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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. Sturgis and a large body of rebs., who were defeated.

16. The remaining corps of the army of the Potomac, excepting the 5th and Gen. Pleasanton’s cavalry, left Warrenton, and proceeded towards Fredericksburg.

17. Pickets of the 104th Pa. surprised at Gloucester Point, Pa. and 1 killed, 3 wounded, and 2 captured.

18. Skirmish at Rural Hills, Tenn. Col. Hawkins’ troops defeated reb. cavalry, who left 16 of their number dead on the field.

18. At Cove Creek, near Kinston, N. C., Lieut.-Col. Mix with part of 3d N. Y. cavalry and Allis’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. gunboat Monticello.

19. James A. Seddons appointed reb. Sec. of War, in place of G. W. Randolph, resigned.

19. The 1st Gen. Council of the Epis. Church in the reb. States met at Augusta, Ga.

20. Col. Carlin’s expedition returned to Nashville, Tenn., from Clarksville, having captured 43 rebs., 40 horses, &c.

20. Fed. pickets surprised at Bull Run bridge, Va., and 3 captured.

20. Warrenton and Leesburg, Va., occupied by reb. cavalry.

21. Gen. Sumner, commanding right wing of army of the Potomac, in front of Fredericksburg, Va.

21. 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 wounded.

22. All political State prisoners held by military authority in the U. S. released by order of the Sec. of War.

22. Part of 1st N. Y. cavalry, Capt. Harkins, defeated rebs. near Winchester, Va., who lost 4 men and 30 horses.

22. An expedition into Matthew Co., Va., by steamer Mahaska, Capt. F. A. Parker, with land forces under Gen. Naglee, destroyed 12 salt works, and 20 or 30 vessels and other reb. property.

22. Skirmish near Halltown, Va., by Gen. Geary’s troops.

23. Lieut. Cushing, U. S. steamer Ellis, captured 2 schrs. on New river, N. C., but lost his own vessel on the shoals in returning.

24. A reb. picket of 12 men captured by Gen. Kelley’s cavalry 4 miles from Winchester, Va.

24. A Fed. supply train of 47 wagons, escorted by 50 3d Mo. cavalry, was attacked by rebs. about 30 miles south of Lebanon, Texas Co., Mo. 5 of the escort were killed and 20 wagons captured.

25. The U. S. gunboat Lexington, J. W. Shirk, attacked 20 miles below Helena, 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.

25. A company of Fed. troops captured at Henderson, Tenn., by reb. cavalry.

25. In Crawford Co., Mo., a company of reb. guerrillas carried off horses, firearms, clothing, &c., from farmers. Returning, 590near Huzza river, Iron Co., they were overtaken by Capt. N. B. Reeve’s company, who killed 2 of their party and recovered the plunder.

Nov. 25. Col. Paxton’s loyal Va. cavalry captured 118 prisoners, 300 stand of arms, 100 horses, and other property, near Sinking Creek, W. Va.

26. Fight at Cold Knob Mountain, Va. 2d Va. cavalry, Col. J. C. Paxton, defeated reb. troops, of whom over 100 were taken prisoners.

26. 25 guerrillas, under Evan Dorsey, crossed the Potomac, and robbed the stores and stables in Urbanna, 7 miles above Frederic, Md. killing a man named Harris.

26. 7th Ill. cavalry attacked rebs. near Summerville, Miss., and captured 28 of their number.

27. Indiana troops, under Cols. Hurd and Dodge, defeated rebels near La Vergne, Tenn., several of whom were killed. National loss 10 wounded.

28. Gen. Blunt defeated Gen. Marmaduke’s Confederate forces en route for Missouri, at Kane Hill, Ark. The battle raged over 12 miles. The rebels retreated to Van Buren, Ark.

28. At Hartwood Church, 15 miles from Falmouth, Va., 2 squadrons of 3d Pa. cavalry, Gen. Averill’s brigade, captured by the enemy, after a brief resistance, in which they lost 4 killed and 9 wounded.

28. A large Fed. expedition, under Gen. A. P. Hovey, left Helena, Ark., and arrived at Delta, Miss., cutting the Tenn. and Mississippi railroad, and destroying 2 engines and 30 cars. Gen. Washburne’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 Plaqeumine, La.

29. Gen. Stahl, with 300 cavalry, attacked rebs. at Snicker’s Gap, Va., killing 45, capturing 40.

30. A skirmish near Abbeville, Miss., by Col. Lee’s troops with a rebel force.

30. The schooner Levi Rowe captured off 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 possession of rebel forts on the Tallahatchie river. He also captured a battery of 6 guns on the north side of the river.

