11. Marshal Kane was transferred from Fort McHenry to Fort Lafayette.
12. Rebel steamer Theodora ran the blockade at Charleston, S. C., having
on board Messrs. Mason and Slidell, Commissioners to England and France,
with their secretaries.
12. Capt. P. G. Morton captured a train of 21 wagons, 425 cattle, and 35
prisoners, with stores for hostile Cherokees, at Chelsea, Kansas.
12. Cavalry skirmish south of Cameron, Ray co., Mo. A company of Major
James’ cavalry routed a large body of rebels, who lost 8 killed and 5
prisoners. One Federal was killed and 4 wounded.
12. Six rebel gunboats, the ram Manassas, and a fleet of fireships,
attacked the U. S. fleet at the mouth of the Mississippi, and were
repulsed by them with slight loss on either side.
12. A party of 12 of a N.Y. Zouave regiment, under Lieut. Zeller, were
captured by the rebels near Newport News, Va.
12. Forty men of the 39th Indiana attacked and defeated a superior force
of rebels, 8 miles from Green river, Western Va., without loss
themselves, killing 5 and wounding 3 of the enemy.
12. Night skirmish near the residence of Cy. Hutchinson, Barren co., Ky.
Ten Federal horsemen, under Cols. Hobson and Pennebraker, and Capt. S.
Taylor, encountered 100 rebel cavalry, of whom 4 were killed and several
wounded. Federal loss, 3 killed.
12. 500 men of the Piatt (Cincinnati) Zouaves, under Lieut, Col. Toland,
and two companies of the 4th Va., drove out a large body of rebels from
Winfield, 20 miles below Charleston, on the Kanawha, Western Va., who
had been committing depredations. The Federals captured a large quantity
of military stores.
12. Skirmish between a detachment of the 39th Indiana, under Lieut.-Col.
Jones, and 58 rebel cavalry, near Upton’s, 14 miles below Camp Nevin,
Ky. The rebels were repulsed with a loss of 5 killed and 3 wounded.
12. A woman and five children, from families of U. S. soldiers from
Utah, were drowned while attempting to cross the Platte river on a raft,
near St. Josephs, Mo., the rope having been cut by an enemy.
13. Eighteen miles N.E. of Lebanon, Mo., Major Wright, with two
companies of U.S. cavalry, routed 300 mounted rebels, under Capts.
Lorrels and Wright. 62 of the rebels were killed and wounded, and 30
taken prisoners. One Federal trooper was killed.
13. Skirmish at Beckweth’s farm, 12 miles S.E. of Bird’s Point, Mo. 20
men under Lieut. Tufts, encountered a superior force of rebels, and
after engaging them retired. 2 were killed, 5 wounded, and 3 missing, of
the national force: 12 were killed and wounded of the rebels.
13. Brig Grenada, of New York, was captured by the privateer “Sallie,”
of Charleston, which ran the blockade on the 10th instant.
14. 150 voters of Chincoteague Island, Accomac co., Va., took the oath
of allegiance to the U. S., in the presence of Lieut. Murray, of U. S.
ship Louisiana. The inhabitants of the island, 1,000 in number, were
loyal: no other flag than the national had thus far been allowed to
float on the island.
14. Major White, with one company of Missouri Scouts, captured 45 rebels
at Linn Creek, Mo., commanded by Capt. Roberts.
14. The U. S. Secretary of State, Wm. H. Seward, issued a circular to
the Governors of all States bordering on the ocean and the lakes,
recommending that their defences should be put in effective condition to
meet the contingency of foreign war, instigated by rebel emissaries.
5. U. S. steamer Roanoke, off Charleston, captured and burnt the ship
Thomas Watson, which ran on Stono reef while attempting to evade the
blockade.
15. Ten of the N. Y. 14th killed 2 rebels in a skirmish near
Lewinsville, Va.
15. Gen. Wool, at Fortress Monroe, declined to receive a flag of truce
from Norfolk.
15. 600 rebels, under Gen. Jeff. Thompson, attacked and captured 40 U.
S. soldiers guarding the Big river bridge, near Potosi, Mo. Federal loss
1 killed, 6 wounded; rebel loss 5 killed, 4 wounded. The rebels paroled
the U. S. soldiers and burnt the bridge.
