Crawford and Harrisonburg, Va., previous to which the whole country from
the Blue Ridge to the North Mountain was made untenable for the rebel
army by destroying an immense quantity of stores, grain, &c.
6. Allatoona unsuccessfully attacked by Hood.
6. Fed. Gen. Lee captures Clinton, La., and 30 prisoners.
7. Battle at Darleytown Road and New Market Heights. Rebel loss 1,000;
Union 500. Gen. Kautz’s cavalry attacked by rebels, who suffered
considerably. They afterwards attacked Birney’s division, who also
repulsed them with very heavy loss. In the afternoon Gen. Butler took
the offensive and recaptured some of the intrenchments which had been
taken from Kautz.
7. Reb. privateer Florida captured at Bahia, Bay of San Salvador, by U.
S. S. Wachusett, Commander Collins.
7. The advance of the rebels from Osage river, Mo., spiritedly contested
by Union cavalry.
7. Gen. Sheridan’s forces reached Woodstock, Va.
7. A band of 200 rebels captured a steamboat and crossed into Ky.
8. Rebels at Woodville attacked by expedition from Gen. Dana, killing
40, and capturing 3 guns and 56 men.
8. The Fifth and Ninth Corps, Army of the Potomac, advanced their lines
half a mile, driving the rebel skirmishers into their breastworks.
8. The rebels drew up in line of battle near Jefferson City, Mo., but
afterwards moved off toward the west.
9. An engagement took place near Fisher’s Hill, Va., in which the rebels
were defeated, leaving 11 pieces of artillery and other munitions of
war.
10. Engagement with the rebel Gen. Forrest at East Point, Tenn.
11. Gen. Curtis drove the rebels out of Independence, Mo.
11. Bloody fight with guerrillas near Winchester, Va.
11. Successful reconnoissance from the Army of the Potomac to Stony
Creek.
11. Reb. Gen. Buford, with 1,200 cavalry, crosses Cumberland River,
Tenn., at Harpeth Shoals.
11. Col. Weaver, with 90 colored troops, attacked by 200 rebels near
Fort Nelson, Tenn. Defeats them, and kills and wounds 27.
12. Death of Chief-Justice Roger B. Taney.
13. Reconnoissance in force from the Army of the James.
13. Attack on Resaca, Ga., by rebel Gen. Hood. The rebs. repulsed.
13. Engagement at Greenville, East Tenn.
15. The rebel army under Longstreet having appeared near Strasburg, Va.,
Gen. Sheridan advanced and found them drawn up in four lines of battle,
but, on charging, the rebels fled.
16. Hood’s army at Lafayette.
16. Gen. Sherman took Ship’s Gap.
18. Maj.-Gen. Birney died at Philadelphia.
18. Gen. Blunt, with 2,000 cavalry and 4 howitzers, entered Lexington,
Mo.
19. Battle of Cedar Creek, Shenandoah Valley. Gen. Sheridan’s army was
attacked before daylight and its left turned and driven in confusion,
with a loss of 20 pieces of artillery. Gen. Sheridan afterward arrived
on the field and drove the rebels, taking 48 pieces of artillery and
many prisoners, gaining a great victory. Sheridan pursued the rebels to
Mount Jackson, which he reached in the night.
19. The rebel Gen. Price attacked Gen. Blunt at Lexington, Mo., with an
overwhelming force, and after a sharp fight drove him from the city.
Gen. Blunt fell back to the Little Blue river, fighting desperately, and
retarding the advance of the enemy.
19. The rebels entered Mayfield, Ky.
20. Capture of 10 of the St. Albans robbers.
20. Skirmishing between the Little and Big Blue river, Mo.
21. A very gallant fight between Little Blue river and Independence, Mo.
Fed. troops fought Price’s army 5 hours. The Union forces evacuated
Independence, falling back on the Big Blue.
