were defeated by rebs. of Gen. Morgan’s army, losing 23 men prisoners.
24. Skirmish on the Blackwater river, Va., 4 miles above Franklin. 11th
Pa. cavalry, Col. Spears, dispersed rebel troops, capturing 4.
24. Gen. M. L. Smith’s Fed. troops destroyed Vicksburg and Texas
railroad 10 miles W. of Vicksburg, and burned stations at Delhi and
Dallas.
25. Skirmish at Green’s Chapel, near Munfordville, Ky. Col. Gray’s Fed.
troops defeated rebs. of Morgan’s army, who lost 9 killed, 22 wounded
and 5 prisoners.
25. Col. Shanks with 12th Ky. cavalry attacked rebs. near Bear Wallow,
Ky. killing 1, wounding 2 and capturing 10.
26. 38 Indians hung at Mankato, Minn, for participating in the late
massacres in that State.
26. Maj. Stevens, with 150 of 4th Ky. attacked a reb. camp in Powell
Co., Ky. capturing 12 men, with most of the camp equipage.
27. A company of Pa. cavalry, under Capt. Johnson, captured at Occoquan,
Va.
27. Elizabethtown, Ky. with a garrison of nearly 500 men under Col. H.
S. Smith, was captured by Gen. Morgan’s reb. army, after a short
resistance. An immense amount of public and private stores were carried
off by the rebs.
27. Fight at Dumfries, Va. Col. C. Candy’s troops were attacked by rebs.
under Gens. Stuart and Fitz Hugh Lee, who were driven off with the loss
of 30 or 40 men in killed and wounded. Fed. loss about 10 killed and
wounded.
27–29. Attack on Vicksburg, Miss. by Gen. Sherman’s army and Fed.
gunboats. Gen. Sherman’s army ascended the Yazoo river on transports,
landed and attacked the reb. works in the rear of Vicksburg, while the
gunboats assailed the batteries at Haines’ Bluff. The Feds., after
sanguinary conflicts, carried the first and second lines of defence and
advanced within 2½ miles of the city, where they were defeated and
compelled to withdraw, with a loss of 600 killed, 1,500 wounded and
1,000 missing.
28. The trestle-work at Muldraugh’s Hill, defended by the 71st Ind.,
captured and destroyed by rebels under Gen. Morgan after 6 hours’ fight.
28. New Madrid, Mo., evacuated by Unionists, after destroying the
barracks and magazine.
28. Skirmish near Suffolk, Va. Col. Gibbs’ troops routed rebel cavalry.
28. Van Buren, Ark., with a rebel garrison of 120 men, 6 steamboats, and
a large amount of ammunition and stores was captured by Gen. Blunt’s
army, with slight loss.
28. Major Foley with 250 of the 6th and 10th Ky. cavalry, surprised a
rebel camp at Elkford, Campbell Co., Ky. 30 rebels killed, 176 wounded,
51 prisoners, and 80 horses taken.
28. Skirmish near Clinton, La. Stuart’s reb. cavalry defeated by a
National force.
30. The Union and Watauga bridges on the E. Tenn. and Va. railroad
destroyed by Gen. Carter’s Fed. troops, who defeated a rebel force, of
whom 400 were taken prisoners, and 150 k. and w. with slight loss to the
Unionists.
30. The iron-clad steamer Monitor, Commander Bankhead, foundered near
Cape Hatteras, N. C. 4 officers and 12 of the crew, and also 8 R. I.
soldiers were lost with her.
30. Battle at Parker’s Cross Roads, Tenn. A desperate conflict of
several hours’ duration between Gen. Sullivan’s troops, and Gen.
Forrest’s rebel cavalry, in which the latter were defeated with a loss
of 600 in killed, wounded and prisoners. Fed. loss, about 200.
31. Beginning of the Battle of Stone river, or Murfreesboro’. 10 hours
continuous fighting without result.
31. Gen. McClernand succeeded Gen. Sherman at Vicksburg and the Fed.
army retired to Milliken’s Bend.
1863.
