destroying as he went. A force is sent by Butler to reinforce him.
29. Expedition of Custar’s cav. crosses Rapidan and Rivanna, destroys an
artillery camp, burns caissons, &c., and recrosses Rivanna bridge,
burning it. Reb. cavalry charged and scattered at Burton’s Ford and
Stannardsville roads, and Custar safely returns with 60 prisoners,
horses, &c.
29. Rebels in force attack Newbern, N. C., and were repulsed. Garrison
ultimately relieved by reinforcements.
=March 1.= A lieut. and 15 men of the 5th Pa. cavalry captured while
reconnoitering in the Dismal Swamp, Va.
1. A force under Gen. Kilpatrick and Col. Onderdonk, left Yorktown, Va.,
on an expedition to King and Queens C. H. Near Carlton’s store the
troops encountered 2 regiments of Virginia cavalry and a body of
citizens. The enemy was routed and driven from the town. After
penetrating to the inner fortifications of Richmond, Kilpatrick’s troops
were repulsed.
1. Reb. Government salt works at St. Marks, Fla., destroyed by
expeditions from gunboat Tahoma.
1. Gen. Thomas, reinforced, marching against Dalton, from Tunnel Hill.
2. Reinforcements reaching Gen. Seymour at Jacksonville.
3. Kilpatrick’s expedition moves to Williamsburg to rest. Many prisoners
and stores captured and destroyed during this raid.
4. Kilpatrick returns within Union lines, having destroyed large
portions of the Va. Central R. R., and burned several mills on James
river. Loss 150, including Col. Dahlgren.
4. Gen. Custer, with 500 men, made a reconnoissance to Ely’s Ford, on
the Rapidan.
5. Reb. cavalry still scouring country E. of Knoxville.
5. Reb. cavalry, in force, attack 93 of 3d Tenn. at Panther Springs.
Union loss 2 k. 8 wounded, 22 prisoners. Rebel, 30 k. and wounded.
5. Battle in Yazoo City, between 11th Ill. and 8th La., and 4 reb.
brigades. Rebs. defeated with considerable loss. Union, killed 6;
wounded 20.
6. Gunboat Peterholf sunk off Wilmington, N. C.
6. 23 Union soldiers, captured from Gen. Foster’s command, hung by rebs.
at Kinston, N. C.
6. Sherman’s main army at Jackson, commencing to cross Pearl river.
7. Sherman’s cavalry enter Brandon after skirmishing, and camp two miles
east.
8. Reb. cavalry driven from camp near Carrolton. Grain mills and stores
burned.
9. Sherman at Hillsboro’, N. C.
9. 40 of 30th Pa. cavalry captured by guerrillas at Bristow Station, Va.
9. An outpost of national troops near Suffolk, Va., was attacked by 4
regiments of infantry, a squadron of cavalry, and 2 batteries of
artillery, and driven to Baner’s Hill. A column of national troops
arrived to the support, and the enemy in turn was attacked, driven back
and pursued. Fed. loss 200.
10. Suffolk, Va., captured. Reb. loss 25 killed. Union, 10 k.
10. A body of 10,000 troops under Gens. A. J. Smith and Thomas Kilby
Smith, left Vicksburg on transports, destined for the mouth of Red
river, at which point a force under Gen. Banks was being rendezvoused,
in view of a campaign in the Red river region.
10. A naval expedition from Brashear City captures camp, arms, flag at
Atchafalaya river.
10. Pilatka occupied by Union forces.
12. Gen. Grant appointed Commander-in-Chief of the armies of the U. S.
13. Indianola evacuated by Union troops.
13. Gen. Smith’s army at Semmesport.
13. Alexandria, La., captured by Fed. fleet.
14. Capture of Fort de Russy, on the Red river, by 1st and 3d divisions
of 16th corps, under Gen. Mower. The fort was blown up at night.
15. President calls for 200,000 men, and a draft ordered for the
deficiency on the 15th of April.
15. Reb. plot to assassinate Pres. Lincoln discovered.
15. Sherman repulses rebs. near Chunky Creek.
16. Gov. Bramlette of Ky., remonstrates against employment of slaves as
soldiers.
16. Battle near Fort Pillow. Rebs. defeated, loss of 50 k. and w.
16. Arkansas votes herself a free State.
16. Gens. Smith and Banks at Alexandria. Rebs. retreat to Shreveport and
burn 2 steamers with 3,000 bales of cotton.
