20. Col. Hall’s brigade, of Rosecrans’s army, attacked at Vaught’s Hill,
near Milton, Tenn., by Morgan’s and Breckinridge’s cavalry. The rebels
defeated, losing 40 killed, 140 wounded, and 12 prisoners. Fed. loss 7
killed and 31 wounded.
21. Fight at Cottage Grove, Tenn. Rebels defeated with severe loss.
21. Capture of British steamer Nicholas I. while attempting to enter
Wilmington harbor, N. C., by U. S. steamship Victoria. She had 16 tons
of powder and 50,000 Enfield rifles.
21. Skirmish near Seneca, Pendleton Co., Va. A party of loyal men called
“swampers” defeated by rebels.
21. An expedition up the bayous returned to the Yazoo river, after
defeating the rebels at Deer Creek, and destroying 2,000 bales of
cotton, 50,000 bushels of corn, and all the houses on the route.
22. 50 of the 5th Mo. cavalry defeated by Quantrell’s guerrillas, near
Blue Spring, Mo. Fed. loss, 9 killed, 5 missing, and several wounded.
22. Mount Sterling, Ky., attacked by rebels under Col. Cluke. The Fed.
garrison of 200, under Capt. Radcliff, captured, and the town burned.
22. Steamer Granite City captured by U. S. gunboat Tioga, off the
Bahamas.
16–24. Bread riots at Atlanta, Ga., Salisbury, N. C., Richmond, Va.,
Raleigh, N. C., and Petersburg, Va.
24. Pontchatoula, La., captured by Fed. troops under Col. Clark.
24. The schooners Mary Jane and Rising Dawn captured by U. S. gunboats
State of Georgia and Mount Vernon, off Wilmington, N. C.
25. The Fed. gunboats Lancaster and Switzerland attempted to pass the
rebel batteries at Vicksburg. The Lancaster was sunk, and the
Switzerland escaped, much damaged.
25. At Brentwood, Tenn., 300 Federal troops, under Lieut.-Col.
Bloodgood, were captured by rebel forces under Wheeler and Forrest, and
the town sacked. A Federal cavalry force, under Gen. Smith, overtook the
rebels in their retreat, and defeated them, capturing 42 prisoners, and
recovering part of their booty. Loss, about 15 on each side in k. and w.
25. Steamer Dolphin captu’d off Porto Rico by U. S. gunboat Wachusett.
26. Expedition returned to Carthage, Tenn., with 28 rebel prisoners.
26. Gen. Burnside took command of the Department of the Ohio.
27. Fast day in the rebel States.
27. Jacksonville, Fla., burned by Fed. troops.
27. U. S. steamer Hartford passed below the rebel batteries at
Warrenton, Miss.
28. Gunboat Diana captured by rebels at Pattersonville, La. 31 of the
crew killed or wounded, and 170 prisoners.
28. Cole’s Island, S. C., occupied by N. Y. troops, under Col. G. F. B.
Dandy.
28. Steamer Sam. Gaty plundered by rebels at Sibley, Mo.
28. The rebels attacked Williamsburg, Va., and were repulsed by the 5th
Pa. cavalry, Col. Lewis.
29. A party of blockade runners taken at Poplar creek, Md.
29. Sixth Ill. cavalry, Col. Loomis, surprised by rebs. under Col.
Richardson, near Somerville, Tenn. Fed. loss 40 in k. or w. Rebs. driven
off.
30. Battle near Somerset, Ky. Fed. troops under Gen. Gillmore defeated
Pegram’s army of 2600, after a battle of 4 hours. Reb. loss 350. 400
cattle taken.
30. Washington, N. C., was attacked by rebels under Hill and Pettigrew.
The Fed. pickets and skirmishers driven in with loss, and the rebels
driven out of range afterwards by Fed. gunboats.
30. 700 rebels, under Gen. Jenkins, captured Point Pleasant, W. Va., but
were subsequently driven out, losing 12 killed and 14 prisoners. Fed.
loss 1 killed and 1 wounded.