=Jan. 1.= Pres. Lincoln issued his Emancipation Proclamation, declaring
all the slaves then held in rebellious territory to be forever free.
1. Galveston, Tex., recaptured by rebs. under Gen. Magruder, with its
garrison of 300 men. 6 Fed. gunboats were in the harbor. The Harriet
Lane was captured after a severe fight, in which Capt. Wainwright was
killed, and many of his crew. The Fed. flagship Westfield was blown up
by Commander Renshaw, to avoid capture, by which he lost his life, with
many of the crew.
2. The battle of Stone river, or Murfreesboro’, Tenn., between Gen.
Rosecrans’ army and Gen. Bragg’s rebel troops, which commenced two days
before, was resumed, and after an obstinate and bloody contest, which
lasted all day, the rebels were defeated with great slaughter. Fed.
loss, 1,533 killed, 6,000 wounded, 2,000 prisoners; rebel loss, over
10,000, of whom 9,000 were killed and wounded.
2. Reb. cavalry under Major Herring, captured 10 sutlers’ wagons and
their attendants at Dumfries, Va., belonging to Maine and New York
regiments.
3. A rebel camp near La Grange, Ark., was surprised by Gen. Washburne’s
cavalry. 10 of the rebels were captured, and 10 killed or wounded.
3. Rebs. under Gen. Jones attacked Col. Washburne’s troops at Moorfield,
near New Creek, Va., and captured 65 of them.
5. Fed. troops in Hardy Co., Va., attacked by rebels under Capt. J. H.
McNeill, who captured 33 men, 61 horses and camp stores.
5. The Fed. schr. Home, Capt. Cushing, destroyed a small rebel fort on
Little river, N. C.
6. The iron steamer Antona, laden with arms and medicine, was captured
off Mobile, by U. S. steamer Pocahontas.
7. 450 women and children left Washington, D. C., for Richmond and other
points south, by special permit.
=Jan. 8.= A rebel force of 5,000, under Gens. Marmaduke and Burbridge,
attacked the garrison at Springfield, Mo. They were repulsed by the
Feds. under Gen. Brown and Col. Crabb. Fed. loss 17 killed and 50
wounded. Reb. loss 200.
8. Union force from Yorktown, Va., under Major W. P. Hall, made a raid
to the Pamunkey river, and destroyed a ferryboat, steamers, sloops,
railroad and depots, and large warehouses containing rebel stores.
8. The 20th Ill. cavalry, Capt. Moore, attacked a rebel camp near
Ripley, Tenn., held by Lieut.-Col. Dawson, killing 8, wounding 20, and
capturing 46 prisoners. Fed. loss, 3 wounded.
9. Reb. troops under Gen. Pryor crossed the Blackwater, near Suffolk,
Va., and attacked Gen. Corcoran’s brigade of Gen. Peck’s troops. Enemy
defeated. Fed. loss, 104.
9. Col. Ludlow effected an exchange of prisoners at City Point, Va., by
which 20,000 men were restored to the National army.
10. Skirmish at Catlett’s Station, Va. Col. Schimmelfennig’s troops, and
Hampton’s rebel cavalry.
10. 21st Iowa, Col. Merritt, attacked by Marmaduke’s troops at
Hartsville, Mo. Rebs. defeated. Fed. loss, 35 killed and wounded. Reb.
loss, 150 killed and wounded, and 150 prisoners.
11. U. S. steamer Hatteras, Lieut. R. G. Blake, sunk off Texas, by rebel
steamer Alabama. 100 of the Fed. crew captured.
11. Steamer Grampus, No. 2, at the mouth of Wolf river, Tenn., captured
and burned by 13 rebels.
11. Arkansas Post, Fort Hindman, on the Ark. river, captured by Admiral
Porter’s squadron and Gen. McClernand’s army. Fed. loss, nearly 1,000 in
killed, wounded and missing. Reb. loss, 550 killed and wounded, and
5,000 prisoners.
12. The brig J. P. Ellicott captured by rebel privateer Retribution, and
put in charge of a prize crew. The wife of the mate of the Ellicott
succeeded in getting the rebels intoxicated, put them in irons, piloted
the vessel to St. Thomas, and delivered her and the prisoners to the U.