16. Rebs. attack a train from Nashville near Estelle Springs, Tenn.
17. Reb. raid on Magnolia, Fla.
19. Reb. attack on Port Royal, S. C., fails.
21. Gen. Mower captures reb. camp at Henderson’s Hill, 282 prisoners,
guns, &c.
21. Banks captures 306 rebs. near Alexandria.
21. Engagement at Natchitoches, La., between Gen. Mower’s troops of A.
J. Smith’s command, and reb. cavalry under Gen. Lee. 200 rebs. captured,
with but small loss in killed or wounded on either side.
22. The gunboat Petrel captured by rebs. on the Yazoo river.
22. Gen. Thayer, with an army of 5,500 men left Fort Smith, Ark., to aid
Gen. Steele’s army.
23. Union City, Ky., captured by reb. Gen. Forrest. Col. Hawkins, with
the 7th Tenn. cavalry, 400 men, surrendered after repulsing 2,000 rebs.
3 times.
25. Reb. Gen. Forrest, with 7,000 men, attacked the Fed. fort at
Paducah, Ky., defended by Col. Hicks, with 500 men. Aided by 2 gunboats,
Col. Hicks defeated Forrest, who retired with a loss of 1,000 killed and
wounded. Fed. loss 14 killed and 46 wounded. The town was nearly
destroyed by the bombardment.
26. Col. Clayton captured 370 rebs., 35 wagons, and 300 horses, at
Longview, Ark.
29. Battle of Cane river, La. Rebs. defeated.
30. Fight in Arkansas with 1,200 rebs., who are defeated.
30. Riots by disloyalists at Charleston and Mattoon, Ill.
31. Rebs. defeated at Crump’s Hill (Piney Woods).
=April 1.= Fight near Snyder’s Bluff, on the Yazoo.
1. S. S. Maple Leaf blown up by torpedo in St. Johns river.
1. Rebel ram Tennessee sunk near Grant’s Pass.
2. Shelby defeated by Steele near Camden, in Ark.
2. Grierson’s cavalry engages Forrest near Summerville, and falls back.
4. Fight at Roseville, in Ark.
4. Col. Gooding engages Harrison’s guerrillas at Compti, and withdraws
with loss.
4. Marmaduke defeated by Steele on Little Missouri river, Ark.
4. N. Y. Metropolitan Sanitary Fair opened.
5. Fight between gunboats and guerrillas at Hickman, Ky.
5. Banks’ Texas expedition at Grand Ecore.
5. Gen. W. P. White, reb., of Georgetown, S. C., assassinated by his own
men.
6. Fort Halleck, Columbus, Ky., attacked by rebel Gen. Buford. Surrender
refused by Col. Lawrence.
6. Maryland Constitutional Convention on Slavery met.
7. U. S. Senate pass the resolution to submit to States’ Legislatures
the Constitution amendment abolishing slavery.
8. Gen. Franklin’s command of Banks’ expedition defeated at Mansfield,
La., by Gen. Taylor’s army, losing 24 guns and nearly 2,000 men, and
falling back to Grand Ecore. Gen. Smith, next day, relieved Franklin,
defeated the rebels, and captured 36 guns and 2,000 prisoners.
8. Shelbyville entered by 40 guerrillas.
9. Battle of Pleasant Hill, La. After severe fighting the Union troops
retreated at night in good order.
10. Cape Lookout lighthouse seized by 40 rebels.
11. Banks retires to Grand Ecore.
11. Rebels repulsed in an attack on Roseville, Ark.
12. Capture of Fort Pillow and massacre of garrison.
12. Admiral Porter’s Red river fleet attacked by 2,000 rebel infantry on
shore, who are beaten off.
12. Horrible murder of a farmer by guerrillas at Osage river, Mo.
13. A portion of Banks’ army attacked near Blair’s Landing, La. Rebs.
repulsed with loss.
13. New York Soldiers’ Voting Bill passed New York Senate. Yeas 29, nays
none.
14. Gunboat expedition from Butler’s army capture prisoners and stores
at Smithfield, Va.
14. Nebraska Constitution and State Government Bill passed by U. S.
Senate.
15. Chenango, gunboat, exploded.
16. Gunboat Eastport sunk by snag above Grand Ecore.
17. Bread riot by women in Savannah, Ga.
18. Rebel attack on Fort Wessell, near Plymouth, N. C. Gunboat
Southfield sunk. Com. Flusser killed and most of crew drowned. Ram also
destroys the gunboat Bombshell.
