17. Battle of Antietam, Md. The entire Fed. army of Gen. McClellan, and
reb. army of Gen. Lee engaged. Defeat of rebs. with loss of 15,000 men.
Fed. loss, 12,500.
17. Fight at Leesburg, Va. The Ira Harris cavalry, Col. Kilpatrick,
defeated a reb. infantry regiment, capturing several guns and a number
of prisoners.
17. The U. S. gunboats Paul Jones, Cimerone, and 3 other vessels
attacked reb. batteries on St. John’s river, Florida.
17. Cumberland Gap, Tenn., evacuated by Gen. Morgan’s Fed. troops.
18. Ship Elisha Dunbar, of Mass., burned by the Alabama.
18. Rebs. evacuated Harper’s Ferry, Va.
19. Gen. Lee’s army crossed the Potomac river to Va., pursued by Gen.
Pleasanton’s cavalry.
19–20. Battle of Iuka, Miss. General Rosecrans’ army defeated rebs., who
lost 233 killed, 400 wounded, and 600 prisoners. Fed. loss, 135 killed,
and 527 wounded.
19–20. Skirmishes at Owensboro’, Ky. Fed. Col. Netter killed. 1st Ind.
cavalry, Lieut.-Col. Wood, routed rebs. with severe loss. Fed. loss, 2
killed, 18 wounded.
20. Fight near Shirley’s Ford, Spring river, Mo. 3rd Ind., Col. Ritchie,
defeated 600 rebs. and Indians, who lost 60 or 70 killed and wounded.
21. Col. Barnes, with a Fed. cavalry brigade, defeated in an attempt to
cross the Potomac from Md., losing 150 men, in killed, wounded and
prisoners.
21. The town of Prentiss, Miss., burned by Col. Lippincott of the ram
Queen of the West, in retaliation for reb. batteries there firing on
transports.
21. Skirmish at Munfordsville, Ky. Reb. cavalry defeated with loss by
Feds. under Col. E. McCook.
21. 100 reb. troops routed at Cassville, Mo., by part of 1st Ark.
cavalry, Captain Gilstray, who captured 19 rebs.
21. Citizens of San Francisco, Cal. contributed $100,000 in gold to the
U. S. Sanitary Commission.
21. Rebs. defeated at Shepherdsville, Ky., by Feds. under Col. Granger.
Reb. loss 5 killed and 28 prisoners.
22. Skirmish near Sturgeon, Mo. Rebs. under Capt. Cunningham defeated by
Maj. Hunt’s force.
22. Fight at Ashby’s Gap, Va. Col. R. B. Price with 2d Pa. cavalry,
defeated rebs. under Lieut.-Col. Green, capturing the latter officer and
2 lieuts.
22. Pres. Lincoln proclaimed, that on the 1st day of Jan. 1863 “all
slaves in States or parts of States in rebellion” should be forever
free.
23. Col. Sibley defeated a band of 300 Sioux Indians who attacked his
encampment on Yellow Medicine river, Minn. 30 Indians killed and many
wounded. 4 whites killed and 30 wounded.
23. Fight at Sutton, Va. Maj. Withers, with 10th Va., (Fed.) driven from
Sutton to Bulltown, after a gallant resistance.
23. A large quantity of English arms captured at Reynolds’ Ford, Va., by
62d Pa., Col. Switzer.
23. Randolph, Tenn., on the Miss. river, burned by steamers Ohio Belle
and Eugene, in retaliation for firing on transports from that place.
24. Proclamation of Pres. Lincoln ordering the enforcement of martial
law, against all persons discouraging enlistments or giving aid to the
rebellion, and suspending the habeas corpus with reference to all
persons arrested by military authority.
24. The office of the “American Volunteer,” at Carlisle, Pa. was
destroyed by citizens and soldiers for severe reflections on the
Government.
24. A Convention of Governors from 14 loyal States, and 3 proxies from
others met at Altoona, Pa., who endorsed the Emancipation Proclamation,
and advised the Pres. to organize a reserve force of 100,000 men.
24. Gen. Beauregard appointed to command reb. forces in S. C. and
Georgia.