30. Richmond, Miss., occupied by Gen. McClernand’s Fed. troops, after
sharp skirmishing.
31. Gen. Herron appointed to command the army of the frontier.
=April 1.= Admiral Farragut, with the National gunboats Hartford,
Switzerland and Albatross, engaged the rebel batteries at Grand Gulf,
Miss., and passed them without serious loss.
1. Severe fight at Dranesville, Va., between 1st Vt. cavalry, and Capt.
Mosby’s rebel troops. Feds. defeated with a loss of 60 in killed,
wounded, and pris.
1. The town of Palmyra, Tenn., burned by a Fed. gunboat, Capt. Fitz.
2. Women’s bread riot at Richmond, Va.
2. Skirmish at Woodbury, Tenn. Gen. Hazen’s Fed. troops engaged and
defeated rebels, killing 12 and capturing and wounding 30.
2. Admiral Farragut’s vessels proceeded to the mouth of the Red river,
destroying rebel boats.
2. Gunboat St. Clair disabled by rebs. above Fort Donelson, on the
Cumberland river. She was rescued by the steamer Luminous.
2. Hicks’ rebel guerrillas, in Jackson Co., Mo., were attacked by Maj.
Ransom with the 6th Ks. 17 rebels killed, and considerable property
captured.
2. Fight at Snow Hill, Tenn. Gen. Stanley engaged Morton and Wharton’s
rebel regiments, who were defeated, and 15 or 20 killed, and 50
captured.
3. Arrests of Knights of the Golden Circle, at Reading, Pa.
3. Steamer Tampico captured off Sabine Pass, Texas, by U. S. gunboat New
London.
3. Capt. Worthington’s loyal Ark. cavalry returned to Fayetteville,
Ark., after four skirmishes, in which two rebel captains were k., 1 w.,
22 men k. and 7 taken.
4. Unionists under Gen. Potter repulsed with loss of 5 men in attempt to
capture rebel battery on Pamlico river, N. C.
4. Palmyra, Tenn., burned by the gunboat Lexington.
4. U. S. steamer Sylvan Shore fired on near Washington, N. C., and
several of her crew killed or wounded.
5. Ship Louisa Hatch captured by the Alabama.
5. Troops sent from Newbern to rescue Gen. Foster, besieged in
Washington, N. C.
5. Skirmish in Black Bayou, La.
6. Col. Wilder’s Fed. command on an expedition within the rebel lines in
Tenn. destroyed much provision, and brought in 350 negroes.
6. Rebel camp at Green Hill, Tenn., broken up; 5 killed and 15 taken.
7. Bombardment of Fort Sumter by Admiral Dupont; the fleet driven off;
fort little injured.
7. U. S. gunboat Barataria lost in Amite river, La.
7. Successful foray into Gloucester Co., Va.
8. Gunboat George Washington, stranded in Broad river, S. C., attacked
by rebs. and blown up.
=April 8.= The Tallahatchie fleet returned to Helena, Ark., after an
absence of 43 days, with the divisions of Gens. Ross and Quimby. 30
soldiers were killed and a number wounded.
8. 60 rebels captured in Loudon Co., Va., by Gen. Copeland’s brigade.
8. U. S. steamer Lovell and propeller Saxonia captured 15 miles below
Clarksville, Tenn.
9. Pascagoula, Miss., taken by a Union force from Ship Island, but
abandoned the same day.
9. Fight at Blount’s Mills, N. C. Unionists driven off with small loss.
10. Battle at Franklin, Tenn. Van Dorn’s attack repulsed. Union loss
about 100. Rebel, 300 k. and w.
10. Rebels routed near Germantown, Ky.
10. Skirmish near Waverly, Tenn. 21 Unionists taken prisoners.
11. Col. Streight’s raiding force left Nashville for Georgia.
11. Union cavalry camp near Williamsburg, Va., broken up by rebel
attack.
12. Ironclad fleet leaves Charleston harbor.
12. Skirmish near Gloucester Point, Va.
12. Lieut.-Col. Kimball killed by Gen. Corcoran.
13. Transport Escort ran the batteries below Washington, N. C., bringing
aid for Gen. Foster.