18. Baltimore Sanitary Fair opened.
19. Guerrillas driven from Burksville.
19. Transports and gunboats aground above Grand Ecore, Red river.
19. Fort Wessells, N. C., evacuated by Feds.
20. Plymouth, N. C., surrendered to rebels by Gen. Wessels, after severe
loss by rebels. Gen. Wessells and 2,500 men surrendered.
21. North Carolina salt works, worth $100,000, near Wilmington,
destroyed.
22. Rebels captured gunboat Petrel on the Yazoo river, and burnt her.
22. Forrest moving toward Alabama, followed by Grierson.
22. Banks’ army left Grand Ecore for Alexandria, La., by land.
23. Brisk engagement near Camden, Ark. Feds. defeated.
23. Rebels capture and murder Union pickets at Nickajack.
23. N. Y. Metropolitan Sanitary Fair closed. Sword voted to Grant by
30,291, against 14,509 for McClellan.
24. Battle at Cane river, La. Rebels losing 1,000 men and 9 guns.
25. A supply train of 240 wagons, and the 26th Iowa, 73d Ohio, and 43d
Ind. regiments, under Col. Drake, 2,000 men, were captured after a brave
resistance on their return to Pine Bluff, Ark., after an unsuccessful
effort to reach General Steele’s army.
26. Gen. Steele’s army left Camden for Little Rock, Ark.
26. Rebels in strong force attack Admiral Porter’s gunboats on the Red
river, and were defeated with severe loss.
28. Little Washington, N. C., evacuated by Fed. troops.
28. A detachment of Fed. cavalry under Col. Lowell, encountered a
portion of Mosby’s command near Upperville, Va., and defeated them,
capturing 23, killing 2 and wounding 4. Fed. loss, 3 killed, 4 wounded.
30. Gen. Steele’s army in Ark. crossed the Sabine river after a fight
with rebs.
30. Madison Court House, Va., was burned by a Union expeditionary force
while engaged in a skirmish with a rebel company at that place.
=May 1.= Death of Commodore W. D. Porter.
1. Gen. Steele’s army 40 miles from Little Rock, Ark. His cavalry
reached that city.
2. Advance of the Army of the Potomac across the Rapidan towards
Chancellorsville and the Wilderness.
2. West Point, Va., occupied by Feds.
2. Gen. Sturgis’ cavalry encountered a band of the rebel Forrest’s men,
near Bolivar, Tenn., and, after a severe fight, defeated them.
3. The crossing of the Rapidan by the army of the Potomac effected,
without opposition, at Culpepper, Germania, and Ely’s Fords.
3. The Sec. of the Navy sentenced Ad. Wilkes to be reprimanded and
suspended for three years, for insubordination, &c.
4. The crossing of the Rapidan by the army of the Potomac continued.
4 Gen. Warren’s headquarters at the Wilderness.
4. A fleet of transports on Hampton Roads commenced embarking troops.
4. Rebel raid into Princeton, Ky.
5. Battle of the Wilderness commenced. A day of terrific fighting, on
most difficult ground, in the Wilderness, near Chancellorsville, Va.
Night closed in without any definite result. Gen. Hayes killed.
5. Gen. Butler’s army passed Fortress Monroe in transports, on their way
up the James river.
5. Gen. Kautz forced the Blackwater, and burnt the railroad bridge at
Stony Creek.
5. Naval engagement between the reb. ram Albemarle and Fed. fleet, near
the mouth of the Roanoke river.
5. Skirmish at Thoroughfare Gap, Va. Burnside’s cavalry attacked the
enemy on their passage through the Gap.
6. Battle of the Wilderness continued. Another day of terrible fighting,
resulting in the falling back of Lee’s army. Gen. Wadsworth killed. Loss
of both armies about 15,000 each in the 2 days fighting. The rebel Gen.
Longstreet wounded. Fed. wounded, who had been removed to
Fredericksburg, fired on by citizens.
6. Gen. Butler’s forces effected a successful landing near Fort Fisher,
N. C., without resistance.
6. Gunboat Com. Jones blown up by rebel torpedo on James river.
7. Gen. Grant’s army in pursuit of Lee, having marched 15 miles on the
night of the 6th.
7. Tunnel Hill, Ga., taken by Gen. Thomas.
7. Severe fight at Todd’s Tavern, between Custar’s and rebel cavalry.
Loss, 250 on each side.
7. Battle near Petersburg, Va., between Gen. Butler’s army and the
rebels.
7. Tazewell salt-works destroyed by Gen. Averill.
8. General Hancock’s corps passed through Spottsylvania C. H. at
daylight, and, at noon, his headquarters were 20 miles south of the
battle-field of the 6th.