S. Consul.
12. A rebel raid upon Holly Springs, Miss.
13. Gunboat Major Slidell and 3 boats with wounded troops captured by
guerrillas on the Cumberland river, the wounded robbed, and all but one
of the boats burned.
14. Four Union gunboats under Com. Buchanan, assisted by Gen. Weitzel’s
troops, engaged the rebel iron-clad gunboat Cotton, aided by Col. Gray’s
soldiers, on the Bayou Teche, La. The Cotton was destroyed after several
hours’ combat. Commodore Buchanan was killed.
14. The steamer Forest Queen was burned by guerrillas at Commerce, Miss.
14. The Fed. gunboat Queen of the West, Col. Charles E. Ellet, was
captured on the Red river near Gordon’s Landing.
15. Mound City, Ark., burned by Fed. troops.
15. 17 of the 22d Wis. captured near Clarendon, Ark. 7 rebels killed and
wounded.
16. U. S. steamer Columbia stranded at Masonboro’ Inlet, N. C. Her
officers surrendered to the rebels, under Col. Lamb.
16. Duvall’s Bluff, Ark., captured by Fed. gunboat Baron de Kalb, and
others of Porter’s flotilla, and Gen. Gorman’s troops. 100 prisoners
taken. Lieut. J. G. Walker, 7 prisoners and a large supply of arms
taken.
16. Reb. privateer Oreto escaped from Mobile.
16. U. S. transport ship Planter, with troops, wrecked near Stranger’s
Key, Bahama.
17. Des Arc, Ark., captured by Fed. troops, without opposition.
17. Skirmish at Pollocksville, N. C., the rebels fleeing from the town.
19. Skirmish near Barnesville, Va. Lieut. Vezin and 112 men charged a
large party of reb. cavalry, rescuing 6 of their company who were
prisoners and capturing 4 rebels.
19. The brig Estelle captured by the reb. privateer Oreto, or Florida,
Capt. Maffit.
19. The army of the Potomac, Gen. Burnside, moved down the Rappahannock.
21. The National ship Morning Light and the schooner Velocity were
captured by reb. steamers Josiah Bell and Uncle Ben, near Sabine Pass,
Texas.
21. Reb. camp broken up near Columbia, Mo., by 61st Mo., Col. Douglass,
and 6 prisoners taken. 2 Feds. wounded.
21. Gen. Fitz John Porter dismissed from the U. S. service.
21. Col. Hutchinson, with 100 rebel cavalry, captured a company of U. S.
troops and 30 wagons, at Murfreesboro’, Tenn.
22. Gen. Burnside’s second attempt to cross the Rappahannock foiled by a
rain storm, which made the roads impassable.
22. The brig Windward captured by the reb. privateer Florida, off Cuba.
23. A company of Feds., under Capt. Taylor, was attacked in Johnson Co.,
E. Tenn., by rebs., under Col. Folk. 4 Feds, killed and several wounded
and captured, some of whom were hung.
23. Arkansas Post, Ark., evacuated by Fed. troops, and the fort blown
up.
24. Maj.-Gen. Burnside transferred the command of the army of the
Potomac to Gen. Jos. Hooker. Maj.-Gens. Sumner and Franklin commanding
right and left wings, relieved from their commands.
25. Attack by rebs. on the railroad near Nashville, Tenn. They were
repulsed.
25. Reb. pickets near Kinston, N. C., captured.
26. The bark Golden Rule was captured and burnt by the Alabama, 50 miles
south of St. Domingo.
26. A fight near Woodbury, Tenn. Gen. Palmer’s Fed. troops defeated a
reb. force, who lost 35 killed and over 100 prisoners. Fed. loss 2
killed and 9 wounded.
27. Attack on rebs. at Bloomfield, Mo., by 68th Mo. militia, Col.
Lindsay, who drove the enemy from the town, capturing 52 prisoners, 70
horses and 100 stand of arms.