13. Skirmish near Suffolk, Va.
13. Gen. Stoneman’s cavalry advanced in detachments to Warrenton,
Bealton, Rappahannock bridge, Liberty, and all the fords of the Rapidan,
Va., preparatory to a general advance of the army of the Potomac against
General Lee.
14. Battle at Bayou Teche, La. Rebs. defeated and their three gunboats,
Diana, Hart, and Queen of the West, destroyed. Union loss about 350.
Reb. much larger.
14. Gen. Foster escaped from Washington, N. C., by running the rebel
blockade in the steamer Escort.
14. Rebel battery on Nansemond river silenced by gunboats.
14. U. S. gunboat West End attacked by a reb. battery near Suffolk, Va.,
and considerably damaged. 5 of her crew killed and 18 wounded.
15. Col. Evans routed 200 Indians, 75 miles south of Daybreak, in Utah,
killing 30. Fed. loss, 8.
15. Franklin, La., occupied by Union troops.
15. Rebs. raise the siege of Washington, N. C.
15. Fighting continued on the Nansemond river.
15. Dash upon Pikeville, Ky., by 39th Ky., Col. Dills. 17 reb. officers
and 61 privates captured.
15. Destruction of reb. steamer Queen of the West, in Berwick’s Bay,
La., by U. S. gunboat Estella. 90 rebs. captured, and 30 lost.
16. Admiral Porter’s fleet of 8 gunboats and several transports ran pass
the Vicksburg batteries, losing only 1 transport and no men.
16. Fight with Indians at Medalia, Minn.
16. Steamer Gertrude captured off Harbor Islands, W. I., by U. S.
steamer Vanderbilt.
17. The 99th and 130th N. Y. engaged reb. troops near Suffolk, Va. 2
Feds. killed and 3 wounded.
17. Gen. Donelson (reb.), nephew of Andrew Jackson, died at Knoxville.
17. Col. Grierson’s famous cavalry raiding force started from La Grange,
Tenn.
17. Skirmish at Bear Creek. Rebs. defeated by Gen. Dodge’s troops.
17. Skirmish at Vermillion Bayou, La. Rebs. driven off by Gen. Grover’s
troops, who took 1,000 prisoners.
18. Gen. Getty’s troops, in conjunction with gunboats on Nansemond
river, N. C., under Lieut. Lamson, captured a reb. battery of 8 pieces
and 200 prisoners, at the West Branch.
18. The siege of Washington, N. C., raised, after an investment of 3
weeks by a large Confederate force.
18. Fayetteville, Ark., attacked by a reb. army under Gen. Cabell, who
were repulsed by 2,000 Feds, under Col. Harrison.
18. Reconnoitering party at Sabine Pass captured by concealed rebs.
Capt. McDermott, of gunboat Cayuga, killed.
18–19. Cols. Graham and Riley defeated reb. forces in several skirmishes
on Cumberland river, Tenn., killing and wounding 40.
19. Cavalry skirmishing near Hernando, Miss., with varying success.
19. Severe fight on the Coldwater, near Hernando, Tenn. A Fed. brigade
under Col. Bryant defeated rebel troops in a series of skirmishes. Reb.
loss, 20 killed, 40 wounded. Fed. 10 killed, 20 w.
20. Opelousas, La., occupied by Union forces.
20. Cavalry skirmish near Helena, Arkansas.
20. Fight at Patterson, Mo. Feds. under Col. Smart defeated with loss of
50 in killed and wounded.
20. Bute a la Rose, La., captured by Union gunboats. 60 prisoners taken.
21. Skirmish and capture of a few rebs. near Berryville, Va., by Capt.
Laypole, of 6th Va.
21. An expedition under Gen. Graham returned to Louisville, Ky., after
proceeding to Celina on the Cumberland, and destroying a large amount of
rebel stores and 40 boats. 60 rebs. killed and wounded.
