ambush. Major Rawlings killed, and Lieut. Johnson and Mr. Shurtliffe
wounded and captured.
19. By Gen. Order No. 46 of War Department, Maj.-Gen. Patterson was
honorably discharged, and Maj.-Gen. Banks appointed his successor in the
Department of the “Shenandoah,” and Gen. Dix appointed to succeed Gen.
Banks in the Department of Maryland.
19. The Captain-General of Cuba liberated all the vessels brought into
Cuban ports by privateer Sumter as prizes.
20. Rebel Congress met at Richmond, Va.
21. Battle of Bull Run.
22. Brig.-Gen. Beauregard promoted to the rank of “General” in the rebel
army, the highest grade.
22. Rebel Congress appointed a day of thanksgiving for the victory at
Manassas.
22. Maj. Gen. McClellan assigned to command the Department of the
Potomac.
22. Missouri State Convention met at Jefferson City.
22. Rebels attacked and dispersed at Forsythe, Mo., by Federal troops
under Gen. Sweeny, with loss of two wounded. Rebel loss, 5 killed, 10
wounded.
24. Naval expedition from Fortress Monroe to Black river, by Lieut.
Crosby and 300 men. Nine sloops and schooners of the rebels burnt, and
one schooner with bacon and corn captured.
25. U. S. steamer Resolute, Lieut. Budd, brought two schooners and one
sloop prizes to Washington.
25. Gen. McClellan arrived at Washington, and Gen. Fremont at St. Louis,
and Gen. Banks at Harper’s Ferry, to take charge of their respective
departments.
25. Robert Toombs resigned the Secretaryship of State of the
Confederacy, to take office in the army, and R. M. T. Hunter, of Va.,
was appointed to succeed him.
26. Fifteen Home Guards from Rolla, Mo., were attacked at Lane’s Prairie
by a superior force of rebels, who were repulsed with the loss of 1
lieutenant killed and 3 men wounded. Two guards were slightly wounded.
26. Three rebels captured by Col. McLeod Murphy, of New York, in
Virginia, scouting alone.
28. Flight of Gen. Wise’s army from Gauley Bridge, Va., pursued by Gen.
Cox, who captured 1000 muskets and a quantity of powder.
28. A detachment of Col. Mulligan’s Chicago regiment, aided by Home
Guards, captured 28 rebels, 40 horses and 2 teams, at Hickory Hill, Mo.
29. A rebel battery at Aquia Creek, Va., engaged by four U. S. steamers
for three hours, with slight damage.
30. Six Government clerks at Washington resigned, owing to a Virginia
ordinance of disfranchisement.
30. Three hundred kegs of powder and 6 cannon were captured from the
rebels near Warsaw, Mo.
30. The Confederate forces occupied and fortified New Madrid, Mo.
30–31. Missouri State Convention abolished the State Legislature,
declared the offices of Governor, Lieut.-Gov. and Sec.-of-State vacant,
appointed special State officers, and provided for a special election by
the people in Aug. 1862.
=Aug. 1.= Rebel privateer Petrel, formerly U. S. revenue cutter Aiken,
sunk by U. S. frigate St. Lawrence, near Charleston. Thirty-six out of
40 of her crew were rescued by the frigate’s boats.
1. Gov. Gamble, of Mo., delivered his inaugural to the State Convention.
1. Departure of Gen. Fremont’s expedition from St. Louis to Cairo and
Bird’s Point.
2. Fort Fillmore, New Mexico, with 750 men, traitorously surrendered by
Major Lynde, U. S. A.
2. Schooner Enchantress, with a valuable cargo, recaptured by U. S.
steamer Albatross, Capt. Prentiss, off Charleston, S. C.
2. Defeat of rebel forces at Dug Spring, Mo., by Gen. Lyon. Federal
loss, 9 killed, 30 wounded. Rebel loss, 40 killed, 80 wounded.
3. Lieut.-Col. Baylor, commanding the rebel forces in Arizona, issued a
proclamation taking possession of New Mexico, in the name of the
Confederate States, declaring all Federal offices vacant, and appointing
a secretary, attorney general and other officers.
3. Engagement at Mesila, N. M., between Federal troops and 700 rebels.
Capt. McNeely and Lieut. Brooks, of Federal army, were wounded, and 12
rebels killed.
5. The bark Alvarado, having a rebel prize crew, chased ashore near
Fernandina, Fla., and burned by sailors from U. S. ship Vincennes.