27. Bombardment of Fort McAllister, Ga., by monitor Montauk, Capt.
Worden, and 3 gunboats.
27. Skirmish at Indian Village, on Bayou Plaquemine, La., by Gen.
Weitzel’s Fed. brigade, who defeated a rebel force.
27. Col. Wyndham’s Fed. troops attacked Stuart’s cavalry near
Middleburg, Va., defeating them, and capturing 26 men and 40 head of
cattle.
28. The reb. steamer Julia Roan, with 300 men, was captured by Col.
Harrison’s Fed. troops, 130 of 1st Ark. cavalry, near Van Buren, Mo.
29. The British iron steamer Princess Royal, laden with arms, was
captured off Charleston, S. C.
29. A fight near Bear river, Washington Territory. Union troops under
Col. Connor defeated Indians with severe loss, after 4 hours’ battle.
29. Gen. McClernand’s troops landed 5 miles from the mouth of the Yazoo
river, in view of Vicksburg.
30. U. S. gunboat Isaac Smith captured in Stono river, S. C.
30. A reb. camp at Trenton, Tenn., in charge of Capt. Dawson, was
attacked by 22d Ohio, Col. Wood, and 34 rebels captured, or killed.
30. 300 rebel conscript soldiers surrendered at Murfreesboro’, Tenn.,
and took the oath of allegiance to the U. S. government.
30. A fight at Deserted House, 9 miles from Suffolk, Va., between Feds.
under Gen. Corcoran, and Gen. Pryor’s troops. Loss in killed and wounded
about 60 on each side.
31. Two rebel gunboats and rams, and 3 steamers, under Com. Ingraham,
came down the Charleston, S. C., harbor, and attacked 3 vessels of the
blockading squadron, the Mercedita, the Keystone State, and the Quaker
City, damaging them severely, and capturing and paroling the crew of the
Mercedita. 30 Feds. killed and 50 wounded.
31. Kennett’s National cavalry attacked Wheeler’s brigade, near
Nashville, Tenn. Reb. loss 12 killed and 12 wounded, and 300 prisoners.
5 Feds, wounded.
31. Attack on Fed. soldiers by deserters and mob in Morgan Co., Ind. The
mob dispersed, and 8 of them captured.
31. Shelbyville, Ky., entered by Fed. troops under Gen. J. C. Davis.
=Feb. 1.= Second attack on Fort McAllister, Ga. Reb. commander Maj.
Galbè, killed. Fed. vessels retire without loss.
1. Franklin, Tenn., occupied by Fed. forces under Col. R. Johnson, with
slight loss.
1. Unsuccessful attack on Island No. 10, in the Miss. river, by a large
force of rebs., with slight loss.
1. Col. Stokes, with loyal Tenn. and Ky. troops, attacked a reb. camp at
Middleton, Tenn., capturing Maj. Douglass and 100 of his men.
2. The Union ram Queen of the West ran by the rebel batteries at
Vicksburg, Miss.
3. Skirmish at Mingo Swamp, Mo. Fed. troops under Maj. Reeder defeated
rebs. under D. McGee, who was killed, with 8 of his men, and 20 wounded.
3. Fort Donelson, Tenn., garrisoned by 83 Ill., Col. Harding, was
attacked by a large force under Wheeler and Forrest, Rebs. repulsed with
a loss of 100 killed, 400 wounded and 300 prisoners. Fed. loss 12 killed
and 30 wounded.
4. Skirmish near Lake Providence, La., in which 30 rebs. were killed and
wounded, and 90 horses taken.
4. Cavalry dash upon Batesville, Ark., under Col. G. E. Waring, driving
rebels under Marmaduke out of the town, with severe loss, and capturing
Col. Adams and other rebels.
=Feb. 5.= Skirmish on Bear Creek, Johnson Co., Mo. Capt. Ranney, of 40th
Mo. militia drove a small rebel force.
5. Skirmish near Stafford’s, Va.
6. Union raid upon Middleburgh, by 5th N. Y. cavalry. Several rebs.
captured.