8. Battle of Spottsylvania C. H., Va., commenced. The armies near
Spottsylvania C. H. engaged from 8 to 12 M., at which time Fed. forces
gained the point for which they contended. At 6 P. M., 2 fresh divisions
were thrown in, and, after a severe engagement of an hour and a half,
the rebel position was carried, and their first line of breastworks
occupied.
8. General engagement at Mill Creek Gap, Ga.
8. Union troops held possession of Fredericksburg, Va.
9. Battle of Spottsylvania C. H., Va., continued. Lee’s army made a
stand, but no general engagement occurred in the morning. Maj.-Gen.
Sedgwick killed. The fight in the evening was brought on by Hancock, who
crossed the river Po, and established himself on the south bank.
9. Gen. Butler at Bermuda Landing, in a strong position. His forces
defeated a portion of Beauregard’s army under Gen. Hill. The fight
commenced at noon, and continued till night. The rebels driven back 3
miles.
9. Night attack on Gen. Butler’s lines. The rebels repulsed.
9. Gen. Sherman marched around the rebel right flank, and reached the
North Anna river in safety in the evening. In the night he destroyed a
great quantity of rebel stores, and recaptured 378 Feds.
9. Battle of Cloyd Mountain. Rebels defeated.
9. U. S. transport H. A. Weed blown up by torpedo near Jacksonville,
Fla.
10. Gen. Sheridan crossed the South Anna river.
10. Battle of Spottsylvania C. H. continued. A general advance of Fed.
army ordered at 5 A. M. A tremendous conflict ensued. In the afternoon
an attack was made on the rebel batteries. After the assault had
continued some time it was found that the rebel batteries could not be
carried without great loss, and the effort was abandoned. The battle
ceased about 9 P. M., and was one of the most terrible and bloody of the
war. The 6th corps carried the enemy’s works, and captured 1,000
prisoners. Loss, 10,000 on each side on this day.
10. Gen. Sheridan reported that he had turned the rebel right, reached
their rear, and destroyed from 8 to 10 miles of railroad and other
property.
10. Gen. Averill’s force fought a battle near Wytheville, Va., defeating
Gen. Jones and destroying railroad.
10. Crooke defeated rebels near Newbern, capturing 7 guns and many pris.
10. Sec. Stanton reported that Gen. McPherson was within 7 miles of
Resaca, Ga.
10. Gen. Sherman in front of Buzzard Roost Gap, Ga.
11. The armies under Grant and Lee engaged with varied success until 11
A. M., when Fed. line was somewhat advanced. Gen. Grant reported to the
War Department, that, after 6 days’ fighting, the result was much in
favor of the Union arms.
11. After 3 days of skirmishing Feds. drove the rebels back to Rocky
Ridge and Buzzard Roost Mountain, Ga.
11. Gen. Sheridan captured Ashland Station, destroying a large amount of
stores. He attacked Gen. Stewart at Yellow Tavern, near Richmond, and
penetrated the 1st and 2d lines of the rebel defences.
12. The battle between Grant?s and Lee’s army renewed 5 miles below
Spottsylvania C. H., Va. Gen. Hancock opened the battle, and made a
brilliant assault on A. P. Hill’s division, which he routed. Gen. Grant
reported that the day closed leaving between 3,000 and 4,000 prisoners
in his hands, including 2 general officers, and over 30 pieces of
artillery. In the night Lee abandoned his position.
12. Gen. Sheridan’s army encamped at Walnut Grove and Gaines’ Mills.
12. Gen. Butler’s army engaged.
12. Rebel position at Dalton, Ga., carried and held by Sherman.
13. Gen. Butler’s army advanced toward Petersburg, Va. Skirmishing with
the rebels in the afternoon.
13. Gen. Sheridan’s forces encamped at Bottom’s Bridge.
13. Gen. Sherman’s army in line of battle in Sugar Valley.
13. Gen. McPherson captured 9 trains, with rebel military stores, at
Dalton.
14. Gen. Smith carried the 1st line of rebel works at Petersburg, Va.
The rebels attacked the 5th corps, army of the Potomac, but were finally
driven back with severe loss, after a furious cannonade.
14. Gen. Sherman’s forces actively engaged. Gen. Hooker’s corps attacked
by the rebel Gen. Hood’s division. The rebels repulsed. General battle,
which lasted till midnight, each party holding its respective position.
15. Battle of Resaca, Ga. An all day battle, in which Feds. were
successful. The rebels forced to evacuate Resaca. Gen. Johnston retreats
from Fed. front in the night.