5. Skirmish at Point of Rocks, Md. Sixty men of New York 28th attacked
rebel cavalry, killing 3, wounding 2 and capturing 7 men and 20 horses,
without loss themselves.
5. Skirmish at Athens, Mo. 300 Home Guards, under Col. Moore, defeated a
force of 1000 rebels, killing 23 and wounding 50. 10 Federals killed and
10 wounded. 5 wagon loads of supplies and 40 horses were captured by the
Guards.
5. Election in Kentucky for members of the Legislature, the returns
showing a large Union majority.
6. Adjournment _sine die_ of Special Congress at Washington.
7. The village of Hampton, Va., was burned by rebel forces under Gen.
Magruder. They were prevented from burning the bridge by skirmishers of
Max Weber’s New York regiment.
7· The privateer York was burned by gunboat Union, which also recaptured
the schooner G. V. Baker.
8. Rebel cavalry routed at Lorrettsville, Va., with loss of 1 killed and
5 wounded, by 100 men of 19th N. Y., under Capt. Kennedy.
8. Messrs. Breckinridge and Vallandigham partook of a banquet at the
Eutaw House, Baltimore. Mr. Breckinridge, in an attempt to address the
people, was prevented by popular clamor.
9. Skirmish at Potosi, Mo. Rebels driven off with loss of 2 killed, 3
wounded.
10. Battle of Wilson’s Creek, Mo. The Federal army under Gen. Lyon,
5,200 men, was defeated by the combined forces of Gens. Price and
McCulloch, 20,000. Gen. Lyon was killed. Federal loss, 223 killed, 721
wounded, 292 missing. Rebel loss, (McCulloch’s report,) 265 killed, 800
wounded, 30 missing; Price’s report of Missouri troops, 156 killed, 517
wounded.
12. “Bangor (Me.) Democrat” office destroyed by a mob.
12. C. J. Faulkener, ex-minister of U. S. to France, arrested on a
charge of treason.
13. Skirmish near Grafton, Va. 200 rebels routed, 21 killed and wounded,
by Capt. Dayton’s company of 4th Virginia, without loss.
14. Mutiny in New York 79th regiment, near Washington.
14 Gen. Fremont declares martial law in St. Louis, Mo.
14 “War Bulletin” and “Missourian” journals suppressed at St. Louis.
14. Mutiny of 60 men of 2d Maine at Arlington, Va.; who were arrested
and sentenced to be sent to the Dry Tortugas.
14. All loyal men notified by Jeff. Davis to leave the Confederate
States in 40 days.
15. Two Federal sailors killed and 2 wounded, of the U. S. steamer
Resolute, in a skirmish at Mathias Point, Va.
16. Col Hecker’s regiment surprised 400 rebels at Fredericktown, Mo.,
capturing 12 men and all the camp equipage.
16. Five New York newspapers were presented by the Grand Jury as hostile
to the Government.
16. A “Peace” meeting at Saybrook, Conn., broken up.
16. $58,000 seized by U. S. troops at Genevieve, Mo., and taken to St.
Louis.
16. Proclamation of Pres. Lincoln, declaring commercial intercourse with
the eleven States in rebellion unlawful, excepting such parts thereof as
have or may become restored to loyal government, and forfeiting all
vessels therefrom or bound to the same, after 15 days.
17. Railway train near Palmyra, Mo., fired into by rebels. One soldier
was killed, and several wounded.
18. Privateer Jeff. Davis wrecked on the bar at St. Augustine, Fla.
18. Gen. Wool assumed command at Fortress Monroe.
19. Capt. Haleman with 50 mounted men left Bird’s Point for Charleston,
Mo., and encountered a body of rebels, killing 2 and capturing 33 men
and 35 horses, without any casualty themselves.
19. Skirmish at Charleston, Mo. Two hundred and fifty of 22d Illinois
under Col. Dougherty, and Lieut.-Col. Ransom of 11th Illinois defeated
300 rebels under Col. Hunter of Jeff. Thompson’s army. 20 rebels were
killed and wounded, and 17 prisoners taken. The Union loss was 1 killed
and 6 wounded.
19. Two hundred and forty Union fugitives from E. Tenn. arrived at
Danville, Ky., and were fed in the Seminary yard.
