Hudson.
27. Col. Cornyn’s Fed. command defeated Gen. Roddy’s troops at Florence,
Ala., capturing 100 soldiers, 300 negroes, 400 mules, and destroying
reb. property.
28. First colored regiment from the North left Boston.
28. The 8th Ill., Col. Clendenin, returned to the army of the Potomac
from an expedition on the banks of the Rappahannock and Potomac rivers,
below Fredericksburg, Va., having destroyed one million dollars of
property, and brought into camp 810 negroes.
28. Wolford’s Fed. cavalry defeated near Somerset, Ky.
28. Skirmish near Doniphan, Mo. 13th Ill. cavalry, Major Lippert,
defeated with loss of 80 of their number in killed, wounded, and
missing.
29. Skirmish by 1st Vt. cavalry with Stuart’s cavalry, near Thoroughfare
Gap, Va.
30. Rebel Col. Mosby, with 200 cavalry, after destroying a Government
train at Catlett’s Station, Va., was overtaken near Greenwich by Col.
Maur, of the 7th Mich. cavalry with N. Y. and Vt. troops, and dispersed
with the loss of their cannon. Fed. loss, 17 killed and wounded.
30. A train of 16 cars from Alexandria, Va., was destroyed by rebel
guerrillas near Warrenton Junction.
30. A rebel camp near Carthage, Tenn., surprised by the 26th Ohio, who
captured 22 prisoners and 35 horses.
30. The town of Tappahannock, Va., captured by Fed. gunboats, who
destroyed rebel stores.
31. Guerrillas defeated with the loss of 10 men by militia in Lincoln
Co., Mo.
31. Fed. gunboat Alert exploded and sunk at Norfolk, Va.
31. Cavalry expedition captured 16 rebels near Monticello, Ky.
31. Successful raid of Col. Kilpatrick’s Fed. cavalry from Yorktown to
Urbana, Va., bringing in 1000 negroes and 300 horses.
=June 1.= Blair’s reconnaissance in search of Joe Johnston returns,
having been unsuccessful.
1. Skirmishing in Howard Co., Mo.
2. 3,000 rebel prisoners arrive at Indianapolis, Ind.
2. Gen. Burnside prohibited the circulation in his Department of the _N.
Y. World_ and the _Chicago Times_.
2. West Point, Va., evacuated by the Union troops.
3. Indian (rebel) prisoners arrive in New York.
3. New York Supreme Court decide against legal tender notes.
3. Mass convention of Peace Democrats at New York.
3. Admiral Foote ordered to relieve Admiral Dupont at Charleston.
3. Skirmish near Manchester, Tenn.
3. Bombardment of Port Hudson continued.
4. Rebel guerrillas defeated near Fairfax, Va.
4. Bluffton, S. C., burned by Union troops.
4. Fight at Satartia, Miss. 100 rebels taken by Gen. Kimball.
4. Simmonsport, La., destroyed by Federal gunboats.
4. Simultaneous attacks on the Federal garrisons at Franklin and Triune,
Tenn., which were repulsed in both instances with severe loss to the
rebels.
4. Col. Wilder’s mounted infantry broke up a rebel camp at Liberty,
Tenn., capturing 62 men and their horses.
5. A division of Hooker’s army cross the Rappahannock and captured 96
prisoners. Fed. loss 35 in k. and w.
5. Raid to Warwick river, Va. Rebel boats destroyed.
6. Fight at Milliken’s Bend, Miss. Reb. Gen. McCullough, with 2,500 men,
attacked 3 negro regiments and 23d Iowa. Heavy loss on both sides. Rebs.
defeated.
8. District of the Frontier set off and given to Gen. Blunt.
8. 2 reb. spies shot at Franklin, Tenn.
8. Reconnoissance on the Chickahominy.
9. Explosion in Fort Lyon, near Alexandria, Va. 30 men killed.
9. Skirmish at Triune, Tenn. Rebels repulsed.
9. Severe cavalry fight at Beverly Ford, on the Rappahannock river, Va.,
in which Gen. Buford’s Fed. troops defeated Gen. Stuart’s command with
heavy loss on both sides.