22. Reb. raid on Tompkinsville, Ky. The Court house burned, and 5 Union
men killed.
22. Reb. steamer Ellen captured near Courtableau, La.
22. Seven of the 8th Mo. cavalry, and a Baptist minister shot by
guerrillas in Cedar Co., Mo.
22. Occupation of McMinnville, Tenn., by Union troops under Gen.
Reynolds and Col. Wilder.
22. Majs. McGee and White’s troops encountered 300 rebs. near Strasburg,
Va., and defeated them. Rebel loss 5 killed, 9 wounded, and 25
prisoners. Union loss, 2.
22. Six gunboats and 12 barges passed the rebel batteries at Vicksburg.
23. Lieut. Cushing, with a party of men from the gunboat Commodore
Barney, had a skirmish with rebel cavalry near Chuckatuck, Va., with
small loss.
23. Skirmish at Beverly, Va. Loyalists under Col. Latham.
24. Tuscumbia, Ala., occupied by Federal forces under Col. Dodge.
24. 4 rebel schooners captured off Mobile, Ala., by gunboat De Soto.
24. Two rebel schooners captured near New Inlet, N. C., by U. S. steamer
State of Georgia.
24. Rebels defeated at Weber Falls, Ark., by Col. Phillips’ troops.
23–27. Gen. Ellet’s Maine Brigade made a successful expedition up the
Tennessee river, destroying the towns of Hamburg and Eastport, and a
large stock of war material. The rebels were defeated in an attack on
the vessels while returning, losing 10 killed and 20 wounded. Federal
loss, 2 killed, 4 wounded.
24. Skirmishing near Suffolk, Va.
24. Unionists defeated at Beverly, Va.
25. Rebel shore batteries at Duck river shoals, Tenn. river, silenced by
gunboats. 25 rebels killed and wounded.
25. Fight at Greenland Gap, Va. Rebels severely punished by 23d
Illinois, Capt. Wallace.
26. 30 rebel cotton-gins and mills and 350,000 bushels of corn destroyed
by a raid to Deer Creek, Miss.
26. Cape Girardeau, Mo., attacked by Marmaduke’s rebels, who were
defeated with heavy loss by Gen. McNeil’s troops. Rebel loss 40 killed
and 200 wounded.
26. Gen. Burnside assumed command of the Department of Ohio.
27. A body of Texan Rangers were attacked 8 miles from Franklin Tenn.,
by 700 Federal cavalry under Col. Watkins, of the 6th Kentucky, who
defeated them, capturing 200 prisoners.
27. The steamship Anglo Saxon, from Liverpool, wrecked 4 miles off Cape
Race, with 360 passengers, and a crew of 84. Only 190 persons saved.
27. Fight at Philippa, West Virginia, by Col. Mulligan’s Federal troops.
27. Gen. Hooker’s army began its march towards Fredericksburg, Va.
28. Hooker’s army crossed the Rappahannock.
28. Capture of 4 companies of Federals at Morgantown, West Virginia.
28. A rebel regiment surprised and captured near Jackson, Missouri, by
artillery and 1st Iowa cavalry.
28. Skirmish near Mill Spring, Kentucky, by Col. Adams’ Federal cavalry.
29. Two companies of the 106th New York, in garrison at Fairmount, W.
Va., were captured by rebels under Jackson and Imboden, after a brave
resistance in which the rebels suffered severely.
29. Gen. Jackson destroyed the railroad bridges on the Monongahela
river.
29. Bombardment of Grand Gulf, Miss., by Porter’s fleet. Rebel works
greatly damaged. Fleet considerably injured. 20 killed and many wounded.
30. Gen. Grant’s army lands near Port Gibson, Miss.
30. Rebel battery on the Nansemond river silenced.
30. 52 Union cavalry, the 6th N. Y., Lieut.-Col. McVicar, captured near
Spotsylvania, Va. 58 others cut their way out. Col. McVicar was killed.
30. Skirmish near Williamsburg, Va. Rebels defeated by Col. R. M. West’s
troops.