19. Office of the “Sentinel,” Easton, Pa., destroyed by a Union mob.
19. A. L. Kimball, editor of the “Essex Co. Democrat,” Haverhill, Mass.,
was tarred and feathered, and ridden on a rail by a Union mob.
19. “Passports” required, by notice from the Department of State, from
all persons leaving or arriving within the United States.
19. Office of the “Jeffersonian,” Westchester, Pa., destroyed by a Union
mob.
19. Office of “The People’s Friend,” at Covington, Ind., destroyed by a
Union mob.
20. Skirmish at Hawk’s Nest, in the Kanawha Valley, Va. A body of rebels
attacked the 11th Ohio, but were driven back with loss. Union loss, 2
wounded and 1 missing.
20. The Wheeling (Va.,) Convention passed an ordinance to erect a new
State, to be called Kanawha.
20. A railway train from Jefferson City, Mo., when near Lookout Station,
was fired into by rebels, and 1 soldier killed and 6 wounded. 2 rebels
were killed, several wounded, and 5 prisoners taken.
20. Gen. McClellan assumed command of the army of the Potomac.
20. Gen. Butler assumed command of U.S. Volunteer forces near Fortress
Monroe.
21. Surprise of part of company K, Ohio 7th, near Cross Lane, W.
Virginia, 2 killed and 9 wounded, 5 of whom were taken prisoners,
including Capt. Shutte.
22. Disloyal papers were rejected from the U. S. mails. Large bundles of
papers were seized by the U. S. Marshals in Philadelphia and other
cities.
22. The “Stark County Democrat” office, in Canton, Ohio, was destroyed
by a Union mob.
22. The steamer “Samuel Orr” was seized at Paducah, Ky., by rebels, and
taken up the Tennessee river.
24. A portion of the Cherokee Indians made an alliance with the
“Southern Confederacy.” The Cherokees and Creeks raised 2,000 men for
the rebel army, and were promised payment of their annuities by the
Confed. Commissioners.
24. Arrest of Mayor Berret, of Washington.
24. The office of the Bridgeport (Conn.,) “Farmer” was destroyed by a
Union mob.
24. Office of the “Alleghanian,” Cumberland, Md., was destroyed by a
Union mob.
25. A band of rebels at Wayne Court-House, Va., was routed by 53
Federals under Capt. Smith, from Camp Pierpont, Ceredo, Wayne co., Va. 4
rebels were killed, and 8 taken prisoners.
25. All vessels and boats on the Potomac seized by Government
authorities.
25. Gov. H. R. Gamble, of Mo., issued a call for 42,000 State militia,
to serve six months, unless sooner discharged.
26. Surprise of 7th Ohio, Col. Tyler, at Cross Lanes, near Summersville,
W. Virginia, by a large force of rebels. 15 killed, 40 wounded, and 30
prisoners. Rebel loss not known.
26. The War Department prohibited the transmission or publication of any
intelligence of army or naval movements calculated to give information
to the enemy.
26. The Postmaster-General directed postal agents to arrest express
agents or others engaged in transmitting letters to seceded States in
violation of the President’s proclamation of 16th inst.
26. Com. Foote ordered to the command of U. S. naval forces on the
Western waters.
26. A naval and military expedition to N. Carolina coast sailed from
Hampton Roads, Va., under command of Com. Stringham and Maj.-Gen.
Butler.
26. Skirmish of two companies of N. Y. 23d, with a large force of rebels
at Ball’s Cross Roads, Va. One Federal killed, and one wounded.
28. A party of Federal troops under Capt. Smith attacked and dispersed a
force of rebels at Wayne Court-House, W. Virginia, and returned to
Ceredo without loss. Five or 6 of the rebels were killed or wounded, and
8 captured.
28–29. Bombardment and capture of Forts Hatteras and Clark, at Hatteras
Inlet, N. C. 30 pieces of cannon, 1,000 stand of arms, 3 vessels with
valuable cargoes, and 750 prisoners were taken.
29. Fight at Lexington, Mo. The rebels, under Col. Reed, were driven off
with loss of 8 killed and several wounded. The Federals had 5 or 6
wounded, and several loyal citizens were captured.
30. Martial law was proclaimed throughout Missouri, by Gen. Fremont, and
the slaves of all persons found in arms against the U. S. declared free.
=Sept. 1.= Skirmish at Bennett’s Mills, Mo. Attack on Home Guards
commanded by Lieut. Chandler, by a large force of rebels. Federal loss,
3 killed, 6 wounded. Rebel loss unknown.