9. Gen. Carter’s Fed. troops defeated Gen. Pegram’s army at Monticello,
Tenn.
10. An enrolling officer murdered at Manville, Ind.
10. Rebs. repulsed at Lake Providence by negro troops.
11. Preparations in Pa. to repel rebel invasion.
11. Rebel cavalry crossed the Potomac at Poolesville, Md., but were
driven back.
11. Peace Democratic meeting in Brooklyn.
11. Vallandigham nominated for Governor of Ohio.
11. Lee’s army began to move up the Rappahannock.
11. Rebels attack Triune, Tenn., and are repulsed.
11. Steamer Maple Leaf, while conveying rebel officers as prisoners from
Fortress Monroe to Fort Delaware, was seized, and 64 effected their
escape.
11–16. Gen. Lee’s army crossed the Potomac, and invaded Md. and Pa.
13–20. Forced march of the army of the Potomac from the Rappahannock to
Frederick, Md., in which many lives were lost from heat and exhaustion.
12. Union gunboats shell the shores of James river.
12. Darien, Ga., burned by Federalists.
12. Union cavalry captured near Port Hudson.
12. Skirmish near Middletown, Va. Rebels defeated.
12. Rebel privateer Clarence captured 6 vessels off the Chesapeake.
12. Attack on Morris Island by Fed. gunboats.
12. Rebels attack Fed. troops on Folly Island.
13. Rebels plunder a railroad train at Elizabethtown, Ky.
13. Skirmish on Slate creek, Ky. Union defeat.
13. Skirmish and rebel defeat near Boston, Ky.
14. Assault on Port Hudson by Gen. Banks’ troops, in which they were
repulsed with heavy loss.
14. Capture of Winchester, Va., by reb. troops. Defeat of Gen. Milroy’s
army, who lost 2,000 men, and all his artillery and stores.
14. English and Austrian consuls sent away from Richmond, Va.
14. Rebel raid upon Maysville, Ky.
15. President Lincoln calls for 100,000 men for six months from Pa.,
Md., W. Va., and Ohio, to resist invasion, which were promptly
furnished.
15. Enrollment resisted in Boone Co., Ind.
15. The rebel troops who attacked Maysville were overtaken; their
plunder and one hundred prisoners taken.
15. Rebel troops entered Chambersburg, Pa.
17. Severe cavalry skirmish near Aldie, Loudon Co., Va., in which the
rebels were defeated with loss, and eighty-five taken prisoners.
17. Capture of rebel iron-clad ram Fingal, or Atlanta, by monitors
Weehawken and Patapsco, in Warsaw Sound, S. C., 180 prisoners taken.
17. Cavalry fight at Thoroughfare Gap, Va.
17. Skirmish on the Blackwater.
17. Rioters in Holmes Co., Ohio, resist the enrollment.
17. Skirmish near Big Black Bridge, Miss.
17. Fight with guerrillas near Westport, Mo.
18. 1700 of Milroy’s men arrive safely at Bedford, Pa.
18. Skirmishing near Aldie.
18. Rebels burn canal boats at Hancock, Md.
18. Small skirmishes with Lee’s invaders in Maryland.
18. Union defeat near Hernando, Miss.
19. Rebel cavalry cross the Ohio into Harrison Co., Ind.; 50 of them
captured.
20. Gen. Schenck suppresses disloyal papers in Baltimore.
20. Vicksburg bombarded.
20. N. Y. packet ship Isaac Webb captured by rebel steamer Tacony, and
released on bond.
21. Gen. Pleasanton’s cavalry engaged rebel cavalry near Middleburg, Va.
Feds. victorious, capturing 80, and killing or wounding 150 of the
enemy.
