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HITCHCOCK'S 
 
 CHRONOLOGICAL RECORD 
 
 OF THE 
 
 AMERICAN CIYIL WAR, 
 
 GIVING 
 
 EVERY EVENT IN THE ORDER OF ITS OCCURRENCE 
 
 FR03r 
 
 NOVEMBER 8th, 1860, TO JUNE 3d, 1865, 
 
 ALSO, A COMPLETE LIST OF 
 
 VESSELS CAPTURED BY THE CONFEDERATE NAVY. 
 
 NEW YORK: 
 
 BENJAMIN W. HITCHCOCK 
 
 14 CHAMBERS STREET. 
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CHRONOLOGY. 
 
 1860. 
 
 Nov. 8. The 3 lection of Abraham Lin- 
 coln and Hannibal Hamlin, as President 
 and Vice President of the United States, 
 was announced at Washington. 
 
 9-11. James Chesnut, Jr., and James H. 
 Hammond, U. S. Senators from South Car- 
 olina, resigned their seats in the Senate. 
 
 Dec. 3. The Second Session of the 36th 
 Congress opened at Washington. 
 
 10. U. S. House of Representatives ap- 
 pointed a Committee of 33 on the State of 
 the Union. 
 
 10. Howell Cobb, of Georgia, Secretary 
 of the U. S. Treasury, resigned his office. 
 John A. Dix, of New York, was appointed 
 his successor. 
 
 14. Lewis Cass, of«Michigan, Secretary 
 of State, resigned. 
 
 17. Meeting of the South Carolina State 
 Convention at Columbus, and adjournment 
 to Charleston. 
 
 20. The South Carolina " Ordinance of 
 Secession " passed. 
 
 23. Discovery of a large embezzlement 
 of the Indian Trust Funds, m charge of 
 Jacob Thompson, Secretary of the Depart- 
 ment of the Interior. 
 
 24. Resignation of the South Carolina 
 Representatives in Congress. 
 
 25. Intervention of citizens of Pitts- 
 burgh, Pa., to prevent the removal to the 
 South of ordnance in Alleghany Arsenal 
 
 26. Major Anderson removed his com- 
 mand from Fort Moultrie to Fort Sumter. 
 
 26. Messrs. Barnwell, Orr, and Adams, 
 Commissioners appointed by South Caro- 
 lina to treat with the Federal Government, 
 arrived at Washington. 
 
 27. Captain N. L. Coste, U.S.R. service, 
 in command of the cutter William Aiken, 
 betraj-ed his vessel into the hands of the 
 State authorities of South Carolina. 
 
 28. The palmetto flag was raised over 
 the custom-house and post-office in Charles- 
 ton, S. C, and Castle Pinckney and Fort 
 Moultrie were occupied by the South Car- 
 olina militarj'. 
 
 28. Enthusiastic Union meeting at Mem- 
 phis, Tenn. 
 
 23. Twenty-one guns were fired at Wil- 
 
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 mington, Del., in honor of Major Anderson 
 and his men. 
 
 29. John B. Floyd resigned his position 
 as Secretary of War. 
 
 30. South Carolina troops took posses- 
 sion of the U.S. Arsenal at Charleston, con- 
 taining many thousand stand of arms and 
 valuable military stores. 
 
 1861. 
 
 Jan. 2. Gov. Ellis, of North Carolina, 
 dispatched troops to seize Fort Macon, the 
 forts at Wilmington, and the U.S. Arsenal 
 at Fayetteville. 
 
 3. Fort Pulaski, at Savannah, Ga., taken 
 possession of by Georgia troops, by order 
 of the Governor. 
 
 3. South Carolina Commissioners left 
 Washington for Charleston, the President 
 declining to receive any official communi- 
 cation from them. 
 
 4. United States Arsenal at Mobile seized 
 by secessionists. No defence. 
 
 4. Fast day, by proclamation of Presi- 
 dent Buchanan. 
 
 4. Fort Morgan, at the entrance of Mo- 
 bile Bay, taken and garrisoned by 200 Al- 
 abama troops. 
 
 6. Steamship Star of the West sailed 
 from New York with troops and provisions 
 for Fort Sumter. 
 
 7. Meeting of Alabama State Conven- 
 tion. 
 
 7. Meeting of Mississippi State Conven- 
 tion. 
 
 7. Meeting of Virginia Legislature. 
 
 7. Meeting of Tennessee Legislature. 
 
 8. Jacob Thompson resigned his place in 
 the Cabinet, as Secretary of the Interior. 
 
 8. United States sub-Treasury at Char- 
 leston seized. 
 
 9. Mississippi Ordinance of Secession 
 passed. 
 
 9. Steamship Star of the West, with 
 supplies for Fort Sumter, fired into from 
 Morris' Island and Fort Moultrie, and driv- 
 en from Charleston harbor. 
 
 11. Louisiana State troops, under Cap- 
 tain Bradford, took possession of the U.S. 
 marine hospital, two miles below New Or- 
 leans, and ordered the removal of the pa 
 tients, 216 in- number. 
 
TIIK Vr\n FOK THE UNIOJC. 
 
 Feb. 18C1. 
 
 Jan. 11. Florida Convention adopted an 
 Ordinance of Secession bjr a vote of 02 to 7. 
 
 11. Alabama Convention adopted an Or- 
 dinance of Secession by a vote of 61 to 39. 
 
 11. Abolition meeting at Rochester, N. 
 Y., broken up by a mob. 
 
 12. Senator Seward's great Union speech 
 in the U.S. Senate. 
 
 12. Fort Barrancas and the Navy Yard 
 at Pensacola, Fla., seized by rebel troops. 
 
 15. Col. Hayne, Commissioner from 
 South Carolina to Washington, demanded 
 the withdrawal of the garrison of Fort 
 Sumter. 
 
 15. U. S. coast survey schooner Dana 
 Bcized by>Florida State authorities. 
 
 18. Massachusetts Legislature unani- 
 mously tendered to the President of the U.S. 
 such aid in men and money as lie might re- 
 quest to maintain the authority of the gen- 
 eral government. 
 
 19. Convention of Georgia adopted a se- 
 cession ordinance by a vote of 208 to 89. 
 
 21. Jefferson Davis, of Mississippi, with- 
 drew from U.S. Senate. 
 
 24. U. S. arsenal at Augusta, Ga., sur- 
 rendered to the State authorities. 
 
 26. Louisiana Convention passed an or- 
 dinance of secession by a vote of 113 to 11. 
 The popular vote afterwards taken was 
 20,448 for; 17,296 against. 
 
 29. U. S. revenue cutter Robert McClel- 
 land, Captain Breshwood, surrendered to 
 State of Louisiana. 
 
 29. Secretary Di.x's dispatch to Hemphill 
 Jones at New Orleans, " If any one attempts 
 to haul down the American flag, shoot him 
 on the gpot." 
 
 31. South Carolina authorities offered to 
 buy Fort Sumter. 
 
 31. U. S. branch mint and custom-house 
 at New Orleans seized by State authorities. 
 
 Feb. 1. Texas Convention at Galveston 
 passed an ordinance of secession, to be 
 voted on by the people on the 23d of Feb- 
 ruary, and to take effect March 2. 
 
 1. U. S. revenue cutter Lewis Cass, Capt. 
 Morrison, surrendered to the State of Lou- 
 isiana. 
 
 4. A convention of delegates from the se- 
 ceded States organized at Montgomery, Al- 
 abama ; Howell Cobb, President, J. F. 
 Hooper, Secretary. 
 
 5. Peace Convention at Washington or- 
 ganized ; John Tyler, of Va., Chairman, J. 
 C. Wright, of Ohio, Secretary. 
 
 8. Congress at Montgomery adopted a 
 Constitution for a provisional government, 
 to go into immediate operation ; Jefferson 
 Davis, President, Alex. H. Stephens, Vice 
 President. 
 
 8 U. S. arsenal at Little Rock, Ark., 
 
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 with 9,000 stand of arms and 40 cannon, 
 &c., was surrendered to State authorities. 
 
 13. The election of Lincoln and Hamlin, 
 as President and V. President of the U. S., 
 formnllj^ declared in the Senate by John C. 
 Breckinridge, V. President. 
 
 18. Jefferson Davis inaugurated as Pres- 
 ident of the Southern Confederacy. 
 
 22. John Ross, principal Chcirokee Chief, 
 rejected a proposition of Gov. IT. M. Rec- 
 tor, of Ark., to entice his nation to take 
 part in the rebellion. 
 
 .23. Hon. Abraham Lincoln, President 
 elect, arrived in Washington. 
 
 23. U. S. property to a great amount, 
 together with the various army posts in 
 Texas, surrendered to the rebels by Gene- 
 ral Twiggs. Property valued at $1,500,000, 
 besides buildings. 
 
 27. Peace Convention, at Washington, 
 submitted to the Senate a jjlan of adjust- 
 ment of the national difficulties, involving 
 seven amendments to the Constitution, 
 
 March 1. General Twiggs expelled 
 from the army of the United States. 
 
 2. Revenue cutter Dodge seized in Gal- 
 veston Bay by Texas authorities. 
 
 4. Abraham Lincoln inaugurated 16th 
 President of the U.^ , at Washington. 
 
 4. A State Convention declared Texas 
 out of the Union: 
 
 5. Gen. P. T. Beauregard took command 
 of the forces investing Fort Sumter, S. C. 
 
 6. Fort Brown, Texas, surrendered to 
 State troops. 
 
 18. Supplies cut off from Fort Pickena 
 and the Federal fleet in the Gulf of Mexico, 
 by rebel authorities at Pensacola. 
 
 ' 20. Sloop Isabel, at Pensacola, with pro- 
 vision for the Federal fleet, was seized by 
 the rebels. 
 
 21. Great speech of A. H. Stephens, V. 
 President of the Southern Confederacy, at 
 Savannah, Ga. 
 
 30. Mississippi State Convention ratified 
 the Constitution of the C. S., by a vote of 
 78 to 7. 
 
 April 3. South Carolina Convention 
 ratified the Constitution of the C. S. by a 
 vote of 114 to 16. 
 
 10. Militia organized in District of Col- 
 umbia for defence of the capital. 
 
 1 1. Steamship Coatzacoalcos arrived inN. 
 York, bringing Federal troops from Texas. 
 
 1 1 . Confederate States Commissioners left 
 Washington. 
 
 12. Attack on Fort Sumter. 
 
 12. Reinforcement of Fort Pickens. 
 
 14. Evacuation of Fort Sumter. 
 
 15. Seventeen vessels from Southern 
 ports, without U. S. clearances, were seized 
 at New York and fined $100 each. 
 
April, 1861 . 
 
 CIinONOLOGY. 
 
 15. President's proclamation, calling for 
 75,000 volunteers to suppress insurrection, 
 and also calling an extra session of U. S. 
 Congress on July 4. 
 
 16. The government of the Southern Con- 
 federacy called for 32,000 men. 
 
 16. New York Legislature appropriated 
 $3,000,000' for war purposes. 
 
 16. At New York, Philadelphia, Trenton 
 and other places, journals were compelled 
 to display the American flag. 
 
 17. State Convention of Va., in secret 
 eession, passed an ordinance of secession. 
 
 18. 500 volunteers from Pennsylvania, 
 and 300 regulars, arrived at Washington. 
 
 18. Lieut. Jones, in charge of Harper's 
 Ferry arsenal, hearing of the advance of a 
 large Virginia force to seize the establish- 
 ment, set fire to it, and retreated to Car- 
 lisle, Pa. 
 
 18. Great Union meeting at Wheeling, 
 Va. 
 
 19. Seizure of the U. S. transport Star 
 of the West, at Indianola, by Texas troops 
 under Col. Van Dorn. 
 
 19. Sixtli Massachusetts regiment on its 
 w.ay to Washington, attacked by a mob in 
 Baltimore, and 3 killed and 7 wounded. In 
 defending themselves, 7 rebels were killed 
 and 8 wounded. 
 
 19. The N. Y. 7th militia, Mass. 4tli and 
 8th militia, and R. I. Providence Artillery 
 left New York on their way to ^\^ashington. 
 
 19. Clearances refused to vessels in 
 northern ports to ports soutli of Maryland. 
 
 20. Eighth Mass. regiment reached An- 
 n.apolis, Md. 
 
 20. Great Union mass meeting of citizens 
 in Union Square, N. Y. 
 
 20. GOO kegs of gunpowder, destined for 
 New Orleans, seized by the U. S. Marshal 
 at New York. 
 
 21. American Flag publicly buried at 
 Memphis, Tenn. 
 
 20. U. S. arsenal at Liberty, Mo., seized. 
 
 20. Steamship Star of the West, having 
 been seized by secessionists, was taken into 
 New Orleans. 
 
 20. Tlie ports of Sovith Carolina, Geor- 
 gia, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Louisi- 
 ana, and Texas ordered to be blockaded by 
 the President, as those States were in a 
 state of insurrection against the govern- 
 ment. 
 
 20. Bridges on Pennsylvania Northern 
 and Philadelphia railwa}', near Baltimore, 
 burned by a mob from that city. 
 
 21. Gosport Navy Yard, opposite Nor- 
 folk, Va., set on fire, and vessels scuttled 
 and sunk, by U. S. officers in charge, to 
 prevent their seizure by tlie rebels. 
 
 21 Branch Mint of the U. S. at Char- 
 
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 lotto. N. C, seized by order of the Gover- 
 nor of that State. 
 
 21. Philadelphia and Baltimore railway 
 taken possession of by U.S. government. 
 
 21. The N. Y. 6th, 12th, "and 71st, and 
 one R. I. and one Mass. regiment, with a 
 battery, left New York on transports for 
 the Chesapeake. 
 
 21. Fourth Mass. regiment arrived at 
 Fortress Monroe. 
 
 21. Andrev,' Johnson, U. S. Senator from 
 Tennessee, mobbed at Lynchburg, Va. 
 
 22. U. S. arsenal at Fayetteville, N. C, 
 containing 37,000 stand of arms, 3,000 kegs 
 of powder, and a large quantity of shot and 
 shell, seized by Stale authority. 
 
 22. Depot of U. S. stores at Napoleon, 
 Ark., seized under orders of Henry M. Rec- 
 tor, Governor of that State. 
 
 22. 3,200 Pennsylvania troops at Cock- 
 eysville, 14 miles from Baltimore. 
 
 22. Seventh N. Y. regiment land at An- 
 napolis, Md. 
 
 23. N. Y. 8th, 13th, 28th, and 69th regi- 
 iments embarked for Washington. 
 
 22. Embargo laid, by the Mayor and 
 Police Board of Baltimore, on provisions 
 and steamboats, thus withholding the gov- 
 ernment stores in that city. 
 
 23. First South Carolina regiment left 
 Charleston for tlie Potomac. 
 
 24. Fort Smith, Ark., seized by a rebel 
 force under Col. Borland. 
 
 24. N. Y. 7th and Mass. 8th arrived in 
 Washington. 
 
 25. A large amount of arms removed to 
 Alton, Bl., from St. Louis arsenal, by Illi- 
 nois volunteers, to prevent their seizure by 
 rebels. 
 
 25. Col. Van Dorn, of Texas State troops, 
 captured 450 U. S. troops at Saluria. 
 
 25. Transport Empire City, from Texas, 
 arrived in N. Y. with 600 men of the 3d Infan- 
 try and 2d Cavalry, U.S.A., from that State. 
 
 25. Gov. Letcher, of Va., by proclama- 
 tion, transferred that Commonwealth to the 
 Southern Confederacy. 
 
 26. Gov. Brown, of Georgia, by procla- 
 mation, prohibited the payment of all debts 
 to Northern creditors till the end of hos- 
 tilities. 
 
 26. Bridges over Gunpowder Creek, on 
 Philadelphia and Baltimore railway, and 
 bridge over Bush river, on the same route, 
 destroyed by the rebels. 
 
 26. Gov. Burton, of Delaware, issued a 
 proclamation calling for volunteers to de- 
 fend the Union. 
 
 27. Ivlilitarj'^ Department of Washington 
 assigned to Col. JIansfield ; Department of 
 Annapolis to Gen. Butler; Departaent of 
 Pennsylvania to Maj-Gen. Patterson. 
 
THE "U'AK FOR THE ITXTOX. 
 
 iWay, 18G1. 
 
 April 27. Five men arrested at the 
 Navy Yard, Waslung-ton, for filling bomb- 
 shells with sand and sawdust. 
 
 27. A number of Southerners employed 
 in the Departments at Washington, refused 
 the oath of allegiance prescribed by the 
 Government, and resigned. 
 
 27. The ports of Virginia and North 
 Carolina were included in the blockade by 
 the President. 
 
 28. U. S. frigate Constitution arrived at 
 New York from Annapolis. 
 
 29. Secession defeated in Maryland 
 House of Delegates by a vote of 53 to 13. 
 
 29. Ellsworth's Fire Zouaves left New 
 York for Annapolis. 
 
 29. Daily comnnmication between Balti- 
 more and Philadelphia re-established. 
 
 May 1. Brig.-Gen. Harney addressed a 
 strong Union letter to his friends in Mis- 
 souri. 
 
 2. N. Y. 69th (Irish) regiment arrived at 
 "Washington. 
 
 2. Col. F. P. Blair, Jr., announced that 
 the four regiments called for from the State 
 of Missouri, bj- the President, were enrolled, 
 armed, and mustered into the service within 
 one week from the call. 
 
 3. Gov. Jackson, of Missouri, in a mes- 
 sage to the Legislature, recommended arm- 
 ing the State, and a imion of sympathy 
 and destiny with the slaveholding States. 
 
 3. Four New Jersey regiments, fully 
 equipped, under General Runyon, started 
 for the seat of war. 
 
 3. President Lincoln issued a proclama- 
 tion calling into service 42,000 volun- 
 teers for three years, and directing the in- 
 crease of the regular army and navy of the 
 United States. 
 
 3. Privateer Savannah captured by the 
 U. S. brig Perry. 
 
 4. Steamship Star of the West was put 
 into commission as the receiving ship of 
 the Confederate navy, at New Orleans. 
 
 5. Brig.-Gen. Butler, with 6th Massachu- 
 setts and 8th New York regiments, took 
 possession of the Relay House, at the junc- 
 tion of the Baltimore, Washington and 
 Ohio railways, nine miles south of Balti- 
 more. 
 
 6. The six regiments called for from In- 
 diana, were mustered into service in one 
 week from date of the call. 
 
 6, Virginia admitted into the Southern 
 Confederacy in secret session of Confeder- 
 ate Congress. 
 
 6. Police Commissioners of St. Louis, 
 Mo., demanded of Capt. Lj'on the removal 
 of U. S. troops from all places and build- 
 ings occupied by them in that city outside 
 tbe Arsenal grounds. 
 
 C. City military of Eardmore disbanded 
 by order of Major Trimble, commander. 
 
 6. Confederate States Congress recog- 
 nized war v.-ith United States, and author- 
 ized issue of letters of marque and reprisal. 
 
 C. Legislature of Arkansas passed an un- 
 conditional ordinance of secession, 69 to 1. 
 
 7. Major Anderson, with consent of Sec. - 
 of-War, accepted command of Kentuckj' 
 stats military. 
 
 7. Serious riot at Ivnoxville, Tenn., 
 caused by hoisting a Union flag. 
 
 7. League between Tennessee authorities 
 and Confederate States. 
 
 7. The late U. S. garrison of Fort Davis, 
 Texas, consisting of 11 officers and 300 
 men, made prisoners of war by a force of 
 1,800 rebels near Eastonville. They all re- 
 fused to enlist in the rebel army. 
 
 9. U. S. troops landed at Locust Point, 
 in Baltimore, and were conveyed by the 
 Bait, and -Ohio branch railroad through the 
 city. 
 
 9. The Confederate Congress authorized 
 President Davis to raise such force for the 
 war as he should deem expedient. 
 
 9. U. S. ships Cumberland, Pawnee, Mon- 
 ticello and Yankee enforcing the blockade 
 off Fortress Monroe. 
 
 9. Steamers Philadelphia, Baltimore, 
 Powhatan and Mount Vernon, armed by 
 U. S. Government, and cruising on the 
 Potomac. 
 
 9. Virginians have batteries in Norfolk 
 harbor, at Craney Island, Sandy Point, the 
 Hospital, Fort Norfolk, and the Bluffs, 
 three miles from the Hospital. 
 
 10. Maj.-Gen. R. E. Lee appointed to 
 conmiand the rebel forces in Virginia. 
 
 10. Maj.-Gen. McClellan appointed to 
 command the Department of Ohio. 
 
 10. The President directed that all offi- 
 cers in the armj^ should take anew the oath 
 of allegiance to the United States. 
 
 10. The secession military, under Gen. 
 Frost, at St. Louis, ISIo., surrendered to 
 Capt. Lyon, commanding U. S. forces. A 
 mob assailed the U. S. military after the 
 surrender, and were fired on by them fti^d 
 many killed and wounded. 
 
 10. The Winans steam gun captured by 
 Gen. Butler, three miles from the Relay 
 House, Md. 
 
 10. The Maryland Legislature passed a 
 resolution imploring the President of the 
 United States to cease the present war. 
 
 11. U. S. steam frigate Niagara off 
 Charleston, S. C, and began the blockade 
 of that port. 
 
 11. Gen. Harney issued a proclamation 
 exhorting the people of Missouri, to main- 
 tain peace, and annoimced bis determination 
 
May, 1861. 
 
 CIIUOXOLOGY 
 
 to use the authority of the Government for 
 that purpose, 
 
 11. A company of Home Guards, at St. 
 Louis, Mo., mostly German, were fired oa 
 by a mob, and returned the fire. Three of 
 the Guards and 4 of the citizens were killed. 
 
 13. The 6th Mass. and 8th N. Y. regi- 
 ments, under Gen. Butlei", occupied Federal 
 Hill, near Baltimore. 
 
 13. Convention of Union delegates from 
 35 counties in "W. Virginia, met in Wheel- 
 ing- 
 
 13. A lady from New Haven, Conn., 
 teacher of a Grammar School in New Or- 
 leans, denuded, tarred and feathered in La- 
 fayette Square, amid an immense crowd of 
 people, being accused of expressing aboli- 
 tion sentiments. 
 
 14. Gov. Hicks, of Maryland, issued a 
 proclamation, calling for four regiments of 
 troops, to serve within Maryland, or for 
 the defence of the capital of the United 
 States. 
 
 14. Gen. Butler seized a large quantity 
 of arms stored in Baltimore, and a schooner 
 loaded with arms. 
 
 15. A proclamation of neutrality with 
 respect to the civil war in the U. S. was 
 issued by Queen Victoria, in which the 
 subjects of Great Britain were forbidden to 
 take part in the contest, or endeavor to 
 break a blockade " lawfully and effectually 
 established." 
 
 15. The town of Potosi, "Washington co., 
 Mo., taken possession of by U. S. troops, 
 and rebel prisoners and munitions of war 
 taken to St. Louis. 
 
 16. Gen. Butler appointed Maj.-Gen. of 
 Volunteers. 
 
 18. Arkansas admitted to the Southern 
 Confederacy. 
 
 18. Military Department of Vii'ginia or- 
 ganized, embracing E. Virginia, N". Caro- 
 lina and Tennessee, Maj.-Gen. Butler in 
 command. 
 
 18. John Eoss, principal Cherokee Chief, 
 in two admirable letters rejects the efforts 
 of the rebels in Arkansas to draw his nation 
 into rebellion. 
 
 19. Shots exchanged between U. S. 
 steamers Freeborn and Monticello, and the 
 rebel battery at Sewall's Point, Va. 
 
 19. Eight thousand rebel troops at Har- 
 per's Ferry. 
 
 20. Death of Col. Vosburgh, K Y. 71st, 
 at "Washington. 
 
 20. Seizure by the Government of prin- 
 cipal telegraph offices throughout the free 
 States, and of the accumulated dispatches 
 for twelve months. 
 
 20. Ordinance of secession, and ordin- 
 ance a.sscuting to the Confederate Con&''atu- 
 
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 tion passed by Xorth Carolina State Con- 
 vention. 
 
 20. Seizure of 1,600 muskets and 4,000 
 pikes by Federal troops in Baltimore. 
 
 20, Gen. Cadwallader, successor to Gen. 
 Butler, occupied Federal Hill, Baltimore. 
 
 20. Fort McHeni-y reinforced. 
 
 20. Prize ship Gen. Parkhill, of Liver- 
 pool, arrived at Philadelphia, with a crew 
 from the frigate Niagara. 
 
 2 1 . Confederate Congress at Montgomery 
 adjourned to meet at Richmond, July 20. 
 
 22. Erection of rebel batteries at Aquia 
 Creek. 
 
 22. Maj. Gen. Butler arrived at Fortress 
 Monroe. 
 
 22. Fort at Ship Island, Miss., destroyed 
 to prevent its falling into rebel hands, 
 
 22. Steamer J. C. Swan, 30 miles below 
 St, Louis, seized by order of Gen. Lyon, 
 
 22. Five thousand pounds of lead seized 
 at Ironton, Mo., eji route for the South, 
 
 23. Strong secession speech by A. H. 
 . Stephens, at Atlanta, Ga. 
 
 23. A battery of V/hitwoi-th guns, 12- 
 pouuders, arrived in N. Y. city, a present 
 to the Government from patriotic Ameri- 
 cans abroad. 
 
 23. At Clarksburgh, Harrison co., Va,, 
 two companies of secession troops surren- 
 dered their arms and dispersed at the de- 
 mand of Union companies under Capts, 
 Moore and Vance. 
 
 24. All vessels from the Northern States 
 at New Orleans, which arrived after the 
 6th inst., were seized by the Confederate 
 States Marshal, 
 
 24, Jeff. Davis appointed the 13th of June 
 to be observed as a day of fiisting and 
 prayer. 
 
 24. Thirteen thousand Union troopa 
 crossed the Potomac and entered Virginia, 
 occupying Alexandria and Arlington 
 Heights. 
 
 24, Assassination of Col, Ellsworth, at 
 Alexandria, Va. 
 
 25, Destruction of seven bridges and five 
 miles of rails from Alexandria to Lees- 
 burg, Va., by the 6Sth N. Y. S. M. 
 
 26, Confederate privateer Calhoun ar- 
 rived at New Orleans with three whaling 
 vessels and cargoes as prizes. 
 
 26. Arrival of COO U. S. troops at Ha- 
 vana, from Texas. 
 
 27. A writ of habeas corpua was issued 
 at Baltimore, Md., by Chief-Justice Taney, 
 in the case of John Merryman. Gen. Cad- 
 wallader declined surrendering him, and an 
 attachment was issued for the General's ar- 
 rest, which was not served. 
 
 27. U. S. steamer Brooklj-n commenced 
 the blockade of the Mississippi 'river. 
 
THE WAK FOK THE UNION. 
 
 Juue, 18G1. 
 
 May 27. Brig. -Gen. McDowell took 
 command of the Federal forces in Virginia. 
 
 27. The blockade of Mobile, Ala., com- 
 menced. 
 
 28. Blockade of Savannah initiated by 
 U. S. gunboat Union. 
 
 28. The rebels erected barricades at 
 Harper's Ferry and Point of Rocks ; Ma- 
 nassas Junction fortified. 
 
 28. Strength of the Rebels in Virginia 
 reported at 90,000 men. 
 
 28. Jeff. Davis arrived at Richmond. 
 
 28. Services of Miss D. L. Dix accepted 
 by the War Department, for organizing 
 military hospitals, and procuring nurses. 
 
 29. Advance of Ohio and Pennsylvania 
 troops through Maryland, towards liai-per's 
 Ferry; rebels fall back to fiiartinsburg. 
 
 29. Federal troops occupied Grafton, Va. 
 
 30. Concentration of Federal troops at 
 Chambersburg, Pa. 
 
 31. Steamers Freeborn and Anacosta 
 attacked rebel batteries at Aquia Creek, Va. 
 
 31. Gen. Harney superseded by Gen. 
 Lyon in Missouri. 
 
 31. Gens. Banks and Fremont commis- 
 sioned as Major-Generals. 
 
 Ex-Gov. Pratt of Maryland, arrested and 
 taken to Washington Navy Yard. 
 
 June X. Britisli Government prohib- 
 ited U. S. and rebel armed vessels from 
 bringing any prizes to British ports. 
 
 1. Charge of U. S. cavalry at Fairfax 
 Court House, Va., Lieut. Tompkins, com- 
 manding. 
 
 2. Federal batteries erected at the Rip 
 Raps, near Fortress Monroe. 
 
 2. Gen. Twiggs appointed Maj.-Gen. 
 Confederate army. 
 
 3. Gen. Beauregard took command of 
 the rebel forces at Manassas Junction. 
 
 3. Surprise of rebel troops at Philippi, 
 Va., by U. S. forces under Cols. Dumont, 
 Kelly and Lander. Col. Kelly was severely 
 wounded. 
 
 3. Hon. Stephen A. Douglas died at Chi- 
 cago. His dying message to his sons was, 
 " Tell them to obey the laws and support 
 the Constitution of the United States." 
 
 3. Border State Convention met at 
 Frankfort, Ky. 
 
 4. Chief-Justice Taney's protest pub- 
 lished against the suspensioa of the habeas 
 corpus by the President. 
 
 5. Gun factory and arms of Merrill and 
 Thomas, Baltimore, seized by U. S. Gov- 
 ernment. 
 
 6. Gov. Pickens, of S. C, forbade the re- 
 mittance of funds to Northern creditors. 
 
 6. Thirty-five Virginia cavalry were cap- 
 tured at Alexandria. They took the oath 
 of allegiance and were released. 
 
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 6. Treasonable dispatches to the rebel 
 Government discovered in the telegraph 
 office at Washington, from Jas. E. Harvey, 
 appointed minister to Portugal. 
 
 6. Secession camp at Ellicott's Mills, K3^, 
 ten miles from Cairo, broken up by troopa 
 sent from latter station by Gen. Prentiss. 
 
 8. Bridges at Point of Rocks and Berlin, 
 on the Potomac river, burned by order of 
 rebel Gen. Johnston. 
 
 8. Sanitary Commission authorized and 
 appointed by the Government. 
 
 8. -Four bridges on the Alexandria and 
 Hampshire railwaj-, Va., burned by dis- 
 union troops. 
 
 8. Gen. Patterson's troops marched from 
 Chambersburg towards Harper's Ferry. 
 
 8. Seizure of arms at Easton, Md., by U. 
 S. troops from Annapolis. 
 
 8. Vote of Tennessee reported in favor 
 of secession. 
 
 10. Gen. Banks assumed command in 
 Baltimore. 
 
 10. Gov. Harris, of Tenn., authorized the 
 raising of troops for the rebel army. 
 
 10. Repulse of Federal troops at Great 
 Bethel, near Fortress Monroe. 
 
 11. Surprise and rout of armed rebels at 
 Romnej', Va., by Col. Wallace's Lidiana 
 regiment. 
 
 12. Gov. Jackson, of Missouri, issued a 
 proclamation calling 50,000 State militia 
 into service, to protect the " lives, liberty 
 and property of the citizens of the State." 
 
 12. Meeting of W. Virginia State Con- 
 vention at 'Wheeling. They resolved to 
 elect loyal State officers. 
 
 13. Fast day in seceded States, by order 
 of Pros. Davis. 
 
 13. Skirmish at Seneca Mills, on tho 
 Potomac, 28 miles above Washington, be- 
 tween U. S. District Volunteers and rebel 
 cavalry. 
 
 14. Gen. J. A. Dix, of New York, ap- 
 pointed Maj.-Gen. of U. S. Volunteers. 
 
 14. Harper's Ferry evacuated by the 
 rebel forces, who destroyed all the avail- 
 able property. 
 
 14. Flight of Gov. Jackson and Gen. 
 Price from Jeft'erson City, capital of Mis- 
 souri. The telegraph lines and bridges 
 destroyed by them oa their route to 
 Booneville. 
 
 14. The great Union gun arrived at 
 Fortress Monroe. 
 
 14. Miss Dix and a number of nurses ar- 
 rived at Fortress Monroe. 
 
 14. Maryland election resulted in the 
 triumph of all the Union candidates but 
 Winter Davis. 
 
 15. Mr. Woodall, of Baltimore, hung by 
 rebels at Harper's Ferry. 
 
June, 18G1. 
 
 CimOi^OLOGY. 
 
 15. Jefferson City, Mo., occiij.ied by U.S. 
 troops, under Gen. Lyon. 
 
 16. Skirmish at Seneca Mills, Md. rv,ebel 
 caiitain and 2 men kiUed by Major Ever- 
 ett's command. 
 
 17. Skiruush at Edward's Ferry, on the 
 Potomac, between the 1st Pennsylvania 
 regiment and a body of rebels. 
 
 17. Six persons killed in St. Louis, l;y 
 soldiers of Col. Ivallman's regiment dis- 
 charging a volley at the Recorder's Court- 
 building, in retaliation of a shot fired into 
 their ranks. 
 
 17. Surprise at Vienna, Va. First Ohio 
 regiment tired into by a masked battery, 
 8 killed, 6 wounded. 
 
 17. Western Virginia Convention unan- 
 imously declared their independence of the 
 eastern section of the State. 
 
 17. Rebel forces at Booneville, Mo., de- 
 feated by Gen. Lyon. 35 rebels killed or 
 wounded, and 30 prisoners. Federal loss, 
 2 killed and 8 wounded. A large quantity 
 of arms and camp equipage captured. 
 
 17. Gov. Hicks, of Md., in a message re- 
 pelled the attempt of the Legislature to 
 search his executive records for supposed 
 correspondence witli the Government. 
 
 18. U.S. troops at Ilagerstown and Wil- 
 liamsport, Md., crossed the Potomac, under 
 command of Gen. Patterson. 
 
 18. First balloon ascensioafor U.S. mil- 
 itary purposes, by Prof. Lowe, at Wash- 
 ington. 
 
 18. Surprise of 800 Union Home Guards 
 under Capt. Cook, at Camp Cole, Mo., by 
 rebels from Warsaw. 25 killed, 52 wound- 
 ed, 23 prisoners : 45 of the enemy killed or 
 wounded. 
 
 18. Thirty-five rebels, with arms and 
 ammunition, captured at Liberty, Mo., by 
 U.S. regulars from Kansas City. 
 
 18. Railway bridge over New Creek, A^a., 
 burned by rebels from Romney. 
 
 20. Senator Lane, of Kansas, appointed 
 brigadier-general. 
 
 20. Gen. McClellan took command of 
 the Federal army in Western Virginia. 
 
 20. Cornelius Vandeibilt offered all the 
 steamships of the Atlantic and Pacific 
 Steamship Company, for the service of the 
 Government. . 
 
 21. East Tennessee Union Convention 
 held at Greenville. 
 
 22. The exequator of Mr. Trappman, 
 Prussian Coilsul at Charleston, revoked by 
 the President, for complicity with the reb- 
 els. 
 
 23. Balloon observations by Prof. Lowo, 
 at Fails Church, Va. 
 
 23. Forty-eight locomotives, and a large 
 quantity of other railway property of the 
 
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 Baltimore and Ohio railway, destroyed by 
 rebels at Martiusburgh, Va. 
 
 24. Great fire in Riclunond, Va. 
 
 24. Riot iu Milwaukee, Wis., occasioned 
 by the banlis refusing to receive on deposit 
 certain bills comprising au important part 
 of the currencj', and their consequent de- 
 preciation. 
 
 24. Rebel batteries at Mathias Point, 
 Va., shelled by U. S. steamers Pawnee and 
 Freeborn. 
 
 24. Engagement of U. S. steamer Monti- 
 cello, with rebels, at Carter's Creek, Va. 
 
 24. Secession of Tennesscs proclaimed 
 by Gov. Harris. Vote, 104,913 for, to 
 47,238 against. 
 
 25. Virginia vote announced to be 
 128,884 for, and 32,134 against secession. 
 
 25. Western Virginia government recog- 
 nized by the President. 
 
 26. Address of the Sanitary Commis- 
 sion to the citizens of the United States. 
 
 20. Brilliant skirmisli of Corp. Hayes 
 and 12 men of Col. Wallace's Indiana regi- 
 ment, scouting on Patterson Creek, Md. 
 
 27. John C. Fremont arr: ved at Boston 
 from Liverpool, bringing a large quantity 
 of arms for the government. 
 
 27. Marshal Kane, of Baltimore, arrestetl 
 by order of Gen. Banks, and John R. Kenly 
 appointed provost-marshal. 
 
 27. Engagement between gunboat Free- 
 born and rebel batteries at Mathias Point. 
 Captain Ward of the Freeborn killed. 
 
 27. Cols. Magruder and Hardee appoint- 
 ed brigadier-generals in Confederate army. 
 
 27. East Tennessee Union Convention 
 meet at NashviUe. Hon. Thomas A. R, 
 Nelson presiding. 
 
 28. Skirmish at Shorter's HiU, Virginia. 
 Union loss, 1 killed and 1 wounded ; rebel 
 loss, 2 killed. 
 
 29. Steamer St. Nicholas and three brigs 
 captured by secessionists on the Chesa- 
 peake. 
 
 July 1. Gen. Banks arrested Messrs. 
 Howard, Getchell, Hincks, and Davis, late 
 members of Police Board, Baltimore. 
 
 1. Skirmish at Farmington, Mo. A large 
 body of rebels routed by 50 Home Guatds, 
 under Capt. Cooke. 
 
 2. Rebels driven from Martinsburgh, 
 Va., by Abercrombie's brigade, Gen. Pat- 
 terson's division. Union loss, 3 killed and 
 10 wounded ; rebel loss, 30 killed and 
 wounded, 20 prisoners. 
 
 2. Organization of Virginia Legislature, 
 at Wheeling. 
 
 3. Gen. Lyon, with 2,000 Federal troops, 
 left Booneville, Mo., for the southwest. 
 
 3. Arkansas Military Board called out 
 10,000 men to repel' invasion. 
 
TIIE VTAll TOV, THE UXIOX, 
 
 July, 1861. 
 
 July 4. U. S. Congress met in special 
 session. 
 
 4. Passenger trains on Louisville ami 
 Nashville railway seized by rebels, 
 
 4. Skirmish at Harper's Feri'y between 
 KY. 9th and rebels. Federal loss, 2 killed 
 and 3 wounded. 
 
 4. Rebel battery erected at Mathias 
 Toint, Va. 
 
 4. Great Union meeting at San Francisco. 
 .5. Battle at Carthage, Mo. Union forces, 
 
 ■mdev Col. Sigel, 1,500; rebels, 4,000. 
 Jnion loss, 13 killed and 31 wounded ; rebel 
 JOSS, 250 killed and wounded. Successful 
 retreat of Sigel. 
 
 5. Skirmish at Newport News, Va., be- 
 tween a detachment of Hawkins' Zouaves 
 and rebels. 
 
 4-7. U. S. steamer South Carolina cap- 
 tured or destroyed 11 vessels off Galveston. 
 
 6. Western Military Dejiartment consti- 
 tuted: Illinois, and the States and Territo- 
 ries west of the Mississippi to the Rocky 
 ]\Ionntains, including New Mexico. Maj.- 
 Gcn. Fremont commanding. 
 
 6. Skirmish of 45 men, 3d Ohio, at Mid- 
 dle Fork Bi'idge, 12 miles east of Buckhan- 
 non, Va. 1 killed and 3 wounded of the 
 Federals, and 7 rebels killed and wounded. 
 
 7. " Infernal " machines detected floating 
 in the Potomac. 
 
 7. Skirmish at Great Falls, Va. I^Iajdr 
 Gerhardt'a 8th German battalion have 2 
 men killed. Several rebels killed. 
 
 7. Congressman VaUandigham assaulted 
 iu the camp of 2d Ohio regiment. 
 
 8. Telegraphic disjsatches of military op- 
 erations placed under censorship, 
 
 8. Skirmish at Bealiugton, Western Va., 
 14th Ohio, and 7th and 9tli Indiana, a-nd 
 Col. Barnett's 1st Ohio battery. Rebels 
 defeated with loss of 20 killed, 40 wounded ; 
 Union loss, 2 killed, 6 wounded. 
 
 10. Loan bill passed by House of Repre- 
 sentatives, authorizing the Secretary of the 
 Treasury to borrow 1250,000,000, redeem- 
 able in 20 years. 
 
 10. Postal service discontinued in Middle 
 and West Tennessee. 
 
 10. Bill authorizing $500,000,000 and 
 and 500,000 volunteers, to suppress the re- 
 bellion passed the Senate. 
 
 10. Gen. Banks appointed George R. 
 Dodge police marshal of Baltimore, vice 
 Col. Kenly, and removed all the military 
 to positions in the suburbs. 
 
 10. House of Representatives empow- 
 ered the President to close the ports of se 
 ceded States. 
 
 10. Skirmish at Monroe Station, Mo., be- 
 tween Federal troops, under Col. Smith, 
 and rebels, commanded by Gen. Harris. 
 
 Rebels routed on the following day, after 
 they had burned 25 railway cars and sta 
 tion house, by Union forces sent to relieve 
 Col. Smith. Several Federals wounded ; 
 rebel loss, 30 killed and wounded, and 70 
 prisoners. 
 
 10. Rebel General Wise issued a procla- 
 mation to citizens of Western Va., calling 
 for volunteers, and offering pardon for past 
 offences. 
 
 10. Skirmish at Laurel Hill, Va. Fede- 
 ral troops under Cols. McCook and An- 
 drews, rebels under Col. Pegram. Rebels 
 defeated. Union loss 1 killed, 3 wounded. 
 
 11. Alex. H. Stephens' speech, at Au- 
 gusta, Ga., defending secession, and solicit- 
 ing contributions to aid the Confederacy. 
 
 11. The State Journal, at St. Louis, Mo., 
 suppressed by Gen. Lyon for disloyal sen- 
 timents. 
 
 11. Battle of Rich Mountain, Va. De 
 feat of the rebels under Col. Pegram, 6C 
 killed, 150 wounded, and 150 prisoners. 
 Capture of 200 tents, 00 wagons, 6 cannon, 
 and other stores. Union loss 11 killed and 
 36 wounded. 
 
 12. Fight at Barboursville, Va. Six 
 companies of Col. Woodruff's 2d Kentucky 
 attack and defeat GOO rebels. 1 Kentuck- 
 ian and 10 or 12 rebels killed. 
 
 12. 600 rebels, under Col. Pegram, sur- 
 rendered to Gen. McClellan, at Beverly, Va. 
 
 12. Twelve of Col. Bendix's N. Y. regi- 
 ment cajitured at Newport News. 
 
 ] 3. John B. Clark, of Mo., expelled from 
 the House of Representatives, having been 
 found in arms against the Government. 
 
 13. Great Union speech of Joseph Holt, 
 at Louisville, Ky. 
 
 18. Battle of Carrick's Ford, Va., and 
 death of Gen. Garnett, rebel commander. 
 Defeat and rout of the rebels, with a loss 
 of 150 killed and wounded, and 800 prison- 
 ers. Federal loss 13 killed, 40 wounded. 
 
 1 5. Skirmish at Bunker Hill, Va. Rout 
 of rebel cavalry by fire of R. I. battery. 
 The rebels pursued by 2d U. S. cavalry. 
 
 15. Peace meeting at Nyack, N. Y. 
 
 16. Railway cars, containing Union 
 troops, fired into at Millsville, Mo. 3 sol- 
 diers killed, 7 wounded ; 7 rebels killed. 
 
 16. Federal arni^ under Gen. McDowell 
 marched toward IManassas. 
 
 16. Bill authorizing the President to call 
 out militia to suppress the rebellion, passed 
 the House of Representatives, and the bill 
 to accept services of 500,000 volunteers. 
 
 16. Speech of J. C. Breckinridge in the 
 Senate in opposition to the Union Defence 
 Bill. 
 
 16. Tilghman, a negro, killed 3 of a 
 11'bel pri;:c! crew on the schooner S. J. Wa 
 
July, 1801. 
 
 CnEONOLOGT. 
 
 ring, and brought llie vessel into N. York 
 on the 22cl. 
 
 17. Advance column of national army 
 occupied Fairfax Court House, Va. 
 
 17. Battle at Scarvtown, Va. Repulse 
 of Federals \vith loss of 9 killed, 38 wound- 
 ed, 9 missing. Rebel loss loss. 3 Federal 
 colonels and 2 cajjtains captured. 
 
 17. Gen. Patterson's army marched 
 from Bunker Hill, Va., to Cljarlestown. 
 
 17. Skirmish ah Fulton, Mo. Rebels 
 driven back with loss. 
 
 18. Kansas City, Mo., Home Guards, un- 
 der Major Van Horn, attacked near Har- 
 risonville by a superior force of rebels, 
 whom they defeated, killing and wounding 
 20. Union loss 1 killed. 
 
 18. Battle at Blackburn's Ford. Attack 
 on the rebel entrenchments at Bull Run by 
 a jiortion of Gen. Tyler's Division, who 
 were repulsed with a loss of 83 men killed, 
 wounded and missing. Rebel loss 68 
 killed and wounded. 
 
 19. Six Federal officers, near Hampton, 
 Va., fired on by rebels in ambush. Major 
 Rawlings killed, and Lieut. Johnson and 
 Mr. Shnrtliffe wounded and captured. 
 
 19. By Gen. Order No. 46 of War De- 
 partment, Maj.-Gen. Patterson was honor- 
 abl}- dischai'ged, and Maj.-Gen. Banks ap- 
 pointed liis 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 liber- 
 ated all the vessels brought into Cuban 
 ports b}' 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 
 tlianksgiving for the victory at Manassas. 
 
 22. Mai. Gen. McClellan assigned to com- 
 mand the Department of the Potomac. 
 
 22. Missouri State Convention met at 
 Jefferson City. 
 
 22. Rebels attacked and dispersed at 
 Forsythe, Bio., by Federal troops under 
 Gen. Svveeny, with loss of two woimded. 
 Rebel loss, 5 killed, 10 wounded. 
 
 24. I^aval expedition from Fortress Mon- 
 roe to Black river, by Lieut. Crosby and 
 3ii0 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 scliooners and one sloop prizes 
 to Washington. 
 
 25. Gen. McClellan arrived at Washing- 
 ton, and Gen. Fremont at St. Louis, and 
 
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 Gen. Banks at Harper's Ferry, to take 
 charge of their respective departments. 
 
 25. Robert Toombs resigned the Secre- 
 taryship of State of the Confederacy, to 
 take office in the army, and R. M. T. Hun- 
 tei", of Va., was appointed to succeed him. 
 
 26. Fifteed Home Guards from RoUa, 
 Mo , were attacked at Lane's Prairie by a 
 superior force of rebels, wlio were repulsed 
 with the loss of 1 lieutenant killed and 
 3 men wounded. Two guards were slightly 
 wounded. 
 
 '23. Three rebels captured by Col. Mc- 
 Leod Murphy, of Ne\v 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. Slulligan'a 
 Chicago regiment, aided hj 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 Washing- 
 ton 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 abol- 
 ished the State Legislature, declared the 
 offices of Governor, Lieut.-Gov. and Sec- 
 of State vacant, appointed special State 
 officers, and provided for a sjiecial 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. 
 Tliirty-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 expedi- 
 tion 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 valu- 
 able cargo, recaptured by U. S. steamer 
 Albatross, Capt. Prentiss, ofif 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 Bajdor, commanding the 
 
THE "WAR FOE THE UNION. 
 
 An;. 1861. 
 
 rebel forces in Arizona, issued a proclama- 
 tion taking- possession of New Mexico, in 
 the name of the Confederate States, de- 
 claring all Federal offices vacant, and ap- 
 pointing a secretary, attorney-general and 
 other officers. 
 
 Aug. 3. Engagement at Mesila, N. M., 
 between Federal troops and YOO 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. 
 feixty 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. 800 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 Con- 
 gress at Washington. 
 
 7. The village of Hampton, Va., was 
 burned by rebel forces under Gen. Magru- 
 der. They were prevented from burning 
 the bridge by skirmishers of Max Weber's 
 New York regiment. 
 
 T. The privateer York was burned by 
 gunboat Union, whicli also recaptured the 
 Bchooner G. V. Baker. 
 
 8. Rebel cavalry routed at Lorrettsville, 
 Ya., with loss of 1 killed and 5 wounded, 
 by 100 men of 19th N. Y., under Capt. 
 Kennedy. 
 
 8. Messrs. Breckinridge and Vallandig- 
 hara partook of a banquet at the Eutaw 
 House, Baltimore. Mr. Breckinridge, in 
 an attempt to address the peojjle, was pre- 
 vented bj^ 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 de- 
 Btroyed by a mob. 
 
 12. C. J. Faulkener, ex-minister of U. S. 
 (o France, arrested on a charge of treason. 
 
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 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" 
 joux'nals suppressed at St. Louis. 
 
 14. Mutiny of 60 men of 2d Maine at 
 Ai'lington, Va. ; who were arrested and 
 sentenced to be sent to the Drj' 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, 
 Conri., broken up. 
 
 16. $58,000 seized by U. S. troops at 
 Genevieve, Mo., and taken to St. Louis. 
 
 16. Proclamation of Pres. Lincoln, de- 
 claring commercial intercourse with the 
 eleven States in rebellion unlawful, except- 
 ing such parts thereof as have or may be- 
 come 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, kilUng 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 
 Illin(ns 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 fugi- 
 tives from E. Tenn. arrived at Danville, 
 Ivv., and wore fed in the Seminar}' yard. 
 
 "l9. Office of the " Sentinel," Easton, Pa.. 
 destroyed by a Union mob. 
 
 19. A. L.Kimball, editor of the " Essex 
 Co. Democrat," Haverhill, Mass., ^las tarred 
 
.ug. 18G1. 
 
 ClIKOXOLOCr. 
 
 and fcathei'ed, and ridden ou a rail by a 
 Union mob, 
 
 19. "Passports" required, by notice 
 from the Department of State, from all per- 
 sons leaving or arriving within the United 
 States. 
 
 19. Office of the "JefFersonian," "West- 
 chester, Pa., destroyed by a Union mob. 
 
 19. Office of " The People's Friend," at 
 Covington, Ind., destroj-ed by a Union mob. 
 
 20. Skirmish at Hawk's Nest, in the Ka- 
 nawha 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 uev,' 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. McCIellan 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 
 Vth, near Cross Lane, W. Virginia, 2 killed 
 and 9 wounded, 5 of wliom were taken pris- 
 oners, 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 Phil- 
 adelphia 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., b}'' rebels, and 
 taken up the Tennessee river. 
 
 24. A portion of the Cherokee Indians 
 made an alliance with the " Southern Con- 
 federacy." 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 "Wash- 
 ington. 
 
 24. The office of the Bridgeport (Conn.,) 
 •' Farmer " was destroyed by a Union mob. 
 
 24. Office of the "Alleghanian," Cumber- 
 land, 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, "Wajme co., Va. 4 rebels were 
 killed, and 8 taken prisoners. 
 
 25. All vessels and boats on the Poto- 
 mac seized by Govei-nment authorities. 
 
 25. Gov. H. R. Gamble, of Mo., issued a 
 call for 42,000 State militia, to serve six 
 months, unless sooner discharged. 
 
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 26. Surprise of 7th Ohio, Col, Tyler, at 
 Cross Lanes, near Summersville, "W", Vir- 
 ginia, by a large force of rebels. 15 killed, 
 40 wounded, and 30 prisoners. Eebel loss 
 not known. 
 
 26, The War Department prohibited the 
 transmission or publication of any intelli- 
 gence of army or naval moAements calcu- 
 lated 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 Presi- 
 dent's proclamation of 16th inst. 
 
 20. 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. String- 
 ham and Maj.-Gen. Butler, 
 
 26. Skirmish of two companies of N. Y, 
 23d, vrith a large force of rebels at Ball's 
 Cross Roads, Va. One Federal killed, and 
 one vv'ounded. 
 
 2S. A party of Federal troops under 
 Capt. Smith attacked and dispersed a force 
 of rebels at Waj-ne Court-House, W. Vir- 
 ginia, 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, K 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 Fed- 
 erals had 5 or 6 wouuded, and several loyal 
 citizens were captured. 
 
 30. Martial law was proclaimed through- 
 out 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 MiUs, 
 Mo. Attack on Home Guards commanded 
 by Lieut. Chandler, by a large force of 
 rebels. Federal loss, 3 MUed, 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 pur- 
 sued by 500 Federals under Col. Montgom- 
 ery. The rebels falling back on reinforce- 
 ments, Montgomery retreated. 
 
 2, The Mass, 13th captured 20 Charles- 
 ton, S. C, cavalry, after killing 3 and 
 wounding 5, 2} miles from Harper's Ferry. 
 
 2, Col. Grossman, of Gen. Kelly's staff, 
 with two companies, attacked 400 rebels, 
 
THE Yi'AR FOK THE UXIO^C. 
 
 Sett. 1S61- 
 
 at TTcrtliington, Marion co., Ya., by whom 
 he was repulsed with the loss of two men. 
 
 Sept. 3. Passeng-er train on the Hannibal 
 and 8t. Joseph railway, jMo., was thrown 
 into the Platte river, by the giving way of 
 a bridge, partly burned by the rebels. 11 
 persons were killed, and 60 wounded. 
 
 4. An engagement on the Mississippi 
 river occurred, near Hickman, Ky., be- 
 tween national gunboats Tyler and Lexing- 
 ton and the rebel gunboat Yankee and 
 shore batteries. 
 
 6. Paducah, Ky., was occupied by Fed- 
 eral forces imder CfCn. Grant. 
 
 I. Gens. Pillow and Polk occupied Co- 
 lumbus, Ky., with 7,000 rebels. 
 
 7. Five schooners were captured by Fed- 
 eral 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 K Y. 
 Rifles, at Willett's Point, N. Y. Two men 
 were killed and 5 wounded. 
 
 9. A government steamer conveying pris- 
 oners from Lexington, Mo., to Fort Leaven- 
 worth, 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 
 Pinckuey, in Charleston harbor. 
 
 10. Battle of Carnifex Ferry, near Sum- 
 mersville, Va. Federal commander, Rose- 
 cranz, rebel, Floyd, who retreated with 
 small loss. Federal loss, 16 killed, 102 
 wounded. 
 
 II. Skirmish at Lewjnsville, Va. Fed- 
 eral loss, 6 killed, 10 wounded. 
 
 11. The President modified Gen. Fre- 
 mont'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 cav- 
 alry', and large amount of stores captured. 
 
 12. Skirmish at Black river, near Iron- 
 ton, Mo. A detachment of Indiana cavalry, 
 under Major Gavitt, defeated a body of 
 rebels, under Ben. Talbot, killing 5, cap- 
 turing 4, and 25 horses and a quantity of 
 arms. 
 
 12. The Legislature of Kentucky author- 
 ized the Governor to call out the State mil- 
 itary to repel the Southern invaders. 
 
 12. Two slaves, the property of T. L. 
 Snead, a secessionist of St. Louis, were 
 minumitted by Gen. Fremont. 
 
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 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, 
 araong the former, Col. J. A. Washington, 
 and 20 prisoners. The Federal forces, un- 
 der Gen. J. J. Reynolds, lost 13 killed, 20 
 wounded, and 60 prisoners. 
 
 13-18. The provost-marshal of Balti- 
 more, Md., arrested Mayor Brown, Rosa 
 Winans, and Messrs. Pitts, Sangster, Wal- 
 lis, Scott, Dennison, Quinlau, Lynch, War- 
 field, Hanson, and J. C. Brune, of the Leg- 
 islature, 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, un- 
 der the rebel guns at Pensacola. The Fed- 
 eral loss was S killed and 15 wounded. 
 
 14. A rebel camp near Kansas City, Mo., 
 was broken up ; V 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 bodj' of rebels attacked Col. Gea- 
 ry's 28tli 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. 
 
 1 6. A naval expedition from Hatteras In- 
 let, under command of Lieut. J. Y. Max- 
 well, destroyed Fort Ocracoke, on Beacon 
 Island, N. C. 
 
 16. The Federal gunboat Conestoga cap- 
 tured 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 Mariatowaa, Mo., 
 between 600 Federals, under Cols. Mont- 
 gomery 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 Hu- 
 ron, 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. 11. Atchison, at 
 
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 CnKOXOLOGT. 
 
 Blj e Mills Landing, Mo. The Federal loss 
 was over 100 in killed and wounded. 
 
 18. Skirmish at Barboursville, Ky., be- 
 tween the Home Guard and Zollicoffer's 
 meq. 7 rebels were killed, and 1 guard 
 wounded and another taken prisoner. 
 
 18. Eighteen secession members of the 
 Maryland Legislature were arrested and 
 lodged iu Fort McHenry. 
 
 19. Ex-Governor Moreheiid 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 com- 
 mand, at Lexington, Mo., to the rebel Gen. 
 Price, after 4 days' siege. 
 
 21. Gen. Lane's command surprised a su- 
 perior 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., en- 
 countered each other, while recounoiteriug 
 at night, and by mistake four were killed 
 and several wounded. 
 
 21. Gen. Robert Anderson assumed com- 
 mand of Federal and State troops ia Ky. 
 
 21. J. C. Breckinridge fled from Frank- 
 fort, Ky., and openly joined the rebels., 
 
 22. Skirmish of the 7th Iowa, at Elli- 
 ott'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 Due de 
 Chartres, grandsons of Louis Philippe of 
 France, were attached as aids to Gen. Mc- 
 Clellan's staff, and commissioned as cap- 
 tains. 
 
 25. Successful expedition of 3,000 men, 
 under Gen. "W. F. Smith, for reconnoitering 
 and forage, from Chain Bridge to Lewins- 
 ville, Va. A large quantity of stores were 
 captured. 
 
 25. Engagement at Chapmansville, West- 
 ern Va. Col. Pratt, with 560 of the 34th 
 OJtiio, defeated a body of rebels under Col, 
 J. W. Davis, killing 29, including their 
 
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 commander, and woundin,^ a large number. 
 Col. Pratt's loss was 4 killed, 8 wounded. 
 
 23. A body of rebels weie 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 tlie illustrious 
 Henry,) and 1(5 other rebels were captured 
 near Danville, Ky., while on their way to 
 Zollicofier's camp. 
 
 2(5. At Lucas Bend, Ky., 75 of Captain 
 Stewart's cavalry atlucked and routed 40 
 rebel cavahy, killing 4 and capturing 5, 
 without loss themselves. 
 
 26. By Presidential proclamation of Aug- 
 ust 12, ihis 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 ad- 
 vance guard of McCulloch's rebel army 
 near Sha.nghai, 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 Bax- 
 ter'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 nien 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 se- 
 cession of that tribe. 
 
 3. Attack on an entrenched camp com- 
 manded by Gen. H. A. Jackson, at Green- 
 brier, Western Va., bj' 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 Com- 
 missioner of New York, was appointed a 
 Major-General in the rebel army. 
 
 4. Commander Alden, U. S. steamer 
 South Carolina, captured two schooners oft 
 the S.W. Pass of the Mississippi, with four 
 to five thousand stand of arms. 
 
 4. A company of 110 Texas rangers were 
 
THE -WAK FOK THE UNION. 
 
 Oct. 1861. 
 
 defeated by 100 U. S. troops from Fort 
 Craig, at Alimosa, N. M. 10 Texans and 
 their captain killed, and 30 wounded. 
 
 Oct. 4. Two boats from U. S. steamer 
 Louisiana, Lieut. A. Murray, destroyed a re- 
 bel schooner, being fitted out for a privateer, 
 at Chincoteaguc Inlet, V.a. They engaged 
 and repulsed the rebels with a loss of 4 
 U. S. seamen wounded. 
 
 4. A large force of rebels, under Col. 
 Wriglit, attacked the 20th Indiana, Col. 
 Brown, at Chicamacomico, near Ilatteras 
 Inlet. Federals retreated, leaving their 
 pickets, wounded, and camp equipage in the 
 hands of the enemy. 
 
 4. Gen. Butler, commanding the Military 
 Depai-tment of New England, had his head- 
 quarters 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 tiiat 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, Ivy. 
 
 8. Brig.-Gen. William T. Sherman ap- 
 pointed 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, en- 
 camped two miles from Hillsboro', Ky., 
 were attacked and defeated by a body of 
 ilome 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 reb- 
 els, killing and wounding about 100, and 
 taking 35 prisoners. Federal loss 13 killed, 
 21 wounded. 
 
 9. Federal troops under Gen. Smith ad- 
 vanced from Chain Bridge, and occupied 
 Lewinsville, Va. 
 
 10. Cavalry skirmish 4 miles from Padu- 
 cah, Ky. 2 of the 4th U. S. cavalry mor- 
 tally wounded, and 2 taken prisoners. 
 
 11. The rebel steamer Nashville, com- 
 manded by Lieut R. B. Pegram, escaped 
 from Charleston, S . C. 
 
 11. Lieut. Harrell, of U. S. steamer 
 Uniou, with three boats' crews, cut out and 
 burnt a rebel schooner in Dumfries Creek, 
 
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 on the Potomac, and escaped without loss. 
 11. Missouri State Convention met at St. 
 Louis. 
 
 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, Commis- 
 sioners 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 Chel- 
 sea, 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 Manas- 
 sas, 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.T. Zouave reg- 
 iment, under Lieut. Zeller, were captured 
 by the rebels near Newport News, Va. 
 
 12. Forty men of the 39th Indiana at 
 tacked and defeated a superior force of reb 
 els, 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, encoun- 
 tered 100 rebel cavalry, of whom 4 were 
 killed and several wounded. Federal loss, 
 3 killed. 
 
 12. 500 men of the Piatt (Cincinnati) 
 Zouaves, imder Lieut.-Col. Toland, and two 
 companies of the 4th Va., drove out a large 
 body of rebels from Winfield, 20 miles be- 
 low Charleston, on the Kanawha, Western 
 Va., who had been committing depreda- 
 tions. The Federals captured a large quan- 
 tity 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 8 
 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 reb- 
 
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 CHRO3f0L0GY. 
 
 els were killed and TvoTinded, and 30 taken 
 prisoners. One Federal trooper was killed. 
 13. Skirmish at Bcckweth's farm, 12 
 miles S.E. of Bird's Point, Mo. 20 men 
 imder 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 
 Ciiarleston, which ran the blockade on the 
 10th insstant. 
 
 14. 150 voters of Chincoteague Island, 
 Acconiac co., Va., took the oath of allegi- 
 ance to the U. S., in the presence of Lieut. 
 Murray, of U. S. ship Louisiana. The in- 
 habitants 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 Liun 
 Creek, Mo., commanded by Capt. Roberts. 
 
 14. The U. S. Secretary of State, Wm. 
 H. Seward, issued a circular to the Gover- 
 nors of all States bordering on the ocean 
 and the lakes, recommending that their de- 
 fences should be put in effective condition 
 to meet the contingency of foreign war, in- 
 stigated by rebel emissaries. 
 
 15. U. S. steamer Roanoke, off Charles- 
 ton, captured and burnt the ship Thomas 
 Watson, which ran on Stono reef wliile at- 
 tempting 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, de- 
 clined to receive a flag of truce from Nor- 
 folk. 
 
 15. 600 rebels, under Gen. Jeff. Thomp- 
 son, attacked and captured 40 U. S. sol- 
 diirs guarding the Big river bridge, near 
 Potnsi, Mo. Federal loss 1 killed, 6 wound- 
 ed ; 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 seri- 
 ous damage. 
 
 15. Three U. S. steamers sailed from 
 New York in pursuit of the privateer Nash- 
 ville. 
 
 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 Har- 
 per'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 di.sputed the ground, 
 from whom the Federals captured a 32- 
 
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 pounder, and made good their retreat, ac- 
 complishing 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 steam- 
 boats, with arms, ammunition and stores. 
 
 16. 1,000 rebels under Gen. Thompson 
 and Col. Lowe, near Ironton, Mo., were de- 
 feated with a loss of 36 killed and wounded, 
 by Maj. Gavitt's Indiana cavalry, and 5 
 companies of Col.AIexander's 21st Illinoia. 
 Union loss, 11. 
 
 19. Col. Morgan, with 220 men of the 
 18th Missouri regiment, and two pieces of 
 artillery, defeated 400 rebels on Big Hur- 
 ricane Creek, Carroll co.. Mo., killing 14, 
 and taking 8 prisoners. Col. Morgan had 
 14 men wounded — two mortallJ^ 
 
 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 Po- 
 tomac at Harrison's Island, or Ball's Bluff, 
 to support reconnoissancei 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 Frederick- 
 town, 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, Ilovey, Baker, Lieut-.CoL 
 Pennabaker, Maj. Schofield, Capt. Stewart 
 and Lieut. White. The rebels were de- 
 feated with great loss, and Col. Lowe was 
 killed. They left 1Y5 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 Zolli 
 coffer's command was repulsed from an ad- 
 vanced position of General Schoepf's bri- 
 gade, near Camp Wild Cat, Laurel co., 
 Ky. The Federal loss wfis 4 killed and 21 
 wounded. 
 
 22. Flag-officer Craven, of the Potomac 
 flotilla, reported the Potomac river com- 
 
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 Oct. 18G1. 
 
 mauded by rebel batteries, at all important 
 points below Alexandria. 
 
 Oct. 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 num- 
 ber of liorses. 
 
 23. C.)l. Len. Harris, with the 2d Ohio, 
 two guns of Capt. Konkle's Ohio battery 
 and Cant. Laughlin's cavalry, drove out a 
 body of 200 rebels from West Liberty, 
 Morgan co., Ivy., after a skirmish in which 
 10 were killed, 5 wounded, and 6 made pris- 
 oners, 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 Hodges ville, Ky., were 
 attacked by a superior force of rebels, 
 whom they repulsed, killing 3 and wound- 
 ing 5. Three of the Federals were severely 
 woundjd, 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 habeiifi 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 unan- 
 imously 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. AVard and a scouting party of reb- 
 els near Campbell3vi!le, Ky. Several of 
 the rebels were killed and wounded, and 
 their captain taken prisoner. 
 
 26. 160 of Gen. Fremont's Body-guard, 
 under command of Major Zagonyi, charged 
 2,000 rebels, drawn u)) 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. 
 Tlie Missouri "Prairie Scouts," under JIaj. 
 F. J. White, attacked the rear of the rebel 
 force, at the same time, making three suc- 
 cessful 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 Poto- 
 mac, at Edward's Ferry, for several hours. 
 Two killed in Gen, Banks' encampment, 
 and 3 wounded. Both parties were com- 
 pelled to move back their encampments. 
 26. Gen. B. F. Kelly, vnth 2,600 Vir- 
 
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 ginia 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 enemj''.s 
 force, by marching to the rear of Romney, 
 by waj' of Franlcfort, and engaged and held 
 i n check a regiment of the rebels. The ex- 
 pedition was successful in capturing a large 
 supply of military stores and provisions. 
 Federal loss, 2 killed, 14 wounded. Rebel 
 loss, 10 killed, 15 woimded, and a number 
 of prisoners, including Col. Angus McDon- 
 ald, tlieir commander : their artillery wag- 
 ons, camps, etc., were captured. 
 
 20. Parson Brov/nlow was forced to sus- 
 pend the publication of the Knosville 
 (Tenn.) Whig. 
 
 26. A wagon train was established be- 
 tween Baltimore and Washington, for want 
 of sufficient railway facilities, consequent 
 on the danger from rebel batteries in navi 
 gating the Potomac. 
 
 26. Major Phillips, with 300 of the 9th 
 Illinois, from Paducah, sailed on the steamer 
 Conestoga to West Eddyville, K}'., on tlic 
 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 en- 
 emy 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 superinr 
 force of Federals. Rebel loss, 8 killed, 1 2 
 prisoners, one cannon, and a quantity v^f 
 small arms. 
 
 28. Three rebel vessels were surprised 
 and burnt at Chincoteague Inlet, Va., by a 
 portion of the crew of U. S. gunboat Louis- 
 iana, under Lieut. A. Hopkins. 
 
 28. D. Davis, of 111., J. Holt, of Ky., and 
 H. Campbell, of Mo., were appointed Com- 
 missioners by Pres. Lincoln to audit all un- 
 settled militarj'' claims in Missouri. 
 
 29. 250 U.S. Kentucky volunteers, under 
 Col. Burbridge, marched from Owensboro' 
 to Morg.antown, Ky., crossed the river at 
 that point, defeated a superior I'ebel force 
 and destroyed their camp. Fedei-al loss, 2 
 wounded. 
 
 28. Gen. J. B. Henderson, with a su- 
 perior force, suri'ounded 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 Russell-. 
 ville, Ky. 
 
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 29. The great nnral expedition sailed 
 from Fortress Monroe, under tlie command 
 of Flag'-officer Cora. Samuel F. Dupont, 
 comprising '77 vessels of all classes. The 
 land forces, numbering 20,000 men, were 
 commanded by Brig.-Gen, Thos. W. Sher- 
 man. 
 
 31. Skirmish at Morgantown, Green 
 River, Ky. Col. McHenry's command drove 
 a party of rebels attached to Buckiier's 
 camp across tlie river, with loss. 
 
 31. At N. York, the jury empaneled for 
 the trial of the sailors captured on the jjri- 
 vateer Savannah, the first rebel armed ves- 
 sel 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 aj^pointed to succeed him as Command- 
 er in-chief of the U. S. army. 
 
 1. Lieut.-Col. Morse, with 450 cavalry 
 and infontry, surprised and routed a rebel 
 force 800 strong, under Col. Sweeny, in 
 camp near Renick, Randolpli co.. Mo. 
 
 1. Rebels from Gen. Floyd's command 
 attacked a Federal camp at Gauley Bridge, 
 Va., by cr»nnonading from the opposite 
 shore. They were driven into the hills by 
 3 companies from Gen. Beuham'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 DeiJartment of Mis- 
 souri, Gen. Hunter was appointed tempo- 
 rarily to the command. 
 
 2. An address was issued by Gov. Har- 
 ris, of Tenn., calling upon the people to 
 furnish every shot-gun and rifle to defend 
 the soil. 
 
