10. Union raiding expedition, under Col. S. H. Mix, leave Newbern, N. C.
Return in a few days entirely successful.
11. About this time much fighting along the Memphis and Charleston
railroad. Rebels generally defeated.
12. Skirmishing along the lines on the Rappahannock. Gen. Meade
withdraws all his army to the north bank.
12. Skirmish at Blackwater, Mo.
12. Fight at White Sulphur Springs, Va.
13. Skirmish at Arrow Rock, Mo.
13. Brisk fight from Catlett’s Station to Manassas.
13. Rebels under Shelby, in Missouri, defeated by Gen. Brown.
13. Skirmish on the Big Black, below Vicksburg.
14. Fight at Bristow Station. Rebels defeated. 450 taken prisoners.
15. Skirmishing on the Bull Run battle-field.
15. 300,000 volunteers were called for by the President, the men to
receive all government bounties. A draft was ordered, at the same time,
for the deficiency in any State quota on January 5, 1864.
16. Rebel raid upon Brownsville, Mo.
16. The Department of the Tennessee, the Cumberland, and the Ohio were
formed into the Military Division of the Mississippi, and Maj.-Gen. U.
S. Grant appointed the commander.
17. Active volunteering for the Union army in Arkansas.
18. Skirmishing near Stone Bridge and Manassas Junction.
18. Jim Keller, a noted guerrilla, taken near Sharpsburg, Ky., and shot.
19. Lee recrosses the Rappahannock, and marches southward.
19. Secret meetings in New Orleans to revive the rebel State government.
20. Gen. Rosecrans relieved. Gen. Grant takes command.
20. Gen. Blunt relieved of Army of the Frontier, Gen. McNeil taking his
place.
20. Kilpatrick’s cavalry on a raid toward Warrenton.
21. Fight near Philadelphia, East Tennessee.
21. Fight at Cherokee Station, near Corinth, Miss. Rebels defeated.
22. Skirmishes at Columbia and Kingston Spring, Tenn.
22. Gen. Averill’s Union cavalry near Covington, Va.
23. Rebel raid upon Danville, Tenn.
23. Fighting at Beverly Ford, on the Rappahannock.
23. Unionists land at Bay St. Louis, Miss., and recapture some
prisoners.
24. Guerrillas driven out of S. Mo.
25. Whole of 1st Ala. cavalry said to have been captured near Tolanda,
Miss., about this date.
26. Grant starts his movement upon Lookout Mountain. A flanking force
crosses the river.
27. Hooker defeats the rebels at Brown’s Ferry.
27. Arkadelphia, Ark., occupied by Union forces about this date.
28. Flanking and capture of Lookout Mountain. It is soon after
abandoned, and reoccupied by the rebels.
29. Union prisoners from Richmond, in a state of starvation, arrive at
Annapolis. Some die on the trip from Fortress Monroe.
29. 60 rebels taken near Columbia, Tenn.
30. Charleston, Mo., robbed by guerrillas.
30. Guerrillas routed near Piney Factory, Tenn.
30. Burnside’s forces cross the river at Knoxville, and occupy Loudon
Heights.
30. Heavy bombardment of Charleston, S. C.
31. Banks’ expedition lands at Brazos Island.
31. Plot in Ohio to overthrow the government comes to light.
31. Rebel cavalry repulsed at Warrenton.
31. Gen. Hooker wins an important victory at Shell Mound, Tenn.
31. Fight at Leiper’s Ferry, Tenn.
=Nov. 1.= Much anxiety in Richmond about food.
1. Union raid in N. Ala. They reach Florence.
1. Skirmish near Washington, N. C.
1. Collision on Opelousas railroad. 16 soldiers killed and 65 wounded.
2. Rebels routed at Roan Springs, Tenn.
2. Rebels capture 2 trains and destroy railroad, near Mayfield, Ky.
2. Unsuccessful attempt upon Sumter by a boat expedition.
3. Rebel cavalry defeated near Columbia, Tenn.
3. Rebels defeated at Colliersville, Tenn. Their Brig.-Gen. Geary
captured.