30. A portion of Gen. Hooker’s army crossed the Rappanannock at
Fredericksburg, Va., and after slight resistance took possession of the
rifle-pits below the city and captured 500 prisoners.
=May 1.= Attack on Van Dorn’s rebel pickets by Fed. cavalry under Col.
Campbell, near Franklin, Tenn. 30 of the enemy killed and wounded, and
11 captured.
1. Skirmish on the Nansemond river, near Suffolk, Va, The 99th N. Y.,
Col. Nixon, defeated rebs. with severe loss. Union loss 41 in killed and
wounded.
1. Battle of Port Gibson, Miss. Gen. Grant’s army defeated the troops of
Gen. J. S. Bowen. Reb. loss 1,500 in killed, wounded and prisoners.
1. Fight at Monticello, Ky. 5,000 Feds. under Gen. Carter defeated Col.
Morrison’s troops, with small loss on either side.
1. Heavy artillery skirmishing between the armies of Gen. Hooker and
Gen. Lee, at Chancellorsville, Va.
1. Skirmish near La Grange, Ark. 3rd Iowa cavalry, Capt. De Huff,
defeated, with loss of 41 killed, wounded, and missing.
2. Gen. Sedgwick’s corps of the Army of Va. attacked the reb. works on
the heights, in the rear of Fredericksburg, and carried them after a
desperate struggle, in which the Fed. loss was over 2,000 in killed and
wounded.
2. Marmaduke’s reb. army overtaken by Gen. McNeill at Chalk Bluff, on
the Ark., and driven into Ark.
2. Col. Grierson’s cavalry arrived at Baton Rouge, La., after a raid of
15 days through Miss., defeating the rebs. in several encounters.
2. Artillery skirmish on the Nansemond river, Va., by Gen. Getty’s
troops and reb. forces.
2–3. Battle of Chancellorsville, Va. The army of Gen. Lee attacked the
Fed. forces under Gen. Hooker, and after a series of sanguinary
contests, the Union army was compelled to retire, and recrossed the
Rappahannock. Very heavy loss on both sides.
2–7. Great Fed. cavalry raid within the rebel lines, from Gloucester
Point, Va., on the south, and the Alleghany ridge on the west. Many
bridges, and an immense quantity of telegraph lines throughout the
route, were destroyed, and many prisoners, and 1,000 horses taken.
3. Col. Streight, with 1,500 Fed. troops, after inflicting serious loss
to the enemy, by a raid of 20 days through Georgia, and Alabama, was
captured near Gadsder, Ala.
3. Skirmish near Suffolk, Va. 13th N. H., and 89th N. Y., captured reb.
rifle pits.
3. Gen. Mosby’s reb. cavalry attacked Col. de Forest’s cavalry at
Warrentown Junction, and were defeated by the latter with heavy loss.
3. Fed. gunboats repulsed in an attack on Haines’s Bluff, on the Miss.
Several of the vessels badly damaged, and 80 of their men killed and
wounded.
3. Reb. batteries at Grand Gulf, Miss., evacuated by the enemy, and
taken possession of by Admiral Porter.
3. The ship Sea Lark burned by the Alabama.
3. Col. Montgomery’s colored troops returned to Beaufort, S. C., from a
raid up the Combahee river, having captured 800 slaves, and destroyed
$1,500,000 of property.
4. Capt. H. Dwight killed by rebels after surrendering, near Washington,
La.
4. The battle near Fredericksburg, Va., continued, the rebs. recovering
nearly all the defences back of the town.
5. Riot at Dayton, Ohio, consequent on the arrest of C. L. Vallandigham,
by military authority.
5. A rebel company captured at Pettie’s Mills, N. C., by 3d N. Y.
cavalry.
5. Fort de Russy, on the Red river, captured by Admiral Porter.
6. All of Gen. Hooker’s army retreated to the north bank of the
Rappahannock river.
6. Alexandria, Miss., occupied by National forces under Admiral Porter.
6. Fight near Tupelo, Miss., between Gen. Ruggles’ reb. cavalry, and
Col. Cornyn’s troops. Rebs. defeated, losing 90 prisoners.