 2. Major Joseph's Missouri militia, num- 
 bering 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 aU 
 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 Kcq. Risingof Union men in E. Tenn., 
 who burned or broke down several impor- 
 tant 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 
 
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 Houston, Mo., and returned to Rolla \vit!i 
 several prisoners and a large amount of 
 property. 
 
 4. Enthusiastic Union meeting in Balti 
 more Co., Md., addressed by Reverdy Jolm- 
 son. 
 
 4. Barboursville, Ky., was occupied bj 
 1,500 Federals without opposition. 
 
 6. Extra session of South Carolina Legi.^ 
 lature adjourned, after choosing Presiden- 
 tial 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 punisliment being award- 
 ed 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 
 mmiber. Among the killed was Major 
 Bailey, of Mobile. 
 
 6. The grand jury at Frankfort, Ky., 
 foimd indictments for treason against 32 
 prominent citizens, among whom were R. 
 J. Breckinridge, Jr., J. C. Breckinridge, 
 Humphrey Marshall, and Benj. De.sha. 
 
 6. Electors for President aiid V. Presi 
 dent 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 Fe, Mo. Thej' 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 ex- 
 tensive 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 pick- 
 ets and captured their camp, which was 
 burnt. A battery of 1 2 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 Feder- 
 als cut their way througli a much superior 
 force of the enemy, losing 150 of their num- 
 ber prisoners, together with tiieir killed 
 and wounded, who fell into the hands of the 
 rebels. Federal loss, 89 killed, 150 wound- 
 ed, 150 missing. The rebel loss was great ■ 
 er, 155 were taken prisoners. 
 
 7. Gen. Hunter, Fremont's successor in 
 Missouri, repudiated the agreement just 
 made between Gens. Fremont and Price, 
 the I ebel commander, concerning; the privi- 
 
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 lejoi of nnar:n?d citizens, and the disarm- 
 ing; of unrecognized bodies of men. 
 
 Nov. 7. Skirmishing on New river, near 
 Gauley Bridge, Va. Federal forces under 
 Gen. llosecrans, drove off a body of rebels 
 who had besieged his camp for several days. 
 Several rebels and one private of ISth 
 Ohio Idlled. 
 
 7. The Federal fleet under Com. Dupont 
 captured Forts Warren and Beauregard at 
 I'ort Roj-al 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 Rap- 
 pahannock, Va., and captured a large schoo- 
 ner 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 emis- 
 saries Maiou and Slidell, with their seci'e- 
 taries, who had taken passage for England. 
 
 8. Col. Grensle returned with his com- 
 mand to Rolla, Mo., from an expedition 
 against the rebels in Texas co., brhiging 9 
 prisoners, oGO head of cattle and 40 horses 
 and mules. 
 
 8. A portion of Gen. Nelson's Ky. brig- 
 ade were ambuscaded while on their way to 
 Pikcton, 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. An- 
 other portion of Gen. Nelson's brigade un- 
 der 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 destroj^ed by Unionists. 
 A.lso 4 on the lino N. of Knoxville, and a 
 heavy v^'ooden bridge at Charleston, Brad- 
 ley CO., Tenn. 
 
 9. jMaj.-Gen. Henry W. Ilalleck, of Cal., 
 was ordered to take command of the De- 
 partment of Missouri, in place of Gen. 
 Fremont: Brig.-Gen. Don Curios Buell, of 
 Ind., was appointed to command the De- 
 partment of Kentucky: Maj.-Gen. Hunter 
 to command the Department of Kansas : 
 
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 Col. E. R. S. Canley, the Department of N. 
 Mexico. 
 
 10. A band of rebel marauders was cap- 
 tured b}' Lieut. Shriver, with a squad of 
 1st Iowa cavalry, near Clark's Station, Mo. 
 
 10. A portion of Gen. Cox's brigade cross- 
 ed 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 Idlled and 10 
 wounded. 
 
 10. 150 of the 9th Virginia regiment. 
 Col. K. V. Whaley, were surprised at Guy- 
 andotte, Va., on the Ohio river, l)y a su]ie- 
 rior force of rebels, and after a sharp skir- 
 mish, 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 re- 
 taliation for the treachery and cruelty of 
 the rebel inhabitants evinced in the scenes 
 of the engagement. 
 
 11. At Columbus, Ky., two rebel lieu- 
 tenants 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 at- 
 tacked 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. Reconnoissanco in force by Gen. 
 Heintzelman, with 6.(i00 men, to Occcquan 
 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 fa-e ships, under 
 command of Capt. Hollins. U. S. ship 
 Vincennes grounded, and the Richmond 
 was damaged by the ram and also ground- 
 ed : but the enemy were driven off without 
 obtaining any advantage. 
 
 12. The privateer Beauregard, of Charles- 
 ton, S. C, with 27 men, was captured 100 
 miles E. N. E. of Abaco, by the U. S. sloop- . 
 of war ^V. G. Anderson, Lieut. W. C. Rog- 
 ers, commanding. 
 
 12. Skirmish on Laurel Creek by portions 
 of Gen. Benham's with Gen. Floj'd's forces, 
 in which tlie rebels retreated after small 
 loss. 
 
 12, Skirmish of Gen. Kelly's pickets 
 near Romney, Va., losing 2 killed and seve- 
 ral wounded. 12 rebels taken prisoners. 
 
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 CHKONOLOGT. 
 
 13. Eebel 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 IT. S. cutter Mary. 
 
 14. Lieut. J. H. Rigby, with 20 men of 
 the Gist Artillery, on an expedition froni 
 Salisbury. Md., to Wilmington and New- 
 castle, Md., seized 3 brass 6-pounders and 
 100 muskets, in possession of secessionists 
 in those places. 
 
 14. The Gov. of Florida, by proclama- 
 tion, 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 Jack- 
 son," who killed Col. Ellsworth, at Alex- 
 andria, 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 In rebels, among them Col. Croghan. 
 Floyd, in Jiis retreat, destroyed 200 of his 
 tents, and lost 10 wagon-loads of ammuni- 
 tion and arms. 
 
 14. Fast-day was obsei'ved in the rebel 
 States. 
 
 14. Steamship Champion arrived at New 
 York from As])inwall, bringing Gen. Sum- 
 ner and several companies of regular sol- 
 diers from San Francisco, having under 
 arrest ex-Senators Gwin and Brent, and C. 
 Benham, late Attorney General of Califor- 
 nia, charged with complicity with the 
 rebels. 
 
 16. A party of 5*7 of the N. Y. 30th, at- 
 tached to Gen. Keyes' brigade on the Poto- 
 mac, while out foraging west of Upton's 
 Hill, Va., were betrayed and surrounded by 
 20u rebel cavalry, and one half their num- 
 ber, with the teams and wagons, captured. 
 
 16. 50 wagons and 50o 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, Avere 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 
 Carnaveral, and took her into Kev West. 
 
 17. lAeut. G. W. Snyder, U. S^A., a val- 
 
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 uable 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 pi-isoners. 
 
 18. The rebel Congress met at Rich- 
 juond, v., Howell Cobb, of Ga., in the chair. 
 
 1 8. Capt. A. H. Foote was appointed Flag- 
 oflTicer of the fleet of the Western Military 
 Department. / 
 
 18. Gen, Halleck assumed charge of the 
 Missouri Department, vica Gen. Hunter. 
 
 18. Information was received at Wash- 
 ington of the imposition practised upon the 
 Indians west of Arkansas, by Albert Pike, 
 rebel Commissioner. 
 
 18. Rebel troops in Accomac and North- 
 ami^ton cos., Va., disbanded, and Union 
 troops, under Gen. Lockwood, seized their 
 arms and took possession of the peninsula. 
 
 18. 150 rebels were taken prisoners by 
 Federal cavalry, near Warrensbm-g, Mo. 
 
 19. Missouri rebel legislature, at Neosha, 
 Newton co,, passed an ordinance of seces- 
 sion. 
 
 19. N. Y. ship Harvey Birch was cap- 
 tured and burnt in the British channel by 
 the rebel steamer Nashville. 
 
 19. The priiicipal part of Warsaw, capi- 
 tal of Benton co., Mo., was burnt by rebels. 
 
 19. Lieut. AVorden, U.S.N., held prisoner 
 by the rebels, v/as exchanged for Lieut. 
 Short, of the Confederate army. 
 
 19. U. S. gunboat Conestoga engaged 
 rebel batteries on the Tennessee river, and 
 silenced them, receiving but slight damage 
 "nerself 
 
 19. First flotilla of the "Stone Fleet" 
 sailed for the South, from Conn, and Mass. 
 
 20. Col, Burchard, with Lieut, Gregg and 
 24 men, attacked a large company of rebels 
 under Capts, Hays and Gregg, near Kansas 
 City, Mo,, and defeated them, killing 5 and 
 wounding 8. The Col. and Lieut, were 
 slightly wounded. 
 
 20, A special Committee from the Vir- 
 ginia State Convention to consider proposed, 
 amendments to the State Constitution, re- 
 ported in opposition to free schools and 
 free suffrage for poor whites, 
 
 20, Secession State ConA'ention at Rus- 
 sclville, Ky., adopted an ordinance of seces- 
 sion, and a]ipointed Commissions to the 
 rebel govcrnraent. 
 
 22. Two U. S, gunboats, Cambridge and 
 Ilertzel, from Fortress Monroe, shelled out 
 the camps of the 2d Louisiana and 10th 
 Geo' gia regiments, at the junction of James 
 and Warwick rivers, 
 
 22. Fort Pickens opened fire on the rebel 
 encampments and forts, near Pensacola, Fla., 
 
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 which wag replied to by them, and a se- I 
 vere cannonade ensued for two days. Much | 
 damage was experienced by Fort McRae, 
 the Navy Yard, and town of Warx'ington — 
 loss of life slight on either side. The U. S. 
 fleet in the harbor took part. The Rich- 
 mond was badly damaged by a shot. 1 
 killed, 6 wounded at Fort Piclvens : 1 killed, 
 Y wounded on the Richmond. 
 
 Nov. 23. The Confederate gunboat Tus- 
 corora accidentally took fire and was de- 
 stroyed oa the Mississippi, near Helena, 
 Ark. 
 
 24. An explosion took place at Fort Pick- 
 ens, Fla., by the careless handling of a shell, 
 by which 5 men were killed, and 7 wounded. 
 
 24. A skirmish in Lancaster, Mo., be- 
 tween 450 Federals under Col. Moore, and 
 420 rebels commanded by Lieut.-Col. Blan- 
 ton. The rebels were routed with the loss 
 of 13 killed, and many wounded and priso- 
 ners. Union loss, 1 killed and 2 wounded. 
 
 24. Tybee Island, in Savannah harbor, 
 was occupied by U. S. forces under Flag- 
 officer Dupont. 
 
 24. Rebel Commissioners Mason and Sli- 
 dell were imprisoned in Fort Warren, Mass. 
 
 25. Col. Bayard with the 1st Pa. Cav- 
 alry made a reconnoissance from Laugley to 
 Dranesville, Va., and in a skirmish idlled 
 2 and captured 4 rebels. 3 or 4 were 
 wounded. 6 secessionists were also arrest- 
 ed. 2 of the Cavalry were wounded. 
 
 25. Com. Tatnall, with 3 steamers and a 
 gunboat, attacked the Federal fleet in Cock- 
 spur Roads, Ga., but withdrew without in- 
 jury, after 40 or 50 shots were exchanged. 
 
 25. The State of Missouri, as represented 
 by the late Governor Jackson and the Com- 
 missioners from the rebel members of the 
 Legislature, was unanimously received by 
 the' Richmond Congress as a member of 
 the Confederacy. 
 
 26. The house of Mr. Bell, near Frank- 
 lin, Tenn., was attacked by an armed party 
 of rebels, the building iired, and the in- 
 mates, some 10 or 12, all IdDed or burned 
 but two, who escaped. 
 
 26. Skirmish at Black Oak Point, Hick- 
 ory CO., Mo. Capt. Cosgrove and Lieut. 
 Bobbitt, with 25 men, surprised a rebel 
 camp, killed 5, captured 8, and took 75 
 tents, 6 wagons, 10 horses, 35 guns, and 
 other property, and released 6 loyal pris- 
 oners. 
 
 26. A squadron of the 3d Pa. Cavalry, 
 near Vienna, Va., were attacked on three 
 sides by a superior force of cavalry and in- 
 fantry, and retreated after a short engage- 
 ment. 20 of their men were missing. 
 
 25. The Convention to form a new State 
 in W. Va., met at Wheeling. 
 
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 27. Federal troops, from Gen. Sherman's 
 command, visited Bear Island and Edisto 
 Island, near the mouth of the Ashepqo 
 river, S. C. 
 
 27. Henry R. Jackson v.'as ap[>oiuted a 
 Maj.-Gen. in the Georgia army. 
 
 27. Gen. McClellan appointed the houi 
 of 11 each Sabbath for religious worship 
 tliroughout the U. S. army, and directed 
 that all officers and men off duty should 
 have opportunity to attend. 
 
 27. Transport Constitution sailed from 
 Fortress Monroe to Ship Island, Missis- 
 sippi Sound, with a portion of Gen. But- 
 ler's expedition, under Brig.-Gen. Phelps. 
 
 28. Capts. Robb and White, and Lieut.- 
 Moonlight, three U. S. officers, wei-e cap- 
 tured from the railway train at Weston, 
 Mo., by Sy. Gordon. 
 
 28. S. C. planters on the seaboard burnt 
 tlieir cotton, to prevent its capture by the 
 Federal forces or the coast. 
 
 29. The English Government forbade 
 temporarily the exportation of cotton. 
 
 29. Major Hough, with 4 companies of 
 Missouri cavalry, in defence of the Sedalia 
 railway train, had an engagement at Black 
 Walnut Creek, Mo., in which 17 rebels were 
 killed and wounded, and 5 taken prisoners. 
 5 of the cavaby, including the Major, were 
 wounded. 
 
 29. Col. De Kay, Maj. Sharpf and other 
 Federal officers, and 40 men, had a skir- 
 mish about a mile beyond New Market, 
 Va., in which the rebels were routed, leav- 
 ing 2 dead, and carrying off their wounded. 
 
 Dec. 1. The U. S. steamer Penguin ar- 
 rived at Brooklyn with the prize " Albion," 
 captured while attempting to run the block- 
 ade at Charleston, S. C, with arms, ammu- 
 nition, provisions, &c., worth $100,000. 
 
 1. A party of Federals attacked the rebel 
 pickets at Morristown, E. Tenn., killing a 
 large number and putting the rest to flight. 
 
 1. Skirmish near Hunter's Chajjcl, Va., 
 between a squadron of Gen. Blenker's horse- 
 men and a squadron of rebel cavalry, who 
 were defeated, losing 3 or 4 killed and 
 wounded, and 2 prisoners. 1 Federal killed. 
 
 2. The first regular session of the olth 
 Congress commenced at Wasliington. 
 
 2. A party of citizens in Mo., near Dunks- 
 burg, 2u miles west of Sedalia, attacked a 
 body of rebels under Capts. Young and 
 AVheatley, killing 7 and wounding 10 of 
 them. ^>everal citizens sliglitly wounded. 
 
 3. Skirmish at Salem, Dent"co., Mo. A 
 party of Fedei-al soldiers, commanded by 
 Maj. Bowen, were surprised and tired on, 
 while sleeping in a house near headquar- 
 ters, by 301) rebels under Cola. Freeman and 
 Turner, and 15 killed and wounded. The 
 
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 CHKONOLOGT. 
 
 main body of the Federals were drawn cut 
 by Maj. Bowen, who attacked the rebels in 
 turn and drove them from the town. 1 
 Federal killed and 4 wounded. Rebel loss 
 unknown. 
 
 3. H. C. Burnett of Ky. and J. W. Reed 
 of Mo. were expelled from U. S. House of 
 Representatives as traitors. 
 
 4. Col. Taylor with 30 men of the 3d 
 New Jersey had a skirmish with a number 
 of rebel cavalry near Annandale, Va., three 
 or four of whom were captured, and several 
 killed and wounded without Federal loss. 
 
 4. Gen. Phelps, with 2,000 men, attached 
 to Gen. Butler's expedition, occupied Ship 
 Island, Mississippi Sound. 
 
 4. A detachment of Federal cavalry sur- 
 prised the rebel guard at Whip-poor-will 
 Bridge, on the Memphis Branch railway, 
 Ky., taking 11 prisoners. 5 or 6 Confed- 
 erates were killed or wounded. 4 Federals 
 were wounded. 
 
 4. J. C. Breckinridge was expelled from 
 the U. S. Senate. 
 
 5. Reports of the Sees, of War and Navy 
 show the Government had in service for 
 the war 682,971 men. 
 
 5. Skirmisli at Bi'ownsville, Ky. 100 
 Home Guards defeated a superior rebel 
 force under Gen. T. C. Hindman, of Ark. 
 Rebel loss, 3 killed, 5 wounded ; the Guards 
 sustaining no loss. 
 
 5. Successful foray of the 13tli Mass., 
 Col. Leonard, from the Potomac to Berkley 
 Springs, Va., capturing a large quantity of 
 provisions. 
 
 5. Riot at Nashville, Tenn., occasioned by 
 the attempt of the rebel authorities to en- 
 force the the endraftment of the militia. Two 
 persons were killed and several wounded. 
 
 1. At Sedalia, Mo., 106 mule teams and 
 the teamsters were seized by rebels. 
 
 v. Capt. Sweeney, with 35 rebel guer- 
 rillas, were captured near Glasgow, Mo., 
 by Capt. ilerrill's cavalry. 
 
 7. Skirmish near Dam No. 5 on the Po- 
 tomac. Rebels driven off, losing 12 men. 
 
 1. Skirmish near Olathe, Mo. 2 Federals 
 killed. 3 rebels killed and 5 wounded. 
 
 8. Capt. McGui^'^j's company of 27th Mo., 
 captured 14 rebels at Sedalia, Mo. 
 
 8. U. S. steamer Augusta captured schr. 
 E. "Waterman, loaded with provisions, coal 
 nnd war munitions, off Savannah, Ga. 
 
 9. Gen. Halleck required all municipal 
 officers at St. Louis, Mo., as well as State 
 officials, to subscribe to the oath of allegi- 
 ance prescribed by the State Convention in 
 October previous. 
 
 0. The U. S. steamer Harriet Lane, and 
 6 steamers attached to the upper Potomac 
 flotilla, shelled the woods at Budd's Ferry, 
 
 2i 
 
 and exchanged shots with the rebel batteries 
 opposite, at Shipping Point. Some large 
 buildings, containing rebel stores, were 
 burnt, by boatmen from the Jacob Bell and 
 Anacosta. 
 
 9. Gov. Pickens of S. C. proclaimed the 
 State invaded, by land and sea, and called 
 for 12,000 twelve-month volunteers. 
 
 9. A detachment of the "Stone Fleet" 
 left New Bedford, Mass., for a southern port. 
 
 9. Garret Davis was elected a senator 
 from Ky., in place of J. C. Breckinridge. 
 
 9. The rebel Congress "admitted" Ken- 
 tucky to the Confederacy. 
 
 11. Federal troops, under Lieut.-Col. 
 Rhodes, had a skirmish near Bertrand, Mo., 
 losing 1 man. They took IG prisoners and 
 a number of horses and fire-arms. 
 
 11. Five vessels of the Stone Fleet, and 
 the ships George Green and Bullion, of 
 Gen Butler's expedition, sailed from Bos- 
 ton, Mass. 
 
 1 1. Skirmish at Dam No. 4, on the Po- 
 tomac, near Sharpsburg, Md. Seven rebels 
 on the Virginia shore were killed, and many 
 wounded. Capt. Williams and G men hav- 
 ing crossed the river were captured by the 
 rebels. 
 
 11. Great fire at Charleston, S. C. 600 
 houses destroyed. 
 
 1 2. A squad of men from Col. Whitaker's 
 regiment were defeated in an attempt to 
 arrest secessionists near Bagdad, Shelby 
 CO., Ky., and retreated with one wounded. 
 
 1 2. Col. Merrill's cavalry regiment re- 
 turned to Sedalia, Mo., from Waverley, 
 bringing as prisoners 4 rebel capts., 2 lieuts. 
 and 40 men, a mortar, and many horses. 
 
 12. Co. I, of 15th Ohio, were attacked 
 on the banks of the Green river, Ky., by a 
 superior force of rebel cavalry, whom they 
 repulsed, wounding several of the cavalry, 
 without loss themselves. 
 
 13. Villages of Papinsville and Butler, 
 Bates CO., Mo., rebel rendezvous, were 
 biirned by Maj. Williams of the 3d Kansas. 
 
 13. Wm. H. Johnson, of the Lincoln Cav- 
 alry, a deserter, who was captured, under 
 military order was shot. 
 
 13. The British ship Admiral was cap- 
 tured off Savannah, Ga., while attempting 
 to run in, by the Augusta. 
 
 13. Rebel Gov. Jackson, of Mo., issued a 
 proclamation, from Nev/ Madrid, praising 
 the valor, forlitude and success of the rebel 
 army, and calling for more volunteers. 
 
 13. Battle of Camp Alleghany, Va. 2,000 
 Federal troops, under Brig. -Gen. R. H. Mil- 
 roy, marched from Cheat Mountain Summit 
 to attack a rebel camp on AUeghany Sum- 
 ndt, of 2,000 troops, under Col. E. Johnson. 
 The Federals approached in 2 divisions, of 
 
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 •750 each, from different directions, but did 
 not arrive simnltaneously, and alternately 
 attacked the whole rebel force. They re- 
 tired after a well contested fia;ht of 8 hours, 
 losinjj 20 killed, 107 wounded, and 10 miss- 
 ing. Tlie rebels reported about the same 
 loss. 
 
 Dec. 14. Ex-minister Faulkner was re- 
 leased on parole, to be exchanged for Con- 
 gressman Ely. 
 
 14. Reconnoissance by Federal troops, 
 within 28 miles of Charleston, 8. C. The 
 rebels, as they retreated, burnt their cotton. 
 
 15. Skirmish on the Virginia shore, op- 
 posite Berlin, Md. A detachment from the 
 28th Penn. were attacked by 120 rebels in 
 ambush, but cut their way through to their 
 boat, and escaped, having 1 wounded, and 
 2 taken prisoners. 2 of the euemj' were 
 killed and 5 wounded. 
 
 15. Many Union refugees escaped from 
 Arkansas. Capt. Ware, late of the Ark. 
 Legislature, organized a military comp mj' 
 of Ark. Union men at Eolla, Mo. 
 
 16. Platte City, Mo., was fired by rebels, 
 and the principal public buildings ie- 
 stroyed. 
 
 16. The Enropa arrived from England, 
 with news of the excitement among the 
 British people occasioned by the arrest of 
 Messrs. Mason and Slidell, and also the ul- 
 timatum of the British Government, de- 
 manding a surrender of the rebel commis- 
 sioners, and an apology for their seizure. 
 Mr. Seward's dispatch to Mr. Adams, dated 
 Nov. SO, having settled the matter in an- 
 ticipation, there was but liitle excitement 
 in the public miud. 
 
 16. Gen. Zollicoffer established a camp 
 on the banks of the Cumberland river, sis 
 miles from Somerset, Ky. 
 
 16. A party of 8 nen from the 2d and 
 4th N. J. advanced to Annandale, on the 
 south bank of the Potomac. They were 
 sui'prised by the enemy and 3 of them cap- 
 tured. 
 
 17. Battle at MunfordsviDe, Green river, 
 Ky. The rebels defeated ; 33 killed and 60 
 wounded. Federal loss, 10 killed and 17 
 wounded. 
 
 17. Gen. Pope captured 300 rebels near 
 Osceola, Mo. 
 
 17. Entrance to the harbor at Savannah, 
 Ga., blockaded by sinking 7 vessels laden 
 with stone. 
 
 18. A part of Gen. Pope's forces under 
 Col. J. C. Davis and Col. F. Steele, sur- 
 prised a rebel camp near Milford, north of 
 Warrensburg, Mo., and captured nearly 
 1300 men, 70 wagons loaded with stores, 
 und all their camp equipage and arms. 
 I^ederal loss, 2 killed, 17 wounded. - 
 
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 IS. Gen. Barnard, Chief-engineer of the 
 U. S. army, reported to Congress that the 
 defences around Washington consisted of 
 48 works, the perimeter of which was 48 
 miles, mounting above 300 guns. 
 
 18. The Island City sailed from Boston 
 for Fortress Monroe with 240 rebel prison 
 ers, to be exelianged. 
 
 18. Rebel Gen. Jackson attempted a 
 movement against Williamsport, Md., but 
 Gen. Williams being on the alert, the rebel 
 force retired. 
 
 18. News from Ky., that Gen. MeCook, 
 was at Munfordsville, Gen. Mitchell at 
 Bacon Creek, and Gen. Zollicoffer, (rebel) 
 at Cumberland river, near Mill Springs. 
 
 19. Skirmishing at Point of Rocks, 
 Sid. Rebels from Va. shore commenced 
 shelling the encampment of Col. Geary's 
 Pennsylvania regiment, but were repulsed 
 after half an hour's fight, without loss on 
 the Federal side. 
 
 19. A band of 25 rebels visited the town 
 of Ripley, Jackson Co., Va., and seized all 
 the arras in the place, some ammunition 
 and clothing. They also robbed the post- 
 ofliee and the principal store in the place. 
 
 20. George W. Jones, late U. S. Min- 
 ister to Bogota, was arrested in New 
 York on a charge of treason. 
 
 20. Battle of Dranesville, Va. Federal 
 forces, under Gen. E. 0. C. Ord, defeat- 
 ed about 2,800 Confederates from South 
 Carolina, Alabama, and Virginia. Federal 
 force about 4,000 men, of whom 7 were 
 killed and 61 wounded. Rebel loss, 75 
 killed 1.50 wounded and 30 prisoners, to- 
 gether with a large supply of forage. 
 
 20. A scouting party under Capt. Wood, 
 captured 100 rebels near Springtield, Mo., 
 who were released upon taking the oath 
 of allegiance. 
 
 20. A party of rebels from Gen. Price's 
 army committed extensive ravages on the 
 N. Missouri railway, between Hudson and 
 Warrenton. The bridges, svood-piles, water 
 tanks, ties and rails were destroyed along 
 the route for 80 miles. 
 
 20. 103 Federal soldiers, under Major 
 McKee, repulsed a supltf-ior force of rebels 
 four miles S. of Hudson, Mo., killing 10 and 
 capturing 17 prisoners and 30 horses, at 
 the same time rescuing a stock train Avliich 
 had just been seized by the rebels. 
 
 20. The main ship cliannel at Charleston 
 harbor, was obstructed by sinking 16 ves- 
 sels of the " stone fleet." 
 
 22. Reconnoissance in the vicinity of Ty- 
 bee Island and Broad river, Ga., from Gen. 
 Sherman's command, 
 
 22. Skirmish near New Market bridge, 
 Newport News, Va. Two companies of 
 
Dec. 18GI. 
 
 CUnOXOLOGY. 
 
 20th N. Y. regiineitt, under Mitjor Sclioepf, 
 were attacked by '700 rebel cavalry and in- 
 fantry, and escaped with lo?s of 6 wound- 
 ed. Ten of the enemy were killed and a 
 flumber wounded, when they retreated, 
 
 23. Gen. Pope sent an expedition to Lex- 
 ington, Mo. Two boats of the rebels were 
 captured and burnt. 
 
 26. A skirmish took place at Camp 
 Boyle, Columbia, Ky. A body of rebels 
 were attacked by a detachment of Col. 
 Hazzard's regiment, under Major Ousley, 
 who dispersed them, killing 5 and wound- 
 ing others, without loss themselves. 
 
 26. Gen. MeCall sent a reconnoitering 
 part}' towards Dranesville, Va., which was 
 driven back by the rebels, who had a force 
 of 10,000 men there. 
 
 26. A Cabinet Council at "Washington, 
 decided to give up Mason and Slidell, on 
 the ground that they could not be held 
 consistently with the doctrine of neutral 
 rights always maintained by the U. S. 
 Government. 
 
 26. Gen. Scott arrived at New York, in 
 tlie Arago, from France. 
 
 26. Bluffton, S. C, was occupied by 
 Federal troops under Gen. Stevens. 
 
 26. The Lighthouse on Morris Island, 
 Charleston, S. C. harbor, was blown up by 
 order of rebel authorities. 
 
 26. Major Gower, with a squadron of 
 1st L)wa cavalry, arrived at Jefferson City, 
 Mo., bringing as prisoners, 1 capt., 13 men, 
 and 10 wagon loads of stores. 
 
 26. Pliilip St. George Cook, a Brig.-Gen. 
 in the rebel army, shot himself, at his resi- 
 dence in Powhatan Co., Va. 
 
 26. A fire occurred in the government 
 Btables at Washington, D. C, in which 
 nearly 200 horses were burned. 
 
 27. Lord Lyons, the British minis- 
 ter at Washington, was notified that Mason 
 and Slidell awaited his disposal. 
 
 27. Alfred Ely, U. S, representative 
 from Rochester, N. Y., taken prisoner at 
 Manassas Plains, was released in exchange 
 for C. J. Faulkner. 
 
 27. The rebel privateer Isabel, ran the 
 blockade off Charleston, S. C. 
 
 27. The bridges over Fabias river on the 
 Palmyra railway, Mo., destroyed bj' rebels. 
 
 2S. Gen. Buell's army in Ky., was re- 
 ported by the War Department to num- 
 ber 60,000 men. 
 
 28. The rebels at Bowling Green, Ky., 
 wei'e reported to number 30,000, under 
 Gens. A. S. Johnston, Buckner, and Ilind- 
 man. 
 
 28. Gen. Prentiss, with 5 companies 3rd 
 Missouri cavalry, under Col. John Glover, 
 and 5 companies of CoL Birge's sharp- 
 
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 shooters, 47o in all, attacked a rebel camp 
 at Mount Zion, in Boone Co., Mo., number- 
 ing nearly 900 men. The rebels were 
 routed, losing 25 killed, 150 wounded, anrl 
 40 prisoners. ',(0 of their horses and Hit) 
 stand of arms were captured. The Feder<ii 
 loss was 3 killed and 46 wounded. 
 
 28. A squadron of Federal cavalry, from 
 Col. Jackson's regiment, commanded by 
 Major Murray, left their camp near Cal- 
 houn, K}-., on a scouting expedition' acress 
 Green river. They were attacked near 
 Sacramento, by a large force of rebels un- 
 der Col. De Forrest, and after a short en- 
 gagement compelled to retire. Capt. A. G. 
 Bacon was killed, and Lieut. R. H. King, 
 of Frankfort, and 8 privates wounded. 
 Capt. Merri weather and two privates of 
 the rebels were killed, and a number 
 wounded. 
 
 30. The rebel Gen. H. H. Sibley having 
 entered New Mexico with a military force 
 without opposition, took possession of it, 
 and annexed it to the Southern Confed- 
 eracy by proclamation. 
 
 So. Messrs. Thomas and Burnett, of Ky., 
 were " qualified ' and took their seats in 
 the rebel Congress at Richmond, Va, 
 
 31. Two boats under Acting-Masters 
 A. Allen, and H. L. Sturges, from the 
 U. ti. steamer. Mount Vernon, destroyed a. 
 light ship off Wilmington, N.C., which the 
 rebels had fitted up for a gunboat. The 
 expedition was at night, and the boats 
 were under fire from Fort Caswell, but es- 
 caped injury. 
 
 31. Capt. Shillinglaw and Mason, N. Y. 
 79th, and Lieutenants Dickinson, 3rd U. S. 
 infiintry, J, W. Hart, 20th Indiana, and 
 other officers and men were released by the 
 rebels from Richmond, Va. 
 
 31. Capture of the town of Biloxi, Miss. 
 by U. S. gunboats Lewis, Water Witch, 
 and New London, with national forces 
 from Ship Island. The town and fort 
 surrendered without a fight. The guns 
 were removed by Commander Smith, and 
 the Federals retired. 
 
 1862. 
 
 Jan. 1- The rebel Commissioners Mason 
 and Slidell, with their Secretaries, left Bos- 
 ton for England, via Provincetown, Mass., 
 where the British war steamer Riualdo 
 received them. 
 
 1. Col. H. Brown opened fire from Fort 
 Pickens on the rebel vessels and fortifica- 
 tions within range of his guns, which was 
 returned by the enemy. 
 
 1. The British bark Empress arrived at 
 New York as a prize, with 6,500 bags of 
 coffee, captured by the U. S. sloop-of-war 
 Vincennes, off New Orleans bar. 
 
THE ^yAR FOR THE UXIOX. 
 
 Jan. 1862. 
 
 Jan .1. Part of tlie Louisville and Nash- 
 ville raiiwaj' was destroyed by order of 
 the rebel Gen. Buckner. 
 
 1. Skirmish at Port Royal Ferry, S. C. 
 Federal troops under 'Gen. Stevens, with 
 the assistance of live gunboats, crossed from 
 Beaufort to the mainland and attacked 
 batteries erected by the rebels, who re- 
 treated towards Grahamville. Federal 
 loss, 3 killed, 1 1 wounded. Rebels, 6 kill- 
 ed, 12 wounded. 
 
 1. Jeff. Owens, Col. Jones, and 50 rebel 
 bridge-burners were captured near Martins- 
 burg, Adrian Co., Mo., by State militia un- 
 der General Sehofield. 
 
 1. Four Federal soldiers were captured, 
 1 killed, and 10 guns taken by a party of 
 rebels on Green river, Ky., near Morgan- 
 town. 
 
 2. Tiie U. S. gunboats Yankee and Ana- 
 costa, exchansed shots with the rebel bat- 
 teries at Cockpit Point, on the Potomac. 
 
 2. Daniel P. White of Ky., qualified and 
 took his seat in the Confederate Congress. 
 
 3. Col. Glover, with 300 Federal troops, 
 attacked a rebel camp 9 miles N. of Huu- 
 newell, Mo., taking 8 prisoners, putting the 
 rest to flight, and capturing a quantity of 
 arms, &c. 
 
 3. 240 released Federal prisoners ar- 
 rived at Fortress Monroe from Richmond. 
 
 4. The 84th Pa., 39th III, 500 cavalry 
 and other troops were driven from 
 Bath, Va., by a superior rebel force under 
 Gen. Jackson, who took 30 Federals pris- 
 oners. The Federals retreated to Hancock, 
 Md. 7 rebels were killed and a number 
 wounded. 3 of the Federals were killed, 
 several wounded. 
 
 4. Skirmish at Huntersville, "W. Va. A 
 portion of the 25th Ohio, 2d Va., and 
 Bracken's Ind. cavalry, all under Major 
 Webster, attacked a rebel force of 400 
 cavalry and 350 infantry who were guard- 
 ing the rebel supplies at that depot. They 
 were routed with a loss of 2 killed and 7 
 wounded, leaving $50,000 worth of army 
 stores which were destroyed by Unionists. 
 
 5. Skirmish on the mainland near Port 
 Royal, S. C. 7 rebels were captured. 
 
 5. Rebel army under Gen. Jackson bom- 
 barded Hancock, Md. from the opposite 
 Va. shore, but were driven away by ar- 
 tillerjr forces under Gen. Lander without a 
 close engagement. 
 
 5. Five Federal soldiers were killed by 
 rebels in ambush in Johnson Co., Kansas. 
 
 6. 4,000 Cherokee Indians were driven 
 from their homes by Texas rebels. 
 
 7. Destruction of bridges and culverts 
 on the Bait, and Ohio railway, near the 
 Cacapon river, hy rebel Gen. Jackson. 
 
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 7. Engagement at Blue's Gap, near Rom- 
 ney, W. Va. Federal troops under CoL 
 Dunning, of the 5th Ohio, attacked 2,000 
 of the enemy, routing them with the loss 
 of 15 killed, 20 pi'isoners, 2 pieces of can- 
 non, their wagons, <fcc. No Federal loss. 
 
 7. 300 of the 32d Ohio, under Capt, 
 Lacey, were sent by Gen. Milroy into Tuck- 
 er Co., Va., where they dispersed 400 
 rebels, capturing 2 officers and a jirivate, 
 and a large quantity of stores. 4 rebels 
 were found dead and many were wounded. 
 
 7. Three brigades of Gen. Smith's divi- 
 sion, S. side of the Potomac, proceeded to- 
 ward Peacock Hill, Lewinsville, Fairfax 
 Court House and Vienna, and captured an 
 immense quantity of hay, oats, corn, <fec. 
 
 7. A band of rebels having seized a quan- 
 tity of army stores from the depot at Sut- 
 ton, Braxton Co., W. Va., information was 
 sentto Col. H. Anisansel, commanding 1st 
 Virginia Cavalry, at Clarksburg. The Col. 
 overtook the rebels 30 miles E. of Sutton, 
 and, attacking them, killed or wounded 22, 
 took 15 horses and 56 head of cattle, and re- 
 captured the greater part of the stores. 
 
 7. Skirmish at Paintsville, near Preston- 
 burg, Ky. Col. Garfield dispersed 2,500 
 rebels under Humphrey Marshall, killing ?, 
 wounding a large number, and capturing 
 15. Federal loss 2 killed and 1 wounded. 
 
 8. The newspapers of Missouri were put 
 under military censorship, and their editors 
 ordered to send two copies of each issue to 
 the Provost Marshal. 
 
 8. Riotat Warsaw, Mo. Two secessionists 
 were shot. 
 
 8. Reconnoissanee of gunboats towards 
 Savannah, Ga., under command of Capt. 
 Davis. 
 
 8. Capt. Latham and 17 men of 2d Vir- 
 ginia regiment, encountered about 30 rebel 
 guerrillas on the Dry Fork of Cheat river, 
 W. Va., and after a severe fight of an hour's 
 duration, the rebels were driven from the 
 field with the loss of 6' killed and several 
 wounded. Federal loss G wounded. Capt. 
 Latham destroyed the rebel tents and pro- 
 visions. 
 
 8. The 1st Kansas regiment, on its march 
 from Sedalia to Lexington, Mo., was fired 
 upon from ambush, and a sergeant and 2 
 horses killed. 
 
 8. A. W. Bradford was inaugurated aa 
 Governor of Maryland, and made an elo- 
 quent address, expressing in the strongest 
 terms devotion to the Union and the Con- 
 stitution. 
 
 8. Major W. M. G. Torrence of the 1st 
 Iowa cavalry, assisted by detachments of 
 the 1st Missouri cavalry, Major Hubbard, 
 4th Ohio and Merrill's Horse, in all 500 
 
Jan. 1862. 
 
 CHRONOLOGY. 
 
 mounted men, attacked a rebel camp at 
 "Silver Creek, Howard Co., Mo., where six 
 or eight hundred men were stationed, un- 
 der Col. Poindexter. The enemy were 
 routed with a loss of 12 killed, 22 wounded, 
 and 15 prisoners, leaving their horses, guns, 
 and camp and garrison equipage. The ma- 
 terial was destroyed by Major Torrence. 
 Federal loss 3 killed and" 10 wounded. 
 
 9. A division of the Cliamber of Com- 
 merce at St. Louis, Mo., was occasioned by 
 disloyal sentiments. A new and loyal 
 Chamber was formed. 
 
 10. A reconnoitering force of 5,000 men 
 under the command of Brig. Gen. McCler- 
 nand, left Cairo. 111., and proceeded toward 
 Columbus and Mayfield. 
 
 10. Waldo P. Johnson and Trusten Polk, 
 U. S. Senators fi-ora Missouri, were expelled 
 from tiie Senate for disloyalt}'. 
 
 10. Skirmish at Pohick Church^ Ya. The 
 5t]i Michigan dispersed a body of rebels. 
 
 10. Skirmish at Bath, Va., between a 
 detachment of Federals imder Capt. Rus- 
 svll and rebels from Gen. Jackson's division. 
 
 10. Battle near Prestonburg, K}-. Gen. 
 Garfield, with 1,500 Federal troops, over- 
 took Humphrey Marshall with 3,000 rebels, 
 ciimpelling him to destroy his stores and 
 piitt.ing him to fliglit. Rebel loss 50 killed 
 many wounded and 25 prisoners. Federal 
 loss, 2 killed, 25 wounded. 
 
 11. The 1st Kansas regiment arrived at 
 Lexington, Mo., and arrested several prom- 
 ijient rebels. Tliey also seized a large 
 quantity of stores designed for tlie use of 
 Gen. Price. 
 
 11. Fifty rebels belonging to Col. Alex- 
 nnder's regiment were captured G miles 
 from Sedalia, Mo. 
 
 12, The Burnside Expedition sailed from 
 Fortress Monroe, under command of Com. 
 Goldsborough and Gen. Burnside, for Al- 
 bemarle Sound, N". C. 
 
 12. Secretary Seward telegraphed the 
 British Consul at Portland, Me., that British 
 troops might pass through U. S. territory 
 on their way to Canada. 
 
 12. The rebels in Kentucky burned the 
 houses, and carried off or destroyed the 
 property of loyal men at Horse Cave and 
 in Cave City and vicinity, and the people 
 sought refuge at Munfordsville. 
 
 13. Hon. Simeon Cameron, Secretary-of- 
 War, resigned his position, and Edwin F. 
 Stanton was appointed in his stead on the 
 15th inst. 
 
 13. The steamship Conftitution, with the 
 Maine 12th regiment, and the Bay State 
 regiment, sailed from Boston for Ship Is- 
 land, Miss., via. Fortress Monroe. 
 
 15. Gen. McClernand's column advanced 
 
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 to Mayfield, Ky., and Gen. Grant to Fort 
 Jefferson. 20,000 rebels reported at Colum- 
 bus, Ky., under Gen. Polk. 
 
 16. Hon. Edwin B. Stanton, the new 
 Secretary-of-War, assumed the duties of 
 his office. 
 
 17. 150 wounded Federal prisoners ar- 
 rived at Fortress Monroe from Richmond, 
 Va. Eight rebel officers were released 
 from the Fortress the same daj-. 
 
 1*7. Capture of British schooner Stephen 
 Hart, loaded with arms, ammunition and 
 stores for the rebels, by the U. S. storeship 
 Supply. 
 
 17. Ex-President John Tyler died at 
 Richmond , Va. 
 
 IT. Skirmish near Ironton, Mo. Rebels 
 under Jeff'. Thompson were defeated by Col. 
 Miles. 
 
 IT. Two companies of the 1st Kansas 
 cavalry, under Major Ilalderman, arrested 
 Capt. Whitney, Joe Shelby and several 
 other rebel officers, and also recovered a 
 number of horses, mules, wagons, etc., taken 
 from Col. Mulligan's command at Lexing- 
 ton, Mo. 
 
 17. The Fortification Bill passed the U. 
 S. House of Representatives, appropriating 
 $5,960,000 for fort and harbor defences. 
 
 18. Gen. Grant made a reconnoissance in 
 force towards Columbus, Ky. 
 
 18. Gen. Halleck levied an assessment 
 on the wealthy secessionists of St. Louis, 
 Mo., to provide for the wants of loyal re- 
 fugees in the city who had been driven from 
 their homes in the S. W. section of the 
 State by rebels. 
 
 18. Capts. Murdock and Webster, with 
 their commands, returned to Cairo from an 
 expedition to Bloomfield, Mo. They cap- 
 turned Lieut. Col. Farmer and 1 1 other rebel 
 officers and 68 privates, with a quantity of 
 army stores. 
 
 19. Battle of Mill Spring, Ky. The re- 
 bels completely routed, with loss of 192 
 killed, and 140 prisoners. Gen. ZoUicoffer, 
 their commander, was killed. The Federal 
 troops were under Gen. Thomas. 1,200 
 horses and mules, over 100 large wagons, 
 and 14 cannon, 2,000 muskets, etc., were 
 captured. Federal loss 39 killed, 207 
 wounded. 
 
 19. The U. S. gunboat Itasca captured 
 the rebel schooner Lizzie Weston, off Flori- 
 da, laden with 293 bales of cotton, 152,500 
 pounds, for Jamaica. 
 
 23. The property of several wealthy se- 
 cessionists at St. Louis was seized under 
 execution by Gen. Halleck, and sold to pay 
 the assessment to support Union refugees. 
 
 23. The second stone fleet was sunk in 
 Maffifs Channel, Charleston, S. C, harbor 
 
THE "WAR FOR THE UNION". 
 
 Feb. ISG2. 
 
 Jan. 24. The Federal light boat off Cape 
 Heni'v, at the mouth of the Chesapeake, 
 went ashore and was captured by the rebels, 
 with its crew of 7 men. 
 
 24. Two rebel vessels laden with cotton, 
 while attempting to pass the blockade at the 
 mouth of the Mississippi, ran aground, were 
 deserted and burned. The fire was extin- 
 guished on board the Calhoun and that ves- 
 sel captured. 
 
 26. The Burnside Expedition reached 
 Pamlico Sound. 
 
 26. A military Commission at Palmyra, 
 Mo., sentenced 7 bridge-burners to be shot. 
 
 28. Federal troops occupied Lebanon, Mo. 
 
 28. Rev. Bishop Ames and H »n. Hamil- 
 ton Fish, of N. Y., were appoint ;d by Sec- 
 retary-of-War Stanton to visit the U. S. 
 prisoners in captivity at Richmond, Va.,to 
 devise means for providing for their com- 
 fort. The Cominiss '.oners were not allowed 
 to visit Richmond, but they opened nego- 
 tiations for the exciiange of prisoners. 
 
 28. Skirmish between 50 men of the 37th 
 N. Y. regiment under Lieut.-Col. Burke, 
 and a body of Texas rangers near Colches- 
 ter, on the Occoquan river, Va., in which 9 
 rebels were killed. Two Federals were 
 killed, and 2 wounded. 
 
 29. The iron clad battery Monitor was 
 launched at Greeupoint, N. Y. 
 
 29. Reconnoissance on either side of the 
 Savannah river from the Federal fleet at 
 Port Royal, through the Wilmington Nar- 
 rows and Wall's Cut, by which the feasi- 
 bility of cutting otf Fort Pulaski from com- 
 munication with Savannah was demon- 
 strated. 
 
 30. Gen. Beauregard took command of 
 rebel troops in Tennessee. 
 
 30. The rebel commissioners. Mason and 
 Slidell, arrived at Southampton, England. 
 
 30. Rebels unf^er Capt. John Morgan, 
 seized six Union men at a church near Le- 
 banon, Ky. They set fire to the church, 
 and attempted to burn one of the prison- 
 ers in the flames, who effected his escape. 
 
 31. An order from the Secretarj'-of State 
 released all civilians who were captured on 
 board vessels attempting to violate the 
 blockade. 
 
 31. Five telegraph operators were cap- 
 tured by the rebels near Oampbellsville, Ky. 
 
 31. Queen Victoria declared her deter- 
 mination to observe strict neutrality during 
 the American contest, and to prevent tlie 
 use of English vessels and harbors to aid 
 the belligerents. 
 
 Feb. 1. The 2d Cavalry, 41st Indiana, 
 had a skirmish near Bowling Green, Ky., 
 in which 3 rebels were killed and 2 wound- 
 ed. No loss on the Federal side. . 
 
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 1. The Spanish steamer Duero arrived 
 at Liverpool, England, from Cadiz, bring- 
 ing as pussengers Captains Minott, of tlie 
 Vigilant; Smith of the Arcade, and Moxie, 
 of the Eben Dodge — three American ves- 
 sels whicli had been burned by the priva- 
 teer Sumter. 
 
 * 1. An octavo volume of 1,100 pages was 
 published as a report by a Committee from 
 the U. S. House of Representatives, ap- 
 pointed Jul}-, 18(51, to investigate frauds 
 in Government contracts. 
 
 1. The_ President of the U. S. was em- 
 powered by act of Congress to take pos- 
 session of all the railway and telegraphic 
 lines throughout the country, whenever re- 
 quisite for military purposes, till the close 
 of the rebellion. 
 
 1. An interesting conference was held by 
 U. S. Commissioner Dole with the loyal 
 chiefs of the Seminole, Creek, Iowa, and 
 Delaware Indians, in which the warriors 
 pledged themselves to conquer the rebel 
 Indians who had driven them from their 
 homes. 
 
 2. A skirmish occurred in Morgan coun- 
 ty, Perm., between a body of rebel cavalry, 
 under Lieut.-Col. White, aud a company 
 of Federal infantry, under Captain Dun- 
 can, in v.'hicli the Federals were defeated, 
 with a loss of seven men. 
 
 2. 386 rank and file and 11 officers, rebel 
 prisoners, were sent to Fortress Monroe, 
 from Boston harbor, to be exchanged for 
 an equal number of Federal prisoners. 
 
 3. The privateersmen confined in the 
 City Prison, N. Y., were transferred to Fort 
 Lafayette, and there held as political pris- 
 oners. 
 
 3. In conformity with the decision of 
 the British Ministry, the privateer Nash- 
 ville wiis sent off from Southampton, Eng- 
 land, and the U. S. gunboat Tuscarora de- 
 tained from pursuing her for the space of 
 24 hours. 
 
 3. A flag of truce from the rebels to 
 Gen. McDowell, brought a document from 
 Jeff. Davis to President Lincoln, threaten- 
 ing to hang Cols. Corcoran, Lee, and others, 
 priifoners in their hands, in retaliation, 
 should the punishment of death be inflict- 
 ed on the bridge- burners who had been 
 convicted in Missouri. 
 
 3. The Federal army under Gen. Grant 
 were within 3 miles of Fort Henry, on the 
 Tennessee river. 
 
 4. Capt. Lowing, with 80 men from Cos. 
 F and 11, Third Michigan, encountered a 
 body of rebels near Occoquan, Va., whom 
 they dispersed.^ 4 of the rebels were shot. 
 No loss sustained by the Federals. 
 
 4. A scouting party under Capt. Hark- 
 
Feb. 18G2. 
 
 CHRONOLOGY. 
 
 liesp, of Col. Miles' Slst Pa. regiment, re- 
 turiiej,! tVum the vicinity of Fairfax Court 
 House, \';i., bringing several rebel prison- 
 ers. 
 
 4. Steamship Constitution, with the Mass. 
 Baj' 8tate, and the Maine 12th regiments, 
 and otlier troops, under Gen, Phelps, left 
 Fortress Monroe for Ship Island, Miss. 
 
 5. AUack on Fort Henry, Tenn. com- 
 menced by Federal gunboats under Com. 
 Foote. 
 
 5. Queen Victoria, of England, removed 
 the jirohibitions relating to the export of 
 material of war from the British domin- 
 ions declared on the 30th Nov. and 4th 
 Dec, 1861. 
 
 6. Jesse D. Bright, of Indiana, was ex- 
 pelled from the U. S. Senate, for complicity 
 with treason. 
 
 Y. A band of rebels concealed near the 
 landing at Harper's Ferry, Ya., having, by 
 means of a flag of truce, decoyed a boat 
 from the Maryland sliore, and then fired 
 on its occupants, by order of Col. Geai-y, 
 the block of large buildings facing the 
 landing were burned. But seven families, 
 40 persons in all, tlien resided in the town. 
 
 1. Unconditional surrender of Fort Hen- 
 ry to Com. Foote, with Gen. Tilghman and 
 staff, one colonel, two captains, and 80 pri- 
 vates. Com. Foote transferred the fort to 
 Gen. Grant. 
 
 7. Federal troops took possession of the 
 Memphis and Ohio railwaj'. 
 
 7. The rebels driven from Romney, Ya., 
 by Gen. Lander, who occupied the town. 
 
 7. Successful skirmish with rebel cavalry 
 near Fairfax Court House, Ya., by Col. 
 Friedman, with the Cameron Dragoons ; 1 
 rebel killed, and 12 captured, with 12 
 horses, &c. 2 Federals wounded. 
 
 8. Portions of Gen. Butler's expedition 
 sailed from Boston and from Fortress Mon- 
 roe, for Ship Island, Miss. 
 
 8. Capture of rebel forts and garrisons 
 on Roanoke Island. N. C, by the Federal 
 forces under Com. GoldsboroHgh and Gen. 
 Burnside. 2.50U prisoners, 6 forts, 40 guns, 
 3,000 small arms. Federal loss, 50 killed, 
 150 wounded. 
 
 8. Capt. Smith, of the 5th Yirginia (loyal) 
 with 21 men, surprised 32 of Jenkins' ca- 
 valry on Linn Creek, Logan County, Ya., 
 killing 8, wounding 7, and capturing the 
 remainder, witli 32 horses. One Federal 
 was killed and 1 wounded. 
 
 9. Skirmish of a body of Federal cavalry 
 with rebels near Fort Henry, Tenn. 5 
 rebels killed, and 80 taken prisoners. 
 
 9. Edenton, N, C, occupied by Federal 
 troops. 
 
 10. Destruction of rebel gunboats in the 
 
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 Pasquotank river, K". C, also of the rebel 
 battery at Cobb's Point, and the occupa- 
 tion of Elizabeth City by Federal forces 
 from 14 gunboats, commanded by Capt. 
 Rowan. 
 
 10. Gen. Charles P. Stone, U. S. A., was 
 arrested by Grov't. order, and imprisoned in 
 Fort Lafayette. 
 
 10. Arrest of sevei'al male and female 
 secessionists in Wasliingtou. Also, of Dr. 
 Ives, N. Y. Herald correspondent. 
 
 10. Capt. Phelps, of Com. Foote's squad- 
 ron, commanding the gunboats Conestoga, 
 Taylor and Lexington, captured a new re- 
 bel gunboat, and destroyed all the rebel 
 craft between Fort Henry and Florence, 
 Ala. 
 
 11. Bursting of the "Sawyer" gun at 
 Newport News, Ya., by which 2 Fe-deral 
 soldiers were killed and 2 wounded. 
 
 12. An expedition under the command 
 of Col. Reggin returned to Fort Henry, 
 Tenn., from up the Tennessee river, hav- 
 ing captured $75,000 worth of contraband 
 goods at Paris, Tenn., and also the tents 
 and camp equipage of the rebel troops that 
 retreated from Fort Henry. 
 
 13. Evacuation of Springfield, Mo., by 
 the rebel army under Gen. Piice. Occu- 
 pation of the town by Federal troops of 
 Gen. Curtis' army. 600 oX the rebel sick, 
 and many forage wagons were left behind. 
 
 14. The rebel camp at Blooming Gap,Ya., 
 was surprised by forces under Gen. Lan- 
 der. 65 prisoners were taken, including 
 17 officers, and 13 killed and 20 wounded. 
 Federal loss, 7 in killed and wounded. 
 
 14. Fort Donelson was invested and at- 
 tacked by the Federal ai'my under Gen. 
 Grant. 
 
 14. E. M. Stanton, Sec.-of-War, issued 
 an order releasing all political prisoners 
 upon their taking an oath of allegiance. 
 
 14. A skirmish took placenear Flat Lick 
 Ford, on the Cumberland river, Ky., be- 
 tween two companies of cavalry, under 
 Col. Munday, two companies of the 49th 
 Indiana, and some rebel pickets, in which 
 the latter lost 4 killed, 4 wounded, and 3 
 taken prisoners. There was no Federal 
 loss. 
 
 14. Com. Foote, with 6 gunboats, at- 
 tacked Fort Donelson, but was repulsed, 
 the Commodore being severely wounded. 
 Federal loss 60 in killed and wounded. 
 
 14. The rear guard of Gen. Price's army 
 in S. W. Missouri was attacked by Gen. 
 Curtis' command, and many prisoners taken. 
 
 14. Bowling Green, Ky., was evacuated 
 by rebel troops, who destroyed most of the 
 available property in the town that could 
 not be removed. 
 
rUE WAR FOE TUB UNION. 
 
 Feb. 1862. 
 
 Feb. 14. Three rebel schooners and one 
 sloop, laden with rice, were destroyed by 
 the crows of armed boats from the U. S. 
 bark Restless, Lieut. E. Couroy, in Bull's 
 Bay.S. C. 
 
 15. The national batteries at Venus Point, 
 on the Savannah river, were attacked by 
 4 rebel gunboats, whicii were repulsed, one 
 of them being severely injured. 
 
 15. The railwaj' bridge crossing tlie Ten- 
 nessee river at Decatur, Ala., was destroyed 
 by Union men. 
 
 15. Gen, Burnside administered the oath 
 of allegiance to the inhabitants of Roanoke 
 Island. 
 
 15. The iron-clad steam gunboat Galena 
 was launched at Mystic, Conn. 
 
 16. Gen. Price was dri'ven from Missouri 
 by Gen. Curtis, who followed him into Ar- 
 kansas, capturing many prisoners. 
 
 16. Gen. Mitchell's troops occupied 
 Bowling-Green, Ky. 
 
 16. Fort Donelson surrendered to the Fe- 
 deral army, under Gen. Grant, after three 
 days' desperate resistance. 15,000 prison- 
 ers were captured, including Brig.-Gen. 
 Buckner, and an immense quantity of war 
 material. Gens. Floyd and Pillow escaped, 
 with a portion of the garrison. 
 
 16. Destruction of the "Tennessee Iron 
 works," owned by John Bell and Messrs. 
 Lewis & Wood, on the Cumberland river, 
 six miles above Dover, by order of Com. 
 Foote. 
 
 17. The First Missouri cavalry fell into 
 an ambush of rebels at Sugar Creek, Ark., 
 by whicli 13 of their number were killed 
 and wounded. 
 
 18. Gov. Rector of Arkansas, by procla- 
 mation, called every man subject to military 
 dutj' into service within 20 days. 
 
 18. First session of tiie Congress of the 
 " permanent" Government of the Confed- 
 erate States opened at Richmond, Va. 
 
 18. The wire and suspension bridges 
 over the Cumberland river at Nashville, 
 Tcnn., were destroyed by Gen. Floj'd, de- 
 spite the remonstrances of the citizens. 
 
 18. A skirmish at Independence, Mo., be- 
 tween a detachment of Ohio cavalry and a 
 band of rebels under Quantrel and Parker. 
 3 rebels killed, several wounded and taken 
 prisoners. 1 Federal killed, 3 wounded. 
 
 19. 1,000 additional rebel prisoners were 
 taken at Fort Donelson, they having come 
 down the river to reinforce Gen. Buckner. 
 
 19. Evacuation of Clarksville, Tenn., by 
 the rebels. The Federal forces, under Com. 
 Foote, took possession of the town, and 
 captured a large quantity of army stores. 
 
 19. Bentonville, Ark., was captured by 
 Gen. Curtis, after a short engagement with 
 
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 the rebels, in whicli more prisoners and 
 supplies were taken. 
 
 20. The rebel steamer Magnolia, with 
 1,050 bales of cotton, was captured in the 
 Gulf of Mexico, by the U. S. steamers 
 Brooklyn and South Carolina. An attempt 
 to fire the vessel was frustrated by the Fed- 
 eral seamen. 
 
 20. The town of Winton, N. C, was par- 
 tially burned by the national forces. 
 
 20. The track of the Memphis and Ohio 
 railway was torn up, and the bridges 
 burned in many places, by order of rebel 
 Gen, Polk. 
 
 21. Battle of Yalvende, N. M. 1,500 
 Federals, under Col. Canby, were defeated 
 by an equal force of rebels, under Col. 
 Steele. Federalloss, 55 killed, 140 wound- 
 ed. Rebel loss, about the same. 
 
 22. Inauguration of Jefferson Davis, of 
 Miss., as President of the " Confederate 
 States," at Richmond, Va., and Alex. H. 
 Stevens, of Ga., as Vice-President, they 
 having received the unanimous vote of 
 109 delegates representing 11 States, viz. : 
 Ala., Ark., Fla., Ga., La„ Miss., N. C, S. C, 
 Tenn., Texas, Va., for the permanent or- 
 ganization of the Confederate States. 
 
 22. Tlie U. S. sloop-of-war Adironac was 
 launched at Brooklyn, N. Y. 
 
 23. 347 released Federal prisoners ar- 
 rived at Fortress Monroe, among them 
 Cols. Lee, Wood and Cogswell. 
 
 23. Lieut. Guin, of Com. Foote's com- 
 mand, made a reconnoissance up the Tenn. 
 river as high as Eastport, Miss., being well 
 received by the inhabitants. At Clifton, 
 Tenn., he took possession of 1500 sacks and 
 barrels of flour and 6,000 bush, of wheat. 
 
 23. Gallatin, Tenn;, occupied by Gen. 
 Buell's forces, 
 
 23. A skirmish at Mason's Neck, near 
 Occoquan, Va., between Texas rangers, 
 and part of the N. Y. 37th, in which 2 of 
 the latter were killed and 1 wounded. 
 
 24. Harpers' Ferry, Va., occupied by the 
 28th Pa. regiment. 
 
 25. Nashville, Tenn., was occupied by 
 Federal forces of Gen. Buell's command. 
 
 25. The 9th Ohio and 2d Minnesota re- 
 giments received handsome flags from 
 ladies of Louisville, Ky., in compliment of 
 their valor at Mill Spring, Jan, 19. 
 
 25. The remainder of Gen. Bank's divi- 
 sion crossed the Potomac and occupied 
 Bolivar and Charlestown, Va. 
 
 25. All the telegraphic lines that could 
 be used by government were taken under 
 military control, and the transmission of 
 reports of military operations forbidden, 
 without permission of the military censor. 
 
 26. Cotton and tobacco planters of Va., 
 
Feb. 1863. 
 
 CHKONOLOGT. 
 
 »t a meeting held at Riclimond, refused to 
 consent to the destruction of tlieir crops. 
 
 26. The command of Capt. Montgomery, 
 ■was surprised by a large force of rebels at 
 Keittsville, Barry Co., Mo. 2 Federals 
 were killed, 1 wounded, and 40 of their 
 horses captured. 
 
 20. The U. S. gunboat R. B, Forbes ran 
 ashore near Nag's Head, N. C, was set on 
 fire and destroyed. 
 
 27. Fayetteville, Ark., was occupied by 
 Gen. Curtis, who captured a number of 
 prisoners, stores, Ac. The rebels retreat- 
 ed across the Boston Mountains. 
 
 27. 42 Federal soldiers were poisoned at 
 Mud Town, Ark., by eating food which had 
 been left for them by rebels. 
 
 27. Col. Wood's cavalry drove rebels 
 out of Dent, Texas and Howell Cos., Mo., 
 capturing 60 prisoners. 
 
 27. U. S. iron clad battery IMonitor, 
 Lieut. Worden, sailed from N. York for 
 Fortress Monroe. 
 
 2S. The British ship Labuan, with a val- 
 uable cargo, arrived at N. York, captured 
 by the U. S. sloop-of-war Portsmouth off 
 Rio Grande rivei'. 
 
 28. The rebel steamer Nashville ran the 
 blockade of Beaufort, N. C, and reached 
 the town. 
 
 28. Capt. Nolen with 64 of the 7th 111. 
 cavalry attacked 90 of JelT. Thompson's 
 cavalry and a battery, west of Charles- 
 town, Mo., and captured 4 guns, losing 1 
 man. 
 
 March 1. The U. S. gunboats Tyler, 
 Lieut. Gwin, commanding, and Lexington, 
 Lieut. Shirk, on an expedition up the Tenn, 
 river, engaged and silenced a rebel bat- 
 tery at Pittsburg, Tenn., 1 miles above 
 Savannah. 
 
 1. Evacuation of Columbus Ky., by 
 rebel troops, leaving their heavy guns, 
 and a large quantity of war material. 400 
 of the 2d Illinois cavalry occupied the 
 town next day, and troops from Com. 
 Foote's flotilla the day after. 
 
 1. U. S. steamer Mount Vernon, cap- 
 tured the schooner British Queen, at the 
 blockade of Wilmington, N. C. 
 
 1. John Minor Botts, Valentine Heeker, 
 Franklin Stearns, and others were arrested 
 at Richmond Va., on a charge of "treason." 
 
 2. Death of Brig. - Gen. Lander, at 
 Camp Chase, on the Upper Potomac, from 
 a W(;und received at Edwards' Ferry Va., 
 Oct. 22, 1861. 
 
 3. Brig.-Gens. S. B. Buckner and Lloyd 
 Tilghman, rebel prisoners, arrived at Fort 
 Warren, Boston, Mass. 
 
 3. U.S.Senate confirmed Gens. McDowell, 
 Buell Burnside, McClernand, C. F. Smith, 
 
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 ( Lew. Wallace andSigelasMaj.-Gtn?. ; and 
 Cols. Speed, of Tenn., Logan of 111., McAr- 
 thur of Iowa, Launian of Iowa, Wallace of 
 Ind., McCook of Ohio, Berry of Maine, and 
 Terry of Conn., as Brigadiers. 
 
 4. Occupation of Fort Clinch and Fer 
 nandina, Fla., and St. Mary's and Bruns 
 wick, Ga., by Federal forces under Com. 
 Dupont and Gen. Wiight. 
 
 4. A squadron of 1st Michigan cavalry 
 surprised and defeated a party of rebel 
 cavalry at Berr^'ville, Va., killing 3 and 
 capturing 9 horses without loss. 
 
 4. Two bridges on the Nashville and De- 
 catur railway, Tenn., destroyed by rebels. 
 
 5. Bunker llill, Va., was occupied by 
 rebel forces. 
 
 6. Two rebel officers were captured at 
 ATenna, Va., by a detachment of Col. 
 Averill's cavalry. 
 
 6 A rebel picket of 5 was captured by 
 Van Alen's cavalry near Bunker Hill, Va. 
 
 7. Capt. Cole's Maryland cavalry en- 
 countered a few of Ashby's rebel caval- 
 ry, near Winchester, Va., 6 rebels wer<; 
 killed and 5 wounded. Capt. Cole had .S 
 men wounded. 
 
 6, 7, 8. Battle of Pea Ridge, Ark. 
 Tiie combined rebel forces under Gens. 
 Van Dorn, Price, McCulloeh and Pike, 
 were defeated by the Federal army under 
 Gens. Curtis, Sigel, Asboth and Davis. 
 Federal loss in killed, wounded and miss- 
 ing, 1351. The rebel loss about 2000. 
 Gens. McCulloeh, Mcintosh and Slack, 
 were killed. 
 
 8. Destruction of the U. S. sloop-of-war 
 Cumberland, and the frigate Congress, in 
 action with the rebel iron battery Merri- 
 mac, in Hampton Roads, Va. 100 men 
 were killed or drowned on the Cumberland. 
 
 8. By order of the President, Maj.-Gen. 
 McClellan was directed to organize and 
 command the army of the Potomac, divi- 
 ded into 5 army corps, under Maj.Geus. 
 McDowell, Brig.-Gens. E. V. Sumner. S. P. 
 Heintzelman, E. L. Keyes and N. P. 
 Banks. 
 
 8. Col. Geary entered Leesburg, Va.. 
 capturing many, prisoners, stores, &c. 
 
 8. Manassas, Va., was evacuated by the 
 rebels. 
 
 9. Combat of the U. S. iron battery Mon- 
 itor, and the rebel iron battery Merrimac, 
 in Hampton Roads, Va. After a desperate 
 combat of 3 hours, the Merrimac was com- 
 pelled to retire, having received severe in- 
 juries. 
 
 9. The rebel battery at Cockpit Point, 
 on the Potomac captured by Federal troops. 
 
 9. Brilliant charge of 14 of the Lincoln 
 cavalry at Burk's etation, near Fairfa.x 
 
THE WAR FOR THE U^TIOJT. 
 
 March, 1862. 
 
 Court House, Va., against 100 infantry, 3 
 of whom wore killed, 5 •wounded and 11 
 captured. Lieut. Hidden was killed. 
 
 March 10. Lieut. 0. Houston and 8 
 men of 2J Ohio battery was captured in 
 S. W. Mo. by Te.xas rangers. 
 
 10. Centreville, Va,, was occupied by 
 national forces, the bridges, railway track, 
 depot, t&e. having been destroyed by rebels. 
 
 11. Gen. Tope's troops occupied Point 
 Pleasant, Mo., 8 miles below jN'ew Madrid. 
 
 11. Berryville, Va., was occupied by 
 Gen. Gorman, of Gen. Bank's division. 
 
 11. The country intervening between 
 the Department of the Potomac and that 
 of the Mississippi, was organized as the 
 " Mountain Department," and assigned to 
 Gen. Fremont. 
 
 11. The "Department of the Miss.," was 
 organized and assigned to Gen, Halleck, 
 which included his previous department, 
 and that of Gen. Hunter's in Kansas ; also 
 all of Gen. Buell's west of Knoxville, Tenn. 
 
 11. Occupation of St. Augustine, Fla., 
 by Federal naval forces under Com Rogers. 
 
 12. Winchester, Va., was occupied by 
 national troops, who captured rebel stores. 
 
 12. Curlis'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 Ot- 
 tawa, Seneca, and Pembina, under com- 
 mand 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 mili- 
 tary 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 tire 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. 
 lleVjel loss, 50 killed, 200 wounded. 
 
 14. A detachment of Ohio and Indiana 
 troops, under Col. Carter and Lieut. Col. 
 Keigwin, from tlicir camp at Cumberland 
 Ford, Ky., attacked 300 rebels on tlie Cum- 
 berland 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. 
 
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 16. Two rebel captains and 17 privates 
 were captured on Indian Creek, Arkansas. 
 
 17. Federal forces in Va., under Gen, 
 Shields, advanced frona Winchester and 
 drove the enemy toward Strasburg. 
 
 18. The rebel fleet on the Mississippi at 
 Island No. lo, attacked Com. Foote's flo- 
 tilla, but retired after slight loss on either 
 side, the rebels crippling two of the Federal 
 gunboats. with their rams. 
 
 2'». 07 citizens of Loudon co., Va., were 
 sent to Richmond on the Central cars, and 
 committed to one of the military prisons. 
 
 21. Santa Fe, N. M., was seized by 100 
 rebel Texans, under Major C. L. Pyron. 
 
 21. Washington, N. C, occupied by Fed- 
 eral troops under Col. Stevenson. 
 
 22. Rebel forces, under Gens. Jackson, 
 Smith and Longstreet, advanced upon Win- 
 chester, Va., where Gen. Shields' forces en- 
 gaged them successfully until night. 
 
