stores.
12. Curtis’s Iowa cavalry and a battalion of the 1st Nebraska, defeated
600 rebels and occupied Paris, Ky.
12. Occupation of Jacksonville, Fla., by Federal forces from the U. S.
gunboats Ottawa, Seneca, and Pembina, under command of Lieut. T. F.
Stevens.
13. Brunswick, Ga., was occupied by Federal forces under Flag-officer
Dupont.
14. The rebels driven from New Madrid, Mo., which was occupied by Gens.
Pope and Hamilton’s forces, who captured military stores valued at
$100,000. Federal loss during the siege 51 killed and wounded.
14. Battle of Newbern, N. C. Gen. Burnside’s forces attacked and carried
a continuous line of redoubts of half a mile in extent, after 4 hours’
engagement. The rebels in their retreat set fire to the town, which was
extinguished by the Federals with slight damage. 200 prisoners and 6
forts were taken, mounting 40 heavy guns. Federal loss, 39 killed, 150
wounded. Rebel loss, 50 killed, 200 wounded.
14. A detachment of Ohio and Indiana troops, under Col. Carter and
Lieut. Col. Keigwin, from their camp at Cumberland Ford, Ky., attacked
300 rebels on the Cumberland Mountains, and defeated them, killing 3,
wounding 6, and capturing 3 officers and 15 privates, 59 horses, 100
guns, 100 sabres and other material.
15. The Federal gunboats and mortars, under Com. Foote, began the
investment and assault of Island No. 10, on the Miss.
16. Two rebel captains and 17 privates were captured on Indian Creek,
Arkansas.
17. Federal forces in Va., under Gen. Shields, advanced from Winchester
and drove the enemy toward Strasburg.
18. The rebel fleet on the Mississippi at Island No. 10, attacked Com.
Foote’s flotilla, but retired after slight loss on either side, the
rebels crippling two of the Federal gunboats with their rams.
20. 67 citizens of Loudon co., Va., were sent to Richmond on the Central
cars, and committed to one of the military prisons.
21. Santa Fé, N. M., was seized by 100 rebel Texans, under Major C. L.
Pyron.
21. Washington, N. C., occupied by Federal troops under Col. Stevenson.
22. Rebel forces, under Gens. Jackson, Smith and Longstreet, advanced
upon Winchester, Va., where Gen. Shields’ forces engaged them
successfully until night.
22. A skirmish occurred between a detachment of the 6th Kansas and
Quantrall’s band, near Independence, Mo. The latter was routed with 7
killed. The Federals lost 1 killed, and captured 11 prisoners and 20
horses.
22. Lieut. T. A. Budd and Acting Master Mather, attached to Flag-officer
Dupont’s squadron, having imprudently ventured on shore, with a portion
of their men, to examine a rebel earthwork, near Mosquito Inlet, Fla.,
were fired upon by a party of rebels in ambush. Both officers and 5 men
were killed, and several wounded.
23. Morehead City, N. C., was occupied by Federal troops under Gen.
Parke.
23. Battle of Winchester, Va. The fight of yesterday was renewed, and
after a desperate engagement, the rebels were driven from the ground in
disorder, with a loss of 600 killed and wounded, and 300 prisoners.
Federal loss, 100 killed, 400 wounded.
25. Maj. Pyron’s Texans were defeated at Apache Cañon, between Santa Fé
and Fort Union, by Federal troops under Maj. Chivington.
26. A band of rebels attacked 4 companies of State militia at
Humansville, Polk co., Mo., and were defeated by them with a loss of 15
killed and many wounded.
27. Big Bethel, Va., was occupied by the Federal forces.
28. The Federal gunboats and mortars, under Coms. Farragut and Porter,
attacked Forts Jackson and St. Philip, La.
28. Gen. Beauregard concentrated a large force at Corinth, Miss.
28. Morgan’s rebel cavalry captured a train on the Louisville and
Nashville railway. The locomotive was run into a ditch and the cars
destroyed. Col. Currin Pope, of Ky., and several other Federal officers
were taken prisoners.
28. 1,200 U. S. troops, under Col. Slough, engaged the united rebel
forces of Col. Scurry and Maj. Pyron at Valle’s Ranch, N. M., from 10 A.
M. to 5 P. M., when an armistice was agreed on. A flank movement the
next day by Maj. Chivington, with 400 men, threw the rebels into
confusion, and after burning their train, they sought safety in flight.
Rebel loss, 80 killed, 100 wounded, 93 prisoners. Federal loss, 38
killed, 54 wounded, 17 prisoners. The Texans retired to Santa Fé and the
Federals to Fort Union.
29. A detachment of the 1st Iowa cavalry, under Capt. Thompson, overtook
the guerrilla band of Col. Parker, 10 miles west of Warrensburg, Mo. 15
rebels were killed and 25 taken prisoners, among the latter Col. Parker
and Captain Walton. 2 Federals were killed and several wounded.