15. The rebel batteries at Aquia creek and Shipping Point, on the
Potomac, fired on all vessels passing, but inflicted no serious damage.
15. Three U. S. steamers sailed from New York in pursuit of the
privateer Nashville.
16. Col. J. W. Geary, of the Penn. 28th, with 400 men from his own, the
13th Mass, and 3d Wis., crossed the Potomac at Harper’s Ferry, and
captured 21,000 bushels of wheat, stored in a mill near Bolivar Heights.
A severe skirmish occurred with a body of rebels who disputed the
ground, from whom the Federals captured a 32-pounder, and made good
their retreat, accomplishing the object of the expedition. Federal loss,
4 killed, 8 wounded.
16. Major F. J. White, with 220 Missouri scouts, surprised the rebels at
Lexington, Mo., and without loss, captured 60 or 70 prisoners, released
Cols. White and Grover, and 12 other captives, and seized 2 steamboats,
with arms, ammunition and stores.
16. 1,000 rebels under Gen. Thompson and Col. Lowe, near Ironton, Mo.,
were defeated with a loss of 36 killed and wounded, by Maj. Gavitt’s
Indiana cavalry, and 5 companies of Col. Alexander’s 21st Illinois.
Union loss, 11.
19. Col. Morgan, with 220 men of the 18th Missouri regiment, and two
pieces of artillery, defeated 400 rebels on Big Hurricane Creek, Carroll
co., Mo., killing 14, and taking 8 prisoners. Col. Morgan had 14 men
wounded—two mortally.
19. Twenty rebel N. C. prisoners were sent to Fortress Monroe, to be
released on taking an oath not to bear arms against the Government.
21. Battle of Edward’s Ferry, Va. 1,900 men from Gen. C. P. Stone’s
division, under command of Col. E. D. Baker, U. S. senator from Oregon,
were ordered to cross the Potomac at Harrison’s Island, or Ball’s Bluff,
to support reconnoissances above and below that point. At 4 P. M. they
were attacked by 3,000 rebels under Gen. Evans, and driven to the river
bank, where, there being no adequate provision for crossing, they
suffered severe loss, by the enemy’s fire, and by drowning. Killed, 223,
wounded, 250, taken prisoners, 500. Rebel loss about 200 in killed and
wounded.
21. About 2,500 rebels, near Fredericktown, Mo., under Jeff. Thompson
and Col. Lowe, were attacked by 3,500 Federal troops, commanded by Col.
J. B. Plummer, of 11th Missouri, with Missouri, Illinois, Wisconsin and
Indiana troops, under Cols. Ross, Marsh, Hovey, Baker, Lieut.-Col.
Pennabaker, Maj. Schofield, Capt. Stewart and Lieut. White. The rebels
were defeated with great loss, and Col. Lowe was killed. They left 175
bodies on the field, and had a large number wounded. Eighty were taken
prisoners, and 4 heavy guns were captured. The Federal loss was 7 killed
and 60 wounded.
21. A portion of the rebel General Zollicoffer’s command was repulsed
from an advanced position of General Schoepf’s brigade, near Camp Wild
Cat, Laurel co., Ky. The Federal loss was 4 killed and 21 wounded.
22. Flag-officer Craven, of the Potomac flotilla, reported the Potomac
river commanded by rebel batteries, at all important points below
Alexandria.
22. A detachment of U. S. cavalry broke up a rebel camp at Buffalo
Mills, Benton co., Mo., killing and wounding 20, taking 60 prisoners, 22
wagons and a number of horses.
23. Col. Len. Harris, with the 2d Ohio, two guns of Capt. Konkle’s Ohio
battery and Capt. Laughlin’s cavalry, drove out a body of 200 rebels
from West Liberty, Morgan co., Ky., after a skirmish in which 10 were
killed, 5 wounded, and 6 made prisoners, of the rebels, with no loss on
the part of the Federals. A small quantity of stores was captured.
23. Fifty men of the 6th Indiana while skirmishing near Hodgesville,
Ky., were attacked by a superior force of rebels, whom they repulsed,
killing 3 and wounding 5. Three of the Federals were severely wounded,
including Lieut. Grayson, their commander.
23. Gen. Fred. W. Lander was appointed to command the brigade of the
late Col. Baker.