1. Fight at Boone Court-House, Va. Rebels defeated, with a loss of 30.
Six Federal soldiers wounded.
2. Fight near Fort Scott, Mo. 600 rebels under Gen. Rains, were attacked
and pursued by 500 Federals under Col. Montgomery. The rebels falling
back on reinforcements, Montgomery retreated.
2. The Mass. 13th captured 20 Charleston, S. C., cavalry, after killing
3 and wounding 5, 2½-miles from Harper’s Ferry.
2. Col. Crossman, of Gen. Kelly’s staff, with two companies, attacked
400 rebels, at Worthington, Marion co., Va., by whom he was repulsed
with the loss of two men.
3. Passenger train on the Hannibal and St. Joseph railway, Mo., was
thrown into the Platte river, by the giving way of a bridge, partly
burned by the rebels. 17 persons were killed, and 60 wounded.
4. An engagement on the Mississippi river occurred, near Hickman, Ky.,
between national gunboats Tyler and Lexington and the rebel gunboat
Yankee and shore batteries.
6. Paducah, Ky., was occupied by Federal forces under Gen. Grant.
7. Gens. Pillow and Polk occupied Columbus, Ky., with 7,000 rebels.
7. Five schooners were captured by Federal officers at Hatteras Inlet.
8. Gen. Pope broke up a camp of 3,000 rebels near Hunneville, Mo., under
Gen. Green, and captured a large quantity of stores.
9. A revolt occurred among the N. Y. Rifles, at Willett’s Point, N. Y.
Two men were killed and 5 wounded.
9. A government steamer conveying prisoners from Lexington, Mo., to Fort
Leavenworth, broke her rudder, and being obliged to land, the vessel was
seized by the rebels, the prisoners liberated, and 40 Federal soldiers
captured.
10. 156 Union prisoners, among them all the principal officers held
captive by the rebels at Richmond, were sent to Castle Pinckney, in
Charleston harbor.
10. Battle of Carnifex Ferry, near Summersville, Va. Federal commander,
Rosecranz, rebel, Floyd, who retreated with small loss. Federal loss, 16
killed, 102 wounded.
11. Skirmish at Lewinsville, Va. Federal loss, 6 killed, 10 wounded.
11. The President modified Gen. Fremont’s emancipation proclamation.
11. The Kentucky Legislature, by a vote of 71 to 26, ordered the
Confederate troops to leave the State.
12. A rebel camp at Petersburg, Hardy co., Va., was broken up by Capt.
Kid’s cavalry, and large amount of stores captured.
12. Skirmish at Black river, near Ironton, Mo. A detachment of Indiana
cavalry, under Major Gavitt, defeated a body of rebels, under Ben.
Talbot, killing 5, capturing 4, and 25 horses and a quantity of arms.
12. The Legislature of Kentucky authorized the Governor to call out the
State military to repel the Southern invaders.
12. Two slaves, the property of T. L. Snead, a secessionist of St.
Louis, were manumitted by Gen. Fremont.
13. A large body of rebels, under Col. Brown, were repulsed from
Booneville, Mo., with a loss of 12 killed and 30 wounded, by Home Guards
under Capt. Eppstein, who lost 1 killed and 4 wounded.
12–14. Two engagements occurred on Cheat Mountain, Western Va., in which
the rebels, under Gen. R. E. Lee, were defeated with a loss of 100
killed and wounded, among the former, Col. J. A. Washington, and 20
prisoners. The Federal forces, under Gen. J. J. Reynolds, lost 13
killed, 20 wounded, and 60 prisoners.
13–18. The provost-marshal of Baltimore, Md., arrested Mayor Brown, Ross
Winans, and Messrs. Pitts, Sangster, Wallis, Scott, Dennison, Quinlan,
Lynch, Warfield, Hanson, and J. C. Brune, of the Legislature, also
editors Howard and Hall, by order of the War Department.
13. An expedition from the U.S. frigate Colorado, under Lieut. J. H.
Russell, cut out and destroyed the privateer Judah, under the rebel guns
at Pensacola. The Federal loss was 3 killed and 15 wounded.
14. A rebel camp near Kansas City, Mo., was broken up; 7 men killed and
6 taken prisoners.
18. Col. F. P. Blair, Jr., was arrested at St. Louis for disrespectful
language when alluding to superior officers.