24. Gen. Butler at New Orleans, ordered all Americans in his Department
to renew their oath of allegiance to the Government, and to furnish
returns of their real and personal property, under penalty of fine and
imprisonment.
25. Sabine Pass, Texas, captured by U. S. steamers Kensington, and Henry
Crocker, and schr. Rachel Seaman.
26. Skirmish near Warrenton Junction, Va. Reb. cavalry defeated by Col.
McClean’s troops, who captured rebel commissary stores.
=Sept. 26.= An unsuccessful attempt to capture steamer Forest Queen at
Ashport, Tenn., by rebs. under Capt. Faulkner.
26. Prentiss, Miss., burned by U. S. ram Queen of the West, in
retaliation for firing on that vessel and transports.
27. 34th Ohio, Col. Toland, attacked Col. Jenkins’s reb. cavalry at
Buffalo, on the Kanawha river, Va., but were driven off, after killing
7, capturing 9, and destroying the camp, without loss to themselves.
27. Home Guards at Augusta, Ky., captured by rebs. under Basil Duke,
after a brave resistance, with loss to the enemy.
27. 91 women and children rescued from Indians by Col. Sibley on
Chippeway river, Minn.; 16 Indians captured.
28. Reb. steamer Sunbeam captured by U. S. gunboats State of Georgia and
Mystic, off Wilmington, N. C.
28. Skirmish on Blackwater river, 25 miles from Suffolk, Va. Col. C. C.
Dodge, with Fed. cavalry and artillery, defeated reb. infantry.
28. Augusta, Georgia, captured by 600 reb. cavalry.
29. Gen. Jeff. C. Davis shot Gen. Wm. Nelson, at the Galt House, in
Louisville, Ky., killing him almost instantly.
29. A brigade of Fed. cavalry, under Lieut.-Col. Karge, on a
reconnoissance from Centreville, Va., to Warrenton, captured and paroled
1,650 rebels.
29. Brig.-Gen. Rodman died near Hagerstown, Md., of a wound received at
the battle of Antietam.
29. A spirited cavalry skirmish near Sharpsburgh, Md. Rebs. dispersed,
and a squad of them captured.
29. 363 disloyal citizens of Carroll Co., Mo., were assessed by the
Federal authorities in aid of loyal citizens and soldiers who had been
robbed in that Co.
30. Fight at Newtonia, Mo. A Fed. brigade under Gen. Salomon, attacked a
body of rebs. under Col. Cooper, and were defeated by them, losing 50 in
killed and wounded, and 100 prisoners.
30. Reb. bomb-proof magazines at Lower Shipping Point, Va., destroyed by
sailors under Lieut.-Com. M’Graw.
30. Fight at Russelville, Ky. 17th Ky., Col. Harrison, defeated 350
rebs., who lost 35 killed, and 10 prisoners.
30. Grayson, Ky., occupied by rebel troops.
30. Salt works at Bluffton, S. C., destroyed by 48th N. Y., Col. Barton.
=Oct. 1.= The U. S. gunboat fleet on the western waters turned over from
the War to the Navy Department.
1. Fight on Floyd’s Fork, Ky. A Fed. brigade under Col. E. N. Kirk,
encountered and overcame a rebel force after a slight engagement.
1. Shelbyville, Ky., evacuated by the rebels.
1. Fight near Gallatin, Tenn. 1st Tenn. cavalry, Col. Stokes, defeated
rebs. under Col. Bennett, who lost 40 killed, many wounded, and 39
prisoners.
1. 9 National pickets dispersed some rebs. at Newbern, N. C.
1. Gen. Pleasanton’s cavalry engaged reb. forces under Gen. Hampton at
Martinsburg and at Shepherdstown, Va. Reb. loss 60 killed and wounded,
and 9 prisoners. Fed. loss 12 wounded and 3 prisoners.
2. Fight near Olive Hill, Ky. Carter Co. Home Guards repulsed a portion
of reb. Gen. Morgan’s command. Morgan retreated to the Licking river,
destroying 35 houses on his route.