3. Gen. Washburne’s advance attacked.
4. Banks’ expedition take peaceable possession of Brownsville, on the
Rio Grande.
4. E. Tenn. said to be clear of rebs.
5. Rebels continue to shell Chattanooga.
5. Skirmish at Motley’s Ford, E. Tenn.
5. Union camp at Rogersville, E. Tenn., surprised, and 4 guns and nearly
800 men taken.
6. Guerrillas plunder Blandville, Ky.
6. Much excitement about the starvation of Union prisoners at Richmond.
7. Meade’s army begins an advance. Sharp fighting at Kelly’s Ford and
Rappahannock Station. The rebels driven across the river.
7. Rebels break up the Memphis and Charleston railroad near Salisbury.
7. Rebels defeated at Lewisburg, W. Va.
8. Meade advances, the rebels retiring toward Gordonsville.
8. Successful reconnoissance returns from Chowan river, N. C.
8. Banks’ expedition in possession of Brazos, Bienville, and Point
Isabel.
9. Skirmish near Culpepper. Meade’s army in line of battle all day. Lee
declines a fight.
9. Rebel dash upon Bayou Sara, La.
9. Fight on the Little Tenn. A rebel regiment repulsed with 50 killed
and 40 prisoners.
10. Skirmishing near Culpepper.
10. Rebels concentrate along the south bank of the Rapidan.
10. Supposed conspiracy in Canada to set free rebel prisoners on
Johnson’s Island.
11. Charleston and Fort Sumter regularly shelled day by day.
12. Union meeting held in Arkansas. Rebellion dying out.
13. Rebel foray across the Potomac at Edward’s Ferry.
14. Longstreet crosses the Tenn., and attacks Burnside, who retires
toward his works at Knoxville.
14. Banks captures Corpus Christi Pass.
15. Reconnoissance and skirmish on the Rapidan.
15. Skirmish near Holston, Tenn. Burnside falls back to Lenoir.
16. Gen. Sherman’s corps forms a junction with Thomas at Chattanooga.
16. Fighting near Mount Jackson, Va.
16. Burnside falls back to Bell’s Sta’n.
17. Seabrook Island occupied by Gillmore.
17. Charleston again shelled.
17. Burnside reaches Knoxville.
18. Skirmish at Germania Ford, Va.
18. Capture of Mustang Island by Gen. Banks.
19. Gettysburg Cemetery dedicated.
19. Fighting at Knoxville.
20. Mosby’s guerrillas, in Union uniform, attempt to capture Fed. forces
at Bealton, Va. The trick discovered in time.
21. Skirmishing along Burnside’s and Longstreet’s lines.
22. A portion of Knoxville burned. The city closely invested by
Longstreet.
22. Successful scouting by negro troops at Pocotaligo, S. C. A grandson
of John C. Calhoun killed.
23. Reconnoissance in force by Gen. Thomas. Rebels driven back.
23. Guerrillas whipped in Loudon Co., Va.
24. Storming and capture of Lookout Mountain. Hooker’s “fight above the
clouds.” Defeat of Bragg.
24. Skirmishing near Knoxville.
25. Capture of Missionary Ridge. Bragg’s army routed and driven back
toward Ringgold.
25. Colored troops doing good service in N. C.
25. Rebel cavalry repulsed at Kingston, Tenn.
26. Bragg’s army pursued by Fed. victorious troops.
26. Meade’s army crosses the Rapidan with no serious opposition.
27. Brisk skirmishing between Meade and Lee. Heavy fighting on the left.
27. Wheeler’s rebel cavalry whipped at Cleveland, Tenn.
27. Mosby captures part of one of Meade’s trains.
28. John Morgan and 6 of his officers escape from the Ohio penitentiary.
28. A rebel battery discovered, built behind the Moultrie House while
they kept a hospital flag flying from the roof.
29. Siege of Charleston progresses regularly.
29. Longstreet attacks Knoxville, and is beaten after a heavy battle.
=Dec. 1.= Hooker retires from Ringgold, and Army of the Cumberland again
concentrates at Chattanooga.