22. Col. Emmerson was attacked at Bryan Ford, Mo., by a heavy column of
rebels, at 10 A. M. At 3 P. M. the rebs forced the ford. Fed. troops
fought the rebels until after dark, driving them 4 miles. Gen.
Pleasanton pursued Price with 2,000 men, fought him on the battle-field
of the day before, drove him from Independence, and pursued him sharply.
Pleasanton captured a large number of prisoners and 3 pieces of
artillery.
25. Price defeated at Fort Scott Road, losing camp equipage, 20 wagons
of plunder, 1 gun, and cattle.
26. Price driven from Mine Creek by Pleasanton, and loses 1,000
prisoners, and 1,500 stand of arms. Gens. Marmaduke and Cabell captured.
27. An advance in force on a reconnaissance, made by Warren’s corps of
Grant’s army. In the evening the enemy attacked Hancock’s corps
vigorously, but were repulsed. Feds. retire. Union loss 3,000. Reb. loss
1,500.
27. The reb. ram Albemarle sunk by Lieut. Cushing, in the Roanoke river.
27. Arrest of Col. North on charges of fraud in the matter of soldiers’
votes.
27. Price forced to retreat from Marais des Cygnes, Ark.
28. Reb. Gen. Forrest captured a Fed. gunboat and 3 transports at Fort
Hieman, on the Tennessee river.
28. Price again defeated at Newtonia, destroying more wagons, and losing
250 men.
28–30. Rhoddy’s cavalry attack Col. Morgan’s colored troops at Decatur,
and lose 400 prisoners and many killed and wounded. Union loss 100.
28. Gen. Gillem had a fight with the rebels under Vaughn at Norristown,
East Tenn., completely routing them, and capturing 200 prisoners and 8
pieces of artillery.
28. A reb. force of 2,500 attacked Fayetteville, Ark., but was repulsed
with heavy loss.
29. Maryland proclaimed a Free State by Gov. Bradford.
30. Fed. fleet shelled Plymouth, N. C.
31. Nevada admitted as a State by proclamation of the President.
31. Capture of reb. batteries and their ordnance and ordnance stores, at
Plymouth, N. C.
=Nov. 3.= The rebel army under Hood attempted to cross the Tennessee,
near the mouth of the Blue Water, and were repulsed by Gen. Sherman.
3. The rebels bombarded Fayetteville, Ark.
4 Johnsonville, Tenn., a depot for Fed. supplies on the Tennessee river,
was attacked and destroyed by rebels under Col. Forrest, and $1,500,000
value of property destroyed. 3 “tin-clad” gunboats and 7 transports were
destroyed by the rebels.
4. The siege of Fayetteville, Ark., by the rebels, raised.
4. Revelation by one of the conspirators of a plot to overthrow the
Government, release and arm the rebel prisoners, and kill Gov. Morton,
of Ind.
5. Gen. Butler assumed command of the troops arrived and to arrive in
New York city to protect the city during election.
5. Rebels unsuccessfully attack Fort Sedgwick, on Jerusalem Plank Road,
southeast end of Petersburg, Va. Union loss, 70. Rebel, 120.
6. Rebels attack Mott’s and Gibson’s pickets; capture 30 and a mile of
intrenchments, but are driven out and lose 47 prisoners. Several such
attacks and repulses at this time.
7. A rebel attack on Fed. pickets south of Atlanta.
8. Atlanta attacked by the rebs. under Gen. Iverson.
8. President Lincoln re-elected, and Andrew Johnson elected
Vice-President of United States. Hon. Reuben E. Fenton elected Governor
of New York, over Seymour.
8. Gen. McClellan resigns his commission in the U. S. army.
8. Sheridan created Major-General of regular army.
9. Sheridan moved all his army back to Newtown from Cedar Creek.
9. Advance and repulse of a small reb. force near Fort Steadman, army of
the Potomac.