24. President Lincoln suspended the writ of _habeas corpus_, so far as
related to military arrests, in the District of Columbia.
24. The steamer Salvor was captured while attempting to run the blockade
at Tampa Bay, Fla.
24. Western Virginia voted almost unanimously in favor of a division of
the State.
24. The western section of the California telegraph was completed to
Salt Lake City, connecting the wires from the Pacific to the Atlantic
ocean.
24. Skirmish between the pickets of Gen. Wm. T. Ward and a scouting
party of rebels near Campbellsville, Ky. Several of the rebels were
killed and wounded, and their captain taken prisoner.
25. 160 of Gen. Fremont’s Body-guard, under command of Major Zagonyi,
charged 2,000 rebels, drawn up to receive them, near Springfield, Mo.,
routed them, and occupied the town. Rebel loss, 106 killed, many
wounded, and 27 prisoners. Zagonyi’s loss, 15 killed, 27 wounded, 10
missing. The Missouri “Prairie Scouts,” under Maj. F. J. White, attacked
the rear of the rebel force, at the same time, making three successful
charges, and inflicting severe loss on the enemy. The loss of the
“Scouts” was 33 in killed, wounded and missing.
26. An artillery fight across the Potomac, at Edward’s Ferry, for
several hours. Two killed in Gen. Banks’ encampment, and 3 wounded. Both
parties were compelled to move back their encampments.
26. Gen. B. F. Kelly, with 2,500 Virginia and Ohio Volunteers, from New
Creek, Va., attacked an inferior rebel force near Romney, who were
routed and pursued through that town with severe loss. Col. Thos. Johns,
of 2d regiment, Potomac Home Brigade, made a diversion of the enemy’s
force, by marching to the rear of Romney, by way of Frankfort, and
engaged and held in check a regiment of the rebels. The expedition was
successful in capturing a large supply of military stores and
provisions. Federal loss, 2 killed, 14 wounded. Rebel loss, 10 killed,
15 wounded, and a number of prisoners, including Col. Angus McDonald,
their commander: their artillery wagons, camps, etc., were captured.
26. Parson Brownlow was forced to suspend the publication of the
Knoxville (Tenn.) _Whig_.
26. A wagon train was established between Baltimore and Washington, for
want of sufficient railway facilities, consequent on the danger from
rebel batteries in navigating the Potomac.
26. Major Phillips, with 300 of the 9th Illinois, from Paducah, sailed
on the steamer Conestoga to West Eddyville, Ky., on the Cumberland
river, where they landed and marched 6 miles to Saratoga, and surprised
a detachment of rebel cavalry, under Capt. Wilcox. After a brief
resistance the enemy fled, losing 13 killed, many wounded, 24 prisoners,
and 52 horses. Four of the Illinois men were wounded.
26. Surprise of a rebel encampment at Plattsburg, Clinton co., Mo., by a
superior force of Federals. Rebel loss, 8 killed, 12 prisoners, one
cannon, and a quantity of small arms.
28. Three rebel vessels were surprised and burnt at Chincoteague Inlet,
Va., by a portion of the crew of U. S. gunboat Louisiana, under Lieut.
A. Hopkins.
28. D. Davis, of Ill., J. Holt, of Ky., and H. Campbell, of Mo., were
appointed Commissioners by Pres. Lincoln to audit all unsettled military
claims in Missouri.
29. 250 U.S. Kentucky volunteers, under Col. Burbridge, marched from
Owensboro’ to Morgantown, Ky., crossed the river at that point, defeated
a superior rebel force and destroyed their camp. Federal loss, 2
wounded.
28. Gen. J. B. Henderson, with a superior force, surrounded and captured
400 rebels at Dyer’s Mills, near Concord, Mo. They were allowed to lay
down their arms and return home.
29. Nearly 100 “contrabands” arrived at Fortress Monroe in two days.
29. Rebel State “Conference” at Russellville, Ky.
29. The great naval expedition sailed from Fortress Monroe, under the
command of Flag-officer Com. Samuel F. Dupont, comprising 77 vessels of
all classes. The land forces, numbering 20,000 men, were commanded by
Brig.-Gen. Thos. W. Sherman.
31. Skirmish at Morgantown, Green River, Ky. Col. McHenry’s command
drove a party of rebels attached to Buckner’s camp across the river,
with loss.