15. A body of rebels attacked Col. Geary’s 28th Pennsylvania regiment,
stationed on the Potomac, three miles above Harper’s Ferry, and were
repulsed with severe loss. One of Col. Geary’s men was killed, and
several slightly wounded.
16. A naval expedition from Hatteras Inlet under command of Lieut. J. Y.
Maxwell, destroyed Fort Ocracoke, on Beacon Island, N. C.
16. The Federal gunboat Conestoga captured the steamers V. R. Stephenson
and Gazelle, on Cumberland river, Ky.
16. Ship Island, near the mouth of the Mississippi river, was occupied
by Federal forces from the steamer Massachusetts.
17. A fight took place at Mariatown, Mo., between 600 Federals, under
Cols. Montgomery and Johnson, and 400 rebels, who were defeated with a
loss of 7 killed, and 100 horses and their tents and supplies captured.
Col. Johnson and 2 Federal privates were killed, and 6 wounded.
17. A train on the Ohio and Mississippi railway, with a part of the 19th
Illinois regiment, broke through a bridge near Huron, Ind., by which 26
soldiers were killed and 112 wounded.
17. 500 of the 3d Iowa, under Lieut.-Col. Scott, attacked and were
repulsed by 3,000 rebels, under Gen. D. R. Atchison, at Blue Mills
Landing, Mo. The Federal loss was over 100 in killed and wounded.
18. Skirmish at Barboursville, Ky., between the Home Guard and
Zollicoffer’s men. 7 rebels were killed, and 1 guard wounded and another
taken prisoner.
18. Eighteen secession members of the Maryland Legislature were arrested
and lodged in Fort McHenry.
19. Ex-Governor Morehead and others, of Louisville, Ky., were arrested
by the U. S. marshal on charges of treason, or complicity with treason.
20. Surrender of Col. Mulligan’s command, at Lexington, Mo., to the
rebel Gen. Price, after 4 days’ siege.
21. Gen. Lane’s command surprised a superior force of rebels at
Papinsville, Mo., routing them with a Union loss of 17 killed and 40
wounded; rebel loss, 40 killed, 100 prisoners, and all their tents and
supplies.
21. Two detachments of troops from Union gunboats, near Glasgow, Mo.,
encountered each other, while reconnoitering at night, and by mistake
four were killed and several wounded.
21. Gen. Robert Anderson assumed command of Federal and State troops in
Ivy.
21. J. C. Breckinridge fled from Frankfort, Ky., and openly joined the
rebels.
22. Skirmish of the 7th Iowa, at Elliott’s Mills, Ky., with rebel
cavalry, who were defeated with the loss of three of their number.
23. Ross Winans, of Md., took the oath of allegiance.
23. Capt. Goldsborough succeeded Com. Stringham in command of the
Chesapeake blockading fleet.
23. Detachments of 8th and 4th Ohio, and Ringgold’s cavalry, under Cols.
Parke and Cantwell, advancing from New Creek toward Romney, Va.,
attacked and drove out 700 rebels from Mechanicsville Gap, and pursued
their combined forces of 1,400 from Romney to the mountains. Federal
loss 3 killed, 10 wounded; rebel loss 15 killed, 30 wounded.
24. The Comte de Paris and the Duc de Chartres, grandsons of Louis
Philippe of France, were attached as aids to Gen. McClellan’s staff, and
commissioned as captains.
25. Successful expedition of 3,000 men, under Gen. W. F. Smith, for
reconnoitering and forage, from Chain Bridge to Lewinsville, Va. A large
quantity of stores were captured.
25. Engagement at Chapmansville, Western Va. Col. Pratt, with 560 of the
34th Ohio, defeated a body of rebels under Col. J. W. Davis, killing 29,
including their commander, and wounding a large number. Col. Pratt’s
loss was 4 killed, 8 wounded.
25. A body of rebels were defeated near Osceola, Mo., by Federal troops
under Col. Montgomery, who set fire to the town. 10 rebels killed; 1
Federal killed, 4 wounded.
25. James B. Clay (son of the illustrious Henry,) and 16 other rebels
were captured near Danville, Ky., while on their way to Zollicoffer’s
camp.
26. At Lucas Bend, Ky., 75 of Captain Stewart’s cavalry attacked and
routed 40 rebel cavalry, killing 4 and capturing 5, without loss
themselves.
26. By Presidential proclamation of August 12, this day was observed as
a day of fasting and prayer throughout the loyal States.