10. Arrest on board of the vessel, of a party of rebels, conspiring to
seize the Panama Railroad Co.’s steamship Salvador, on the Pacific.
10. Rebels engaged 2d corps’ pickets all night, without success, on this
and 2 next nights.
11. U. S. S. Tulip destroyed by boiler explosion off Ragged Point. 49
officers and men killed (all of crew but 10).
11. Reconnoissance by the rebels in the Shenandoah Valley.
11. Commencement of the burning of Atlanta, Ga.
12. Burning of Atlanta continued. The public buildings destroyed.
12. About 10,000 prisoners exchanged near Fort Pulaski.
12–16. Several unimportant skirmishes between Gen. Sheridan and rebel
Gen. Early. Both armies looking for winter quarters.
12. Rebel Gen. Lomax defeated near Nineveh, Va. by Powell, losing 150
prisoners and 2 guns.
12. Custer captures 150 and Merritt about 200 prisoners on
reconnoissance from Cedar creek.
13. Battle of Bull’s Gap. Gen. Gillem defeated with loss of baggage
train, and all his artillery.
13. Gen. Sherman’s right wing, under Gen. Howard, moved out of Atlanta
and began its march through Ga.
14. Gen. Sherman’s left wing left Atlanta.
14. A division of Price’s rebel army assaulted the works at
Fayetteville, Ark., but were repulsed.
15. The last of Sherman’s army left Atlanta.
16. Gen. Sherman’s right wing passed through Jonesboro’, Ga.
16. The rebel cavalry under Wheeler, engaged Fed. cavalry at Bear Creek
Station, Ga.
16. Jackson, Ga., reached by Sherman’s right wing.
16. Howard drives rebel Gen. Iverson at Rough and Ready.
17. Part of Butler’s picket line captured, at night, near Chester’s
Station, Va.
17. A column of Sherman’s army occupied McDonough, Ga.
17. Fed. cavalry occupied Griffin, Ga.
17. Sherman’s left wing reached Covington, Ga., the cavalry pushing on
to Social Circle.
18. Sherman’s cavalry drove Wheeler out of Barnesville, Ga.
18. Gov. Brown and the Georgia Legislature fled from Milledgeville, Ga.
18. Exchange of prisoners at Savannah.
18. Macon railroad cut by Slocum at Forsyth.
19. Gov. Brown, of Georgia, issued a proclamation, ordering a levy _en
masse_ to oppose Sherman.
19. The advance of Beauregard’s army at Waynesboro’, Tenn. Beauregard’s
headquarters at Corinth, Miss., and Hood’s at Florence.
19. Mosby’s force captured a party of Union cavalry in Va.
19. Madison captured by Sherman. Depots, &c., burned.
20. Gen. Giliem’s retreating force arrives at Knoxville.
20. Sherman crossed the Oconee, arriving at Greensboro’.
20. Gen. Sherman attacked East Macon, Ga. His troops crossed the
Ocmulgee river, and his cavalry advanced to Griswoldsville, 8 miles E.
of Macon, Ga.
21. Thomas’ army at Pulaski.
21. Rebels badly whipped at Liberty, La., losing 3 guns and 200
prisoners.
21. Heavy skirmishing near Cumberland Gap.
21. Gen. Sherman’s right wing captured Milledgeville, Ga. Gordon, Ga.,
occupied. Slocum’s column reached Etonville, Ga.
22. Battle of Rood’s Hill, Va., between Sheridan’s and Early’s forces.
Union troops retreated.
22. The rebel armies under Hood and Beauregard, having been reinforced
by 9,000 men, advanced and encamped 20 miles from Pulaski, Tenn. Gen.
Thomas fell back to Franklin.
22. Sherman’s rear guard at Griswoldville attacked. Gen. Slocum’s column
reached Milledgeville, Ga., where both wings united.
22. Sheridan reconnoiters towards Rood’s Hill, where rebels are found in
force. Rest of Early’s army at Mt. Jackson and Newmarket.