 22. A skirmish occurred between a de- 
 tachment of the 6th Kansas and Quantrall'a 
 band, near Independence, Mo. The latter 
 was routed with 7 killed. The Federals 
 lost 1 killed, and captured 11 prisoners and 
 2o horses. 
 
 22. Lieut. T. A. Budd and Acting Mas- 
 ter Mather, attached to Flag-officer Du- 
 pont'a squadron, having imprudently ven- 
 tured on shore, with a portion of their men, 
 to examine a rebel earthwork, near Mos- 
 quito 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 des- 
 perate 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 Canon, between Santa Fe and 
 Fort Union, by Federal troops under Maj. 
 Chirington. 
 
 26. A baud of rebels attacked 4 compan- 
 ies 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 tho 
 Federal forces. 
 
 28. The Federal gunboats and mortars, 
 under Corns. 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 raU- 
 
 way. The locomotive was run into a ditch 
 
 I and the cars destroyed. Col. Currin Pope, 
 
March, 1832. 
 
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 of Ky., and sereral 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 move- 
 ment the next day by Maj. Chivington, 
 with 400 men, threw the rebels into con- 
 fusion, and after burning their train, they 
 sought safety in flight. Rebel loss, SO killed, 
 100 wounded, 93 prisoners. Federal loss, 
 38 killed, 5-i- wounded, 17 prisoners. The 
 Texans retired to Santa Fe and the Fed- 
 erals to Fort Union. 
 
 2'.). A detachment of the 1st Iowa cav- 
 alry, under Capt. Thompson, overtook tl>e 
 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 Fed- 
 erals 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, 
 surjjrised the rebels at the upper battery 
 of Island No. 10, and spiked G large guns. 
 
 1. Col. Cai'line, 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 as- 
 signed to Maj. -Gen. Banks; and that por- 
 tion of Virginia east of tlie I51ue Ridge and 
 west of the Potomac constituted the De- 
 partment of the 'Rappahannock, and was 
 assigned to Maj. -Gen. McDowell. 
 
 1. Gen. Banks advanced from Strasburg, 
 Va., to Woodstock, and thence to Eden- 
 burg, driving the enemy with slight skir- 
 mishing. The railway bridge at Edenburg 
 was burnt by rebels under Gen. Jackson. 
 
 1. Heavy bombardment at Island Xo. 10. 
 
 2. Manassas Gap, Va., was occupied by 
 Col. Geary's troops by strategy, frustrat- 
 ing a similar attempt by the rebels. 
 
 3. U. S. Senate passed a bill for the abo- 
 lition of slavery in the District of Colum- 
 bia, by a vote of 29 yeas, 14 nays. 
 
 3. Gen. Steele's forces in the advance of 
 Gen. Curtis' array, reached Putnam, Ark. 
 
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 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 corjJS, 
 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 woimded, 
 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 tlie 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 posses- 
 sion 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. Mack- 
 all and Gantt, to the Federal forces under 
 Gen. Paine, of Gen. Pope's division, at Tip- 
 tonville, Tenn. 
 
 8. Gen. W. T. Sherman was dispatched 
 by Gen. Grant with a large reconnoitering 
 force on the Corinth, Miss., road. A por- 
 tion 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 com- 
 menced 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 
 tlianks to Almighty God for having vouch- 
 safed signal victories over rebellious ene- 
 mies, and also for having averted the dan- 
 gers of foreign interference and invasion. 
 
 11. Surrender of Fort Pulaski, Ga., after 
 
THE WAR FOE THE UNION. 
 
 April 18G2. 
 
 a bombardment of two daj-s. Federal 
 loss, 1 killed, 1 wounded ; rebels, 3 wounded 
 3G0 prisoners, 47 guns, 40,000 lbs. powder. 
 April 11. The rebel steamers Merrimac, 
 Jamestown and Yorktown, came down be- 
 tween Newport News and Sewall's Point, 
 on the Chesapeake, and captured 3 vessels. 
 
 11. Severe skirmishing in front of York- 
 town, Va., by General Jameson's brigade, 
 20 of the Federals were killed or wounded. 
 
 , 11. Gen. Ilalleck assumed command of 
 the Federal arm}' at Pittsburg, Tenn. 
 
 12. Gen. Milroy, at Monterey, Va., was 
 attacked by a large force of rebels, whom 
 lie repulsed with sliglit loss. 
 
 12. The Charleston and Memphis rail- 
 way at Chattanooga Junction was seized by 
 Gen. Miteliel's forces, and 2,000 rebels and 
 much property were captured. 
 
 12. 4,000 men on five transports, accom- 
 panied by the gunboats Lexington and 
 Tyler, left Pittsburg Landing, Tenn., and 
 ■proceeded up tlie Tennessee river to East- 
 port, Miss., where they landed, and de- 
 stroj'cd two bridges on the Ohio and Mo- 
 bile railway, intercepting the rebel com- 
 munication with Alabama. A body of 
 Confederate cavalry were met on their re- 
 turn, who were routed, and four killed. 
 
 14. The U. S. forces were withdrawn 
 from Jacksonville, Fla., andthe rebels soon 
 after returning the loyal inhabitants suf- 
 fered severely, and many were driven away. 
 
 14. The Potomac flotilla ascended the 
 Eappahannock river, Va., destroying sev- 
 eral batteries. Three vessels were captured. 
 
 14. Com. Foote's mortar boats opened 
 fire on Fort Wright, on the Mississippi. 
 
 15. M. Mercicr, French Minister at 
 Washington, paid an official visit to the 
 rebel authorities at Richmond. 
 
 15. Ex-Sec. of War Cameron was arrest- 
 ed 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 Cas- 
 tleman's Ferry, on the Shenandoah river, 
 Va., by wliich 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 Frederickslnirg by McDowell's. 
 
 17. Bombardment of Forts Wriglit, on 
 the Mississippi, by the national flotilla. 
 
 17 — 24. Bombardment of Fort Jackson 
 and St. Philip, on the Mississippi. 
 
 20. Battle of Camden or Soutli Mills, 
 
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 N. C. Gen. Reno's forces drove the rebels 
 from tlieir 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, destroj'ing 13 rebel gun- 
 boats, (he rain Manassas, and 3 transports. 
 
 25. New Orleans captured. Rebel bat- 
 teries on both sides of the river destroyed. 
 
 25. Maj.-Gen. C. F. Smith died at Savan- 
 nah, 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 Hub- 
 bard, and rebels and Indians under Cols. 
 CotFee 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 los?, 
 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 encountcreil 
 rebel cavalry pickets near Farmington, 
 Miss., in which 8 of the latter were killed. 
 
 4. Gen. Stoneman's advance of McClel- 
 lan's army encountered a rebel force near 
 Williamsburg, Va., seven of whom were 
 killed and 25 captured. 2 Feds, killed, 20 av. 
 
 5. Battle of Williamsburg, Va. Gen. 
 Kearney's and Hooker's divisions engaged 
 the rebel armj' 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 di- 
 vision of McClellan's army having been 
 conveyed by transports to the head of 
 York river, effected a landing, where lie 
 was attacked by a force of rebels, and with 
 the aid of gunboats defeated the enemy. 
 
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 1862. 
 
 May 7. A detachment of the 13th Ind., 
 
 Col. Foster, was led into an ambnsh at 
 Soraerville Heights, Va., bj' a sa})erioi 
 force of rebels of the 7th Louisiana. 
 After a severe skirmish, Col. Foster made 
 an orderly retreat, with the loss of 29 
 men, inllictin^ equal loss to the enem)\ 
 
 7. Tlie 33d^Ohio, Maj. Caulev, drove a 
 rebel force from Giles's Court House, and 
 the narrows of New river, W. Va., and 
 captured 30 prisoners and some stores. 
 
 8. Skirmish near Corinth, Miss., by the 
 7th 111. cavalry, Maj. Arlington, in which 
 their commander was killed. 4 Federals 
 wounded. Rebel loss 30. 
 
 8. The iron-clad steamer Galena, assist- 
 ed by the gunboats Aroostook and Port 
 Royal, attacked and silenced two rebel 
 batteries a short distance from the mouth 
 of the James river, Va., called the Upper 
 and Lower shoal batteries. But trifling 
 damage was experienced by the Federal 
 vessels, and no casualties. 
 
 8. A reconnoissance in force was made 
 by the united forces of Gens. Schenck 
 and Milroy, near McDowell, W. Va., 
 with 3,;j00 men, to check the advance of 
 a superior force of rebels then threat- 
 ening to attack them. An engagement of 
 5 hours' duration ensued, in which 30 of 
 the Feds, were killed and 200 wounded. 
 The loss of the enemy is computed to 
 have been greater. The movement was 
 successful in checking the advance of the 
 rebs., and the Fed. force was safely with- 
 drawn to Franklin, the rebels showing 
 no disposition to renew the combat. 
 
 8. An address was issued to the de- 
 mocracy of the U. S. setting forth party 
 or^'^anization as essential to the preser- 
 vation of public liberty. It was signed by 
 Jilessrs. Tiichardson, Knapp, and Robin 
 f^on, of 111. ; Law and Voorliees of Ind. 
 "Wiiite, Allen Noble, IVIorris, Pendleton, 
 and Vallandigham, of Ohio ; Ancona and 
 Johnson, of Penn., and Shields, of Ore- 
 gon. 
 
 8. A bill passed by the U. S. Senate, es- 
 tablishing Beaufort, S. C, as a port of 
 entry. 
 
 9. Two guerrillas were hung at Ches- 
 ter, W. Va., in conformity with orders 
 based on a proclamat'uof Gen. Fremont. 
 
 9. Gen. Hunter proclaimed the persona 
 in the States of Ga., Fa., and S. C, here- 
 tofore held as slaves, " forever free." 
 
 9. Burning Sju-ings, W.Va., was burn- 
 ed by rebel guerrillas. 
 
 9. Pensacola, Fla., evacuated by the 
 rebs. after setting fire to forts, navy yard 
 barracks and Marine hospital. 
 
 9. Capt. Connet and 48 men of the 27th 
 Ind., were captured 13 miles from Athens 
 Ala., bv a superior cavalry force under 
 Col. Woodward. 13 rebs. and 5 Feds, 
 wre killed. 
 
 9. At Farmington, 5 miles N. W. of Co- 
 rinth. Miss., the rebs. in great force under 
 Ruggles, Price and Van Dorn, attacked 
 Plummer's and Palmer's brigades, attach- 
 ed to Muj-Gen. Pope's division, and com- 
 pelled them to retreat. A brilliant cavalry 
 charge was made bv the 2d Iowa, who lost 
 90 horses, 3 men killed and 40 wounded. 
 The entire Fed. loss was about 40 killed 
 and 120 wounded. The reb. loss was 
 much greater. 
 
 9. The prize steamer P. C. "Wall is, 
 while on the way from Ship Isl. to N. O., 
 with a battery of artillery on board, 
 sprung a leak and sunk. The crew were 
 saved by the gunboat Saxon. 
 
 9. Two recruits for the Fed. army at 
 Washington, N. C, assassinated by rebs. 
 
 9. A company of rebs. under Capt. 
 Walker, attempted to surprise Fed. oOi- 
 cers at Washington, N. C. Capt. Red- 
 ding's company of 24th Mass., acting as 
 pickets, killed Capt. Walker and 5 men. 
 No Feds, were injured. 
 
 10. A spirited naval engagement oc- 
 curred on the Miss, above Fort Wright. 
 The Fed. gunboats besieging that place, 
 under the command of Acting-Flag-Oth- 
 cer Davis, were attacked by the rebel 
 gunboats and rams then stationed at thati 
 post, who after a half hour's contest were 
 forced to retire. The Fed. gunboats Cin- 
 cinnati and Mound City were badly in- 
 jured in the contest, and the reb. vessels 
 also were considerably cut up, though the 
 casualties on either side were small. 
 
 10. White House, on the Pamunkey 
 river, Va., occupied by Federal cavalry, 
 7,000 bushels of wlieat and 4,000 of corn 
 captured. 
 
 10. $800,000 in specie seized by Gen. 
 
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THE WAR FOK THE UNION'. 
 
 May, 1862. 
 
 Butler in New Orleans, fit the office of 
 the Consul for the Netiierhxnds. 
 
 May 10. New Kent C. H., Va., occu- 
 pied by Gen. Stoncraan's Fed. cavalry. 
 
 10. The iron-clad steamer Ironsides 
 was launched at Philadelphia. 
 
 10. The reb. schooner Maria Theresa, 
 was captured by the U. S. gunboat Una- 
 dilla. 
 
 10. Norfolk, Va., was occupied by Fed. 
 troops under Gen. Wool. 
 
 10. A plot discovered in Paducah, Ky. 
 by which the town was to be handed 
 over to the rebs. within a week. Infor- 
 mation was given by one of the conspir- 
 ators. 
 
 11. The fortifications of Craney I., Va., 
 taken possession of by the Nat'.l forces. 
 
 11. 48 freight and 4 passenger cars, 
 and 3 locomotives were captured by 140 
 reb. cavalry under Col. Morgan, at Cave 
 City, Ky. 
 
 11. Col. Phelan's reb. camp at Bloom- 
 field, Mo., was broken up by the 1st 
 Wis. cavalry. 
 
 11. A reb. lieutenant and 10 men were 
 captured by Maj. Duffie's command, 
 Harris' Light cavalry, near Fredericks- 
 burg, Va. 
 
 11. The reb. iron-plated steamer Merri- 
 mac was abandoned by her crew and 
 blown up otf Craney Island, Va., the re- 
 treat of the rebel forces from Yorktown 
 and Norfolk isolating her from the Con- 
 federate forces. 
 
 13. The reb. steamer Governor Morton 
 captured. 
 
 13. General Fremont, with his com- 
 mand, reached Franklin, W.Va., advanc- 
 ing by forced marches. Maj. -Gen. Hal- 
 leck issued an order expelling newspaper 
 correspondents from his lines. 
 
 13. Martial law enforced in Charles- 
 ton, S. C. 
 
 13. Reb. Gen. Jackson made an unsuc- 
 cessful attack on Gens. jMilroy and 
 Schenck's brigades near McDowell, Va., 
 Fed. loss 20 killed and 177 wounded. 
 Reb. loss 40 killed, 200 wounded. Feds, 
 lost their camps, baggage, and stores. 
 
 13. Reb. armed steamer Planter, was 
 run out of Charleston, S. C, by a negro 
 crew, and surrendered to Commander 
 Parrott, of the steamer Augusta. 
 
 13. Suffolk, Va., occupied by Federal 
 troops under Maj. Dodge. 
 
 13. Gen. BiUler forbid the opening of 
 churches on the 15th inst. in N. O., for 
 the purpose of observing a fast day pre- 
 scribed by Jeff. Davis. 
 
 13. Attack on Fort Wright, Miss, river, 
 by reb. mortar and gunboats. 
 
 13. Slight skirmish near Monterey, 
 Tenn., by Gen. Smith's troops. Reb. lop- 
 10 ; Union 3. 
 
 13. Natchez, Miss., surrendered to flag 
 officer Farragut. 
 
 14. A skirmish near Trenton Bridge, 
 N. C. Col. Amory with 17th and 25th 
 Mass. defeated a reb. force, killing 10 of 
 them. 
 
 14. Rebel steamer Alice captured in 
 Roanoke river by U. S. steamers Ceres 
 and Lockwood. 
 
 14. A party consisting of four officers' 
 servants and several convalescent sol- 
 diers, in charge of Surgeon Charles New- 
 ham, 29th N. Y. v., when on the road to 
 Moorfield, Avere attacked while passing 
 through a gap on Lost river, near War- 
 tonsville. VVith the exception of Dr. 
 Newham, who, though severely wounded 
 succeeded in cutting his way through, the 
 whole party were either killed or taken 
 prisoners. 
 
 15. The Fed. iron battery Monitor, to- 
 gether with the mailed gunboats Galena 
 and E. A. Stevens, attacked Fort Darling, 
 on Watches Bluff, G miles below Rich- 
 mond, on the James river. The fight 
 continued for four hours, when the am- 
 munition of the Galena having become 
 exhausted, the Fed. vessels retired. The 
 Galena was badly damaged, and lost 17 
 men killed and about 20 wounded. The 
 large rifled gun of the E. A. Stevens 
 burst early in the acti(m. All the vessels 
 engaged under great disadvantage in not 
 being able to obtain sufficient elevation 
 of their guns to bear on the high bluffs 
 occupied by the enemy. 
 
 15. A company of infantry from Gen. 
 Geary's command were attacked by a 
 body of rebel cavalry. Fed. loss 17. 
 
 15. Slight skirmi^^h near Batesville, 
 Ark., by 5th 111. cavalry, Lieut. Smith. 
 
 16. U. S. steamer Oriental wrecked 
 near Cape Hatteras, N. C. 
 
 16. Reb. newspapers suppressed in N. 
 Orleans by Gen. Butler, and the cir- 
 culation of Confederate notes prohibited 
 
 16. Skirmish near Trenton, N.C. U.S. 
 cavalry attacked a detachment of rebs. in 
 ambush, and scattered them, killing 6 or 
 8, and wounding a larger number. Maj. 
 Fitzfimmons of the cavalry wounded, 
 and Lieut. Mayes and four men taken 
 prisoners. 
 
 17. A successful movement was made 
 by a portion of Gen. W. T. Sherman's 
 division of the army investing Corinth, 
 by which the rebs. were driven from 
 their position at Russell's House, two 
 miles from Coruith. 12 of the rebel dead 
 
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May, 1862. 
 
 CHRONOLOGY. 
 
 were left on the field, but all their wound-lCity Point, on the James river, Va., was 
 ed were removed. Gen. M. L. Smith's fired on by a party of 20 or 30 rebs. while 
 brigade, of the Fed. army, lost 10 killed the surgeon and other officers were on 
 and 31 wounded. ishore. Three of the men in the boat 
 
 17. Gen. Carleton's brigade entered; were killed, and 2 wounded; while the 
 Arizona; Col. West's regiment arrived'party who had landed were made prison- 
 at Luczon; and raised the National flag'ers, and sent to Riclimond. 
 over the ruins of Fort Breckinridge. j 20. Edward Stanley, of N. C, received 
 
 17. The advance of the Anny of the |a Fed. commission as Military Governor 
 Potomac reached Bottom's Bridge on the | of that State. 
 
 Chickaliominy river. j 20. Skirmish near 3Ioorfield, Va. A 
 
 18. Engagement near Searey, on Little party of soldiers under Lieut.-Col. Dow- 
 Red river, Ark. 150 men of Gen. Oster-juey, captured 13 and killed 4 guerrillas, 
 haus's troops engaged and defeated al 20. 17 wagons and 80 mules with gov- 
 superior force of the enemy, in which 'ernment stores were captured 20 miles 
 
 the latter lost about 100 men, 
 
 18. A fight near Princeton, Va., 
 which Gen. Cox's troops were defeated, 
 with a loss of 30 Wiled and 70 wounded, 
 by a rebel force under Humphrey Mar- 
 shall. 
 
 18. Suff"olk, Va., occupied by Feds. 
 
 19. The Ai'my of the PDtuniac re- 
 sumed its march from Cumlicrlaiul across 
 the Pfuinsula towards Richmond. 
 
 19. White House, on tb.e Pamunkey, 
 selected as the general depot of supplies 
 for the Army of the Poiomac. 
 
 19. Gens. Heintzelmau and Keys, with 
 40,000 men, marched for Bottom's 
 Bridge, on tlie Chickahominy. 
 
 19. Gen. McClellau, with his main 
 army, reached Tunstall's Station. 
 
 19. A skirmish near Newbern, N. C. 
 Fed. loss ; reb. 11 
 
 19. Lieut. Whitesides and 8 men of the 
 6th caviUry, captured a train of reb. Gen. 
 Whiting's, with 100 mules and 8 negroes. 
 
 19. John T. Monroe, Mayor of N. Or- 
 leans, and other city officers, arrested by 
 Gen. Butler and sent to Fort Jackson. 
 
 19. Pres. Lincoln, by proclamation, de- 
 clared null and void general order No. 
 11 of Maj.-Gen. Hunter, commanding 
 at Hilton Head, S. C, and dated May 9, 
 in which he pronounced the slaves of the 
 States of Georgia, Florida and South Car- 
 olina " forever free." The President 
 asked the serious consideration of the 
 States interested, to the resolution of 
 Congress of May 6, 18G2, otFering to aid 
 any State which should adopt a gradual 
 abolition of slavery. 
 
 19. Typhoid and bilious fevers raging 
 among the Fed. soldiers at Norfolk, Va. 
 Deaths about 10 daily. The steamer 
 Vanderbilt took 500 of the sick from 
 YoriUown to Baltimore. 
 
 19. A boat from the Wachusett, man- 
 ned by 6 officers and 12 men, with a flag 
 of truce conveying a surgeon on shore, 
 wlio had been sent a short distance above 
 
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 from Roll a, Mo. 
 
 20. Reb. works on Cole's Island, S. C, 
 burned. 
 
 20. The advance of Gen. McClellan'g 
 army under Gen. Stoneman, reached 
 New Bridge, on the Chickahominy 
 creek, 8 miles from Richmond, driving 
 in the enemy's outposts. The enemy had 
 then no forces south of the Chickaho- 
 miny. Gen. Stoneman lost 1 killed and 3 
 wounded. 
 
 20. Lieut.-Cols. Mcllhanny, Rawlings, 
 Thursman, aiul Davis, four rebel officers, 
 were captured by Brig.-Gen. Totten, 
 while they were about to cross the Mis- 
 souri river, above Jefferson City, on a 
 mission to stir up rebellion in Missouri. 
 
 21. Skirmish near Corinth, ]\Iiss., by 
 troops from the 1st and 20th Ky., under 
 Fed. Col. Scdgewick. Union loss 25. 
 
 22. Lieut. E. R. Colburn of the Fed. 
 gunboat Hunchback, commander of the 
 tJ. S. Naval forces in North Carolina 
 waters, in company with the gunboats 
 Shansun and Whitehead, destroyed sev- 
 eral rebel fortifications on the Mehirun 
 and Chowan rivers, and captured 3 or 4 
 vessels laden with valuable cargoes. 
 
 23. The reb. steamer Daniel E. Miller, 
 with military stores and 60 recruits, for 
 Memphis, was captured on the St. Fran- 
 cis river, by the 1st Wis. cavalry, Capt. 
 Daniels, he having a 6-pounder on shore. 
 
 23. Col. J. R. Kenly, with the 1st Md. 
 regiment, part of the 29th Penn. reg't, 
 and a small force of N. Y. cavalry, was 
 attacked at Front Royal, Va., by a large 
 force of rebs. under Gen. Jackson. After 
 brave resistance the Feds, were defeated, 
 and Col. Kenly, with the larger part of 
 the Md. reg't taken prisoners. 
 
 23. Gen. tieath, with 3,000 men, at- 
 tacked tlie Fed. force under Col. Crook, 
 at Lewisburg, Va. : after a severe fight 
 the rebs. were routed. Crook's force 
 numbered 1,300. Fed. loss 10 killed, 40 
 wounded, and 8 missing. The loss of the 
 
THE WAR FOR TUE UNION'. 
 
 May, 18S2. 
 
 enemy much greater. 4 cannon, 200 
 stands, of arms, and 100 prisoners were 
 captured. 
 
 May 23. A portion of the 4th Slich. 
 and 5th U. S. cavalry succeeded in cross- 
 ing the Chickaliominy, and getting, un- 
 perceived in the rear of four coiiijanies of 
 the 5th Louisiana reg't, which had been 
 drawn toward the creek by the sight of a 
 portion of tlie Fed. Ibi'ces on tlie opposite 
 bank. Many of the rebs. were killed, 15 
 "wounded, and CI taken prisoners. One 
 Union soldier killed, and 6 wounded. 
 
 23. Grand Gulf, Miss., shelled by Fed. 
 gunboats in retaliation for the tiring on 
 Fed. transports by a masked battery near 
 that place. 
 
 28. Gen. McClellan's army crossed 
 Bottom's Bridge on the Chickaliominy, 
 and his advance was within 7 miles of 
 Kichmond. 
 
 24. Two Ga. reg'ts under Gen. Cobb, 
 were attacked near Williamsville, b}'' por- 
 tions of 4 reg'ts belonging to Gen. David- 
 son's brigades, attached to Gen. McClel- 
 lan's army before Richmond. The Fv.d. 
 soldiers drove the rebs. from the town, 
 With considerable loss. Fed. casualties 2 
 killed and 4 wounded. 
 
 24. The 4th Mich, encountered the 5th 
 Louisiana a short distance above New 
 Bridge, on the Chickaliominy. 37 rebs. 
 captured, and about 50 killed and woun- 
 ded. Fed. loss 10. 
 
 24. All the railroads in the U. S. claim- 
 
 fidl retreat, on the road from "Winchester 
 to Strasbnrg, Va. 25 of the rebs. were 
 captured. Their killed and wounded un- 
 known. 7 Fed. soldiers wounded. 
 
 26. British steamer Patras cajitured 
 off Charleston, S. C, by U. S. gunboat 
 Bienville. 
 
 26. N. Y. and Mass. militia left home 
 for Washington at one day's notice. 
 
 27. The Enalish steamer Gordon, cap- 
 tured oft' Wihnington, N. C, by the gun- 
 boats State of Georgia and Victoria. 
 
 27. Gens. Martindale and Buttertield's 
 brigades engaged and defeated a rebel 
 force of 8,000 near Hanover C. H., Va. 
 Fed. loss 54 killed and 194 wounded and 
 missing. Rebel loss between 2 and 300 
 killed and wounded, and 500 prisoners. 
 
 28. Engagement onthe Corinth road, 
 ]Miss. A reconnoissance by the 10th Iowa, 
 Col. Purcell, of Gen. Halleck's forces, 
 met and fought a rebel force. Federal 
 loss 25 killed and wounded ; 30 reb. dead 
 left on the field. 
 
 28. Gens. Denver and Smith of Sher- 
 man's division, and Gen. Veatch, obtain- 
 ed possession of a strong position within 
 1,300 yards of the rebel lines at Corinth, 
 Miss., giving the Federal army command 
 of the enemy's lines. Union loss 6 killed, 
 12 Avounded. 
 
 29. Capt. Frisbee, commanding a de- 
 tachment of the 38th 111. infantry, and 
 the 1st Mo. cavalry, captured, near Ne- 
 osho, Mo., 2 colonels, 1 lieutenant, a nnm- 
 
 cd by the government for military pur-jber of guns and revolvers, 15 horses, and 
 poses. . a large train of forage and provisions. 
 
 24. The steamer Swan, with 1,000 29. English steamer Elizabeth, cap- 
 bales of cotton and 800 bbls. rosin, cap- tured off Charleston, S. C, by U. S. gun- 
 tured off Cuba by U. S. brig Buinbridgeiboat Keystone State. 
 
 and bark Amanda. 29. Ashland, Va., occupied by Federal 
 
 25. Gen. N. P. Banks, with 4,000 men, [troops, and a large numl^er of cars with 
 was attacked nt Winchester, at daylight,! valuable rebel stores were captured. 
 
 by about 15,000 rebs. under Gens.'Ewell 29. Skirmish at Pocotaligo, S. C. Reb. i-- 
 and Johnson. After a spirited resistance loss about 20 killed and wounded ; Union 
 Gen. Banks made good his retreat to loss 11. 
 
 Martinsburg. 30. Booneville, 24 miles S. of Corinth, 
 
 25. A riot in Baltimore, created by the Miss., occupied by 2 regiments of Fed. 
 excitement caused on hearinc; of the de-'cavahy under Col. Elliott, a large amount 
 
 of stores destroyed, with depot, engines, 
 and cars, and 200 rebel sick captured and 
 paroled. 
 
 30. Capture of Corinth, Miss., by Gen. 
 Halleck's army. 2,000 rebel piisoners, 
 and large sup]i"lies taken. 
 30. Col. Elliott, with the 2nd Iowa 
 
 feat and capture of a large part of Col. 
 Kenlj^'s Md. regiment. Many sece^■sion- 
 ists who expressed joy at hearing of the 
 misfortune, were roughly handled by the 
 friends of the regiment. 
 
 26. After a five hours' chase the English 
 iron steamer Camljria, with a carijo of 
 
 stores for the reb.''., was captured otf Icavalry, by forced marches from Corinth 
 Charleston, S. C, by the Fed. gunboat I Miss., jx'netratcd the enemy's lines to 
 Huron. iBoonevillc, on the Ohio and Mobile rail- 
 
 26. Col. Cluseret, with the advance'way. They tore up the traelc in many 
 brigade of Gen. Fremont's army, over-lplaces north and south of that point, de- 
 took the rebel Gen. Jackson's forces, inlstroyed the locomotives, and 26 cars la- 
 
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May, 1862. 
 
 CHEONOLOGT. 
 
 den with supplies for the rebel army. 
 They also took 10,000 stand of arms, 3 
 pieces of artillery, large quantities of 
 clothing and ammunition, and paroled 
 2,000 prisoners. 
 
 30. On the Winchester road, six miles 
 from Front Royal, Va., a body of Fed. 
 troops attacked a body of rebels, who 
 fled at the first fire, leaving six of their 
 number prisoners, but bearing away their 
 killed and wounded. 1 English 12-pdr., 
 and 12 wagons were captured ; and 6 
 of the 1st Maryland regiment, who were 
 captured in a previous battle at Front 
 Royal, were released. 
 
 30. A brigade of National troops, with 
 4 com]")anies of R. I. cavalry, entered 
 Front Royal, Va., and surprised the 8;h 
 La., and 12th Ga. troops, capturing 6 
 officers and 150 men, killing and wound- 
 ing 20, and securing 2 engines, 11 cars, 
 and various stores. Fed. loss 8 killed 5 
 wounded. 
 
 • 30. 13 of the 11th Pa. cavalry captured 
 near Zuni, Va. 
 
 81. Skirmish at Neosho, Mo. The 10th 
 111. cavalry and 300 militia, under Capt. 
 Richardson, were driven from the town 
 by rebs. and Indians, under Maj. Wright, 
 after a slight resistance, and a quantity of 
 plunder obtained by the enemy. 
 
 31. Baton Rouge, La., occupied by 
 Federal troops under Gen. Williams. 
 
 31. Skirmish near Washington, N. C, 
 by a party of tlie 3rd N. Y. cavalry, in 
 which reb. cavalry were defeated with a 
 loss of 11. Federal loss, 2 wounded. 
 
 31. Six reb. prisoners ordered to be 
 executed by Gen. Butler, at N. O., for 
 violating their parole. 
 
 31. Battle of Fair Oaks, Va. General 
 Casey's division, after a gallant resistance 
 were overwhelmed by the reb. army. At 
 night the rebs. occupied the camps of 
 the 4th corps, but their advance was 
 broken. Gens. Couch, Heintzelman, 
 Kearney, Richardson, and Sedgwick, ar- 
 rived on the field at night with reinforce- 
 ments. 
 
 June 1. Col. ElUott with the 2d Ohio 
 cavalry, returued to Corinth, Miss., from 
 a successful raid on the Jlobile and Ohio 
 railroad. He burned 2 locomotives and 
 20 cars loaded with supplies, destroyed 
 10,000 muskets, and captured 2,000 pris- 
 oners. 
 
 1. Gen. Dix assigned to command For- 
 tress Jflonroe and vicinity. 
 
 1. Rebel fortification at Pig Point, Va., 
 destroyed. 
 
 1. Skirmish between Strasburg and 
 Staunton, Va., between Gen. Fremont and 
 
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 Gen. Jackson's troops, with but slight re- 
 sults. Fed. loss about 12, mostly woun'd. 
 
 1. The reb. army renew the attack on 
 the Fed. forces at Fair Oaks, Va., when 
 the enemy were defeated and driven from 
 the field, with a loss of 8,000 killed and 
 wounded. Fed. loss 5,730. 
 
 1. Gen Wool promoted to a Maj. Gen- 
 eralship U. S. army. 
 
 1. Two boats' crews from the U. S. 
 bark Kingfisher captured on the Ocilla 
 river, Florida. 
 
 1. Skirmish near Strasburg, Va., by 
 Col. Cluseret's Fed. troops and Ashby'a 
 cavalry. 
 
 3. Maj. -Gen. Robert E. Lee assigned to 
 the command of the rebel army in front 
 of Richmond. 
 
 4. Skirmish near Jasper, Tenn. Gen. 
 Negley's troops routed a large force of 
 reb. cavalry under Gen. Adams, capturing 
 25, with a large quantity of arms, and 
 killing and wouudiug 12. 
 
 4. Sixteen hundred of Gen. Prentiss's 
 troops captured at Pittsburg Landing, 
 arrived at Nashville, on parole. 
 
 4. Forts Pillow and Randolph, on the 
 Mississippi, were evacuated by the rebs. 
 and occupied by Fed. forces on the ensu- 
 ing day. 
 
 5. The 24th Mass. were attacked from 
 an ambush, near Washington, N. C. 7 
 men were killed and several wounded. 
 
 5. Skirmish at New Bridge, on the 
 Chickahominy, by Gen.M'Clelian's foi'ces. 
 
 5. Sharp skirmish on James Island, S. 
 C, by the " Roundhead " Pa. reg't and 
 the 8th Michigan with rebels. 
 
 6. The 1st N. J. cavalry were caught 
 in an ambush near Harrisonburg, Va., 
 and sustained considerable loss. Col. 
 Windham was captured. Gen. Bayard's 
 brigade engaged the rebels at that point 
 and defeated them. 
 
 6. Engagement between the Fed. gun- 
 boats and rams and a reb. fleet in front of 
 Memphis, in which 4 of the latter were 
 sunk or captured, and one escaped. 100 
 reb. prisoners taken. Fed. loss none. 
 Memphis occupied by Federals. 
 
 7. Wm. Mumford, a citizen of New 
 Orleans, was hung for pulling down the 
 American flag from the mint. 
 
 7. Bombardment of rebel batteries at 
 Chattanooga, Tenn., by Gen. Negley's 
 command. 
 
 7. Schooner Rowena captured in Stono 
 river by the Pawnee. 
 
 8. Lieut. John G. Sprotsden, executive 
 officer of the U. S. gunboat Seneca, was 
 killed by a reb. named George Huston, 
 captain of a band of marauders near 
 
THE WAR FOE THE UNION. 
 
 June, 1862. 
 
 Black Creek, Fla. The lieutenant had 
 been despatched with a force of 70 men 
 to arrest Huston and his gang, and had 
 surrounded his house and demanded a 
 surrender, when he was shot by Huston, 
 who was in turn desperately wounded 
 and captured. 
 
 June 8. Battle of Cross-Keys, Va., near 
 Port Republic. Gen. Fremont drove Gen. 
 Stonewall Jackson with considerable loss 
 
 8. Skirmish on James Island, S. C, by 
 Col. Morrow's Federal troops. 
 
 9. Battle of Port Republic, Va. Gen. 
 Shields with 3,500 men was attacked by 
 13,000 rebs. under Jackson. Union troops 
 retreated after severe loss on both sides 
 
 10. Skirmish on James Island, S. C. 
 About 500 rebs. advanced on the Federal 
 lines for the purpose of captur'g pickets, 
 when they encountered the 97th Pa. reg- 
 iment, and 3 companies of the 45th Pa. 
 The rebs. were defeated, leaving 15 dead 
 and 3 wounded on the Held. Fed. loss, 
 4 killed and 13 wounded. 
 
 10. Fed. expedit'n up the White river, 
 when near St. Charles was fired into from 
 mask'd batteries, and the gunboat Mound 
 City received a shot in her boiler which 
 occasioned the destruction of 100 of her 
 crew by scalding, 23 only escaping. The 
 reb. works were captured by the land 
 forces under Col. Fitch, who took 30 
 prisoners. 
 
 10. Baldwin and Guntown, Miss., 24 
 miles from Corinth, occupied by Federal 
 forces under Gen. Granger, at which pla- 
 ces the piu'suit of Beauregard's armj' 
 from Corinth terminated. 
 
 11. Skirmish near JMontgomery, Ky. 
 Feds, under Capts. Nicklin and Blood 
 engaged a force of guerrillas, and cap- 
 tured 25 of them, several of their niunber 
 being killed or wounded. 3 Feds, were 
 killed. 
 
 11. A rebel battery of 4 guns captured 
 at James Island, S. C. 
 
 13. A rebel cavalry force of 1,400 men, 
 under Gen. J. E. B. Stuart, left Richmond 
 before daylight, by the Charlottesville 
 turnpike, and penetrated the Fed. lines 
 to Hanover C. H., and the White House 
 on the Pamunkey, and then by the way 
 of New Kent C. H., crossed the Chicka- 
 hominy near Blind Ford, returning to 
 Richmond by the Charles City road. In 
 their foray they were eminently success- 
 ful. In an engagement with a small force 
 of U. S. cavatry 3 or 4 of the Feds, were 
 killed, and also 3 teamsters. The rebs. 
 captured about 50 prisoners, burned 3 
 schooners and 40 wagons laden with sup- 
 plies, destroyed the tents of the U. S, 
 
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 cavalry regiment, and also some hospital 
 stores. The mules attached to the wag- 
 ons were driven off by the rebs. in their 
 retreat. 
 
 12. A fight near Village Creek, Ark. 
 The 9th ill. cavalry. Col. Brackett, en- 
 gaged Hooker's reb. company, and de- 
 feated them with the loss of 28 killed, 
 wounded and prisoners. Fed. loss 13 w. 
 
 13. A daring but unsuccessful attack 
 was made on a reb. fort on James Island, 
 S. C, by the 79th K Y., 8th Mich., and 
 38th Mass., in which the Feds, were de- 
 feated with considerable loss. 
 
 13. Forty farmers from Conway Co., 
 Ark., came into the Fed. lines at Bates- 
 ville, and enlisted in the army. 
 
 13. A negro settlement on Hutchinson's 
 Island, S. C., was broken up by a raiding 
 party of 300 rebs. from Fort Chapman. 
 
 13.. Severe skirmishes in front of Gen. 
 M'Clellan's lines, from Old Church to 
 Fair Oaks. 
 
 13. The reb. transport Clara Dolsen 
 captured on the White river, Ark., by 
 the tug Spitfire, 
 
 13. Skirmish on James Isl., S. C. Reb. 
 loss, 17 killed, 8 wounded. Union, 3 
 killed, 19 wounded. 
 
 14. Capt. Atkinson's company of 50th 
 Ind. captured 6,200 pounds of powder at 
 Sycamore mills, 30 miles below Nash- 
 ville, Tenn. 
 
 15. The battle of Secessionville on 
 James Isl., S. C. The Fed. forces under 
 Gen. Benham, defeated with a loss of 
 G85 men killed, wounded, and prisoners. 
 
 15. Skirmish near Fair Oaks, Va., in 
 which an attempt of the rebs. to tiank 
 the Fed. lines during a thunderstorm 
 was frustrated. 
 
 15. U. S. gunboats Tahoma and Som- 
 erset, Lieuts. Howell and English, com- 
 manders, crossed the bar of St. Mark's 
 river, Fla., and destroj-ed a reb. fort and 
 barracks, driving out the reb. artillerists 
 with 4 or 5 pieces. 
 
 17. The U. S. steamers Bienville, Som- 
 erset, and Montgomery, have captured 
 several vessels recently on the Fla. coast, 
 laden with stores and munitions for the 
 rebs. 
 
 17. An act of Congress passed, forever 
 prohibiting slavery iu the territories of 
 the U. S. 
 
 18. A reconnoissance of the 16th Mass. 
 from the Potomac army, engaged the 
 enemy in a severe fight with great credit, 
 and a loss of about 25 men in killed and 
 wounded. 
 
 18. Maj. Zeley's troops attacked a band 
 of rebs. near Smithville, Ark., capturing 
 
June, 1862. 
 
 CHBONOtOGT. 
 
 their leader, Capt. Jones, and 14 of liisjgrain, and forage, which had been seized 
 men. 4 rebs. wounded ; Feds., 2 killed, by the rebs., capturing a number of the 
 4 wounded. [enemy, and restoring 100 refugees to 
 
 18. Cumberland Gap, Tenn., occupied their homes. 
 
 by Gen. Morijjan's Fed. troops. 
 
 19. Skirmish by the 20Lh Ind. of the 
 Army of the Potomac, in which great 
 gallautry was shown, and slight loss suf 
 fered by the Fed. troops. 
 
 19. Reb. scluxnier Louisa, and two 
 boats laden with rice ca])tured on the 
 Santee river, S. C, by U. S. steamer Al- 
 batross. 
 
 20. An attack w^as made by some of 
 Com. Farragut's fleet on the reb. batter- 
 ies at Ellis' ClilTs, on the ^Miss. river. The 
 enemy's guns were silenced after a shot 
 from one of them had severely wounded 
 two of the crew of the Sarah Bruin. 
 
 20. Pres. Lincoln signed the bill pro- 
 hibiting slavery forever in the U. S. ter- 
 ritories. 
 
 21. A series of skirmishes took place 
 at the mouth of Battle Creek, Tenn. Col. 
 Lill's Fed. troops defeated a body of the 
 enemy with slight loss. 
 
 21. Death of Col. Charles Ellet, of the 
 Miss, ram squadron, at Cairo, 111., of 
 wounds. 
 
 21. Skirmish at Fair Oaks, Va. 
 
 22. Part of the 16th 111. cavalry cap- 
 tured a train, 25 prisoners, and 10,000 lbs. 
 bacon, near Coldwater, on the Miss, and 
 Tenn R. R. 
 
 22. 8 men killed and 8 w'ounded of the 
 8th Vt., at Algiers, near N. O., by a party 
 of guerrillas who surprised them. 
 
 28. Pres. Lincoln made a hurried visit 
 to Gen. Scott, at West Point, -N. Y., to 
 confer with him in reference to some im- 
 portant changes in the military depart- 
 ments. 
 
 2o. Battle of Oak Grove, Va. General 
 Hooker's forces with a loss of 200 men, 
 defeated the rebs., who suffered more se- 
 verely. 
 
 25. Gen. Pope arrived in Washington, 
 to take command of the Army of Va. 
 
 25. Gen. Fremont resigned his com- 
 mand in the U. S. Army. 
 
 25. A. train of cars on the Memphis and 
 Ohio railroad, with a company of Fed. 
 troops, 80 mule teams, &c., was captured 
 by the robs. 10 Fed. soldiers were killed, 
 and the cars and engine .destroyed. 
 
 25. Col. George Crook, with 1,750 men 
 from the 3Gth, 44th, and 47th Ohio, and 
 the 2d Va. cavalry regiment, returned {o 
 his headquarters at Meadow Bluff, Green- 
 briar Co., Va., after driving 2,000. rebels 
 under Gen. Heth, out of Monroe Co., re- 
 taking a large supply of provisions. 
 
 26. Skirmish on the Appomattox river, 
 Va. 6 of Capt. Rogers' gunboat fleet en- 
 gaged reb. batteries, 6 miles from the 
 mouth of the river. 
 
 26. 3 reb. gunboats burned on the Ya- 
 zoo river by their officers, to prevent 
 tlieir capture by the Union ram-flotilla, 
 Lieut.-Col. Ellet, then in pursuit of them. 
 
 26. The great series of battles on the 
 Chickahominy, before Richmond, com- 
 menced at 2 p. M. by the attack by a 
 large force of rebels on McCall's divis- 
 ion, on the extreme right of McClellan's 
 army at Mechanicsville. After losing 
 more than 1000 men, the rebels retreated. 
 Fed. loss, 80 killed, 150 wounded. 
 
 26. Severe losses had occurred in 
 picket skirmishing on the Chickahominy 
 creek for two weeks previous. 9 Fede- 
 rals were killed on this day. 
 
 27. Skirmish on the Amite river. La. 
 21st Ind. Col. Keith, defeated 2 parties 
 of rebels, after slight skirmishing. 
 
 27. Skirmish near Swift Creek bridge, 
 K C. 
 
 27. Battle of Gaines's Mill, near Rich- 
 mond, Va. The Federals successfully re- 
 sisted an attack by the rebel army and 
 made good their retreat. 
 
 27. Severe flght near Village Creek, 
 Ark. 9th 111. cavalry, under Col. Brack- 
 ets Fed. loss 2 k. and 31 wounded. 
 
 27. The Vicksburg ".canal" com- 
 menced, intended to isolate that place 
 from the Mississippi river. 
 
 28. 5 clergymen im]>risoned at ISTash- 
 villc, Tenn. by Gov. Johnson, for refus- 
 ing to swear allegiance to the U. S. Go- 
 vernment. 
 
 28. Battle of the Chickahominy, Va. 
 Gen. Porter's troops bore the brunt of 
 the fighting, the Feds, still successfully 
 retreating. 
 
 28. 100 of the Maryland Home Guard 
 were captured at Moorfield, Hardy Co., 
 Va. by rebel troops under Col. Harness, 
 formerly of Ashby's cavalry. The pris- 
 oners were paroled. 
 
 28. About $100,000 value of Govern- 
 ment stores were destroyed b}^ Federal 
 troops at the White House landing on 
 the Pamunkcy river, Va., pi'evious to 
 evacuating that place, -to prevent the 
 rebels from seizing the same. 
 
 28. Flag-oflicer Farragut with nine ves- 
 sels of his fleet ran by the rebel bntteries 
 at Vicksburg, through a severe fire, 
 losing 4 meu killed and 13 wounded. 
 
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THE WAK FOR THE UNION. 
 
 June, 1862. 
 
 ■ June 29. The steamship Ann, of Lon- 
 don, with a valuable cargo, was captured 
 in the act of unloading by the U.S. steam- 
 er Kanawha, at the mouth of tlie M(jbile 
 Baj', under the guns of Fort Morgan. 
 
 29. Battle of '"Peach Orchard, Va., in 
 which the rebels were repulsed. 
 
 29. Battle of Savage's Station, Va. 
 The Union troops continuing their re- 
 treat were attacked. A sanguinary en- 
 gagement ensued which resulted in 
 heavy loss to both sides. 
 
 20. Fight at Henderson, Ky. Andrews' 
 iVIich. battery and Louisville Provost 
 Guard routed a body of rebel guerrillas. 
 
 29. Heavy bombardment at Vicks- 
 burg, IMiss. 
 
 30. liridges at Harrodsburg and Nich- 
 olasville, Ky. burned by rebel guerrillas. 
 
 30. Battle of White Oak Swamp, Va. 
 which lasted the entire day. 
 
 July 1. In response to a proposition 
 from the loyal Governors of the States 
 suggesting the employment of additional 
 military ibrce, President Lincoln called 
 into service 300,000 men, to be appor- 
 tioned from the several States. 
 
 1. Battle of Malvern Hills, the last of 
 the 7 days' contests, lasting 2 hours. The 
 rebels repulsed at all points. As the Fed. 
 forces neared James river, the Fed. gun- 
 boats opened lire, and did great execu- 
 tion. Tlie rebels were driven back dis- 
 comfittcd. 
 
 1. Com. Porter's ram fleet skirmished 
 with the rebel batteries at Vicksburg, 
 Miss. 
 
 1. Col. Sheridan, of the 2d Michigan 
 cavalry, commanding 728 men, was at- 
 tacked by a force of over 4,000 rebs. near 
 Booneville, Miss. An engagement of 
 seven hours' duration ensued resulting in 
 
 ment of Vicksburgh, Miss, by the com- 
 bined fleets of Coms. Farragut and Por- 
 ter. 
 
 4. The United States flag waving in 
 every State of the Union. 
 
 4. Successful skirmish near Little Red 
 river, Ark. by Fed. troops under Lieut- 
 Col. Wood. 
 
 4. Union pickets defeated in a skir- 
 mish at Port Royal Ferry, S. C. 
 
 4. The steamers Slate of Maine and 
 Kennebec left Fortress Monroe \fith. 559 
 wounded soldiers for New York. 
 
 4. 553 reb. prisoners, arrived at For- 
 tress Monroe taken in the late battles near 
 Richmond. 
 
 4. 4,600 Fed. prisoners were confined 
 in Richmond, one fourth of whom were 
 wounded or sick. 
 
 4. Skirmish near Grand Haze, on the 
 White river. Ark. bv 13th HI. 
 
 4. Reb. gunboat Teazer cniitured on 
 James river by U. S. steamer Maratanza. 
 
 6. A tiiiht at Grand Prairie, near Aber- 
 deen, Ark. Col. Spicely's infantry de- 
 feated reb. cavalry, routing them with 
 great loss. 
 
 7. Steamer Emilie captured off Bull's 
 Bay, S. C. by U. S. steamer Flag and 
 bark Restless. 
 
 7. Col. Hovej^ with 4 companies of his 
 o3d 111. regiment, 4 of the 11th Missouri, 
 and a battalion of Ind. cavalry, attached 
 to Gen. Curtis's army in Ark., routed 3 
 Texan regiments at a iioint between 
 Cotton Plant and Bayou Conclie. Rebel 
 loss 110 killed, left on the field. Fed. 8 
 killed, 47 wounded. 
 
 8. Pres. Lincoln reviewed the ai-my of 
 the Potomac at Harrison's Landing, Va. 
 
 9. A detachment of 9th Pa. cavajry, 
 250 strong, under ilaj. J(n'dan, Avere al- 
 
 the total defeat of the rebels, leaving Galtaeked at Tompkinsville, JMonroe Co., 
 
 dead on the field. The Federal loss was 
 41 in killed, wounded and missing. 
 
 2. Gen M'Clellan's army reached Har- 
 rison's Bar on the James river, Va. 
 
 2. Gen. Halleck left St Louis to take 
 positicm as Gen.-in-chief at Washington. 
 
 2. Flag-ofiicer Farragut, Avith nine ves- 
 sels of his fleet, passed above the reb. bat- 
 teries at Vicksburg, Miss., through a se- 
 vere fire, thus forming a junction with 
 the Fed. fleet of the Upper Mississippi. 
 His loss in the engagement was 4 killed 
 and 13 wounded. 
 
 8. The brig. Delilah captured by U. S. 
 steamer Quaker City oft' Hole-in-thc-Wall 
 
 3. Skirmish on the James river, Va. 
 Gen. Davidson's brigade captured 6 reb. 
 guns and a number of prisoners. 
 
 3. Commencement of the bombard- 
 
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 Ky., by about 1,200 rebs. under Cols. 
 John Morgan and Hunt. The Pennsyl- 
 vanians were routed after a fight of 20 
 minutes, with a loss of 4 killed, 6 wound- 
 ed and 20 prisoners, including Maj. Jor- 
 dan. 10 rebs. were killed, and Col. Hunt 
 mortally wounded. 
 
 9. Hamilton, N. C, captured by Fed. 
 gunboats and 9th N. Y. volunteers. 
 
 9. Gold coin commanded a premium 
 of 17 per cent, in New York, silver 10, 
 and nickel 3 per cent. 
 
 10. Ninety rebs. while drilling in an 
 old field between Gallatin and llearts- 
 vil'C, Tenn., were surprised and captured 
 by Col. Boone's regimeui, and taken to 
 Nashville as prisoners. 
 
 11. Maj.-Gen. H. W. Halleck appoint'd 
 commander-in-chief of the U. S. army. 
 
July, 1862. 
 
 CHRONOLOGY. 
 
 11. Skirmish near New Hope, Ky. 
 Fed. troops under Lieut.-Col. Moore, de- 
 feated rebel cavalry. 
 
 11. Capt. Colli, with a company of Mo. 
 State Militia, defeated a band of rebels 
 commanded by Col. Quantrell, at Pleas- 
 ant Hill, in which G rebs. were killed and 
 5 badly wounded. The Fed. loss was 9 
 killed and 15 wounded ; Capt. Cohl being 
 among the wounded. 
 
 12. Gen. Curtis' army arrived in safety 
 at Helena, Ark., on the Mississippi river, 
 having defeated the rebs. in every en- 
 counter during a five mouths' cam- 
 paign, and frustrated their attempts to 
 impede his march and cut off his sup- 
 plies, 
 
 lion, and restoring the mtegrity of the 
 Union. 
 
 16. Lieut. Rogers, of the U. S. steamer 
 Huntsvilje, of the S. Atlantic blockading 
 squadron, reported capturing the British 
 schooner Agnes, with 60 bales cotton and 
 40 barrels rosin. Also the rebel steamer 
 Reliance, from Dobay bar, Ga., bound for 
 Nassau, with 248 bales Sea Island cotton. 
 
 17. Skirmish at Cynthiana, Ky., Capt. 
 Glass' troops. 
 
 17. Gordonsville, Va., occupied by 
 Gen. Pope's Fed. troops. 
 
 17. Adjournment of Congress. 
 
 17. Contiscation bill signed by the 
 President. 
 
 17. Skirmish near Columbia, Tenn. 
 
 12. Fight at Lebanon, Ky. Union Lieut. Roberts, of 1st Ky. Union cavalry, 
 troops under Col. Johnson defeated by! kept at bay a superior reb. force in a 
 Morgan's cavalry, and the town captured! fight of 6 hours. 
 
 by the rebels. 
 
 12. Fairmont, Mo., plundered by rebel 
 guerrillas. 
 
 13. Skirmish at Rapidan Station, Ya., 
 by Fed. troops under Maj. Deems, who 
 destroyed the bridge and defeated a party 
 of rebels. 
 
 13. Memphis, Mo. robbed by rebel 
 guerrillas. 
 
 13. A reb. force of 2,000 cavalry under 
 Cols. Morgan and Forrest, attacked the 
 9th Mich. 3d Minn., and Hewitt's battery 
 under Gen. T. A. Crittenden, at Murfrees- 
 borough, Tenn., capturing the entire 
 force. Reb. loss, 30 killed and 100 wound- 
 ed. Fed. loss, 33 killed, 62 wounded. 
 
 14. Cynthiana, Ky., captured by Mor- 
 gan's rebel troops, and a small force of 
 Feds., under Capt. Arthur, taken pris- 
 oners. 
 
 lo. Maj. Miller, with 600 men from 
 10th 111., 2d Wis., and 3d Mo., attacked a 
 
 18. Twent3'-eight men of company A., 
 N. Y. cavahy, were captured at Orange 
 C. H., on the Orange and Alexandria 
 railway, by rebel cavalry under Gen. 
 Ewell. 
 
 18. Severe fight near Memphis, Mo, 
 400 Feds, under Maj. Clopper, defeated 
 a reb. force under Col. Porter. Fed. 
 loss, 15 killed and 30 wounded. Reb. 
 loss, 23 killed besides wounded. 
 
 18. The town of Newburg, Ind., rob- 
 bed by reb. troops under Capt. Johnson. 
 
 19. Fifty-three men of 3d Mich, cav- 
 alry captured near Booneville, Miss. 
 
 19. The reb. Col. Morgan was attacked 
 on Garret Davis' farn>, near Paris, Ky., 
 by Gen. Green Clay and Col. Metcalf, 
 with 1,600 cavalry, and routed witii loss. 
 . 19. A band of 32 reb. guerrillas crossed 
 the Ohio river from Kentucky to New- 
 burg, Ind., and plundered the hospital 
 lud other buildings, recrossing the river 
 
 superior force of rebs. under Rains and: be fore the armed forces in the neighbor 
 
 Cofiiee, at Fayetteville, Ark., routing hood could intercept them. 
 
 them with great loss. 19. A down train on the Columbia 
 
 15. Gen. David E. Twiggs died atl railway, Tenn., Avhen 12 miles below 
 Augusta, Ga. i Reynolds Station, was thrown from the 
 
 15. The reb. iron-clad ram Arkansas, [track, and Capt. J. Fatrem of tlie 6th 
 came down the Yazoo river and engaged I Ohio, and four others killed, and about 
 
 the Fed. gunboats Carondelet and Tyler, 
 and ram Lancaster. The ram succeeded 
 in escaping to Vicksburg with a loss of 
 10 killed and 15 wounded, including the 
 commander, Capt. Brown. 22 Federals 
 were killed, and 55 wounded and miss- 
 ing. 
 
 15. A large and enthusiastic Union 
 meeting was held in N. Y. city, in which 
 all classes of citizens were fully repre- 
 sented, and a unanimity of purpose ex- 
 pressed to sustain the Government to the 
 fullest extent in putting down the rebel 
 
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 30 wounded. 
 
 20. Skirmish on James river, Va., by 
 8th Pa. cavahy, Capt. Keenan. 
 
 20. One hundred and forty men of the 
 Harris Light Cavalry, under Col. Davis, 
 penetrated the reb. lines on the Virginia 
 Central railway, 12 miles west of Hano- 
 ver Junction, destroying the military 
 stores and the railway at Beaver Dam 
 Creek, and returned to Fredericksburg 
 in safety, marching 80 miles in 30 hours. 
 
 21. All the militia in the State of Mo. 
 were ordered to be enrolled by Got. 
 
THE WAR FOE THE imiON. 
 
 July, 1862, 
 
 Gamble, subject to the call of Gen. Scho- 
 field, for the purpose of destroymg the 
 guerrilla bands in the State. 
 
 July 21. A band of guerrillas under 
 Capt. Reeves surprised a body of Slate 
 militia commanded by Capt. Leeper, al 
 Greenville, Wayne count}', Mo., many ol 
 whom were killed and wounded and the 
 remainder driven from the town. 
 
 22. A band of 40 rebels attacked a 
 wagon train at Pittsburgh Landing, 
 Tenn., and captured (50 Avagons with 
 army stores. 
 
 22. A Union cavalry company fired, 
 by mistake, on a Confederate detachment 
 with a tiag of truce returning under a 
 Union escort from Cumberland Gap, 
 Tenn. A lieutenant was killed, and (5 
 privates wounded. Lieut.-Col. Kregan, 
 commanding the Union escort, and Capt. 
 Lyons, of Gen. Morgan's statf, were se- 
 verely wountled. Several Union soldiers 
 were killed and wounded. 
 
 22. Reb. steamer Reliance captured by 
 U. S. steamer Huntsville. 
 
 22. Maj.-Gen. Sherman took command 
 at Memphis, Tenn. 400 citizens took 
 the oath, and liJO were sent south. 
 
 23. Florence, Ala. entered by rebel 
 troops, who burned a large supply of Fed. 
 stores. 
 
 23. 60 wagons, laden with comijiissary 
 stores, were captured by rebels near 
 Pittsburg Landing, Tenn. 
 
 23. An unsuccessful attempt was made 
 to sink tlie reb. ram Arkansas, at Vicks- 
 burg, by Col. Ellet, with the Union ram 
 Queen of the West. 
 
 23. Fight near Florida, Mo. Fed. cav- 
 alry under Maj. Caldwell attacked by 
 rebs. under Col. Porter, Feds, defeated 
 with a loss of 26. 
 
 23. An attempt was made by a portion 
 of the rebel prisoners confined at Chica- 
 go, 111., to escape from their guards, wlio 
 rallied and drove them back, a few only 
 escaping. Several of the prisoners w'ere 
 killed and wounded. 
 
 23. A detachment of four companies 
 of Fed. troops, under Maj. Lippert, sent 
 out from Rivas Station by "Col. Boyd to 
 intercept the guerrillas who made the 
 raid on Greenville, Mo., met the enemy, 
 and dispersed the band, taking 16 pris- 
 oners, and recovered the booty taken at 
 Greenville. 
 
 23. Lieut.-Col. Kilpatrick, with part of 
 the N. Y. Harris Light Cavalry, left 
 Fredericksburg, Va., on the 22d, and en- 
 countered and defeated a body of rebel 
 cavalry near Carmel Church, on the road 
 to Richmond, whom they defeated, burn 
 
 ed their camps and six cars loaded with 
 corn, and broke up the telegraph to Gor- 
 donsville. An hour later tliey routed a 
 large body of Stuart's cavalry, captured 
 several prisoners and a large number of 
 horses. 
 
 23. Gen. James H. Lane, of Kansas, 
 was authorized by the Government to 
 organize an independent brigade in Kan- 
 sas. 
 
 24. Ex-President Martin Van Buren 
 died at his residence at Lindenwold, N. 
 Y., in the 80th year of liis age. 
 
 24. Rebel raid into Gloucester Point, 
 Va. Citizens impressed, and much prop- 
 ert,y destroyed. 
 
 24. Steamer Tubal Cain captured by 
 U. S. gunboat Oclarora. 
 
 24. "Skirmish at IVIalvern Hill, Va. 
 
 24. Skirmish at Coldwater, Miss. 
 
 24. Skirmish near Decatur, Ala. Part 
 of 31st Ohio, under Capt. llarman, de- 
 feated a rebel forCe, who lost 10 killed 
 dnd 30 wounded. 
 
 24. Lieut.-Col. Starr, with 80 of 9th 
 Va. cavahy, surprised and captured at 
 Summerville, Va., by rebel cavalry under 
 Miij. Bailey. 
 
 25. The steamer S. R. Spaulding arriv 
 ed at Philadelphia, Pa., with 240 wound- 
 ed and sick soldiers released from Rich- 
 mond. 
 
 25. 900 paroled wounded prisoners ar- 
 rived at Fortress Monroe from Rich- 
 mond. 
 
 25. Col. MagofBn, and 35 other rebel 
 prisoners escaped from the military pris- 
 on at Alton, 111., by digging a tunnel un- 
 der the wall. 3 or 4 gave themselves up 
 next day, and several were recaptured. 
 
 25. A fipht on the Hatchie river, near 
 Brownsville, Tenn., between rebs. under 
 Capt. Faulkner," and cavalry led by Maj. 
 Wallace. 
 
 25. 2 companies of Fed. troops under 
 Capt. Davidson, were surprised and cap- 
 tured at Courtland, Ala. 
 
 25. Skirmish near Orange C. H., Va. 
 A skirmish party from Gen. Gibson's Fed. 
 command defeated with a loss of 5 kill- 
 ed, and 12 wounded and prisoners. 
 
 26. Dispatch boat Sallie Wood captur- 
 ed by rebels 150 miles above Vicksburg. 
 
 26. Attack on Ft. James, on the Ogeeehe 
 river, Ga. by Fed. gunboats, repulsed. 
 
 27. Richmond, Ky., plundered by rebs. 
 under Col. Morgan. 
 
 27. Battle near Ba5'ou Bernard, Chero- 
 kee nation, between Col. Phillips' troops, 
 and rebels under Col. Taylor. The lat- 
 ter defeated with the loss of 125 men and 
 theu" commander. 
 
 m 
 
July, 1862. 
 
 CHRONOLOGY. 
 
 28. The office of The St. Croix Herald 
 in St. Stephens, N. B., was visited by a 
 mob and destroyed. It was the only 
 newspaper in New Brunswick that advo- 
 cated the Union cause. 
 
 28. Three rebel clergymen, Messrs. 
 Elliot, Ford, and Baldwin, of Nashville, 
 were committed to jail by order of Gov. 
 Johnson. 
 
 28. Col. Guitar of the 9th Missouri 
 Regiment, reinforced by Lieut.-Col. Shaf- 
 fer and Maj. Clopper of Merrill's Horse, 
 and Maj. Caldwell of the Sd Iowa cavalry, 
 G50 strong, were attacked at Moore's 
 Mills, seven miles east of Fulton, Mo., by 
 Cols. Porter and Cobb, with 800 strong. 
 Fed. loss 10 killed, and 30 wounded. The 
 rebs. left 52 dead on the field, and had 100 
 wounded. 
 
 29. Ilussellville, Ky., attacked by rebs. 
 under Col. Gauo, and the Home Guards 
 defeated. 
 
 29. Skirmish at Brownsville, Tenn. by 
 Union cavalry under Capt. Dollin, and 
 reb. troops. Feds, captured 11, and lost 
 4 killed, and 6 wounded. Rebs. lost 10 
 killed and Avounded. 
 
 30. Between 400 and ?00 rebel prison 
 ers confined in Fort Delaware, Del., took 
 the oath of allegiance. 
 
 30. Hon. John S. Phelps, of Mo., the 
 newly appointed military Governor of 
 Arkansas, arrived at St. Louis. 
 
 30. Reb. raid into Paris, Ky., under 
 Col. Jo. Thompson. 
 
 31. Steamer Memphis captured by U. 
 S. gunboat Magnolia, off Charleston, S. C. 
 
 31. 5 men killed, and 4 wounded by 
 shells thrown by the rebs. from the left 
 bank of James river into the Fed. camp 
 at Harrison's Landing. 
 
 81. Steamer Ocean Queen sailed from 
 Fort Warren, Mass., for James river, with 
 200 released rebel prisoners. 
 
 31. A scouting party seven miles from 
 Luray, in the direction of Shenandoah 
 river, encountered a body of rebel horse, 
 who fled, leaving 5 of their number pris 
 oners, and 1 dead. 
 
 31. 250 citizens of Woodville, Rappa 
 bannock Co., Va., took the oath of alie 
 glance before Capt. Baird, of Gen. Mil 
 roy's staff. Five refusing to affirni were 
 arrested and sent to Gen. Sigel's head- 
 quarters. 
 
 Aug. 1. Artillery skirmishuig on 
 James river, Va., near Harrison's Land- 
 ing, by reb. batteries and Union gunboat 
 fleet. 
 
 1. All the buildings opposite Harrison's 
 landing, Ya,, were destroyed by Union 
 troops^ 
 
 1. Skirmish at Newark, Mo. A com- 
 pany of State troops, under Capt. Lair, 
 were captured by a superior force of 
 rebs. under Col. Porter. 
 
 1. Skirmishing near Orange C. H., Va., 
 by Fed. troops under Gen. Bayard. 
 
 2. Skirmish at Ozark, Mo. 75 Nationals 
 under Capt. Birch engaged and defeated 
 a rebel party. 
 
 2. Skiruiish at Orange C. II., Va., by 
 Gen. Crawford's Fed. troops, who lost 4 
 killed and 12 wounded. 
 
 3. The British propeller Columbia, 
 with a cargo of 12 Armstrong guns, and 
 several thousand Enfield ritles, was 
 captured off the Bahamas by the U. S. 
 gunboat Santi.-igo de Cuba. 
 
 3. Alexandria, Mo., pillaged by rebel 
 guerrillas. 
 
 3. Skirmish near Cox's river, Va. The 
 loth Va. Cavalry were attacked by Col. 
 Averill's Federal troops, and put to 
 flight. 
 
 4. Col. Wynkoop's Fed. troops were 
 defeated in a skirmish near Sparta, 
 Tenn. 
 
 4. Skirmish on White river, 40 miles 
 from Forsyth. Capt. Birch's company 
 of 14t.h Mo. engaged Col. Lawther's reb. 
 band. Fed. loss 3 killed 7 wounded. 
 
 4. An immediate draft of 300,000 men 
 was ordered by Pres. Lincoln from the 
 militia of the States, for nine months. 
 Also an additional quota by special draft 
 to fill up the ranks of the 300,000 volun- 
 teers previously called for, should the 
 same not be enlisted by the 15th of Au- 
 gust. 
 
 5. Reb. Gen. J. C. Breckinridge, with 
 5,000 men, attacked Gen. Williams, with 
 2,500 men at Baton Rouge, La. Rebels 
 defeated. "Gen. Williams killed. Fed. 
 loss 250 killed, wounded, and missing. 
 Reb. loss 600. 
 
 5. Skirmish at Malvern Hills, Va. Gen. 
 Hooker's Fed. troops engaged. 
 
 5. Skirmish at Point Pleasant, Mo. 
 
 6. Skirmish at Monteralla, Mo. Maj. 
 Montgomery's troops defeated guerrillas. 
 
 6. Destruction of rebel ram Arkansas 
 by U. S. gunboat Essex, Capt. Porter, 
 near Vicksburg, Miss. 
 
 6. Brig.-Gem R. L. McCook died in 
 the Fed. camp near Dcickard, Tenn., 
 from wounds received from guerrillas 
 while in an ambulance. 
 
 G. Fed. troops under Gens. Gibbon and 
 Cutler encountered Stuart's reb. ciivalry 
 7 miles beyond Mattapony river, Va. 73 
 Feds, taken prisoners. The Union forces 
 destroyed several bridges and considera- 
 ble reb. stores. 
 
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THE WAE FOE THE UNION. 
 
 Aug., 1862, 
 
 Aug. 6. Skirmishes near Tazewell, 
 Teun. Col. De Courcey's Union troops 
 rei^ulsed a reb. force. 
 
 7. Battle near Fort Fillmore, N. Mex. 
 Col. Sibley's reb. troops were defeated by 
 Unionists under Col. Canby. 
 
 7. Reb. cavalry under Capt. Faulkner, 
 surprisL'd near Trenton, Tenn., by 2d 111. 
 Cavalry, llcb. loss 20 killed and 30 woun- 
 ded. 
 
 7. R(!b. Col. Porter defeated near Kirk- 
 ville. Mo., by 1,000 Feds, under Col. Mc- 
 Neill. 
 
 7. Fii^-ht in Dodd Co., Mo. Maj. Mont- 
 .2;omery's Feds, defeated rebs. under Col. 
 Coffin." Reb. loss. 11 killed, 4 wounded, 
 and 17 prisoners. 
 
 7. Skirmish at Wolftowu, near Madison 
 
 C. H., Va. 
 7. Jlalvern Hills, Va., abandoned by 
 
 ' Gen. Hooker's Fed. troops. 
 
 9. 26 reb. prisoners shot at Macon City, 
 Mo., for violating their jiarole. 
 
 9. Porter's guerrillas routed by Col. 
 McNeill's Fed. troops at Stockton, Ma- 
 con Co., Mo. 
 
 9. Battle of Cedar Mountain,Va. Gen. 
 Banks' corps attacked near the Rapidan 
 river by reb. Gen. Jackson, with superior 
 force. Rebs. repulsed. Fed. loss, 1500, k. 
 w. and pris. 
 
 9. U. S. steam frigate Lackawanna 
 launched at Brooklyn, L. I. 
 
 9-10. •Recruiting very brisk through- 
 out the country. ]\Iany fled to Canada 
 and other remote places to avoid being 
 drafted. Traveling restricted, by order of 
 Government, to prevent fugitives from 
 escaping. 
 