1. Meade recrosses the Rapidan.
2. Bragg superseded by Hardee in command of the rebel army in Georgia.
3. Union cavalry make a foray toward Canton, Miss.
3. Sherman’s cavalry near Knoxville.
4. Longstreet raises the siege of Knoxville, Tenn., and retreats toward
Va.
6. Chesapeake, steamer, seized by reb. pirates on board, engineer shot,
and crew landed at St. Johns.
6. The monitor Weehawken founders at Charleston harbor, with all on
board.
7. Jefferson Davis issues his annual message.
7. U. S. Congress reassembles.
8. Pres. Lincoln issues his Message and Proclamation of Amnesty.
11. Fort Sumter vigorously bombarded and partly set on fire.
14. Bean Station, Va. Longstreet attacks Union cavalry under
Shackleford. Rebels lose 800 killed and wounded. Union loss, 200.
15–20. Extensive destruction of salt-works by vessels from the Eastern
Gulf Squadron in West Bay, St. Andrews Sound, Fla. Property of the value
of $3,000,000 destroyed.
16. Maj.-Gen. John Buford died at Washington.
16. Averill destroys 15 miles of Va. and Tenn. railroad.
17. Rebel cavalry attack Meade’s communications at Sangster’s, and are
repulsed.
17. Com. G. J. Van Brunt died at Dedham, Mass., aged 64.
17. The Chesapeake recaptured in Sambro Harbor by the Ella and Annie.
All of the crew but 3 escape.
18. Col. Phillips, with Indian brigade beats and scatters Quantrell’s
force near Fort Gibson, killing 50.
19. Fort Gibson, Ark., attacked by Standthwaite with 1,600 men.
Standthwaite repulsed.
22. Gen. Corcoran killed by a fall from his horse.
22. An expedition from Beaufort starts inland under Gen. Seymour.
22. An expedition of 1 white and 3 colored regiments, starts for Red
river from Port Hudson, under Gen. Ullman.
23. Longstreet’s soldiers are deserting 20 to 50 per day.
23. Union raid on Luray. Large quantities of leather, bacon, &c.,
captured.
23. Ferryboat at Memphis attacked by guerrillas who killed the captain.
The boat escaped.
24. Choctaw Indians and their Chief abandon the rebel cause.
24. Reeves, with 150 guerrillas, surprises Centreville, Mo., and
captures garrison of 50 men, 3d M. S. M.
24. Legareville, S. C., attacked by rebs., who are driven off.
25. Fight between the gunboat Marblehead, and rebel batteries on Stone
river, S. C. Rebels defeated. Fed. loss, 3 killed, 4 wounded.
25. At Pulaski, Tenn., 50 of Forrest’s guerrillas captured by Gen.
Dodge.
25. Gen. Sullivan’s expedition from Harper’s Ferry returns with 100
prisoners and 100 horses.
25. Gen. Banks establishes Department of the Frontier on the Rio Grande.
25. British bark Circassian seized in North river by U. S. Marshal.
26. Dr. Segar, Mr. Perez, and Mr. Carter sent to Fort Lafayette for
smuggling arms to rebels.
26. The Dictator, turreted iron-clad, launched at New York.
26. At Charleston, Tenn., rebel Gen. Wheeler, with 1,500 men attacks
Colonel Liebert and supply train; captures the latter. Col. Long
reinforces Liebert and rebels are beaten, losing 121 prisoners.
29. Part of Union train captured by rebels at Williamsport, Va.
30. Great naval expedition leaves N. O., supposed for Mobile.
31. McChesney’s expedition meets rebels near Washington, N. C., routs
them, kills a lieut. and 5 men, captures 1 cannon and 10 men.
=1864.—Jan. 1.=
ARMY CORPS COMMANDERS—GENERALS.
1st. John Newton.
2d. W. S. Hancock.
3d. W. H. French.
4th. Gordon Granger.
5th. George Sykes.