23. Fed. forces withdrew from Pulaski, Tenn.
23. Gen. Sherman’s cavalry occupied Toomsboro’, on the Georgia Central
railroad.
23. Fight near Griswoldville, Ga.
23. Hood’s infantry at Waynesboro’ and Lawrenceburg.
23. Fight at the Oconee river, Ga.
24. Second day of fighting up the Oconee river, Ga.
24. Severe skirmishing near Columbia, Tenn.
24. Sherman’s rear guard left Milledgeville, Ga.
24. Slocum’s column at Devereaux, Ga.
24. Fed. troops made a flank movement on Jackson, Miss.
24. Potomac, James, and Valley armies celebrate Thanksgiving with aid of
thousands of turkeys and other delicacies from New York, &c.
25. Severe fighting west of Columbia, Tenn., between Hood’s and Thomas’
armies. Thomas falls back to Franklin.
25. A large number of Fed. prisoners confined at Salisbury, N. C.,
attempted to escape, but were overpowered by the guard, who opened upon
them with grape and canister.
25. Cavalry battle at Sandersville, Ga.
25. Rebel attempt to burn New York. 15 hotels, Barnum’s Museum, and
shipping fired.
26–29. Decatur besieged by Beauregard, who is repulsed, losing 500 men.
26. Columbia, Tenn., evacuated by Gen. Thomas’ army.
26. Gen. Slocum’s column of Sherman’s army at Warrenton, Ga.
26. Gen. Howard’s column reached Sandersville, Ga., and cut the
railroad.
27. Fed. stores and sick and wounded removed from Columbia, Tenn., to
Nashville.
27. Capture of Roger A. Pryor near Petersburg, Va.
27. Gen. Canby’s troops reached and destroyed Big Black bridge on the
Mississippi Central railroad.
27. Steamer Greyhound burned on James river.
28. Rosser captures Fed. Fort Kelly, at New Creek, Va., with guns and
prisoners.
28. Fed. forces evacuate Columbia, Tenn.
29. Sharp fight at Spring Hill, 12 miles south of Franklin, Tenn. Fed.
cavalry were driven back on the infantry, who checked the progress of
the rebels.
29. Gen. Foster’s expedition, cooperating with Sherman, landed at Broad
river.
30. Battle of Franklin, Tenn. The rebels under Hood attacked Thomas’
army at Franklin, but were repulsed at all points. The rebels commenced
advancing on Fed. lines at 4 P. M. They charged furiously on the lines,
but were driven back and a great victory gained. Rebel loss, 5,000
killed and wounded, and 1,000 prisoners. Fed. loss, 1,000. Gen. A. J.
Smith’s army passed through Nashville and reinforced Thomas.
30. Battle of Grahamsville, on the Charleston and Savannah railroad.
30. Howard’s column of Sherman’s army passed through Louisville, Ga.
30. A cavalry expedition arrived at Tangipahoe, La.
30. Hon. Joseph Holt appointed Attorney-General U. S.
=Dec. 1.= The army near Nashville engaged in heavy skirmishes.
1. Death of Hon. Wm. L. Dayton, U. S. Minister to France.
1. Blockade of Norfolk, Fernandina, and Pensacola ceased.
1. Gen. Banks resumes command of Department of the Gulf.
1. Creek Station, Va., captured by Gen. Gregg. 2 guns, 190 prisoners,
depot burned, &c.
2. Sherman’s army passed through Millen, Ga.
3. Sherman attacked by Wheeler near Haynesborough, Ga.
3. Portions of Hood’s army cross the Tenn., between Florence and
Decatur.
3. An expedition sent from Roanoke Island, N. C., which met with perfect
success in destroying rebel property.
3. Heavy skirmishing before Nashville, Tenn.
4. Merritt’s expedition in Loudon Valley, Va., returns with 2,000 cattle
and 1,000 sheep. The Valley stripped of stock and forage.