30. Maj.-Gen. Hunter arrived at Hilton Head, S. C., and assumed command
of the Department of the South, comprising South Carolina, Georgia and
Florida.
31. 220 rebels, captured at Winchester, Va., arrived at Fort Delaware,
Del. Bay.
=Apr. 1.= During a storm at night, Col. Roberts with 50 picked men of
the 42d Illinois, and as many seamen under First Master Johnson, of the
gunboat St. Louis, surprised the rebels at the upper battery of Island
No. 10, and spiked 6 large guns.
1. Col. Carline, commanding the advance of Gen. Steele’s brigade in
Arkansas, had a skirmish at Putnam’s Ferry, in which a rebel lieutenant
and several privates were wounded, and 5 prisoners taken.
4. All of Maryland and Virginia lying between the Mountain Department
and the Blue Ridge, was constituted the military Department of the
Shenandoah, and assigned to Maj.-Gen. Banks; and that portion of
Virginia east of the Blue Ridge and west of the Potomac constituted the
Department of the Rappahannock, and was assigned to Maj.-Gen. McDowell.
1. Gen. Banks advanced from Strasburg, Va., to Woodstock, and thence to
Edenburg, driving the enemy with slight skirmishing. The railway bridge
at Edenburg was burnt by rebels under Gen. Jackson.
1. Heavy bombardment at Island No. 10.
2. Manassas Gap, Va., was occupied by Col. Geary’s troops by strategy,
frustrating a similar attempt by the rebels.
3. U. S. Senate passed a bill for the abolition of slavery in the
District of Columbia, by a vote of 29 yeas, 14 nays.
3. Gen. Steele’s forces in the advance of Gen. Curtis’ army, reached
Putnam, Ark.
4. A schooner containing 24 recruits _en route_ for the rebel army, was
captured on Black creek, near the Potomac river, Va.
4. The Federal gunboat Carondelet ran past the rebel batteries at Island
No. 10, at night, without damage, and arrived at New Madrid.
5. Gen. McClellan’s army advanced through a severe storm from Camp
Misery, and after a tedious march arrived in front of the rebel works,
and commenced the siege of Yorktown, Va. Heavy firing throughout the day
resulted in a loss to the Federals of 3 killed, 22 wounded.
5. Federal transports and barges arrived at New Madrid, Mo., through the
inland channel, cut by Col. Bissel’s engineer corps, thus avoiding the
rebel batteries at No. 10.
6–7. Battle of Pittsburg Landing, Tenn. The combined rebel army, under
Gens. Johnston and Beauregard, attacked Gen. Grant’s army on the morning
of the 6th. Federal loss, 1,614 killed, 7,721 wounded, 3,963
missing—total, 13,508; rebel loss, (Beauregard’s report,) 1,728 killed,
8,012 wounded, 959 missing—total, 10,699.
7. Gen. Pope, with the assistance of the gunboats Pittsburg and
Carondelet, landed his forces on the Tennessee shore, opposite New
Madrid, and took position in rear of Island No. 10, at Tiptonville.
7. Island No. 10 on the Mississippi, and the adjacent works on the Tenn.
shore, were abandoned by the rebels and taken possession of by Col.
Buford’s brigade.
7. Apalachicola, Fla., was captured by the Federal gunboats Mercedita
and Sagamore.
8. Surrender of the rebel army of 5,200 men and all their stores, under
Gens. Mackall and Gantt, to the Federal forces under Gen. Paine, of Gen.
Pope’s division, at Tiptonville, Tenn.
8. Gen. W. T. Sherman was dispatched by Gen. Grant with a large
reconnoitering force on the Corinth, Miss., road. A portion of his force
was routed by a charge of rebel cavalry, and 15 killed and 25 wounded of
the 77th Ohio regiment.
10. Huntsville, Ala., was occupied by Gen. Mitchel’s forces. 200
prisoners, 15 locomotives, and many cars captured.
10. Batteries on Tybee Island commenced the attack of Fort Pulaski, Ga.
10. President Lincoln, by proclamation, recommended the people
throughout the United States on the Sabbath succeeding the receipt of
his Proclamation to return thanks to Almighty God for having vouchsafed
signal victories over rebellious enemies, and also for having averted
the dangers of foreign interference and invasion.
11. Surrender of Fort Pulaski, Ga., after a bombardment of two days.
Federal loss, 1 killed, 1 wounded; rebels, 3 wounded 360 prisoners, 47
guns, 40,000 lbs. powder.
11. The rebel steamers Merrimac, Jamestown and Yorktown, came down
between Newport News and Sewall’s Point, on the Chesapeake, and captured
3 vessels.
11. Severe skirmishing in front of Yorktown, Va., by General Jameson’s
brigade. 20 of the Federals were killed or wounded.