15. Rocky Faced Ridge taken by Sherman.
15. Gen. Sigel fought a battle at Newmarket, Va. The rebels successful.
Union forces fell back to Strasburg, Va.
15. Gen. Banks’ gunboats arrived at Fort de Russey, La.
16. The rebel army encamped around Spottsylvania C. H., Va.
16. The rebels in force attacked Gen. Smith’s lines in Va., and forced
them back with considerable loss.
16. Gen. Butler’s force attacked by troops from Petersburg. Furious
fighting. The rebels made a desperate onslaught in a fog, but were
repulsed.
16. Resaca, Ga., occupied by Gen. Sherman.
16. Admiral Porter’s fleet above Alexandria Falls, released by Col.
Bailey’s dam.
17. Gen. Kautz reached City Point, Va., returning from his raid on the
Danville railroad.
17. Gen. Sherman’s army at Colburn, Ga.
17. General Banks’ forces reached Semmesport, La.
18. Ewell attacked Union baggage train in rear of Grant’s right flank,
but was repulsed.
18. Heavy engagement between the armies in Va. Gen. Hancock charged the
enemy, and carried the first line of rebel intrenchments.
18. Gen. Sherman reached Adairsville. Ga., where he was engaged in
skirmishes.
18. Sec. Stanton announced that a draft would be ordered, to take place
July 1.
18. A pretended proclamation of the President calling for 400,000 men,
and announcing the Spring campaign closed, published in the Journal of
Commerce and the World. The 2 papers suppressed for 3 days, and the
author of the forgery, Jos. Howard, of Brooklyn, arrested.
19. Gen. Ewell attempted to turn Grant’s right, but was repulsed.
19. Gen. Sherman advanced on the enemy, who retreated. Kingston, Ga.,
reached. General Sherman pushed a column as far as Cassville, Ga.
20. Torpedoes explode at Bachelor’s Creek. Many N. Y. soldiers killed
and wounded.
20. Sherman in possession of Kingston and Rome, Ga.
20. Rebels attack Ames’ division of Butler’s army. Heavy losses on both
sides.
20. Arrest of Howard, the forger.
21. Gen. Hancock’s troops entered Bowling Green, Va.
23. U. S. tugboat Columbine captured on St. John’s river by rebs.
24. Rebels destroy bridge over North Anna. Grant’s headquarters at
Jericho Mills. Sheridan destroyed Danville railroad near Richmond, Va.
24. Fitzhugh Lee repulsed at Wilson’s Wharf by Federal negroes under
Gen. Wild.
24. Sherman flanks Johnston at Altoona.
24. 1,000 rebels captured by General Grant’s army at Mt. Carmel Church,
Va.
25. Battle near Dallas, Ga. Hooker drives rebels 2 miles. Union loss,
1,500. Reb. about same.
25. Gen. Birney ascends the Ashepoo river.
26. Grant’s army moves toward Hanovertown.
26. La. State Convention abolishes slavery.
27. Eight steamers and several river craft burned at New Orleans Levee,
by incendiaries.
27. Lee evacuates position on South Anna, and retreats toward Richmond.
27. Sheridan captures and holds Hanovertown and Ferry.
28. Longstreet attacks Sherman at Dallas, and is driven toward Marietta.
Rebel loss, 2,500 killed and wounded, and 300 prisoners. Union loss,
300.
29. Grant’s army crosses the Pamunkey river, Va.
30. Trains of refugees attacked near Salem, Ark. 60 men and several
women killed.
30. Lee attacks Grant north of Chickahominy, and is repulsed. Hancock
drives him out of intrenched line of rifle-pits and holds it.
31. Grant’s and Lee’s armies confronting each other from Hanover C. H.
to Cold Harbor.
31. Gen. Fremont nominated for President and Gen. Cochrane for
Vice-Pres. of U. S.
=June 1.= Expedition under Gen. Sturgis in Miss., defeated, with loss of
wagon train, artillery, and ammunition.
1. Reb. attacks at Cold Harbor, Va., repulsed.
1. Rebs. twice attack Butler, and are repulsed.
2. Schofield and Hooker at Marietta. Cavalry take Allatoona Pass.
3. Battle of Cold Harbor.
4. Reb. night attack on Hancock repulsed.
4. Grant’s cavalry defeated Hampton’s cavalry at Howes’ Store, Va.
5. Reb. attack on left (Hancock’s) repulsed.
5. Sherman’s army fall back toward the Chattahoochie and Atlanta.
5. Marmaduke, with 3,000 men, defeated at Columbia, Ark.
5. Battle of Piedmont, Va. Reb. loss 1,500 prisoners, 3 guns, 3,000
stand of arms, and stores, and a large number k. and w.