2. Gen. Foster’s Union troops accompanied by gunboats, left Washington,
N. C., taking possession of Hamilton, and driving the rebels towards
Tarboro’.
2. Skirmishing near Mount Washington, Ky., on the Bardstown turnpike, by
Gen. Buell’s army and rebels under Gen. E. Kirby Smith.
3. Rebel fortifications at St. John’s Bluff, on St. John’s river, Fla.,
captured by 1500 Feds. under Gen. Brannan, assisted by 7 gunb’s from
Hilton Head, S. C.
3. Fight on the Blackwater river, near Franklin, Va. 3 Fed. gunboats,
Commodore Perry, Hunchback, and Whitehead, under Capt. Flusser, engaged
a large force of rebs. 6 hours. Fed. loss 19 k. and wounded.
3. 11th Pa. cavalry, Col. Spears, engaged reb. forces at Franklin, on
Blackwater river, Va. Rebs. retreated with loss of 30 or 40 killed and
wounded.
3–5. A series of battles near Corinth, Miss. A reb. army of 38,000 men
under Price, Van Dorn, and Lovell, attacked Rosecrans’ army, under Gens.
Ord, Hurlbut, and Veatch. Rebs. routed with heavy loss of k. and w., and
1,000 pris. National loss also heavy.
4. Richard Howes, inaugurated rebel governor of Kentucky, at Frankfort.
4. A fight near Bardstown, Ky. Fed. advance guard under Maj. Foster,
defeated by rear-guard of Polk’s army.
4. A company of the 54th Pa. captured at Paw-Paw, on the Balt. and Ohio
railroad.
4. Fed. cavalry under Col. M’Reynolds, captured a rebel camp near the
above place, with 2 guns, 10 wagons and 60 horses.
5. Gen. Price’s rebel army, retreating from Corinth, Miss., were
overtaken by Gens. Old and Hurlbut at the Hatchie river, where, after 6
hours’ fighting, the rebels broke in disorder, leaving their dead and
wounded, 400 prisoners, and 2 batteries.
5. Skirmish 6 miles north of Glasgow, Ky. Feds. under Col. Bruce, routed
a rebel force, taking a number of horses and cattle.
5. Jacksonville, Fla., occupied by Union forces under Gen. Brannan.
6. A mob in Blackford Co., Ind., destroyed the enrolling papers and
draft boxes.
6. A rebel battery at Cockpit Point, Va., on the Potomac, destroyed by a
Fed. gunboat.
6. Skirmish near Charlestown, Va. 6th U. S. cavalry and Robertson’s
battery engaged a rebel force with slight results.
6. Fight at Lavergne, near Nashville, Tenn. Gen. Palmer’s Union brigade,
2,500 men, were attacked by rebels under Gen. Anderson, who were
defeated with a loss of 10 killed and wounded. Fed. loss, 18 in killed
and wounded.
7. Lexington, Ky., evacuated by rebels under E. Kirby Smith, who
retreated towards Cumberland Gap.
7. The monitor Nahant launched at Boston.
7. Skirmish near Sibley’s Landing, Mo. 5th Mo. cavalry defeated rebels
under Quantrell and Childs.
7. Gen. Morgan’s Union troops reached Frankfort, Ky.
7. The bark Wave, and brig Dunkirk, were destroyed by the rebel
privateer, Alabama.
8. Battle at Chaplin Hills, Perryville, Ky., by the armies of Gens.
Buell and Bragg. Rebs. retreated across Chaplin river. Fed. loss, 3,200
in killed, wounded and missing. Rebel loss fully as great.
8. 550 Feds. under Major Bradford, 17 government wagons, and a number of
sutler’s wagons, were captured by rebels under E. Kirby Smith, near
Frankfort, Ky.
9. Galveston, Texas, occupied by Feds. under Commander Renshaw.
9. Skirmish near Laurenceburg, Ky. 1st Ohio, Col. Parrott, defeated part
of Gen. Smith’s troops with considerable loss. Union loss, 6 killed, 8
wounded.
9. Gen. Sigel’s cavalry captured 40 rebs. and several wagons at Aldie,
Va.