21. Brilliant cavalry fight, and rebels whipped at Aldie Gap.
21. Skirmish near New Baltimore. Union repulse.
21. Skirmish at Low Creek, W. Va. Rebels beaten.
21. Rebs. defeated at Lafourche crossing, La.
22. Skirmish at Frederick, Md. Rebs. driven out.
22–23. Twelve fishing vessels destroyed off Martha’s Vineyard, Mass., by
rebel steamer Tacony.
23. Col. S. H. Saunders arrived at Boston, Ky., with his command, after
a successful raid into E. Tenn., having destroyed the railroads and
bridges in many places, and captured several cannon, 1,000 stand of
arms, and 500 prisoners.
23. Skirmish near Gettysburg.
23. Gunboat Sumter sunk by accident off Cape Henry.
24. Rebels advance to Shippensburg and Hagerstown.
24. Union raid force returned from N. Miss., after much success.
24. Gen. Rosecrans’ army in motion. Skirmishes at Guy’s Gap and Liberty
Pike.
24. Col. Hoover’s mounted infantry defeated the rebels at Hoover’s Gap,
Tenn., routing them with heavy loss. Fed. loss, 45 killed and wounded.
24. Gen. Willich’s Fed. brigade defeated rebels at Liberty Gap, Tenn.
Fed. loss, 50. The fight renewed next day, and rebs. defeated with
severe loss. Fed. loss, 40 killed, 100 wounded.
25. Rebels near Carlisle, Pa.
26. Rebels occupy Gettysburg.
26. Unionists evacuate Carlisle.
26. Skirmish at South Anna, Va. Gen. W. F. Lee (rebel) and 110 men, 300
horses, and 35 wagons captured by Col. Spear, 11th Pa. cavalry.
26. Death of Admiral Foote.
26. Rebels occupy York and threaten Harrisburg.
26. The inhabitants of York, Pa., were levied on by rebel Gen. Ewell for
large sums of money, clothing, and provisions.
26. Gen. Meade superseded General Hooker in command of the army of the
Potomac.
27. The Potomac army northwest of Baltimore.
27. Cavalry fight at Fairfax. Union defeat.
27. Rosecrans’ army occupy Manchester, Tenn., after slight resistance.
Also, Shelbyville.
28. Rebels capture a train near Rockville, Va., with 150 wagons and 900
mules. Also, sutler’s stores at Annandale, Va.
28. Skirmish at Columbia bridge, on the Susquehannah, Pa. 200 of Col.
Frick’s Fed. troops captured.
28. Enrollment in Indiana enforced by military.
28. Rebels defeated at Donaldsville, La.
29. Rebels driven from Decherd, Tenn.
30. Mines exploded and rebel outworks breached at Vicksburg.
30. Cavalry fight at Hanover.
=July 1.= Rebels repulsed in attack on Carlisle, Pa.
1. First conflict at Gettysburg. Rebel advance checked. Gen. Reynolds k.
1. Bragg retreats before Rosecrans. Tullahoma occupied by Fed. advance.
1. Engagement at Hanover Junction, Pa., between Gen. Pleasanton’s Fed.
cavalry and Gen. Stuart’s forces. Rebs. defeated.
2. Skirmish at Bottom’s Bridge, Va.
2–3. Defeat of rebel Gen. Lee’s army, near Gettysburg, Pa., by Gen.
Meade’s army, after a sanguinary conflict, in which 40,000 men were k.
or w.
4. Surrender of Vicksburg, Miss., to Gen. Grant, with 30,000 men, under
Gen. Pemberton, and a large supply of arms and ammunition. The rebel
army was paroled.
4. Assault on Helena, Ark., by rebel Gens. Marmaduke, Price and Holmes,
with 6,000 men, who were signally defeated by Gen. Prentiss’s garrison,
who took 1,000 prisoners, and killed or wounded 500 of the enemy.
3–10. Raid of Gen. Morgan into Ind., destroying a large amount of
property.
5. Rear-guard of Gen. Johnston’s army, numbering 4,000 men, captured by
Gen. Grant’s forces, near Bolton, Miss.