 10. U. S. steamer Freeborn brought 35 
 prisoners and 5 sailboats to Washington, 
 
 D. C. captured while engaged in contra- 
 band trade on tlie Cliesapeake. 
 
 10. Donaldsouville, La., partially de- 
 stroyed by men from U. S. sloop Brook- 
 lyn. . 
 
 11. Bayou Sara, La., seized by national 
 troops. 
 
 11. Col. Buell, with 7th Mo. cavalry, 
 was defeated at Independence, Mo., by 
 rebels under Col. Hughes, who captured 
 the town. 
 
 11. Skirmish 11 miles E. of Helena, 
 Ark. od Wis. defeated reb. cavalry un- 
 der Jeff. Thompson. 
 
 11. Part of 11th 111. cavalry defeated 
 rebs. at Salisbury, 5 miles E. of Grand 
 Junction, Tenn. capturing a captain and 
 27 horses. 
 
 11. Skirmishes near Williamsport, 
 Tenn. Maj. Kennedy's Fed. troops de- 
 feated rebels. 
 
 11. Fight near Compton's Ferry, on 
 Grand river. Mo. Col. Guitar's Union ca- 
 valry defeated rebs. under Col. Poindex- 
 ter, who lost. 100 k. and w. and 200 pris. 
 
 11. A skirmish near Reelsville, Callo- 
 way Co., Mo. Col. Smart's Mo. State cav- 
 alry routed Cobb's guerrillas. 
 
 11. Skirmish near Kinderhook, Tenn. 
 |Col. McGowan's Union troops defeated 
 Anderson's rebels, who lost 7 k. and 37 
 prisoners. 
 
 11. Battle at Clarendon, Monroe Co., 
 Ark. Gen. Hovey's Fed. troops defeated 
 rebels, and took 600 prisoners. — 
 
 12. The Fed. garrison at Gallatin, 
 Tenn. captured by. Col. J. H. Morgan's 
 cavalry, wlio in turn were driven out by 
 Col. Miller's Fed. troops, who killed 6 
 i-ebs. and wounded a number in the 
 charge. 
 
 13. Collision on the Potomac river, Va. 
 by steamers Peabody and West Point. 73 
 lives were lost. 
 
 13. Col. Guitar overtook Poindexter's 
 reb. troops at Yellow Creek, Clinton Co. 
 Mo. and scattered them, taking 60 pris- 
 oners. 
 
 13. 24th Mass., Gen. Stevenson, with 
 gunboats AVilson and Ellis proceeded 
 from Newbern, N. C, to Swansboro', and 
 destroyed rebel salt works. 
 
 14. Sliglit sliirmisli near Helena, Ark. 
 
 15. 10 rebel recruits captured in St. 
 Mary's Co., Md., by Fed. cavalry. 
 
 15. Skirmish on tlie Obion river, Tenn., 
 at Merriwetlier's Landing, Col. T. W. 
 Harris's Fed. troops routed rebs. under 
 Capt. BinfieUl, who lost 20 k. and 9 pris- 
 oners. 
 
 16. Cols. Corcoran and Wilcox, Lieut.- 
 Col. Bi-own and Maj. Rogers, lale prison- 
 ers, reached Fort ]Monroe, having been 
 exciianged by the rebels. 
 
 16. Lieut. Blaclv and 5 men captured 
 by the rebs. on the Rajndan river, Va. 
 
 16. 8 gunboats and rams, inider Col. 
 Ellet, with the 57th Ohio and God lud., in 
 transports, leit Helena, Ark., tliis day, 
 sailed down tlie ]\Iississppi to Milliken's 
 Bend, wlierc they captured the steamer 
 Fairplay, with arms, &c. for 6000 men. 
 Furl her captures were made at Haines' 
 Blulf and at Riclimond , La., and property 
 destroyed. 
 
 16. Gen. ^'IcClellan's army evacuated 
 Harrison's Landing, Va., and removed 
 to Williamsburg. 
 
 16. Fight at Lone Jack, Mn. 800 
 State militia under ilaj. Foster, engaged 
 a superior rebel force under Col. Coffee. 
 Feds, defeated with loss of 60 k. and 100 
 wounded. Reb. loss 110 k, and w. 
 
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Aug., 1862. 
 
 CIIKONOLOGY. 
 
 18. The stenmers Skylark and Sallie 
 were burned by rebels, and their crews 
 captured, at the mouth of Duck creek, 50 
 miles above Fort Heniy, Tcnn. river. 
 
 19. Union garrison at Clarksville, 
 Tenn., the 71st Ohio, under Col. Mason, 
 surrendered to a rebel force, under Col. 
 Woodward. 
 
 19. Steamer Swallow burned by rebels, 
 25 miles below Memphis, Tenn. 
 
 19. Skirmish near Rienzi, Miss, 
 
 19. Maj.-Gen. Wright assigned to com- 
 mand Department of Ohio. 
 
 19. Skirmish near Hickman, Mo. Rebs 
 defeated by cavalry under Capt. Moore 
 Fed. loss 2 w. Reb. loss 4 k. 19 prisoner 
 
 ler's stores, sacked the hospital, and cajv 
 tured thewagoiis and papers of Gen. Pope. 
 
 22. Fort ilidgely, ]\Iinn. was attacked 
 by a large body of Indians, who were re- 
 pulsed with great loss. Fed. loss, 3 
 killed and 30 wounded. 
 
 23. Artillery skirmishing along the 
 Rnppahannock river, Ya., by the armies 
 of Pope and Lee. Gen. Sigel's corps en- 
 gaged the enemy with spirit, and inflicted 
 severe loss on the rebs. before they were 
 permitted to cross the river. 
 
 33. The U. S. sloop-of-war Adirondack 
 was wrecked on a coral reef near Little 
 Abaco, W. I. The crew saved. 
 
 23. The schooner Louisa was captured 
 
 19. Sioux Indians destroyed U. S.,by the U. S. steamer Bienville, at Charles- 
 agencies at Yellow Medicine, and Red ton, S. C. 
 
 Wood, and partly destroyed New Ulm,| 23. A train of cars on the Memphis 
 Minn., killing and wounding more than and Charleston railroad attacked by 400 
 
 100 persons. 
 
 20. Skirmish at Brandy station, Ya. 
 Gen. Pope's army, retreating to the Rap- 
 pahannock river, were overtaken by Lee's 
 forces, and a fight ensued, chiefly an ar- 
 tillery duel. 
 
 20. Skirmish at Edgefield Junction, 
 Tenn. Part of 50th Ind. and Col. J. H. 
 Morgan's reb. cavalry. The latter re- 
 treated with a loss of 7 killed and 20 
 wounded. 
 
 20. Skirmish near Union Mills, Mo. 
 A small force of Feds, under Maj. Price 
 were ambushed by rebs. but defeated 
 them, capturing 4 men and 16 horses, and 
 killing one inan. Fed. loss 4 kiUed and 3 
 wounded. 
 
 21. Gen. Pope and Gen. Lee's armies 
 facing each other on the Rappahannock 
 river. An attempt by the rebs. to cross 
 at Kelly's Ford was foiled by Gen. Reno's 
 troops, who attacked them with artillery 
 and cavalry. 
 
 21. Reb. schooner Eliza captured oft' 
 Charleston, S. C, by U. S. steamer Bien- 
 ville. 
 
 21. Union pickets on Pinckney Island, 
 Hilton Head, S. C, were attacked by rebs. 
 who captured 32, killed 3 and wounded 3. 
 
 22. Defeat of Gen. Johnson near 
 Gallatin, Tenn. by Morgan's Confed. cav- 
 alry. Fed. loss, 64 killed, 100 wounded, 
 and 200 prisoners, including Gen. John- 
 son and his staff. 
 
 22. Death of Rear-x\dm. George Camp- 
 bell Read, at Philadelphia. 
 
 22. Skirniislies near Crab Orchard, Ky. 
 9th Pa. cavalry, under Gen. G. C. Smith 
 defeated reb. cavalry under Col. Scott. 
 
 23. Gen. Stuart's reb. cavalrj'- pene- 
 trated in the rear of Gen. Pope's army, 
 at Catlett's Station, Va., destroyed sut- 
 
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 guerrillas 3 miles from Courtland, Tenn., 
 who destroyed the cars. Part of the 42d 
 111. was on board. 8 rebs. killed. Fed. 
 loss 2 wounded and 2 missing. 
 
 23. Mutiny in Spinola's Empire Brig- 
 ade at E. New York. 1 man killed and 
 several wounded. 
 
 23. A passenger train was destroyed 
 on the Winchester Ya. railroad near Har- 
 per's Ferry. 4of the 1st Midi, captured. 
 
 24. Continuation of artillery battle on 
 the banks of the Rappahannock river, 
 Ya., bet veen Pipe's and Lee's armies. 
 Gen. Milroy's Fed. brigade sufl'ered se- 
 vere loss. 
 
 24. Skirmish near Lamar, Kansas, 
 Quantrell and Hays' reb. troops attacked 
 Kansas troops under Maj. Campbell and 
 Capt. Grand. Fed. loss 2 killed and 21 
 wounded. 
 
 24 Reb. schooner Water-witch, cajv 
 tured off Aransas, Texas, by U. S. 
 schooner Corypheus. 
 
 24. Skirmish near Dallas, Mo. 12th 
 Mo. cavalry, Maj. B. F. Lazear, defeated 
 Col. Jeffries' reb. troops with loss. 
 
 25. 18 rebs. captured near Mount Ster- 
 ling, Ky. by Capt. Warren's Bath County 
 Guards. 
 
 35. Maj. Lippert, with 3 companies of 
 13th 111. cavalry was attacked by 300 reb. 
 cavalry under 'Col. Hicks, 36 miles be- 
 yond filoomfield, Mo. Rebs. defeated, 20 
 killed and many wounded and taken 
 prisoners. 
 
 25. Col. Woodward, with a strong 
 force of rebs. attacked Fort Donelson, 
 Tenn. and was repulsed with heaYy loss. 
 
 25. New Ulm, Minn, was evacuated 
 by the entire population and garrison 
 under Capt. Flaudrau, after fighting the 
 Sioux Indians for two days. 
 
THE WAK FOR THE UNION. 
 
 Aug., 1862. 
 
 Atig. 25. Skirmish with guerrillas near 
 Danville, Ky., by Danville and Harrods- 
 burgh Home Guards. 
 
 2G. Skirmish near Madisonville, Ky. 
 A Union force under Col. Foster defeat- 
 ed reb. guerrillas. 
 
 2C). Fifth Iowa cavalry. Col. Lowe, de- 
 feated rcbs. under Col. "Woodward near 
 Fort Donelson, Tenn. Fed. loss 3 killed 
 and 18 wounded. 
 
 26. A large quantity of Government 
 stores were destroyed at Manassas, Va., 
 by reb. cavalry lindcr Fitz-Hv.gh Lee, 
 who drove the Fed. forces towards Alex 
 andria. 
 
 26. Gen. Burnside relinquished com 
 maud of Department of N. Carolina. 
 He was succeeded by Gen. Foster. 
 
 27. Schooner Anna Sophia captured 
 by the gunboat R. R. Cuyler off Wil- 
 mington, N. C. 
 
 27. Rebs. under Col. Coffee defeated 
 on the Osage river, near Lone Jack, Mo., 
 bv Gen. Blunt's troops. 
 
 "27. At Waterford, Va., part of Capt. 
 ^Means' company of Fed. cavalry was cap- 
 tured by rebs. under Capv. AVhite. 
 
 27. 6cn Hooker's division engaged 
 rebs. under 'Gen. Ewell at Kettle Run, 
 Va., near BristOw's station, and drove 
 them from the field; loss about 300 on 
 each side. 
 
 28. Fight at Readyville, Tenn. The 
 23d Ky.,"Col. Murphy, defeated reb. cav- 
 alry under Gen. Forrest. 
 
 28. $500,000 was assessed on wealthy 
 secessionists at St. Louis, Mo., by Gen. 
 Schofield, for the relief of destitute 
 Unionists. 
 
 28. Severe fight six miles west of Cen- 
 treville, Va. Gens. JI'Dowell and SigelV 
 troops defeated rebs. under Gen. Jackson, 
 who was driven back with loss, including 
 many prisoners. 
 
 28. City Point on the James river, Va., 
 destroyed by Fed. gUnboats under Com. 
 Wilkes. 
 
 28. Skirmish at Shady Springs, 10 
 miles from Raleigh C. H., Va. 2d Va. 
 Fed. cavalry, Lieut Montgomery, defeat- 
 ed reb. cavalry, taking 5 prisoners. 
 
 29. Battle at Grovcton, Va. The troops 
 of Gens. Hooker, Sigel, Kearney, Reno, 
 and King defeated rebs. under Jackson 
 and Longstreet, with great loss. The 
 fight lasted from dawn till dark. 
 
 29. Twelve oflScers of 71st Ohio dis- 
 missed the service for publishing a card 
 stating they had advised Col. Mason to 
 surrender Clarksville, Tenn., to the rebs. 
 
 29. Eighteen guerrillas captured 12 
 miles S. E. of Memphis, Tenn. 
 
 29. Skirmish neaT Manchester, Tenn. 
 18th Ohio, Capt. Miller, defeated rebel 
 cavalrv with loss. 
 
 29. Skirmish at Bonnet Carre', La. 8th 
 Vt., Col. Thomas, defeated guerrillas and 
 captured army stores. 
 
 29-30. Battles at Richmond, Ky. Feds, 
 under Gens Manson and Cruft compelled 
 to retreat before rebs. under Gen. E. Kir- 
 by Smith, after losing 200 killed, 700 
 wounded and 2,000 prisoners. 
 
 30. Fight at Bolivar, Tenn. 78th Ohio, 
 Col. Leggett, routed a superior force of 
 rebs. under Gen. Armstrong. Fed. loss, 
 5 killed, 18 wounded, 64 missing. 
 
 30. Buckhannon, Va., captured by 
 rebs., and Government military stores 
 seized. 
 
 30. Fight at M'Minnville, Tenn. 26th 
 Ohio, Col. Fyffe, defeated Gen. Forrest's 
 rebel cavalry. 
 
 30. Gen. Pope's forces, consisting of 
 the corps of Gen. Heintzclman, Porter, 
 M'Dowell and Banks, engaged Lee's 
 ai'my at the old battle ground of Bull 
 Run, Va. After severe loss the Federals 
 fell back to Ccntreville, where they were 
 supported by Sumner's and Franklin's 
 corps. 
 
 31. Fredericksburg, Va., evacuated by 
 Gen. Burnside. The three bridges, foun- 
 dry and military storehouses burned. 
 
 31. Huntsville, Ala., evacuated by Gen. 
 Buell. 
 
 31. Great excitement in the north, on 
 hearing of the disaster to Gen. Pope's 
 army. Immense quantities of hospital 
 and other stores, contributed and for- 
 warded tbis day. 
 
 31. Skirmish at Medor Station on Mis- 
 sissippi Central R.R., Tenn. Armstrong's 
 reb. cavalry attacked the place, but were 
 driven off with loss. 
 
 31. Stevenson, Ala., captured by rebel 
 troops under Col. McKinstrj^ and a large 
 amount of ammunition and stores seized. 
 
 31. Reb. steamer Emma, with 740 bales 
 of cotton, grounded and burned on the 
 Savannah river. 
 
 31. Bayou Sara, La., burned by the 
 crew of U. S. gunboat Essex. 
 
 Sep. 1. Battle at Britton's Lane, near 
 Denmark, Tenn. 30th Illinois, Col. Den- 
 nis, defeated a superior force of rebs. un- 
 der Gen. Armstrong. Reb. loss, 180 killed, 
 220 wounded. Fed. loss, 200 killed amd 
 wounded. 
 
 1. Lexington, Ky., occupied by Gen. 
 E. K. Smith's rebel troops. 
 
 1. Natchez, Miss., shelled by Federal 
 gunboats. 
 
 1. Severe fight at Stevenson, Ala. 
 
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Sept., 1862. 
 
 CHEONOLOGT. 
 
 Reb3. retire with groit loss. Feds, en- 
 ga^jed : Siraoutoii'a Ohio, and Loomis' 
 Mich, batteries, and 10th Wis. and 13th 
 Mich, regiments. 
 
 1. Severe engagement at Chant illy, 
 near Fairfax C. H., Va. Gen. Pope's ar- 
 my defeated Jackson, Ewell, and Hill. 
 Heavy loss on both sides. Deatli of Gens. 
 Kearney and Stevens, 
 
 Dodge's N". Y. Mounted Rifles, returned 
 to Sutfolk, Va., from a scout ISiniles west 
 of South Mills, where they captured 113 
 rebs. and 38 negroes, who were pris- 
 oners. 
 
 4. Three bridges burnt by rebels on 
 Benson Creek, 60 miles east of Louisville, 
 Ky. 
 
 4. Jeff. Davis appointed the 18th inst. 
 
 1. The spirit ration in the U. S. navy as a day of thanksgiving for Confederate 
 discontinued on tliis day by act of Con- victories. 
 
 gress. 
 
 3. Great excitement in Cincinnati, O., 
 and Covington and Newport, Ky., in 
 consequence of the approach of Kirby 
 Smitli's reb. array. Easiness suspended, 
 and citizens -of all classes' in the tield 
 drilling. 
 
 2. A train of 100 -w^agons, with army 
 stores, captured by rebs. between Fair- 
 fax and Centreville, Va., which necessi- 
 tated the retreat of the Union army to 
 Munson's Hill. 
 
 3. Versailles, Ky., occupied by rebel 
 cavalry under Gen. Scott. 
 
 3. Fight at ilorganslield, Ky. 8th Ky. 
 cavalry. Col. Shackletbrd, defeated guer- 
 rillas under Col. A. R. Johnson. 
 
 2. Fight near Plymouth, N. C. A party 
 of loyal inhabitants led by Serg't Green, 
 of Hawkins' Zouaves, and some of his 
 men defeated Col. Garret's rebel force 
 who lost 30 killed and 40 taken prisoners 
 
 3. Hutchinson and Forest City, iVIinn. 
 attacked by hostile Indians, who were 
 defeated at both places. 
 
 2. Winchester, Va., evacuated by Gen. 
 Pope's army, who retreated to Harper's 
 Ferry. 
 
 3. The U. S. steamer W. B. Terry cap 
 tured by rebs. on the Tenn. river, while 
 agrouni at Duck Shoals. 
 
 2. Skirmish near Slaughterville, Ky, 
 Fed. troops, under Lieut.-Col. Foster, de- 
 feated reb. cavalry, the latter losing 3 
 killed, 3 wounded and 35 prisoners. 
 
 3. Fight near Grieger's Lake, Ky. Col. 
 Shackerford's Fed. troops defeated Col. 
 Johnson with 600 rebels. 
 
 3. Gen. Pope asked to be relieved from 
 commtind of the army of the Potomac, 
 and was transferred to the North-west. 
 
 4. Gov. Curtin, of Pa., called out the 
 whole of the State militia to repel an 
 expected invasion. 
 
 4. Fed. troops, near Fort Ridgely, 
 Minn., attacked by Indians, 13 soldiers 
 killed and 47 wounded. 
 
 4 The Confed. army crossed the Poto- 
 mac near Poolesville, Md., and invaded 
 that State. 
 
 4. Skirmiali near Cumberland Gap, 
 Tenn., in which rebs. were defeated with 
 loss. 
 
 4. Frederick City, Md., evacuated by 
 Feds, after burning hospital and commis- 
 sarj'' stores. 
 
 4. Joseph Holt, of Ky., appointed 
 Judge Advocate General of the U. S. 
 army. 
 
 4. Ravenswood, Va., sacked by rebels. 
 
 4. The ship Ocmulgee burned at sea 
 by rebel privateer " 29\)." 
 
 5. The Fed. army under M'Clellan had 
 advaced from the Capital to the upper 
 Potomac, Md. side. 
 
 6. Washington, N. C, attacked by 
 rebs., who were repulsed with loss of 33 
 killed and 100 wounded. Fed. loss 8 
 killed, 36 wounded. 
 
 6. Col. W. W. Lowe re-took Clarkes- 
 ville, Tenn., driving out the reb. garrison. 
 
 6. The town of Platte, Johnson Co.| 
 Kansas, was sacked by rebel guerrillas, 
 under Quaiitrell, and several of the in- 
 habitants murdered. 
 
 6. Skirmish near Cacapon Bridge, 17 
 miles from Winchester,Va. Union troops 
 under Col. M'Reynolds defeated Imbo- 
 den's rebel cavalry. 
 
 6. Four hundred reb. cavalry attacked 
 an outpost of Gen. Julius White's troops 
 near Martinsburg, Va. Reb. loss 50 pris- 
 oners, besides killed and wounded. Fed. 
 loss, 3 killed and 10 wounded. 
 
 6. Frederick, Md., occupied by Gen. 
 Lee's troops. 
 
 6. Three hundred Indians attacked 
 Fort Abercrombie, Minn., and were driv- 
 en off with loss. Fed. loss, 1 killed and 
 3 wounded. 
 
 6. Washington, N. C, attacked by 
 rebs., who were repulsed with a loss of 
 30 killed and 36 taken prisoners. The 
 Fed. gunboat Picket exploded her mag- 
 azine during the engagement, killing and 
 wounding 18 men. 
 
 6. Forty of the Fed. 4th Va., Maj. Hall, 
 surprised near Chapmansville, Va., by 
 300 rebs. under Col. Stratton. Maj. Hall 
 wounded, and Col. Stratton killed, when 
 
 4. Maj. Wheeler with a detachment of Feds, escape with slight loss. 
 
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THE WAR FOR THE UNION. 
 
 Sept., 1862. 
 
 cavalry, who robbed all the stores in the 
 place. 
 
 11. Fed. forces under Col. Lightburu 
 retreated from Gauley, Va., after destroy- 
 ing government stores. 
 
 11. lleb. troops under E. K. Smith, 
 advanced withui 7 miles of Cincinnati, 
 (J., and skirmished with the Fed. pickets. 
 
 11. Bloomtield, Mo., defended by 1,500 
 Stale mililiit, captured by rebs. after a 
 tight of 2 hours. 
 
 12. The reb. army retreated from be- 
 ibre Cincinnati, pursued by Gen. Wallace 
 as far as Florence, Ky. 
 
 12. Gen. IMcClellan's army entered 
 Frederick, Md. 
 
 12. Fight on the Elk river, near Charles- 
 ton, Va., by Feds, under Col. Lightburn, 
 and a reb. force, without result. 
 
 12. Capt. Harry Gilmore, and 7 other 
 rebs. arrested near Baltimore, Md., and 
 sent to Fort McHenry. 
 
 12. Frankfort, Ky., occupied by rebel 
 cavahy, under Gen. E. K. Smith. 
 
 12. Fight at Middletown, Md. Fed. 
 loss, 80 killcxl and wounded. 
 
 13. 500 rebs. under Col. Porter, re- 
 leased ^0 reb. prisoners at Palmyra, Mo. 
 
 14. A fort at Bacon creek, Ky., with 
 30 men of the 54th Ind., captured by 
 rebs. under Col. J. J. Morrison. 
 
 14. Battle of South Mountain, Md. 
 Fed. troops under Gens. Hooker and 
 Reno, defeated Lee's army. Fed. loss 
 443 killed, 1,80G wounded and 70 missing. 
 Gen. Keno killed. 
 
 14. Fight at Munfnrdsville, Ky. 17th 
 Ind., Col. "Wilder, defeated rebs., under 
 Gen. Duncan, with severe loss. 
 
 14. 2,000 Fed. cavalry, cut their way 
 out of llarper's Ferry, Va., which was 
 besieged by rebs., and captured Gen. 
 Longstreet's train and 100 prisoners. 
 
 15. Surrender of llarper's Ferry, Va., 
 with a large supply of military stores, 
 and 11,000 men to the rebs. after 3 days' 
 siege. Col. Miles, the Fed. commander, 
 killed. 
 
 15. Col. M'Neill defeated reb. guerrillas 
 under Col. Porter, near Shelburne, Mo., 
 taking 20 wagons and other spoils, with 
 
 rebs. under 'len. Loring. Fed. loss overjslight loss. 
 
 100 in killed and wounded. 15. Fight at Green river, K5^, on the 
 
 10. Clh U. S. cavalry, under Captain line of the Louisville and Nashville rail- 
 Saunders, defeated at Sugar Loaf IMoun- road. Rebs. defeated. 
 
 tain, near Baruesville, Md., with slight IG. Capture of the Fed. garrison at 
 loss. LMunfordsville, Ky., under Col. Dunham, 
 
 11. Hay:crstown,Md., occupied by rebs. 4,000 strong, with 10 pieces of artillery, 
 who seizwl 1200 bbls. of flour. by rebs. under Gen. Bragg. 50 Feds. 
 
 11. The Gov. of Pa. called for 50,000 killed and wounded, 
 men to repel rebel invasion. 17. Fight near Durhamville, Tenn. 
 
 11. Westminster, Md., occupied by reb.' 150 of 52nd Ind., Lt. R. Griffin, defeated 
 
 -- Sept. 6. Pikeville, Va., captured and 
 sacked by rebel cavalry. 
 
 7. Gen. Banks assigned to command 
 fortifications around Washington. 
 
 7. Great excitement on the Pa. border 
 towns by the influx of refugees from 
 Mafyland, and the dread of reb. invasion. 
 
 7. Sliepherdsville, Ky., captured, and 
 85 Fed. soldiers taken prisoners. 
 
 8. Gens. Lee and Johnson issued pro- 
 clamations to the people of Md., endeav- 
 oring to incite them to rebellion. The 
 inhabitants received them coldly. 
 
 8. Skirmish near Poolesville, Md. Maj. 
 Chapman, with 3d Ind. and 8lh 111. cav- 
 alry, defeated rebels, who lost 7 killed. 
 Federal loss 1 killed 8 wounded. 
 
 8. Fight on the Miss, river, 25 miles 
 above N. Orleans. 25lh Ind. dispersed 
 500 Texans, with slight loss. 
 
 9. Schr. "Rambler captured by U. S. 
 steamer Connecticut, in lat. 28"^, long. 
 94" 10 ^ 
 
 9. Skirmish 5 miles N. of Pleasant 
 Hill, ]Mo. Col. Burris defeated Quan- 
 trell's reb. troops, with slight loss, captur- 
 ing most of their plunder and stores. 
 
 9. Middletown, Md., occupied by rebs. 
 
 9. Skirmish at AVilliamsburg, Va. 
 Rebs. under Col. Shingles surprise 5th 
 Pa. cavalry. Col. Campbell, and capture 
 the town. Col. Campbell, 5 captains, 4 
 lieutenants, and a few privates taken 
 prisoners. Col. Shingles and 8 rebs. 
 killed. 
 
 9. Gen. Stuart's reb. cavalry repulsed 
 in an attempt to cross the Potomac at 
 Edward's Ferry, with a loss of 90 men, 
 by Gen. Keyes. 
 
 9. Gen. O. M. Mitchell appointed to 
 command the Department of the South, 
 relieving Gen. Hunter. 
 
 9. The Fed. garrison at Fayette C. II., 
 Va., surrouudetl by a large rebel force. 
 They cut llieir way out, losing 100 in 
 killed and wounded. 
 
 10. Col. Grierson with 300 men de- 
 feated rebs. near Coldwater, Miss. Reb. 
 loss, 4 killed and 30 wounded. 
 
 10. Tlie 31th and 37th Ohio, Col. Siber, 
 \^ere defeated at Fayette, Va., by 5,000 
 
Sapt, 1862. 
 
 CHRONOLOGT. 
 
 rebs. nnder Lieut.-Col. Faulkner. Reb. 
 loss, 8 killed and 20 wounded. Fed. loss, 
 2 killed and 10 wounded. 
 
 17. Fi?ht at Falmouth, on Kentucky 
 
 ■ 21. Citizens of San Francisco, Cal. con- 
 tnbuted $100,000 in gold to tlie U. S. 
 Sanitajy Commission. 
 21. Itebs. deieated at Shepherdsville, 
 
 Central R R. Col. Berry with 10 men Ky., by Feds, under Col. Grang-er. Rcb, 
 defeated a lar^-^^c^r force of Texan rangers, jlos '•'•"■• 
 of whom 3 were killed, 4 wounded and 1 
 prisoner. 1 Fed. wduud<:d. 
 
 17. Ship Virginia, of Mass,, burned by 
 Alabama, Capt. Semraes. 
 
 17. Sicirmish near Florence, Ky. 53 
 of lOtli Ky. cavalry, Maj. Foley, defeated 
 1 )0 rebs., who lost 5 killed and 7 wounded. 
 Fed. loss, 1 killed and 1 wounded. 
 
 17. Battle of Antietam, Md. The en- 
 tire Fed. army of Gen. McCIellan, and 
 reb. army of Gen. Lee engaged. Defeat 
 of rebs. with loss of 15,000 men. Fed. 
 loss, 12,500. 
 
 17. Fight at Leesburg, Va. The Ira 
 Harris cavalry, Col. Kilpatrick, defeated 
 a reb. infantry regiment, capturing sev- 
 eral guns and a number of prisoners. 
 
 17. The U. S. gunboats Paul Jones, 
 Cimerone, and 3 other vessels attacked 
 reb. batteries on St. .Jolin's river, Florida. 
 
 17. Cumberland Gap, Tenn., evacuated 
 by Gen. ^Morgan's Fed. troops. 
 
 13. Ship Elisha Dunbar, of Mass., 
 burned by the Alabama. 
 
 18. Rebs. evacuated Harper's Ferry, 
 Va. 
 
 19. Gen. Lee's array crossed the Poto- 
 mac river to Va., pursued by Gen. Plea- 
 sanfoii's cavalry. 
 
 19-20. Battle of luka. Miss. General 
 Rosecraiis' army defeated rebs., wlio losi 
 2(J3 killed, 400 wounded, and GOO pris- 
 oners. Fed. loss, 135 killed, and 527 
 wounded. 
 
 19-30. Skirmishes at Owensboro', Ky. 
 Fed. Col. Netter killed. 1st Ind. cavalry, 
 Lieut-Col. Wood, routed rebs. with severe 
 loss. Fed. loss, 2 killed, 18 wounded. 
 
 20. Fight near Shirley's Ford, Spring 
 river. Mo. 3rd Ind., Col. Ritchie, de- 
 feated 600 rebs. and Indians, who lost 60 
 or 70 killed and wounded. 
 
 21. Col. Barnes, with a Fed. cavalry 
 brigade, defeated in an attempt to cross 
 the Potomac from Md., losing 150 men, 
 in killi^d, wounded and prisoners. 
 
 21. Tae town of Prentiss, Miss., burned 
 by Col. Lippincott of the ram Queen of 
 the West, in retaliation for reb. batteries 
 the.e liring on transports. 
 
 21. Skirmish at Munfordsville, Ky. 
 Reb. cavalry defeated with loss by Feds, 
 under Col. E. McCook. 
 
 dlled and 28 prisoners. 
 
 22. Sidrmish near Sturgeon, Mo. Rebs. 
 under Capt. Cunningham defeated by 
 Maj. U;int"s force. 
 
 22. Fight at Asiibv's Gap, Va. Col. R. 
 B. Price \vith 2d Pa. cavalry, defeateii 
 rebs. under Lieut-Col. Green, capturing 
 the latter officer and 2 lieuts. 
 
 22. Pres. Lincoln proclaimed, that on 
 the 1st day of Jan. 1863 " all slaves in 
 States or parts of States in rebellion" 
 should be forever free. 
 
 23. Col. Sibley defeated a band of 300 
 Sioux Indians who attacked las excamp- 
 ment on Yellow Medicine river, Minn. 
 ;0 Indians killed and many wounded. 4 
 whites killed and oO wounded. 
 
 23. Fight at Sutton, Va. Maj. Withers, 
 with 10th Va., (Fed.) driven from Sutton 
 to BuUtown, afier a gallant resistance. 
 
 23. A large quantity of Eni^-lish arm-; 
 captured at Pveyuolds' Ford, Va., by 62J 
 Pa Col. Switzer. 
 
 23. Randolph,Tenn , on the Miss, river, 
 liurned by steamers Ohio Belle and Eu- 
 gene, in retaliation for tiring on trans- 
 ports from that place. 
 
 24. Proclamation of Pres. Lincoln or- 
 dering the enforcement of martial law, 
 against all persons discouraging enlist- 
 ments or giving aid to the rebellion, and 
 suspending the habeas corpus with refer- 
 ence to all persons arrested by military 
 authority. 
 
 24. The office of the " American Vol- 
 unteer," at Carlisle, Pa. was destroyed 
 by citizens and soldiers for severe reilec- 
 tions on the Government. 
 
 24. X Convention of Governors froui 
 14 loyal States, and 3 proxies from otliers 
 met at Altoona, Pa., who endorsed the 
 Emancipation Proclamation, and advised 
 the Pres. to organize a reserve force of 
 100,000 men. 
 
 24. Gen. Beauregard appointed to com- 
 mand reb, forces in S. C. and Georgia. 
 
 24. Gen. Butler at New Orleans, order- 
 ed all Americans in his Department to 
 renew their oath of allegiance to the Gov- 
 ernment, and to furnisli returns of their 
 real and personal property, under pen- 
 alty of fine and inipri3f)ument. 
 
 25. Sabine Pass, Texas, captured by U. 
 S. steamers Kensington, and Henry 
 
 21. 100 reb. troops routed at Cassville, Crocker, and sclir. Rachel Seaman 
 
 Mo., by part of 1st Ark. cavalry. Captain 
 Gilstray, wlio captured 19 rebs. 
 
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 26. Skirmish near Warrenton Junc- 
 tion, Va. Reb. cavalry defeated by CoL 
 
THE "WAR FOE THE UNION. 
 
 Sept., 1862. 
 
 j\roCleau's troops, wlio captured rebel 
 commissary stores. 
 
 Sspt. 26. An unsuccessful attempt to 
 capture steamer Forest Queen at Ash- 
 port, Tenn., by rebs. under Capt. Faulk- 
 ner. 
 
 26. Prentiss, Miss , burned by U. S. 
 ram Queen of the West, in retaliation for 
 rlring on that vessel and transports. 
 
 27. 34th Ohio, Col. Tolaud, attacked 
 Col. Jenkins's reb. cavalry at BiilTalo, on 
 tbe Kanawha liver, Va., but were driven 
 otf, atU;r killing 7, capturing 9, and de- 
 stroying the camp, without loss to them- 
 selves. 
 
 27. Home Guards at Augusta, Ky., 
 captured by rebs. under Basil Duke, after 
 a brave resistance, with loss to the enemy. 
 
 27. 91 women and children rescued 
 from Indians by Col. Sibley on Cliippe- 
 way river, Minn. ; 16 Indians captured. 
 
 28. Reb. steamer Sunbeam captured by 
 U. S. gunboats State of Georgia and Mys- 
 tic, oli' Vv^ilmington, N. C. 
 
 28. Skinnisli on illackwater river, 25 
 miles from Saffolk,Va. Col. C. C. Dodge, 
 with Fed. cavalry and artillery, defeated 
 reb. infantry. 
 
 '.i8. Augusta, Georgia, captured by 600 
 reb. cavahy. 
 
 29. Gen. Jeff. C. Davis shot Gen. Wm. 
 Nelson, at the Gait House, in Louisville, 
 Ky., killing hin\ almost instantly. 
 
 29. A brigade of Fed. cavalry, under 
 Lieut.-Col. karge, on a reconnoissanee 
 from Centreville, Va., to Warrenton, cap- 
 tured and paroled 1,(550 rebels. 
 
 29. Brig.-Gen. Rodman died near Ila- 
 gerstown, Md., of a wound received at 
 the battle of Antietam. 
 
 29. A spirited cava'ry skirmish neai' 
 Sharpsbui'gh, Md. Rebs. dispersed, and 
 a squad of them captured. 
 
 29. 303 disloyal citizens of Carroll Co., 
 Mo., were assessed by the Federal au- 
 thorities in aid of loyal citizens and sol- 
 diers who had been robbed in that Co. 
 
 30. Fight at Newtonia, Mo. A Fed. 
 brigade under Gen. Salomon, attacked a 
 body of rebs. under Col. Cooper, and 
 were defeated by them, losing 50 in killed 
 and wounded, and 100 prisoners. 
 
 30. Reb. bomb-proof magazines at 
 Lower Shipping Point, Va., destroyed by 
 sailors under Lieut.-Com. M'Graw. 
 
 30. Fight at Russelville, Ky. 17th Ky., 
 Col. Harrison, defeated 350 rebs., who 
 lost 35 killed, and 10 prisoners. 
 
 30. Grayson, Ky., occupied by rebel 
 troops. 
 
 30. Salt works at Bluffton, S. C, de- 
 stroyed by 48th N. Y., Col. Barton. 
 
 Oct. 1. The U. S. gunboat fleet on the 
 western waters turned over from the 
 War to the Navy Department. 
 
 Fight on Floyd's Fork, Ky. A Fed. 
 brigade under Col. E. N. Kirk, encoun- 
 tered and overcame a rebel force after a 
 s ight engagement. 
 
 1. Shelbyville, Ky., evacuated by the 
 rebels. 
 
 1. Fight near Gallatin, Tenn. 1st Tenn. 
 cavahy, Col. Stokes, defeated rebs. under 
 Col. Bennett, who lost 40 killed, many 
 wounded, and 39 prisoners. 
 
 1. 9 National pickets dispersed some 
 rebs. at Newbern, N. C. 
 
 1. Gen. Pleasanton's cavalry engaged 
 reb. forces under Gen. Hampton at Mar- 
 tinsburt and at Shepherdstown, Va. Reb. 
 loss 60 killed and wounded, and 9 pris- 
 oners. Fed. loss 12 wounded and 3 pris- 
 oners. 
 
 2. Fight near Olive Hill, Ky. Carter 
 Co. Home Guards repulsed a portion of 
 reb. Gen. Morgan's command. 'Morgan 
 retreated to the Licking river, destroy- 
 ing 35 houses on his route. 
 
 2. Gen. Foster's Union troops accom- 
 panied by gunboats, left Washington, 
 N. C, taking possession of Hamilton, 
 and driving the rebels towards Tar- 
 bo ro'. 
 
 2. .Skirmishing near Mount Washing- 
 ion, Ky., on the Bardstown turnpike, 
 by Gen. Buell's army and rebels under 
 Gen. E. Kirby Smith. 
 
 3. Rebel fortifications at St. John's 
 Bluff, (m St. John's river, Fla., captured 
 by 1500 Feds, under Gen. Brannan, as- 
 sisted by 7gunb's from Hilton Head, S. C. 
 
 3. Fight on the Blackwater river, near 
 Franklin, Va. 3 Fed. gunboats. Com- 
 modore Perry, Hunchback, and Whitc- 
 liead, under Capt. Flusser, engaged a 
 large force of rebs. 6 hours. Fed. loss 19 
 k. and wounded. 
 
 3. 11th Pa. cavalry. Col. Spears, en- 
 iraged reb. forces at Franklin, on Black- 
 water river, Va. Rebs. retreated with 
 loss of 30 or 40 killed and wounded. 
 
 3-5. A series of battles near Corinth, 
 Miss. A reb. army of 38,000 men under 
 Price, Van Dorn, and Lovell, attacked 
 liosecrans' army, under Gens. Ord, Hurl- 
 but, and Veatch. Rebs. routed with 
 heavy loss of k. and w., and 1,000 pris. 
 National loss also heavy. 
 
 4. Richard Howes, inaugurated rebel 
 governor of Kentucky, at Frankfort. 
 
 4. A fight near Bardstown, Ky. Fed. 
 advance guard under Maj. Foster, de- 
 feated bv rear-guard of Polk's array. 
 
 4, A company of the 54th Pa. captured 
 
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Oct, 1862. 
 
 CKRONOLOGT. 
 
 at Paw-Paw, on the Bait, and Ohio'Geii. Smith's troops vnth considciTible 
 
 railroad 
 
 4. Fed. cavalry under Col. M'Rcynolds, 
 captured a rebel camp near the above 
 place, with 3 guns, 10 wagons and GO 
 horses. 
 
 5. Gen. Price's rebel army, retreating 
 from Corinth, Miss., were overtaken by 
 Gene. Ord and Hurlbut at the Hatchie 
 river, where, after 6 hours' fighting, the 
 rebels broke in disorder, leaving their 
 dead and wounded, 400 prisoners, and 2 
 batteries. 
 
 5. Skirmish 6 miles north of Glasgow, 
 Ky. Feds, under Col. Bruce, routed a 
 rebel force, taking a number of horses 
 and cattle. 
 
 5. Jacksonville, Fla., occupied by 
 Union forces under Gen. Brannon. 
 
 6. A mob in Blackford Co., lud., de- 
 stroyed the enrolling papers and draft 
 boxes. 
 
 6. A rebel battery at Cockpit Point, 
 Va., on the Potomac, destroyed by a Fed. 
 gunboat. 
 
 6. Skirmish near Charleslnwn, Va. 6th 
 U. S. cavalry and Robertson's battery 
 engaged a rebel force with slight re- 
 sults. 
 
 6. Fight at Lavergne, near Nashville, 
 Tenn. Gen. Palmer's Union brigade, 
 2.500 men, were attacked by rebels under 
 Gen. Anderson, who were defeated with 
 a loss of 10 killed and wounded. Fed. 
 loss, 18 in killed and wounded. 
 
 7. Lexington, Ky., evacuated by rebels 
 under E. Kirby Smith, who retreated 
 towards Cumberland Gap. 
 
 7. The monitor Nahant launched at 
 Boston. 
 
 7. Skirmish near Sibley's Landing, Mo. 
 5th Mo. cavalry defeated rebels under 
 Quantrell and Cliilds. 
 
 7. Gen. Morgan's Union troops reached 
 Frankfort, Ky. 
 
 7. The bark Wave, and brig Dunkirk, 
 were destroyed by the rebel privateer, 
 Alabama, 
 
 8. Battle at Chaplin Hills, Perryville, 
 
 loss. Union loss, 6 killed, 8 wounded. 
 
 9. Gen. Sigel's cavalry captured 40 rebs, 
 and several wagons at Aldie, Va. 
 
 9. The monitor Montauk launched at 
 Green point, L. I. 
 
 9. The rebel steamer Gov. Milton cap- 
 tured on St. John's river, Fla., by gun-_ 
 boat Darlington. 
 
 10. 1,800 reb. cavalry, under J. E. B. 
 Stuart, crossed the Potomac at McCoy's 
 creek, and penetrated to Mercersburg and 
 Chambersburg, Pa., and after capturing 
 and destroying much property, made 
 good their retreat with slight loss. 
 
 10. Gen. Schofield drove the Confed- 
 erate forces across the Mo. line into Ark. 
 
 10. 1,600 rebs. the rear-guard of Bragg's 
 army, captured at Harrodsburg, Ky., by 
 Lieut-Col. Boyle, with 9th Ky. cavalry. 
 
 10. 100 reb. guerrillas entered Hawes- 
 ville, Ind'., but were driven out by the 
 Connel ton Home Guard. 
 
 11. Skirmish near Helena, Ark. 4th 
 Iowa cavalry, Major Rector, defeated 
 Texan rangers under Col. Giddings, cap- 
 turing 9 of tliem. 3 Feds, killed and 9 
 wounded. 
 
 11. Ship Manchester, of N. Y., captured 
 and burned by the Alabama. 
 
 11. 27 rebs. of Col. Imboden's com- 
 mand, with all tlieir camp equipnge, cap- 
 tured by oOO of Col. McReynolds' cavalry 
 17 miles from Winchester, Va. 
 
 11. The v. S. gunboat Maratanza lying 
 off Cape Fear river, N. C, had 3 men 
 killed and 5 wounded by a reb. battery. 
 
 11. Gen. Dumont's Fed. troops cap- 
 tured 350 rebs., a wagon train, and 3 
 pieces of artillery at Versailles, Ky. 
 
 13. Skirmishirg on the Potomac river, 
 at the mouth of the Monocac}^ near 
 White's Ford, by Gen. Pleasanton's cav- 
 alry with rebs. under Gen. Stuart. 
 
 12. 29 persons arrested and 3 hung at 
 Gainesville, Tex<«s, who were accused 
 of Union sentiments. 
 
 13. More than 100 prisoners taken by 
 Union troops under Gen. Stahel, in the 
 
 Ky., by the armies of Gens. Buell and | vicinity of Paris, Snicker's Gap, and 
 Bragg. Rebs. retreated across Chaplin Leesburg, Va. 
 
 river. Fed. loss, 3,300 in killed, wounded 
 and missing. Rebel loss fully as great. 
 
 8. 550 Feds, under Major Bradford, 17 
 government wagons, and a number of 
 sutler's wagons, were captured by rebels 
 under E. Kirbj'' Smith, near Frankfort, 
 Ky. 
 
 9. Galveston, Texas, occupied by Feds, 
 under Commander Renshaw. 
 
 9. Skirmish near Laurenceburg, Ky. 
 1st Ohio, Col. Parrott, defeated part of 
 
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 13. The 6 th Mo., Col. Gather wood, re- 
 turned to camp at Sedalia, Mo., after a 
 successful scout, in which several bands 
 of guerrillas were broken up, and 50 of 
 them killed and wounded. 
 
 14. The English propeller Ouachita, 
 captured in the Gulf Stream by U. S. 
 gunboat Memphis. 
 
 14. Skirmish at Stanford, Ky., by scouts 
 of Gens. Buell's and Bragg's armies. 14 
 rebs. captured, and several killed. 
 
THE WAR FOR THE UXION. 
 
 Oct., 18S2 
 
 Oct 15. The bark Lamplighter, of miles from Nasliville,Tenn. Col. Miller's 
 Boston, captured by the Alabama. j brigade of Fed. troops routed a f(;rce of 
 
 15. Drafting in Boston and Baltimore.i Confederate cavalry, and captured a large 
 
 15. Steamer Hazel Dell captured at store of army supplies. 
 Casey ville, Ky., by rebs. under Cols. An- 20. 500 cases of yellow fever reported 
 derson and Johnson. jat Wilmington, N. C, 30 or 40 dying 
 
 15. SIdrmish near Carsville, Va. Part' daily, 
 of 7th Pa. cavalry, Lieut. Williams, de-j 20. Skirmish on the Anxvois river, Mo. 
 feated by rebs., losing sever»T,l of theirjMajor Woodson, with 10th Mo. militia 
 number. ' dispersed rebel guerrillas with sliglit loss, 
 
 xh' 
 
 15. U. S. Steamer Kensington, Master 
 Crocker, destroyed a railroad bridge and 
 burned 2 vessels at Taylor's Bayou, Tex. 
 
 10. The sloop-of-war Ticonderoga was 
 laniiched at Brooklyn, N. Y. 
 
 IG. Gen. Humphrey's troops driven 
 from Sheplicrdstown,"Va., by rebs., with 
 slight loss. 
 
 10. Skirmish near Charlestown, Va. 
 Gen. Hancock's troops successfully en- 
 gaged rebs. Union loss, 1 killed and 8 
 wounded. Reb. loss, 9 wounded and 
 taken nrisoners. 
 
 17. Tiie Fed. garrison on the Tenn. 
 shore, opposite Island No. 10 attacked 
 by reb. forces, who were defeated with 
 loss. 
 
 17. Morgan's Confed. cavalry dashed 
 hito Lexington, Ky.. and attacked 350 
 Fed. cavalry, under Major Seidel, 3rd O. 
 Fed loss, 4"killed, 24 wounded, and 120 
 prisoners. 
 
 17. Quantrell's guerrillas entered Shaw- 
 nee, Kansas, sacked the town, burned 13 
 houses and killed 4 men. 
 
 17. Skirmish at Thorouglifare Gap, Va, 
 Gen. Stahcl's troops drove rebs. toward 
 Haymarket, and captm'cd 100 prisoners. 
 
 17. The draft resisted in Berkley, Lu- 
 zerne CO., Pa. 4 insurgents killed. Re- 
 sistance also in Carbondale, Scranton, 
 and other towns in the mining district. 
 
 18. Pickets of the 43rd Ind. dispersed 
 by rebs. at Helena, Ark., losing several 
 of their number. 
 
 18. 350 of the 4th Ohio cavalry, Capt. 
 Eobey, captured at Lexington, Ky., by 
 reb. cavalry under Gen. Morgan. 
 
 18. 10 guerrillas were siiot at Palmyra, 
 Mo., by order of Gen. McNeill, in retalia- 
 tion for the murder of Andrew Allsman, 
 an aged Union citizen. 
 
 18. Nine Union pickets were shot on 
 the Mississippi, opposite Helena, Ark. 
 
 18. A lieut. with 20 men and a sujiply 
 train for Gen. Stahel were captured by 
 rebs. at Haymarket, and taken to War- 
 renton, Va. 
 
 • •' ''19. A train of ^ wagons was captured 
 by Morgan's reb. cavalry at Bardstown, 
 Ky. , ._....-„•,■ ■■.^■.^^, '■ (■, 
 
 19. Fight on the Cumberland nver " 
 
 capturing their camp stores and horses. 
 
 20. The 10th Illinois cavalry, Lieut-Col. 
 Stuart, defeated 250 reb. cavalr}\ near 
 Marshfield, Mo., taking 27 prisoners. 
 
 21. Skirmisliing in Loudon co., Va., 
 by Gen. Geary's tJnion troops, who took 
 75 prisoners. 
 
 21. Skirmish at Woodville, Tenn. 2nd 
 Illinois cavalry, Major J. J. ]\Iudd, de- 
 feated guerrillas iinder Haj'wood, captur- 
 ing 40 with their arms, and 100 horses 
 and mules. 
 
 21. Fight at Fort Cobb, Indian Ter". 
 Loyal Indians from 6 tribes defeated rel , 
 of the Tongkawa tribe, under Col. Le])i , 
 with sreat slaughter. Col. Leper killc . 
 
 22. "Gen. Blunt's army defeated 5,0(0 
 rebs. at old Fort Wayne, Marysville, N. 
 W. Ark., capturing all their artillery and 
 transportation equipage. 
 
 22. Rebs. under Gen. Ilindman driven 
 from Huntsville, Ark.,bv Gen. Sclioiield. 
 
 22. Battle at Pocotaligo, S. C. Gen. 
 Brannon's Fed. troops defeated with a 
 loss of 30 killed and 180 vounded, by 
 rebels under Gen. Beauregard. 
 
 22. Skirmish near Van Buren, Ark. 
 Union cavalry under lilajor Lazear de- 
 feated 450 rebels under Col. Boone, with 
 considerable loss. 
 
 22. 30 wagons of the 5th and 0th 111. 
 cavalry captured by Texan troops near 
 Helena, Ark. 
 
 22. Union pickets defeated in a skir- 
 mish near Nashville, Tenn. 
 
 22. Brig Robert Bruce, cajitured off 
 Shallotte inlet, N. C, by U. S. gunboat 
 Penobscot. 
 
 22. Skirmish near Hedgesville, Va. 
 4th Pa. cavalry, Capt. Duncan, defeated 
 rebels, capturing 19 prisoners. 
 
 23. 200 of the 83d III., Major Blott, de- 
 feated rebels at Waverly, Tenn. Rebel 
 loss, 40 killed and wounded, and SO pris- 
 oners. Union loss, 1 killed, 5 wounded. 
 
 23. Skirmish near Shelby Depot. 
 Tenn. 55th Illinois, Col. Stuart, defeated 
 rebels, who lost 8 or 10 men. 
 
 23. 500 Fed. cavalry. Col. E. M'Cook, . r) 
 defeated Morgan's cavalry at Point Lick, i f 
 Big Hill, and" Richmond, Ky., taking 33 v 
 wagons and 200 prisoners. 
 
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Oct., 1862. 
 
 CHRONOLOGY. 
 
 23. Ship Lafayette, of Conu,, burned by 
 the Alabama. 
 
 34. A Fed. force of 80 was defeated at 
 Manassas Junction, Va., losing 17 pris 
 oners. 
 
 24. Skirmish at Grand Prairie, Mo 
 Maj. F. G. White's cavalry defeated a 
 reb. force, who lost 8 killed and 20 
 wounded. Fed. loss, 3 wounded. 
 
 24. Skirmish on the Blackwater, near 
 Suffolk, Va. Gen. Perry's troops de- 
 feated rebs. who lost 6 men. One Union- 
 ist killed. 
 
 24. Sixteen of Gen. Morgan's men cap 
 tured by a Federal force at Morgantown, 
 Ky. 
 
 24. Steamer Scotia capt'ed off Charles 
 ton, S. C., by U. S. bark Restless. 
 
 25. Gen. Euell removed from the De 
 partment of Ky., and Gen. Rosecrans 
 appointed commander. 
 
 2.5. Part of 43d Ind., on a scout near 
 Helena, Ark., 3 of them killed and 2 
 wounded by guerrillas in ambush. 
 
 27. Steamer Anglia capt'd off Charles- 
 ton, S. C, by U. S. bark Restless and 
 steamer Flag. 
 
 27. Skirmish near Fayetteville, Ark. 
 Gen. Herrou's Fed. troops defeated guer- 
 rillas, killing 8, and capturing their 
 wagons. 
 
 27. Skirmish at Putnam's Ferry, Mo. 
 23d Iowa, Col. Lewis, defeated a' large 
 force of rebs., who lost several killed 
 and 40 prisoners. 
 
 27. Fight near Donaldsonville, La. 
 Gen. Weitzel's troops defeated rebs., who 
 lost 6 killed, 15 wounded and 208 prison- 
 ers. Fed. loss, 18 killed, 74 wounded. 
 
 27. Gen. Pleasanton's cavalry drove 
 the rebs. from Snicker's Gap. Va. 
 
 28. Capt. Partridge's Fed. pickets were 
 captured near Pensacola, Fla. 
 
 28. The steamer Caroline captured off 
 Mobile, Ala., by U. S. steamer Mont- 
 gomery. 
 
 28. Gen. Herron, with 1,000 men at- 
 tacked a Confederate camp near Fa- 
 yetteville, Ark.,under Col. Craven, routing 
 them with a loss of 8 killed and their 
 camp equipage. 
 
 28. A company of reb. cavalry captur- 
 ed near Cotton Creek, Fla.. by Union 
 troops. 
 
 28. The bark Lauretta, of K Y., cap- 
 tured and burned by the Alabama. • 
 
 29. Skirmish 5 miles from Petersburg, 
 Va. Lieut.-CoL Quirk routed a detach- 
 ment of Stuart's reb. cavalry, capturing 
 16 men and 200 cattle. 
 
 29. Fight near Butler, Bates Co., Mo. 
 1st Kansas (colored), Col. Seaman, de- 
 
 feated reb. guerrillas under Cockerill, 
 with a loss of 30 killed and wounded. 
 Union loss, 8 killed, 10 wounded. 
 
 29. Maj. Keenan, 8lh Pa. cavalry cap- 
 tured 100 rebs. while on a scout in the 
 Shenandoah valley, Va. 
 
 29. Ship Alleghanian, of New York, 
 burned on the Rappahannock river, Va., 
 by rebels. 
 
 30. Maj. -Gen. O. M. Mitche^', Com- 'i^'^ 
 mander of Department of the South, 
 died at Beaufort, S. C. 
 
 •30. Skirmish at Thoroughfare Gap,Va. 
 1st N. J. cavalry. Col. Wyndham, enga- 
 ged a rebel force with slight loss. 
 
 31. The town of Franklin, on the 
 Blackwater river, Va., partially destroy- 
 ed by Union batteries, a reb. force sta- 
 tioned there being driven out with loss. 
 
 31. The Wilmington, N. C. saltworks 
 destroyed by Capt. Cushing, gunboat 
 Ellis. 
 
 Hov. 1. TheU. S. steamer Northerner, 
 and gunboat States of the North, with a 
 detachmeut of 3d N. Y. cavalry and 2 
 pieces of Allen's artillery, under Jlaj. Gar- 
 rard, captured 2 rebel schooners on 
 Pungo Creek, N. C. Disembarking at 
 Montgomery, the troops marched to Ger- 
 maiitovvn, Swanquarter, and Middle- 
 town, capturing in those places 25 pris- 
 oners and 130 horses and mules. 
 
 1. The town of Lavacca, on ]\Lata- 
 gorda Bay, Texas, bombarded by U. S. 
 gunboats Clifton and Westtield. 
 
 1. Skirmish at Franklin, Va. Gen. 
 Wessell's brigade, 11th Pa. cavalry, and 
 other troops, drove the rebels from the 
 town with some loss. 
 
 2. Skirmishes near Philc/mont, Va. by 
 Gen. Pleasanton's cavalry with Stuart's 
 rebel forces. 
 
 2. Snicker's Gap. Va. occupied by Gen. 
 Hancock's troops after a slight skirmish 
 with the enemy. 
 
 2. Col. Dewey's troops returned to 
 Patterson, "Wayuc Co., Mo., from an expe- 
 dition to Pittman's ferry. Currant river, 
 where tliey captured 13 rebels. 
 
 2. A skirmish near Williamstown, N. 
 C. between part of the 20th N. C. rebels 
 under Col. Eurgwyn, and some Federal 
 troops. 
 
 2. Col. Lee, of Hamilton's National cav- 
 ahy, returned to Grand Junction, Miss, 
 after a three days' expedition towards 
 Ripley and 10 miles south, having cap- 
 tured 65 of the enemy with slight resist- 
 mce. 
 
 2. The ship Levi Starbuck captured 
 and burned by the Alabama. 
 I 3. A tight in Bayou Teche, La., Union 
 
 3) 
 
THE WAK FOR TUE U^^ION. 
 
 Nov., 1S62 
 
 gunboats engaged a large rebel force and 
 the gunboat Cotton. The rebels re- 
 treated after burning 75 cars and engines, 
 and 1000 hogsheads of sugar. Fed. loss 
 al)out 14 killed and wounded. 
 
 ISTov. 3. Tampa, Fla. was bombarded 
 by the Union forces. 
 
 o. oOO rebs. under Quantrell attacked 
 a wagon ti-ain of 13 wagons, escorted by 
 '23 of the Gill Mo. cavalry, Lieut. Newby, 
 near Harrisonville, Mo., killing 8 of the 
 escort, wounding 4 and taking 5 prisoners, 
 and burning the wagons. The rebel 
 troops Avere shortly after overtaken by 
 the 5t,h and Glh Mo. cavalry and defeated 
 with severe loss. 
 
 3. The steamer Darlington, with col'd 
 troops under Col. O. T. Beard, proceeded 
 up Bell river, Fla., to Cooper's, where 
 thej^ destroyed the salt works, and all 
 stores that could not be carried off. From 
 thence Ihey went up Jolly river, destroy- 
 ing salt works, with a large amount of 
 corn and salt. 
 
 3. Skirmish near New Baltimore, Va. 
 Capt. Flint, with pickets from 1st Vt. 
 cavalry, defeated a reb. party. 
 
 3. Piedmont, Va., occupied by Union 
 cavalry under Pleasanton and Averill. 
 
 3. Fight in Webster Co., Ky. Col. Fos- 
 ter captured 3 lieutenants, 23 men, 40 
 horses, &c. 
 
 3. Horatio Seymour elected Governor 
 of New Y(^-k. 
 
 4. 3 Union pickets captured near Boli- 
 var Hciglits, Va. 
 
 4. La Grange, Miss, occupied by Gen. 
 Grant's forces. 
 
 4. Bark Sophia captured off N. C. coast 
 by U. S. steamers Diiylight and Mount 
 Vernon. 
 
 4. The U. S. steamer Darlington, with 
 Col. O. T. Beard's colored troops desti-oj'- 
 ed rebel salt works at King's Bay, Ga., 
 after sliglit skirmishing with the enemy. 
 
 5. Skirmish at Lamar, Mo. 80 Stale 
 militia driven from the place by Quau- 
 trell's rebel troop. 
 
 5. Skirmish at Barber's Cross-Iloads, 
 Va. Gen. Pleasanlon's cavalry defeated 
 a detachment of Gen. Stuart's reb. troops. 
 
 5. Maj. HoUoway's Federal cavalry de- 
 feated a part}' of guerrillas under Col. 
 Fowler, between Henderson and Bowling 
 Green, Ky. Reb. loss 8 killed, including 
 the commander, besides a large number 
 of wounded prisoners. 
 
 5. Skirmish at New Baltimore, Va. 
 Col. Wyndham's Fed. cavalry defeated 
 rebels. 
 
 5. Skirmish near Nashville, Tenn. 
 Gen. Negley's Fed. troops defeated?(fren. 
 
 (5 
 
 J. H. Morgan's forces, capturing 23 
 Union loss 5 killed, 19 wounded. 
 
 5. Gen. McClellan relieved from com- 
 mand of the Army of the Potomac, aud 
 Gen. Burnside appointed his successor. 
 
 6. Warrenton, Va., captured by Gen. 
 Reynolds, who took 7 Confed. prisoners. 
 
 6. Fight at Piketon, Ky. Col. Dills 
 routed Confederates, capturing 80, and 
 securing 150 muskets, 40 horses, wagons, 
 &c. 
 
 6. Skirmish near Leatherwood, Ky. 
 Capt. Powell's Fed. company routed 
 guerrillas, who fled, leaving 6 of their 
 number dead, and their captain mortally 
 wounded. 
 
 7. At Beaver Creek, Mo., Capt. Bar- 
 stow's company of 10th 111. cavalry, and 
 3 militia companies, defended a block 
 house for 5 hours against a superior force, 
 when he surrendered. 
 
 7. Expedition up the Sapelo river, Ga., 
 by U. S. steamers Potomska and Dar- 
 lington, and 48lh N. Y., Col. O. T. Beard. 
 A valuable salt work destroyed, and a 
 number of rebs. and slaves captured. 
 
 7. Skirmish at Lamar, Mo. State 
 militia successfully resist an attack from 
 Quantrell's band. 
 
 7. 300 Indians, who were engaged in 
 the massacres in Minnesota, were sen- 
 tenced to be hung — most of whom were 
 afterwards pardoned. 
 
 8. Skirmish at Rappahannock bridge, 
 Va. Gen. Bayard's troops captured"l3 
 of Longstreet's rebels. 
 
 8. Skirmish at Hudson ville. Miss. 7th 
 Kansas, Col. Lee, defeated n^bels, who 
 lost 1() killed, and 175 caotiired. 
 
 8. Ship T. B. Wales burned by the Al- 
 abama. 
 
 8. Skirmish near Marianna, Ark. Part 
 of 3d and 4Mi Iowa cavalry, Capt M. L. 
 Perkins, defeated rebels, who lost 5 killctl 
 and several wounded. 1 Fed. Avcninded. 
 
 9. Skirmish at Fredericksbui-g, Va. 
 Capt. Dahlgren's troops drove off a Con- 
 fed, party, afler a sharp skirmish, captur- 
 ing 39 prisoners and stores. 
 
 9. Gen. Kelley's Fed. cavalry defeated 
 Imboden's troops 18 miles S.W. of Moore- 
 lield, Va. 
 
 9. St. Mary's, Fla., burned by U. S. 
 gunboat Moliawlv in retaliation for the 
 treachery of the inhabitants. 
 
 9. Skirmish in Perry Co., Ky., on the 
 Kentucky river. Capts. Morgan and 
 Everso.r's troops defeated guerrillas. 
 
 10. Lieut. Ash, 2d U. S. "dragoons, de- 
 feated part of 5th Va. cavalry, 10 miles 
 south of Warrenton, Va. 
 
 10. Capt. G. W. Gilraore captured two 
 
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Nov., 1362. 
 
 CURONOLOGY. 
 
 wagons and several rebels near "Williams-' 19. James A Scddons appointed reb. 
 burg, Greenbrier Co., Va. I Sec.-of-War, in place of G. W. Randolph, 
 
 11. Skirmish near Iluntsville, Tenn. resigned. 
 Capt. Duncan's Home Guards routed a 11). The 1st Gen.Couneil of the Epis. 
 small band of rebs. who lost 6 killed and 
 several wounded. 
 
 11. A tight near Lebanon, Tenn 
 National cavulrj under Capts. Kennett 
 and Wolford defeated Morgan's men, 
 who lost 7 killed and 135 prisoners. 
 
 11. National pickets driven in witli 
 slight loss at Newbern, N. C. 
 
 il. 134 prisoners taken and 16 rebs. 
 killed by Col. Lee's Kansas cavalry near 
 La Grange, Tenn. 
 
 11. Geu. Ransom defeated Confederate 
 forces ncLir Garretsburg, Ky 
 
 13. Gen. Hooker appointed to relieve 
 Gen. Fitz-John Porter in command of 
 the 5 th Armj'- Corps. 
 
 13. Cavalry engagement near Lamar, 
 Miss. Detachments of 3nd 111. and 37th 
 Kansas, Maj. J. J. Miidd, routed a force 
 of rebs. with severe loss. 
 
 13. Slight skirmish at Holly Springs, 
 Miss. Col. Lee's cavalry killed 4 rebs. 
 and captured several. 
 13. Expedition to the Doboy river,' 
 
 Church in the reb. States met at Augusta, 
 Ga. 
 
 30. Col. Carlin's expedition returned 
 ';o Nashville, Tenn., from Clarksville, 
 having captured 43 rebs., 40 horses, &c. 
 
 30. Fed. pickets surprised at Bull Run 
 bridge, Va., and 3 captured. 
 
 20. Wari-cnton and Leesburg, Va., oc- 
 cupied by reb. cavalry. 
 
 21. Gen. Sumner, fommanding right 
 wing of army of the Potomac, in front of 
 Fredericksburg, Va. 
 
 31. Skirmish at Bayou Bontouca, near 
 Fort Pike, La. Capt. Darling's company 
 of 31st Mass. defeated rebs. under Capt. 
 Evans, who lost 4 killed and several 
 wounded. Union loss 1 wouiuled. 
 
 23. All political State prisoners held 
 by military authority in the U. S. re- 
 leased by order of the Sec. of War. 
 
 23. Part of 1st N. Y. cavalry, Capt. 
 Harkins, defeated i-ebs. near ^yinchester, 
 Va., who lost 4 men and 30 horses. 
 
 22. An expedition into Matthew Co., 
 
 Ga., by U. S. steamers Ben Deford and,Va., by steamer Mahaska, Capt. F. A. 
 
 Darlington, with Col.- Beard's colored 
 troops, who seized a lal'ge quantity of reb 
 property. 
 
 13. A reb. camp near Calhoun, Green 
 river, Ky. was surprised by Col. Shanks 
 with 400 men, who captured their arms 
 and camp equipage. 
 
 15. Fight near Fayetteville, Va., by 
 Fed. troops under Gen. Slurgis and a 
 large body of rebs., who were defeated. 
 
 16. The remaining corps of the army 
 of the Potomac, excepting the .">tli and 
 Gen. Pleasanton's cavalry, left Warren 
 ton, and proceeded towards Fredericks 
 burg. 
 
 17. Pickets of the 104th Pa. surprised 
 at Gloucester Point, Pa. and 1 killed 
 wounded, and 2 captured. 
 
 18. Skirmish at Rural Hills, Tenn. 
 Col. Hawkins' troops defeated reb. cav 
 airy, who left 16 of theh- number dead 
 on the field. 
 
 18. At Cove Creek, near Kinston, N. 
 C. Lieut.-Col. Mix with part of 3d N. Y. 
 cavalry and AUis's artillery, defeated the 
 10th N. C. infantry and some of the 2d 
 N. C. cavalry, who retreated with the 
 loss of arms and equipments. 
 
 18. Falmouth, Va. occupied by Gen. 
 Sumner's Fed. troops. 
 
 18. The English schooners Ariel and 
 Ann Marie captured off Little Run, S. C. 
 by U. S. ffunboat Mouticello. 
 
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 Parker, with land forces under Gen. 
 Naglee, destroyed 12 salt works, and 30 
 or 30 vessels and other reb. propert}^ 
 
 32. Skirmish near Halltown, Va., by 
 Gen. Geary's troops. 
 
 23. Lieut. Cashing, U. S. steamer Ellis, 
 captured 2 schrs. on New river, N. C, 
 but lost his own vessel on the shoals in 
 returning. 
 
 34. A reb. picket of 13 men captured 
 by Gen. Kelley's cavalry 4 miles from 
 VVinchester, Va. 
 
 24. A Fed. supply-train of 47 wagons, 
 escorted by 50 3d Mo. cavalry, was at- 
 tacked by rebs. about 30 miles south of 
 Lebanon, Texas Co., Mo. 5 of the es- 
 cort were killed and 20 wagons captured. 
 
 25. The U. S. gunboat Lexington, J. 
 W. Shirk, attacked 20 miles below He- 
 lena, Ark. The enemy were repelled, 
 leaving several of their number killed. 
 Capt. Shirk landed a party of sailors, 
 who carried off 20 negroes and 16 bales 
 of cotton. 
 
 25. A slight skirmish at Zuni, on the 
 Blackwater river, Va., by mounted rifles 
 under Col. Dodge, and a reb. force. 
 
 35. A company of Fed. troops cap- 
 tured at Henderson, Tenn., by reb. cav- 
 alry. 
 
 35. In Crawford Co., Mo., a company 
 of reb. guerrdlas carried off horses, fire- 
 arms, clothing, (fee, from farmers. Re- 
 
THE WAR FOE THE UNION. 
 
 Nov., 1863. 
 
 turning, near Huzza river, Iron Co., theyl 1. Skirmish near Horse Creek, Dade 
 were overtaken by Capt. N. B. Reeve's Co., Mo. Mnj. Kelley's 4th Mo. cavalry 
 company, who killed 2 of their party and routed a band of rebs., capturini!: 5. 
 recovered the plunder. 1. Skirmish near CharlesiowUjVa. Gen. 
 
 jMov. 25. Col. Paxlon's loyal Va. cav- Slocum's Fed. troops defeated rebel cav- 
 alry captured 118 prisoners, oOO stand of airy under White and Henderson, killing 
 
 arms, 100 horses, and other property, 
 near Sinking Ci'eek, W. Va. 
 