4. Lieut.-Com. Fitch defeated and drove the left wing of Hood’s army on
the Cumberland river, with heavy loss to the rebels. He also recaptured
2 transports.
4. Capture of rebel works and cannon near Pocotaligo, S. C., by Gen.
Foster’s troops.
4. Cavalry battle in Ga. Sherman’s army started for Savannah.
5. U. S. Houses of Congress meet in 2d Session, 38th Congress.
5. Blockhouses at Murfreesboro’ unsuccessfully attacked by rebels.
5. Brig Lizzie Freeman captured by pirates off Warwick river. Passengers
robbed; 1 murdered.
6. Ex-Secretary Chase appointed Chief Justice Supreme Court.
6. Hood skirmishing 5 miles from Nashville.
6. Rebels defeated near the Charleston and Savannah railroad.
7. Rosseau routs Forrest near Murfreesboro’, capturing 207 prisoners and
14 cannon.
8. Rebels establish a battery on Cumberland river. Gunboats fail to
dislodge it.
8. Five divisions, under Maj.-Gen. Warren, made a raid on the Weldon (N.
C.) railroad. The Nottoway was reached about midday, Dec. 8th, and
destroyed; thence the railroad track was destroyed nearly to Bellfield
Station, 20 miles south.
9. 500 Indians killed near Fort Lyon by Col. Chivington’s force.
9. 4,000 rebels, under Gen. Lyon, cross the Cumberland river, 20 miles
above Fort Donelson.
9. Reconnoissance of Gen. Miles to Hatcher’s Run, on the right of the
rebel forces defending Petersburg. He captures the rebel works and holds
them during the night.
9. Direct communication with Sherman re-established. His army in the
vicinity of Savannah.
9. A reconnoitering expedition, under Col. Frencle, leaves Plymouth, N.
C.
10. Gen. Sherman’s troops 5 miles from Savannah.
10. Rebel reconnoissance toward the army of the Potomac.
10. Gen. Warren commences starting homeward, and in the evening reaches
Sussex C. H. Destroyed, during the trip, over 20 miles of the Weldon
railroad, all the stations and depots along the line of march, numerous
mills, barns, and dwellings. Entire loss in the expedition about 40
killed and wounded, and a few missing.
10. Gen. Miles returns to his camp. The rebels attack him, but are
repulsed.
10. The gunboat Otsego sunk by a rebel torpedo in the Roanoke river.
12. Arrival of Gen. Howard’s messengers at Hilton Head, S. C.
12. Skirmishing between the National and rebel forces before Nashville.
The rebels fall back to their main line.
12. Expedition under Gen. Burbridge starts from Bean’s Station, E. Tenn.
12. Fight at Kingston, E. Tenn. The rebel Col. Morgan and 85 of his men
captured.
13. The St. Albans robbers released by the Canadian Judge Coursol.
13. The rebels before Nashville reoccupy their advance works.
13. Gen. Burbridge routs the rebel brigade under Basil Duke, at
Kingsport, E. Tenn. Rebel loss, 150 men and the train.
13. Gen. Hazen’s division, of the 15th corps, captures Fort McAllister,
commanding the entrance of the Ogeechee river, 15 miles southwest of
Savannah.
13. Sherman’s report on his great march. “Not a wagon lost on the trip.”
200 miles of railroad destroyed. Total loss during the march about
1,000.
13. Departure from Hampton Roads of land and naval forces under Gen.
Butler and Ad. Porter.
13. A raiding expedition under Gen. Robinson leaves New Orleans for Ala.
14. An expedition threatening Mobile reached Pascagoula.
14. Gen. Thomas assumes the offensive.
14. Capture of Bristol by Gen. Burbridge. 300 rebels captured.
15. The St. Albans raiders ordered by the Attorney-Gen. of Canada to be
rearrested.