5. Gens. Crook and Averill entered Lexington, Va.
5. Rebs. driven through Ripley, Miss., by Gen. Sturgis’ troops.
6. Reb. midnight attack on Burnside repulsed.
6. Sherman’s headquarters at Acworth.
7. Rebs. defeated at Lake Chicot on the Miss. river, by Gen. A. J.
Smith’s troops.
7. The 9th corps, on Grant’s right, attacked briskly, and rebs. driven
back.
7. Morgan, with 3,000 men, commences a raid into Kentucky.
7. Philadelphia Sanitary Fair opens.
7. Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson nominated President and
Vice-President of the U. S.
8. U. S. troops defeated at Mount Sterling, Ky., by Gen. Morgan’s
forces.
8. Paris, Ky., taken by a portion of Morgan’s forces.
8. Sherman’s whole army moves forward toward the Kenesaw range.
McPherson occupies Big Shanty, and rebels fall back with left on Lost
Mountain, and right on Kenesaw.
8. Gilmore’s raid on Richmond fortifications.
9. Gen. Burbridge defeats rebels at Mount Sterling, and captures 700
pris.
10. Gen. Sturgis’ Fed. troops defeated at Guntown, Miss., and again at
Ripley, by Gen. Forrest. Feds. destroy their supply train, and 10
cannon, and retreat towards Memphis, after spirited contest and severe
loss.
10. Lexington, Ky., robbed by Morgan.
10. Rebel guerrillas repulsed at Princeton, Ky.
10. Frankfort, Ky., unsuccessfully attacked by 1,200 rebels.
10. Gen. Hunter, with Crook and Averill, moves from Staunton, Va., after
destroying over $3,000,000 worth of rebel property.
10. Reb. Congress adjourned.
11. Fed. troops defeated near Cynthiana, Ky., and the town burnt by Gen.
Morgan.
11. Gen. Hobson’s Ohio militia captured by Morgan, after a short combat
near Cynthiana.
11. Battle of Trevillian Station, Va. Rebs. badly beaten by Sheridan.
12. Gen. Burbridge defeats and scatters Morgan at Cynthiana, with great
loss.
12. Grant crosses the Chickahominy.
13. Grant’s headquarters at Wilcox’s Landing.
13. The Fugitive Slave Law repealed in the House of Representatives.
13. Gen. Hobson and staff recaptured.
13. Sheridan recrosses the North Anna.
14. Destruction of reb. canal boats and stores at Buchanan, Va., by Gen.
Averill.
14. Grant’s army crossed to south of the James.
14. Reb. Gen. Polk killed.
14. Sherman advancing toward Kenesaw.
15. Battle of Baylor’s Farm. 16 rebel guns, 300 prisoners taken.
16. Gen. Hunter entered Liberty, Va., and destroyed a long bridge. Also
7 miles of railway.
17. Gens. Crook and Averill routed Imboden’s rebel cavalry between
Quaker Church and Lynchburg, Va.
16. A portion of the southern defences of Petersburg, Va., carried by
Hancock and Smith’s corps.
17. Burnside captured 2 redoubts in the Petersburg works, 450 prisoners,
and 4 guns.
17. Severe fighting by Gen. Hunter’s army, 7 miles from Lynchburg, Va.
No decisive result.
18. Simultaneous and desperate assault on the rebel works at Petersburg,
by the Armies of the Potomac and the James.
18. Gen. Wilson’s Federal cavalry took position on the extreme left of
the Union lines at Petersburg.
18. The battle at Lynchburg, Va., renewed. The rebels driven into their
works, and Gen. Hunter retreated.
19. The Army of the James reoccupy Bermuda Hundred, and repair the
railroad.
19. The rebel privateer Alabama was sunk near the Harbor of Cherbourg,
France, after an engagement of over an hour with the U. S. sloop-of-war
Kearsarge, Capt. Winslow. 70 of the rebel crew were taken on board the
Kearsarge, and 115 reached England and France. 3 persons only were
wounded on the Kearsarge.
20. Reb. cavalry defeated at the White House, Va.
21. Rebs. assault Gen. Sherman’s army in Ga. several times, and lose 800
men.
21. Gen. Foster crossed the James river, and intrenched near Aiken’s
Landing.