9. The monitor Montauk launched at Greenpoint, L. I.
9. The rebel steamer Gov. Milton captured on St. Johns river, Fla., by
gunboat Darlington.
10. 1,800 reb. cavalry, under J. E. B. Stuart, crossed the Potomac at
McCoy’s creek, and penetrated to Mercersburg and Chambersburg, Pa., and
after capturing and destroying much property, made good their retreat
with slight loss.
10. Gen. Schofield drove the Confederate forces across the Mo. line into
Ark.
10. 1,600 rebs., the rear-guard of Bragg’s army, captured at
Harrodsburg, Ky., by Lieut.-Col. Boyle, with 9th Ky. cavalry.
10. 100 reb. guerrillas entered Hawesville, Ind., but were driven out by
the Connelton Home Guard.
11. Skirmish near Helena, Ark. 4th Iowa cavalry, Major Rector, defeated
Texan rangers under Col. Giddings, capturing 9 of them. 3 Feds. killed
and 9 wounded.
11. Ship Manchester, of N. Y., captured and burned by the Alabama.
11. 27 rebs. of Col. Imboden’s command, with all their camp equipage,
captured by 300 of Col. McReynolds’ cavalry 17 miles from Winchester,
Va.
11. The U. S. gunboat Maratanza lying off Cape Fear river, N. C., had 2
men killed and 5 wounded by a reb. battery.
11. Gen. Dumont’s Fed. troops captured 350 rebs., a wagon train, and 2
pieces of artillery at Versailles, Ky.
12. Skirmishing on the Potomac river, at the mouth of the Monocacy, near
White’s Ford, by Gen. Pleasanton’s cavalry with rebs. under Gen. Stuart.
12. 29 persons arrested and 2 hung at Gainesville, Texas, who were
accused of Union sentiments.
13. More than 100 prisoners taken by Union troops under Gen. Stahel, in
the vicinity of Paris, Snicker’s Gap, and Leesburg, Va.
13. The 6th Mo., Col. Catherwood, returned to camp at Sedalia, Mo.,
after a successful scout, in which several bands of guerrillas were
broken up, and 50 of them killed and wounded.
14. The English propeller Ouachita, captured in the Gulf Stream by U. S.
gunboat Memphis.
14. Skirmish at Stanford, Ky., by scouts of Gens. Buell’s and Bragg’s
armies. 14 rebs. captured, and several killed.
=Oct. 15.= The bark Lamplighter, of Boston, captured by the Alabama.
15. Drafting in Boston and Baltimore.
15. Steamer Hazel Dell captured at Caseyville, Ky., by rebs. under Cols.
Anderson and Johnson.
15. Skirmish near Carrsville, Va. Part of 7th Pa. cavalry, Lieut.
Williams, defeated by rebs., losing several of their number.
15. U. S. Steamer Kensington, Master Crocker, destroyed a railroad
bridge and burned 2 vessels at Taylor’s Bayou, Tex.
16. The sloop-of-war Ticonderoga was launched at Brooklyn, N. Y.
16. Gen. Humphrey’s troops driven from Shepherdstown, Va., by rebs.,
with slight loss.
16. Skirmish near Charlestown, Va. Gen. Hancock’s troops successfully
engaged rebs. Union loss, 1 killed and 8 wounded. Reb. loss, 9 wounded
and taken prisoners.
17. The Fed. garrison on the Tenn. shore, opposite island No. 10
attacked by reb. forces, who were defeated with loss.
17. Morgan’s Confed. cavalry dashed into Lexington, Ky., and attacked
350 Fed. cavalry, under Major Seidel, 3rd O. Fed. loss, 4 killed, 24
wounded, and 120 prisoners.
17. Quantrell’s guerrillas entered Shawnee, Kansas, sacked the town,
burned 13 houses and killed 4 men.
17. Skirmish at Thoroughfare Gap, Va. Gen. Stahel’s troops drove rebs.
toward Haymarket, and captured 100 prisoners.
17. The draft resisted in Berkley, Luzerne co., Pa. 4 insurgents killed.
Resistance also in Carbondale, Scranton, and other towns in the mining
district.