 26. Fight at Cold Knob Mountain,Va 
 2d Va. cavalry. Col. J. C. Paxton, de- 
 feated reb. troops, of whom over 100 
 were taken prisoners. 
 
 20. 25 guerrillas, under Evan Dorsej', 
 crossed the Potomac, and robbed the 
 stores and stal)les in Urbanna, 7 miles 
 above Frederic, Md. killing a man named 
 Harris. 
 
 26. 7th 111. cavalry attacked rebs. 
 near Summerville, Miss., and captured 
 28 of their number. 
 
 Indiana troops, under Cols. Hurd 
 
 5, and wounding 18. 
 
 1. At Franklin, Va., Gen. Peck recap- 
 tured the Pittsburg battery, taken from 
 the Fed. forces on the Peninsula. 
 
 2. A fight near Franklin, Va. 11th 
 Pa. cavahy. Col. Spear, with artillery 
 supports, defeated reb. cavalry with ee- 
 vere loss. 
 
 2. Lieut. Hoffman and"6 men of 1st N. 
 J. cavalry, captured while on picket duty 
 d miles from Dumfries, Va. 
 
 2. Two companies of 8lh Pa. cavalry, 
 Capt. Wilson, defeated with severe loss 
 at King George Court House, Va. 
 
 2. Part of Gen. Banks' expedition to 
 
 and Dodge, defeated rebels near La New Orleans sailed from New York. 
 
 Vergne, Tenn., several of whom were 
 killed. National loss 10 wounded. 
 
 23. Gen. Blunt defeated Gen. Marma- 
 duke's Confederate forces en route for 
 Missouri, at Kane Hill, Ark. The battle 
 raged over 12 miles. The rebels re- 
 treated to Van Buren, Ark. 
 
 28. At Ilartwood Church, 15 miles 
 from Falmouth, Va., 2 squadrons of 3d 
 Pii. cavalry. Gen. Averill's brigade, cap- 
 tured by the eneraj^, after a brief resist- 
 ance, in \\iiich they lost 4 killed and 9 
 wounded. 
 
 28. A large Fed. expedition, under 
 Gen. A. P. Hovey, left Helena, Arlc, and 
 arrived at Delta, Miss., cutting the Tenn. 
 and Mississippi railroad, and destroying 
 2 engines and 30 cars. Gen. Wash" 
 burne's cavalry encountered the rear of 
 Price's rebel army, and captured 50 
 men, near the Big Black river. 
 
 29. The U S. steamer Star was burned 
 by rebs. 2 miles below Piaqeumine, La. 
 
 29. Gen. Stalil, with 300 cavalry, at- 
 tacked rebs. at Snicker's Gap,Va., killing 
 45, capturhig 40. 
 
 30. A skirmish near Abbeville, Miss., 
 by Col. Ljc's troops with a rebel force. 
 
 30. Tiie schooner Levi Ruwe captured 
 olf N. Carolina by U. S. steamer Mount 
 Vernon. 
 
 30. The bark Parker Cook destroyed 
 by reb. steamer Alabama in the Mona 
 Passage. 
 
 Dec. 1. U. S. Congress convened at 
 Washington. 
 
 1. Col. Lee's cavalry took posses-ion 
 of rebel forts on the TaUahatchie river. 
 He also captured a battery of 6 guns on 
 the north side of the river. 
 
 2. Gen. Geary defeated rebels near 
 Charlestown, Va., killing and wounding 
 70, and capturing 145. 
 
 3. Prmceton, Ky., occupied by Federal 
 troops, 91st Ind. and 15th Ky., under 
 Maj. A. P. Henry, who captured a num- 
 ber of rebels. 
 
 3. Skirmishes near Oxford, Miss. Col. 
 Platcli's brigade captured 92 rebs. Fed. 
 loss in killed and wounded, 20. 
 
 4. Skirmish near Tuscumbia, Ala. 
 Rebs. abandoned their camps, losing 70 
 men prisoners, and their horses. 
 
 4. Winchester, Va., occupied by Gen. 
 Geary's troops, the rebel garrison leav- 
 ing on his approach. 
 
 4. A sharp tight at Water valley, Miss. 
 Col. Hatch and Lee's Fed. brigades de- 
 feated a rebel force, capturing 300 men 
 and 50 horses. 
 
 5. Fed. cavalry under Cols. Dickey and 
 Lee defeated by rebel inf intry after two 
 hours' fight. Union loss, *100 killed, 
 wounded, and missing. 
 
 5. The 30th Iowa and 29th Wis. at- 
 tacked by rebs. at Helena, Ark., whom 
 they repulsed, killing 8, and capturing 30. 
 
 6. The schr. 3Iedora, with rebel army 
 stores, was captured at Hackett's Point 
 Md., by Capt. Kearney's company. 
 
 G. A forage train, in charge of 93d 
 Ohio, Col. Anderson, was attacked by 
 rebs near Lebanon, Tenn., who were 
 Iriven otf. 
 
 (!. Gen. Banks' expedition sailed from 
 New York to New Orleans. 
 
 7. U. S. mail steamer Ariel captured 
 )fFCaba by rebel steamer Alabama, but 
 releast;d on bond for $228,0 0. 
 
 7. Gens. Blunt and Heiron defeated 
 
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Dec, 1862. 
 
 CHRONOLOGY. 
 
 15,000 rebels under Gens. Hindman, 
 Mannaduke, Parsons, and Frost, at Prai- 
 rie Grove, N.W. Ark. Fedt-ral loss, 495 
 killed, 60^ wounded. Coufed. loss, 1,500 
 killed and wounded. 
 
 7. The lOi'ith and lOStli Ohio, and 101th 
 111., under Col. A. B. Moore, were attack- 
 ed by a rebel i'orce under Gen. J. H. Mor- 
 gan, at Harlsville, Tenn. After a fight 
 in which 55 of tlie Feds, were killed, and 
 over 100 wounded, the entire force sur 
 
 army under Gen. Burnside. It consisted 
 of three grand divisions led b}^ Gens. 
 Sumner, Hooker and Franklin. The 
 Fed. army was repulsed, losing 1,513 
 killed, 6,000 wounded, and 460 prisoners. 
 The rebels lost 1,800 men. 
 
 18. Jeff. Davis reviewed the reb. forces 
 under Bragg at Marfreesboro'. 
 
 13. Two regiments of Union infentry 
 and one of cavalry surprised a rebel 
 force at Tuscumbia, Ala., compkitely 
 routing them and capturing 70 prisoners, 
 Federal loss, 
 
 rendered to the rebels, who lost about 
 
 the same number in killed and wounded j their horses and baggage. 
 
 7. 60 of the 8th Pa. cavalry defeated! killed, 14 wounded, 
 at King George's C. H., Va. Loss 20. ! 13. Gov. Johnson, of Tenn., assessed 
 
 9. A body of rebels attacked a forage disloyal citizens of Nashville in various 
 train, under escort, near LaVergne,Teuu., J amounts to be paid in- 5 monthly instal- 
 but were repulsed with considerable !os^.j:uunts, in behalf of widows and orphans 
 
 9. U. S. steamer Lake City was burn- of that city who had been reduced to 
 ed by rebels at Concordia, Ark. In retal-i want in consequence of their husbands 
 iation, the steamer De Soto went to Cou-|and flithers being forced into the rebel 
 cordia, and burned 42 houses. j armies. 
 
 9. Skirmish near Brentville, Tenn. 13. Skirmish at South-west Creek, N. 
 Federals under Col. John A. Martin, de- C. Gen. Foster's troops routed rebels, 
 feated a rebel force. iwho lost a number of prisoners and 
 
 10. Congress passed a bill admitting guns. 
 
 to the Union the State of Western Va. 13. Unsuccessful attack on reb. works 
 10. Plymouth, N. C, captured and on the river at Kinston, K C, by small 
 
 burned by the Confederates. 
 
 11. The U. S. gunboat Cairo sunk in 
 the Yazoo river by a torpedo. The crew 
 saved. 
 
 11. The city of Fredericksburg, Va., 
 bombarded and occupied by Fed. troops. 
 
 13. Skirmish near Corinth, Miss. 52d 
 111., Col. Sweeney, euL-'aged a rebel force 
 led by Col. Roddy. Rebel loss, 11 killed, 
 30 wounded ; Union loss, 1 killed, and 2 
 prisoners. 
 
 12. 1,750 paroled Union prisoners, who 
 had been captured by Gen. Morgan, ar- 
 rived at Nashville. 
 
 12. Artillery skirmish by Gen. Terry's 
 Federal troops, near Zuni, on the Black- 
 water river, Va. 
 
 12. At Dumfries, Va., 35 National pick- 
 ets and sutlers were captured by Gen. 
 Stuart's cavalry. 
 
 12. Gen. Foster engaged and defeated 
 Confederates near Kingston, N. C, cap- 
 turing 400 prisoners, 13 pieces of artil- 
 lery, &c. 
 
 13. Rebel salt works at Yellville, Ark., 
 destroyed by Federal troops under Capt. 
 M. Birch. 
 
 13. Rebs. attacked at Franklin, Tenn., 
 by cavalry under Gen. D. S. Stanley, who 
 drove them from the town, and destroyed 
 mills and other property. Reb. loss, 5 
 killed, 10 wounded. One Fed. killed. 
 
 13. Battle of Fredericksburg, Va. The 
 reb. works were attacked by the National 
 
 boats under Capt. Murray. 
 
 14. Two hundred Feds, under Capt. 
 Thornberry, of 39th Ky., were defeated 
 by 800 rebels at Wireman's Shoals, 5 
 miles below Prestonsburg, Ky. liebs. 
 captured 700 muskets, as many uniforms, 
 and 40,000 rounds of cartridges. 
 
 14. The 2Vue Presbyterian and the 
 Baptist Recorder, of Louisville, Ky., were 
 suppressed, and the editor of t\\Q liecorder 
 sent to prison. 
 
 14. Coileeville, Jliss., occupied by Fed. 
 forces under Cols. Mizner and Lee. 
 
 14. Gen. Foster's troops engaged and 
 defeated the Confeds. near Kingston, N. 
 C., capturing 400 prisoners, 13 pieces of 
 artillery, &c. Reb. loss, 71 killed, 268 
 wounded. Fed. loss, 90 killed, 478 w. 
 
 14. A Confed. cavalry force crossed 
 the Potomac at Poolesville, Md., and 
 captured 13 Fed. soldiers of the Scott 
 cavalry, killing or wounding about 30 
 more. 
 
 14. Gen. Banks' expedition arrived at 
 New Orleans. 
 
 14. A picket guard of 24 men of the 
 6th Mo., were captured by rebs. at He- 
 lena, Ark. 
 
 14. Slight skirmish at Woodson ville, 
 Tenn. 
 
 14. A wagon train laden with provis- 
 ions and clothing for Fed. troops at Ring- 
 gold Barracks, Texas, on its way from 
 Fort Brown, under escort, was attacked 
 
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THE WAK FOR THE ITNION. 
 
 Dec, 1862. 
 
 M 
 
 by Mexicans and captured, and the escort 
 killed, excepting one man. 
 
 Dec. 15. Gen. Hovey's expedition re- 
 turned to Helena, Ark. 
 
 15. Gen. Butler superseded in com- 
 mand of the Department of the Gulf by 
 Gen. Banks. 
 
 16. Rebs. under Gen. Evans defeated 
 in an artillery duel on the banks of the 
 river Neuse, near Whitehall, N. C, by 
 Gen. Foster's troops. 
 
 16. Three hundred Ga., Texas and Ky. 
 cavalry captured near New Haven, Ky., 
 by a detachment of Wulford's cavalry, 
 under Capt. Adams. 
 
 16. The army of the Potomac with- 
 drawn to tlie north side of the Rappa- 
 hannock, from Fj-ederickaburg, Va. 
 
 17. Baton Rouge, La., occupied by 
 Fed. trooDS under Gen. Grover. 
 
 17. Fight at Goldsboro', N.C. Gen.Fos- 
 ter's troops destroyed a valuable bridge, 
 and defeated rebels under Gen. Evans. 
 
 18. Lexington, Ky., occupied by rebs 
 
 » V-WV** under Gen. Forrest, after defeating the 
 
 20. Gen. W. T. Sherman's expedition- 
 ary army against Vicksburg embarked 
 at Memphis, Tenn., in over 100 trans- 
 ports. 
 
 21. Gen. Carter, with 1000 cavalry, en- 
 tered E. Tenn., and captured 550 rebels 
 and 700 stand of arms. 
 
 21. Skirmish near Nashville, Tenn. 
 Gen. Van Cleve's troops with reb. arLil'y. 
 
 21. Secretaries Seward and Chase ten- 
 dered Iheir resignation to Pi(;s. Lincoln, 
 who informed ihem that the acceptance 
 of them would be incompatible with the 
 IJublic welfare ; when the resignations 
 were withdrawn. 
 
 21. The 25th Ind., Col. W. H. Mor- 
 gan, in garrison at Davis's Mills, Wolf 
 river, Miss., were attacked by a large cav- 
 alry force of rebs. under Gen. Van. Af- 
 ter 3 hours' contest the rebels withdrew, 
 leaving 22 dead, 30 wounded, 20 prison- 
 ers, and 100 stand of arms. 
 
 22. Skirmisli at Isle of Wight Court 
 House, Va. Lieut. Onderdoiik's K Y. 
 mounted rifles defeated by Gen. Pryor's 
 
 11th 111. cavalry. Col. R. G. Ingersoll, troops. liebs. lost 2 men. 
 
 who fought 2 hours, and lost 40 men and 
 2 cannon. 
 
 IS. Tlie steamer Mill Boy, at Com- 
 merce, Miss., was fired on by reb. cavalry 
 and o men killed. The U. S. gunboat 
 Jidiet and City Belle with lltli and 47th 
 Ind. were dispatched to C(Mnmerce and 
 burnt the town and plantations in the 
 neighborhood 
 
 19. Holly Springs, Miss., surrendered 
 to rebs. witli 1,800 men and 150 officers. 
 $1,000,000 worth of commissary stores, 
 &c., destroyed. 
 
 19. A lieutenant and 30 men of 10th 
 N. Y. cavalry, with 14 wagons, captured 
 at Occoquan, Va., by reb. cavalry, who 
 were overtaken by Col. Rush's cavalry 
 and compelled to destroy their plunder. 
 
 19. Col. Dickey's Fed. cavalry return- 
 ed to camp, near Oxford, Miss., from a 
 6 days' scout, with 150 prisoners. 31 
 miles of the Ohio and Mobile railroad 
 were destroyed, with a large amount of 
 rebel stores. 
 
 20. Skirmish near Halltown, Va. Capt. 
 Vernon's Fed. cavalry defeated rebs., cap- 
 turing 3. 
 
 19-20. A body of reb. cavalry under 
 Col. Forrest attacked a Fed. force at Da- 
 vis's Mills, Tenn., and were repulsed by 
 them. On the succeeding day,Humboldt, 
 Trenton, Dyers, Rutherton, and Keaton 
 ■were visited by them, and telegraph lines 
 and railroad bridges destroyed, thus sev- 
 ering Gen. Grant's communication be- 
 tween Columbus and Corinth. 
 
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 22. Maj.-Gen. R. C. Schenck assumed 
 command of the Middle Deoartment and 
 8th Army corps, headquarters at Balti- 
 more, Md. 
 
 23. A proclamation from Jeff. Davis, 
 threatening to hang Gen. Butler, or any 
 (;f his officers who should be captured, in 
 retaliation for the hanging of W. B. 
 Mumfor'l at N. Orleans. 
 
 23. Gen. Sigel's troops attacked at 
 Dumfries, Va. by reb. cavalry, who were 
 repulsed. 
 
 24. Skirmish near Munfordsville, Ky. 
 Capt. Dickey's company of 2d Mich, were 
 defeated by rebs. of Gen. Morgan's arm}', 
 losing 23 men prisoner.s. 
 
 24. Skirmish on the Blackwater river, 
 Va., 4 miles above Franklin. 11th Pa. 
 cavalry. Col. Spears, dispersed rebel 
 troops, capturing 4. 
 
 24. Gen. M- L. Smith's Fed. troops de- 
 stroyed Vicksburg and Texas railroad 10 
 miles W. of Vicksburg, and burned sta- 
 tions at Delhi and Dallas. 
 
 25. Skirmish at Green's Chapel, near 
 ^Iunibrdville,Ky. Col.Gray's Fed. troops 
 defeated rebs. of Morgan's arn>y, who 
 lost 9 killed, 22 wounded and 5 prisoners. 
 
 25. Col. Shanks with 12th Ky. cavalry 
 attacked rebs. near Bear Wallow, Ky. 
 killin<r 1, wounding 2 and capturing 10. ; 
 
 26. 138 Indians hung at Manlcato, Minn, 
 for participating in the late massacres in 
 that State. 
 
 26. Maj. Stevens, with 150 of 4th Ky. 
 attacked a reb. camp in Powell Co., Ky. 
 
Dec, 1862. 
 
 CHRONOLOGY 
 
 capturing 12 men, with most of the camp j 30. Battle -at Parker's Cross Roads, 
 
 equipage. ,Tenn. A desperate conflict of several 
 
 27. A company of Pa. cavalry, underj hoars' duration between Gen. Sullivan's 
 
 Capt. Johnson, captured at Occoquan, troops, and Gen. Forrest's rebel cavalry, 
 
 Va. 
 
 27. Elizabethtown, Ky. with a garrison 
 of nearly 500 men under Col. ^ H. S. 
 Smitli, was captured by Gen. Morgan's 
 reb. army, after a short resistance. An 
 
 in which the latter were defeated with a 
 loss of GOO in killed, wounded and pris- 
 oners. Fed. loss, about 200. 
 
 31. Beginning of tlie Battle of Stone 
 river, or Murfreesboro'. 10 hours con- 
 
 immense amount of public and private] tinuous fighting without result, 
 stores were carried off by the rebs. I 31. Gen. McCiernand succeeded Gen. 
 
 27. Figlit at Dumfries, Va. Col. C j Sherman at Vicksburg and the Fed. army 
 Candy's "troops were attacked by rebs. i retired to MilUken's Bend, 
 under Gens. Stuart and Fitz Hugh Lee, 1863. 
 
 who were driven off with the loss of 30 J"an. 1. Pres. Lincoln issued his Eraan- 
 or 40 men in killed and wounded. Fed.]cipation Proclamation, declaring all the 
 loss about 10 killed and wounded. Islaves then held in rebellious territory to 
 
 27—29. Attack on Vicksburg, Miss. 
 by Gen. Sherman's army and Fed. gun- 
 boats. Gen. Sherman's army ascended 
 the Yazoo river on transports, landed 
 and attacked the reb. works in tlie reai' 
 of Vicksburg, while the gunboats assaileil 
 the batteries at Haines' Bluff. The Feds., 
 after sanguinary conflicts, carried the first 
 and second lines of defence and advanced 
 within 2 1-2 miles of the citj^ where they 
 were defeated and compelled to with- 
 draw, with a loss of GOO killed, 1,500 
 wounded and 1,000 missing. 
 
 28. The trestle-work at Muldraugh's 
 Hill, defended by the 71st Ind., captured 
 and destro3red by rebels under Gen. Mor- 
 gan after G hours' fight. 
 
 28. New Madrid, Mo., evacuated by 
 Unionists, after desti'oying the barracks 
 and magazine. 
 
 28. Skirmish near Suffolk, Va. Col. 
 Gibbs' troops routed rebel cavalry. 
 
 28. Van Buren, Ark., with a rebel gar- 
 rison of 120 men, 6 steamboats, and a 
 large amount of ammunition and stores 
 was captured by Gen. Blunt's army, with 
 slight loss. 
 
 28. Major Foley with 250 of the 6th 
 and lOlh Ky. cavalry, surprised a rebel 
 camp at Elkford, Campbell Co., Kj'. 30 
 rebels killed, 17G wounded, 51 prisoners, 
 and SO horses taken. 
 
 28. Skirmish near Clinton, La. Stuan's 
 reb. cavalry defeated by a National force. 
 
 30. The Union and Watauga bridges 
 on tiie E. Tenn. and Va. railroad de- 
 stroyed by Gen. Carter's Fed. troops, who 
 defeated a rebel force, of whom 400 were 
 taken prisoners, and I.jO k. and w. with 
 slight loss to the Unionists. 
 
 30. The iron-clad steamer Monitor, 
 Commander Bankhead, foundered neai- 
 Cape llatteras, N. C. 4 ofticers and 12 
 of the crew, and also 8 R. I. soldiers were 
 lost with her. 
 
 be forever free. 
 
 1. Galveston, Tex., recaptured by rebs. 
 under Gen. Magruder, with its garrison 
 of 300 men. G Fed. gunboats were in the 
 harbor. The Hai'riet Lane was captured 
 ifter a severe light, in which Capt. Wain- 
 wright was killed, and many of his crew. 
 The Fed. flaii--ship Westfield was blown 
 up by Commander Renshaw, to avoid cap- 
 ture, by which he iost his life, with many 
 of the crew. 
 
 2. The battle of Stone river, or Mur- 
 freesboro', Tenn., between Gen. Rose- 
 crans' army and Gen. Bragg's rebel 
 troops, which commenced two days be- 
 fore, was resumed, and after an obstinate 
 and bloody contest, which lasted all day, 
 the rebels were defeated with great 
 slaughter. Fed. loss, 1,533 killed, G,000 
 wounded, 2,000 prisoners ; rebel loss, 
 over 10,000, of whom 9,000 were killed 
 and wounded. 
 
 2. Reb. cavalry under ]\Iajor Herring, 
 captured 10 sutlers' wagons and their at- 
 tendants at Dumfries, Va., belonging to 
 JIaiue and New York regiments. 
 
 3. A rebel camp near La Grange, Ark., 
 was surprised by Gen. Washburue's cav- 
 alry. 10 of the rebels were captured, 
 and 10 killed or wounded. 
 
 3. Rebs. under Gen. Jones attacked 
 Col. Washburne's troops at Moorfield, 
 near New Creek, Va., and captured 65 
 of them. 
 
 5. Fed. troops in Hardy Co., Va., at- 
 tacked by rebels under Capt. J. H. Mc- 
 Neill, who captured 33 men, 61 horses 
 and camp stores. 
 
 5. The Fed. sehr. Home, Capt. Cushing, 
 destroyed a small rebel fort on Little 
 river, N. C. 
 
 6. The iron steamer Antona, laden 
 with arms and medicine, was captured 
 off Mobile, by U. S. steamer Pocahontas. 
 
 450 women and childrexi left Wash- 
 
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THE WAft/FOK THE UNION. 
 
 JarL, 1863. 
 
 ington, D. C, for Eichmond and other 
 points south, bj' special permit. 
 
 Jan. 8. A rebel force of 5,000, under 
 Gens. Marmaduke and Eurbridge, at- 
 tacked the garrison at Si^'inirfieid, Mo. 
 They were repulsed by the Feds, under 
 Gen. Brown and Col. Crabb. Fed. loss 
 17 killed and 50 wounded. Reb. loss 200. 
 
 8. Union force from Yorktown, Va., 
 under Major W. P. Hall, niade a raid 
 
 wounded robbed, and all but one of the 
 boats burned. 
 
 14. Four Union gunboats under Com. 
 Buchanan, assisted by Gen. Weitzel's 
 troops, engaged the rebel iron clad gun- 
 boat Cotton, aided by Col. Gray's soldiers, 
 on the Bayou Teche, La. The Cotton 
 was destroyed after several hours' com- 
 bat. Commodore Buchanan was killed. 
 
 14. The steamer Forest Queen wa9 
 
 the Pamunkey river, and destroyed alburned by guerrillas at Commerce, Miss, 
 
 ferryboat, steamers, sloops, railroad and 
 depots, and large warehouses containing 
 rebel stores. 
 
 8. The 20th 111. cavalry, Capt. 'Moore, 
 attacked a rebel camp near Pdpley, Tenn., 
 held by Lieut.-Col. Dawson, killing 8, 
 wounding 20, and capturing 46 prisoners. 
 Fed. loss, 3 wounded. 
 
 9. Reb. troops under Gen. Pryor 
 crossed the Blackwater, near Suifolk, Va., 
 and attacked Gen. Corcoran's brigade of 
 Gen. Peck's troops. Enemy defeated. 
 Fed. loss, 104. 
 
 9. Col. Ludlow effected an exchange 
 of prisoners at City Point, Va., by which 
 30,000 men were restored to the National 
 a]my. 
 
 10. Skirmish at Catlett's Station, Va. 
 Col. Schimmelfennig's troops, and Hamp- 
 ton's rebel cavalry. 
 
 10. 21st Iowa, Col. Merritt, attacked 
 by Murmaduke's troops at Hartsville, 
 Mo. Rebs. defeated. Fed. loss, o5 killed 
 and wounded. Reb. loss, 150 killed and 
 wounded, and 150 prisoners. 
 
 11. U. S. steamer Hatteras, Lieut. R. 
 G. Blake, sunk off Texas, by rebel steam- 
 er Alabama. 100 of the Fed. crew cap- 
 tured. 
 
 11. Steamer Grampus, No. 2, at the 
 mouth of Wolf river, Tenn., captured and 
 turned by 13 rebels. 
 
 11. Arkansas Post, Fort Hindman, on 
 the Ark. river, captured bj-- Admiral Por- 
 ter's squadron and Gen. McCiernand's 
 army. Fed loss, nearly 1,000 in killed, 
 wounded and missing. Reb. loss, 550 
 killed and wounded, and 5,000 prisoners. 
 
 12. The brig J. P. Eliicott captured by 
 rebel privateer Retribution, and put in 
 charge of a prize crew. The wife of the 
 mate of the Eliicott succeeded in getting 
 the rebels intoxicated, put tliem in irons, 
 piloted the vessel to St. Thomas, and 
 delivered her and the prisoners to the U. 
 S. Consul. 
 
 12. A rebel raid upon Holly Springs, 
 Miss, 
 
 13. Gunboat Major Slidell and 3 boats 
 ■with wounded troops captured by guer- 
 rillas on the Cumberland river, the 
 
 14. The Fed. gunboat Queen of the 
 West, Col. Charles E. EUet, was captured 
 on the Red river near Gordon's Landing. 
 
 15. Mound City, Ark., burned by Fed. 
 troops. 
 
 15. 17 of the 22d Wis. captured near 
 Clarendon, Ark. 7 rebels killed and 
 wounded. 
 
 10. U. S. steamer Columbia stranded 
 at Masonboro' Inlet, N. C. Her officers 
 surrendered to the rebels, under Col. 
 Lamb. 
 
 16. Duvall's Bluff, Ark., captured by 
 Fed. gunboat Baron de Kalb, and others 
 of Porter's flotilla, and Gen. Gorman's 
 troops. 100 prisoners taken. Lieut. J. 
 G. Walker, 7 luisoners and a large sup- 
 ply of arms taken. 
 
 16. Reb. privateer Ore to escaped from 
 Mobile. 
 
 16. U. S. transport ship Planter, with 
 troops, wrecked near Stranger's Key, 
 Bahama. 
 
 17. Des Arc, Ark., captured by Fed. 
 troops, without opposition. 
 
 17. Skirmish at PoUocksville, N. C, 
 the rebels fleeing from the town. 
 
 19. Skirmish near Barnesville, Va. 
 Lieut. Vezin and 112 men charged a 
 large party of reb. cavalry, rescuing 6 of 
 their company who were prisoners and 
 capturing 4 rebels. 
 
 19. The brig Estelle captured by the 
 reb. privateer Oreto, or Florida, Capt 
 Maffit. 
 
 19. The army of the Potomac, Gen. 
 Buruside, moved down the Rappahan- 
 nock. 
 
 21. The National ship Morning Light 
 and the schooner Velocity were captured 
 by reb. steamers Josiah JBell and Uncle 
 Ben, near Sabine Pass, Texas. 
 
 21. Reb. camp broken up near Colum- 
 bia, Mo., by 61st Mo., Col. Douglass, and 
 6 prisoners taken. 2 Feds, wounded. 
 
 21. Gen. Fitz John Porter dismissed 
 from the U. S. service. 
 
 21. Col. Hutchmson, with 100 rebel 
 cavalry, captured a company of U. S. 
 troops and 30 wagons, at Murfreesboro', 
 Tenn. 
 
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Jan., 1863. 
 
 CHEONOLOGT. 
 
 22. Gen. Burnside's second attempt to 
 cross the Rappahannock foiled by a rain 
 storm, which made tlie roads impassable. 
 
 22. The brig Windward captured by 
 ' the reb. privateer Florida, off Cuba. 
 
 23. A company of Feds., nnder C.apt. 
 Taylor, was attaclied in Johnson Co., 
 E. Tenn., by rebs., under Col. Folk. 4 
 Feds, killed and several wounded and 
 captured, some of whom were hung. 
 
 23. Arkansas Post, Ark., evacuated by 
 Fed. troops, and the fort blown up. 
 
 24. Maj.-Gen. Burnside transferred the 
 command of the army of the Potomac to 
 Gen. Jos. Hooker. Maj.-Gens. Sumner 
 and Franklin commanding right and left 
 "Wings, relieved from their commands. 
 
 25i Attack by rebs. on the railroad 
 near Nashville, Tenn. They were re- 
 pulsed. 
 
 25. Reb. pickets near Kinston, N. C, 
 captured. 
 
 26. The bark Golden Rule -was cap- 
 tured and burnt by the Alabama, 50 
 miles south of St. Domingo. 
 
 26. A tight near Woodbury, Tenn. 
 Gen. Palmer's Fed. troops defeated a 
 reb. force, who lost 35 killed and over 
 100 prisoners. Fed. loss 2 killed and 9 
 wounded. 
 
 27. Attack on rebs. at Bloomfield, Mo., 
 by 68th Mo. militia, Col. Lindsay, who 
 drove the enemy from the town, captur- 
 ing 52 prisoners, 70 horses and 100 stand 
 of arms. 
 
 27. Bombardment of Fort McAllister, 
 Ga., by monitor Montauk, CaptWorden, 
 and 3 gunboats. 
 
 27. Skirmish at Indian Village, on 
 Bayou Plaquemine, La., by Gen. Weit- 
 zel's Fed. brigade, who defeated a rebel 
 force. 
 
 27. Col. Wyndham's Fed. troops at- 
 tacked Stuart's cavalry near Middleburg, 
 Va., defeating them, and capturing 26 
 men and 40 head of cattle. 
 
 28. The reb. steamer Julia Roan, with 
 300 men, was captured by Col. Harrison's 
 Fed. troops, 180 of 1st Ark. cavalry, near 
 Van Bureu, Mo. 
 
 29. Tlie British iron steamer Princess 
 Royal, laden with arms, was captured 
 otf Charleston, S. C. 
 
 29. A tight near Bear river,^ Washing- 
 ton Territory. Union troops under Col. 
 Connor defeated Indians with severe 
 loss, after 4 hours' battle. 
 
 29. Gen. McClernand's troops landed 
 5 miles from the mouth of the Yazoo 
 river, in view of Vicksburg. 
 
 30. U. S. gunboat Isaac Smith cap- 
 tured in Stono river, S. C. 
 
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 30. A reb. camp at Trenton, Tenn., in 
 charge of Capt. Dawson, was attacked 
 by 22d Ohio, Col. Wood, and 34 rebels 
 captured, or killed. 
 
 SO. 300 rebel conscript soldiers surren- 
 dered at Murfreesboro', Tenn., and took 
 the oath of allegiance to the U. S. gov- 
 ernment. 
 
 30. A fight at Deserted Ilouse, 9 miles 
 from Suffolk, Va., between Feds, under 
 Gen. Corcoran, and Gen. Pryor's troops. 
 Loss in killed and wounded about 60 on 
 each side. 
 
 31. Two rebel gunboats and rams, and 
 3 steamers, under Com. Ingraham, came 
 down the Charleston, S. C., harbor, and 
 attacked 3 vessels of the blockading 
 squadron, the Mercedita, the Keystone 
 State, and the Quaker City, damaging 
 them severely, and capturing and parol- 
 ing the crew of the Mercedita. 30 Feds, 
 killed and 50 wounded. 
 
 31. Kennett's National cavalry at- 
 tacked Wheeler's brigade, near N'ash- 
 ville, Tenn. Reb. loss 12 killed and 13 
 wounded, and 300 prisoners. 5 Feds, 
 woimded. 
 
 31. Attack on Fed. soldiers by"desert- 
 ers and mob in Morgan Co., Ind. The 
 mob dispersed, and 8 of them captured. 
 
 31. Shelybville, Ky., entered by Fed. 
 troops under Gen. J. C. Davis. 
 
 Feb. 1. Second attack on Fort McAl- 
 lister, Ga. Reb. commander JIaj. Galbfe, 
 killed. Fed. vessels retire without loss. 
 
 1. Franklin, Tenn., occupied by Fed. 
 forces under Col. R. Johnson, with slight 
 loss. 
 
 1. Unsuccessful attack on Island No. 
 10, in the Miss, river, by a large force ot 
 rebs., with slight loss. 
 
 1. Col. Stokes, with loyal Tenn. and 
 Ky. troops, attacked a reb. camp at Mid- 
 dleton, Tenn., capturing Maj. Douglass 
 and 100 of his men. 
 
 2. The Union ram Queen of the West 
 ran by the rebel batteries at Vicksburg, 
 Miss. 
 
 3. Skirmish at Mingo Swamp, Mo. 
 Fed. ti'oops under JIaj. Reeder defeated 
 rebs. under D. McGee, Avho was killed, 
 with 8 of liis men, and 20 wounded. 
 
 3. Fort Donelson, Tenn., garrisoned by 
 83 111., Col. Harding, was attacked by a 
 large force under Wheeler and Forrest. 
 Rebs. repulsed with a loss of 100 killed, 
 400 wounded and 300 prisoners. Fed. 
 loss 12 killed and 30 wounded. 
 
 4. Skirmish near Lake Providence, 
 La., in which 30 rebs. were killed and 
 wounded, and 90 horses takeu. 
 
 4. Cavalry dash upon Batusvillc. Ark., 
 
THE WAR FOR THE UNION. 
 
 Feb., 1863 
 
 under Col. G. E. Warlnir, driving rebels Fed. ram Queen of Uie West, near Fort 
 under Marmaduke out of tlie town, withjTaylor, Red river. Tlie r;un was then run 
 severe loss, and capturing Col. Adams, ashore by a treacherous pilot, and cap- 
 
 and other rebels. 
 
 Feb. 5. Skirmish on Bear Creek, John- 
 son Co., Mo. Capt. Raiiuey, of 40th Mo. 
 militia drove a small rebel force. 
 
 5. Skirmish near Statford's, Va. 
 
 6. Union raid upon Middleburgh, by 
 5th N. Y. cavalry. Sevel-al rebs. cap- 
 tured. 
 
 6. Skirmish between Winchester and| 
 Martinsburg, Va. 1st N. Y. cavalry, 
 Capt. J.'tnes, defeated a small reb. force. 
 
 7. A squadron of the 5th Pa. cavalry 
 were led into ambush 9 miles from Wil- 
 liamsburg, Va., and 35 of their number 
 killed, wounded, or captured. 
 
 7. Reb. Capt. Dawson and several of 
 his men were captured by Col. Wood, 
 22d Ohio, near Dyersburg, Va. 
 
 7. Reb. Sec. of State declared Galves- 
 ton and Sabine Pass, Texas, open to 
 commerce. 
 
 8. A reb. camp attacked near Inde- 
 pendence, Mo., by Lieut. Coburn, 5th Mo. 
 cavalry. 8 rebs. killed, 3 wounded, and 
 all their arms captured. 
 
 3. Ram Queen of the West returned 
 from an expedition down the Missis- 
 sippi, near Port Hudson, having sunk 3 
 steamers loaded with provisions for rebs , 
 and captured 56 prisoners. 
 
 8. Gens. Davis' and Morgan's troops 
 returned to Nashville, Tenn., from the 
 pursuit of Forrest. They captured 30 
 rebs. 7 miles E. of Charlotte, including 
 Col. Carroll. 
 
 8. Lebanon, Tenn., occupied by Fed. 
 troops, w'ho captured GOO rebels. 
 
 9. Skirmish near Summerville, Va. 
 Maj. Knox's Fed. cavalry defeated rebs. 
 
 9. Gen. Rosecrans, in Tenn., ordered 
 the execution of all rebs. caught in Fed. 
 uniform or carrying tlie national flag. 
 
 10. Fight at Oid river, La. Capt. 
 Tucker, 1st Kansas, defeated 3d La. reb. 
 cavalry, who lost 25 prisoners, and 11 
 killed or wounded. Union loss, 8. 
 
 10. The 14lh Wis. and 11th 111. attack- 
 ed near Lake Providence, on the Miss., 
 by rebs., who were repulsed. 32 taken 
 prisoners. 
 
 12. N. Y. ship Jacob Bell burnt by the 
 Florida, 
 
 VZ. Skirmish near Smithfield, Va. 12th 
 Pa cavalry engaged Capt. Baylor's reb. 
 troops. 
 
 12. Skirmish near Bolivar, Tenn. 4 
 rebs. killed, 5 wounded, by Fed. cavalry, 
 who were defeated. 
 
 14. Barge New Era, No. 5, captured by Moon Lake, 
 
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 tared by the rebels. 
 
 14. 5th Mich, cavalry surprised near 
 Aunandale, Va., with loss of 15 men. 
 
 15. Fight near Canesville, Ttnn. The 
 123d 111., Col. Monroe, defeated some of 
 Gen. Morgan's cavaliy, of whom 20 were 
 killed, many wounded, and 6 captured. 
 Also 50 horses and 300 stand of arms. 3 
 Federals wounded. 
 
 15. Serg't Holmes, with 14 of 2d Minn., 
 escorting a wagon train near Nolensville, 
 Tenn., repulsed a superior force of rebel 
 cavalry, of whom 8 were killed, 20 
 wounded, and 4 prisoners. 
 
 15. Fight near Arkadelphia, Ark. 
 Feds, under Capt. Brown defeated the 
 enemy, who lost 14 killed and 12 wound- 
 ed. Fed. loss, 2 killed, 12 wounded. 
 
 17. A forage train in charge of some 
 of 116th and 123d Ohio captured by rebs. 
 near Roniney, Va. 
 
 17. U. S. steamer Hercules burnt by 
 rebels near Memphis, Tenn. 
 
 18. Mortar boats opened tire on Vicks- 
 burg. 
 
 18. Clifton, Tenn., burnt by 8d Mich, 
 cavalry. 
 
 18. Disloyal State Convent, at Frank- 
 fort, Ky., dispersed by military. 
 
 19. A party of 1st Ind. cavalry, Lt.-Col. 
 Wood, routed by reb. cavalry near Cold- 
 water, Miss. Federal loss, 6 killed, 3 
 wounded, and 15 captured. 
 
 19. Ilopefield, Ark., opposite Memphis, 
 Tenn., burnt by order of Gen. Hurlbut. 
 
 20. Skirmish near the Yazoo Pass. 
 5th 111. cavalry dispersed rebel troops, 
 killing 6 and capturing 26. Fed. loss 5 
 wounded. 
 
 21. The ship Golden Eagle and bark 
 Olive Jane burnt by rebel steamer Ala- 
 bama. 
 
 21. Union gunboats Freeborn and 
 Dragon engaged a rebel battery on the 
 Rappahannock river, Va. Three Feds, 
 wounded. 
 
 21. A guerrilla raid upon Shakertown, 
 Ky. Government property and cars de- 
 stroyed. 4 rebels captured by Col. 
 Briston. 
 
 22. Capt. Cornyn, 10th Mo. cavalry, 
 vii^ited Florence and Tuscumbia, Ala., 
 and captured horses, mules, negroes, and 
 100 rebs. 
 
 22. At Gatesville, Va., 9 of the 57th 
 rebel Va. were captured by Federal 
 troops. 
 
 22. The Yazoo Pass exped'n reached 
 
Feb, 1863. 
 
 CHRONOLOGY. 
 
 23. Fi;,'lit near Greenville, Miss. Gen. 
 Ferguson's rebel troops engaged Nation- 
 als under Gen. Burbridge. Maj. Mudd, 
 33d III., killed. 
 
 2d. Skirmisli near Athens, Ky., with 
 Morgan's guerrillas. 
 
 So. Rebel force of 700 devastating E 
 Kentucky. A large amount of govern- 
 ment property destroyed at Paris, Ky. 
 
 33. An attempt by rebels to capture 
 the steamer Belle at Cottonwood Land- 
 ing, Tenn., was repulsed. 1 killed on 
 each side. 
 
 34. Gunboat Indianola captured near 
 Grand Gulf, Miss., by 4 rebel steamers. 
 
 35. Skirmish at Hartwood Church, 
 Va., near Kelly's Ford. Gen. Averill's 
 troops defeated Stuart's rebel cavalry. 
 
 3.5. Rebel troops under Clarke dis- 
 persed at Licktown, Ky. 
 
 35. Tbe steamer PeterhofF captured 
 off St. Thomas by U. S. gunboat Vaa- 
 derbilt. 
 
 35. Skirmish 5 miles from Falmouth, 
 Va. Ctli U. S. cavalry defeated Stuart's 
 cavalry, of whom 40 were captured. 
 
 36. Cavalry tisjlit near Woodstock, Va. 
 The 13th Pa. and 1st N.Y. were defeated 
 b}' the enemy, who killed and captured 
 200. 
 
 2'd. Cherokee National Council re- 
 pealed the ordinance of secession, and 
 abolished slavery. 
 
 3(5. A government freight train cap- 
 tured by rebels near Woodburn, Tenn. 
 
 37. Destruction of rebel steamer Nash- 
 ville in Ogeechee river, near Fort McAl- 
 lister, Fla., by gunboat Montauk, Capt. 
 Worden. 
 
 37. Skirmish 15 miles from Newbern, 
 N. C. Capt. Jacobs' N. Y. cavalry de- 
 feated rebels, who lost 3 killed and 48 
 prisoners. 1 Fed. wounded. 
 
 March 1. Union dash into Bloom- 
 field, ilo. Provost-marshal and 30 pris 
 oners taken. 
 
 1. Fight at Bradyville, Tenn. 3,500 
 of Rosecraiis' army drove Morgan's reb. 
 division from the town, killing 8, wound- 
 ing 30, and capturing 89. Fed loss, 15 
 in killed and wounded. 
 
 1. English steamer Queen of the Wave 
 captured near Georgetown, S. C, by U. 
 S. gunboat Connemaugh. 
 
 1. Rebs. captured 50 of 1st Vt. cavalry, 
 Capts. Wood and Huntoon, at Aldie, Va. 
 
 3. Sharp contest on the Salem pike, 16 
 miles from Murfreesboro', between the 
 regulars of Rosecrans' army and a large 
 force from Bragg's. The rebs. defeated. 
 
 3. Four guerrillas captured 3 miles 
 from Russelville, Ky. 
 
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 2. Slight cavalry fight near Petersburg, 
 Tenn. Rebels routed with 13 killed and 
 30 wounded. 
 
 3. Capt. Scliultze's Fed. cavalry de- 
 feated Mosby's troops near Aldie, Va., 
 capturing 30. 
 
 3. Fort McAllister, Ga., bombarded 
 A'ithout success. 
 
 3. The Enrolment and Conscription 
 ict passed by Congress, approved. All 
 
 lUruis-bearing men with certain excep- 
 tions were to be enrolled by April 1st 
 ensuing, and the President was author- 
 ized to call for quotas from the enrolled 
 names. 
 
 4. Fight on Harpeth river, near Chapel 
 Hill, Tenn. Col. Johnson's Tenn. Fed. 
 cavalry engaged Col. Roger's troops, 
 killing 13 and capturing 73. 
 
 4. Adjournment of 37th Congress. 
 
 4. Skirmishes at Skeet and Swan 
 Quarter, N. C. Rebels beaten, 38 killed 
 and wounded. Unionists, 3 killed and 
 15 wounded. 
 
 5. U. S. Senate met in extra session. 
 
 5. Fight at Thompson's Station, near 
 Franklin, Tenn. A Fed. force under 
 Col. Colburn was attacked ))y a large 
 armjr under Van Dorn, and defeated iu 
 battle, after which the entire Union brig- 
 a le was captured,excepting 150 men. 
 Fed. loss, 100 killed, 300 wounded, and 
 1,300 prisoners. Rebel loss, 130 killed 
 and 300 wounded. 
 
 5. The Crisis newspaper office, at Co- 
 lumbus, O., was destro}'ed by soldiers. 
 
 0. Successful foray of Fed. troops under 
 Col. Phelps in Northumberland Co., Va. 
 
 6. Ship Star of Peace captured and 
 burnt by rebel privateer Florida. 
 
 (3. Gen. Hunter ordered the drafting 
 of negroes in the Department of the 
 South. 
 
 7. A scouting expedition from Belle 
 Plain, Va., returned with several prison- 
 ers and much property. 
 
 7. A brigade of cavalry under Gen. 
 Manly attacked rebel cavalry of Gen. 
 Russell at Unionville, Tenn. Rebel loss, 
 oO killed, 180 wounded, and all their 
 stores. 
 
 8. Mosby (reb.) dashed intoFairf\ix,Va., 
 and captured Brig.-Gen. Stoughton and 
 30 men and 58 horses. 
 
 8. 43d Mass., Col. Holbrook, captured a 
 rebel cavalry company near Newbern, 
 N. C. 
 
 9. A small rebel force captured, six 
 miles below Port Hudson, on the Missis- 
 sippi. 
 
 9. The screw-steamer Douro captured 
 by U. S. gunboat Quaker City. 
 
THE WAR FOR THE UNION. 
 
 March, 1863. 
 
 March 9. Guerrillas defeated near 
 Bolivar, Tenn., with the loss of 18 cap- 
 tured. 
 
 9. Skirmish at Blackwater Bridge, Va., 
 by Feds, under Col. Chickeriiig. 
 
 9. Skirmish on Amite river. La. Rebs. 
 dispersed. 
 
 10. Reljel steamer Parallel burnt on 
 the Mississippi with 3,000 bales of cotton. 
 
 10 Several rebels captured at Ruther- 
 ford's creek, Tenn., by Gen. Granger's 
 troops. 
 
 10. Jacksonville, Fla., captured by 1st 
 S. C. (colored) regiment. 
 
 10. Skirmisli near Covington, Tenn. 
 Col. Grierson's cavalry attacked Col. 
 Richardson's rebel camp, killing 35 and 
 capturing a large number. 
 
 11. A skirmish 13 miles E. of Paris, 
 Ky. Guerrillas attacked a Fed. forage 
 train, and were repulsed. 
 
 13. Gen. Gordon's troops returned to 
 Franklin, Tenn., from pursuing Van 
 Corn's troops beyond Duck river. Fed. 
 loss in skirmishes, 9. 
 
 13. Unsuccessful assault on Fort Green- 
 wood, on the Tallahatchie, Miss., by 
 Union gunboats Chillicothe and DeKalb, 
 and a land battery. 
 
 13. Skirmish at Berwick City, La. 
 
 13. The signal station at Spanish 
 Wells, S. C, burnt by a party of rebels. 
 A lieut. and 8 men captured. 
 
 13. Rebel troops under Gen. Pettigrew 
 attacked Gen. Foster's troops at New- 
 hern, N. C, but vv'ere repulsed 
 
 driven off, with 1 man killed and 18 
 wounded. 
 
 17. Col. J. B. Fry detailed as Provost- 
 Marshal-General of the U. S. 
 
 18. Skirmishing at Berwick Bay, La. 
 Capt. Perkins, 1st Louisiana cavalry, de- 
 feated rebs., who lost 10 killed and 30 
 wounded. 
 
 19. Steamer Georgiana, with arms for 
 the rebels, (lestro3'edofFCharleslon. 
 
 19. Skirmish on Duck river, near 
 Franklin, Tenn. 
 
 30. Col. Hall's brigade, of Rosecrans's 
 army, attacked at Vaught's Hill, near 
 Milton, Tenn., by Morgan's and Breck- 
 inridge's cavaliy. The rebels defeated, 
 losing 40 killed, 140 wounded, and 13 
 prisoners. Fed. loss 7 killed and 31 
 wounded. 
 
 31. Fight at Cottage Grove, TeniiT 
 Rebels defeated with severe loss. 
 
 31. Capture of British steamer Nicho- 
 las I. while attempting to enter Wil- 
 mington harbor, "N. C, by U. S. steam- 
 ship Victoria. She had 16 tons of po^v- 
 der and 50,000 Enfield ritles. 
 
 31. Skirmish near Seneca, Pendleton 
 Co!, Va. A party of loyal men called 
 " swampers " defeated by rebels. 
 
 31. An expedition up the bayous re- 
 turned to the Yazoo river, after defeat- 
 ina the rebels at Deer Creek, and de- 
 stroying 3,000 bales of cotton, 50,000 
 bushels of corn, and all the houses on 
 the route. 
 
 33. 50 of the 5th Mo. cavalry defeated 
 
 14. Admiral Farragut, with 7 of his [by Quantrell's guerrillas, near Blue 
 
 fleet, attacked the rebel batteries at 
 Vicksburg, Miss. The Hartford (flag- 
 ship) and the Albatross passed the bat- 
 teries and went up the river. The Mis- 
 sissippi was destroyed, and part of her 
 crew captured. 
 
 14. Col. Minty's Fed. cavalry returned 
 to Murfreesboro', Tenn., after 11 days' 
 absence, with 50 rebel prisoners and a 
 large amount of stores. 
 
 15. Schooner Chapman, fitted out and 
 manned as a rebel privateer in San 
 Francisco, was captured while attempt- 
 ing to leave that port. 30 rebels and 
 
 Spring, Mo. Fed. loss, 9 killed, 5 miss- 
 ing, and several wounded. 
 
 33. Mount Sterling, Ky., attacked by 
 rebels under Col. Cluke. The Fed. gar- 
 rison of 300, under Capt. Radclift", cap- 
 tured, and the town burned. 
 
 33. Steamer Granite City captured by 
 U. S. gunboat Tioga, ofl" the Bahamas. 
 
 lG-34. Bread riots at Atlanta, Ga., 
 Salisbury, N. C, Richmond,Va., Raleigh, 
 N. C, and Petersburg, Va. 
 
 34. Pontehatoula, La., captured by 
 Fed. troops under Col. Clark. 
 
 34. The schooners Mary Jane and 
 
 brass Dahlgren guns were taken. j Rising Dawn captured by U. S. gunboats 
 
 15. Tho ^Je_fcrsoniaii newspaper officc|State of Georgia and Mount Vernon, off 
 at Richmond, Ind., was destroyed by AVilmington, N. C. 
 
 Union soldiers 
 
 17. A • sharp conflict at Kelly's Ford, 
 Va., between a body of Gen. Averill's 
 Fed. cavalry and a rebel force. Gen. 
 Averill's troops were defeated, but 86 of 
 the enemy v/ere captured. 
 
 17. Attack on rebel works near Frank- 
 lin, Va. Fed. troops under Col. Spear 
 
 35. Tlie Fed. gunboats Lancaster and 
 Switzerland attempted to pass the rebel 
 batteries at Vicksburg. The Lancaster 
 was sunk, and the Switzerland escaped, 
 much damaged. 
 
 35. At Brentwood, Tenn., 300 Federal 
 troops, under Lieut.-Col. Bloodgood,were 
 captured by rebel forces under Wheeler 
 
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March, 1863. 
 
 OHRONOLOGT. 
 
 fiud Funest, and the town sacked. A 
 i<V;deraI cavalry force, under Gen. Smith 
 overtook the rebels in their retreat, and 
 defeated them, capturing 42 prisoners, 
 and recovering part of tlieir booty. Loss, 
 about 15 on each side in k. and w. 
 
 25. Steamer Dolphin captu'd oif Porto 
 Rico by U. S. gunboat Wachusett, 
 
 26. Expedition returned to Carthage, 
 Tenn., with 28 rebel prisoners. 
 
 26. Gen. Burnside took command of 
 the Department of the Ohio. 
 
 27. Fast day in the rebel States. 
 27. Jacksonville, Fla., burned by Fed 
 
 troops. 
 
 27. U. S. steamer Hartford passed be^ 
 low the rebel batteries at Warrenton 
 Miss. 
 
 28. Gunboat Diana captured by rebels 
 at Pattersonville, La. 'SI of the crew 
 killed or wounded, and 170 prisoners. 
 
 28. Coles Island, S. C, occupied by N. 
 Y. troops, under Col. G. F. B. Dandy. 
 
 28. Steamer Sam. Gaty plundered by 
 rebels at Sibley, Mo. 
 
 28. The rebels attacked Williamsburg, 
 Va., and were repulsed by the 5th Pa. 
 cavahy, Col. Lewis. 
 
 29. A party of blockade runners taken 
 at Poplar creek, Md. 
 
 29. Sixth 111. cavalry, Col. Loomis, 
 surprised by rebs. under Col. Richard- 
 son, near Somerville, Tenn. Fed. loss 
 40 in k. or w. Rebs. driven oflF. 
 
 30. Battle near Somerset, Ky. Fed 
 troops under Gen. Gillmore defeated Pe 
 gram's army of 2000, after a battle of 4 
 hours. Reb. loss 850. 400 cattle taken 
 
 30. Washington, N. C, was attacked 
 by rebels under Hill and Petligrew. 
 'The Fed. pickets and skirmishers driven 
 in with loss, and the rebels driven out 
 of range afterwards by Fed. gunboats. 
 
 30. 700 rebels, under Gen. Jenkins, 
 captured Point Pleasant, W. Va., but 
 were subsequently driven out, losing 12 
 killed and 14 prisoners. Fed. loss 1 
 killed and 1 wounded. 
 
 30. Richmond, Miss., occupied by Gen. 
 McClernaud's Fed. troop?, after sharp 
 skirmishing. 
 
 31. Gen. Herron appointed to com- 
 mand the army of the frontier. 
 
 April 1. Admiral Farragut, with the 
 National gunboats Hartford, Switzer- 
 land and Albatross, engaged the rebel 
 batteries at Grand Gulf, Miss., and passed 
 them without serious loss. 
 
 1. Severe tight at Dranesville, Va., be- 
 tween 1st Vt. cavalry, and Capt. Mos- 
 by's rebel troops. Feds, defeated with a 
 loss of 60 in killed, wounded, and pris. 
 
 (65) 
 
 1. The town of Palmyra, Tenn., burned 
 by a Fed. gunboat, Capt. Fitz. 
 
 2. Women's bread riot at Richmond, 
 Va. 
 
 2. Skirmish at Woodbury, Tenn. Gen. 
 Hazen's Fed. troops engaged and defeated 
 rebels, killing 12 and capturing and 
 wounding 30. 
 
 2. Admiral Farragut's vessels proceed- 
 ed to the mouth of the Red river, de- 
 stroying rebel boats. 
 
 2. Gunboat St. Clair disabled by rebs. 
 above Fort Donelson.on the Cumberland 
 river. She was rescued by the steamer 
 Luminous. 
 
 2. Hicks' rebel guerrillas, in Jackson 
 Co., Mo., were attacked by ]\Iaj. Ransom 
 with the 6th Ks. 17 rebels killed, and 
 considerable property captured. 
 
 ~ Fight at Snow Hill, Tenn. Gen. 
 Stanley engaged Morton and AVharton's 
 rebel regiments, who were defeated, and 
 15 or 20 killed, and 50 captured. 
 
 Arrests of Knights of the Golden 
 Circle, at Reading, Pa. 
 
 Steamer Tampico captured off Sa- 
 bine Pass, Texas, by U. S. gunboat New 
 London. 
 
 3. Capt. Worthington's loyal Ark. cav- 
 alry returned to Fayctteville, Ark., after 
 four skirmislies, in which two rebel ca})- 
 tains were k., 1 w., 22 men k. and 7 taken. 
 
 4. Unionists under Gen. Potter re- 
 pulsed with loss of 5 men in attempt to 
 capture rebel battery on Pamlico river, 
 N. C. 
 
 4. Palmyra, Tenn., burned by the gun- 
 boat Lexington. 
 
 4. U. S. steamer Sylvan Shore fired on 
 near Washington, N. C, and several of 
 her crew killed or wounded. 
 
 5. Ship Louisa Hatch captured by the 
 Alabama. 
 
 5. Troops sent from Newbern to rescue. 
 Gen. Foster, besieged in Washington, N.C. 
 
 5. Skirmish in Black Bayou, La. 
 
 6. Col. Wilder's Fed. command on an 
 expedition within the rebel lines in Tenn. 
 lestroyed much provision, and brought 
 in 350 negroes. 
 
 6. Rebel camp at Green Hill, Tenn., 
 broken up ; 5 killed and 15 taken. 
 
 7. Bombardment of Fort Sumter bj'' 
 Admiral Dupont; the fleet driven off; 
 fort little injured. 
 
 7. U. S. gunboat Barataria lost in 
 Amite river, La. 
 
 Successful foray into Gloucester Co., 
 Va. 
 
 8. Gunboat George Washington, strand- 
 ed in Broad river, S. C, attacked by rebs. 
 and blown up. 
 
THE WAR FOR THE UN^ION'. 
 
 April, 13c3. 
 
 April 8. The Tallahatchie fleet re- 15. Fighting continued on the Nanse- 
 tunied to Helena, Ark., after an absence mond river. 
 
 of 48 days, with the divisions of Gens. I 15. Uush upon Pilveville, Ky., by 39th 
 lioss and Quiinb}\ 30 soldiers were Ky., Col. Dills. 17 reb. officers and Gl 
 killed and a number wounded. privates c;:ptured. 
 
 8. 60 rel)els captured in Loudon Co.,! lo. Destruction of reb. steamer Queen 
 
 Va., by Gen. Copeland's brigade 
 
 8. U. S. steamer Lovell and propellei- 
 Saxonia captured 15 miles below Clarkes- 
 ville, Tenn. 
 
 9. Pascagoula, Miss., taken by a Union 
 force from Ship Island, but abandoned 
 the same day. 
 
 9. Fight at Bhnmt's Mills, N. C. 
 Unionists driven olf with small loss. 
 
 10. Battle at Franklin, Tenn. Van 
 Dorn's attack repulsed. Union loss 
 about 100. Rebel, 300 k. and w. 
 
 10. Rebels routed near Germantown, 
 
 10. Skirmish near Waverly, Tenn. 
 21 Unionists taken prisoners. 
 
 11. Col. Streight's raiding force left 
 _Jiashville for Georgia. 
 
 11. Union cavalry camp near "Williams- 
 burg, Va., broken up by rebel attack. 
 
 12. Ironclad fleet leaves Charleston 
 harbor. 
 
 12. Skirmish near Gloucester Point, 
 Va. 
 
 12. Lieut.-Col. Kimball killed by Gen. 
 Corcoran. 
 
 13. Transport Escort ran the batteries 
 below Wasliingion, N. C, bringing aid 
 lor Gen. Foster. 
 
 13. Slurniish near SulTolk, Va. 
 
 13. Gen. Stoneman's cava by advanced 
 in detacliments to Warrentou, Bealton, 
 Rappah mnock bridge, Liberty, and all 
 the fords of the Ra|iidan, Va., prepara- 
 tory to a general advance of the army of 
 the Potomac against General Lee. 
 
 14. Battle at Bayou Teche, La. Rebs. 
 defeated and their three gunboats, Diana, 
 Hart, and Queen of the West, destroyed. 
 Unitm loss about 350. Reb. much larger. 
 
 14. Gen. Foster escaped from Wasli- 
 ington, N. C, by running the rebel block- 
 ade in the steamer Escort. 
 
 14. Rebel battery on Nansemond river 
 silenced by gunboats. 
 
 14. U. S. gunboat West End attacked 
 by a reb. battery near SuHblk, Va., and 
 considerably damaged. 5 of her crew 
 killed and 18 wounded. 
 
 15. Col. Evans routed 200 Indians, 75 
 miles south of Daybreak, in Utah, kill- 
 ing 30. Fed. loss, 8. 
 
 15. Franklin, La., occupied by Union 
 troo[)3. 
 
 15. Rebs. raise the siege of Washing- 
 ton, N. C. 
 
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 of the West, in Berwick's Baj% La., by 
 J. S. gunboat Estella. 90 rebs. captured, 
 md 30 lost. 
 
 16. Admiral Porter's fleet of 8 gun- 
 hoats and several transports ran pass the 
 V'icksburg batteries, losing only 1 trans- 
 poi't and no men. 
 
 16. Fight with Indians at Medalia, 
 Minn. 
 
 16. Steamer Gertrude captured off 
 Harbor Islands, W. I., by U. S. steamer 
 Vanderljilt. 
 
 17. The 99th and 130th N. Y. enga- 
 ij;ed reb. ti'oops near Sutfolk, Va. 2 Feds. 
 killed and 3 wounded. 
 
 17. Gen. Donelson (reb.), nephew of 
 Andrew Jackson, died at Knoxville. 
 
 17. Col. Grierson's famous cavalry 
 raiding Ibrce started from La Grange, 
 Tenn. 
 
 17. Skirmish at Bear Creek. Rebs. 
 defeated by Gen. Dodge's troops. 
 
 17. Skirmish at Vermillion Bayou, La. 
 Rebs. driven off by Gen. Grover's troops, 
 who took 1,000 jtrisoners. 
 
 18. Gen. Getty's troops, in conjunction 
 with gunboats on Nansemond river, N. 
 C, under Lieut. Lamson, captured a reb. 
 battery of 8 i)ieces and 200 prisoners, at 
 the West Branch. 
 
 18. The siege of Washington, K C, 
 raised, after an investment of 3 weeks by 
 a large Confederate force. 
 
 18. Fayetteville, Ark., attacked by a 
 reb. army under Gen. Cabell, who were 
 repulsed by 2,000 Feds, under Col. Har- 
 rison. 
 
 18. Recounoitering party at Sabine 
 Pass captured by concealed rebs. Capt. 
 JIcDermott, of gunboat Cayuga, killed. 
 
 18-19. Cols. Graham and Riley de- 
 feated reb. forces in several skirmishes on 
 Cumberland river, Tenn., killing and 
 wounding 40. 
 
 19. Cavalry skirmishing near Hernan- 
 do, Miss., with varying success. 
 
 19. Severe light on the Coldwater, 
 near Hernando, Tenn. A Fed. brigade 
 under Col. Bryant defeated rebel troops 
 in a series of skirmishes. Reb. loss, 20 
 killed, 40 wounded. Fed. 10 killed, 20 w. 
 
 20. Opelousas, La., occupied by Unioa 
 forces. 
 
 20. Cavalry skirmish near Helena, 
 \rkansas. 
 20. Fight at Patterson, Mo. Feds, uu- 
 
April, 1863. 
 
 CnRO]S"OLC>GT. 
 
 der Col. Smart defL-atod with loss of 50 
 in killed and wounded. 
 
 20. Bute a la Rose, L;i., captured by 
 Union i^unboats. 00 prisoners taken. 
 
 31. Skirmish and capture of a few rebs. 
 near Berryville, Va., by Capt. Laypole, of 
 6 th Va. 
 
 21. An expedition under Gen. Graham 
 returned to Louisville, Ky., after pro- 
 ceedinjr to Celina on the Cumberland, 
 and destroying a large amount of rebel 
 stores and 40 boats. 60 rebs. killed and 
 wounded. 
 
 26. 30 rebel cotton-gins and mills and 
 350,000 bushels of corn destroyed by a 
 raid to Deer Creek, Miss. 
 
 26. Cape Girardeau, Mo., attacked by 
 Marmaduke's rebels, who were defeated 
 with heavy loss by Gen. McNeil's troops. 
 Rebel loss 40 killed and 200 wounded. 
 
 26. Gen. Burnside assumed command 
 of the Department of Ohio. 
 
 27. A body of Texan Rangers were 
 attacked 8 miles from Franklin Tenn., 
 by 700 Federal cavalry under Col. Wat- 
 kins, of the 6th Kentucky, who defeated 
 
 Reb. raid on Tompkinsville, Ky.i them, capturing 200 prisoners. 
 
 The Court house burned, and 5 Union 
 men killed. 
 
 22. Reb. steamer Ellen captured near 
 Courtableau, La. 
 
 22. Seven of the 8th Mo. cavalry, and 
 a Baptist minister shot by guerrillas in 
 Cedar Co., Mo. 
 
 22. Occupation of McMinnville,Tenn., 
 by Union troops under Gen. Reynolds 
 and Col. Wilder, 
 
 22. Majs. McGee and White's troops 
 encountered 300 rebs. near Strasburg 
 Va., and defeated them. Rebel loss 5 
 killed, 9 wounded, and 25 prisoners. 
 Uni(m loss, 2. 
 
 22. Six gunboats and 12 barges passed 
 the rebel batteries at Vicksburg. 
 
 23. Lieut. Gushing, with a party of men 
 from the gunboat Commodore Barney, 
 had a skirmish with rebel cavalry near 
 Chuckatuck, Va., with small loss. 
 
 23. Skirmish at Beverly, Va. Loyal- 
 ists under Col. Latham. 
 
 24. Tuscumbia, Ala., occupied by Fed- 
 eral forces under Col. Dodge. 
 
 24. 4 rebel schooners captured off Mo- 
 bile, Ala., by gunboat De Soto. 
 
 24. Two rebel schooners captured near 
 New Inlet, N. C, by U. S. steamer State 
 of Georsia. 
 
 24. Rebels defeated at Weber Falls, 
 Ark., by Col. Phillips' troops. 
 
 28-27. Gen. Ellet's Mrrine Brigade 
 made a successful expeditif)n up the Ten 
 nessee river, destroying the towns 
 Hamburg and Eastport, and a large si 
 of war material. The rebels were de 
 feated in an attack on the vessels while 
 returning, losing 10 killed and 20 wound- 
 ed. Federal loss, 2 killed, 4 wounded. 
 
 24. Skirmishing near Suffolk, Va. 
 
 24. Unionists defeated at Beverly, Va. 
 
 25. Rebel shore batteries at Duck riv- 
 er shoals, Tenn. river, silenced by gun- 
 boats. 25 rebels killed and wounded. 
 
 25. Fight at Greenland Gap, Va. Reb- 
 els severely punished by 23d Illinois, 
 Capt. Wallace. 
 
 27. The steamship Anglo Saxon, from 
 Liverpool, wrecked 4 miles off Cape 
 Race, with 360 passengers, and a crew of 
 84. Only 190 persons saved. 
 
 27. Fight at Philippa, West Virginia, 
 by Col. Mulligan's Federal troops. 
 
 27. Gen. Hooker's army began its 
 march towards Fredericksburg, Va. 
 
 28. Hooker's army crossed the Rappa- 
 hannock. 
 
 28. Capture of 4 companies of Feder- 
 als at Morgantown, West Virginia. 
 
 28. A rebel regiment surprised and 
 captured near .Jackson, Missouri, by artil- 
 lery and 1st Iowa cavalry. 
 
 28. Skirmish near ;Miil Spring, Ken- 
 tucky, by Col. Adams' Federal cavalry. 
 
 29. Two companies of the 108th New 
 York, in garrison at Fairmount,AV. Va., 
 were captured by rel)e!s under Jackson 
 and Imboden, after a brave resistance in 
 which the rebels suffered severely. 
 
 29. Gen. .Jackson destroyed the rail- 
 road bridges on the Monongahela river. 
 
 29. Bombardment of "Grand Gulf, 
 Miss., by Porter's fleet. Rebel works 
 greatly damaged. Fleet considerably 
 injured. 20 killed and many wounded. 
 
 30. Gen. Grant's army lands near Port 
 Gibson, Miss. 
 
 30. Rebel battery on the Nansemond 
 river silenced. 
 
 0. 52 Union cavalry, the 6th N. Y., 
 Lieut.-Col. Mc Vicar, cai)lured near Spot- 
 of sylvania, Va. 58 others cut their way 
 out. Col. McVicar was killed. 
 
 30. Skirmish near Williamsbarir, Va. 
 Rebels defeated by Col. R. M. West's 
 troops. 
 
 30. A portion of Gen. Hooker's army 
 crossed the Ra.ppanainiock at Freder- 
 icksburg, Va., and afcer slight resistance 
 took possession of the lifle-pits below the 
 city and captured 500 prisoners. 
 
 May 1. Attack on Van Dorn's rebel 
 pickets by Fed. cavalry under Col. Camp- 
 bell, near Franklin, Tenn. 30 of the ene- 
 my killed and wounded, and 11 captured. 
 
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THE WAR FOR THE UNION. 
 
 May, 1863. 
 
 May 1. Skirmish on the Isansemond 
 river, near Suffolk, Va. The 90th N. Y., 
 Col. Nixon, defeated rebs.with severe loss. 
 Union loss 41 in killed and wounded. 
 
 1. Battle of Port Gibson, Miss. Gen. 
 Grant's army defeated the troops of Gen. 
 J. S. Bowen. Reb. loss 1,500 in killed, 
 "Vvonnded and prisoners. 
 
 1. Fight at Monticello, Ky. 5,000 
 Feds, under Geu. Carter defeated Col. 
 JIo]-rison's troops, with small loss on 
 either side. 
 
 1. Heavy artillery skirmishing between 
 the armies of Gen. Hooker and Gen. Lee, 
 at Chancellorsville, Va. 
 
 1. Skirmish near La Grange, Ark. 3rd 
 Iowa cavahy, Capt. De Huff, defeated, 
 with loss of 41 killed, wounded, and 
 missing. 
 
 2. Gen. Sedgwick's corps of the Army 
 of Va. attacked the reb. works on the 
 heights, in the rear of Fredericksburg, 
 and carried them afier a desperate strug- 
 gle, in which the Fed. loss was over 
 3,000 in killed and wounded. 
 
 2. Marmaduke's reb. army overtaken 
 IT ♦t-<M^ ^y ^^^^- ^^^cNeill at Chalk Bluff, on the 
 "f *''** '^ irfk., and driven into Ark. 
 