6. Steamer Eugenia captured by Fed. gunboat Cuyler, off Mobile, Ala.
7. Steamer Cherokee captured off Charleston, S. C., by U. S. gunboat
Canandaigua.
7. Col. Kilpatrick’s cavalry, after marching around Lee’s army, arrived
at Gloucester Point, Va.
7. Reconnoissance from the Peninsula to White House: some prisoners
retaken from the rebs.
8. The ship Crazy Jane captured in Tampa Bay, Fla., by U. S. gunboat
Tahoma.
8. Rebel Gen. Earl Van Dorn was killed by Dr. Peters, of Maury Co.,
Tenn.
8. An attack on Port Hudson commenced by Fed. fleet.
9. Col. McCook’s 2d Ind. cavalry captured 8 rebels scouting near Stone
river, Tenn.
10. Death of rebel Gen. “Stonewall” Jackson, from wounds received at the
battle of Chancellorsville.
10. Port Hudson assault renewed; rebel batteries silenced.
11. Fight at Greasy Creek, Ky. Col. Jacobs’ Fed. troops defeated by
Morgan’s cavalry. Union loss, 25 killed and wounded. Rebel loss greater.
11. Crystal Springs, Miss., burned by Fed. cavalry.
12. Raymond, Miss., captured by Gen. McPherson’s Fed. troops. Union
loss, 51 killed, 181 wounded. Rebel loss, 75 killed, 250 wounded, 186
prisoners.
12. Skirmish near Franklin, Ky. Rebs. defeated.
12. Col. Breckinridge’s Fed. Tenn. cavalry defeated rebels at Linden, on
Tenn. river, capturing 40 and killing 3.
13. Rebel guerrillas and Indians attacked at Pontchatoula, La., by Col.
Davis, who destroyed their camp, and took 17 prisoners.
13. Skirmish at South Union, Ky. Rebels attack a train, and are worsted.
13. Yazoo City, Miss., was captured by Fed. gunboats under Lieut.
Walker, and $2,000,000 of property destroyed.
14. Gen. Johnston’s army defeated near Jackson, Miss., by Gen. Grant’s
Fed. army. Rebel loss, 400 men, 17 pieces of artillery.
14. Skirmish at Fairfax Court House, Va., by Fed. troops with Black
Horse cavalry.
14. Hammond Station, La., destroyed by Fed. troops.
15. Jackson, Miss., occupied by Fed. troops.
15. Rebels defeated at Camp Moore, La., by Col. Davis’s Fed. troops.
15. Wm. Corbin and T. P. Graw hung at Johnson’s Island, O.; found guilty
of recruiting for the rebel service within the Union lines.
15. Fed. dispatch boats Emily and Arrow captured by rebels on the
Albemarle and Chesapeake canal.
15. The ship Crown Point burnt by the privateer Florida.
15. Several severe cavalry skirmishes near Carrsville and Suffolk, Va.,
by Gen. Peck’s troops with rebels.
15. A detachment of U. S. cavalry captured at Charleston, Va., who were
afterwards rescued by a force from Gen. Milroy’s command, who also took
40 rebel prisoners.
16. A skirmish at Bradyville Pike, near Cripple creek, Tenn. Gen.
Palmer’s Union Tenn. cavalry attacked part of 3d Georgia, under Col.
Thompson, killing several, and taking 18 prisoners.
16. Skirmish at Berry’s Ferry, Va. 16 of 1st N. Y. cavalry, Lieut.
Vermillion, defeated 22 rebels, killing 2, wounding 5, and capturing 10.
16. The 1st N. Y. mounted rifles routed with considerable loss near
Suffolk, Va.
16. Rebel steamer Cuba destroyed by gunboat De Soto in the Gulf of
Mexico.
16. The battle of Champion Hill, or Baker’s creek, Miss. Gen. Grant’s
troops defeated rebel army under Gen. Pemberton, who lost 4,000 men and
29 cannon, and retreated behind Big Black river.