18. Pickets of the 43rd Ind. dispersed by rebs. at Helena, Ark., losing
several of their number.
18. 350 of the 4th Ohio cavalry, Capt. Robey, captured at Lexington,
Ky., by reb. cavalry under Gen. Morgan.
18. 10 guerrillas were shot at Palmyra, Mo., by order of Gen. McNeill,
in retaliation for the murder of Andrew Allsman, an aged Union citizen.
18. Nine Union pickets were shot on the Mississippi, opposite Helena,
Ark.
18. A lieut. with 26 men and a supply train for Gen. Stahel were
captured by rebs. at Haymarket, and taken to Warrenton, Va.
19. A train of 82 wagons was captured by Morgan’s reb. cavalry at
Bardstown, Ky.
19. Fight on the Cumberland river 7 miles from Nashville, Tenn. Col.
Miller’s brigade of Fed. troops routed a force of Confederate cavalry,
and captured a large store of army supplies.
20. 500 cases of yellow fever reported at Wilmington, N. C., 30 or 40
dying daily.
20. Skirmish on the Auxvois river, Mo. Major Woodson, with 10th Mo.
militia dispersed rebel guerrillas with slight loss, capturing their
camp stores and horses.
20. The 10th Illinois cavalry, Lieut.-Col. Stuart, defeated 250 reb.
cavalry, near Marshfield, Mo., taking 27 prisoners.
21. Skirmishing in Loudon co., Va., by Gen. Geary’s Union troops, who
took 75 prisoners.
21. Skirmish at Woodville, Tenn. 2nd Illinois cavalry, Major J. J. Mudd,
defeated guerrillas under Haywood, capturing 40 with their arms, and 100
horses and mules.
21. Fight at Fort Cobb, Indian Terr. Loyal Indians from 6 tribes
defeated rebs. of the Tongkawa tribe, under Col. Leper, with great
slaughter. Col. Leper killed.
22. Gen. Blunt’s army defeated 5,000 rebs. at old Fort Wayne,
Marysville, N. W. Ark., capturing all their artillery and transportation
equipage.
22. Rebs. under Gen. Hindman driven from Huntsville, Ark., by Gen.
Schofield.
22. Battle at Pocotaligo, S. C. Gen. Brannan’s Fed. troops defeated with
a loss of 30 killed and 180 wounded, by rebels under Gen. Beauregard.
22. Skirmish near Van Buren, Ark. Union cavalry under Major Lazear
defeated 450 rebels under Col. Boone, with considerable loss.
22. 30 wagons of the 5th and 9th Ill. cavalry captured by Texan troops
near Helena, Ark.
22. Union pickets defeated in a skirmish near Nashville, Tenn.
22. Brig Robert Bruce, captured off Shallotte inlet, N. C., by U. S.
gunboat Penobscot.
22. Skirmish near Hedgesville, Va. 4th Pa. cavalry, Capt. Duncan,
defeated rebels, capturing 19 prisoners.
23. 200 of the 83d Ill., Major Blott, defeated rebels at Waverly, Tenn.
Rebel loss, 40 killed and wounded, and 30 prisoners. Union loss, 1
killed, 5 wounded.
23. Skirmish near Shelby Depot, Tenn. 55th Illinois, Col. Stuart,
defeated rebels, who lost 8 or 10 men.
23. 500 Fed. cavalry, Col. E. M’Cook, defeated Morgan’s cavalry at Point
Lick, Big Hill, and Richmond, Ky., taking 33 wagons and 200 prisoners.
23. Ship Lafayette, of Conn., burned by the Alabama.
24. A Fed. force of 80 was defeated at Manassas Junction, Va., losing 17
prisoners.
24. Skirmish at Grand Prairie, Mo. Maj. F. G. White’s cavalry defeated a
reb. force, who lost 8 killed and 20 wounded. Fed. loss, 3 wounded.
24. Skirmish on the Blackwater, near Suffolk, Va. Gen. Perry’s troops
defeated rebs. who lost 6 men. One Unionist killed.