6. Skirmish between Winchester and Martinsburg, Va. 1st N. Y. cavalry,
Capt. Jones, defeated a small reb. force.
7. A squadron of the 5th Pa. cavalry were led into ambush 9 miles from
Williamsburg, Va., and 35 of their number killed, wounded, or captured.
7. Reb. Capt. Dawson and several of his men were captured by Col. Wood,
22d Ohio, near Dyersburg, Va.
7. Reb. Sec. of State declared Galveston and Sabine Pass, Texas, open to
commerce.
8. A reb. camp attacked near Independence, Mo., by Lieut. Coburn, 5th
Mo. cavalry. 8 rebs. killed, 2 wounded, and all their arms captured.
8. Ram Queen of the West returned from an expedition down the
Mississippi, near Port Hudson, having sunk 3 steamers loaded with
provisions for rebs., and captured 56 prisoners.
8. Gens. Davis’ and Morgan’s troops returned to Nashville, Tenn., from
the pursuit of Forrest. They captured 30 rebs. 7 miles E. of Charlotte,
including Col. Carroll.
8. Lebanon, Tenn., occupied by Fed. troops, who captured 600 rebels.
9. Skirmish near Summerville, Va. Maj. Knox’s Fed. cavalry defeated
rebs.
9. Gen. Rosecrans, in Tenn., ordered the execution of all rebs. caught
in Fed. uniform or carrying the national flag.
10. Fight at Old river, La. Capt. Tucker, 1st Kansas, defeated 3d La.
reb. cavalry, who lost 25 prisoners, and 11 killed or wounded. Union
loss, 8.
10. The 14th Wis. and 11th Ill. attacked near Lake Providence, on the
Miss., by rebs., who were repulsed. 32 taken prisoners.
12. N. Y. ship Jacob Bell burnt by the Florida.
12. Skirmish near Smithfield, Va. 12th Pa cavalry engaged Capt. Baylor’s
reb. troops.
12. Skirmish near Bolivar, Tenn. 4 rebs. killed, 5 wounded, by Fed.
cavalry, who were defeated.
14. Barge New Era, No. 5, captured by Fed. ram Queen of the West, near
Fort Taylor, Red river. The ram was then run ashore by a treacherous
pilot, and captured by the rebels.
14. 5th Mich. cavalry surprised near Annandale, Va., with loss of 15
men.
15. Fight near Canesville, Tenn. The 123d Ill., Col. Monroe, defeated
some of Gen. Morgan’s cavalry, of whom 20 were killed, many wounded, and
6 captured. Also 50 horses and 300 stand of arms. 3 Federals wounded.
15. Serg’t Holmes, with 14 of 2d Minn., escorting a wagon train near
Nolensville, Tenn., repulsed a superior force of rebel cavalry, of whom
8 were killed, 20 wounded, and 4 prisoners.
15. Fight near Arkadelphia, Ark. Feds. under Capt. Brown defeated the
enemy, who lost 14 killed and 12 wounded. Fed. loss, 2 killed, 12
wounded.
17. A forage train in charge of some of 116th and 123d Ohio captured by
rebs. near Romney, Va.
17. U. S. steamer Hercules burnt by rebels near Memphis, Tenn.
18. Mortar boats opened fire on Vicksburg.
18. Clifton, Tenn., burnt by 3d Mich. cavalry.
18. Disloyal State Convent. at Frankfort, Ky., dispersed by military.
19. A party of 1st Ind. cavalry, Lt.-Col. Wood, routed by reb. cavalry
near Coldwater, Miss. Federal loss, 6 killed, 3 wounded, and 15
captured.
19. Hopefield, Ark., opposite Memphis, Tenn., burnt by order of Gen.
Hurlbut.
20. Skirmish near the Yazoo Pass. 5th Ill. cavalry dispersed rebel
troops, killing 6 and capturing 26. Fed. loss 5 wounded.
21. The ship Golden Eagle and bark Olive Jane burnt by rebel steamer
Alabama.
21. Union gunboats Freeborn and Dragon engaged a rebel battery on the
Rappahannock river, Va. Three Feds. wounded.