16. Battle at Big Black river, Miss. Gen. Pemberton’s army defeated with
loss of 2,600 men and 17 cannon and driven within the intrenchments at
Vicksburg, by Gen. Grant’s army.
16. Jackson, Miss., evacuated by Fed. troops.
16. Rebel schooner Isabel seized off Mobile, and 16 men captured, by U.
S. steamer R. R. Cuyler.
16. Rebel guerrillas destroyed oil springs and other property at Burning
Springs, Wirt Co., Va.
16. Col. Breckinridge, with 55 loyal W. Tenn. cavalry, attacked a rebel
force at Linden, on the Tenn. river, capturing 35 prisoners, and
destroying their camp and stores.
17. Richmond, Clay Co., Mo., was attacked by rebel troops, who captured
2 companies of the 25th Mo.
18. Vicksburg invested by the Union army.
18. Two companies of 2d Kansas artillery, Maj. Ward, defeated by rebels
near Sherwood, Mo., and 26 of the soldiers killed, wounded, or taken
prisoners.
18. Haines’ Bluff, on the Yazoo river, captured by Admiral Porter.
18. National troops fired into each other by mistake near Deserted
House, Va. 3 killed and 4 wounded of the 170th N. Y.
19. Skirmish near Winchester, Va. Gen. Milroy’s Fed. cavalry killed 6
and captured 7 of the enemy.
19. Spanish steamer Union captured by U. S. gunboat Nashville.
20. Rebel rifle-pits on the north side of Vicksburg captured by Gen.
Steele.
20. Skirmish by pickets between Fayetteville and Raleigh, Va.
20. Skirmish near Fort Gibson, Ark. Price’s troops defeated by Feds.
under Col. Phillips.
20. Steamer Eagle captured near Nassau, N. P., by gunboat Octorora.
20. Two rebel regiments attacked at Middletown, Tenn., by Fed. cavalry
under Gen. Stanley. The enemy routed, losing 8 killed, 90 pris. and 200
horses.
21. Richmond and Plattsburg, Mo., plundered by rebels.
21. Vicksburg fully invested by Union troops.
21. A rebel camp broken up near Middletown, Tenn., by 103d Ill. 11
rebels captured.
21. Port Hudson, Miss., besieged by Fed. troops under Gen. Banks, after
sharp skirmishing with the enemy while marching from Baton Rouge.
22. Gen. Grant’s army repulsed with heavy loss in an attempt to storm
the fortifications at Vicksburg.
22. Col. Kilpatrick’s Fed. cavalry returned to Gloucester Point, after a
successful raid into Gloucester and Matthew counties, Va., destroying
much property.
22–23. Col. Jones, 58th Pa., engaged and defeated the rebels at Gum
Swamp, N. C., capturing 165 prisoners with military stores. Fed. loss, 2
killed, 6 wounded.
24. Austin, Miss., burned by Union forces under Gen. Ellet.
24. A Fed. wagon train with 30 colored troops was captured near Shawnee
creek, Kansas.
24. Gen. Schofield appointed to supersede Gen. Curtis in command of the
Department of the West.
24. Skirmish on the Mississippi river, 6 miles above Austria. Gen.
Ellet’s marine brigade defeated a rebel force, who lost 5 killed, 3
prisoners. Union loss 2 killed, 19 wounded.
25. Skirmish near Hartford, Ky.
25. Skirmish at Senatobia, Miss. Col. McCrellis defeated a rebel force,
who lost 6 killed and 3 wounded.
26. Col. Wilder’s Fed. regiment defeated Breckinridge’s cavalry near
McMinnville, Tenn., and captured a number of prisoners.
25–27. Fed. gunboats under Lt. Walker, after capturing Haines’ Bluff,
ascended to Yazoo City, Miss., and destroyed 3 rebel steamers and a
large ram, not finished. Also the navy yard and naval stores.
26. Destruction of the U. S. gunboat Cincinnati by rebel batteries at
Vicksburg. 35 of her crew killed and w.