6th. John Sedgwick.
7th. Consolidated with others.
8th. H. H. Lockwood.
9th. A. E. Burnside.
10th. Q. A. Gilmore.
11th. O. O. Howard.
12th. H. W. Slocum.
13th. E. O. C. Ord.
14th. John M. Palmer.
15th. John A. Logan.
16th. S. A. Hurlbut.
17th. J. B. McPherson.
18th. B. F. Butler.
19th. W. B. Franklin.
20th. } Consolidated to
21st. } form the 4th.
22d. S. P. Heintzelman.
23d. G. L. Hartsuff.
Cavalry Corps—George Stoneman.
DEPARTMENT COMMANDERS.
Dep’tm’t of the Tenn.—Maj.-Gen. W. T. Sherman.
„ the Cumberland—Maj.-Gen. Geo. H. Thomas.
„ the Ohio—Maj.-Gen. J. T. Foster.
„ the East—Maj.-Gen. John A. Dix.
„ the Gulf—Maj.-Gen. N. P. Banks.
„ N. C. and Va.—Maj.-Gen. B. F. Butler.
„ the Northwest—Maj.-Gen. John Pope.
„ Washington—Maj.-Gen. S. P. Heintzelman.
„ the Monongahela—Maj.-Gen. W. T. Brooks.
„ the Susquehanna—Maj.-Gen. D. N. Couch.
„ Western Virginia—Brig.-Gen. B. F. Kelly.
„ New Mexico—Brig.-Gen. J. H. Carleton.
„ the Pacific—Brig.-Gen. George Wright.
„ Kansas—Maj.-Gen. James G. Blunt.
„ Middle Department—Brig.-Gen. Lockwood.
„ the South—Maj.-Gen. Q. A. Gilmore.
„ Missouri—Maj.-Gen. John M. Schofield.
1. Gov. Bramlette of Ky., ordered the arrest of 5 rebel sympathizers for
every loyal man captured by rebel guerrillas.
1. Arrest of a contractor of the Confederate government in New York who
was engaged in manufacturing notes and bonds. The plates and engraving
tools seized, and $7,000,000 in notes and bonds.
1. Departure of a Fed. cavalry reconnoissance to Front Royal, Va.
1. Fed. pickets driven in at Winchester, Va.
2. Gen. Curtis took command of Kansas Military Department.
2. A Fed. train attacked near Moorfield, Va. Rebels defeated, losing 13
killed, and 20 wounded.
3. Fight at Jonesville, Va. 60 Fed. troops killed or wounded, and 300
captured.
3. Death of Archbishop Hughes, in New York.
4. Gen. Grierson pursuing Forrest’s rebel troops south of Coldwater,
Miss.
4. Trial of the crew of the Chesapeake for piracy.
5. Gen. Stoneman made Chief of cavalry under Gen. Grant.
6. Marmaduke and Price at Arkadelphia, Ark., with 7,000 men.
6. Skirmish at Newtown, W. Va.
6. Gen. Kirby Smith takes command of rebels west of Mississippi river.
7. Death of Caleb B. Smith, U. S. Secretary of the Interior.
7. Gen. Grant made Maj.-Gen. in the regular army.
7. Gen. Thomas made Brigadier in the regular army.
8. Gens. Meade and Sherman made Brigadiers in the regular army.
8. Petersburg, Va., attacked by rebels under Fitz Hugh Lee, who were
driven off.
8. Chase and destruction of the Anglorebel steamer Dare.
8. Death of Com. Stover, U. S. navy.
9. Madisonville and St. Francisburg, La., occupied by Fed. troops.
9. Gen. Wild’s colored troops made a raid into N. C., releasing 3,000
slaves, and capturing or destroying an immense quantity of stores.
10. Gen. Rousseau left Decatur, Ala., for a raid in the rear of Gen.
Hood’s reb. army.
10. A severe fight at Strawberry Plains, E. Tenn. Rebels repulsed with
severe loss.
10. A battalion of Cole’s Md. cavalry attacked by rebels under Mosby, in
Loudon Co., Va. Rebels defeated.