27. A body of Kansas troops, under Montgomery and Jamison, engaged the
advance guard of McCulloch’s rebel army near Shanghai, in Benton co.,
Mo., and drove them back with loss.
27. Gen. Fremont, with 15 steamers and 15,000 men, sailed from St. Louis
up the Missouri river.
27. The rebels evacuated Munson’s Hill, Va., which was occupied by
Federal troops.
28. Baker’s California regiment, and Baxter’s Philadelphia volunteers
mistook each other for rebels, at Fall’s Church, Va., and fired, killing
15 and wounding 30.
=Oct. 1.= The U. S. steamer Fanny, with 35 men of the 9th N. Y.
volunteers, was captured by the rebels on the north coast of Hatteras
Inlet. She was loaded with government stores.
2. A secessionist camp at Charleston, Mo., was broken up, and 40 rebels
captured.
2. $33,000, deposited in the St. Louis Building and Savings Association,
for the part payment of a U. S. annuity to the Cherokee Indians,
declared confiscated to the Government in consequence of the secession
of that tribe.
3. Attack on an entrenched camp commanded by Gen. H. A. Jackson, at
Greenbrier, Western Va., by Union forces under Gen. J. J. Reynolds.
Union loss 8 killed, 32 wounded; rebel loss greater. A drawn battle.
3. Gen. Price, and the rebel army under his command, withdrew from
Lexington, Mo., leaving a brigade as a guard.
3. Gustavus Smith, formerly Street Commissioner of New York, was
appointed a Major-General in the rebel army.
4. Commander Alden, U. S. steamer South Carolina, captured two schooners
off the S.W. Pass of the Mississippi, with four to five thousand stand
of arms.
4. A company of 110 Texas rangers were defeated by 100 U. S. troops from
Fort Craig, at Alimosa, N. M. 10 Texans and their captain killed, and 30
wounded.
4. Two boats from U. S. steamer Louisiana, Lieut. A. Murray, destroyed a
rebel schooner, being fitted out for a privateer, at Chincoteague Inlet,
Va. They engaged and repulsed the rebels with a loss of 4 U. S. seamen
wounded.
4. A large force of rebels, under Col. Wright, attacked the 20th
Indiana, Col. Brown, at Chicamacomico, near Hatteras Inlet. Federals
retreated, leaving their pickets, wounded, and camp equipage in the
hands of the enemy.
4. Gen. Butler, commanding the Military Department of New England, had
his headquarters at Boston.
5. The rebel forces under Col. Wright were driven from the Chicamacomico
with severe loss, by U.S. steamer Monticello.
7. John Ross, principal Chief of the Cherokee Indians, negotiated a
treaty of alliance on behalf of that people with the Confederate
Government.
7. 57 released prisoners, taken by the rebels at the battle of Bull Run,
arrived at Fortress Monroe from Richmond.
7. U. S. gunboats Tyler and Lexington exchanged shots with rebel
batteries at Iron Bend, 3 miles above Columbus, Ky.
8. Brig.-Gen. William T. Sherman appointed to command the Department of
the Cumberland (Kentucky), in place of Brig.-Gen. R. Anderson, retired
from ill-health.
8. 200 rebels under Capt. Holliday, encamped two miles from Hillsboro’,
Ky., were attacked and defeated by a body of Home Guards, under Lieut.
Sadler. Rebel loss 11 killed, 29 wounded, 22 prisoners; also 127 rifles
and other arms. Federal loss 3 killed, 3 wounded.
9. Attack upon Wilson’s N. Y. Zouaves, at Santa Rosa Island, four miles
from Fort Pickens, at 2 A. M., by 1,500 rebels under Gen. Anderson. The
regulars from Fort Pickens, and the Zouaves, defeated the rebels,
killing and wounding about 100, and taking 35 prisoners. Federal loss 13
killed, 21 wounded.
9. Federal troops under Gen. Smith advanced from Chain Bridge, and
occupied Lewinsville, Va.
10. Cavalry skirmish 4 miles from Paducah, Ky. 2 of the 4th U. S.
cavalry mortally wounded, and 2 taken prisoners.
11. The rebel steamer Nashville, commanded by Lieut. R. B. Pegram,
escaped from Charleston, S. C.
11. Lieut. Harrell, of U. S. steamer Union, with three boats’ crews, cut
out and burnt a rebel schooner in Dumfries Creek, on the Potomac, and
escaped without loss.