15. Raid of Gen. Stoneman in Southwest Va. Surprise and capture of Glade
Springs, 13 miles from Abingdon.
15. Defeat of Forrest near Murfreesboro’. Loss, 1,500 killed and
wounded.
15. Raiding expedition of General Granger into Alabama starts from East
Pensacola, Fla.
15. Battle of Nashville commenced. Gen. Thomas attacked Hood’s army at 2
A. M. Fed. lines advanced on the right 5 miles. The rebels were driven
from the river, from their intrenchments, from a range of hills, on
which their left rested, and forced back upon the right and centre. The
rebels lost 17 cannon and 1,500 prisoners, and a whole line of
earthworks. In the night Hood withdrew his right from the river.
16. Another battle near Nashville. Hood completely routed. Prisoners and
cannon captured on every part of the field. Hood’s loss before
Nashville, 13,189 prisoners, 2,207 deserters, 30 guns, 7,000 small arms.
An entire rebel division (Ed. Johnson’s) captured. Union loss, about
6,500. Total loss of the rebs. about 23,000.
17. Gen. McCook defeated rebel Gen. Lyon in a sharp fight at Ashbyville,
Ky.
17. Fed. troops entered Wytheville, S. W. Va., destroyed the depot and
other buildings, and injured the lead mines in the vicinity.
17. A detachment of Union artillery cut up near Millwood, Va.
17. The rebel army of Hood driven through and beyond Franklin. 1,500
wounded rebels captured in the hospital of Franklin.
18. Hood’s army driven as far as Spring Hill, 30 miles from Nashville.
The rebel Gen. Quarles captured.
18. The rebel raiders in Ky. defeated at Hopkinsville by Gen. McCook.
All their cannon captured.
19. Gen. Custer’s cavalry started on an expedition up the Shenandoah
Valley.
19. A call and draft for 300,000 men. All soldiers fit for duty ordered
to join their regiments.
19. Hood driven to Duck river. 9,000 rebels captured from Dec. 15 to
Dec. 19, and 61 (out of 66) pieces of artillery.
20. Gen. Sherman demanded the surrender of Savannah. The city was
evacuated by Hardee’s army in the night. The rebels blew up their rams
at Savannah.
20. Capture of rebel salt-works at Saltville, Va.
21. Admiral Farragut appointed Vice-Admiral.
21. Gen. Custer’s force in the Shenandoah Valley engaged with rebel
cavalry.
21. Occupation of Savannah by Sherman. He captures 800 prisoners, 150
pieces of artillery, 33,000 bales of cotton, 3 steamers.
21. Madison C. H., Va., occupied by Gens. Torbert and Powell.
21. Gen. Grierson starts from Memphis for a raid on the Mobile and Ohio
R. R.
22. Loss of the U. S. transport North American, by foundering, at sea.
194 lives lost.
23. Fight near Gordonsville, Va.
24. The fleet of Ad. Porter before Fort Fisher, N. C. Furious attack on
the fort.
25. Attack on Fort Fisher renewed. 3 brigades of Union infantry landed 2
and a half miles above the fort. They are repulsed, and reembark.
26. Heavy cannonading on Broad riv., between Sherman’s and Hardee’s
forces.
26. Ensign Blume cuts loose and takes out from Galveston harbor the
blockade running schooner Sallie.
26. The blockade-runner Julia, with 450 bales of cotton, captured by the
gunboat Accacia.
26. A dispatch from Hood reports his army south of the Tenn.
27. Destruction of a fort and artillery at Chickasaw, Ala.
28. Hood’s rear guard crosses the Tenn. river at Bainbridge.
1865.
=Jan. 1.= The head of Dutch Gap Canal, Va., blown out, but without
effect.