5. Vallandigham arrives at Halifax.
5. Raid from Newbern to Warsaw, N.C.
7. Great excitement in Louisville. Morgan said to be coming.
7. Two steamboats captured by rebels at Brandenburg, Ky.
7. Bragg retreats across the Tennessee, destroying the Bridgeport
bridge.
8. Surrender of Port Hudson, Miss., with its garrison of 5,500 men,
under Gen. Gardner, to Gen. Banks.
8. Cavalry skirmish near Boonsboro, Md.
10. Gilmore lands on Morris Island, taking all the rebel works except
Forts Wagner and Gregg, which are shelled by the monitors.
10. Union forces occupy Jackson, Miss.
10. Rebels defeated at Big creek, Ark.
10. Cavalry fight on the old Antietam field.
10. Lee in fortifications opposite Williamsport.
10. Morgan burns depot at Salem, Ind.
11. Morgan burns railroad bridge at Vienna, Ind.
11. Repulse of Gen. Gilmore’s forces assaulting Fort Wagner, S. C.
12. Col. Hatch’s 2d Iowa cavalry defeated a body of rebel cavalry near
Jackson, Miss. Fed. loss, 13 killed and wounded. Rebel loss, 175 killed
and wounded, and 400 conscripts released.
12. Morgan gets into Ohio.
12. Martial law in Cincinnati, Newport and Covington.
12. Fight at Jackson, Miss.
13–17. Great Draft Riot in New York. 25 or 30 buildings destroyed. The
_Tribune_ office assailed. Colored Orphan Asylum burned, several negroes
killed, and 120 stores and dwellings were sacked by the mob. The city
railroads were stopped, and all the principal factories and shops
compelled to suspend work for several days. The disturbance was quelled
by the military and police, after 25 of the military and officers were
killed or seriously wounded, and 150 of the rioters.
12. Gen. Laumann’s division of Gen. Sherman’s army corps incautiously
advanced to an exposed position in front of the rebel works at Jackson,
Miss., and lost 300 men in killed and wounded.
12. Yazoo City taken by Fed. troops.
12. Union defeat at Bayou Lafourche, La. 210 taken prisoners.
12. Lee’s army crosses the Potomac.
14. Fight at Falling Waters, Va. Gen. Kilpatrick’s cavalry attacked a
reb. force of infantry, artillery, and horse, defeating them, and
capturing 1,300 prisoners, and killing and wounding 130. Fed. loss, 29
killed, 36 wounded.
15. Cav. skirmish near Charlestown, Va.
15. Draft riots in Troy and Boston.
15. A universal conscription of all the white men in the Confederate
States between the ages of 18 and 45, subject to military duty, ordered
by Jeff. Davis.
16. Rebels defeated near Fort Gibson, Ark.
16. Rebel dash upon Hickman, Ky.
17. Orders given to enforce the draft at all hazards.
17. Huntsville, Ala., taken by Union troops.
17. Rebels evacuate Jackson, Miss., which was occupied by Gen. Sherman’s
forces after severe fighting for 4 days with Johnston’s army.
17. Defeat of rebel Gen. Cooper’s army at Elk creek, Ark., by Gen.
Blunt’s forces. Rebel loss, 400 killed or wounded, 60 prisoners. Federal
loss, 10 killed and 25 wounded.
18. Raid from Newbern into N. C.
18. 400 rebels captured at Rienzi, Miss.
18–19. Bombardment and assault on Fort Wagner, S. C., in which Gen.
Gilmore’s troops were repulsed, with the loss of 700 men, k., w. and
missing.
19. Engagement at Wytheville, W. Va., by Fed. cavalry under Cols.
Tolland and Powell, who destroyed the Va. and Tenn. railroad and
defeated the rebel force. Fed. loss, 65 killed and wounded. Rebel loss,
75 killed, and 150 prisoners.