 2. Col. Grierson's cavalry arrived at 
 Baton Rouge, La., after a raid of 15 days 
 through Miss., defeating the rebs. in sev- 
 eral encounters. 
 
 2. Artillery skirmish on the Nanse- 
 mond river, Va., by Gen. Getty's troops 
 and reb. forces. 
 
 ., 2-3. Battle of Chancellorsville, Va. 
 
 The army of Gen. Lee attacked the Fed. 
 forces under Gen. Hooker, and after a 
 series of sanguinary contests, the Union 
 army was compelled to retire, and re- 
 crossc'.l the Rappahannock. Very heavy 
 loss on both sides. 
 
 2-7. Great Fed. cavalry raid within 
 the rebel lines, from Gloucester Point, 
 Va., on the south, and the Alleghany 
 ridge on the west. Miuiy bridges, and 
 an innnense quantity of telegraph lines 
 throughout tlie route, were destroyed, 
 and many prisoners, and 1,000 horses 
 taken. 
 
 3. Col. Streight, with 1,500 Fed. troops, 
 after inflicting serious loss to the enemy, 
 by a raid of 20 days through Georgia, 
 anil ^ ''ibama, was captured near Gads- 
 dei , Ala. 
 
 3 toKirmish near Suffolk, Va. 13th 
 N. H., and 89th N. Y., captured reb. rifle 
 pits. 
 
 3. Gen. Mosby's reb. cavalry attacked 
 Col. de Forest's cavalry at Warrentown 
 Junction, and were defeated by the lat- 
 ter with heavy loss. 
 
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 3. Fed. gunboats repulsed in an attack 
 on Haines's Bluff, on the IMiss. Several 
 (jf the vessels badly damaged, and bO of 
 their men killed and wounded. 
 
 3. Reb. batteries at Grand Gulf, Miss., 
 evacuated by the enemy, and taken pos- 
 session of by Admiral Porter. 
 
 The ship Sea Lark burned by the 
 Alabama. 
 
 3. Col. Montgomerj^'s colored troops 
 returned to Beaufort, S. C, from a raid 
 up the Combahee river, having captured 
 800 slaves, and destroyed $1,500,000 of 
 property. 
 
 4. Capt. H. Dwight killed by rebels 
 after surrendering, near Washington, La. 
 
 4. The battle near Fredericksburg, 
 Va., continued, the rebs. recovering 
 nearly all the defences back of the town. 
 
 Riot at Dayton, Ohio, consequent on 
 the arrest of C. L. Vallandigham, by 
 military authori^J^ 
 
 5. A rebel company captured at Pet- 
 tie's Mills, N. C, by 3d N. Y. cavalry. 
 
 5. Fort de Russy, on the Red river, 
 captured by Admiral Porter. 
 
 0. All of Gen. Hooker's army retreated 
 to the north bank of the Rappahannock 
 river. 
 
 6. Alexandria, Miss., occupied by Na- 
 tional forces under Admiral Porter. 
 
 6. Fight near Tupelo, Miss., between 
 Gen. Ruggles' reb. cavalry, and Col. C.or- 
 iiyn's troops. Rebs. defeated, losing 90 
 prisoners. 
 
 6. Steamer Eugenia captured by Fed. 
 gunboat Cuyler, dA' Mobile, Ala. 
 
 7. St(;amer Cherokee captured off 
 Charleston, S. C, by U. S. gunboat Ca- 
 uandaigua. 
 
 7. Col. Kilpatrick's cavalry, after 
 marching around IjCc's armj^ arrived at 
 Gloucester Point, Va. 
 
 7. Reconnoissance from the Peninsula 
 to White House ; some prisoners retaken 
 from the rebs. 
 
 8. The ship Crazy Jane captured in 
 Tampa Bay, Fla., by U. S. gunboat Ta- 
 homa. 
 
 8. Rebel Gen. Earl Van Dorn was 
 killed by Dr. Peters, of Maury Co., Tenn. 
 
 8. An attack on Port Hudson com- 
 menced by Fed. fleet. 
 
 9. Col. McCook's 2d Ind. cavalry cap- 
 tured 8 rebels scouting near Stone river, 
 Tenn. 
 
 10. Death of rebel Gen. " Stonewall " 
 Jackson, from wounds received at the 
 battle of Chancellorsville. 
 
 10. Port Hudson assault renewed ; 
 rebel batteries silenced. 
 
 11. Fight at Greasy Creek, Ky. CoL 
 
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May, 1863. 
 
 CHEONOLOGY. 
 
 Jacobs' Fed. troops tie feat ?d by Mor- 
 gan's cavalry. Union loss, 25 killed and 
 woimdeLl. Rebel loss greater. 
 
 11. Ciystal Si)ring5, Miss., burned by 
 Fed. cavalry. 
 
 12. Raymonfl, Jlis.^., captured by Geu. 
 McPherson's Fed. troops. Union loss, 
 51 killed, 181 wounded. Rebel loss, 75 
 killed, 250 wounded, 18(1 prisoners. 
 
 12. Skirmish, near Franklin, Ky. Rebs. 
 defeated. 
 
 12. Col. Breckinridge's Fed. Tenn. 
 cavalry defeated rebels at Linden, on 
 Tenn. river, capturing 40' and killing 3. 
 
 13. Rebel guerrillas and Indians at- 
 tacked at Pontcliatoula, La., by Col. 
 Davis, who destroj^ed their camp, and 
 look 17 prisoners. 
 
 13. Skirmish at South Union, Ky. 
 Rebels attack a trahi, and are worsted. 
 
 13. Yazoo City, Miss., Avas captured 
 by Fed. gunboats under Lieut. Walker, 
 and $2,000,000 of property destroyed. 
 
 14. Gen. Johnston's army defeated 
 near Jackson, Miss., by Gen. Gi'ant's 
 Fed. army. Rebel loss, 400 men, 17 
 pieces of artillery. 
 
 14. Skirmish at Fairfiix Court House, 
 Va., by Fed. troops with Black Horse 
 cavalry. 
 
 14 Hammond Station, La., destroyed 
 by Fed. troops. 
 
 15. Jackson, Miss., occupied by Fed. 
 troops. 
 
 15. Rebels defeated at Camp Moore, 
 La., by Col. Davis's Fed. troops. 
 
 15. Wm. Corbin and T. P. Graw hung 
 at Johnson's Island, O. ; found guilty of 
 recruiting for the rebel service within the 
 Union lines. 
 
 15. Fed. dispatch boats Emily and 
 Arrow captured by rebels on the Albe- 
 marle and Chesapeake canal. 
 
 15. The shiji Crown Point burnt by 
 the privateer Florida. 
 
 15. Several severe cavaliy skirmishes 
 near Carrsville and Suffolk, Va., by Gen. 
 Peck's troops witli rebels. 
 
 15. A detachment of U. S. cavalry 
 captured at Charleston, Va., who were 
 afterwards rescued by a force from Gen. 
 Milroy's command, who also took 40 
 rebel pi'isoners. 
 
 16. A skirmish at Brady ville Pike, near 
 Cripple creek, Tenn. Gen. Palmer's 
 Union Tenn. cavalry attacked part of 3d 
 Georgia, under Col. Thompson, killing 
 several, and taking 18 prisoners. 
 
 16. Skirmish at Berry's Ferry, Va. 
 16 of 1st N. Y. cavalry!^ Lieut. Vermil- 
 lion, defeated 22 rebels, killing 2, wound- 
 ing 5, and capturing 10. 
 
 16. The 1st N. Y. mounted rifles routed 
 with considerable loss near Suffolk, Va. 
 
 16. Rebel steamer Cuba destroyed by 
 gunboat Dq Soto in the Guif of Mexico. 
 
 16. The battle of Champion Hill, or 
 Baker's creek, Miss. Gen. Grant's troops 
 defeated rebel army under Gen. Peniber- 
 ton, who lost 4,000 men and 29 cannon, 
 and retreated behind Big Black river. 
 
 4#. Battle at Big Black river, Miss. 
 Gen. Peiubertou's army defeated with 
 loss of 2,600 men and 17 cannon, and 
 driven within the intrenchmeuts at 
 Vicksburg, by Gen. Grant's army. 
 
 16. Jackson, Miss., evacuated by Fed. 
 troops. 
 
 16. Rebel schooner Isabel seized off 
 Mobile, and 16 men captured, by U. S. 
 steamer R. R. Cuyler. 
 
 16. Rebel guerrillas destroyed oil 
 springs and other property at Burning 
 Springs, Wirt Co., Va. 
 
 16. Col. Breckinridge, with 55 loyal 
 W. Tenn. cavahy, attaciced a rebel force 
 at Linden, on the Tenn. river, capturing 
 35 prisoners, and destroying their camp 
 and stores. 
 
 17. Richmond, Clay Co., Mo., was at- 
 tacked by rebel troops, who captured 3 
 companies of the 25tli Mo. 
 
 18. Vicksburg invested by the Union 
 array. 
 
 18. Two companies of 2d Kansas artil- 
 lery, Maj. Ward, defeated by rebels near 
 Sherwood, Mo., and 26 of the soldiers 
 killed, wounded, or taken prisoners. 
 
 18. Haines' Biuff, on the Yazoo river, 
 captured by Admiral Porter. 
 
 18. National troops fired into each 
 other by mistake near Deserted House, 
 Va. 3 killed and 4 wounded of the 
 170th K Y. 
 
 19. Skirmish near Winchester, Va. 
 Gen. Milroy's Fed. cavalry killed 6 and 
 captured 7 of the enemy. 
 
 19. Spanish steamer Union captured 
 by U. S. gunboat Nashville. 
 
 20. Rebel riflepits on the north side of 
 Vicksburg captured by Gen. Steele. 
 
 20. Skirmish by pickets between Fay- 
 etteville and Raleigh, Va. 
 
 20. Skirmish near Fort Gibson, Ark. 
 Price's troops defeated by Feds, under 
 Col. Phillips. 
 
 20. Steamer Eagle captured near Nas- 
 sau, N. P., by gunboat Octorora. 
 
 20. Two rebel regiments attacked at 
 Middletown, Tenn., by Fed. cavalry 
 under Gen. Stanley. The enemy routed, 
 losing 8 killed, 90 piis. and 200 horses. 
 
 21. Richmond and Plattsburg, Mo., 
 plundered by rebels. 
 
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THE WAK FOR THE TTNIOX. 
 
 May, 1863 
 
 May 21. Vicksbnrg fully invested by 
 Union troops. 
 
 21. A rebel camp broken up near Mid- 
 dletown, Tcnu., by lOod 111. 11 rebels 
 captured. 
 
 21. Port Hudson, Miss., besieged by 
 Fed. troops under Gen. Banks, after sharp 
 skirmishing with the enemy while march- 
 ing from Baton Rouge. 
 
 32. Gen. Grant's array repulsed with 
 heavy loss in an attempt to storm the 
 Ibrtitications at Vicksburg. 
 
 3"3. Col. Kilpatrick's Fed. cavalry re- 
 turned to Gloucester Point, after a suc- 
 cp.ssful raid into Gloucester and Matthew 
 counties, Va., destroying much propertv. 
 
 22-23. Col. Jones, 58th Pa., engaged 
 and defeated the rebels at Gum Swamp, 
 N. C, capturing 163 prisoners with mili- 
 tary stores. Fed. loss, 2 killed, G wounded. 
 
 3-1. Austin, Miss., burned by Union 
 forces under Gen. Ellet. 
 
 34. A Fed. wagon train with 30 colored 
 troops was captured near Shawnee creek, 
 Kansas. 
 
 24. Gen. Schofield appointed to super- 
 cede Gen. Curtis in command of the De 
 partment of the West. 
 
 34. Skirmish on the Mississippi river, 
 6 miles above Austria. Gen. ElletV 
 marii:.e brigade defeated a rebel force, 
 •who lost 5 killed, 3 prisoners. Union 
 loss 3 killed, 19 wounded. 
 
 35. Skirmish near Hartford, Ky. 
 
 35. Skirmish at Senatobia, Miss. Col. 
 McCrellis defeated a rebel force, who lost 
 6 killed and 3 wounded. 
 
 36. Col. Wilder's Fed. regiment de- 
 feated Breckinridge's cavalry near Mc- 
 Minnville, Tenn., and captured a number 
 of prisoners. 
 
 ' 35-37. Fed. gunboats under lit. Walk- 
 er, after captuviug Haines' Bluli', ascend- 
 ed to Yazoo City, Miss., and destroyed 3 
 rebel steamers and a liirge ram, not fin- 
 ished. Also the navy yard and naval 
 stores. 
 
 36. Destruction of the U. S. gunboat 
 Cincinnati by rebel batteries at Vicks- 
 burg. 35 of her crew killed and w. 
 
 37. Gen. Banks' army defeated in an 
 assault on the reb. works at Port Hudson. 
 
 37. Col. Cornyn's Fed. command de- 
 'feated Gen. Roddy's troops at Florence, 
 
 Ala., capturing 100 soldiers, 300 negroes, 
 400 mules, and destroying reb. property. 
 
 38. First colored regiment from the 
 North left Boston. 
 
 38. The 8th III, Col. Clendenin, re- 
 turned to the army of the Potomac from 
 an expedition on the banks of the Rap 
 pahannock and Potomac rivers, below 
 
 Fi-edericksbui'g, Va., having destroyed 
 one million dollars of property, and 
 brought into camp 810 negroes. 
 
 38. Wolford's Fed. cavalry defeated 
 near Somerset, Ky. 
 
 38. Skirmish near Doniphan, IMo. 
 loth 111. cavalry. Major Lippert, defeated 
 with loss of 80 of tlieir number in Icillcd, 
 wounded, and missing. 
 
 29. Skirmish by 1st Vt. cavalry with 
 Stuart's cavalry, near Thoroughfare 
 Gap, Va. 
 
 30. Rebel Col. Mosby, with 200 cav- 
 alry, after destroying a Government train 
 at Catlett's Station, Va., was overtaken 
 near Greenwich by Col. Maur, of the 7th 
 Mich, cavalry with K Y. and Vt. troops, 
 and dispersed with the loss of their can- 
 non. Fed. loss, 17 killed and wounded. 
 
 30. A train of 16 cars from Alexandria, 
 Va., was destroyed by rebel guerrillas 
 near Warrentou Junction. 
 
 30. A rebel camp near Carthage, Tenn., 
 surprised by the 26 th Ohio, who captured 
 22 prisoners and 35 horses. 
 
 30. The town of Tappahannock, Va., 
 captured by Fed. gunboats, who de- 
 stroyed rebel stores. 
 
 31. Guerrillas defeated with tlic loss 
 of 10 men by militia in Lincoln Co., JIo. 
 
 31. Fed. gunboat Alert exploded and 
 sunk at Norfolk, Va. 
 
 31. Cavahy expedition captured 10 
 rebels near Monticello, Ky. 
 
 31. Successful raid of Col. KilpatricIvS 
 Fed. cavalry from Yorktown to Urbana, 
 Va., bringing in 1000 negroes and 300 
 horses. 
 
 June 1. Blair's reconnoisance in search 
 of Joe Johnston returns, having been 
 unsuccessful. 
 
 1. Skirmishing in Howard Co., Mo. 
 
 3. 3,000 rebel prisoners arrive at la- 
 dianajjolis, Ind. 
 
 3. Gen. Burnside prohibited tlie circu- 
 lation in his Department of the iV! T. 
 World and the Chicngo Times. 
 
 3. West Point, Va., evacuated by the 
 Union troops. 
 
 3. Indian (rebel) prisoners arrive in 
 New York. 
 
 3. New York Supreme Court decide 
 against legal tender notes. 
 
 3. jMass convention of Peace Demo- 
 crats at New York. 
 
 3. Admiral Foote ordered to relieve 
 Admiral Dupont at Charleston. 
 
 3. Skirmish near Manchester, Tenn. 
 
 3. Bombardment of Port Hudson con- 
 tinued. 
 
 4. Rebel guerrillas defeated near Fair- 
 fax, Va. 
 
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June, 1863. 
 
 CHEONOLOGY. 
 
 4. Bluffton,S.C.,lmrneclbvUniontroops.| Frederick, Md., in wliicli many lives 
 
 4. Fight at Saturtia, Miss. 100 rebelsjwere lost from lieat and exhaualion. 
 taken by Gen. Kimball. j 12. Union gamboals slitU the shores of 
 
 4. Simmonsport, La., destroyed byj James river. 
 Federal gunboats. 12. Darien, Ga., burned by Federalists. 
 
 4. Simultaneous attacks on the Federal! 13. Union cavalry captured near Port 
 garrisons at Franklin and Ti'iune, Tenn., Hudson. 
 
 which were repulsed in bolli instance; 
 with severe loss to the rebels. 
 
 4. Col. Wilder's mounted infantry 
 broke up a rebel cauip at Liberty, Teuu., 
 capturing 63 men and their horses. 
 
 5. A division of Hooker's army cross 
 the Rippaliannock and captured 96 pris- 
 oners. Fed. loss 30 in k. and w 
 
 5. Raid to Warwick river, Va. Rebel 
 boats destroved. 
 
 6. Fight at Milliken's Bend, Miss. Reb. 
 G.n. McCullough, with 2,r)00 men, at- 
 tacked 3 negro regiments and 23d Iowa. 
 Heavy loss on both sides. Rebs. defeated. 
 
 8. District of the Frontier set off and 
 given to Gen. Blunt. 
 8. 2 reb. spies shot at Franklin, Tenn. 
 
 8. Recunnoissance on the Chickahom- 
 iny. 
 
 9. Explosion in Fort Lyon, near Alex- 
 andria, Va. 30 men killed. 
 
 9. Skirmish at Triune, Tenn. Rebels 
 repulsed. 
 
 9. Severe cavalry fight at Beverly 
 Ford, on the R;ippahannock river, Va., in 
 which Gen. Buford's Fed. troops defeat- 
 .ed Gen. Stuart's command with heavy 
 IcJss on both sides. 
 
 9. Gen. Carter's Fed. troops defeated 
 Gen. Pegram's army at Monticello, Tenn. 
 
 10. An enrolling officer murdered at 
 Mimville; Ind, 
 
 10. Rebs. repulsed at Lake Providence 
 by negro troops. 
 
 11. Preparations in Pa. to repel rebel 
 invasion. 
 
 11. Rebel cavalry crossed the Potomac 
 at Poolesville, Md., but were driven 
 back. 
 
 11. Peace Democratic meeting m 
 Brooklyn. 
 
 11. N'allandigham nominated for Gov- 
 ernor of Ohio. 
 
 11. Lee's array began to move up the 
 Ra]ipahannock. 
 
 11. Rebels attack Triune, Tenn., and 
 are repulsed. 
 
 11. Steamer Maple Leaf, while convey- 
 ing rebel officers as prisoners from Fort- 
 ress Monroe to Fort Delaware, was 
 seized, and 64 effected their escape. 
 
 11-16. Gen. Lee's army crossed the 
 Potomac, and invaded Md. and Pa. 
 
 13-20. Forced march of the army of 
 tJie Potomac from the Rappahannock to 
 
 12. Skirmish near IMiddletowu, Va. 
 Rebels defeated. 
 
 12. Rebel privateer Clarence captured 
 6 vessels off the Chesapeake. 
 
 12. Attack on Morris Island by Fed. 
 gunboats. 
 
 12. Rebels attack Fed. troops on Folly 
 ' Island. 
 
 13. Rebels plunder a railroad train at 
 Eiizabethtown, Ky. 
 
 13. Skirmish on Slate creek, Ky. Union 
 defeat. 
 
 13. Skirmish and rebel defeat near 
 Boston, Ky. 
 
 14. Assault on Port Hudson by Gen. 
 Banks' troops, in which they were re- 
 pulsed with heavy loss. 
 
 14. Capture of Winchesler,Va, by reb. 
 troops." Defeat of Gen. Milroy's army, 
 who lost 2,000 men, and all his artillery 
 and stores. 
 
 14. English and Austrian consuls sent 
 away from Richmond, Va. 
 
 14. Rebel raid upon Mavsville-, Ky. 
 
 15. President Lincoln calls for 100,000 
 men for six months J'rom Pa., Md., W. 
 Va., and Ohio, to resist invasion, which 
 were promptly furnished. 
 
 15. Enrollment resisted in Boone Co., 
 Ind. 
 
 15. The rebel troops who attacked 
 Maysville were overtaken ; their plunder 
 and one hundred prisoners taken. 
 
 15. Rebel troops entered Chambers- 
 burg, Pa. 
 
 17. Severe cavalry skirmish near Aldie, 
 Loudon Co.,Va., in which the rebels were 
 defeated with loss, and eighty-five taken 
 prisoners. 
 
 17. Capture of rebel iron-clad ram Fin- 
 gal, or Atlanta, by monitors "VVeehawken 
 and Patapsco, in "Warsaw Sound, S. C, 
 180 prisoners taken. 
 
 17. Cavalry fight at Thoroughfare 
 Gap, Va. 
 
 17. Skirmish on the Blackwater. 
 
 17. Rioters in Holmes Co., Ohio, resist 
 the enrollment. 
 
 17. Skirmish near Big Black Bridge, 
 Miss. " . 
 
 17. Fight with guerrillas near West- 
 port, Mo. 
 
 18. 1700 of Milroy's men arrive safely 
 at Bedford, Pa. 
 
 18. Skirmishing; near Aldie. 
 
 (Tl) 
 
THE WAR FOR THE UNION. 
 
 June, 1863. 
 
 Juns 18. Rebels burn canal boats at 
 Hancock, Md. 
 
 18. Small skirmishes with Lee's inva- 
 ders in Maryland. 
 
 18. Union defeat near Hernando, Miss. 
 
 19. Rebel cavalry cross the Ohio into 
 Harrison Co., Ind. ; 50 of them cap- 
 tured. 
 
 20. Gen. Schenck suppresses disloyal 
 papers in Baltimore. 
 
 20. Vidvsburg bombarded. 
 
 20. N. Y. packet ship Isaac "Webb 
 captured by rebel steamer Tacony, and 
 released on bond. 
 
 21. Gen. Pleasanton's cavalry engaged 
 rebel cavalry near Middleburg,Va. "Feds, 
 victorious, capturing 80, and killing or 
 ■wounding 1.50 of the enemy. 
 
 21. brilliant cavalry fight, and rebels 
 whippi'd at Aldie Gap. 
 
 21.' Skirmish near New Baltimore. 
 Union repulse. 
 
 21. Skirmish at Low Creek, W. Va. 
 Rebels beaten. 
 
 21. Rebs. defeated at Lafourche cross- 
 ins;. La. 
 
 22. Skirmish at Frederick, Md. Rebs, 
 driven out. 
 
 32-2o. Twelve fishing vessels de- 
 stroyed .'iff I\tartha's Vineyard, Mass., by 
 rebel steamer Tacony. 
 
 23. Col. S. H. Saunders arrived at 
 B.iston, Ky., with bis command, after a 
 successful raid into E. Tcnn., having de- 
 stroyed the railroads and bridges in 
 many places, and captured several can- 
 non, 1,000 stand of arms, and 500 prison- 
 ers. 
 
 23. Skirmish near Gettysburg. 
 
 23. Gunboat Sumter sunk by accident 
 off Cape Henry. 
 
 24. Rebels advance to Shippensburg 
 and Hagcrstown. 
 
 24. Union raid force returned from 
 N. Miss., after much success. 
 
 24. Gen. Rosecrans' army in motion. 
 Skirmishes at Guy's Gap and Liberty 
 Pike. 
 
 24. Col. Hoover's mounted infantrj^ 
 defeated the rebels at Hoover's Gap, 
 Tenn., routing them with heavy loss. 
 Fed. loss, 45 killed and wounded. 
 
 24. Gen. Willich's Fed. brigade de- 
 feated rebels at Liberty Gap, Tenn. 
 Fed. Inps, 50. The figlit renewed next 
 day, and rebs. defeated with severe loss. 
 Fed. loss, 40 killed, 100 wounded. 
 
 25. Rebels near Carlisle, Pa. 
 
 26. Rebels occupy Gettysburg. 
 26. Unionists evacuate Carlisle. 
 
 26. Skirmish at South Anna, Va. Gen. 
 W. F. Lee (rebel) and 110 men, 300 
 
 horses, and 35 wagons captured by Col. 
 Spear, 11th Pa. cavalry. 
 
 26. Death of Admiral Foote. 
 
 26. Rebels occupy York and threaten 
 Harrisburg. 
 
 26. The inhabitants of Yorlc, Pa., were 
 levied on by rebel Gen. Ewell for largo 
 sums of money, clothing, and provis- 
 ions. 
 
 26. Gen. Meade superseded General 
 Hooker in command of the army of the 
 Potomac. 
 
 27. The Potomac army northwest of 
 Baltimore. 
 
 27. Cavalry fight at Fairfax. Union 
 defeat. ^^ 
 
 27. Rosecrans' army occupy Man- 
 chester, Tenn., after slight resistance. 
 Also, Shelbyville. 
 
 28. Rebels capture a train near Rocl^- 
 ville, Va., with 150 wagons and 900 
 mules. Also, sutler's stores at Annan- 
 dale, Va. 
 
 28. Skirmish at Columbia bridge, on 
 the Susquehannah, Pa. 200 of Col. 
 Frick's Fed. troops captm-ed. 
 
 28. Enrollment in Indiana enforced by 
 military. 
 
 28. Rebels defeated at Donaldsville, La. 
 
 29. Rebels driven from Decherd, Tenn. 
 
 30. Mines exploded and rebel out- 
 works breached at Vicksburg. 
 
 CO. Cavalry fight at Hanover. 
 
 July 1. Rebels repulsed in attack on 
 Carlisle, Pa. 
 
 1. First conflict at Gettysburg. Rebel 
 advance checked. Gen. Reynolds k. 
 
 1. BragL!: retreats before Rosecrans. 
 Tullnhoma occupied by Fed. advance. 
 
 1. Engagement at Hanover Junction, 
 Pa., between Gen. Pleasanton's Fed. cav- 
 alry and Gen. Stuart's forces. Rebs. de- 
 feated. 
 
 2. Skirmish at Bottom's Bridge, Va. 
 2-3. Defeat of rebel Gen. Lee's army, 
 
 near Gettysburg, Pa., by Gen. Meade's 
 army, after a sanguinary conflict, in 
 which 40,000 men were k. or w. 
 
 4. Surrender of Vicksburg, Miss... to 
 Gen. Grant, with 30,000 men, under Gen. 
 Pemberton, and a large supply of arms 
 and ammunition. The rebel army was 
 paroled. 
 
 4. Assaidt on Helena, Ark., by rebel 
 Gens. Marmaduke, Price and Holmes, 
 with 0,000 men, who were signally de- 
 feated bv Gen. Prentiss's garrison, wlio 
 took 1 ,000 prisfmers, and killed or wound- 
 ed 500 of the enemy. 
 
 3-10. Raid of Gen. IMorgan into Ind., 
 destroying a large amount of prop- 
 erty. 
 
 (72) 
 
July, 1863. 
 
 CHRONOLOGY. 
 
 5. Rear-guard of Gen. Jolinston's army,|Kilpatrick's cavalry attacked a reb. force 
 numbering 4,000 men, captured by Gen. j of infantry, artillery, and horse, defeating 
 Grant's forces, near Bolton, Miss. them, and capturing 1,300 prisoners, and 
 
 5. VaUandigham arrives at Halifax. killing and wouuding 130. Fed. loss, 39 
 
 5, Raid from Newbern to Warsaw, N.C.j killed, 36 wounded. 
 
 7. Great excitement in Louisville. 15. Cav. skirmish near Charlestown.Va. 
 
 Morgau said to be coming. 
 
 7. Two steamboats captured by rebels 
 at Brandeuburg, Ky. 
 
 15. Draft riots in Troy and Boston. 
 15. A universal conscription of all the 
 white men in the Confederate States be- 
 
 7. Bragg retreats across the Tennessee,! tween the ages of 18 and 45, subject to 
 
 destro3nng the Bridgeport bridge. 
 
 8. Surrender of Port Hudson, Miss., 
 with its garrison of 5,500 men, under 
 Gen. Gardner, to Gen. Banks. 
 
 8. Cavalry skirmish near Boonesboro', 
 Md 
 
 10. Gilmore lands on Morris Island, 
 taking all the rebel works except Forts 
 Waguer and Gregg, wMch are shelled 
 by the monitors. 
 
 10. Union forces occupy Jac'vson, Miss. 
 
 10. Rebels defeated at Big creek. Ark. 
 
 10. Cavalry fight on the old Antietam 
 field. 
 
 10. Lee in fortifications opposite Wil- 
 liamsport. 
 
 10. JMorgan burns depot at Salem, lad. 
 
 11. Morgan burns railroad bridge at 
 Vienna, Ind. 
 
 11. Repulse of Gen. Gilmore's forces 
 assaulting Fort Wagner, S. C. 
 
 12. Col. Hatch's 3d Iowa cavalry de- 
 feated a body of rebel cavalrv near Jack 
 
 Fed. los.s, 13 "killed 
 
 military duty, ordered by Jeff. Davis. 
 
 1(3. Rebels defeated near Fort Gibson, 
 Ark. 
 
 16. Rebel dash upon Hickman, Ky. 
 
 17. Orders given to enforce the draft 
 at all hazards. 
 
 17. Huntsville, Ala., taken by Union 
 troops. 
 
 17. Rebels evacuate Jackson, Miss., 
 which was occupied by Gen. Sherman's 
 forces after severe fighting for 4 days 
 with Johnston's army. 
 
 17. Defeat of rebel Gen. Cooper's array 
 at Elk creek. Ark., by Gen. Blunt's forces. 
 Rebel loss, 400 killed or wound-ed, 60 
 prisoners. Federal loss, 10 killed and 35 
 wounded. 
 
 18. Raid from Newbern into N. C. 
 
 18. 400 rebels captured at Rienzi, Miss. 
 18-19. Bombardment and assault on 
 
 Fort Wagner, S. C, in which Gen. Gil- 
 more's troops were repulsed, with the 
 loss of 700 men, k., w. and missing. 
 
 19. Engagement at Wytheville,"\V.Va., 
 
 son. Miss. Fed. loss, 13 killed and 
 
 wounded. Rebel loss, 175 killed and by Fed. caTOlry under Cols. Tolland and 
 
 ■woundi'd, and 400 conscripts released. Powell, who destroyed tlie Va. and Tenn. 
 
 13. iMorgan gets into Oliio. | railroad and defeated the rebel forces. 
 
 13. ]\Iartial law in Cincinnati, Newport; Fed. loss, 65 killed and wounded. Rebel 
 
 and Covington 
 
 13. Fight at Jackson, Miss. 
 
 13-17. Great Draft Riot in New York, 
 25 or 30 buildings destroved. The Tri- 
 
 los.?, 75 killed, and 150 prisoners. 
 
 19. Fighting with Morgan at Buffing- 
 ton Island. 300 of his men taken. 
 
 30. Basil Duke and a portion of ]\[or- 
 
 bune office assailed. Colored Orphan 'gan's force taken near Pomeroy, O 
 
 Asylum burned, several negroes killed,! 81. Joe Johnston retreats to Brandon, 
 
 and 130 stores and dwellings were sacked; 3Iiss. 
 
 by the mob. The city railroads werej 21. Union raid to Tar river and Rocky 
 
 stopped, and all the principal factories and Mount, N. C. 
 
 shops compelled to suspend work for sev- 33^ Skirmish near Nolan's Ferry on 
 
 oral da3''s. The disturbance was quelled by 
 the military and police, after 35 of the 
 military and officers were killed or seri- 
 ousl}^ wounded, and 150 of the rioters. 
 
 13. Gen. Laumann's division of Gen. 
 Sherman's army corps incautiously ad- 
 vanced to an exposed position in front 
 of the rebel works at Jackson, Miss., and 
 lost 300 men in killed and wounded. 
 
 13. Yazoo City taken by Fed. troops. 
 
 13. Union defeat at Bayou Lafourche, 
 La. 310 taken prisoners. 
 
 12. Lee's army crosses the Potomac. 
 
 14. Fight at Falling Waters, Va. Gen 
 
 the Potomac. 
 
 33. Skirmish at Chester Gap, Va. by 
 Gen. Spinola's Fed. brigade. 
 
 33. Brashear City, La., recaptured by 
 Union gunboats. 
 
 33. Engagement at Manassas Gap, Va. 
 300 rebels killed or wounded, 60 pris. 
 
 34. Skirmish with Morgan's men at 
 Washington, O. 
 
 35. The furloughs granted to the ma- 
 jority of rebel paroled prisoners at Vicks- 
 burg, rescinded by Gen. Pemberton, and 
 the men ordered to report at headquar- 
 ters within 15 or 30 daya. 
 
 (73) 
 
THE WAE FOR THE UNION. 
 
 July, 1863. 
 
 July 26. Rebs. defeated at Lexington, 
 Teun. 
 
 26. Capture of Gen. Morgan with the 
 remaaider of his- cavahy (4U0) near New 
 Lisbon, O., by Col. Shacklet\)rd. 
 
 27. Rebels drive Union forces out of 
 Richmond, Ky. 
 
 28. Death of Senator W. L. Yancej^ 
 near Montgomery, Ala. 
 
 29. Caplure of 29 wagons with sutlers' 
 stores at Fairfax Court House, Va., b}' 
 Mosby's guerrillas, which were recap- 
 tured by 2d Mass. cavalry on the next 
 day. 
 
 29. Defeat of Gens. Pegram's and 
 Scott's rebel forces while attacking Fed 
 troops at Paris, Ky. 
 
 30. Death of Brig.-Gen. Strong, ir 
 New York, from wounds received in the 
 attack on Fort Wagner, S. C, July 19 
 
 30. Pres. Llncohi by prochunntion, or- 
 dered the imprisoument at hard labor of 
 rebel prisoners, in retaliation for violation 
 of the laws of war toward colored sol- 
 diers. 
 
 31. Lee's and Meade's armies again on 
 the Rappahannock. 
 
 31. Rebels take Stanford, Ky., but are 
 quickly driven out. 
 
 Aug. 1. Severe engagement near Cul- 
 pepi:)er, Va., by Fed. cavalry, infantry, 
 and artillery, under Gen. Buford, with a 
 similar reb. force, in which the loss was 
 heavy on both sides. 
 
 1. 60 wagons loaded with forage were 
 burned by rebs. at Stamford, Ky. 
 
 1. Reb. Col. Ashby and 350 men Averc 
 captured near the Cumberland river, Ky., 
 by Col. Sanders. 
 
 2. The Eufans Perdus, of N. Y., cap- 
 ture 500 rebs. at Folly Island. 
 
 3. Skirmish near Kelly's Ford. 
 
 4. Steivmer Ruth accidenfally burned 
 beh)w' Cairo. 
 
 4. Skirmish near BraiiJy Statiou. 
 
 4. Reconnoissance up the James river, 
 Va., by mouitor Sangamon, gunboat 
 Com. Barney, and tug Cohasset. The 
 vessels met with a severe fire from the 
 enemy's troops lining the banks, but re- 
 turned witli slight loss of life ; the Bar- 
 ney badly injured. 
 
 5. Union raid upon Woodville, Miss. 
 
 6. Gen. Sible}'- reported 3 battles, and 
 defeat of hostile Indians in Minnesota. 
 
 0. A day appointed by Pres. Lincoln 
 for National thanksgiving and praise, in 
 gratitude for signal victories obtained by 
 the Fed. armies. 
 
 10. Admiral Farragut arrived with his 
 flagship at N. Y. 
 
 12. Robert Toombs publishes a letter 
 
 of this date exposing the bankruptcy of 
 the Confederacy. 
 
 • 14. Several Tjnion signal officers cap- 
 tured near Warrenton, Va. 
 
 14. Gen. Gilmore tried the range of 
 his lieavy guns toward Fort Sumter. 
 
 15. Union cavalry returned to Corinth, 
 Miss., with 250 prisoners just conscripted 
 by Forrest. 
 
 16. Explosion of the " City of Madi- 
 son," ammunition boat at Vicksburg ; 
 about 150 men killed. — 
 
 16. Severe bombardment of Fort 
 Sumter by the monitors and Fed. bat- 
 teries on Morris Isl. Com. Rogers killed 
 on board the Calskill. 
 
 17. Great destruction of railroad prop- 
 erty andorduancestorcs at Granada,Mis3., 
 by Federal troo])s under Col. Phillips. 
 
 18. Union raid in North Carolina. 30 
 rebs. killed near Pas(iuotank. 
 
 19. Union raid upon Grenada, Miss. 
 Great destruction of railroad property. 
 
 19. Recommencement of the draft in 
 the city of N. Y., which had been sus- 
 pended owing to the riot a month pre- 
 vious. 10,000 Fed. troops were stationed 
 in the viciiiity of the city, during the 
 drawing, which was completed Aug. 28. 
 
 20. The town of Lawrence, Kansas, */ 
 was sacked by rebs. under Quantrell. 130 
 citizens murdered, and a large portion 
 of the town burned. Quanlrell's band 
 was pursued by Fed. troops, and over 
 100 of them killed. 
 
 21. Brig Bainbridge foundered. Only 1 
 man saved. 
 
 21. Chattanooga, Ala., besieged by Gen. 
 Rosecrans' army. 
 
 22. A raid to Pocahontas, Ark. 100 
 rjbs. captured, including Gen. Jeff. C. 
 Thompson and staff. 
 
 J2. Charleston, S. C, shelled by rebel 
 batteries on Morris Isl. 
 
 23. Gen. Blunt crosses Ark. river. Rebs. 
 "all back without tighting. 
 
 24. Cavalry skirmish below Fi-edericks- 
 burg, Va. 
 
 24. A squad of Union cavalry capiur'd 
 near Annandale. 
 
 24. Cavalry skirmish near Fairfax, Va. 
 
 25. U. S. gunboats Satellite and Re- 
 liance captured by rebs. at the mouth of 
 tiie Rappahannock, Va. 
 
 35. Rebs. under Price and Marmadukc 
 del'eited at Bayou 3Ieliare, Ark. 
 
 26. Uni(m expedition to Bottom's 
 Bridge, Va. ; rebs. defeated and bridge 
 destroyed. 
 
 11. JohnB. Floyd died at Abingdon,Va. 
 i7. Belle Boyd, a reb. spy, arrested ia 
 Va. 
 
 (74) 
 
Aug., 1863. 
 
 CHRONOLOGY. 
 
 27. An arm}' train captured nearPhil- 
 ippi, W. Va., by rebs. 
 
 28. Union camp c:iptared at Edwards' 
 Ferry, Va. 
 
 28. Fi»-lit near Warm Springs, Va. Reb. 
 loss 200. 
 
 29. 5 deserters shot in the Army of the 
 Potomac. 
 
 30. Rosecrans' army crossed the Ten- 
 nessee near Chattanooga. 
 
 31. Swarms of guerrillas in "Western 
 Tenii., and on both sides of the Miss, riv'r, 
 down to Baton Rouge. 
 
 31. Fort Smith, Ark., taken by Gen. 
 Blunt. 
 
 Sept. 1. Union expedition in W. Va., 
 under Gen. Averill, returns after general 
 success. 
 
 1. Knoxville, Tenn., occupied by the 
 advance of Gen. Buriiside's army. 
 
 1. Rebel raid upon Brownsville, Tenn. 
 The place plundered. 
 
 2. Skirmish at the Ilolston river bridge 
 on the E. Tenn. and Ga. railroad. The 
 bridge burnt by Gen. Burnside's troops. 
 
 2. Guuboats Satellite and Reliance, 
 lately t;iken by the rebels, destroyed by 
 a Union force. 
 
 3. Kingston, Tenn., taken by Burnside. 
 
 3. Gea. Sully's Fed. troops defeated 
 Indians at Whitestone Hall, ou the upper 
 Missouri, many of whom were killed, 
 and 156 taken prisoners. Fed. loss, 20 
 killed, and 33 wounded. 
 
 4. Enthusiastic reception of General 
 Burnside and his army by the inhabitants 
 of Knoxville, Tenn. 
 
 5. Skirmish near Moorfield, W. Va. 
 No lo^s. 
 
 5. Woman's bread riot in ]\robile. 
 
 7. Gen. B.irnside tencjercd his resigna- 
 tion, which was not accepted. 
 
 7. A m igazlue exploded in Fort Moul- 
 trie by Union shells. 
 
 7. Morris Island was evacuated by reb. 
 forces, and Fort, Wagner and Battery 
 Gregg were seized by Gen. Gilmore, who 
 took 75 prisoners, and 19 pieces of artil- 
 lery. 
 
 7. An assault was made on Fort Sum- 
 ter by 450 men in 20 boats from the Fed. 
 fleet, under Commiudn- T. II. Stevens. 
 The sailors were defeated with the loss 
 of 114 men. 
 
 8. Tlie gunboats Clif';on and Sachem 
 attached to an expedition under General 
 Franklin, grounded ou the bar at Sabine 
 Pass, Texas, and were captured by the 
 enemv. 
 
 8. Skirmish at Bath, Va. 
 8. Rebels defeated near Arkadelphia, 
 Ark. 
 
 9. Union defeat at Tilford, Tenn. 300 
 captured. 
 
 9. Surrender of Cumberland Gap, 
 Tenn., to Gen. Burnside, with 2,000 pris- 
 oners, and a large supply of army stores. 
 
 9. Cavalry skirmish at Alpines, near 
 Chattanooga, Tenn. 4 Feds, killed, and 
 12 wounded. 
 
 9. Chattanooga occupied by Gen. Crit- 
 tenden's corps of Rosecrans' army. 
 
 10. Little Rock, Ark., captured by Fed. 
 troops under Gen. Steele, and Gen. David- 
 son appointed military commander. 
 
 12. Gen. Negley's divisitm was attacked 
 .and. driven through one of the gaps of 
 Pidgeon Mountain, Tenn., I3y the troops 
 of Witters and Stuart, of Bragg's army. 
 Fed. loss in killed and wounded, 40. 
 
 12. Union cavalry raid into Miss'ppi. 
 
 12. Sabine Pass expedition returns to 
 N. O., having utterly failed. 
 
 13. Cavalry fight beyond Culpepper. 
 40 rebels and 2 guns taken. Gen. Plea- 
 santon advanced to the Kapidan. 
 
 13. Rebel works at Grant's Pass, near 
 Mobile, siielled. 
 
 14. Arkansas being rapidly cleared of 
 rebels by Gsn. Blunt. 
 
 15. The President suspended the writ 
 of habeas corpus. 
 
 16. Skirmish along Rosecrans' lines. 
 Little damage. 
 
 17. Cavalry fight at Raccoon Ford. 
 Union repulse. 
 
 18. White's rebel cavalry routed at 
 Warrenton, Va. 
 
 18. Fight at Reid's bridge on the 
 Chickamauga creek, Tenn. Cols. Minty 
 and Wilder's troops were driven back by 
 rebel infantry. 
 
 19. Battle of Chickamauga commences. 
 
 20. Battle of Chickamauga rages furi- 
 ously. Union army defeated. , 
 
 20. Fight at Zollicolfer, Tenn. 
 
 21. At night Rosecrans' army with- 
 drew from Chickamauga to Chattanooga. 
 Bragg did not follow. 
 
 2f. Madison C. H., Va., occupied by 
 Gen. Meade's cavalry. 
 
 21. The rebels seized a steam-tug at 
 South-west Pass, but it was rescued by 
 Union troops. 
 
 22. Cavalry fight and Union victory 
 at Madison C. H., Va. 
 
 22. Confederate cavalry crossed the 
 Potomac near Rockville, but were driven 
 back. 
 
 23. Meade's army reached the Rapi- 
 dan. 
 
 23. 1,200 rebel prisoners who were 
 captured at Cumberland Gap, arrived at 
 Louisville. 
 
 (75) 
 
THE WAR FOE THE TTNTON. 
 
 Oct., 1863. 
 
 Sept. 25. Mosby breaks the railroad 
 near Fairfax. 
 
 25. Rebels driven out of Donaldson- 
 ville, La. 
 
 27. Steamer Robert Campbell burned 
 by rebels at Milliken's Bend 
 lost. 
 
 28. Rebels attack Burnside's right 
 "wing near Knoxville, but are repulsed. 
 
 29. Gen. Hooker arrives in Cincinnati. 
 
 29. Two Union regiments defeated 
 above Port Hudson, La. 
 
 30. Dele<::ati()n from Missouri visit the 
 President to ask a change of commander 
 in the Western Department. 
 
 30. Rebel cavalry repulsed in trying 
 to cross the Tennessee near Harrison's 
 Landing, 
 
 Oct. 1. Frequent skirmishes with 
 guerrillas south of the Potomac. 
 
 3. Battle at Anderson's Cross-roads, 
 Ky. Rebel cavalry whipped. 
 
 2. Explosion of an ammunition train 
 near Bridueport, Tenn. 
 
 2. Gen.\rillmore moves his headquar 
 ters to Follv Island. 
 
 3. Fight at McMinnville, Tenn. 
 3. Greek tire thrown into Charleston. 
 
 3. Guerrillas active near Glasgow, 
 
 Ky. 
 
 4. Four steamers burned at St. Louis 
 by rebel incendiaries. 
 
 4. Expedition from Fortress Monroe 
 to break up guerrilla bands. 
 
 4. Rebels attempt to destroy Shelby- 
 ville, Tenn. 
 
 5. Rebels destroy a large railroad 
 bridge south of ^Inrfreesboro'. 
 
 5.' The rebels bombard Chattanooga 
 from Lookout ilountain. 
 
 f). Cavalry light near New Albany, 
 Ala. 
 
 5. Rebels repulsed in an attack on 
 Murfreesboro'. 
 
 G. Rebels whipped near Shelbyville, 
 Tenn. 
 
 G. Skirmish at Como, Tenn. 
 
 G.- Rebels attempt to destroy the New 
 Ironsides with a torpedo. They fail; 
 their men taken. 
 
 7. Federal cavalry ambuscaded near 
 Harper's Ferry by Imboden. 
 
 8. Fight at Salem, Miss. Rebels driven 
 
 oflF. 
 
 cut 
 
 9. Rebels make great efforts to 
 Rosecrans' communications, but fail. 
 
 9. The overland Texas expedition 
 25 lives [from New Orleans reaches Vermillion- 
 
 ville. 
 
 10. Skirmish near Madison Court 
 House, Va. 
 
 10. Fight at Blue Springs, near Knox- 
 ville. 
 
 10. Union raiding expedition, tinder 
 Col. S. H. Mix, leave Newbern, N. C. 
 Return in a few days entirely success- 
 ful. 
 
 11. About this time much fighting 
 along the Memphis and Charleston rail- 
 road. Rebels generally defeated. 
 
 13. Skirmishing along the lines on the 
 Rappahannock. Gen. Meade withdraws 
 all his army to the north bank. 
 
 12. Skirmish at Blackwater, Mo. 
 
 13. Fight at White Sulphur Springs, 
 Va. 
 
 13. Skirmish at Arrow Rock, Mo. 
 
 13. Brisk fight from Catlett's Station 
 to ^Manassas. 
 
 13. Rebels under Shelby, in Missouri, 
 defeated by Gen. Brown. 
 
 13. Skirmish on the Big Black, below 
 Vicksburg. 
 
 14. Fig-ht at Bristow Station. Rebels 
 defeated. 450 taken prisoners. 
 
 15. Skirmishing on the Bull Run bat- 
 tle-field. 
 
 15. 300,000 volunteers were called for 
 by the President, the men to receive all 
 ^overument bounties. A draft was 
 ordered, at the same time, for the defi- 
 ciency in any State quota on January 5, 
 1864. 
 
 IG. Rebel raid upon Brownsville, 3Io. 
 
 IG. The Department of the Tennessee, 
 the Cumberland, and the Ohio were 
 formed into the Jlilitary Division of .the 
 Mississippi, and Maj.-Gen. U. S. Grant 
 appointed the commander. 
 
 17. Active volunteering for the Union 
 array in Arkansas. 
 
 18". Skirmishing near Stone Bridge 
 and j\Ianassas Junction. 
 
 18. Jim Keller, a noted guerrilla, taken 
 
 7. Part of Gen. Blunt's escort whipped near Sharpsburg, Kj'., and shot 
 
 by the rebels near Fort Scott. All who 
 surremlered were murdered. 
 
 7. Rebel steamers destroyed on Red 
 river. 
 
 8. Coffee and Shelby, with rebel 
 guerrillas, plundering in Central Mis- 
 souri. 
 
 8. Fight near Farmingham, Ky. Rebs. 
 defeated. 
 
 (76) 
 
 19. Lee recrosses the Rappahannock, 
 md marches southward. 
 
 19. Secret meetings in New Orleans to 
 revive the reliel State government. 
 
 20. Gen. Rosecrans relieved. Gen. 
 Grant takes command. 
 
 20. Gen. Blunt relieved of Army of 
 the Frontier, Gen. McNeil taking hi3 
 place. 
 
Oot„ 1863. 
 
 CHEONOLOGT. 
 
 20. Kll Patrick's cavalry on a raid to 
 ward Warrenton. 
 
 21. Fight near Philadelpliia, East 
 Tennessee. 
 
 21. Fight at Clierokee Station, near 
 C()rinth,"Mis.s. Relw'.s defeated. 
 
 22. Skirmishes at Columbia and King- 
 ston Spring, Tenn. 
 
 22. Gen. Averill's Union cavalry near 
 Covington, Va. 
 
 2o. Rebel raid npon Danville, Tenn. 
 
 20. Fighting at Beverly Ford, on the 
 Rappahannock. 
 
 2o. Unionists land at Bay St. Louis, 
 iliss., and recapture some prisoners. 
 
 24:. Guerrillas driven out of S. ]\Io. 
 
 25. "Whole of 1st Ala. cavalry said to 
 have been captured near Tolanda, Miss., 
 about this date. 
 
 2(5. Grant starts his movement upon 
 Lookout Mountain. A flanking force 
 crosses the river. 
 
 27. Hooker defeats the rebels at 
 Brown's Ferry. 
 
 27. Arkadelphia, Ark., occupied by 
 Jnion forces about this date. 
 
 28. Flankhig and capture of Lookout 
 Mountain. It is soon after abandoned, 
 and reoccupied by the rebels. 
 
 29. Union prisoners from Richmond, 
 m a state of starvation, arrive at Annap- 
 olis. Some die on the trip from Fortress 
 Monroe. 
 
 29. 60 rebels taken near Columbia, 
 Tenn. 
 
 80. Charleston, Mo., robbed by guer- 
 rillas. 
 
 30. Guerrillas routed near Piney Fac- 
 tory, Tenn. 
 
 oO. Burnside's forces cross the river 
 at Knoxville, and occupy Loudon 
 Heights. 
 
 00. Heavy bombardment of Charleston, 
 S. C. 
 ■ 31. Banks' expedition lands at Brazos 
 
 Island. 
 
 o\. Plot in Ohio to overthrow the 
 government comes to light. 
 
 31. Rebel cavalry repulsed at War- 
 renton. 
 
 31. Gen, Hooker wins an important 
 victory at Shell Alound, Tenn. 
 
 31. Fight at Leiper's Ferry, Tenn. 
 
 Nov. i. Much anxiety in Richmond 
 about food. 
 
 1. Union raid in N. Ala. They reach 
 Florence. 
 
 1. Skirmish near Washington, N. C. 
 
 1. Collision on Opelousas railroad. 16 
 soldiers killed and 65 wounded. 
 
 2. Rebels routed at Roan Springs, 
 Tenn, 
 
 (77) 
 
 2. Rebels capture 2 trains and destroy 
 railroad, near Mayfield, Ky. 
 
 2. Unsuccessful attempt upon Sumter 
 by a boat expedition. 
 
 3. Rebel cavalry defeated near Co- 
 lumbia, Teim. 
 
 3. Rebels defeated at Colliersville, 
 Tenn. Their Brig.-Gen. Geary cap- 
 tured. 
 
 3. Gen.Washburne's advance attacked. 
 
 4. Banks' expedition take peaceable 
 possession of I3rownsville, on the Rio 
 Grande. 
 
 4. E. Tenn. said to be clear of rebs. 
 
 5. Rebels continue to shell Chatta- 
 nooga. 
 
 5. Skirmish at Motley's Ford, E. Tenn. 
 
 5. Union camp at Rogersville, E.Tenn., 
 surprised, and 4 guns and nearly 800 
 men taken. 
 
 ('). Guerrillas plunder Blandville, Ky. 
 
 6. Much excitement ' about the starva- 
 tion of Union prisoners at Richmond. 
 
 7. Jleade's army begins an advance. 
 Sh;irp fighting at Kellys Ford and Rap- 
 pahannock Station. The rebels driven 
 across the river. 
 
 7. Rebels break up the Memphis and 
 Charleston railroad near Salisbury. 
 
 7. Rebels defeated at Lewisburg, W. 
 Va. 
 
 8. Meade advances, the rebels retiring 
 toward Gordonsville. 
 
 8. Successful reconnoissance returns 
 from Chowan river, N. C. 
 
 8. Banks' expedition in possession of 
 Brazos, Bienville, and Point Isabel. 
 
 9. Skirmish near Culpepper. Meade's 
 army in line of battle all day. Lee de- 
 clines a fight. 
 
 9. Rebel dash upon Bayou Sara, La. 
 
 9. Fight on the Little Tenn. A rebel 
 regiment repulsed with 50 killed and 40 
 prisoners. 
 
 10. Skirmishing near Culpepper. 
 10. Rel)els concentrate along the south 
 
 bank of the Rapidan. 
 
 10. Supposed conspiracy in Canada to 
 set free rebel prisoners on Johnson's 
 Island. 
 
 11. Charleston and Fort Sumter regu- 
 larly shelled daj'- by day. 
 
 12. Union meeting held in Arkansas. 
 Rebellion dying out. 
 
 13. Rebel foray across the Potomac at 
 Edward's Ferry. 
 
 14. Longstreet crosses the Tenn., and 
 attacks Burnside, who retires toward his 
 works at Knoxville. i 
 
 14. Banks captures CorpusChristi Pass. 
 
 15. Reconnoissancc and skirmish on 
 the Rapidan. 
 
THE WAB FOK THE UNION. 
 
 Nov., 1863. 
 
 Nov. 15. Skirmish near Holston,Tenn.[gold, and Army of tlie Cnniloerland again 
 
 Burnside falls back to Lenoir. 
 
 IG. Gen. Sherman's corps forms u 
 junction with Thomas at Chattanooga. 
 
 16. Figh;ing near Mount Jackson, Va. 
 
 16. Burnside flills back to Bell's Sta'n. 
 
 17. Seabrook Island occupied b}'^ Gill- 
 more. 
 
 17. Charleston again shelled. 
 
 17. Burnside reaches Knoxville. 
 
 18. Skirmish at Germania Ford, Va. 
 
 1 8. Capture of Mustang Island by Gen 
 Banks. 
 
 19. Gettysburg Cemetery dedicated. 
 
 19. Fighting at Knoxville. 
 
 20. Musby's guerrillas, in Union uni 
 form, attempt to capture Fed. forces at 
 Bealton, Va. The trick discovered in 
 time. 
 
 21. Skirmishing along Bai'nside's and 
 Longstreet's lines. 
 
 22. A portion of Knoxville burned 
 The city closely invested by Longstreet 
 
 22. Successful scouting by negro troops 
 at Pocotaligc), S. C. A grandson of John 
 C. Callioun killed. 
 
 2;]. Reconnoissance in force by Gen. 
 Thomas. Rebels driven back. 
 
 2;3, Guerrillas whipped in Loudon Co., 
 Va. 
 
 24. Storming and capture of Lookout 
 ^Mountain. Hooker's " fight above' the 
 clouds." Defeat of Bnigg. 
 
 24. Skirmishing near Knoxville. 
 
 25. Capture «^f JMissicmary Ridge. 
 Bragg's army routed and driven back to- 
 ward Ringgold. 
 
 25. Colored troops doing good service 
 in N. C. 
 
 25. Rebel cavalry repulsed at King- 
 ston, Tenn. 
 
 26. Bragg's army pursued by Fed. vic- 
 torious troops. 
 
 26. Jleadc's army crosses the Rnpidan 
 with no serious opposition. 
 
 27. Brisk skirmishing between ileade 
 and Lee. Heavy fighting on the left. 
 
 27. Wheeler's rebel cavalry whipped 
 at Cleveland, Tenn. 
 
 27. Mosby captures part of one of 
 Meade's trains, 
 
 28. John Morgan and 6 of his officers 
 escape from the Ohio penitentiary. 
 
 2b. A rebel battery discovered, built 
 behind the Moultrie House while they 
 kept a hospital flasr flying from the 
 roof. 
 
 29. Siege of Charleston progresses reg- 
 ularly. 
 
 29. Longstreet attacks Knoxville, and 
 is beaten after a heavy battle. 
 Dec. 1. Hooker retires from Ring- 
 
 concentrates at Chattanooga. 
 
 1. Meade recrosses the Rapidan. 
 
 2. Bragg superseded by Hardee in 
 command of the rebel army in Georgia. 
 
 3. Union cavalry make a foray toward 
 Canton, Miss. * 
 
 3. Sherman's cavalry near Knoxville. 
 
 4. Longstreet raises the siege of Knox- 
 ville, Tenn., and retreats toward Va. 
 
 6. Chesapeake, steamer, seized by reb. 
 pirates on board, engineer shot, and crew 
 landed at St. Johns. 
 
 6. The monitor Weehawken founders 
 at Charleston harbor, with all on board. 
 
 7. Jefferson Davis issues his annual 
 message. 
 
 7. U. S. Congress reassembles. 
 
 8. Pres. Lincoln issues his Message 
 and Proclamation of Amnesty. 
 
 11. Fort Sumter vigorously bombarded 
 and partly set on fire. 
 
 14. Bean Station, Va. Longstreet at- 
 tacks Union cavalry under Shackleford. 
 Rebels lose 800 killed and wounded. 
 Union loss, 200. 
 
 15-20. Extensive destruction of salt- 
 works by vessels from the Eastern Gulf 
 Squadnjn in West Ba}^, St. Andrews 
 Sound, Fla. Property of the value of 
 13,000,000 destroyed. 
 
 16. Maj.-Gen. John Buford died at 
 Washington. 
 
 16. Averill destroj^s 15 miles of Va. 
 and Tenn. railroad. 
 
 17. Rebel cavalry attack Meade's com- 
 inunications at Sangster's, and are re- 
 pulsed. 
 
 17. Com. G. J. Van Brunt died at Ded- 
 liam, Mass., aged 64. 
 
 17. The Clicsapeake recaptured in 
 Sambro Harbor by the Ella and Annie, 
 .ill of ll'.e crew but 3 escitpe. 
 
 18. Col Pliil'ips, with Indian brigade 
 heats and scatters QuantrcU's force near 
 Fort Gibson, killing 50. 
 
 19. Fort Gibson, Ark., attacked by 
 Standlliwaite with 1,600 men. Stand- 
 Ihwaile repulsed. 
 
 22. Gen. Corcoran killed by a fall 
 from his horse. 
 
 22. An expedition from Beaufort starts 
 inland under Gen. Seymour. 
 
 22. An expi'tlition of 1 white and 3 
 colored regiments, starts for Red river 
 from Port Hudson, under Gen. Ull- 
 nian. 
 
 23. Longstreet's soldiers are deserting 
 20 to 50 per day. 
 
 23. Union raid on Luray. Large quan- 
 tities of leather, bacon, &c., captured. 
 3. Ferryboat at Memphis attacked by 
 
 (T8) 
 
Dec, 1863. 
 
 CnUONOLOGT. 
 
 guerrillas who killed tlie captain. The 
 boat escaped. 
 
 24. Choctaw Indians and their Chief 
 abandon the rebel cause. 
 
 24. Reeves, with 150 guerrillas, sur- 
 prises Ceutreville, Mo., and captures gar- 
 rison of 50 men, 3d M. S. M. 
 
 24. Legareville, S. C, attacked by rebs., 
 who are driveu olf. 
 
 25. Fight between the gunboat Marble 
 head, and rebel batteries on Stone river 
 S. C. Rebels defeated. Fed. loss, c 
 killed, 4 wounded. 
 
 25. At Pulaski, Tenn., 50 of Forrest's 
 guerrillas captured by Gen. Dodge. 
 
 25. Gen. Sullivan's expedition from 
 Harper's Ferry returns with 100 prison- 
 ers and 100 horses. 
 
 25. Gen. Banks establishes Department 
 of the Frontier on the Rio Grande. 
 
 25. British bark Circassian seized in 
 North river by U. S. Marshal. 
 
 28. Dr. Segar, Mr. Perez, and Mr. Car- 
 ter sent to Fort Lafayette for smuggling 
 arms to rebels. 
 
 26. The Dictator, turreted U'on-clad, 
 launched at New York. 
 
 26. At Cliarleston, Tenn., rebel Gen. 
 Wheeler, with 1,500 men attacks Colonel 
 Liebert and supply train ; captures the 
 latter. Col. Long reinforces Liebert and 
 rebels are beaten, losing 121 prisoners. 
 
 29. Part of Union train captured bj 
 rebels at Williamsport, Va. 
 
 30. Great naval expedition leaves N. O., 
 supposed for JMobile. 
 
 31. McChesney's expedition meets 
 rebels near Washington, N. C, routs 
 them, kills a lieut. and 5 men, captures 1 
 cannon and 10 men. 
 
 1884.— Jan. 1. 
 Army Corps Commanders — Generals. 
 
 l8t. John Newton. 
 
 2d. \V. S Hancock. 
 
 3d. W. H. French. 
 
 4th. Gor Ion Granger. 
 
 5th. George Sykes. 
 
 6th. John Sedgwick. 
 
 7th. Consolidated with 
 others. 
 
 8th. II. H, Lockwood. 
 
 9th. A. E. Burnsido. 
 10th. Q. A. Gilmore. 
 11th. O. O Howard. 
 12th. H. W. Slocum. 
 
 13th. E O. C.Ord. 
 Uth. John M. Palmer. 
 15th. John A. Logan. 
 l-ith. S. A. Hurlbut 
 17th. J. B. McPherson 
 I8th. B. F. Butler. 
 I9th. W. B. Franklin. 
 JOth. > Consolidated to 
 Jlst . j form the 4th. 
 22d. S.P.Heintzelman. 
 •23d. G. L Hartsuir. 
 Cavalry Corps— George 
 Stoneman. 
 
 DsPARTMENr CoiIMAVDE !S. 
 
 Dep'tm'tol'theTenn — Vlaj.-Gen. VV. T.Sherman. 
 " the CiiinbsrUnd — Mij.-Gea.Gjo.H. Thomas. 
 " the Ohio — Mij.-Gea. J. T. Foster. 
 " the East— M ij.-Gen. John A. Dix. 
 " the Gulf-Maj.-Gen. N. P. Banks. 
 " N. C. and Va. -Maj. -Gen. B F. Butler. 
 " th3 NorthW3st— 3Iaj.-Gia. John Pope. 
 " Washington— Mij. -Gen. rf. P. Heintzeiman. 
 " theilonongahiia— JIaj.-Gsn. W. T. Broolcs. 
 " the Sasqnslnnaa — \Iaj.-Gia D. N. Couch. 
 " Western Virginia— Brig. -Gen. B. F. Kelly. 
 " New ilexico— Brig. -Gea. J. H. Carletoa. 
 
 Dept. of the Pacific— Brig.-Gen. George Wright. 
 
 " Kansas— Maj. -Gen. James G. Blunt. 
 
 " JIuMIe Department — Brig. -Gen. Lockwood. 
 
 " the South— Maj. -Gen. Q. A. Gilmore. 
 
 " Missouri- Maj. Gen John M. Schofield. 
 
 1. Gov. Bramlette of Ky., ordered 
 the arrest of 5 rebel sympathizers for 
 every loyal man captured by rebel guer- 
 rillas. 
 
 1. Arrest of a contractor of the Con- 
 federate government in New York who 
 was engaged in manufacturing notes and 
 bonds. The plates and engraving tools 
 seized, and $7,000,000 in notes and bonds. 
 
 1. Departure of a Fed. cavalry rccon- 
 noissance to Front Royal, Va. 
 
 1. Fed. pickets driven in at Winches- 
 ter, Va. 
 
 2. Gen. Curtis took command of Kan- 
 sas Military Department. 
 
 2. A Fed. train attacked near Moor- 
 field, Va. Rebels defeated, losing 13 
 killed, and 20 wounded. 
 
 3. Fight at Jonesville, Va. 60 B'^ed. 
 troops killed or wounded, and 300 cap- 
 tured. 
 
 3. Death of Archbishop Hughes, in 
 New York. 
 
 4. Gen. Grierson pursuing Forrest's 
 rebel troops south of Coldwaier, Miss. 
 
 4. Trial of the crew of the Chesapeako 
 for piracy. 
 
 5. Gen. Stoneman made Chief of cav- 
 alry under Gen. Grant. 
 
 6. Marmaduke and Price at Arkadel- 
 phia. Ark., with 7,000 men. 
 
 6. Skirmish at Newtown, W. Va. 
 
 6. Gen. Kirby Smith takes command 
 of rebels west of Mississippi river. 
 
 7. Death of Caleb B. Smhh, U. S. Sec- 
 retary of the Interior. 
 
 7. Gen. Grant made Maj.-Gen. in the 
 regular army. 
 
 7. Gen. Thomas made Brigadier in 
 the regular army. 
 
 Gens. Meade and Sherman made 
 Brigadiers in the regular army. 
 
 8. Petersburg, Va., attacked by rebels 
 under Fitz Hugh Lee, who were driven 
 off. 
 
 8. Chase and destruction of tlie Anglo- 
 rebel steamer Dare. 
 
 8. Death of Cora. Stover, U. S. navy. 
 
 9. ]\Iadisonville and St. Francisburg, 
 La., occupied by Fed. troops. 
 
 9. Gen. Wild's colored troops made a 
 raid into N. C, releasing 3,000 slaves, 
 md capturing or destroying an imiiicnse 
 quantity of stores. 
 
 10. Gen. Rousseau left Decatur, Ala., 
 for a raid in the rear of Gen. Hood's reb. 
 army. 
 
 10. 
 
 (79) 
 
 A severe fight at Strawberry 
 
THE WAR FOR THE UNION. 
 
 Jan., 1864. 
 
 Plains, E. Tenn. Rebels repulsed with 
 severe loss. 
 
 Jan. 10. A battalion of Cole's ]\Id. 
 cavalry attacked by rebels under Mosby, 
 in Loudon Co., Va. Rebels defeated. 
 
 11. Madison ville, La., captured by 
 Fed. troops. 
 
 11. Loua^street's rebel army fortifving 
 Bull Gap, Tenn. 
 
 11. Capture of rebel salt-works at 
 Tampa Hay, Fla. 
 
 11. Eattle at Smithfield, Va. Federal 
 troops defeated. 
 
 11. Gunboat Iron Age aground and 
 under reb. lire in Wilmington Harbor. 
 
 13. Raid by Fed. troops under Gen. 
 JMarston in Westmoreland Co., Va. 
 Much property destroyed. 
 
 13. Rebel cavalry defeated at Mossy 
 Cj-eek, Tenn., by Gen. McCook's troops, 
 "Who killed 14 and took 49 prisoners. 
 
 13. Gen. Herron's troops crossed the 
 Rio Grande into IMcxico, and escorted 
 the American Consul to Brownsville with 
 $3,000,000, belonging to Americans and 
 the Government. 
 
 14. Fed. pickets at Three Mile Station, 
 Va., attacked by rebel cavalry, who were 
 repulsed. 
 
 14. A Fed. train of 23 wagons captured 
 near Tenisville, Tenn., by rebels under 
 Gen. Vance, who are pursued by Col. Pal- 
 mer, who retook the wagons, and cap- 
 lured the rebel general, aud a portion of 
 his force. 
 
 14. Rebel steamer Mayflower captured 
 in Sarasote Pass, Fhi. 
 
 14. Skirmish at Bainbridge, Tenn. 
 
 14. Tlie American ship Emma Jane 
 captured by the Alabama, otF Trivan- 
 drum, while on her way from Bombay 
 to Moulmein. 
 
 17. Fight near Dandridge, Tenn. Na- 
 tional troops defeated, losing 150 killed 
 or wounded. 
 
 •17. Longstreet's force moving towards 
 Ivnoxville, Tenn. 
 
 17. Rebels attack Union lines at Bain- 
 bridge, Tenn., but are defeated with 
 heavy loss. 
 
 18. Gen. Butler pronounced an outlaw 
 by rebel Congress. 
 
 19. Gen. Sturgis' Fed. troops retreated 
 from Strawberry Plains to Ivnoxville. 
 
 19. J\Iosby defeated at Thoroughfare 
 Gap, Va., by 1st ]Mass. cavalry. 
 
 30. Guerrillas attacked Col. Sweitzer's 
 brigade of oth Corps, and were repulsed, 
 leaving 8 dead on the field. 
 
 31. Extensive conflagration of hospital 
 buildings at Camp Winder, near Rich- 
 mond, Va. 
 
 21. A large number of rebel deserters 
 arrive at Cliattauooga. 
 
 23. Brandon, Va., on the James river, 
 destroyed by Fed. troops, who captured 
 100 negroes, and much rebel .property. 
 
 23. iJnion raid to Lake Phelps, N. C 
 300,000 lbs. of pork destroyed. 
 
 33. Rebel Gen. Rhoddy driven south 
 of Tenn. river, by Col. Phillips, with 
 loss of his train, 300 cattle, 600 sheep and 
 100 horses and mules. 
 