11. Madisonville, La., captured by Fed. troops.
11. Longstreet’s rebel army fortifying Bull Gap, Tenn.
11. Capture of rebel salt-works at Tampa Bay, Fla.
11. Battle at Smithfield, Va. Federal troops defeated.
11. Gunboat Iron Age aground and under reb. fire in Wilmington Harbor.
12. Raid by Fed. troops under Gen. Marston in Westmoreland Co., Va. Much
property destroyed.
12. Rebel cavalry defeated at Mossy Creek, Tenn., by Gen. McCook’s
troops, who killed 14 and took 49 prisoners.
13. Gen. Herron’s troops crossed the Rio Grande into Mexico, and
escorted the American Consul to Brownsville with $2,000,000, belonging
to Americans and the Government.
14. Fed. pickets at Three Mile Station, Va., attacked by rebel cavalry,
who were repulsed.
14. A Fed. train of 23 wagons captured near Tenisville, Tenn., by rebels
under Gen. Vance, who are pursued by Col. Palmer, who retook the wagons,
and captured the rebel general, and a portion of his force.
14. Rebel steamer Mayflower captured in Sarasote Pass, Fla.
14. Skirmish at Bainbridge, Tenn.
14. The American ship Emma Jane captured by the Alabama, off Trivandrum,
while on her way from Bombay to Mouhnein.
17. Fight near Dandridge, Tenn. National troops defeated, losing 150
killed or wounded.
17. Longstreet’s force moving towards Knoxville, Tenn.
17. Rebels attack Union lines at Bainbridge, Tenn., but are defeated
with heavy loss.
18. Gen. Butler pronounced an outlaw by rebel Congress.
19. Gen. Sturgis’ Fed. troops retreated from Strawberry Plains to
Knoxville.
19. Mosby defeated at Thoroughfare Gap, Va., by 1st Mass. cavalry.
20. Guerrillas attacked Col. Sweitzer’s brigade of 5th Corps, and were
repulsed, leaving 8 dead on the field.
21. Extensive conflagration of hospital buildings at Camp Winder, near
Richmond, Va.
21. A large number of rebel deserters arrive at Chattanooga.
23. Brandon, Va., on the James river, destroyed by Fed. troops, who
captured 100 negroes, and much rebel property.
23. Union raid to Lake Phelps, N. C. 200,000 lbs. of pork destroyed.
23. Rebel Gen. Rhoddy driven south of Tenn. river, by Col. Phillips,
with loss of his train, 200 cattle, 600 sheep and 100 horses and mules.
25. Athens, Ala., attacked by 600 rebs. under Col. Harrison, who were
defeated.
20. Successful Fed. raid in Onslow and Jones Co., N. C., by Col.
Palmer’s troops.
27. Rebel cavalry under Armstrong and Morgan defeated near Seviervillle,
Tenn., by Gen. Sturgis.
27. Rebels defeated in an attack on Florence, Ala.
28. A meeting at Nashville, Tenn., to restore the State Government.
28. Destruction of rebel salt works at St. Andrews Bay.
28. Rebels defeated at Tunnel Hill, Ga. 32 killed and 1 company
captured.
29. Skirmish 13 miles from Cumberland Gap, Tenn. Fed. cavalry with reb.
troops under Gen. Jones.
29. Bridges and other property destroyed by Union troops at Windsor, N.
C.
29. Major Johnson’s Ky. troops drove rebels out of Scottville, Ky.,
killing 40 and taking 20 prisoners.
30. A Fed. supply train of 80 wagons, guarded by Col. Snyder’s troops,
captured near Petersburg, W. Va., after a 4 hours’ fight. Fed. loss, 80
killed or wounded. The Fed. garrison evacuated the place that night.
30. Skirmish near Cumberland Gap, Tenn. Rebels defeated by Col. Love.
30. Fight at Smithfield, Va.
FEB. 1. Union repulse at Bachelor’s Creek, near Newbern, N. C. Steamer
Underwriter destroyed.