19. Fighting with Morgan at Buffington Island. 300 of his men taken.
20. Basil Duke and a portion of Morgan’s force taken near Pomeroy, O.
21. Joe Johnston retreats to Brandon, Miss.
21. Union raid to Tar river and Rocky Mount, N. C.
22. Skirmish near Nolan’s Ferry on the Potomac.
22. Skirmish at Chester Gap, Va. by Gen. Spinola’s Fed. brigade.
22. Brashear City, La., recaptured by Union gunboats.
23. Engagement at Manassas Gap, Va. 300 rebels killed or wounded, 60
pris.
24. Skirmish with Morgans men at Washington, O.
25. The furloughs granted to the majority of rebel paroled prisoners at
Vicksburg, rescinded by Gen. Pemberton, and the men ordered to report at
headquarters within 15 or 20 days.
26. Rebs. defeated at Lexington, Tenn.
26. Capture of Gen. Morgan with the remainder of his cavalry (400) near
New Lisbon, O., by Col. Shackleford.
27. Rebels drive Union forces out of Richmond, Ky.
28. Death of Senator W. L. Yancey, near Montgomery, Ala.
29. Capture of 29 wagons with sutlers’ stores at Fairfax Court House,
Va., by Mosby’s guerrillas, which were recaptured by 2d Mass. cavalry on
the next day.
29. Defeat of Gens. Pegram’s and Scott’s rebel forces while attacking
Fed. troops at Paris, Ky.
30. Death of Brig.-Gen. Strong, in New York, from wounds received in the
attack on Fort Wagner, S. C., July 19.
30. Pres. Lincoln by proclamation, ordered the imprisonment at hard
labor of rebel prisoners, in retaliation for violation of the laws of
war toward colored soldiers.
31. Lee’s and Meade’s armies again on the Rappahannock.
31. Rebels take Stanford, Ky., but are quickly driven out.
=Aug. 1.= Severe engagement near Culpepper, Va., by Fed. cavalry,
infantry, and artillery, under Gen. Buford, with a similar reb. force,
in which the loss was heavy on both sides.
1. 60 wagons loaded with forage were burned by rebs. at Stamford, Ky.
1. Reb. Col. Ashby and 350 men were captured near the Cumberland river,
Ky., by Col. Sanders.
2. The Enfans Perdus, of N. Y., capture 500 rebs. at Folly Island.
3. Skirmish near Kelly’s Ford.
4. Steamer Ruth accidentally burned below Cairo.
4. Skirmish near Brandy Station.
4. Reconnoissance up the James river, Va., by monitor Sangamon, gunboat
Com. Barney, and tug Cohasset. The vessels met with a severe fire from
the enemy’s troops lining the banks, but returned with slight loss of
life; the Barney badly injured.
5. Union raid upon Woodville, Miss.
6. Gen. Sibley reported 3 battles, and defeat of hostile Indians in
Minnesota.
6. A day appointed by Pres. Lincoln for National thanksgiving and
praise, in gratitude for signal victories obtained by the Fed. armies.
10. Admiral Farragut arrived with his flagship at N. Y.
12. Robert Toombs publishes a letter of this date exposing the
bankruptcy of the Confederacy.
14. Several Union signal officers captured near Warrenton, Va.
14. Gen. Gilmore tried the range of his heavy guns toward Fort Sumter.
15. Union cavalry returned to Corinth, Miss., with 250 prisoners just
conscripted by Forrest.
16. Explosion of the “City of Madison,” ammunition boat at Vicksburg;
about 150 men killed.
16. Severe bombardment of Fort Sumter by the monitors and Fed. batteries
on Morris Isl. Com. Rogers killed on board the Catskill.
17. Great destruction of railroad property and ordnance stores at
Granada, Miss., by Federal troops under Col. Phillips.
18. Union raid in North Carolina. 30 rebs. killed near Pasquotank.
19. Union raid upon Grenada, Miss. Great destruction of railroad
property.
19. Recommencement of the draft in the city of N. Y., which had been
suspended owing to the riot a month previous. 10,000 Fed. troops were
stationed in the vicinity of the city, during the drawing, which was
completed Aug. 28.
20. The town of Lawrence, Kansas, was sacked by rebs. under Quantrell.
130 citizens murdered, and a large portion of the town burned.