 35. Athens, Ala., attacked by COO rebs. 
 under Col. Harrison, who were defeated. 
 
 36. Successful Fed. raid in Onslow and 
 Jones Co., N. C, by Col. Palmer's 
 troops. 
 
 37. Rebel cavalry under Armstrong 
 and Morgan defeated near Sevierville, 
 Tenn., by Gen. Sturgis. 
 
 27. Rebels defeated in an attack on 
 Florence, Ala. 
 
 28. A meeting at Nashville, Tenn., to 
 restore the State Government. 
 
 28. Destruction of rebel salt works at 
 St. Andrews Bay. 
 
 28. Rebels defeated at Tunnel Hill, 
 Ga. 32 killed and 1 company captured. 
 
 29. Skirmish 13 miles from Cumber- 
 land Gap, Tenn. Fed. cavalry with reb. 
 troops under Gen. Jones. 
 
 29. Bridges and other property de- 
 stroyed by Union troops at Windsor, 
 N.C. 
 
 29. Major Johnson's Ky. troops drove 
 rebels out of Scottville, Ky., killing 40 
 and taking 30 prisoners. 
 
 30. A Fed. supply train of 80 wagons, 
 guarded by Col. Snyder's troops, cap- 
 tured near Petersburg, W. Va., after a 4 
 hours' fight. Fed. loss, 80 killed or 
 wounded. The Fed. garrison evacuated 
 the place that night. 
 
 30. Skirmish near Cumberland Gap, 
 Tenn. Rebels defeated by Col. Love. 
 
 30. Fight at Smithfield, Va. 
 
 Feb. 1. Union repulse at Bachelor's 
 Creek, near Newbern, N. C. Steamer 
 Underwriter destroyed. 
 
 1. President Lincoln caUs for 500,000 
 men for 3 years. Draft for deficiency 
 to be made March 10. 
 
 1. Burlington, W. Va., occupied by 
 rebels. 
 
 1. Fighting in the New Creek (Va.) 
 valley. 
 
 1. Fed. outposts at Bachelor's Creek 
 driven in by a rebel force threatening 
 Newbern, N. C. 
 
 1. Fightmg at Smithfield, Va. 
 3. Fight at jMechanicsburg Gap, near 
 
 Romney, W. Va. Rebels retreat. 
 
 2. Rebel troops burn a bridge at Pat- 
 
 (80) 
 
Feb., 1864. 
 
 CHEONOLOGT. 
 
 terson's Creek, Va., and were next day 
 driven otF by the guard. 
 
 2. Union reinforcements arrive at 
 JSTewbern. N. C, and rebels are driven 
 bade to Kinston. 
 
 3. U. S. steamer Levi burned in Kana- 
 wha river, W. Va., and Gen. Scammon 
 and staff captured by rebels. 
 
 3. Sherman's advance defeated rebels 
 in a "skirmish at Bolton, Miss. Union 
 loss, 12 killed, 35 wounded. Rebel loss 
 larg(;r. 
 
 3. Gen. Smith's cavalry expedition 
 starts from Corinth, Miss. 
 
 4. Col. Mulligan drove rebels from 
 Morofield, W.Va., after 6 hours' lighting. 
 
 4. A party of rebels captured near 
 White Oik liver. 
 
 4. Gen. Sherman's troops skirmish 
 near Champion Hill, Miss. 
 
 4. Cavalry skirmish at Canton, Miss. 
 
 4. Gen. xlverill defeats rebels at Wood- 
 field, W. Va. 
 
 4 Rebel battery defeated at Clinton, 
 Miss. Union killed 15, wounded 30, 
 
 4. Gen. Seymour's expedition left Port 
 Royal, S. C.,'for .Jacksonville, Fla. 
 
 5. Engagement between Gen. Sher 
 man's tri^ops and rebels, at Bear Creek, 
 near Clinton, Miss. 
 
 5. Navajo Indians defeated near Fort 
 Sumner, with loss of 50 killed and 25 
 wouiilcd. 
 
 6. Col. Kit Carson brings 280 Indian 
 prisoners to Santa Fe. 
 
 6. S'.cirmish at Bottom's Bridge, W. 
 Va, by Gen. Butler's troops. 
 
 7. Rebels driven across the Rapidau 
 by the array of the Potomac. 
 
 7. A Federal expedition returned to 
 Knoxville, Tenn., having defeated a reb. 
 force, killing and wounding 215, and 
 taking 50 prisoners. 
 
 8. Rebel regiments at Dalton, and at 
 Decatur, Ala., mutiny when required to 
 re-enlist. Several soldiers are killed. 
 
 8. Gen. Seymour's expedition arrived 
 at Jacksonville, Fla. 
 
 9. Rebels abandon Jacksonville, Fla., 
 losing 100 men prisoners, and 8 guns. 
 
 9. Union gunboats arrive at Sartartia, 
 on the Yazoo river. 
 
 10. Col. Streight, and 110 other offi- 
 cers, escaped from Libby prison by tun- 
 nelling. 
 
 11. Guerrillas rob a train on Bait, and 
 O. railroad, near Harper's Ferry. 
 
 11. Gens. Grierson and Smith's Fed. 
 troops start on a raid through Miss. 
 
 11. Gen. W. L. Smith's cavalry expe- 
 dition started in the direction of Colliers- 
 ville, Tenn. 
 
 (81) 
 
 11. First 20 inch gun cast at PitlsVg,Pa. 
 
 12. Fed. pickets at Manassas attacked 
 by Mosby. 
 
 12. Smith's Fed. expedition reaches 
 Okolona, Miss. 
 
 12. Passage of tlie Enrollment bill by 
 the House of Representatives. 
 
 13. The line of the ilemphis and Ohio 
 railroad evacuated by llie Fed. forces. 
 
 14. Negro garrison of 400 at Water- 
 proof, La., was attacked by a large rebel 
 force, which was repulsed 3 times, and 
 retired. 
 
 14. Rebel Col. Ferguson surprised in 
 Wayne Co., W. Va., losing GO prisoners, 
 rtith arms and supplies, and releasing 
 jOO Union captives. 
 
 14. Meridian evacuated by the rebels. 
 
 14. Guerrilla attack at Tecumseh 
 Landing, Miss. 
 
 14. A company of colored troops, save 
 2, surprised and murdered at Grand 
 Lake, Miss. 
 
 14. Gainesville, Fla., attaclvcd by 40th 
 Mass., Capt. Roberts. Rebels routed 
 with loss of 100. 
 
 14. Meridian, Miss., occupied by Gen. 
 Slierman's Union forces, who destroyed 
 the State arsenal, and great quantities of 
 ammunition. 
 
 15. Chesapeake steamer surrendered 
 10 her owners by colonial authorities at 
 St. John's. 
 
 16. Rebel Gen. Pickett captured at 
 Newbern, N. C. 
 
 14-20. Sherman sends various expedi- 
 tions from Meridian, Miss., who destroy 
 adjacent towns, and immense quantities 
 of stores. 
 
 18. Sherman's army reaches Quitman, 
 Ga., without opposition. 
 
 18. Gen. Seymour left Jacksonville, 
 Fla., with 5.000 troops, and established a 
 depot of supplies at Baldwin. 
 
 18. Gen. Smith's Union expedition 
 reached Okolona, 75 miles south of Co- 
 rinth, Miss. 
 
 18. Sloop-of-war Housatonic sunk at 
 Port Royal by a rebel torpedo. 
 
 20. Longstreet retreats from Bull's 
 Gap to Strawberry Plains. 
 
 20. Rebels hang Rev. Dr. Cox, chap- 
 lain of Corps de Afrique, n^ar Donald- 
 sonville. 
 
 20. Skirmish with Mosby's rebel cav- 
 alry, at Piedmont Station, Va. 17 of 
 his men taken. 
 
 20. Gen. Smith defeated by Forrest at 
 West Point, Ga., and driven back to- 
 wards Memphis. 
 
 20. Battle of Olustee, Fla. Gen. Sey- 
 mour's troops encountered a superior 
 
THE WAK FOR THE UITIOIT. 
 
 Feb., 1864 
 
 force of rebels 55 miles Ijej'ond Jackson-; 27. Gov. Goodman, of Arizona, with 
 ville, Fla. After a severe contest of 8 exploring party, lights with Indians, kill- 
 hours, the Union troops were defeated, inij; 5, and wounding many, 
 and retreated to Sanderson. Union loss,! 28. Colonel Richardson, a notorious 
 1,500. Rebel loss about the same. igucrrilUi, captured near Cumberland 
 
 Feb. 21. A force of Fed. troops left river. 
 
 Hilton Head, and proceeded up the Sa 
 vannah river, without result. 
 21. Heavy fighting at Pontotoc, I^tiss. 
 
 21. Ringgold, Ga., occupied by Gen. 
 Palmer. 
 
 22. Mosby defeats 150 Fed. cavalry 
 near Drainsville, Va., who lose 8 killed, 
 7 wounded, and 75 missing. 
 
 22. 28 of Mosby's men captured near 
 Warrenton by Major Cole. 
 
 22. A " Border State Convention," 
 convened at Louisville, Ky., for the pur- 
 pose of adopting harmonious action on 
 important issues then pending in Na- 
 tional affairs. Representatives from six 
 States were present. 
 
 22. Rebel train destroyed near Poplar 
 Bluffs, Mo. 
 
 22. Louisiana State election. Michael 
 Hahn elected Governor, bv 6,830 votes, 
 against Fellows, 2,720, and B. F. Flan- 
 ders, 1,847. 
 
 2;5. Rebel Gen. Forrest repulsed in an 
 attack on Smith, near IMemphis, Tenn. 
 
 23. Bombardment of Fort Powell, Mo- 
 bile Bay, by Fed. mortars. 
 
 23. Skiniiish near Tunnel Hill, Ga. 
 
 21. Passage of a bill by Congress au- 
 thorizing the appointment of a Lieut.- 
 Gen. 
 
 25. Skirmish at Bean Station. 
 
 25. Rebel raid on Maysville, Ky. 
 
 26. Grierson and Smith's forces re- 
 turn to ]\IcmtDhis. Results of expedition 
 are 200 rebe"l prison(>r3, 1,500 negroes, 
 300 horses taken ; 3,000,000 bushels corn, 
 4,000 bales cotton, 2,000 hides, and 40 
 miles of Mobile nnd O. railroad destroyed 
 
 28. Seymour's retreating army reaches 
 Baldwin, Fla., which it evacuates, burn- 
 ing stores. 
 
 28. Gen. Kilpatrick, with 5,000 picked 
 men, leaves Culpepjier for a raid on 
 Richmond, crosses the Ripidan at Ely's 
 Ford, surprising rebel pickets at Si)ott- 
 sylvania Court'House, and capturing 15 
 men and 2 officers. 
 
 29. Kilpat rick's expcd. passed through 
 Louisa C. H., to Pamunkey Bridge, de- 
 stroying as he went. A force is sent by 
 Butler to reinforce him. 
 
 29. Expedition of Custar's cav. crosses 
 Rapidan and Rivanna, destroys an artil- 
 lery camp, burns caissons, &c., and re- 
 crosses Rivanna bridge, burning it. Reb. 
 cavalry charged and scattered at Bur- 
 ton's Ford ami Stannardsville roads, and 
 Custar safely returns with GO prisoners, 
 horses, &c. 
 
 29. Rebels in force attack Newbern, 
 N". C, and were reptdst'd. Garrison ul- 
 timately relieved by reinforcements. 
 
 March 1. A lieut. and 15 men of the 
 5th Pa. cavalry captured while reconnoi- 
 tering in the Dismal S\vam]i, 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 encoun- 
 tered 2 regiments of Vira-inia 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 re- 
 pulsed. 
 
 1. Reb. Government salt works at St. 
 
 26. Tunnel Hill occupied by column Marks, Fla., destroyed by expeditions 
 
 from Chattanooga, after heavy skirmish- 
 ing. 
 
 26. Fire opened upon Fort Powell by 
 Admiral Farragut. 
 
 27. Col. Jourdan makes another dash 
 into Jones and Onslow Cos., N. C, cap- 
 tures 3 prisoners, and destroys stores 
 and ammunition. 
 
 27. Fed. troops withdrew from Tunnel 
 Hill, Ga., to Ringgold. 
 
 27. Sherman's expedition returns to 
 Vicksburg, after 22 days' raid, devastat- 
 ing many towns, burning bridges, seizing 
 or destroying vast quantities of stores, 
 liberating 10,000 negroes, breaking up 
 many miles of railways, nnd taking 600 
 prisoners. Union loss, 170 k. and w. 
 
 from gunboat Tahoma. 
 
 1. Gen. Thomas, reinforced, marching 
 against Dallon, from Tunnel Hill. 
 
 2. Reinforcements reaching Gen. Sey- 
 mour 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 sev- 
 eral mills on James river. Loss 150, in- 
 cluding Col Dahlgren. 
 
 4. Gen. Custer, with 500 men, made a 
 reconnoissance to Ely's Ford, on the Rap- 
 idan. 
 
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March, 1364. 
 
 CHRONOLOCtY. 
 
 5. Reb. cavalry still scouring country E. 
 of Knoxville. 
 
 5. Reb. cavaliy, in force, attack 93 of 
 3d Teua. at Pautiier Springs. Union loss 
 2 k. 8 woun led, 33 prisoners. Rebel, '60 k. 
 and wounded. 
 
 5. Battle in Yazoo City, between lltli 
 111. and 8tli La., and 4 reb. brigades. Rebs. 
 defeated with considerable loss. Union, 
 killed 6 ; wounded 30. 
 
 6. Gunboat Peterhoff sunk offWilming- 
 lon, N. C. 
 
 6. 33 Union soldiers, captured froui 
 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 30tli 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 3 
 batteries of artillery, and driven to 
 Bauer's Hill. A column of national 
 troops arrived to the support, and the 
 enemy in turn was attacked, driven back 
 and pursued. Fed. loss 300. 
 
 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, des 
 tined 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 Atcha- 
 falaya 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 Semmespf)rt. 
 13. Alexandria, La., captured by Fed. 
 fleet. 
 
 reb?. near Chunky 
 
 14. Capture of Fort de Rassy, on theKPlney Wood.-^). 
 
 15. Slicrman rcnulscs 
 Creek. 
 
 16. Gov. Bramlette of Ky., remonstrates 
 against employment of slaves as soldiers. 
 
 16. Battle near Fort Pillow. Rebs. de- 
 feated, loss of 50 k. and w. 
 
 16. Arkansas votes herself a free State. 
 
 16. Gens. Smith and Banks at Alex- 
 tndr-ia. Rebs. retreat to Shreveport and 
 )'jrn 3 steamers with o,000 bales of cotton. 
 
 16. Rebs. attack a train from N;ishville 
 lear Estelle Springs, Tenn. 
 
 17. Reb. raid on Magnolia, Fla. 
 19. Reb. 'attack on Port Royal, S. C, 
 
 fails. 
 
 31. Gen. Mower captures reb. camp at 
 Henderson's Hill, 283 prisoners, guns, 
 &c. 
 
 21. Banks captures 308 rebs. near Alex- 
 andria. 
 
 . 31. 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 losa»in killed or v>'ounded on cither 
 side. 
 
 33. The gunboat Petrel captured by 
 rebs. on the Yazoo river. 
 
 33. 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 af- 
 ter repulsinsj: 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 3 gunboats, Col. llicks 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 Loniiview, 
 Ark. . o . 
 
 29. Battle of Cane river. La. Rebs. de- 
 feated. 
 
 30. Fight ill Arkansas with 1,330 rebs., 
 who are defeated. 
 
 30. Riots l)y disloyalists at Charleston 
 and Matloim, 111. 
 
 31. Rebs. defeated at Crump's Hill 
 
 Red river, by 1st and 3d divisions of 16tl 
 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. Lin- 
 coln discovered. 
 
 (S3) 
 
 April 1. Fight near Snyder's Bluff, on 
 the Yazoo. 
 
 1. S. S. Maple Leaf blown up by tor- 
 pedo in St. Johns river. 
 
 1. Rebel ram Tennessee sunk near 
 Grant's Pa.ss. 
 
 2. Shelby defeated by Steele ne.ir Cam- 
 den, in Ark. 
 
THE WAR FOR THE UNION. 
 
 April, 1864. 
 
 April 2. Grior.iou's cavalry engages 
 Forrest iiear'^u lUiuTville, and falls back. 
 
 4. Fight, at Uosuville, in ArK. 
 
 4. Col. Gooding engages Harrison's 
 guerrillas at Conipti,"und with Ira ws 
 with loss. 
 
 4. Marmaduke defeated by Steele on 
 Little Missouri river, Ark. 
 
 4. N. Y. Metropolitan Sanitary Fair 
 opened. 
 
 5. Fight between gunboats and guer- 
 rillas at Hicknftm, Ky. 
 
 5. Banks' Texas expedition at Grand 
 Ecore. 
 5. Gen. W. P. White, reb., of George- 
 
 17. Bread riot by women in Savannah, 
 Ga. 
 
 18. Rebel attack on Fort Wessell, near 
 Plymouth, N. C. Gunboat Southlield 
 sunk. Com. Fiusser killed and most of 
 crew drowned, liaui 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 
 
 town, S. C, assassinated by his own men. i by rebels. Gen. Wessells and 2,50U men 
 
 6. Fort Halleck, Columbus, Ky., at 
 tacked by rebel Gen. Buford. Surrender 
 refused by Col. Lawrence. 
 
 6. Maryland Constitutional Conven- 
 tion on Slavery met. 
 
 7. U. S. Senate pass the resoluti(m to 
 submit to States' Legislatures the Con- 
 stitution amendment aoolishing slavery. 
 
 8. Gen. Franklin's command of Banks' 
 expedition defeated at Mansfielfl, La., by 
 Gen. Taylor's army, losing ^i guns and 
 nearly 2,000 men, and filling back to 
 Grand Ecore. Gen. Smith, next day, 
 relieved Franklin, defeated the rebels, 
 and captured 3G guns and 2,000 pris- 
 oners. 
 
 8. Shelby ville entered by 40 guerrillas. 
 
 9. Battle of Pleasant Hill, La. After 
 severe fighting the Union troops retreat- 
 ed 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 mas- 
 sacre of garrison. 
 
 12. Admiral Porter's B, 
 attacked by 2,000 rebel 
 shore, who are beaten oft'. 
 
 12. Horrible marder of a' farmer by 
 guerrillas at Osage river, j\Io. 
 
 13. A portion of Banks' army attacked 
 near Blair's L inding, La, 
 with loss. 
 
 surrendered. 
 
 21. North Carolina salt works, worth 
 $100,000, near Wilmington, destroyed. 
 
 22. Rebels captured gunboat Petrel on 
 the Yazoo river, and burnt h(;r. 
 
 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 
 tlie 28th Iowa, 73d Ohio, and 43d lud. 
 regiments, under Col. Drake, 2,000 men, 
 were captured after a brave reaistaaoe 
 on their return to Pine Bluff, Ark., after 
 an unsuccessful effort to reach General 
 Steele's army. 
 
 20. Gen. Steele's array left Camden for 
 Little Rock, Ark. 
 
 26. Rebels in strong force attack Ad- 
 miral Porter's gunboats on the Red 
 river, and were defeated with severe loss. 
 
 28. Little Washington, N. C, evacuat- 
 ed by Fed. troops. 
 28. A detachment of Fed. cavalry 
 Rebs. repulsed I under Col. Lowell, encountered a portion 
 ' )f Mosby's command near Upperville, 
 
 3d river fleet 
 infantry on 
 
 13. New York Soldiers' Voting BiUiVa., and defeated them, capturing 
 passed New York Senate. Yeas 29, na}^S| killing 2 and wounding 4. Fed. loss, 3 
 
 none. 
 
 14. Gunb,)at expedition from Butler's 
 armv capture prisoners and stores at 
 Smiihfield, Va. 
 
 14. Nebraska Constitution and State 
 Government Bill pass'd by U. S. Senate. 
 
 15. Chenango, gunb )at, exi>loded. 
 
 Hi. Giiuboit Eistport sunk by snag 
 above Grand Ecore. 
 
 killed, 4 wounded. 
 
 30. Gen. Steele's army in Ark. crossed 
 the Sabine ilver after a fight with rebs. 
 
 30. Madison Court House, Va., was 
 burned by a Union expeditionary force 
 while engag(,'d in a skirmish with a rebel 
 company at that place. 
 
 May i Death of Commodore W. D. 
 Porter. 
 
 (84) 
 
May, 1864. 
 
 CHRONOLOGY. 
 
 1. Gen. Steele's army 40 miles from 
 Little Rock, Ark. His cavalry reached 
 that city. 
 
 3. Advance of the Army of the Poto- 
 mac across the Tlaj^idan towards Chan- 
 cellorsville and the AVildcrness. 
 
 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 Princet(m, Ky. 
 
 5. Battle of theWilderness commenced. 
 A day of terrific fighting, on most diffi- 
 cult 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 Tliorouglifare Gap, Va. 
 Burnside's cavalry attacked the enemy 
 on their passage through the Gap. 
 
 6. Battle of the Wilderness continued. 
 Another da}'- of terrible fighting, result- 
 ing 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. 
 
 0. Gen. Butler's forces efiected a suc- 
 cessful 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, be- 
 tween Custar's and rebel cavalry. Loss, 
 350 on each side. 
 
 7. Battle near Petersburg,Va., l)ctweeu 
 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 6t,h. 
 
 8. Battle of Spottsylvania C. H., Va., 
 commenced. The armies near Spottsji- 
 vania C. H. engaged from 8 to 12 M., at 
 which time Fed. forces gained the point 
 for which they contended. At G p.m., 3 
 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 trooj^JS 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 o miies. 
 
 9. Night attack on Gen. Butler's lines. 
 The rebels repulsed. 
 
 9. Gen. Sheriaaa marched around the 
 rebel right flank, and readied the North 
 Anna river in safety in the evening. In 
 the night he destroyed a great (|uantity 
 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. con- 
 tinued. A general advance of Fed. army 
 ordered at 5 a.m. A tremendous conflict 
 ensued. In the afternoon an attack was 
 made oil 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 (he 
 effort was al)and()ned. The battle ceased 
 about 9 P.M., and was one of the most 
 terrible and bloody oi ilie war. The 6th 
 
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THE WAR FOR THE UNION. 
 
 May, 1C64. 
 
 cnrn^' onvr'ip'l the enemy's works, aiidlback with severe loss, after a furious 
 
 Captured 1,000 prisoners, 
 on o;icli side on this day. 
 
 May 10. Gi'n. Sheridan reported that 
 he liad turned tlie rebel rig-ht, reached 
 their rear, and destroyed from 8 to 10 
 miles of railroad atid other property. 
 
 10. Gen. Avcrill's force fought abattle 
 near W.ytheville, .Va., defeating Gen. 
 Jones and destrnyirig railroad. 
 
 10. Crooko defeated rebels near Ncw- 
 bern, 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. 
 
 Loss, lOjOOOjcannonade. 
 
 14. Gen. Sherman's forces actively en- 
 gaged. Gen. Hooker's cor]-)s attaclced 
 by the rebel Gen. nr)od's division. Tlic 
 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. Jolmston retreats from Fed. front 
 in the night. 
 
 15. Rocky Faced Ridge taken by Slier- 
 man. 
 
 15. Gen. Sigel fought a battle at New- 
 market, Va. The rebels successful. 
 
 11. Tlie armies under Grant and Lee Union forces fell back to Strasburg, Va. 
 engaged with varied success until 11 15. Gen. Banks' gunboats arrived at 
 A.M.,"when Fed. line M-as somewhat ad-|Fort de Russey, La. 
 vanced. Gen. Grant reported to the! 16. The rebel army encamped around 
 "War Department, that, after 6 days' Spottsylvania C. H,'Va. 
 fighting, the result was much in favor of IG. The rebels in force attacked Gen. 
 
 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. 
 
 13. The battle between Grant's and 
 Lee's army renewed 5 miles below Spott 
 
 Smith's lines in Va., and forced them 
 back with considerable loss. 
 
 16. Gen. Butler's force attacked by 
 trcjops from Petersburg. Furious fight- 
 ing. The rebels made a desperate on- 
 slaught in a fog. but were repulsed. 
 
 16. Resaca, Ga,, occupied by Gen. 
 Sherman. 
 
 16. Admiral Porter's fleet above Alex- 
 andria Falls, released, by Col. Bailey's 
 dam. 
 
 17. Gen. Kautz reached City Point, 
 
 sylvania C. H., Va. Gen. Hancock Va., returning from his raid on the Dan- 
 
 (?pened the battle, and made a bri!iiant|vilie railroad. 
 
 assault on A. P. Hill's division, whiclii 17. Gen. Sherman's army at Colburn, 
 
 he routed. Gen. Grant reporteil that IheiGa. 
 
 day closed leaving between ;:3,000 and| 17. General Banks' forces reached 
 
 4,000 prisoners in his hands, including 2'Semmesport, La. 
 
 general officers, and over 30 pieces of! 18. Ewell attacked Unicm baggage 
 
 artillery. In the night Lee abandoned 
 his position. 
 
 12. Gen. Sheridan's arm}- encamped at 
 Walnut Grove and Gaines' Mills. 
 
 12. Gen. Butler's army engaged. 
 
 12. Rebel position at Dalton, Ga., car- 
 ried and held by Sherman 
 
 train in rear of Grant's right flank, but 
 was repulsed, 
 
 18. Heavy engagement between the 
 armies in Va. Gen. Hancoclv charged 
 tlie enemy, and carried the first line of 
 rebel intrenchments. 
 
 18. Gen. Slierman reached Adairsville. 
 
 13. Gen. Butler's army advanced to- Ga., wliore he was engaged in skirmishes, 
 ward Petersburg,Va. Skirmishing with 18. Sec. Stanton announced, that a 
 the rebels in the afternoon. | draft would be ordered, to take place 
 
 13. Gen. Sheridan's forces encamped;, July 1. 
 at Bottom's Bridge. | IS. A pretended proclamation of the 
 
 13. Gen. Sherman's army in line of President calling for 400,000 men, and 
 battle in Sugar Valley. j announcing the Spring campaign closed, 
 
 13. Gen. McPherson captured 9 trains,' pul)lished In the .Journal of Commerce 
 with rebel military stores, at Dalton. J and the World. The 2 papers suppressed 
 
 14. Gen. Smith carried the 1st line of for 3 days, and tlie author t>f the forgery, 
 rebel works at Petersburg, Va. The]. Jos. Howard, of Brooldyn, arrested, 
 rebels attacked the 5th corps, army ofl I'J. Gen. Ewell attempted to turn 
 the Potomac, but were finally driven|(h-ant's right, but was repulsed. 
 
 (SG) 
 
May, 1864. 
 
 CHRONOLOGY. 
 
 19. Gen. Sherman advanced on the I June 1. Expedition under Gen. Stur- 
 enemy, who retreated. Kingston, Ga., gis in Miss., dei'cated, with loss of wagon 
 readied. General Sherman puslied ajirain, artillery, and ammunition. 
 
 column as far as Cassville, Ga. 
 
 30. Torpedoes explolo at Bachelor's 
 Creulc. ilaay N. Y. soldiers killed and 
 ■wounded. 
 
 20, Sherman in possession of King- 
 ston and Rome, Ga. 
 
 20. Kebels attack Ames' division of 
 Butler's army. Heavy josses on both sides. 
 
 20. Arrest of Howard, tiio forger. 
 
 21. Gen. Hai;cock'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. Siicridan destroyed Danville rail- 
 road near Richmond, Va. 
 
 24. Fitzhugh Lee repulsed at Wilson's 
 Wharf by Federal negroes under Gen. 
 Wild. 
 
 24. Sherman flanks Johnston at Al- 
 toona. 
 
 24. 1,000 rebels captured by Genera! 
 Grant's army at l\It. Carmel Cliurch, Va. 
 
 25. Battle near Dallas, Ga. Hooker drives 
 rebels 2 miles. Union loss, 1,500. Reb. 
 about same. 
 
 25. Gen. Blrney ascends the Ashepoo 
 river. 
 
 26. Grant's army moves toward Han- 
 over town. 
 
 20. 'lia. 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 Hau- 
 overtown and Ferry. 
 
 28. Longstreet attacks Sherman at 
 Dallas, and is driven toward Marietta. 
 Rebel loss, 2,500 killed and wounded, 
 and oOO prisoners. Union loss, 300. 
 
 29. Grant's army crosses the Pamunkey 
 river, Va. 
 
 oO. Trains of refugees attacked near 
 Salem, Ark. 60 men and several women 
 killed. 
 
 30. Lee attacks Grant north of Chick- 
 ahominy, and is repulsed. Hancock 
 drives him out of intrenched line of rifle- 
 pits and holds it. 
 
 31. Grant's and Lee's armies confront- 
 inu,- eacii other from Hanover C. H. to 
 Cold Harbor. 
 
 3l. Gen. Fremont nominated for Pres- 
 ident and Geo. Cochrane for Vice-Pres. 
 of U. S. 
 
 (87) 
 
 1. Reb. attacks at Cold Harbor, Va., re- 
 pulsed. 
 
 1. Rebs. twice attack Butler, and are 
 repulsed. 
 
 2. Schofield and Hooker at Marietta. 
 Cavalry take Alatoona Pass. 
 
 . 3. Battle of Cold Harbor. 
 
 4. Reb. night attack on Hancock re- 
 pulsed. 
 
 4. Grant's cavalry defeated Hampton's 
 cavalry at Howes' Store, Va. 
 
 5. Reb. attack on left (Hancock's) re- 
 pulsed. 
 
 5. Sherman's army fall back toward 
 the Chattahoochie and Atlanta. 
 
 5. ]Marmaduke, with 3,000 men, defeat- 
 ed at Columbia, Ark. 
 
 o. 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. milluight attack on Burnside 
 repulsed. 
 
 6. Sherman's headquarters at Ac- 
 wortli. 
 
 7. Rebs. defeated at Lake Chicot on the 
 I^Iiss. river, by Gen. A. J. Smith's troops. 
 
 7. The 9fh "corps, on Grant's right, at- 
 tacked briskly, and relis. driven back. 
 
 7. Morgan, with 3,000 men, commen- 
 ces a raid into Kentuck}'. 
 
 7. Philadelphia Sanitary Fair opens. 
 
 7. Abraham Lincoln and Andrev/ 
 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 armj' moves for- 
 ward toward the Kcnesaw range. Mc- 
 Pherson occupies Big Shanty, and rebels 
 fiill back with left on Lost Mountain, and 
 right on Kenesaw. 
 
 8. Gilmore's raid on Richmond fortili- 
 catious. 
 
 9. Gen. Burbridge defeats rebels at 
 Mount Sterling, and captures 700 pris. 
 
 10. Gen. Sturgis' Fed. trooi>s defeated 
 at Guntown, Miss., and again at Ripley, 
 by Gen. Forrest. Feds, destroy their sup- 
 ply train, and 10 cannon, and retreat to- 
 wards ]\Iemphis, after spirited contest 
 and severe loss. 
 
 10. Lexington, Ky., robbed by Morgan. 
 
THE WAR FOE THE UNION. 
 
 June, 1864. 
 
 June 10. Rebel guerrillas repulsed at 
 Princeton, Ky. 
 
 10. Frankfort, Ky., unsuccessfully at- 
 tacked by 1,200 rebels. 
 
 10. Gen. Hunter, with Crook and Aver- 
 ill, moves from Staunton, Va., after de- 
 stroying over $3,000,000 worth of rebel 
 property. 
 
 10. Reb. Congress adjourned. 
 
 11. Fed. troops defeated near Cynthi- 
 ana, Ky., and the town burnt by Gen. 
 Morgan. 
 
 11. Gen. Hobson's Ohio militia cap- 
 tured by Morgan, after a short combat 
 near Cynthiana. 
 11. Battle of Trevillian Station.Va. Rebs. 
 badly beaten by Sheridan. 
 
 13. Gen. Burbridge defeats and scat- 
 ters Morgan at Cynthiana, with great 
 loss'. 
 
 13. Grant crosses the Chickahomin3^ 
 
 13. Grant's headquarters at Wilcox's 
 L'luding. 
 
 13. The Fugitive Slave Law repealed 
 in the House of Representatives. 
 
 18. Gen. Hobson and stalf 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 Kene- 
 saw. 
 
 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 
 Inibo'len'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 3 redoubts in 
 the PetcTsburg 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. 
 
 ly. Gen. Wilson's Federal cavalry took 
 position on the extreme left of the Union 
 lines at Petersburg. 
 
 18. Tlie battle at Lynchburg, Va., re- 
 newed. The rebels driven in'o their 
 works, and Gen. Hunter retreated. 
 
 19. The Army of the James reoccupy 
 
 Bermuda Hundred, and repair the rail- 
 road. 
 
 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 Kear- 
 sarge, Capt. Winslow. 70 of tlie rebel 
 crew were taken on board the Kearaarge, 
 and 115 reached England and France. 3 
 persons only were wounded on the Kear- 
 sarge. 
 
 30. Reb. cavalry defeated at the White 
 House, Va. 
 
 21. Rebs. assault Gen. Sherman's army 
 in Ga. several times, and lose 800 men. 
 
 31. Gen. Foster crossed the James 
 river, and intrenched near Aiken's Land- 
 ing. 
 
 21. Gen. Hunter's artillery train re- 
 treating from Ljmchburg, Va., attacked 
 by rebs. He destroys a portion of the 
 guns and caissons. Gen. Hunter retreats 
 to the Ohio river. 
 
 33. A sudden attack on the Union 
 lines at Petersburg, which are broken by 
 the enemy with severe loss to both sides. 
 
 23. Wilson and Kautz's cavalry destroy 
 4 miles of the railroad north of Peters- 
 burg, Va. 
 
 33. Severe battle on the Weldon R. R., 
 Va. 3 rebel trains captured. 
 
 23. Railroad junction at Bui'ksville, 
 Va., destroyed by Feds. 
 
 24. Battle of Staunton Bridge, Va. 
 Wilson and Kautz's Federal cavalry re- 
 pulsed. 
 
 24. Rebs. attack Gen. Sheridan at 
 White House, Va., and are beaten. 
 
 24. Maryland State Convention abol- 
 ishes slavery. 
 
 24. Rebs. attack Feds, at Lafayette, Ga. 
 and are beaten. 
 
 25. Reb. night attack on Gen. Burnside's 
 troops on the James river repulsed. 
 
 27. Fight near Kenesaw Mountain, Ga. 
 Union loss 1,500. 
 
 28. Sherman flanks Johnston at Kene- 
 saw Mountain, Ga. 
 
 28. Fight at Stoney Creek, Va. Wil- 
 son and Kautz's Fed. cavalry retreat to 
 Reams's Station. 
 
 29. Battle at Reams's Station. Fed. 
 cavalry defeated. 
 
 30. Johnston evacuates Kenesaw 
 Mountain, Va. 
 
 July 1. Gen. Wilson's force reaches 
 Grant's lines, having lost all their guns 
 and wagons. 
 
 1. An expedition left Hilton Head, 
 3. C, in direction of North EJisto river. 
 
 1. The southern side of James Island, 
 S. C, occupied by Gen. Foster's troops. 
 
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July, 1S3-1. 
 
 CHRONOLOGY. 
 
 1. Col. Hoyt and 137 men captured om 8. Parksville, Mo., sacked by rebels. 
 Johnson's Island. \ 9. Battle at Monocacy, Md., lasting 
 
 3. The expedition from Hilton Head from 9. a. m. to 5 p. m. Fed. forces over- 
 disembark at Seabrook Island. | powered and forced to retreat in disorder, 
 
 2. An unsuccessfLd attempt to take thejlosino; 1,000 men. 
 rebel Fort Johnson on the north end of | 9. Fed. forces on John's Island, S. C, 
 
 James Island. 
 
 1. W. P. Fessenden accepts Secretary- 
 ship of U. S. Treasury. 
 
 2. Rebel Gen. Ewell invades Shenan- 
 doah valley in 3 columns. 
 
 2. Martinsburg, Va., evacuated by 
 Feds. 
 
 3. Sherman's army entered Marietta, 
 Ga. 
 
 3. A part of the expedition from Hil- 
 ton Head repulsed. 
 
 3. Rebels defeated by Sherman, 2 miles 
 south of Marietta, Ga. 
 
 3. Winchester, Va., taken by rebs. and 
 Gen. Sigel falls back to Harper's Ferry. 
 
 4. The rebels took possession of Bol 
 ivar Heights, half a mile from Harper's 
 Ferry, on their advance into Md., where 
 they were attacked. 
 
 4. Sigel arrived at Sandy Hook. 
 
 4. Gen. Mulligan evacuated Bolivar 
 Heights. 
 
 4. The rebels make a raid to Point of 
 Rocks, Md. 
 
 4. Naval operations in Stono river. 
 
 5. Slocum's expedition routed rebels 
 east of Jackson, Miss. 
 
 5. EUicott's marine colored brigade 
 attacked by rebels near Port Hudson. 
 Rebels defeated with loss of 150. 
 
 5. ]\Iartial law declared in Ky. by the 
 President, and the writ of habeas corpus 
 suspended. 
 
 6. Hagerstown, Md., evacuated by 
 Union troops. 
 
 0. Gen. Wallace's troops repulsed near 
 Middletovvn, Md. 
 
 C. Hagerstown, Md., plundered by 
 rebels. 
 
 7. Rebel Gen. Johnston crossed the 
 Chattahoochie. 
 
 7. Gen. Sigel's Union forces evacuate 
 Harper's Ferry. 
 
 7. Rebel raiders near Frederick, Md. 
 
 7. The rebels checked at Monocacy 
 Brid^. 
 
 7. Proclamation issued by President 
 Lincoln appointing the first Thursday in 
 August as a Fast Day. 
 
 8. Harper's Ferry reoccupied by Fed. 
 forces. 
 
 8. The rebel cruiser Florida captured 
 the bark Golconda. 
 
 8. Capture of Platte City, Mo., by 
 guerrillas. 
 
 8. Rebels enter Fredericksburg, Md, 
 
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 twice repelled a rebel assault. 
 
 9. Gen. Sherman reached the Chatta- 
 hoochee. 
 
 9. Gov. Brown, of Georgia, ordered all 
 the militia of the Slate into active ser- 
 vice. 
 
 9. Rebels capture Westminster, Md. 
 Couch reoccupies Hagerstown, and Hun- 
 ter, Frederick. 
 
 10. Gen. Rousseau leaves Decatur with 
 3,700 men on an expedition in rebel Gen. 
 Hood's rear. 
 
 10. Gen. Johnston retreats to fortifica- 
 tions around Atlanta. 
 
 11. The rebels near Washington, D. C. 
 They capture a railroad train at Magnolia 
 Station, between Philadelphia and Balti- 
 more, and Maj.-Gen. Franklin, who was 
 on the train. 
 
 11. Burning of Gunpowder bridge, 
 Md., by the rebels. 
 
 11. Rebel salt works at Tampa Bay- 
 destroyed. 
 
 13. Engagement near Fort Stevens, 
 one of the defences of Washington. The 
 rebels driven ofi" with severe loss. 
 
 13. Gen. Rousseau defeated 4,000 rebs. 
 under Clanton, near Coosaw river. 
 
 13-15. Gens. Smith and Slocum defeat 
 Forrest in 5 battles in Teun., driving 
 him from Pontotoc to Tupelo. Rebel 
 loss, 3,000. Union loss, 300. 
 
 15. Rebels drive 1,000 horses and 5,000 
 cattle from Montgomery Co., Md., into 
 
 16. A rebel force captured the Fed. 
 stockade at Brownsboro', on the Mem- 
 phis and Charleston railroad. 
 
 17. Gen. Sherman's command moved 
 forward to within 5 miles of Atlanta, Ga. 
 His advance crossed the Chattahoochee 
 river. 
 
 17. Gen. Joseph E. Johnston turned 
 over the command of the rebel army at 
 Atlanta to Gen. J. B. Hood. 
 
 17. Severe fight near Grand Gulf 
 
 17. Indian raid on Fed. post at Fort 
 Lamed. 
 
 17. Col. Jacques and Mr. Gilmore vis- 
 ited Jeff. Davis at Richmond, by permis- 
 sion of Fed. authorities. 
 
 17. Wirt Adams defeated at Grand 
 Gulf, by Fed. Gen. Slocum, with heavy 
 loss. 
 
 17. Gen. Rousseau defeated 1,500 rebs. 
 under Clanton, at Chewa Station. 
 
THE WAR FOR THE UNION, 
 
 July, 1864. 
 
 July 18. Crook defcatod by Breckin- 26. Engagement at Point of Rocks 
 ridge at Island Ford, Va. Loss, oOO. iMd. 
 
 18. Gen. DufRe defeated at Ashby's 2G. The rebels made' an attempt to 
 Gap, Va., losing 200 wagons and many flank Gen. Butler's position. 
 prisoners. 26. Gen. Stoneman dispatched a cav- 
 
 18. Gen. Crook defeats Early :it Snick- [airy force to destroy the Macon and 
 er's Gap, capt'gSOO wagons and many pris.j Western railroad. They succeeded in 
 
 18. Decatur, Ga., occupied by Fedei-al destroying 18 miles of track, and in cap- 
 
 forces. 
 
 18. President Lincoln issued an order 
 for a draft of 500,000 men to take place 
 immediately after Sept. 5, the term of 
 service to be one year. 
 
 18. The President sent his famous " To 
 whom it may concern," dispatch. 
 
 19. Sherman's forces reached Peach- 
 tree creek, 4 miles north of Atlanta, Ga. 
 They were attacked by Hood's troops, 
 who were defeated. Rebel loss, 6,000, 
 including 3 generals. Fed. loss, 1,713. 
 
 20. Gen. Smith's forces reached La 
 Grange, Tenn. 
 
 SO.^Gen. "Baldy" Smith took leave 
 of his command before Petersburg, Va., 
 and Gen. Martin dale assumed command. 
 
 20. Gen. Averill attacked and defeated 
 the rebel Eai'ly in front of Winchester, 
 Va. Rebel loss, 300 i%illed and wounded, 
 and 200 prisoners. Ti^ai'ly was reinforced 
 and repulsed tlie Union troops. 
 
 21. Henderson, Ky., attacked by 700 
 rebels. 
 
 21. The rebel lines contracted close to 
 Atlanta. 
 
 21. Skirmishing on the James river. 
 
 22. Great battle before Atlanta, The 
 rebels assaulted Sherman's lines near At- 
 lanta with great ftny seven times, and 
 were as often repulsed after a terrible 
 struirgle. Fed. loss Avas 3,521 ; the rebel 
 loss estimated at 10,000. Gen. McPher- 
 son was killed. 
 
 22. Skirmishing in front of Burnside's 
 corps of the Army of the Potomac. 
 
 2 3. Louisiana State Convention abolish 
 slavery. 
 
 23. Burial of the dead before Atlanta. 
 23. Atlanta shelled. 
 
 23. Heavy fighting in the Shenandoah 
 Valley. 
 
 23. Averill defeated at Winchester. 
 
 24. The cavalry expedition which left 
 Decatur, July 10, arrived at Marietta, 
 Ga., having been completely successful 
 
 turing 500 rebels, when they were in 
 turn attacked, the prisoners released, 
 and 1,000 of Gen. McCook's troops cap- 
 tured. 
 
 27. Fed. army attacked while crossing 
 Janirs river. A spirited engagement in 
 which the rebels were driven back. 
 
 27. Gen. O. O. Howard assumed com- 
 mand of the Department and Army of 
 tlic Tennessee, lately commanded by 
 Gen. McPherson. 
 
 21. The siege of Atlanta commenced. 
 The 15th corj)s of Sherman's army as- 
 saulted the rebels in force and defeated 
 them. The rebel army under Hood was 
 repeatedly hurled against Sherman's 
 army, but as often rolled back and cut to 
 pieces. The rebels suffered severely 
 without gaining any advantage. 
 
 28. An expedition sent into N. C. 
 
 28. Gen. Hooker relieved of his com- 
 mand at his own request. 
 
 28. Fed. gunboats in Louisiana de- 
 stroyed a large amount of rebel lumber 
 and 2 saw mills. 
 
 29. The rebels crossed the Potomac 
 ;on a I'ai^l into ^Maryland and Pennsyl- 
 vania. 
 
 29. Fed. cavalry occupy Fayetteville, 
 Ga. They cut the Atlanta and Macon 
 railroad. 
 
 29. Fights with the rebels near Mor- 
 ganzia, La. 
 
 30. Explosion of an immense mine by 
 Union troops in front of Burnside's posi- 
 tion before Petersburg. Its exj^losion 
 was the signal for the discharge of every 
 piece of artillery on the line from the 
 Appomattox to the extreme left. After 
 the discharge of the artillery the army 
 advanced and assaulted the rebel works, 
 but after a desperate attempt to carry 
 them was repulsed, with a loss of over 
 4,000 men. 
 
 30. The rebels entered Chambersburg, 
 Pa., wIkmc the rebel commander de- 
 
 in a raid on the Montgomery and Westimandcd $500,000 under threat of burn- 
 Point railroad. ling tlie city. His demand not being 
 
 25. The rebels again occupied Martins- jcomplied with, the cit}- was burned, 
 burg, Va. ^ i 31. Gen. Stoneman and part of his 
 
 26. Battle near Helena, Ark. Federal icommand captured by the rebels in 
 forces at first were unsuccessful, butlGeorgia. 
 
 afterward repulsed the enemy anu;. 31. The rebels occupied Frederick, 
 charged through their lines. ]Md. 
 
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Aug, 1864. 
 
 CHRONOLOGY. 
 
 Aug. 1. Bradley Johnson and Mc- 
 Causland defeated at Cumberland, losing 
 part of their plunder from Pennsylvania 
 
 2. Fed. Col. Stout, with 500 men, post- 
 ed to intercept the retreat of McCaus- 
 land and Johnson, was captured by 
 them, losing 00 men. 
 
 3. Return to Norfolk, Va., of a cavalry 
 expedition sent into N. C, July 38, after 
 havinij visited 5 counties aud captured 
 considerable proper 1 v. 
 
 4. Fast day in the"U. S. 
 
 4. E.\: change o/ the Union and rebel 
 officers, under fire, at Charleston, S. C. 
 
 9. Dutch Gap Canal, Va., commenced 
 by Gen. Butler. 
 
 9. Terrible explosion of a boat loaded 
 witli ammunition at City Point, Va. 
 
 9. Heavy shelling of Atlanta. 
 
 10. Gen. Sheridan's army skirmishing 
 near Winchester, Va. Sharp tight near 
 Martinsburg. 
 
 10. Steamer Empress fired into by reb. 
 batteries on the braiks of the Mississippi. 
 
 10. Sharp skirmish near Abbey\-ille, 
 Miss. 
 
 11. The Tallahassee scuttled the sch'r 
 S. A. Boyce, burnt the pilot-boat James 
 
 4. Gen. Kelley repulsed rebels under|Funk, brig Carrie Estelle, bark Bay 
 Johnson and JlcCausland at New Creek, iState, brig A. Richards, niul bonded the 
 Md. The fight continued until after schooner Carrol for $10,000; burnt the 
 dark, the rebels retiring in the night. pilot-boat Wra. Bell and the schooner 
 
 5. Great battle at the entrance of Mo- Atlantic. 
 
 bile Bay. Fort Gaines opened on Fed. 11. Battle of Sulphur Springs Bridge, 
 fleet at about 7 A.M., the monitor Tecum- 1 12. The Tallahassee bonded the bark 
 seh having opened the attack a short Suliole, burnt the schooner Spokelane 
 time before. The rebel ram Tennessee and ship Adriatic, scuttled the brig Bil- 
 captu red after one of the fiercest naval low, .bonded for $30,0 JO the schooner 
 battles on record. In the night the rebs. Robert E. Pecker. 
 
 evacuated and blew up Fort Powell. | 12. Attack of guerrillas on the gunboat 
 The monitor Teciimseh was blown up Reliance in Nortiiumberland Co., Va. 
 by a rebel torpedo. | 13. Gen. Grant threw a poweifal force, 
 
 ■ 5. Explosion of a rebel mine near Pe-, under Gen. Hancock, across tlie river at 
 tersburg:, Va. But little damage done. Deep Bottom. Hancock took position 
 
 A terrific fight in front of Petersburg, 
 lasting from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. It com 
 menced by a charge of the enemy, which 
 was repulsed with slaughter. 
 
 6. Com. Farragut shelled Fort Gaines, 
 Mobile Harbor. 
 
 6. Battle of Atlanta. The rebels made 
 a demonstration on the 16th corps, and 
 were heavily punished, and driven back. 
 The 23d corps were driven from the reb. 
 lines, losing 500 men. 
 
 6. Indian massacre near Beaver Creek. 
 
 7. Gen. Averill overtook rebels under 
 McCausland, Gilmore, and McNeil, near 
 Moprefield, in the Shenandoah Valley, 
 and attacked them with great success, 
 routing the rebels, capturing their artil- 
 lery, a large number of prisoners, horses, 
 and arms. 
 
 7. Gen. Sheridan assumed command 
 of Middle Military Division. 
 
 8. Surrender of Fort Gaines, Mobile 
 Bay, to Com. Farragut, 
 
 8. Steamboat Vanderbilt sunk in the 
 Hudson. 
 
 8. Indians capture 9 wagons at Plumb 
 Creek, and kill the teamsters. They also 
 burn 21 wagons at Point Ranche. 
 
 8. Gen. Burris returns to New Madrid 
 after 17 days' scout in S. E. Mo. and N. 
 E. Ark. 50" rebs. killed, 40 wounded, 57 
 prisoners. 
 
 10 miles from Richmond. Gen.' Birne 
 assaulted the rebel \*orks in his front. 
 
 13. Gen. Burnside relieved. 
 
 13. Guerrillas attacked Selma, Ky. 
 
 13. Gen. Smith attacked the rebels at 
 Hurricane Creek, Miss., aud defeated 
 them. 
 
 13. The Tallahassee scuttled the bark 
 Glavomore, and burned the sch'r Lamot 
 Dupont.* 
 
 13. Mosby attacks Sheridan's supply 
 train near Snicker's Gap, Va. 
 
 13. Rebel cavalry captured 5 steamers 
 with governm't cattle at Shawneetown. 
 
 14. The rebel Gen. Wheeler demanded 
 the surrender of Dalton, Ga., which was 
 refused by Col. Siebold. The rebels en- 
 tered the town, but were kept at bay by 
 the garrison. 
 
 14. The Tallahassee scuttled the ship 
 James Littlefield. 
 
 14. Battle of Strawberry Plains, Va. 
 10th corps take rebel line of breastworks, 
 4 guns," and 1 00 prisoners. 
 
 15. Gen. Sheridan fells back toward 
 Charlestown, Va. 
 
 15. Fighting near Richmond. 
 
 15. The Tallahassee scuttled schooners 
 M. A. Howe, Howard, Floral \7reath. 
 Restless, Etta Caroline, and bonded sch'r 
 S. K. Harris. 
 
 15. Gen. Steadmau reintorcea Daltoa, 
 
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THE WAK FOR THE UNION. 
 
 Aug., 1864. 
 
 and rebels are driven out of town in con 
 fusion. 
 
 Aug. 15. Kil Patrick cut West Point, 
 Ga., ro.ul at Fairbuni, and burned depot. 
 
 15. lOih corps threaten Malvern Hill 
 
 16. Fighting ou the ncMth bank of the 
 James at Den'^y Run. The engagement 
 resulted f ivora!)ly, though not decisively, 
 for the Feds. Tlie enemy somewhat 
 driven back from their position. 
 
 16. Cavalry fight between a division 
 of Sheridan's army and tho rebels, near 
 Front Royal, Va. ' 
 
 16. Figlit near Chattanooga. 
 
 16. Tlie Tallahassee scuttled the bark 
 P. C. Alexander, and burned the sch'rs 
 Leopold, Pearl, Sarali Louisa, and Mag- 
 nolia. 
 
 17. The Tallahassee scuttled the scli'r 
 North American, and bonded the briu 
 Neva for $17,500. 
 
 18. A furious attack on Burnside's 
 corps at Six Mile Station, on the Weldon 
 railroad, near Petersburg, which was re- 
 pulsed with great loss to the rebels. 
 
 18. General Warreu moved his corps 
 across the Weldon railroad, in doing 
 which he was engaged in considerable 
 fighting. 
 
 18. The Tallahassee arrived.at Halifax, 
 after having burnc^I the schooners Josiah 
 Acorn, Diadem, Sea Flower, and brig 
 Roan. 
 
 19. The rebels drove in Warren's pick- 
 ets and, forced back 2 divisions of Fed. 
 army at Six Mile Station. A heavy figlit 
 took place, resulting in re-establishing 
 Union lines and ''apturing 1,500 prison- 
 ers. Fed. loss ;>,000. t 
 
 19. Martinsburg robbed by rebels. 
 
 30. Guerrillas raid on Woodburn, and 
 set fire to depot. 
 
 31. Rebels attack Union position on 
 Weldon road, and after great loss (over 
 2,000) with Iraw. Union loss about 600. 
 
 21. Battle of Summit Point, Va. Early 
 driven 3 miles. 
 
 33. Action at Rogersville, Tenn. 
 
 23. Rebels fall back to their lines 2 
 miles from Petersburg, and Gen. War- 
 ren's lines advanced. 
 
 33. Shelby captures nearly all 54th 111. 
 near Duval's Bluff". 
 
 23. Fort Morgan, Mobile Bay, surren- 
 dered unconditionally. By its surrender 
 Feds, captured 300 prisoners, 60 pieces 
 of artillery. 
 
 34. Skirmish on Sheridan's left. 
 34. Reconnoissance of Gen. Crook's 
 
 command in the Shenandoah Valley. 
 
 34. Clinton, Miss., taken by Generals 
 Herron and Lee. 
 
 35. Severe battle on the Weldon rail- 
 road near Reams' Station. A desperate 
 attempt of the rebels to retake the road. 
 Hancock's corps was several times at- 
 tacked, the enemy being each time re- 
 pulsed. At 5:30 P.M., a combined attack 
 on his centre and left was repulsed, the 
 enemy withdrawing, leaving their dead 
 aid wounded on the field. Union forces 
 vfterward fell back. Fed. loss, 1,000 
 killed and wounded, 3,000 prisoners and 
 i) ffuns. Rebel killed and wounded 1,500. 
 
 0. Gen. Butler's picket-line driven in, 
 but re-established. 
 
 35. Torbert encounters Early's forces 
 at Leetown, narrowly escaping flanking. 
 He falls back to near Shepardstown. 
 
 36. The rebel Gen. Early attempted to 
 ci'oss the Potomac, but was driven back 
 by Averill. 
 
 36. Ivil Patrick destroyed 14 miles of 
 iMacon railroad, and stores, capturing 6 
 guns, 4 flags, and 300 prisoners ; after- 
 wards forcod to al) iudou most of his cap- 
 tures. 
 
 36. Rebels tall back from Sheridan's 
 front toward Smithfield. 
 
 37. Guerrillas defeated at Shelbyville, 
 
 28. Early driven through Smithfield. 
 28. Gen. Sherman's army reached the 
 West Point railroad at Rid Oak, 13 
 
 21. Memphis entered by Forrest with niiles from Atlanta, and began the de- 
 
 9 regiments and 4 guns ; took 250 pri 
 oners. Union forces arriving, Forrest 
 left ; was overtaken near Lanes', and se- 
 verely punished in a 2 hours' battle. 
 
 23. Cannonade of Fed. works near 
 Petersburg. The rebels charged, but 
 finding themselves in a trap, retreated in 
 confusion. 
 
 33. Rebel force on Weldon road with- 
 drawn from front of 5th and 9th corps, 
 and intrenches 3 miles from Petersburg. 
 
 33. Rebel Johnson's forces whipped at 
 Canton, Ky., by Col. Johnson, and him- 
 self killed. 
 
 struction of the road from that point. 
 
 3.1. McClellan nominated for President 
 and Geo. H. Pendleton for Vice. 
 
 30. Slierman interposed his whole 
 army between Atlanta and Hood's array 
 intrenched at Jonesboro'. 
 
 31. Great battle near Atlanta. During 
 the afternoon. Fed. artillery kept up a 
 cannonade to provoke the re icls to an 
 assault. In the afternoon the rebels as- 
 saulted Union lines, but were repulsed 
 with great loss. The rebel loss in the 
 attaclc on Ransom's and Logan's lines 
 estimated at 3,000. In the evening the 
 
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Sept, 1864. 
 
 CHRONOLOGY. 
 
 14th corps struck the raiirnail, 5 miles 
 south of Jonesboro', The work of de- 
 struclioii coniir.eaced ininiediately. 
 
 Sept 1. 'riic3 liallle of Atl;mla contm- 
 iied. A brilliant charge was made at 5 
 r. M. by Gen. Uavis' force, residtim^ iv: 
 the discomfiture of the rebels and sur- 
 render of a large number. Great de- 
 struction by the rebs. of large magazines 
 of stores accumulated at Atlanta. They 
 blew up, in addition to other tlungs, SO 
 car-loads of ammunition. Gen. Slocum's 
 corps assaulted the enemy's work^ 
 around the city, in the afternoon. 
 
 1. Panic and evacuation of the city. 
 
 1. Rebels driven from Jonesboro' to 
 Lovejoy's Station, losing 1,000 prisoners 
 and 10 guns. 
 
 1. Gen. Rousseau drives 10,000 rebels, 
 near Murfreesboro' pike 3 miles. 
 
 2. Atlanta, Ga., occupied by Sherman's 
 army at 11 a. m. 
 
 3. Sharp fighting near Martinsburg, 
 Va. 
 
 3. Milroy attacks 3,000 rebel tavalry 
 near Murfreesboro', and drives them to- 
 ward Triune. 
 
 3. Sheridan's army again moves for- 
 ward from Charlestown. Battles of 
 Darkesville and Perryville, Va. Rebels 
 were repulsed, losing 70 pris. Union 
 loss, 300. Mosby captured an ambulance 
 train which had left the field. 
 
 4. John Morgan's forces routed, and 
 Morgan killed by Gen. Gillem, at Green- 
 ville, Tenn. Killed, 100 ; prisoners, 75, 
 including Morgan's staff. 
 
 5. Steamer Elsie captured in running 
 the blockade at Wilmington. 
 
 5. The President issued a proclamation, 
 recommending that Sunday, Sept. 11, be 
 observed as a day of Thanksgiving. . 
 
 6. Battle of Matamoras. 
 
 7. Dibbel's rebel brigade surprised at 
 Readyville, Tenn., by 220 of tnh Pa. cav- 
 alry, losing 130 prisoners. 
 
 8. Rebel Col. Jessie and 100 men cap- 
 tured near Ghent, Ky. 
 
 8. Brownsville, Texas, attacked by 
 Cortinas, and* the rebels driven from the 
 town. 
 
 8. Gen. McClellan accepted the nom- 
 ination for the Presidency. 
 
 8. Gen. Slierman ordered the removal 
 of the inhabitants of Atlanta, and pro- 
 posed a truce of ten days. 
 
 9. Spirited attack on the rebel pickets 
 near Peicrsliurg, in the night. 
 
 10. Gen. Sheridan's forces in the Shen- 
 andoah Valley attacked at Darksville, 
 Va. 
 
 10. Grant drives picket line across 
 
 Plank Road, and advances his permanent 
 line half a mile. 
 
 10 SteamiT Fawn burned by rebels 
 on Dismal Swamp Canal. 
 
 11. An expediti(m left Fort Morgan, 
 near JMolnle, and proceeded up White 
 river, destroying a large amount of lum- 
 ber at Smiili's Mills. 
 
 13. Attack on the rebels near Occoquan 
 creek by some of Sheridan's forces. A 
 South Carolina regiment captured. 
 
 14. Secretary Stanton ordered the 
 draft to be commenced Sept. 19. 
 
 14. Price, with about 10,000 men, 
 crosses White river, en route for Mo. 
 
 14. Gov. Brown, of Ga., withdraws 
 15,000 Ga. militia from Hood's army. 
 
 16. 2,500 cattle, tlie 13th Pa. regiment, 
 with arms, wagons and camp, captured 
 at Sycamore Church, Va. 
 
 18. Averill drives rebels out of Martins- 
 burg. 
 
 19. Battle at Powder Mill, on Little 
 Rock i-iver. 
 
 19. Steamer Island Queen captured 
 and sunk o:\ Lake Erie, and the Philo 
 Parsons burned by rebels on British soil. 
 
 19. Battle of Bunker Jlill, near Win- 
 cliester, Va. A great battle fought by 
 Sheridan in the Shenandoah Valley. 
 Sheridan made the attack and won a 
 splendid victory, capturing over 2,500 
 prisoners, together with 9 battle-flags, 
 and 5 pieces of artillery. The reb. Gens. 
 Gordon and Rhodes were killed, and 3 
 other general officers wounded. All of 
 the rebel killed and most of the wounded 
 fell into Fed. hands. 
 
 20. Gen. Sheridan crossed Cedar creek, 
 having pursued the enemy 30 miles. 
 
 20. Athens, Ala., captured by Forrest. 
 500 Union soldiers forced to surrender. 
 
 21. Fremont and Cochrane withdrew 
 their names as candidates for President 
 and Vice-President. 
 
 21. Battle of Fisher's Hill, Va. Sheri- 
 dan's army defeated tlie rebels. Early 
 loses 1,100 prisoners and 10 guns. 
 
 21. Torbert's cavalry defeats Wickhani 
 at Luray, cajituring some prisoners. 
 
 23. Rebel Gen. Prico occupies Bloom- 
 fleld. Mo. 
 
 23. Montgomery Blair resigned his 
 office of Postmaster-General. 
 
 23. A part of the rebel Gen. Forrest's 
 force, about 400 strong, crossed the Ten- 
 nessee river, at Bates' Landing. 
 
 25. Gen. Sheridan's advance passed 
 beyond New Market. His forces drove 
 the enemy from Mount Jackson. 
 
 25. Athens, Ala., occupied by the rebel 
 Gen. Forrest's troops. 
 
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THE WAE FOR THE UNION". 
 
 Oct., 1864. 
 
 Sept. 25. The rebels at Lnray attacked. I Big Shanty and Ackworth, and burned 
 
 25. A ffirce of rebel cavalry occupied 
 Fr 'derickstown, Mo., 20 miles east of 
 Pi oL Knob. 
 
 26. Battle at Pilot Knob. 
 2G. Gen. Sheridan's headquarters at 
 
 Harrisonburg, Va. His cavalry entered 
 Stanton, Va., and destroyed a large 
 quantity of rebel government property. 
 They then proceeded to Waynesboro', 
 destroying an iron bridge over the Shen- 
 andoah and a large amount of property. 
 Gen. Early's reb. army routed and demor- 
 alized, fled through Brown's Gap toward 
 Gordonsville. Gens. Merritt and Powel 
 were driven back whea they attacked 
 Early at Brown's Gap. 
 
 27. Skirmish with Forrest's troops in 
 Tenn. 
 
 27. The rebels attacked Fed. forces at 
 Mineral Point, Mo, 
 
 27. Gen. Ewing arrives at Rolla, Mo., 
 after being surrounded at Harrison by 
 Price's forces. 
 
 28. Rebel night attack on Hancock's 
 front, on Jerusalem Plank Road re 
 pulsed. 
 
 29. Gen. Ord's corps of Grant's army 
 advanced and carried a very strong forti- 
 fication and line of intrenchments below 
 Chapin's Farm, taking 15 pieces of artil- 
 lery and 200 or 300 prisoners. 
 
 29. Gen. Barney advanced from Deep 
 Bottom and carried the Newmarket 
 road. 
 
 oO. Gen. Butler's forces assaulted tlie 
 i-ebels in 3 columns near Chapin's Farm. 
 
 30. Warren captures first line of rebel 
 works at Preble's Farm, capturing 50 
 men, and 1 gun. Rebels retired half f 
 mile buck to strong positions, and re 
 pulsed an attack thereon, capturing 1,500 
 prisoners, and killed and wounded 500. 
 
 30. The 10th and 18th corps concen 
 tratcd at Newmarket Heights, furiously 
 attacked by rebels, and swei^t back with 
 terrible loss 3 times, losing 1,000, beside 
 200 prisoners and 2 flags, 
 
 Oct. 2. The rebels attacked at SaltviUe, 
 Va., and were driven into their works, 
 
 2. I'lCbels m front of Warren fell back 
 to tiieir main lines, from Petersburg lead 
 worlv-, to Southside Road. 
 
 3. Lieut. Meigs murdered by guerrillas 
 in Shenandoah valley 
 
 3. k-^iierinan's forces crossed the Chat- 
 ta loocliie with 15 da^'s' rations, moving 
 I. J ward Marietta, 
 
 • 3. Gen. Thomas ordered to Chatta- 
 nooga alter Forrest, and Gen. Coi'se to 
 Rome. 
 
 5. Hood captured small garrisons at 
 
 7 miles of railway ; then moving on AUa- 
 toona. 
 
 6. Gen. Sheridan commenced moving 
 back from Port Republic, Mount Craw- 
 ford and Harrisonlburg, Va., previous to 
 which the whole country from the Blue 
 Ridge to the North i\Iountain was made 
 untenable for tlie rebel army by destroy- 
 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 Barley town Road and New 
 INIarket 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 off'ensive and recaptured some of the 
 intrenchments which had been taken 
 from Kautz. 
 
 7. Reb. privateer Florida captured at 
 Bahia, Bay of Sun Stdvador, 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. Tlie 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 Jeflerson 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 artil- 
 lery and other munitions of war. 
 
 10. Engagement with the rebel Gen. 
 Forrest at East Point, Tenn. 
 
 11. Gen. Curtis drov3 the rebels out 
 of Independence, Mo. 
 
 11. Bloody fight with guerrillas near 
 Winc'.iester, Va. 
 
 11. Successful reconnoissance from the 
 Army of the Potomac to Stony Creek. 
 
 11. Reb. Gen. Buford, with 1,200 cav- 
 alry, crosses Cumberland River, Tenn., 
 at llarpeth Shoals. 
 
 11. Col. Weaver, with 90 .colored 
 troops, attacked by 200 rebels near Fort 
 
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Nov., 1864. 
 
 CHEONOLOGT. 
 
 Nelson, Tenn. Defeats them, and kills |lo3in[? camp equipage, 20 wagons of 
 
 and wounds 27, 
 
 12. Death of Chief-Justice Roger B. 
 Taney. 
 
 13. Reconnoissance iu force from the 
 Army of the James. 
 
 13. Attack on Uesaca, Oa., hy rebel 
 Gen. Hood. The re'os. repulsed. 
 
 13. Engagemoiit at Greenville, East 
 Tenn. 
 
 15. The rebel army under Longstreet 
 havhig appeared near Strasburg, Va., 
 Gen. Sheridan advanced and found them 
 drawn up in four lines of battle, but, on 
 charghig, the rebels tied. 
 
 IG. Hood's army at Lafayette. 
 
 16. Gen. Sherman took Ship's Gap. 
 18. Maj.-Gen. Birney died at Phila- 
 delphia. 
 
 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 at- 
 tacked before daylight and its left turned 
 and di'iven iu confusion, with a loss of 
 20 pieces of artillery. Gen. Sheridan 
 afterward arrived on the field and drove 
 the rcljels, taking 48 pieces of artillery 
 and many prisoners, gaining a great vic- 
 tory. Slieridan pursued tlie rebels to 
 Mount Jackson, which he reached in the 
 night. 
 
 19. The rebel Gen. Price attacked 
 Gen. Blunt at Lexington, Mo., with an 
 overvvlielming 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 rob- 
 bers. 
 
 20. Skirmishing between the Little 
 and Big Blue river, Mo. 
 
 21. A very gallant tight 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 un;il 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, 
 
 plunder, 1 gun, and cattle. 
 
 2G. Price driven from Mine Creek by 
 Pleasanton, and loses 1,000 prisoners, 
 and 1,500 stand of arms. Gens, ilarmaduke 
 and Cabell captured. 
 
 27. An advance in force on a recon- 
 noissiuce, 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 xVlhemarle sunk by 
 Lieut. Gushing, in tlie Roanoke river. 
 
 27. Arrest of Col. North on charges of 
 fraud in the matter of soldier.s' 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 350 
 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 tight with the 
 rebels under Vaughn at J>F^>i'i'istown, East 
 Tenn., completely routing tliem, and cap- 
 turing 200 prisoners and 8 pieces of artil- 
 lery. 
 
 28. A reb. force of 2,500 attacked Fay- 
 etteville, Ark., but was repulsed with 
 heavy loss. 
 
 29. Maryland proclaimed a Free State 
 by Gov. Bradford, 
 
 30. Fed. fleet shelled Plymouth, N. 0. 
 
 31. Nevada admitted as a State by 
 proclamation of tlie President. 
 
 31. Capture of reb. batteries and their 
 ordnance and ordnance stores, at Ply- 
 mouth, 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. Johusonville, 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 de- 
 stroyed by the rebels. 
 
 4. The siege of Fayetteville, Ark., by 
 the rebels, raised. 
 
 4. Revelation by one of the conspira- 
 ors of a plot to overthrow the Govern- 
 
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THE WAR FOR THE UNION". 
 
 Nov , 1864. 
 
 ment, release and arm the rebel prison- 
 ers, and kill Gov. Morton, of Ind. 
 
 Nov. 5. Gen. Biuler assumed command 
 of the troops arrived and to arrive in 
 New York city to protect the city during 
 election. 
 
 5. Rebels unsuccessfully attack Fort 
 Sedgwicli, on Jerusalem Plank Road, 
 south-east end of Petersburg, Va. Union 
 loss, 70. Rebel, 120. 
 
 6. Rebels attack jMott's and Gibson's 
 pickets ; cap'iure 80 and a mile of in- 
 trenchments, 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 reelected, and 
 Andrew .Johnson elected Vice-President 
 of United States. Hon. Reuben E. Fen- 
 ton elected Governor of New Ystrk, over 
 Seymour. 
 
 8. Gen. McClellan resigns his commis- 
 sion in the U. S. army. 
 
 8. Sheridan created Major-General of 
 regular arln3^ 
 
 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 
 Panr.ma Railroad Co.'s steamship Salva- 
 dor, on the Pacific. 
 