11. Gen. Halleck assumed command of the Federal army at Pittsburg, Tenn.
12. Gen. Milroy, at Monterey, Va., was attacked by a large force of
rebels, whom he repulsed with slight loss.
12. The Charleston and Memphis railway at Chattanooga Junction was
seized by Gen. Mitchel’s forces, and 2,000 rebels and much property were
captured.
12. 4,000 men on five transports, accompanied by the gunboats Lexington
and Tyler, left Pittsburg Landing, Tenn., and proceeded up the Tennessee
river to Eastport, Miss., where they landed, and destroyed two bridges
on the Ohio and Mobile railway, intercepting the rebel communication
with Alabama. A body of Confederate cavalry were met on their return,
who were routed, and four killed.
14. The U. S. forces were withdrawn from Jacksonville, Fla., and the
rebels soon after returning the loyal inhabitants suffered severely, and
many were driven away.
14. The Potomac flotilla ascended the Rappahannock river, Va.,
destroying several batteries. Three vessels were captured.
14. Com. Foote’s mortar boats opened fire on Fort Wright, on the
Mississippi.
15. M. Mercier, French Minister at Washington, paid an official visit to
the rebel authorities at Richmond.
15. Ex-Sec. of War Cameron was arrested at Philadelphia, Pa., on the
suit of Pierce Butler, for alleged illegal arrest.
16. Engagement at Lee’s Mill, near Yorktown, Va. Federal loss, 32 killed
and 100 wounded. Rebels, 25 killed, and 75 w.
17. Mount Jackson, in Shenandoah Co., Va., was occupied by Gen.
Williams’ troops, who captured 50 of Ashby’s rebel cavalry.
17. A large boat was swamped at Castleman’s Ferry, on the Shenandoah
river, Va., by which between 40 and 50 of the 75th Penn. were drowned,
among them Adj. Teatman, Capts. Wilson and Ward.
17. New Market, Va., occupied by Bank’s army, and Fredericksburg by
McDowell’s.
17. Bombardment of Fort Wright, on the Mississippi, by the national
flotilla.
17–24. Bombardment of Fort Jackson and St. Philip, on the Mississippi.
20. Battle of Camden or South Mills, N. C. Gen. Reno’s forces drove the
rebels from their batteries and entrenchments. Federal loss in killed
and wounded, 90.
22. Rebel steamer J. Robb was captured on the Tenn. river by gunboat
Tyler.
24. Yorktown, Va., was shelled by the Federal gunboats.
24. Federal fleet passed Forts Jackson and St. Philip, destroying 13
rebel gunboats, the ram Manassas, and 3 transports.
25. New Orleans captured. Rebel batteries on both sides of the river
destroyed.
25. Maj.-Gen. C. F. Smith died at Savannah, Tenn.
26. Rebel schooner Arctic was captured by U. S. steamer Flambeau.
26. Rebel schooner Belle was captured by U. S. steamer Uncas.
26. Skirmish at Neosho, Mo., between 1st Missouri volunteers, under
Major Hubbard, and rebels and Indians under Cols. Coffee and
Sternwright. Rebels defeated.
26. An advance lunette of the rebels at Yorktown was carried by the 1st
Mass.
26. Capture of Fort Macon, N. C., with its garrison of 450 men under
Col. White, after a bombardment of 11 hours. Rebel loss, 7 killed, 18
wounded. Federal loss, 1 killed, 3 wounded.
28. Forts St. Philip and Jackson, La., surrendered; Forts Livingston and
Pike abandoned, and the rebel iron battery Louisiana blown up.
30. Skirmish of Gen. Mitchel’s forces with the rebels near Bridgeport,
Ala.
=May 2.= The U. S. steamer Brooklyn and several gunboats, left New
Orleans, ascending the Mississippi, to open the river and connect with
Commodore Davis’ fleet.
3. A reconnoissance in force under Gen. Paine from Pope’s division
encountered rebel cavalry pickets near Farmington, Miss., in which 8 of
the latter were killed.
4. Gen. Stoneman’s advance of McClellan’s army encountered a rebel force
near Williamsburg, Va., seven of whom were killed and 25 captured. 2
Feds. killed, 20 w.
5. Battle of Williamsburg, Va. Gen. Kearney’s and Hooker’s divisions
engaged the rebel army under Gen. Longstreet from dawn till dark, when
the Federals were reinforced and rebels defeated. Fed. loss 2,073 in
killed and wounded, and 623 prisoners. Reb. loss heavier, 500 prisoners.
6. Skirmish near Harrisonburg, Va., by Federal troops under Major
Vought.
7. Westpoint, Va. Gen. Franklin’s division of McClellan’s army having
been conveyed by transports to the head of York river, effected a
landing, where he was attacked by a force of rebels, and with the aid of
gunboats defeated the enemy.
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