31. At N. York, the jury empaneled for the trial of the sailors captured
on the privateer Savannah, the first rebel armed vessel that was
commissioned, failed to agree.
=Nov. 1.= Lieut.-Gen. Winfield Scott, at his own request, was retired
from active service, and Maj.-Gen. George B. McClellan was appointed to
succeed him as Commander-in-chief of the U. S. army.
1. Lieut.-Col. Morse, with 450 cavalry and infantry, surprised and
routed a rebel force 800 strong, under Col. Sweeny, in camp near Renick,
Randolph co., Mo.
1. Rebels from Gen. Floyd’s command attacked a Federal camp at Gauley
Bridge, Va., by cannonading from the opposite shore. They were driven
into the hills by 3 companies from Gen. Benham’s camp, at Hawk’s Nest.
1. A violent storm overtook the naval expedition off the N. C. coast. 3
vessels were disabled and returned, 2 were driven ashore, and 2
foundered. Seven lives lost.
2. Gen. Fremont, at Springfield, received an order from Washington,
relieving him from command of the Department of Missouri. Gen. Hunter
was appointed temporarily to the command.
2. An address was issued by Gov. Harris, of Tenn., calling upon the
people to furnish every shot-gun and rifle to defend the soil.
2. Major Joseph’s Missouri militia, numbering 129, were attacked at
Platte City, Mo., by Silas Gordon with 300 rebels, who were repulsed
with a loss of 13 killed and wounded, 30 prisoners, many guns, and all
their equipments.
2. The English steamer Bermuda ran the blockade at Charleston, S. C.,
with 2,000 bales of cotton.
2. Prestonburg, Ky., was occupied by Union troops under Gen. Nelson,
without opposition.
3. _et seq._ Rising of Union men in E. Tenn., who burned or broke down
several important railroad bridges.
3. Five rebel boats made an attack on Fort Hatteras, N. C., but were
repulsed by the U. S. gunboat National, and the Fort.
3. Col. Greensle drove rebel troops from Houston, Mo., and returned to
Rolla with several prisoners and a large amount of property.
4. Enthusiastic Union meeting in Baltimore Co., Md., addressed by
Reverdy Johnson.
4. Barboursville, Ky., was occupied by 1,500 Federals without
opposition.
6. Extra session of South Carolina Legislature adjourned, after choosing
Presidential electors and ordering the banks to loan the State $300,000.
5. Colonel Corcoran and 15 other national officers who were prisoners,
were selected by lot by the rebels, as hostages, to be hung in the event
of that punishment being awarded to the privateers held by the national
government.
6. Two parties of rebel troops met above Newport News, Va., and by
mistake fired on each other, killing and wounding a number. Among the
killed was Major Bailey, of Mobile.
6. The grand jury at Frankfort, Ky., found indictments for treason
against 32 prominent citizens, among whom were R. J. Breckinridge, Jr.,
J. C. Breckinridge, Humphrey Marshall, and Benj. Desha.
6. Electors for President and V. President were chosen throughout the
revolted States, and also members of Congress.
6. 120 Federals, under Capt. Shields, were captured by 500 rebels near
Little Santa Fé, Mo. They were on their way to join Gen. Fremont’s
column.
6. The 13th Indiana regiment, Col. J. J. Sullivan, and Capt. Robinson’s
Ohio cavalry, returned to Huttonsville, Va., from an extensive march
through Webster Co. Several rebels were killed and wounded in scouting,
and 13 prisoners taken.
7. Battle of Belmont, Mo., Gens. Grant and McClernand with 2,850 men,
landed at Belmont at 8 A. M., drove in the rebel pickets and captured
their camp, which was burnt. A battery of 12 guns was taken, and about
200 prisoners. Meantime, a large reinforcement of rebels was landed from
Columbus, on the opposite side of the river, which intercepted Gen.
Grant’s army in their return to their boats. The Federals cut their way
through a much superior force of the enemy, losing 150 of their number
prisoners, together with their killed and wounded, who fell into the
hands of the rebels. Federal loss, 89 killed, 150 wounded, 150 missing.
The rebel loss was greater, 155 were taken prisoners.