 10. Rebels engaged 3d corps' pickets 
 all night, without success, on this and 2 
 next ui2;hts. 
 
 11. U. S. S. Tulip destroyed by boiler 
 explosion oft' 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. 
 
 13. About 10,000 prisoners exchanged 
 near Fort Pulaski. 
 
 13-16. 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 pris- 
 oners and 2 guns. 
 
 13. Custer captures 150 and Merritt 
 about 200 prisoners on reconnoissance 
 from Cedar creek. 
 
 VS. Battle of Bull's Gap. Gen. Gillcm 
 
 defeated with loss of baggage train, and 
 all his artillery. 
 
 18. Gen. Sherman's right wing, under 
 Gen. Howard, moved oul of Atlanta and 
 began its march through Ga. 
 
 14. Gen. Sherman's left wing left At- 
 lanta. 
 
 14. A division of Price's rebel army 
 assaulted the wo«-ks at Fayetlevilie, Ark., 
 but were repulsed. 
 
 15. The last of Sherman's army left 
 Atlanta. 
 
 10. Gen. Sherman's riglit wing passetl 
 througli Jonesboro', Ga. 
 
 IG. The rebel cavalry under Wheeler, 
 engaged Fed. cavalry at Bear Creek Sta- 
 tion, Ga. 
 
 10. 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 cap- 
 tured, at night, near Chester's Station, 
 Va. 
 
 17. A column of Sherman's army oc- 
 cupied McDonough, Ga. 
 
 17. Fed. cavalry occupied Griffin, Ga. 
 
 17. Sherman's left wing reacliLid Cov- 
 ington, Ga., the cavalry pushing on lu 
 Social Circle. 
 
 18. Sherman's cavalry drove Yv''heeler 
 out of Barnesville, Ga. 
 
 18. Gov. Brown and the Georgia Leg- 
 islature fled from Milledgeville, Ga. 
 
 18. Exchange of prisoners at Savan- 
 nah. 
 
 18. Macon railroad cut b}' Slocum at 
 Forsyth. 
 
 19. Gov. Brown, of Georgia, issued a 
 proclamation, ordering a levy en masse 
 lo opj)ose Sherman. 
 
 19. The advance of Beauregard's army 
 at Waynesboro', Tenn. Beauregard's 
 headquarters at Corinth, Miss., and 
 Hood's at Florence. 
 
 19. IMosljj's force captured a party of 
 Union cavalrj' in Va. 
 
 19. Madison captured by Sherman. 
 Depots, itc, burned. 
 
 20. Gen. Gillem's retreating force ar- 
 rives at Knoxville. 
 
 20. Sherman crossed the Oconee, arriv- 
 ing at Greensboro'. 
 
 20. Gen. Sherman attacked East Ma- 
 con, Ga. His troops crossed the Ocmul- 
 gee river, and his cavalry advanced to 
 Griswoldsville, 8 miles E. of Jlacon, Ga. 
 
 21. Thomas' army at Pulaski. 
 
 31. Rebels badly whipped at Liberty, 
 La., losing 3 guns and 200 prisoners. 
 
 21. Heavy skirmishing near Cumber- 
 land Gap. 
 
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Nov., 1864. 
 
 CnRONOLOGT. 
 
 21. Gen. Sherman's right wing cap- 
 tured 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 Tlood and 
 Beauregard, having been reinforced b}' 
 9,000 men, advanced and encamped 20 
 miles from Pnlaski, Tenn. Gen. Thomas 
 fell back to Franklin. 
 
 ^.'^' Sherman's rear guard at Griswold- 
 
 26. Gen. Howard's colnmn reached 
 Sandcr.5ville, Ga., and cut the railroad. 
 
 27. Fed. stores and sick and wounded 
 removed from Columbia, Teuu., to Nash- 
 ville. 
 
 27. Capture of Roger A.. Pryor near 
 Petersburg, Va. 
 
 27. Gen. Canby's troops reached and 
 lestroyed Big Bfaek bridge on th« Mis- 
 sissippi Central railroad. 
 
 27. Steamer Greyhound burned on 
 James river. 
 
 28- Rosser captures Fed Fort Kelly, at 
 
 ville attacked. Gen. t>locum's column iNew Creek, Va., with guns and prisoners. 
 
 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. Jack- 
 Bon 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. flood's infantry at Waynesboro' 
 and Lawrenceburg. 
 
 23. Fight at the Oconee river, Ga. 
 
 24. Second day of lighting up the Oco- 
 nee river, Ga. 
 
 24. Severe skirmishing near Columbia, 
 Tenn. 
 
 24. Sherman's rear guard left Milledge- 
 ville, Ga. 
 
 24. Slocum's column at Devereaux, 
 Ga. 
 
 24. Fed. troops made a flank move- 
 ment on Jackson, Miss. 
 
 24. Potomac, .James, and Valley ar- 
 mies celebrate Thanksgiving with aid of 
 thousands of turkeys and otiier delicacies 
 from New York, &c. 
 
 25. Severe fighting west of Columbia, 
 Tenn., between Hood's and Thomas' 
 armies. Thomas falls back to Franklin. 
 
 2.5. 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 ship- 
 ping fired. 
 
 2'j-2'd. 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. 
 
 2S. Fed. forces evacuate Columbia, 
 Tejm. 
 
 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, cooperat- 
 ing with Sherman, landed at Broad river. 
 
 30. Battle of Franklin, Tenn. The 
 •ebels under Hood .attacked Thomas' 
 irniy at Franklin, but were repulsed at 
 dl iu)ints. Tlie rcl)els commenced ad- 
 v-aucing 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 1,00) prisoners. Fed. loss, 1,000. 
 Gen. A. J. Smith's army passed through 
 Nashville and reinforced Tliomas. 
 
 30. liattle of Grahanisville, 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 Attor- 
 ney-General U. S. 
 
 iDec. 1. The army near Nashville en- 
 gaged in heavy skirmishes. 
 
 i. Death of Hon. Wm. L. Dayton, U. 
 S. Minister to France. 
 
 1. Blockade of Norfolk, Fernandlna, 
 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, de- 
 pot 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. 
 
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THE WAB FOR THE UNION. 
 
 Dec, 1364. 
 
 Dec. 3. Heavy skirmishing before 
 Nasliville, Tenn. 
 
 4. Merritt's expedition in Loudon Val- 
 ley, Va., returns with 3,000 cattle and 
 1,000 sheep. The Valley stripped of 
 stock and forage. 
 
 4. Lieut.-Cora. 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' un- 
 successfully attacked by rebels. 
 
 5. Brig Lizzie Freeman captured 
 by pirates otf Warwick river. Passen- 
 gers robbed ; 1 murdered. 
 
 6. Ex-Secretary Ciiase appointed Chief 
 Justice Supreme Court. 
 
 6. Hood skirmishing 5 miles from 
 Nashville. 
 
 6. Rebels defe ited near the Charleston 
 and Savannah railroad. 
 
 7. Rosseau routs Forrest near Mur- 
 freesboro', capturing 207 prisoners and 
 14 cannon. 
 
 8. Rebels establish a batter}' on Cum- 
 berland river. Gunboats fail to dislodge 
 ijt. 
 
 8. Five divisions, under Maj.-Gen. 
 Warren, inade a raid on the Weklon (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, ci'oss 
 the Cuniberlaad river, 20 miles above 
 Fort Donelson. 
 
 9. Reconnoissance of Gen. Miles to 
 Hatcher'? Run, on the right of the rebel 
 forces defending Petersburg. He cap- 
 tures the rebel works and holds them 
 during the night. 
 
 9. Direct communication with Sher- 
 man re-established. His army in the 
 vicinity of Savannah. 
 
 9. A recouuoitering 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 Weklon rai 
 road, all the stations and depots along 
 tlie line of march, numerous mills, barns, 
 and dwellings. Entire loss in the expe- 
 dition about 40 killed and wounded, and 
 a few missing. 
 
 10. Gen. Miles returns to his camp. 
 Tne 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 messen- 
 gers at Hilton Head, S. C. 
 
 12. Skirmishing between the National 
 and rel)el forces before Nashville. The 
 rebels tall back to their main line. 
 
 12. Expedition under Gen. Burbridge 
 starts from Bean's Station, E. Tenn. , 
 
 12. Fight at Kingston, E. Tenn. The .\ O^ 
 rebel Col. Morgan and 85 of his men 
 captui-ed. 
 
 13. The St. Albans robbers released 
 by the Canadian Judge Coursol. 
 
 13. The rei)els before Nashville reoc- 
 cupy their advance works. 
 
 13. Gen. Burbridge routs the rebel bri- 
 gade under Basil Duke, at Kingsport, E, 
 Tenn. Rebel loss, 150 men and the 
 ti'ain. 
 
 13. Gen. Hazen's division, of the 15th 
 corps, captures Fort McAllister, com- 
 manding 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 desii'oyed. 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. Bur- 
 bridge. 300 rebels captured. 
 
 15. The St. Albans raiders ordered by 
 the Attorney-Gen. of Canada to be rear- 
 rested. 
 
 15. Raid of Gen. Stoneman in South- 
 west Va. Surprise and capture of Glade 
 Sprinirs, 13 miles from Abingdon. 
 
 15. T)efeat of Forrest near Murfrees- 
 boro'. 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 
 
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Dec^ 18 
 
 CHRONOLOGY. 
 
 5 miles. The rebels were driven from 
 the river, from their iutreuchmeiits, from 
 a range of hills, on which their left rest- 
 ed, 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 with- 
 drew his riglit 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, 3,207 deserters, 30 guns, 
 7,000 small arms. An entire rebel di- 
 vision (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 tight at Ashbyville, Ky. 
 
 17. Fed. troops entered Wytheville, S. 
 W. Va., destroyed the depot and other 
 buildings, and injured the lead mines iu 
 the vicinity. 
 
 17. A detachment of Union artillery 
 cut up near Millwood, Va. 
 
 17. The rebel army of Hood driven 
 througli 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 Naslivillc. on Bahama Banks. 
 
 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 3 
 and a h:ilf miles above the fort. They 
 are repulsed, and reembark. 
 
 26. Heavy cannonading on Broad riv., 
 between Slierman'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 gun- 
 boat 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. 
 
 1S65. 
 
 Jau! 1. The head of Dutch Gap Canal, 
 Va., blown out, but without effect. 
 
 1. Admiral Farragut commissioned 
 Vice-A.dmiral. 
 
 1. Sin Jacinto, sloop-of-war, wrecked 
 
 Thi' rebel Gen. Quarles captured 
 
 18. The rebel raiders in K}^ defeated 
 at Uopkinsville by Gen. McCook. All 
 their cannon captured. 
 
 19. Gen. Custer's cavalry started on an 
 expedition up the Siicnandoah Valley. 
 
 19. A call and draft for 300,000 men. 
 All soldiers fit for dut}'' ordered to join 
 their regunents. 
 
 19. Hood driven to Duck river. 9,000 
 rebels captured from Dec. 15 to Dec. 19 
 and 01 (out of 66) pieces of artillery. 
 
 20. Gen. Sherman demanded the sur- 
 render of Savannaii. 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 Salt- 
 Ville, Va 
 
 21. Admiral Farragut appointed Vice- 
 Admiral. 
 
 21. Gen. Custer's force in the Shenan- 
 doah Valley engaged with rebel cavalry. 
 
 21. Occupation of Savannah by Sher- 
 man. He captures 800 prisoners, 159 
 pieces of artillery, 33,000 bales of cotton, 
 6 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. 
 
 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 destroy- 
 ed on the Rappahannock. 
 
 5. John Thompson expelled, for dis- 
 loyalty, 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, K3\ 
 
 G. Owensboro', I^., evacuated by the 
 rebels. 
 
 6. ]\Iagruder'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. 
 
 (99) 
 
THE WAK FOR THE UNION. 
 
 Jan., 1865. 
 
 Jan. 7. Gen. Thomas appointed Maj.- 
 Gen. U. S. A., vice Fremont, resigned. 
 
 7. Julesburg, Colorado Territory, at- 
 tacked 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 GO 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 Char- 
 lotte, N C , burned. 
 
 11. Foraging party on Jerusalem 
 Plank Road, Va., repulsed by bush- 
 whackers. 
 
 11. Beverley, W. Va., captured and par- 
 tially burned by Gen. Rosser. 300 Fed 
 soldiers captured. 
 
 11. Gov. Thomas Swan, of Md., inau 
 giirated. 
 
 11. H. S. Foote arrested by rebel au- 
 thorities while attempting to escape from 
 Richmond. 
 
 13. Missouri declared a Free State. 
 
 13. Disembarkation of troops to attack 
 Fort Fisher. 
 
 14. A reconnoissance pushed within 500 
 yards of Fort Fisher, and small worli 
 captured. 
 
 14. Gen. Sherman recommences move- 
 ment 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 I\Iaj.-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 3,500 prisoners, 73 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. i\Ir. Blair returns from Richmond. 
 
 16. The monitor Pntapsco sunk by a 
 rebel torpedo in Charleston Harbor. GO 
 of the officers and crew were lost. 
 
 17i Steamers Chickamauga and Pa- 
 tapseo blown up by rebels. 
 
 18. Gen. Ord placed in command of 
 the Army of the James. 
 
 18. Smith ville, N. C, captured. 
 
 18. The Harriet Lane, rebel vessel, de- 
 stroyed at Havana. 
 
 18. 300 of rebel Gen. Forrest's cavalry 
 tlefeated, 10 miles from Columbus, Ky. 
 
 IS. Gen. Terry appointed ilaj.-Gen. 
 
 19. Fatal explosion at Hazard Powder 
 Mills. 
 
 19. Gen. Schofield captured Fort An- 
 derson, the main defence of Wilming- 
 ton. 
 
 80. Rebel Secretary Seddon resigns. 
 
 30. Gen. Schofield fighting on this and 
 next day at Wilmington. 
 
 31. Rebel Gen. Roddy pardoned by 
 Pres. Lincoln. 
 
 33. Wilmington captured by Gen. 
 Schofield ; rebels retreat towards Golds- 
 boro'. 
 
 33. Rebel Gen. Hood superseded by 
 Dick Taylor. 
 
 33. Cliark'S A. Dana appointed Assis- 
 tant-Secretary of War. 
 
 34. Rebel ironclads attempt descent of 
 the James ; are driven back, and the Viij- 
 ginia blown up. 
 
 34. H. S. Foote expelled by the rebel 
 Congress. 
 
 34. The Smithsonian Institution de- • 
 stroyed by fire. 
 
 35. Mr. Blair returns from Richmond, 
 his Peace JMission liaving failed. 
 
 35. Reb. Gen. Lee appointed General- 
 in-Chief by Jefi". Davis. 
 
 36. Steamer Ecli])se explodes her 
 boiler on the Tennessee, killing 140 per- 
 sons. 
 
 36. The steamer Dai Ching attacked by 
 rebels on the Combahee river ; gets 
 
 round, is abandoned and burned. 
 
 2Q. Emancipation Acts of i\Iissouri and 
 Tennessee celebrated in New Orleans. 
 
 6. Part of the 75th Ohio captured by 
 treachery. 
 
 37. Gen. Robert E. Breckinridge ap- 
 pointed rebel Secretary of War. 
 
 38. Rebel House resolves to arm ne- 
 groes. 
 
 38. Valley Station, Omaha, attacked 
 by Indians ; 13 men killed and 650 head 
 of cattle stolen. 
 
 30. Messrs. Stephens, Campell and 
 Hunter enter Union lines as Peace Com- 
 missioners. 
 
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Feb., 1865. 
 
 CHRONOLOGY. 
 
 30. Jackson Bnrrouglis, a Treasury, 7. Kilpatrick's cavalry drives rebels 
 clerk, shot by Miss Mary Harris. jfroni Blackville, S. C. 
 
 31. The Anti-Slavery Coiistitutioual 7. Constitutional Amendment ratified 
 Amendment passed by House, 19 to 56. |by Maine. 
 
 Feb. 1. Secretary Seward leaves fori 7. Rebel Senate votes against arming 
 Fortress Monroe to meet rebel Commis-j negroes, 
 sioners. i 7. 325 rebel prisoners at Camp Chase 
 
 1. Sherman's whole army in motion|refuse to be returned to the rebel army 
 for Savannah. ib}'- exchange. 
 
 1. Constitutional Amendment ratified 8. Occupation of Branchville, S. C. 
 by Maryland House and Illinois. 8. Lieut. Cushing, with 15 men, cap- 
 
 2. President Lincoln proceeds to meet|tures Shallotte, N. C. 
 
 rebel Commissioners. 8. Oliio, IMinnesota and Kansas ratify 
 
 2. Constitutional Amendment ratified 'Constitutional Amendment. Delaware 
 
 by Michigan and Rliode Island ; also by [refuses. 
 
 New York Senate. j 8. The electoral vote for President and 
 
 2. Julesburg, Omaha, fort attacked by 'Vice-President counted in the House of 
 
 Indians, and station burned. i Representatives, the result being 213 
 
 2. Midway, Ky., robbed and partially; votes for Lincoln and Johnson, and 31 
 burned by guerrillas. jfor McOlellan and Pendleton. 
 
 3. Sherman's advance crosses the Salk-j 8. Great tire in Philadelphia, com- 
 
 ehatchie river. 
 
 3. Constitutional Amendment ratified 
 by Massachusetts, West Virginia and 
 Pennsylvania ; also by New York Assem- 
 bly and Maryland Senate. 
 
 4. Failure of the peace negotiations. 
 President Lincoln and Secretary Seward 
 return to Washington. 
 
 4. Rebels flanked at Branchville by 
 Gen. Sherman. 
 
 4. Lieut. Cushing with 4 boats and 50 
 men takes possession of All Saints, on 
 Little river, S. C, capturing a large 
 amount of cotton. 
 
 4. Great battle at JIud Springs, Mo., 
 between Col. Livingsioue and 3,000 In- 
 dians, who are defeated with loss. 
 
 5. The New York pilot-boat Favorita 
 sunk by collision at sea. 
 
 5. Rebels driven from rifle-pits at 
 Rowauty creek, Va., by 5th Corps ; and 
 the 2d Corps advance to Hatcher's Run. 
 Severe fighting at both places. Repulse 
 of rebels. 
 
 G. Harry Gilmer, the notorious guer- 
 rilla, captured near Moorfield, Va. 
 
 G. Constitutional Amendment ratified 
 by Missouri. 
 
 G. Severe fight at Dabney's Mills. The 
 rebe.s driven back, but in their turn force 
 bac,\ Crawford's division, to be again fin- 
 al! v driven back. Casualties in 5th Corps, 
 in 3 days, 500. In the 2d Corps, 750. 
 
 6. Jeti'i rson Davis makes a great war 
 speech at Richmond. 
 
 G. Gen. Ord assigned to command De- 
 partment of Virginia. 
 
 6. 3 blockade runners captured at 
 Galveston by Ensign French. 
 
 7. Rebels attack the 5th Corps, and are 
 repulsed. 
 
 mencing in petroleum oil warehouse. 47 
 buildings desti'oyed, and about 15 persons 
 burned. 
 
 9. A large force of Indians at Mud 
 Springs again defeated by Col. Living- 
 ston. 
 
 10. Constitutional Amendment ratified 
 by Indiana. 
 
 10. Rebels repulsed from Fort Meyer, 
 Fla. 
 
 10. Gen. Gillmore resumes command 
 Department of fhe South. 
 
 10. Gen. Griersou confirmed Major- 
 General by Senate. 
 
 10. Gen. Sherman's troops occupy 
 James Island, 2 miles from Charleston. 
 
 11. Gen. Terry advances towards Wil- 
 mington, N. C, and en2:ages rebel works. 
 Rebel loss, 100. Fed.,1iO. 
 
 11. Wheeler defeated by Kilpatrick at 
 Aiken, S. C. Feds, occupy the town. 
 
 11. Gen. Lee assumes command of the 
 rebel armies. 
 
 11. Gen. Terry commences his advance 
 toward Wilmington. 
 
 13. Louisiana House ratified the Con- 
 stitutional Amendment. 
 
 15. Destruction of Charlotte Iron Fur- 
 nace, on Water Lick creek, by 1st and 
 6th Michigan cavaliy. 
 
 15. F. W. Smith, a Boston merchant, 
 fined .$35,000 for frauds on government. 
 
 16. Slavery Constitutional Amendment 
 ratified by Nevada. 
 
 17. Chiirleston evacuated by rebels, 
 who burned vast quantities of stores, 
 &c. ; an explosion of powder kills 200 
 persons. 2 rebel ironclads blown up. 
 
 17. Columbia, S. C, captured by Gen. 
 Sherman. 
 17. Rebel flag of truce boat, William 
 
 (101) 
 
THE WAK FOE THE .UNION. 
 
 March, 1865. 
 
 Allison, Diown up by rebel torpedo on 
 the James river. 
 
 Feb. 17. Charlotte, N. C, crowded 
 by rebel refugees and placed under mar- 
 tial law. 
 
 17. Pres. Lincoln ordered an extra ses- 
 sion of Congress, to commence March 4. 
 
 17. Louisiana Senate ratifies the Con- 
 stitutional Amendment. 
 
 18. Charleston occupied by Union 
 forces. 200 pieces of artillery and much 
 ammunition captured. 
 
 18. Gen. Lee calls upon rebel House 
 for negro soldiers. 
 
 Vj. Grcn. Schofield and Admiral Por- 
 ter capture Fort Anderson, N. C, at'lci 
 severe bombardment. Fed. loss, 30. 
 
 20. Gen. Cox routs rebels 4 miles from 
 Wilmington, N. C. 
 
 20. Repulse of rebel attack on Fort 
 Myers, Fla. 
 
 21. The rebels evacuate Wilmington 
 at night, after burning cotton, resin, &c. 
 
 21. Gens. Crook and Kelly captured 
 in their beds at Cumberland, Va. 
 
 21. Wisconsin ratifies the Constitu- 
 tional Amendment. 
 
 21. Bridgeport, Ky., almost destroyed 
 by fii'e. 
 
 23. Gen. Schofield occupies Wilming- 
 ton. 
 
 23. Constitutional Amendment rejected 
 by Kentucky. 
 
 22. Geoiiretown, S. C, surrenders. 
 
 23. Capture of Camden, S. C. 
 
 23. Gen. Johnston appointed to com- 
 mand troops operating against Sherman. 
 
 23. A passenger train from Nashville 
 captured bj' guerrillas. 
 
 24. Columbia, S. C, burned. 
 
 25. Fatal explosion at Dupont's Pow- 
 der Mills, at Wilmington, Del. 
 
 26. 20 guerrillas captured in Ky., tried 
 by drum-head court martial, and shot 
 about this dale. 
 
 27. Sheridan moved from Winchester 
 with 10,000 men. 
 
 27. Hickman, Ky., robbed and partly 
 burned by guerrillas. 
 
 27. Flagship Arizona burned at New 
 Orleans. 
 
 28. Six hundred million loan bill passed 
 by House. 
 
 28. Lord Lyons resigns as British Min- 
 ister to Washington, and is succeeded by 
 Sir Frederick Bruce. 
 
 28. Admiral Thatcher takes command 
 of the West Gulf Squadron. 
 
 March 1. Sheridan secures the bridge 
 over tiie Shenandoah at Mt. Crawford. 
 
 1. The 600,000,000 loan bill passed by 
 Senate. 
 
 I 1. The Constitutional Amendment re- 
 
 jjected by N. J. House. 
 
 J 1. Lovelaceville, Ky., robbed by guer- 
 
 I rill as. 
 
 I 1. Gen. Bailey starts on a cavalry raid 
 
 from Baton Rouge. 
 
 2. Sheridan captures nearl}^ the whole 
 force of Earl}', consisting of 1,800 men 
 nnd 11 guns, between Charlottesville and 
 Staunton. 
 
 2. Steamer James Watson sunk with 
 government stores on the Miss. 30 lives 
 lost. 
 
 3. Skirmish between Sherman's cav- 
 alry and that of Wade Hampton. The 
 rebel Col. Aiken killed. 
 
 3. Occupation of Cheraw, S. C, by 
 Sherman's advance. 
 
 3. Close of the 38th Congress. 
 
 3. Charlottesville, Va., captured by 
 Sheridan. 
 
 3. Ten soldiers killed by train on the 
 Opelousas railroad. 40 wounded. 
 
 4. Reinauguration of Pres. Lincoln. 
 
 4. U. S. transport steamer Thorne 
 blown up by a torpedo in Cape Fear riv. 
 
 4. Parson Brownlow elected Governor 
 of Tenn. 
 
 4. Rebels worsted at Natural Bridge, 
 Fla. 
 
 0. Expedition up the Rappahannock. 
 Capture of 400 i)risoners and 95 tons of 
 tobacco at Fredericksburg. Extensive 
 contraband traile broken up. 
 
 7. Hugh ilcCuUoch confirmed Secre- 
 tary of the Treasury, succeeding Hon. 
 W. P. Fessenden. 
 
 7. Five persons killed by collision on 
 the Camden & Amboy R. R. 
 
 8. Sherman at Laurel Hill, N. C. 
 
 8. The rebel Senate passes the negro 
 enlistment bill. 
 
 8. Engagement between Cox and 
 Bragg 4" miles from Kinston, N. C. 
 Bragg captures a large number of pris- 
 oners and 3 pieces of artillery, but is ul- 
 timately driven back. 
 
 8. The passport restrictions to Canada 
 removed. 
 
 9. A transport, with 2,000 Union 
 troops, enters Mobile Bay through 
 Grant's Pass. 
 
 9. Steamboat Munroe captured by 
 rebels on the Big Black river. 
 
 9. Senator Harlan confirmed Sec. of 
 the Interior, vice Mr. Usher, resigned. 
 
 10. Jefferson Davis' fast day celebrated 
 by the rebels. 
 
 10. Gen. Sheridan at Columbia, Flu- 
 vanna Co., Va., 50 miles west of Rich- 
 mond. He reports having destroyed all 
 the locks for a considerable distance on 
 
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March, 1865. 
 
 CHKONOLOGY. 
 
 the James river canal, an immense num- 
 ber of bridges, many miles of railroad, 
 mills, factories, and vast quantities of 
 merchandise ; also, having captured 12 
 canal boats, 14 pieces of artillery, and an 
 abundance of provisions. 
 
 10. Desperate attempt of Bragg to 
 break the National lines at Kinstcni, N. 
 C. The rebels lose 1,'300 killed and 
 wounded, and 400 prisoners. 2,000 rebi. 
 captured from March 8 to 10. The en- 
 tire Union losses about 1,000. 
 
 10. Gen. Lee urges the work of raising 
 and organizing negro troojis. 
 
 10. Gen. Stoneman, with 4,000 men, 
 starts on a cavalry raid from Knoxville, 
 Tenn. 
 
 10. Engagement betvveen the cavalry 
 forces of Wade Hampton and Kilpatrick 
 near Fayetteville, N. C. Nearly all the 
 members of Kilpalrick's staff captured. 
 The rebels finally beaten back, and most 
 of the officers recaptured. 
 
 11. Extra sesions of the U. S. Senate 
 closed. 
 
 11. Sheridan at Beaver Mills Aque- 
 duct, 20 miles north of Richmond. 
 
 U. Hoke's division of rebels repulsed 
 at Kinston. Loss, over 2,000. Union 
 loss, oOO. 
 
 11. 21 Union vessels in sight of Mobile, 
 Ala. 
 
 11. Sherman arrives at Fayetteville. 
 Reports having captured at Columbia, 
 S. C, 43 pieces of artillery; at Cheraw, 
 S. C, 25 pieces, and 3,600 barrels of gun- 
 powder ; at Faj'etteville, N. C, 30 pieces, 
 and large quantities of ammunition. 
 
 12. Occupation of Kinston by Scho- 
 field. The rebels throw many pieces of 
 artillery into the river, and burn the ram 
 Neuse. 
 
 12. Gen. Stoneman at Wytheville, 
 Chriansburg, and Salem, Va. 
 
 13. Sheridan tears up the railroad be- 
 tween Richmond and Hanover. 
 
 15. Fight at Brandenburg, Ky., be- 
 tween a small Union garrison and a party 
 of rebels. 
 
 15. Sheridan reports having rendered 
 useless the James river canal as far as 
 Goochland. 
 
 16. Rebels blow up Fort Hell at Pe- 
 tersburg, vi'ith little effect. 
 
 16. Sue Monday (Jerome Clark), the 
 notorious guerrilla, hung at Louisville. 
 
 16. Lieut.-Com. Eastman destroys 3 
 rebel schooners in Mattox Creek, Va. ; 
 large slocks of tobacco, guns, ammuni- 
 tion captured. 
 
 16. Fight at Averasboro', N. C, (20 
 miles north of Fayetteville), between a 
 
 portion of Sherman's army and the rebs. 
 under Hardee. Union loss, 74 killed, 477 
 wounded. Rebel loss, 327 killed and 
 wounded, and 373 prisoners. 
 
 17. Mr. DigL'low succeeds Mr. Dayton 
 as Minister to France. 
 
 17. M(jhawk Valley inundated. Im- 
 mense damage to property. 
 
 17. Formal notice of the termination 
 of the R'Ciprocity Treaty given by Mr. 
 Adams to the British government. 
 
 17. Gen. Canby's movement against 
 Mobile commences. Portions of the 
 13th and 23d corps in motion. 
 
 17. Gen. Wilson leaves Nashville with 
 15,000 men on a cavalry expedition into 
 Central Ala. and Ga. 
 
 18. Joe Jolinston attacks Sherman's 
 advance at Buntonville, captures 3 guns, 
 and drives it back on main body. 
 
 18. Reb. Congress adjourns in a panic. 
 
 18. Gen. Sheridan's advance reaches 
 White House, on the Paniunkey river. 
 His entire loss during the raid 50 men 
 and 2 officers. 
 
 19. The rebel Congress issue a des- 
 pairing appeal to the jieople. 
 
 19. Engagement at Bentonville, N. C, 
 between Gen. Sherman and Gen. John- 
 ston. Repulse of the rebels. Union 
 loss, 1,646. Rebel loss, 167 dead, 1,625 
 prisoners. 
 
 19. The rebel schooner Anna Dale, in 
 Matagorda Bay, cut loose from under 2 
 rebel batteries and burned. 
 
 20! Gen. Stoneman's expedition moves 
 from E. Tenn., and pushing to Salisbury, 
 defeats Gardiner, capturing 14 guns and 
 1,364 prisoners. 
 
 20. Gen. Steele's forces leave Pensacola, 
 Florida. 
 
 21. Goldsboro', N. C, occupied by 
 part of Schofield's army. 
 
 21. Johnston retreats at night from 
 Bentonville, leaving his wounded. 
 
 21. The rebels flanked and overpow- 
 ered at Mount Olive, N. C. 
 
 21. Roddy's division of Forrest's cav- 
 alry routed by Gen. Wilson's forces at 
 Marion and Plantersville. 
 
 22. Sherman forms junction with 
 Schofield at Goldsboro'. 
 
 22. McDougal's gang of Ky. ijuerrillas 
 broken up west of Paducah. He and 20 
 others killed. 
 
 22. Gen. Wilson moves from Chicka- 
 saw, Ala., toward rebel Gen. Forrest. 
 
 22. Passenger train on Nashville rail- 
 road burned by Harper's guerrillas. 16 
 persons wounded. 
 
 24. Sheridan moved from White 
 House toward Petersburg. 
 
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THE WAR FOK THE UOTON. 
 
 April, 1865. 
 
 Mar. 25. Capture of the Union Fort, 
 Stcdinan, of Gen. IMcLanglilin and 500 
 men, in front of Petcrsbur!^, by 3 rcb. di- 
 visions under Gordon. Tiiey are driven 
 out anain by Gen. Hartrauft, with a los- 
 of t,7.")8 prisoners, and total loss of 2,500 
 Total Union loss about 1,500. 
 
 25. Assault on the rebel lines by the 
 2d and Gth corps. The lirst line of the 
 rebel ^vorks captured and held. 
 
 25. Eni^a^-ement between the Union 
 cavalry and Ihe Gth and 8th Ala. cavalry 
 at Mitcliell's Creek. The rebel General 
 Canton, with 275 men, captured. 
 
 25. Robert C. Kennedy, the rebel spy 
 and incendiary, huns; at Fort Lafayette 
 
 26. Judge Radclifle, of Madison Co., 
 Ark., hung by rebels near his own home 
 
 2G. Sheridan's cavalry reaches City 
 Point. 
 
 27. Sherman visits Grant at City Pt. 
 27. Spiinisli Fort and Fort Blakcly, 
 
 Mobile, invested by Union troops. 
 
 27. Boone, N. C, captured by General 
 Stonenian. 
 
 27. Gen. Getty's division, of the Gth 
 corps, attacked \>y 400 reb. sharpshooters. 
 Repulse of the rebels. 
 
 27. Sheridan's cavalry takes position 
 in Gregg's old cavalry camp, on the left 
 and rear of Grant's army. 
 
 27. Pcu-tions of the 24l]i and 25th corps 
 cross the James to join Meade's army. 
 
 28. The monitors Milwaukee and 
 Osage sunk by torpedoes in ]\Iobile Bay. 
 
 29. Tlie St. Albans raiders are released 
 at JMontreal. 
 
 29. Grant's army in motion. 
 
 29. S'acridan's conunand makes a de- 
 tour to Dinwiddle C. H. Occupation of 
 tlie town. Further advance on the 
 Boydlon Road. 2 corps of the infantry 
 (2d and 5th) thrown acro.ss Halclier's 
 Run, the former on the Vauglian road, 
 the latter on the Halifax road. Battle 
 of Quaker road, near Gravelly Run, be- 
 tween Bushrod Johnson's rebels and tlie 
 5lh corps. Rebels retire. Loss, 500 on 
 each side. 
 
 ;J0. Tlie 2 armies before Petersburg, 
 after severe skirmishing, confront each 
 other llieir whole length. 
 
 30. A I'ailway train robbed and burned 
 by guerrillas near Cumberland, Va. 
 
 31. Gen. Warren attacked tlie enemy 
 at White Oak road, but, after severe 
 fighting, is forced back to his 3d divis- 
 ion. The rebels are driven back with 
 heavy loss, and White Oak road gained. 
 Sheridan captures Five Forks, "but is 
 forced back to Dinwiddle C. H. Fed. 
 loss, 2,500 ; rebs. less. 
 
 81. The transport Gen. Lyon burned 
 off Hatteras, over 500 lives being lost. 
 
 April 1. Sheridan, reinforced by War- 
 ren, drives rebels to Five Forks, carries 
 the position and captures over 5,000 
 prisoners and all their artillery. Fed. 
 loss, 3,000. This night Davis llies from 
 Richmond. 
 
 1. Forrest defeated by Gen. Wilson at 
 Ebenezer Church, Ala., losing 300 pris- 
 oners and 3 guns. 
 
 1. Boone, N. C, captured by Stone- 
 man's advance. 
 
 1. Hazard Powder Mills, at Canton, 
 Conn., blew up. 
 
 2. Rebel lines assaulted at Five 
 Forks, and forced near Hatcher's Run ; 
 then the main line carried, and two 
 strong works commanding soutli of Pe- 
 tersburg, w^ere captured. The rebels 
 south of Petersburg were severely beaten, 
 and fled toward the Ajipomattox. At 
 night, Lee evacuated Petersburg and 
 Richmond, retreating toward Danville. 
 xMany thousands of prisoners were cap- 
 tured by the Union forces on this day. 
 
 2. Seima, defended by F(M'rest, cap- 
 tured by Gen. Wilson, with 3,000 prison- 
 ers, stores, &c. Forrest and Roddy taken 
 prisoners. 
 
 3. Gen. Weitzel, with his colored 
 troops, enters Richmond. *^ 
 
 3. Richmond fired by rebels, and one- 
 fourth of the city destroyed. 
 
 3. Fed. cavalry pursue rebels 20 miles 
 from Richmond, Va. 2,000 prisoners 
 taken. 
 
 4. Skirmishing by McKenzie's division 
 with rebels at Bethanj', Va. 
 
 4. Tuscaloosa captured and destroyed 
 by Gen. Wilson. 
 
 4. The Harriet Deford captured by 
 rebels on the Pawtuxet. 
 
 4. President Lincoln holds a levee in 
 Jeir. Davis' house at Richmond. 
 
 5. Secretary Seward thrown from his 
 carriage at Washington, breaking his 
 arm and jaw. 
 
 5. Lee is intercepted by Sheridan at 
 Burkesville, Va. 
 
 6. Leo is struck near Farmville, and 
 gains partial success, but Sheridan de- 
 feats him at Sailors' creek, capturing over 
 0,000 prisoners, IG guns, 400 wagons, &o. 
 Rel)cl Gens. Ewell, Kershaw, Coi-se, and 
 Cns is Lee captured. 
 
 6. 11. S. Foote returns to New York 
 by the Etna. 
 
 6. Hedires and Downes, guerrillas, ex- 
 ecuted at Louisville. 
 
 6. J. L. Clinton, of Texas, robbed of 
 $54,000 in gold by highwaymen. 
 
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April, 1865. 
 
 CHRONOLOGY. 
 
 7. Pursuit of Lee continued ; lie crossed 
 fo the north of the Appomattox, and is 
 constant 1}^ harrass'-d. He is attacked by 
 the 3d corps at Farraville. Gen. Grant 
 writes him that escape is impossible, and 
 proposes to receive liis surrender. 
 
 Hi* 8. Ley replies, inquiring terms of sur- 
 render. Sheridan maizes more captures 
 at Appomatto.K Station. 
 
 8. Spanisli Fort, Mobile, bombarded. 
 The rebels evacuate at night. 
 
 9. Gens. Grant and Lee meet at Appo- 
 mattox Court House, and the rebel army 
 of Northern Virginia, numbering 20,115 
 men, is surreudereti, with its arms and 
 material of war, and the officers and men 
 paroled. 
 
 11. Mobile evacuated by the rebels. 
 
 11. Engagement at Sumter, S. C, be 
 tween guerrillas and Union troops. 
 
 11. Fort Ijlalcely, at Mobile, taken by 
 assault, with 300 prisoners, and 33 can 
 non. Rebel loss in siege of Mobile, 500 
 in killed and wounded. Union loss, 3,000. 
 
 11. Lynchburg, Va., captured by Union 
 scouting party. 
 
 13. Mobile occupied by Union forces. 
 
 13. Montgomery, Ala., surrenders to 
 Gen. Wilson, with 3,700 prisoners and 
 100 guns. 
 
 13. A rebel force defeated at Grant's 
 creek, near Salisbvuy, N. C, by General 
 S lineman. 1,400 rebels, and 14 cannon 
 taken. 
 
 13. Sherman pushes forward against 
 Johnston and occupies Raleigh. 
 
 13. The draft and recruiting ordered 
 to cease. 
 
 14. President Lincoln shot at Ford's 
 Theatre, by John Wilkes Booth, an 
 actor. Secretary Seward attacked at his 
 house, while in bed, and seriously wound- 
 ed by another assassin, who also danger- 
 ously wounded Mr. Frederick Seward. 
 
 14. Correspondence opened between 
 Sherman and Johnston on the latter's 
 surrender. 
 
 14. Wilberforce University, Green Co., 
 Ohio, burned. 
 
 14. The anniversary of the capture of 
 Fori Sumter celebrated by imposing 
 ceremonies at the fort, and replacing the 
 flag by Gen. Anderson. 
 
 is. " President Lincoln died at 7:30 
 o'clock, A. M., having remained insensible 
 since his wound. 
 
 15. Vic'o-Presiilent Andrew Johnson 
 becomes 17ih President of the U. S. 
 
 IG. Columbus and West Point, Ala., 
 captured by assault of Gon. Wilson. 
 1,500 prisoners and 100,000 bales of cot- 
 ton taken. 
 
 16. 1,500 prisoners, 53 guns, 3 gun- 
 boats and vast stores taken at Selma, and 
 much railroad stock, &c. 
 
 17. Capture of i\Irs. Surratt and Lewis 
 Payne. Edward Spangler arrested, im- 
 plicated in the murder of Pres. Lincoln. 
 
 18. Sherman agrees to suspension of 
 hostilities with Johnston. 
 
 19. A. G. Atzeroth arrested near Ger- 
 mantown, Md. 
 
 19. Steamship blown up by torpedo in 
 Dog river. 
 
 19. Funeral of President Lincoln in 
 Washington. 
 
 30. Occupation of Macon, Ga.,by Gen. 
 Wilson. Gens. Howell Cobb, Gustavus 
 W. Smith, Robertson, fiercer, and Mc- 
 Call, made prisoners. 133 guns in posi- 
 tion, and 200 in arsenals, with innneuse 
 amounts of ordnance and stores captured. 
 
 20. The War Department olfers $50,000 
 for the arrest of Booth, and $35,000 each 
 for the arrest of Atzeroth and Harold. 
 
 30. Rebel Secretary Mallory surren- 
 dered to the navy at Peusacola. 
 
 31. Sherman's agreement with John- 
 ston disapproved by the President. 
 
 31. Proclamation of Gen. E. Kirby 
 Smith. He asserts his ability to continue 
 the rebellion. 
 
 23. Gen. Banks resumes command of 
 the Gulf Department. 
 
 33. The Constitutional Amendment 
 ratified by the New York Assembly. 
 
 33. The Mississippi Squadron flagship 
 Black Hawk burned at Alound City. 
 
 33. Reception of the remains of Pres- 
 ident Lincoln at Philadelphia. 
 
 23. Jeff. Davis leaves Charlotte, N. C, 
 for Georgia. 
 
 33. The rebel ram Webb escapes past 
 the Union fleet on the Red river ; is run 
 ashore, deserted and blown up. 
 
 35. A collision on the Potomac, occur- 
 ring between the steamer Massachusetts 
 
 nd a barge ; many soldiers j ump over- 
 board in a panic, and 50 are drowned. 
 
 5. R. B. Hamilton, steamer, sunk by 
 torpedo near Mobile. 15 persons killed. 
 26. Surrender of Gen. Johnston and 
 his army, numbering about 27,500 men. 
 
 26. Funeral ceremonies of Pres. Lin- 
 coln in N. Y., and departure of his re- 
 mains. 
 
 36. John Wilkes Booth and David C. 
 Harrold, discovered in a barn of Garrett's 
 farm, near Fredericksburg, Va. Booth 
 refuses to surrender, and is killed by 
 Sergt. Boston Corbett, of the 16th N. Y. 
 cavalry ; Harrold surrenders. 
 
 37. Railroad ii-ack near Charleston, 
 S. C, torn up by guerrillas. 
 
 (105) 
 
THE WAR FOR THE UNION. 
 
 June, 1865. 
 
 Apr. 28. Dan ville.Va., occupied by Gen. [ 13. Engasrement near Boco Cliico be- 
 "Wright. 13 locomotives, 117 box cars, tweeu 400 Union troops under Col. Bar- 
 ironwork, machinery, etc., were cap-|rett and 500 Confed. cavalry under Gen. 
 
 tured 
 
 28. The boilers of the steamship Sal 
 tana, with 2,000 paroled soldiers, burst 
 near Memphis ; she then took fire ; over 
 1,500 persons were burned to death or 
 drowned. 
 
 29. Pres. Johnson removes trade re- 
 strictions over most of the south. 
 
 29. Armistice agreed upon between 
 Gens. Dana and Dick Taylor. 
 
 30. The paroling of Gen Johnston's 
 troops commenced at Greensboro' 
 
 May 1. Reception of the remains of 
 President Lincoln at Chicago. 
 
 1. Surrender of 1,200 of Morgan's old 
 command to Gen. Hobson, at Mt. Ster- 
 ling, Kv. 
 
 1. Tenn. Senate offer $5,000 reward 
 for Ex-Gov. I. G. Harris. 
 
 2. Surrender of Jetf. Thompson to 
 Capt. Mitcliell, U. S. N. 
 
 2. Reward offered for the arrest of 
 Jeff. Davis, J. Tliompson, C. 0. Clay, B. 
 Tucker, G. N. Sanders and W. C. Cleary. 
 
 4. Burial of Abraham Lincoln in Oak 
 Eidge Cemetery, near Springfield, 111. 
 
 4. Rebel Gen. Dick Taylor surrendered 
 to Gen. Canby all the remaining forces 
 west of the i\iiss. 
 
 5. A train on the Ohio and Miss, rail 
 road, 14 miles from Cincinnati, captured 
 by 20 guerrillas 
 
 9. Tiie Confederate Com. Farrand sur- 
 renders 12 vessels, and all his command 
 to Commander Edward Simpson, fleet 
 Captain of the West Gulf squadron, at 
 Nanna Hubba Bluff 
 
 9. Pres. Johnson announces the war 
 at an end, and rebel belligerent rights 
 ceased. 
 
 9. Rebel Gen. Forrest disbands his 
 troops, advising them to go home peace- 
 ably. 
 
 10. The trial of Pres. Lincoln's assas- 
 sins commenced. 
 
 10. Jetf. Davis and the Confederate 
 Postmaster, Gen. Reagan, captured at 
 Irwinville, Ga., by Lieut.-Col. Prifchard, 
 commanding the 4th Mii;h. cavalry. 
 
 10. The Coufed. Gen. Sam. Jones sur- 
 renders his forces to a division of Gen. 
 Wilson's cavalry. 
 
 10. Surrender of Capt. Mayberry, com- 
 manding the irregular bands of Confed- 
 erates in Arkansas and Monroe Cos., 
 Ark., at Pine Bluff. 
 
 11. A rebel camp at Palmetto Branch, 
 Texas (15 miles above Brazos), captured 
 and burned by Col. Barrett. 
 
 Slaughter. This was the last engage- 
 ment of the war. Union loss, 70 men. 
 
 12. Surrender of the rebel forces under 
 Gen. Wotford, in N. Ga., at Kina;ston. 
 
 13. R. M. T. Hunter, Ex-U. S. Senator, 
 arrested for treason. 
 
 13. Over 30,000,000 of the Seven-Thirty 
 Loan subscribed for on this day. 
 
 18. Dr. Luke P. Blackburn arrested at 
 Montreal for plottim: to infect N. Y. and 
 other cities with yellow fever. 
 
 19. Jeff. Davis and his fellow prisoners 
 arrived at Fortress IMonroe. 
 
 20. Surrender of tlie ram Stonewall to 
 the Spanish authorities in Cuba. 
 
 22. Belligerent rights withdrawn, and 
 all ports opened, but Texas, by Presi- 
 dent's proclamation. 
 
 23. The army of the Potomac, nearly 
 100,000, passed in review at Washington, 
 before the President. 
 
 24. Capt. Mayburn, commanding all 
 irregular bands of Confeds. in Jackson, 
 Prairie, and Wliite Cos., Ark., surrenders 
 at Duvall's Bluff. 
 
 24. The main ordnance department at 
 Mobile exploded, killing about 300 per- 
 sons and wounding many others. The 
 whole city injured by the explosion. 
 
 25. Forts Mannahasset and (^riffin, and 
 the defences of Labone Pass, occupied 
 by Rear-xldmiral Tliatcher. 
 
 28. Surrender of Gen. E. Kirby Smith 
 and his army (about 20,000). 
 
 27. Military prisoners ordered released 
 by the President. 
 
 27. Sabine Pass forts surrendered to 
 U. S. troops. 
 
 29. Amnesty proclamation issued by 
 President Johnson. 
 
 31. Brazil withdraws belligerent rights 
 from the rebels. 
 
 31. Rebel Gen. Hood and staff surren- 
 dered. 
 
 31. Gen. Sherman bade farewell to his 
 army. 
 
 June 1. Occupation of Brownsville, 
 Texas. 
 
 1. Day of humiliation and pra5'er on 
 account of the murder of Pres. Lincoln. 
 
 2. Kirljy Smith and ^[agrudcr formally 
 surremler their forces at Galveston. 
 
 2. The British Government othcially 
 withdraws belligerent riglits from the 
 rebels. 
 
 2. Occupation of Alexandria, La. 
 Capture of 22 pieces of artillerx'. 
 
 3. The rebel ironclad Missouri, in Red 
 river, surrenders to Com.W. E. Fitzhugh. 
 
 (106) 
 
LIST or PEDERAL VESSELS OAPTUEED BY THE OOIFFEDEEATE NAVY. 
 
 By the Ala.eama. 
 
 Name, of Vesse'a. Wliere from. Date of Captiire. Tonnage. 
 
 Alert, bark. New Loudon Sept. 9, 1862 391 
 
 Altamaha, brig Sippican Sept 13, 18G2 300 
 
 Amanda, bark Manilla Oct. (3, 1803 595 
 
 Amazonian, bark New York June 2, 1803 481 
 
 A. F. Schmidt, &hip.. . . it. Thomas July 2, 1803 784 
 
 Ariel, steamer New York... Dec. 7, 1862 1295 
 
 Avon, ship Iloulaud's Island Mar. 29, 1804 930 
 
 B'n de Castine, brig Uasthie Oct. 29, 18G2 267 
 
 Benj. Tucker, ship New Bedford Sept. 14, 1862 . 800 
 
 B.Thayer, ship..- Callao Mar. 1, 1863 896 
 
 Brilliant, ship New York Oct. 3, 1862 839 
 
 Charles Hill, ship Liverpool Nov. 25, 1863 699 
 
 Chastelain, brig Guadaloupe Jan, 27, 1863 240 
 
 Conrad, bark Montevideo June 20. 1863 347 
 
 Contest, ship Yokahama Nov. 11, 1863 1098 
 
 Corsair, schr .Provincetown Sept. 13, 1862 200 
 
 Crenshaw, schr New York Oct. 23, 1862 278 
 
 Dorcas Prince, ship. . . .New York April 26, 1863 699 
 
 Dunkirk, brig "...New York Oct. 1863 298 
 
 E. Dunbar, bark New Bedford Sept. 18, 1862 300 
 
 E. Farnham, ship Portsmouth Oct. 3, 1862 1119 
 
 Emma Jane, ship Bombay Jan. 14, 1864 1096 
 
 Express, ship Callao July 6, 1863 1072 
 
 Golden Eagle, ship. . . .Howland's Isl Feb. 21, 1863 1273 
 
 Golden Rule, bark New York Jan. 26. 1863 250 
 
 Har't Spaulding. bark. .New York Nov. 18' 1863- 299 
 
 Hatteras, gunboat Galveston Jan. 13, 1863 800 
 
 Henrietta, bark Baltimore 1863 439 
 
 Highlander, ship Singapore Dec. 26, 1863 1149 
 
 Jabez Snow, ship New Vork Mar. 25, 1863 1070 
 
 John A. Park, ship New York Mar. 2, 1803 1050 
 
 Justina, bark Rio Janeiro Jlav 25, 1863 400 
 
 Kate Cory, brig Wostport April 15, 1863 125 
 
 Kingfisher, schr Fairhaven Mar. 23, 1803 125 
 
 Lafayette, ship New York Oct. 23, 1862 945 
 
 Lafayette, bark New Bedford April 15, 1863 300 
 
 Lamplighter, bark New York Oct. 15, 1862 279 
 
 Loretta, bark New York Oct. 28, 1862 284 
 
 Levi Starbuck, ship.... New Bedford Nov. 2, 1862 376 
 
 Louisa Hatch, ship Cardiff 1863 835 
 
 Manchester, ship New York Oct. 11,1862 1075 
 
 Martha Wcnzell, bark.. Akyab Aug. 9, 1863 578 
 
 Martaban, ship Maulmain Dec. 24, 1863 807 
 
562 THE WAK FOR THE UNION. 
 
 jVami of Vessels. Whre from. Date of Capture. Tonnaqe 
 
 Morning Star, ship Calcutta Mar. 23, 1863 1105 
 
 Nora, ship Liverpool Mar. 25, 18G3 800 
 
 Nye, Lark New Bodfoid April 24, 1863 300 
 
 Ocean liover, hark Mattapoisett Sept. 8, 18G2 7G6 
 
 Ocimil-oo, ship p:(lG:artown Sept. 6, 1862 300 
 
 Olive Jane, bark IJordoaux Feb. 21, 1863 300 
 
 Oneida, ship Shaiighae April 24, 1863 420 
 
 Pal-metto, schr Now York Feb. 3,1863 172 
 
 Parker Cook, bark. Boston Nov. 30, 1862 130 
 
 Punjaiib, ship Calcutta Mar. 15, 18G3 760 
 
 Pvockiugham, ship Callao April 23, 1864 976 
 
 Sea Bride, bark New York Aug. 5, 1863 447 
 
 Sea Lark, ship Boston May 3, 1863 974 
 
 S. Gilderslceve, ship....yauderhind May 25, 1803 847 
 
 Sonora, ship Singapore Dec. 26, 18G3 707 
 
 Starlight, schr Faval Sept. 7, 1862 205 
 
 Talisman, ship New York .June 5, 1863 1239 
 
 T. E. Wood, ship. Calcutta Nov. 8. 1863 599 
 
 Tonawanda, ship Phihxdel phia Oct. 9, 1 862 1300 
 
 Tycoon, bark N^w Yoik 735 
 
 Union Jack, bark New York May 3, 1863 300 
 
 Virginia, bark New Bedford ik•\^i. 17, 1863 300 
 
 Washington, ship Cillao Feb. 27, 18 3 1655 
 
 Wave Crest, bark New York Oct. 7, 1862. . .■ 409 
 
 Weather Gauge, schr.. . I'rovincctown Sept. 4, 1862. 200 
 
 Winged Bacer, ship. . . .r\Iauila Nov. 10, 1863, 1767 
 
 By the Shenanpoaii. 
 
 Abigail, hark New Bedford May 25, 1865 375 
 
 Adelaide, bark Boston Oct. 13, 1864 437 
 
 Alina, bark Nevrport, Fug Oct. — 1864 470 
 
 Brunswick, bark New Bedf-rd June — 1865 226 
 
 Catharine, bark New Bedford June 26, 1865 226 
 
 Charter Oak, sclir Boston Oct. — 1864 140 
 
 Con'^rcss 2d, bark New Bedford June 28. 1865 375 
 
 Covuigton, bark Warren, R. 1 June 28, 1865 300 
 
 Delplilne, ' bark London Jan. 13, 1SG5 698 
 
 D. Godfrey, bark Boston ..Dec. — , 1864 299 
 
 Edward, b'ark New Bedford Dec. 4, 1^64 420 
 
 Edward Cary, bark San Francisco April 1, 18G5 370 
 
 Euphrates, ship New Bedford June 21, 1865 597 
 
 Favorite, bark Fairhaven June 28, 18G5 360 
 
 Gen. Pike, bark New Bedford June 22, 1865 425 
 
 Gen. Williams, ship New London June 25, 1865 469 
 
 Gipsy, bark New Bedford June 26, 1865 390 
 
 Harvest, bark llonclulu April 1, 1865 350 
 
 Hector, ship New 15edford April 1, 1865 
 
 Ilillman, ship New I'edford June 27, 18(;5 600 
 
 Isabella, bark "i New Bedford June 27, 1865 394 
 
 L Howlund, ship New Bedford June 28, 18G5 900 
 
 James Maury, bark. . , New Bedford . June 28, 18G5 400 
 
 Jireh Swift, bark New Bedford June 23, 1865 3G0 
 
 Kate Prince, ship Cardiff Nov. 12, 1864 997 
 
 Lizzie M. Stacy, schr. . . Boston Nov. 13, 1864 140 
 
 Martha 2nd, bark New Bedford June 28, 1865 298 
 
 Milo, ship New Bedford..... June 28, 1865 500 
 
 Nassau, ship New Bedford June 28, 1865 450 
 
VESSELS CAPTURED BY THE CONFEDERATE NAVY. 5G3 
 
 Name of Vessels. Where from. Date of Capture. Tonnage. 
 
 Nile, bark New Loudon June 22, 18G5 o8i) 
 
 Nimrod, bark New Bedford June 25, 18(15 340 
 
 Pear], bark New London April 1, 18G5. , 275 
 
 Sophia Tho'-iiton, ship. .New Bedford June 23, 1805 4(}(» 
 
 Susan Ab'giiil, bark San Francisco June 23, 18G5 159 
 
 Susan, brig Siui Francisco June 4, 18G5 
 
 Waverlej, bark New Hodford June 28, 18G5 450 
 
 W. Thompson, ship New Eedford June 22, 1865 COO 
 
 "Wm. C. Nye, bark San Francisco June 26, 18G5 388 
 
 By the Florida. 
 
 Aldebaran, schr New York Mar. 13, 1863 187 
 
 Anglo Saxon, ship Liverpool Aug. 21, 18G3 868 
 
 Arabella, brig Aspinwall Jan. 12, 1863 291 
 
 B. F. Hoxie, ship Mazatlan June IG, 1863 1387 
 
 Clarence, brig Bahia — 1863 253 
 
 Commonwealth, ship. . .New York April 17, 1863. 1245 
 
 Corris Ann, brig Philadelphia Jan. 22, 1863 235 
 
 David Lapslev, bark. . . . Sombrero — 289 
 
 Electric Spark, str New York July 10, 18G4 1400 
 
 Estella, brig Manzanilla Jan. 17, 18G3 3U0 
 
 F. B. Cutting, ship Liverpool Aug. 6, 1863 79G 
 
 Geo, Latimer, si'hr Baltimore Ma}'. 18, — 198 
 
 Gen. Berry, bark New York July 10, — 409 
 
 Golconda, bark Talcahuana July 8, 1864 '. . . . 331 
 
 Greenland, bark Philadelphia July 9, 1864 519 
 
 Ilar't Stephens, bark Portland 500 
 
 J.Jacob Bell, ship Foochow Feb. 12, 1863 1382 
 
 Kate Stewart, schr Philadelphia June — , 1863 387 
 
 Lapwing, bark Bo ton Mar. 27, 1863 590 
 
 Mary Alvina, brig Hoston June — , 1863 266 
 
 M. A. Schinler, schr Port Royal Juno 12, 1863 299 
 
 Mary Y. Davis, schr Port Boyal July 9, 1864 270 
 
 M. J. Colcord, bark New York Mar. 30, 1863 374 
 
 Mondamin, bark •. . Rio Janeiro Sept., 1864 386 
 
 Red Gauntlet, ship Buena Vista May ' 26, 1863 1038 
 
 Rienzi, schr Provincetown July 7, 1863 95 
 
 Southern Rights, ship . . . Rangoon Aug. 22, 18G3 830 
 
 Sounhern Cross ...Boston June G, 1863 938 
 
 Star of Peace, ship Calcutta Mar. 6, 1863 941 
 
 Sunrise, ship New York July — , 18G3 1 1 74 
 
 Tacony, bark Port Royal June 12, 18G3 296 
 
 Varnum II. Hill, schr. . . Provincetown June 27, 18G2 Oit 
 
 Wm. B. Nash, brig New York July 8, 1863 £99 
 
 "VVm. C. Clark, brig Machias, Mo .June 17, — 338 
 
 Windward, brig Matanzas Jan, 22, 18G3 199 
 
 Zealand, bark New Orleans June 10, 18G4 380 
 
 By the Sumter. 
 
 Abbie Bradford, schr. .. July 25, 18G1 ISO 
 
 Albert Adams, brig Cuba July 5, 1861 192 
 
 Alvarado, bark Cape Town .June — , 1861 299 
 
 Arcade, schr Portland Nov. 20, 18G1 1J.-2 
 
 Benj Dunning, brig Cuba July 5, 1861 284 
 
 B. F. Martin, brig Philadelphia June 16, 1861 2J3 
 
 California, bark St. Thomas 1801 299 
 
 Cuba, brig New York July 4,1861 199 
 
564 THE WAR FOR THE UNION. 
 
 Naine of Vessels. Where from. Dale of Capture. Ibntiage. 
 
 D. Trowbridge, schr New York Oct. 27, 1861 200 
 
 Eben Dodge, bark New Bedford Dec. 8, 1861 1222 
 
 Glen, bark Philadelphia July, 1861 287 
 
 Golden llocket, ship Havana July 13, 1861 608 
 
 Henrv Nutt, schr Key West Aug., 1801 235 
 
 Jos. Maxwell, bark Philadelphia July 27, 1861 295 
 
 Joseph Parks, brig Pernambuco Dec. 25, 1861 300 
 
 J. S. Harris, ship Cuba - 1801 800 
 
 Louisa Kilham, bark. . .Cienfuegos July 6, 1801 468 
 
 Machias, brig July 4, 1862 250 
 
 Naiad, brig July 6,1861 390 
 
 N. thase, schr New York Sept., 1861 .. 150 
 
 Neapolitan, bark Messina Feb., 18fJ2 322 
 
 Ocean Eagle Rockland Feb., 1861 290 
 
 Santa Clara, brig Porto Rico Feb., 1861 189 
 
 Sebasticock, ship Liverpool Feb., 1861 549 
 
 Vigilant, ship New York Dec. 3, 1861 650 
 
 West Wind, bark New York July 6, 1801 429 
 
 W. S. Robbins, bark Arroya June, 1861 460 
 
 By THE Tallahassee. 
 
 Adriatic, ship London Aug. 12, 1863 998 
 
 A. Richards, brig Glace Bay, C. B Aug. 11, 1863 240 
 
 ;\rcole, ship New Orleans Nov. 3. 1863 663 
 
 Atlantic, schr Addison, Me 240 
 
 Bay State, bark Alexandria, Va Aug. 11, 1863.. 199 
 
 Billow, brig Calais. Me Aug. 10, 1863 173 
 
 Carrie Ei^tcUe. brig Machias, Me Aug. 11, 1864 200 
 
 Castinc, ship.'. Callao . Jan. 25, 1803 902 
 
 Coral V\ re. th, brig — Aug. 11, 18G3 26U 
 
 Etta Caroluie, str — Aug, 10, 1863 175 
 
 Flora Kecd, sehr — Aug, 15, 18iJ3 150 
 
 Glenavon, bark Glasgow Au^r. 13, 1803 795 
 
 Goodsneed, schr Boston Nov. 2. 1^64. 280 
 
 Howard, bark — Aug. 15, 18G4 598 
 
 Jas. Littlefield, ship Cardiff Aug. 14, 1864 599 
 
 J. II. Ilowon, schr GloiK-cstcr Aug, 14, 1::<64 81 
 
 L. Dupont, schr Wilmington, Del Aug. 13, 18G4 194 
 
 Magnolia, schr — Aug. ir., 1864 170 
 
 Mercv Howe, schr Chatham Aug. 15, 1864 143 
 
 N. America, sohr C.)'.in(!ccicut — 18G4 95 
 
 P. C. Alexander, bark. .New York — lft64 284 
 
 Pearl, schr — Aug. IG, 183 
 
 Rasselas, schr Boothliav, Me Aug. 23, 1863 9(» 
 
 Roan, brig Saiisbui-y Aug. 2U, 18G4 127 
 
 S. A. Boyce, schr Boston Aug. 11, 1864 . 220 
 
 Sarah Louisa, schr — 1864 61 
 
 Spokane, schr Calais, Me Aug. 12, 1SG4 120 
 
 By the Tacony. 
 
 Ada, schr Gloucester June 23, 18G3 90 
 
 Arabella, brig Gloucci^tcr June 12, 18G3 200 
 
 Archer, schr Gloucester June 24, 1803 1"0 
 
 Byzantium, ship London June IG, 1863 H)-lb> 
 
 Elizabeth Ann, schr Gloucester .June 22, 1863 100 
 
 Fh)rence, schr Gloucester June 22, 1863 200 
 
 Goodspeed, bark Londonderry June 23, 1863 629 
 
VESSELS CAPTITRED BY THE CONFEDERATE NAVY. 565 
 
 Kame >f V^ss,^!^. Wfurre from. Date of Capture. Tonnage. 
 
 Isaac Webb, ship Liverrool June 20, 18f>3 1300 
 
 L. A. ^Mucoinber, schr. . .Noank Juno 20, 18G3 100 
 
 jMareugo, schr Gloucester June 22, 1803 200 
 
 Ripple, schr Gloucester June 22, 1863., 150 
 
 Ptufus Ohoate Gloucester June 22, 1833 100 
 
 Shattemuc. ship. '. Liverpool June 24, 1863 849 
 
 Umpire, brig Laguna June 15, 1863 196 
 
 Wanderer, schr Gloucester .June 22, 1863 125 
 
 By the Clarknce. 
 
 A. H. Partridge, schr... Gloucester June 7, 1863 100 
 
 C. Gushing, cutter Portland June 24, 1863 150 
 
 Whistling Wind, bark.. .Philadelphia Juno 6, 18G3 349 
 
 Br THE Sallie. 
 
 Betsey Ames, brig . . . .Cuba Oct. — 1861 265 
 
 Grenada, brig Neuvitas Oct. 13, 1861 255 
 
 By the Georgia. 
 
 Bold Hunter, ship Dundee Dec. 9, 1863 797 
 
 City of Bath, ship Callao June 28, 18()3 79 
 
 Constitution, ship Philadelphia June 25, 1863 97 
 
 Crown Pome, ship New York May 15, 1863 1053 
 
 Dictator, ship Liverp' ol April 25, 1863 1293 
 
 Geo. Gfiswold, ship CardilT June 18, 1863 1280 
 
 Good Hope, bark Boston .June 22. 1863 4.;^>6 
 
 John Watt, ship Maulmain Oct. 1863 947 
 
 J. W. Seaver, bark Boston Juno 22, 1863 340 
 
 Prince of Wales, ship, . .Callao July 16, 1863 900 
 
 By the Jeff Davis. 
 
 D. C . Pierce, bark Remedios June, 1801 306 
 
 Ella, schr Tampico 1861 92 
 
 Enchantress, schr Boston July 16, 1861 200 
 
 Jno. Crawford, ship .... Philadelphia ■'^"Sv 1801 
 
 John Welsh, brig Trinidad July 16, 1861 275 
 
 Rowena, bark Laguayra June, 18'il 340 
 
 S. J. Waring, schr New York July 10, 1861 372 
 
 W. McGilvery, brig. .. .Cardenas July, 1861 198 
 
 By the Winslow. 
 
 Herbert, schr Jnne 18, 1861 100 
 
 Itasca, brig Neuvitas Aug. 4, ISGl 300 
 
 Mary Alice, schr Porto Kico July, 1861 181 
 
 Priscilla, schr Curacoa July, 1861 144 
 
 Transit, schr New Londou July 15, 1861 195 
 
 By the Chickamauga. 
 
 Albion Lincoln, bark. . .Portland Oct. 29, 1864 237 
 
 Emma L. Hall, bark. .. .Cardenas Oct. 31, 1864 492 
 
 Mark L. Potter, bark ... Bangor Oct. 30, 1864 ..... 400 
 
 Shooting Star, ship Neve York Oct. 31, 1864. ....... '. 947 
 
 By the Olustee. 
 
 A. J. Bird, schr Rockland Nov. 3, 1864, 178 
 
 Empress Teresa, bark .. Rio Janeiro Nov. 1. 1864 316 
 
 E. F. Lewis, schr Portland Nov. 3', 1864 197 
 
 T. D. Wagner, brig Fort Monroe Nov. 3, 1864.' 390 
 
 By the Retribution. 
 Emily Fisher, brig St. Jago, Mar. 1803 230 
 
566 THE WAR FOR THE UNION. 
 
 Kame of re.isds. Whtre. from. Daic of Capture. Tjnnayr^ 
 
 Hanover, schr Boston Jan. 31, 1863 200 
 
 J. P Ellicott,brig Boston Jan. 10, 1863 '.'.' . 2:. 1 
 
 By the St. Nicholas. 
 
 Mary Pierce, schr Boston July 1, 1802 192 
 
 Margaret, schr Juno 29, 1SG2 "..'.', 2 
 
 Moufciccllo, brig Rio Janeiro July 1, 1862 3i)0 
 
 Br THE Cai.houn. 
 
 John Adams, schr Provincetown May, 1861 100 
 
 Mermaid, schr Provinuctown May, 1861 20:> 
 
 Panama, brig , Provincetown May HO, 1861 153 
 
 By the Nashvii.l?;. 
 
 Harvey Birch, ship ILivre Nov. ]9, 1862 800 
 
 K Giltillan, schr Philadelplua Feb. 26, 1862 24U 
 
 By the Boston. 
 
 Lenox, bark Now York Juue 12, 1863 370 
 
 Tesana, bark Xcw York Juno 12, 1.^63 582t 
 
 By the Savannah. 
 Joseph, brig Cardenas June 15, 1861 171 
 
 By the Lapwing. 
 
 Kate Dywer, ship Callao June 17, 1863 1278 
 
 By the Echo. 
 
 M. E. Thompson, brig July 9, 1862 210 
 
 Mary Goodell, schr July 9, 1862 2i/.» 
 
 By the York. 
 
 G. V. Bokcr, schr Galveston Aug. 9, 1861 100 
 
 By the Conrad. 
 
 Santeo, ship Akyab Aug. 5, 1863 SCS 
 
 By the Tuscarora, 
 Living Age, ship Akyab Sept. 13, 1863 1103 
 
 Miscellaneous, 
 
 A. B. Thompson, ship. .Savannah .May. 19, 1861 800 
 
 Alleghanian, ship Baltimore Oct. 21, 1862 1142 
 
 Alliance, schr Philadelphia Sept. 1863 19*1 
 
 Boston, tug June 9, I8(i3 lOO' 
 
 Chesapeake, steamer. . .New York Dec. 7, 1863 46 t 
 
 Gohlon Koil, soli-' Holmes^ Hole Sept. 1863 130 
 
 Hannah Baicli, l.rig Cardenas July 6, 1862 U'J 
 
 Harriet Lane, gunbt. .. .Galveston Jan. 11, 1863 325 
 
 James F-. Crricy Matamoros Oct. 1863 90 
 
 J. 11. Watson, schr New York July 13. 1861 2(<0 
 
 Ivydia Francis, brig June 15, 1862 262 
 
 Pearl, schr Moriches 1862 183 
 
 Protector, schr Cuba '. .June, 1861 200 
 
 Sea Bird, schr Philadelphia 1863 20U 
 
 Sea Wiich, schr .Baracoa 1861 95 
 
 Union, schr Baltimore Dec. 5, 1862 115 
 
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