21. A guerrilla raid upon Shakertown, Ky. Government property and cars
destroyed. 4 rebels captured by Col. Briston.
22. Capt. Cornyn, 10th Mo. cavalry, visited Florence and Tuscumbia,
Ala., and captured horses, mules, negroes, and 100 rebs.
22. At Gatesville, Va., 9 of the 57th rebel Va. were captured by Federal
troops.
22. The Yazoo Pass exped’n reached Moon Lake.
23. Fight near Greenville, Miss. Gen. Ferguson’s rebel troops engaged
Nationals under Gen. Burbridge. Maj. Mudd, 22d Ill., killed.
23. Skirmish near Athens, Ky., with Morgan’s guerrillas.
23. Rebel force of 700 devastating E. Kentucky. A large amount of
government property destroyed at Paris, Ky.
23. An attempt by rebels to capture the steamer Belle at Cottonwood
Landing, Tenn., was repulsed. 1 killed on each side.
24. Gunboat Indianola captured near Grand Gulf, Miss., by 4 rebel
steamers.
25. Skirmish at Hartwood Church, Va., near Kelly’s Ford. Gen. Averill’s
troops defeated Stuart’s rebel cavalry.
25. Rebel troops under Clarke dispersed at Licktown, Ky.
25. The steamer Peterhoff captured off St. Thomas by U. S. gunboat
Vanderbilt.
25. Skirmish 5 miles from Falmouth, Va. 6th U. S. cavalry defeated
Stuart’s cavalry, of whom 40 were captured.
26. Cavalry fight near Woodstock, Va. The 13th Pa. and 1st N.Y. were
defeated by the enemy, who killed and captured 200.
26. Cherokee National Council repealed the ordinance of secession, and
abolished slavery.
26. A government freight train captured by rebels near Woodburn, Tenn.
27. Destruction of rebel steamer Nashville in Ogeechee river, near Fort
McAllister, Fla., by gunboat Montauk, Capt. Worden.
27. Skirmish 15 miles from Newbern, N. C. Capt. Jacobs’ N. Y. cavalry
defeated rebels, who lost 3 killed and 48 prisoners. 1 Fed. wounded.
=March 1.= Union dash into Bloomfield, Mo. Provost-marshal and 20
prisoners taken.
1. Fight at Bradyville, Tenn. 2,500 of Rosecrans’ army drove Morgan’s
reb. division from the town, killing 8, wounding 30, and capturing 89.
Fed. loss, 15 in killed and wounded.
1. English steamer Queen of the Wave captured near Georgetown, S. C., by
U. S. gunboat Connemaugh.
1. Rebs. captured 50 of 1st Vt. cavalry, Capts. Wood and Huntoon, at
Aldie, Va.
2. Sharp contest on the Salem pike, 16 miles from Murfreesboro’, between
the regulars of Rosecrans’ army and a large force from Bragg’s. The
rebs. defeated.
2. Four guerrillas captured 3 miles from Russelville, Ky.
2. Slight cavalry fight near Petersburg, Tenn. Rebels routed with 12
killed and 20 wounded.
2. Capt. Schultze’s Fed. cavalry defeated Mosby’s troops near Aldie,
Va., capturing 30.
3. Fort McAllister, Ga., bombarded without success.
3. The Enrolment and Conscription act passed by Congress, approved. All
arms-bearing men with certain exceptions were to be enrolled by April
1st ensuing, and the President was authorized to call for quotas from
the enrolled names.
4. Fight on Harpeth river, near Chapel Hill, Tenn. Col. Johnson’s Tenn.
Fed. cavalry engaged Col. Roger’s troops, killing 12 and capturing 72.
4. Adjournment of 37th Congress.
4. Skirmishes at Skeet and Swan Quarter, N. C. Rebels beaten, 28 killed
and wounded. Unionists, 3 killed and 15 wounded.