1. President Lincoln calls for 500,000 men for 3 years. Draft for
deficiency to be made March 10.
1. Burlington, W. Va., occupied by rebels.
1. Fighting in the New Creek (Va.) valley.
1. Fed. outposts at Bachelor’s Creek driven in by a rebel force
threatening Newbern, N. C.
1. Fighting at Smithfield, Va.
2. Fight at Mechanicsburg Gap, near Romney, W. Va. Rebels retreat.
2 Rebel troops burn a bridge at Patterson’s Creek, Va., and were next
day driven off by the guard.
2. Union reinforcements arrive at Newbern, N. C., and rebels are driven
back to Kinston.
2. U. S. steamer Levi burned in Kanawha river, W. Va., and Gen. Scammon
and staff captured by rebels.
3. Sherman’s advance defeated rebels in a skirmish at Bolton, Miss.
Union loss, 12 killed, 35 wounded. Rebel loss larger.
3. Gen. Smith’s cavalry expedition starts from Corinth, Miss.
4. Col. Mulligan drove rebels from Morefield, W. Va., after 6 hours’
fighting.
4. A party of rebels captured near White Oak river.
4. Gen. Sherman’s troops skirmish near Champion Hill, Miss.
4. Cavalry skirmish at Canton, Miss.
4. Gen. Averill defeats rebels at Woodfield, W. Va.
4. Rebel battery defeated at Clinton, Miss. Union killed 15, wounded 30.
4. Gen. Seymour’s expedition left Port Royal, S. C., for Jacksonville,
Fla.
5. Engagement between Gen. Sherman’s troops and rebels, at Bear Creek,
near Clinton, Miss.
5. Navajo Indians defeated near Fort Sumner, with loss of 50 killed and
25 wounded.
6. Col. Kit Carson brings 280 Indian prisoners to Santa Fe.
6. Skirmish at Bottom’s Bridge, W. Va., by Gen. Butler’s troops.
7. Rebels driven across the Rapidan by the army of the Potomac.
7. A Federal expedition returned to Knoxville, Tenn., having defeated a
reb. force, killing and wounding 215, and taking 50 prisoners.
8. Rebel regiments at Dalton, and at Decatur, Ala., mutiny when required
to re-enlist. Several soldiers are killed.
8. Gen. Seymour’s expedition arrived at Jacksonville, Fla.
9. Rebels abandon Jacksonville, Fla., losing 100 men prisoners, and 8
guns.
9. Union gunboats arrive at Sartartia, on the Yazoo river.
10. Col. Streight, and 110 other officers, escaped from Libby prison by
tunnelling.
11. Guerrillas rob a train on Balt. and O. railroad, near Harper’s
Ferry.
11. Gens. Grierson and Smith’s Fed. troops start on a raid through Miss.
11. Gen. W. L. Smith’s cavalry expedition started in the direction of
Colliersville, Tenn.
11. First 20-inch gun cast at Pittsb’g, Pa.
12. Fed. pickets at Manassas attacked by Mosby.
12. Smith’s Fed. expedition reaches Okolona, Miss.
12. Passage of the Enrollment bill by the House of Representatives.
13. The line of the Memphis and Ohio railroad evacuated by the Fed.
forces.
14. Negro garrison of 400 at Waterproof, La., was attacked by a large
rebel force, which was repulsed 3 times, and retired.
14. Rebel Col. Ferguson surprised in Wayne Co., W. Va., losing 60
prisoners, with arms and supplies, and releasing 500 Union captives.
14. Meridian evacuated by the rebels.
14. Guerrilla attack at Tecumseh Landing, Miss.
14. A company of colored troops, save 2, surprised and murdered at Grand
Lake, Miss.
14. Gainesville, Fla., attacked by 40th Mass., Capt. Roberts. Rebels
routed with loss of 100.
14. Meridian, Miss., occupied by Gen. Sherman’s Union forces, who
destroyed the State arsenal, and great quantities of ammunition.