Quantrell’s band was pursued by Fed. troops, and over 100 of them
killed.
21. Brig Bainbridge foundered. Only 1 man saved.
21. Chattanooga, Ala., besieged by Gen. Rosecrans’ army.
22. A raid to Pocahontas, Ark. 100 rebs. captured, including Gen. Jeff.
C. Thompson and staff.
22. Charleston, S. C., shelled by rebel batteries on Morris Isl.
23. Gen. Blunt crosses Ark. river. Rebs. fall back without fighting.
24. Cavalry skirmish below Fredericksburg, Va.
24. A squad of Union cavalry captur’d near Annandale.
24. Cavalry skirmish near Fairfax, Va.
25. U. S. gunboats Satellite and Reliance captured by rebs. at the mouth
of the Rappahannock, Va.
25. Rebs. under Price and Marmaduke defeated at Bayou Metiare, Ark.
26. Union expedition to Bottom’s Bridge, Va.; rebs. defeated and bridge
destroyed.
27. John B. Floyd died at Abingdon, Va.
27. Belle Boyd, a reb. spy, arrested in Va.
27. An army train captured near Philippi, W. Va., by rebs.
28. Union camp captured at Edwards’ Ferry, Va.
28. Fight near Warm Springs, Va. Reb. loss 200.
29. 5 deserters shot in the Army of the Potomac.
30. Rosecrans’ army crossed the Tennessee near Chattanooga.
31. Swarms of guerrillas in Western Tenn., and on both sides of the
Miss. riv’r, down to Baton Rouge.
31. Fort Smith, Ark., taken by Gen. Blunt.
=Sept. 1.= Union expedition in W. Va., under Gen. Averill, returns after
general success.
1. Knoxville, Tenn., occupied by the advance of Gen. Burnside’s army.
1. Rebel raid upon Brownsville, Tenn. The place plundered.
2. Skirmish at the Holston river bridge on the E. Tenn. and Ga.
railroad. The bridge burnt by Gen. Burnside’s troops.
2. Gunboats Satellite and Reliance, lately taken by the rebels,
destroyed by a Union force.
3. Kingston, Tenn., taken by Burnside.
3. Gen. Sully’s Fed. troops defeated Indians at Whitestone Hall, on the
upper Missouri, many of whom were killed, and 156 taken prisoners. Fed.
loss, 20 killed, and 38 wounded.
4. Enthusiastic reception of General Burnside and his army by the
inhabitants of Knoxville, Tenn.
5. Skirmish near Moorfield, W. Va. No loss.
5. Woman’s bread riot in Mobile.
7. Gen. Burnside tendered his resignation, which was not accepted.
7. A magazine exploded in Fort Moultrie by Union shells.
7. Morris Island was evacuated by reb. forces, and Fort Wagner and
Battery Gregg were seized by Gen. Gilmore, who took 75 prisoners, and 19
pieces of artillery.
7. An assault was made on Fort Sumter by 450 men in 20 boats from the
Fed. fleet, under Commander T. H. Stevens. The sailors were defeated
with the loss of 114 men.
8. The gunboats Clifton and Sachem attached to an expedition under
General Franklin, grounded on the bar at Sabine Pass, Texas, and were
captured by the enemy.
8. Skirmish at Bath, Va.
8. Rebels defeated near Arkadelphia, Ark.
9. Union defeat at Tilford, Tenn. 300 captured.
9. Surrender of Cumberland Gap, Tenn., to Gen. Burnside, with 2,000
prisoners, and a large supply of army stores.
9. Cavalry skirmish at Alpines, near Chattanooga, Tenn. 4 Feds. killed,
and 12 wounded.
9. Chattanooga occupied by Gen. Crittenden’s corps of Rosecrans’ army.
10. Little Rock, Ark., captured by Fed. troops under Gen. Steele, and
Gen. Davidson appointed military commander.