7. Gen. Hunter, Fremont’s successor in Missouri, repudiated the
agreement just, made between Gens. Fremont and Price, the rebel
commander, concerning the privileges of unarmed citizens, and the
disarming of unrecognized bodies of men.
7. Skirmishing on New river, near Gauley Bridge, Va. Federal forces
under Gen. Rosecrans, drove off a body of rebels who had besieged his
camp for several days. Several rebels and one private of 13th Ohio
killed.
7. The Federal fleet under Com. Dupont captured Forts Warren and
Beauregard at Port Royal entrance, and took the town of Beaufort, S. C.,
with a loss of 8 killed, 6 badly wounded, and 17 slightly. None of the
national vessels seriously damaged. Rebel loss unknown, but not large.
7. Two launches and 40 men, commanded by Lieut. Jas. E. Jouett, from the
U.S. frigate Santee, off Galveston, Texas, surprised and burnt the rebel
privateer Royal Yacht, by night, after a sharp conflict, killing several
of the rebels, and capturing 13. Federal loss 2 killed and 7 wounded.
8. U. S. gunboat Rescue shelled out a rebel battery at Urbana Creek, on
the Rappahannock, Va., and captured a large schooner with stores.
8. Five railway bridges were burned in E. Tennessee by Unionists.
8. Capt. Wilkes, with the U. S. steam sloop-of-war San Jacinto,
overhauled the English mail-steamer Trent in the Bahama channel, and
took from her the rebel emissaries Mason and Slidell, with their
secretaries, who had taken passage for England.
8. Col. Grensle returned with his command to Rolla, Mo., from an
expedition against the rebels in Texas co., bringing 9 prisoners, 500
head of cattle and 40 horses and mules.
8. A portion of Gen. Nelson’s Ky. brigade were ambuscaded while on their
way to Piketon, Ky., by 200 rebels in a strong position. The rebels were
dispersed with the loss of 10 killed, 15 wounded. Gen. Nelson had 6
killed and 24 wounded. Another portion of Gen. Nelson’s brigade under
command of Col. Sill, reached Piketon by a circuitous route, and
attacked a body of rebels, defeating them with a small loss, and having
one Federal soldier killed.
8. A bridge on the E. Tenn. railway, 200 feet span, was destroyed by
Unionists. Also 4 on the line N. of Knoxville, and a heavy wooden bridge
at Charleston, Bradley co., Tenn.
9. Maj.-Gen. Henry W. Halleck, of Cal., was ordered to take command of
the Department of Missouri, in place of Gen. Fremont: Brig.-Gen. Don
Carlos Buell, of Ind., was appointed to command the Department of
Kentucky: Maj.-Gen. Hunter to command the Department of Kansas: Col. E.
R. S. Canley, the Department of N. Mexico.
10. A band of rebel marauders was captured by Lieut. Shriver, with a
squad of 1st Iowa cavalry, near Clark’s Station, Mo.
10. A portion of Gen. Cox’s brigade crossed the New river near Gauley,
Va., and attacked Floyd’s forces posted there, who retreated after a
severe skirmish, in which the 11th Ohio regiment lost 8 killed and 10
wounded.
10. 150 of the 9th Virginia regiment, Col. K. V. Whaley, were surprised
at Guyandotte, Va., on the Ohio river, by a superior force of rebels,
and after a sharp skirmish, in which 8 of the Federals were killed and
12 wounded, and nearly the same loss sustained by the rebels, Col.
Whaley and 45 of his men were captured, and the rest escaped. About
two-thirds of the town was burned next day by the Union Virginia and
Ohio troops who arrived there, in retaliation for the treachery and
cruelty of the rebel inhabitants evinced in the scenes of the
engagement.
11. At Columbus, Ky., two rebel lieutenants and six privates were killed
by the explosion of a Dahlgren gun. Rev. Maj.-Gen. Polk narrowly
escaped.
11. 110 of Col. Anthony’s regiment attacked a rebel camp on the Little
Blue river, near Kansas City, Mo., which proved too strong for them, and
after severe fight, Col. Anthony’s men were drawn off in good order,
losing 8 killed and 8 wounded.
12. Reconnoissance in force by Gen. Heintzelman, with 6,000 men, to
Occoquan Creek, Va., 18 miles from Alexandria. Capt. Todd’s company of
Lincoln cavalry were surprised by a superior force of rebels, 3 killed,
1 wounded and 3 taken prisoners, including the captain.