15. Chesapeake steamer surrendered to her owners by colonial authorities
at St. John’s.
16. Rebel Gen. Pickett captured at Newbern, N. C.
14–20. Sherman sends various expeditions from Meridian, Miss., who
destroy adjacent towns, and immense quantities of stores.
18. Sherman’s army reaches Quitman, Ga., without opposition.
18. Gen. Seymour left Jacksonville, Fla., with 5,000 troops, and
established a depot of supplies at Baldwin.
18. Gen. Smith’s Union expedition reached Okolona, 75 miles south of
Corinth, Miss.
18. Sloop-of-war Housatonic sunk at Port Royal by a rebel torpedo.
20. Longstreet retreats from Bull’s Gap to Strawberry Plains.
20. Rebels hang Rev. Dr. Cox, chaplain of Corps de Afrique, near
Donaldsonville.
20. Skirmish with Mosby’s rebel cavalry, at Piedmont Station, Va. 17 of
his men taken.
20. Gen. Smith defeated by Forrest at West Point, Ga., and driven back
towards Memphis.
20. Battle of Olustee, Fla. Gen. Seymour’s troops encountered a superior
force of rebels 55 miles beyond Jacksonville, Fla. After a severe
contest of 3 hours, the Union troops were defeated, and retreated to
Sanderson. Union loss, 1,500. Rebel loss about the same.
21. A force of Fed. troops left Hilton Head, and proceeded up the
Savannah river, without result.
21. Heavy fighting at Pontotoc, Miss.
21. Ringgold, Ga., occupied by Gen. Palmer.
22. Mosby defeats 150 Fed. cavalry near Drainsville, Va., who lose 8
killed, 7 wounded, and 75 missing.
22. 28 of Mosby’s men captured near Warrenton by Major Cole.
22. A “Border State Convention,” convened at Louisville, Ky., for the
purpose of adopting harmonious action on important issues then pending
in National affairs. Representatives from six States were present.
22. Rebel train destroyed near Poplar Bluffs, Mo.
22. Louisiana State election. Michael Hahn elected Governor, by 6,830
votes, against Fellows, 2,720, and B. F. Flanders, 1,847.
23. Rebel Gen. Forrest repulsed in an attack on Smith, near Memphis,
Tenn.
23. Bombardment of Fort Powell, Mobile Bay, by Fed. mortars.
23. Skirmish near Tunnel Hill, Ga.
24. Passage of a bill by Congress authorizing the appointment of a
Lieut.-Gen.
25. Skirmish at Bean Station.
25. Rebel raid on Maysville, Ky.
26. Grierson and Smith’s forces return to Memphis. Results of expedition
are 200 rebel prisoners, 1,500 negroes, 300 horses taken; 3,000,000
bushels corn, 4,000 bales cotton, 2,000 hides, and 40 miles of Mobile
and O. railroad destroyed.
26. Tunnel Hill occupied by column from Chattanooga, after heavy
skirmishing.
26. Fire opened upon Fort Powell by Admiral Farragut.
27. Col. Jourdan makes another dash into Jones and Onslow Cos., N. C.,
captures 3 prisoners, and destroys stores and ammunition.
27. Fed. troops withdrew from Tunnel Hill, Ga., to Ringgold.
27. Sherman’s expedition returns to Vicksburg, after 22 days’ raid,
devastating many towns, burning bridges, seizing or destroying vast
quantities of stores, liberating 10,000 negroes, breaking up many miles
of railways, and taking 600 prisoners. Union loss, 170 k. and w.
27. Gov. Goodman, of Arizona, with exploring party, fights with Indians,
killing 5, and wounding many.
28. Colonel Richardson, a notorious guerrilla, captured near Cumberland
river.
28. Seymour’s retreating army reaches Baldwin, Fla., which it evacuates,
burning stores.
28. Gen. Kilpatrick, with 5,000 picked men, leaves Culpepper for a raid
on Richmond, crosses the Rapidan at Ely’s Ford, surprising rebel pickets
at Spottsylvania Court House, and capturing 15 men and 2 officers.