1. Admiral Farragut commissioned Vice-Admiral.
1. San Jacinto, sloop-of-war, wrecked on Bahama Banks.
2. Passport system established on U. S. frontier.
2. Steamship George Washington burned at New York. Loss $500,000.
3. Hood’s pontoon train captured.
4. Rebel powder and torpedoes destroyed on the Rappahannock.
5. John Thompson expelled, for disloyalty, from the Missouri
Legislature.
5. Gen. Grierson arrives at Vicksburg, having destroyed on his raid 70
miles of the Mobile and Ohio railroad, and 30 miles of the Miss.
Central, and captured 600 prisoners and 1,000 negroes.
5. “Sue Munday,” a guerrilla, murders 5 soldiers near Lebanon, Ky.
6. Owensboro’, Ky., evacuated by the rebels.
6. Magruder’s guerrillas burn the Lebanon train, and murder 4 discharged
soldiers.
6. Gen. Sherman and his army crossed the Savannah river.
6. Missouri Constitutional Convention organized.
6. Steamship Knickerbocker, of N. Y., sunk on the Chesapeake.
6. Steamer Potomac, of N. Y., burned off Cape Elizabeth.
6. Gen. Terry’s expedition sailed for Wilmington from Fortress Monroe.
7. Gen. Thomas appointed Maj.-Gen. U. S. A., vice Fremont, resigned.
7. Julesburg, Colorado Territory, attacked by Indians, who were
defeated, after killing 19 soldiers and citizens, and destroying much
property.
7. Hon. F. P. Blair left for Richmond, on a self-constituted Peace
mission.
8. Gen. Butler relieved from command of the Army of the James.
8. Steamer Venango captured and burned by guerrillas on the Mississippi
river.
8. The steamship Melville foundered at sea; over 6O drowned.
8. Gen. Terry’s expedition arrived off Beaufort, N. C.
9. Picket line of Second Division A. C. Potomac army attacked.
10. Rebel storehouses, &c., at Charlotte, N. C. burned.
11. Foraging party on Jerusalem Plank Road, Va., repulsed by
bushwhackers.
11. Beverley, W. Va., captured and partially burned by Gen. Rosser. 200
Fed. soldiers captured.
11. Gov. Thomas Swan, of Md., inaugurated.
11. H. S. Foote arrested by rebel authorities while attempting to escape
from Richmond.
12. Missouri declared a Free State.
18. Disembarkation of troops to attack Fort Fisher.
14. A reconnoissance pushed within 500 yards of Fort Fisher, and small
work captured.
14. Gen. Sherman recommences movement from Savannah.
14. Pocotaligo, S. C., captured by Fed. Gen. Blair.
14. Slavery abolished by Tenn. State Convention.
14. Steamship Rebecca Clyde sent from N. Y. with relief for Savannah.
15. Gens. Sherman, Sheridan, and Thomas confirmed Maj.-Gens. U. S. A.
and Gen. Hancock, Brig.-Gen. U. S. A.
15. Rebs. defeated at Dardanelle, Ark.
15. Grand assault on Fort Fisher, which is captured with entire
garrison. Union loss 110 killed, 536 wounded. Reb. loss 2,500 prisoners,
72 guns.
16. Fort Fisher magazine explodes, with great loss of life.
16. Rebels blow up and abandon Fort Caswell and works on Smith’s Isl.,
N. C.
16. S. S. Cox’s Peace Resolution tabled by House.
16. Reb. Congress debate question of Peace.
16. Mr. Blair returns from Richmond.
16. The monitor Patapsco sunk by a rebel torpedo in Charleston Harbor.
60 of the officers and crew were lost.
17. Steamers Chickamauga and Patapsco blown up by rebels.
18. Gen. Ord placed in command of the Army of the James.
18. Smithville, N. C., captured.
18. The Harriet Lane, rebel vessel, destroyed at Havana.
18. 200 of rebel Gen. Forrest’s cavalry defeated, 10 miles from
Columbus, Ky.
18. Gen. Terry appointed Maj.-Gen.
19. Fatal explosion at Hazard Powder Mills.