12. Attack on the U.S. fleet at the Passes of the Mississippi, by the
Manassas Ram, 5 gunboats and several fire ships, under command of Capt.
Hollins. U. S. ship Vincennes grounded, and the Richmond was damaged by
the ram and also grounded: but the enemy were driven off without
obtaining any advantage.
12. The privateer Beauregard, of Charleston, S. C., with 27 men, was
captured 100 miles E. N. E. of Abaco, by the U. S. sloop-of-war W. G.
Anderson, Lieut. W. C. Rogers, commanding.
12. Skirmish on Laurel Creek by portions of Gen. Benham’s with Gen.
Floyd’s forces, in which the rebels retreated after small loss.
12. Skirmish of Gen. Kelly’s pickets near Romney, Va., losing 2 killed
and several wounded. 12 rebels taken prisoners.
13. Rebel Gen. Zollicoffer retreated from Cumberland Ford to Cumberland
Gap, Tenn.
14. The privateer schooner Neva, from China, was seized at San
Francisco, Cal., by Capt. Pease, of U. S. cutter Mary.
14. Lieut. J. H. Rigby, with 20 men of the Gist Artillery, on an
expedition from Salisbury, Md., to Wilmington and Newcastle, Md., seized
3 brass 6-pounders and 100 muskets, in possession of secessionists in
those places.
14. The Gov. of Florida, by proclamation, forbade the enlistment of
citizens of that State to serve in any other portion of the Confederacy.
14. $30,000 had been raised by Southern people for the widow of “the
martyr Jackson,” who killed Col. Ellsworth, at Alexandria, Va.
14. Gen. Benham, in pursuit of the army of Gen. Floyd, in W. Va.,
overtook the rear guard near McCoy’s Mills, and defeated it, killing 15
rebels, among them Col. Croghan. Floyd, in his retreat, destroyed 200 of
his tents, and lost 10 wagon loads of ammunition and arms.
14. Fast day was observed in the rebel States.
14. Steamship Champion arrived at New York from Aspinwall, bringing Gen.
Sumner and several companies of regular soldiers from San Francisco,
having under arrest ex-Senators Gwin and Brent, and C. Benham, late
Attorney General of California, charged with complicity with the rebels.
16. A party of 57 of the N. Y. 30th, attached to Gen. Keyes’ brigade on
the Potomac, while out foraging west of Upton’s Hill, Va., were betrayed
and surrounded by 200 rebel cavalry, and one-half their number, with the
teams and wagons, captured.
16. 50 wagons and 500 oxen, with the teamsters and stores, were captured
near Pleasant Hill, Cass co., Mo., by the rebels.
16. 68 Federal prisoners, the crews of fishing smacks captured off the
Florida coast, were taken to Tallahassee, Fla.
17. Union troops under Col. Alcorn, defeated Hawkins’ regiment at
Cypress Bridge, McClean co., Ky., routing them with severe loss, and
taking 25 prisoners, 300 horses, etc. Federal loss, 10 killed, 15
wounded.
17. A party of Union troops recaptured nearly all the wagons and cattle
seized the day before near Pleasant Hill, Mo.
17. U. S. gunboat Connecticut captured British schooner Adelaide, with
military stores and supplies for rebels, near Cape Canaveral, and took
her into Key West.
17. Lieut. G. W. Snyder, U. S. A., a valuable engineer officer, died at
Washington, of typhoid fever.
17. The 3d Missouri cavalry routed a large number of rebels near
Palmyra, Mo., while on their way to join Price’s army, killing 3,
wounding 5, taking 16 prisoners.
18. The rebel Congress met at Richmond, Va., Howell Cobb, of Ga., in the
chair.
18. Capt. A. H. Foote was appointed Flag-officer of the fleet of the
Western Military Department.
18. Gen. Halleck assumed charge of the Missouri Department, _vice_ Gen.
Hunter.
18. Information was received at Washington of the imposition practised
upon the Indians west of Arkansas, by Albert Pike, rebel Commissioner.
18. Rebel troops in Accomac and Northampton cos., Va., disbanded, and
Union troops, under Gen. Lockwood, seized their arms and took possession
of the peninsula.