5. U. S. Senate met in extra session.
5. Fight at Thompson’s Station, near Franklin, Tenn. A Fed. force under
Col. Colburn was attacked by a large army under Van Dorn, and defeated
in battle, after which the entire Union brigade was captured, excepting
150 men. Fed. loss, 100 killed, 300 wounded, and 1,200 prisoners. Rebel
loss, 120 killed and 300 wounded.
5. The _Crisis_ newspaper office, at Columbus, O., was destroyed by
soldiers.
6. Successful foray of Fed. troops under Col. Phelps in Northumberland
Co., Va.
6. Ship Star of Peace captured and burnt by rebel privateer Florida.
6. Gen. Hunter ordered the drafting of negroes in the Department of the
South.
7. A scouting expedition from Belle Plain, Va., returned with several
prisoners and much property.
7. A brigade of cavalry under Gen. Manly attacked rebel cavalry of Gen.
Russell at Unionville, Tenn. Rebel loss, 50 killed, 180 wounded, and all
their stores.
8. Mosby (reb.) dashed into Fairfax, Va., and captured Brig.-Gen.
Stoughton and 30 men and 58 horses.
8. 43d Mass., Col. Holbrook, captured a rebel cavalry company near
Newbern, N. C.
9. A small rebel force captured, six miles below Port Hudson, on the
Mississippi.
9. The screw-steamer Douro captured by U. S. gunboat Quaker City.
=March 9.= Guerrillas defeated near Bolivar, Tenn., with the loss of 18
captured.
9. Skirmish at Blackwater Bridge, Va., by Feds. under Col. Chickering.
9. Skirmish on Amite river, La. Rebs. dispersed.
10. Rebel steamer Parallel burnt on the Mississippi with 3,000 bales of
cotton.
10. Several rebels captured at Rutherford’s creek, Tenn., by Gen.
Granger’s troops.
10. Jacksonville, Fla., captured by 1st S. C. (colored) regiment.
10. Skirmish near Covington, Tenn. Col. Grierson’s cavalry attacked Col.
Richardson’s rebel camp, killing 25 and capturing a large number.
11. A skirmish 12 miles E. of Paris, Ky. Guerrillas attacked a Fed.
forage train, and were repulsed.
12. Gen. Gordon’s troops returned to Franklin, Tenn., from pursuing Van
Dorn’s troops beyond Duck river. Fed. loss in skirmishes, 9.
13. Unsuccessful assault on Fort Greenwood, on the Tallahatchie, Miss.,
by Union gunboats Chillicothe and DeKalb, and a land battery.
13. Skirmish at Berwick City, La.
13. The signal station at Spanish Wells, S. C., burnt by a party of
rebels. A lieut. and 8 men captured.
13. Rebel troops under Gen. Pettigrew attacked Gen. Foster’s troops at
Newbern, N. C., but were repulsed.
14. Admiral Farragut, with 7 of his fleet, attacked the rebel batteries
at Vicksburg, Miss. The Hartford (flagship) and the Albatross passed the
batteries and went up the river. The Mississippi was destroyed, and part
of her crew captured.
14. Col. Minty’s Fed. cavalry returned to Murfreesboro’, Tenn., after 11
days’ absence, with 50 rebel prisoners and a large amount of stores.
15. Schooner Chapman, fitted out and manned as a rebel privateer in San
Francisco, was captured while attempting to leave that port. 20 rebels
and 6 brass Dahlgren guns were taken.
15. The _Jeffersonian_ newspaper office at Richmond, Ind., was destroyed
by Union soldiers.
17. A sharp conflict at Kelly’s Ford, Va., between a body of Gen.
Averill’s Fed. cavalry and a rebel force. Gen. Averill’s troops were
defeated, but 86 of the enemy were captured.
17. Attack on rebel works near Franklin, Va. Fed. troops under Col.
Spear driven off, with 1 man killed and 16 wounded.
17. Col. J. B. Fry detailed as Provost-Marshal-General of the U. S.
18. Skirmishing at Berwick Bay, La. Capt. Perkins, 1st Louisiana
cavalry, defeated rebs., who lost 10 killed and 20 wounded.
19. Steamer Georgiana, with arms for the rebels, destroyed off
Charleston.