12. Gen. Negley’s division was attacked and driven through one of the
gaps of Pidgeon Mountain, Tenn., by the troops of Witters and Stuart, of
Bragg’s army. Fed. loss in killed and wounded, 40.
12. Union cavalry raid into Miss’ppi.
12. Sabine Pass expedition returns to N. O., having utterly failed.
13. Cavalry fight beyond Culpepper. 40 rebels and 2 guns taken. Gen.
Pleasanton advanced to the Rapidan.
13. Rebel works at Grant’s Pass, near Mobile, shelled.
14. Arkansas being rapidly cleared of rebels by Gen. Blunt.
15. The President suspended the writ of habeas corpus.
16. Skirmish along Rosecrans’ lines. Little damage.
17. Cavalry fight at Raccoon Ford. Union repulse.
18. White’s rebel cavalry routed at Warrenton, Va.
18. Fight at Reid’s bridge on the Chickamauga creek, Tenn. Cols. Minty
and Wilder’s troops were driven back by rebel infantry.
19. Battle of Chickamauga commences.
20. Battle of Chickamauga rages furiously. Union army defeated.
20. Fight at Zollicoffer, Tenn.
21. At night Rosecrans’ army withdrew from Chickamauga to Chattanooga.
Bragg did not follow.
21. Madison C. H., Va., occupied by Gen. Meade’s cavalry.
21. The rebels seized a steam-tug at Southwest Pass, but it was rescued
by Union troops.
22. Cavalry fight and Union victory at Madison C. H., Va.
22. Confederate cavalry crossed the Potomac near Rockville, but were
driven back.
23. Meade’s army reached the Rapidan.
23. 1,200 rebel prisoners who were captured at Cumberland Gap, arrived
at Louisville.
25. Mosby breaks the railroad near Fairfax.
25. Rebels driven out of Donaldsonville, La.
27. Steamer Robert Campbell burned by rebels at Milliken’s Bend. 25
lives lost.
28. Rebels attack Burnside’s right wing near Knoxville, but are
repulsed.
20. Gen. Hooker arrives in Cincinnati.
29. Two Union regiments defeated above Port Hudson, La,
30. Delegation from Missouri visit the President to ask a change of
commander in the Western Department,
30. Rebel cavalry repulsed in trying to cross the Tennessee near
Harrison’s Landing.
=Oct. 1.= Frequent skirmishes with guerrillas south of the Potomac.
2. Battle at Anderson’s Cross-roads, Ky. Rebel cavalry whipped.
2. Explosion of an ammunition train near Bridgeport, Tenn.
2. Gen. Gillmore moves his headquarters to Folly Island.
3. Fight at McMinnville, Tenn.
3. Greek fire thrown into Charleston.
3. Guerrillas active near Glasgow, Ky.
4. Four steamers burned at St. Louis by rebel incendiaries.
4. Expedition from Fortress Monroe to break up guerrilla bands.
4. Rebels attempt to destroy Shelbyville, Tenn.
5. Rebels destroy a large railroad bridge south of Murfreesboro’
5. The rebels bombard Chattanooga from Lookout Mountain.
5. Cavalry fight near New Albany, Ala.
5. Rebels repulsed in an attack on Murfreesboro’.
6. Rebels whipped near Shelbyville, Tenn.
6. Skirmish at Como, Tenn.
6. Rebels attempt to destroy the New Ironsides with a torpedo. They
fail; their men taken.
7. Federal cavalry ambuscaded near Harper’s Ferry by Imboden.
7. Part of Gen. Blunt’s escort whipped by the rebels near Fort Scott.
All who surrendered were murdered.
7. Rebel steamers destroyed on Red river.
8. Coffee and Shelby, with rebel guerrillas, plundering in Central
Missouri.
8. Fight near Farmingham, Ky. Rebs. defeated.
8. Fight at Salem, Miss. Rebels driven off.
9. Rebels make great efforts to cut Rosecrans’ communications, but fail.
9. The overland Texas expedition from New Orleans reaches
Vermillionville.
10. Skirmish near Madison Court House, Va.