1. Skirmish near Horse Creek, Dade Co., Mo. Maj. Kelley’s 4th Mo. cavalry routed a band of rebs., capturing 5.

1. Skirmish near Charlestown, Va. Gen. Slocum’s Fed. troops defeated rebel cavalry under White and Henderson, killing 5, and wounding 18.

1. At Franklin, Va., Gen. Peck recaptured the Pittsburg battery, taken from the Fed. forces on the Peninsula.

2. A fight near Franklin, Va. 11th Pa. cavalry, Col. Spear, with artillery supports, defeated reb. cavalry with severe loss.

2. Lieut. Hoffman and 6 men of 1st N. J. cavalry, captured while on picket duty 3 miles from Dumfries, Va.

2. Two companies of 8th Pa. cavalry, Capt. Wilson, defeated with severe loss at King George Court House, Va.

2. Part of Gen. Banks’ expedition to New Orleans sailed from New York.

2. Gen. Geary defeated rebels near Charlestown, Va., killing and wounding 70, and capturing 145.

3. Princeton, Ky., occupied by Federal troops, 91st Ind. and 15th Ky., under Maj. A. P. Henry, who captured a number of rebels.

3. Skirmishes near Oxford, Miss. Col. Hatch’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 leaving on his approach.

4. A sharp fight at Watervalley, Miss. Col. Hatch and Lee’s Fed. brigades defeated a rebel force, capturing 300 men and 50 horses.

5. Fed. cavalry under Cols. Dickey and Lee defeated by rebel infantry after two hours’ fight. Union loss, 100 killed, wounded, and missing.

5. The 30th Iowa and 29th Wis. attacked by rebs. at Helena, Ark., whom they repulsed, killing 8, and capturing 30.

6. The schr. Medora, with rebel army stores, was captured at Hackett’s Point Md., by Capt. Kearney’s company.

6. A forage train, in charge of 93d Ohio, Col. Anderson, was attacked by rebs. near Lebanon, Tenn., who were driven off.

6. Gen. Banks’ expedition sailed from New York to New Orleans.

7. U. S. mail steamer Ariel captured off Cuba by rebel steamer Alabama, but released on bond for $228,000.

7. Gens. Blunt and Herron defeated 59115,000 rebels under Gens. Hindman, Marmaduke, Parsons, and Frost, at Prairie Grove, N.W. Ark. Federal loss, 495 killed, 600 wounded. Confed. loss, 1,500 killed and wounded.

7. The 106th and 108th Ohio, and 104th Ill., under Col. A. B. Moore, were attacked by a rebel force under Gen. J. H. Morgan, at Hartsville, Tenn. After a fight in which 55 of the Feds. were killed, and over 100 wounded, the entire force surrendered to the rebels, who lost about the same number in killed and wounded.

7. 60 of the 8th Pa. cavalry defeated at King George’s C. H., Va. Loss 20.

9. A body of rebels attacked a forage train, under escort, near LaVergne, Tenn., but were repulsed with considerable loss.

9. U. S. steamer Lake City was burned by rebels at Concordia, Ark. In retaliation, the steamer De Soto went to Concordia, and burned 42 houses.

9. Skirmish near Brentville, Tenn. Federals under Col. John A. Martin, defeated a rebel force.

10. Congress passed a bill admitting to the Union the State of Western Va.

10. Plymouth, N. C., captured and 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.

12. Skirmish near Corinth, Miss. 52d Ill., Col. Sweeney, engaged a rebel force led by Col. Roddy. Rebel loss, 11 killed, 80 wounded; Union loss, 1 killed, and 2 prisoners.

12. 1,750 paroled Union prisoners, who had been captured by Gen. Morgan, arrived at Nashville.

12. Artillery skirmish by Gen. Terry’s Federal troops, near Zuni, on the Blackwater river, Va.

12. At Dumfries, Va., 35 National pickets and sutlers were captured by Gen. Stuart’s cavalry.

12. Gen. Foster engaged and defeated Confederates near Kingston, N. C., capturing 400 prisoners, 13 pieces of artillery, &c.

12. Rebel salt works at Yellville, Ark., destroyed by Federal troops under Capt. M. Birch.

12. 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 army under Gen. Burnside. It consisted of three grand divisions led by Gens. Sumner, Hooker and Franklin. The Fed. army was repulsed, losing 1,512 killed, 6,000 wounded, and 460 prisoners. The rebels lost 1,800 men.

13. Jeff. Davis reviewed the reb. forces under Bragg at Murfreesboro’.

13. Two regiments of Union infantry and one of cavalry surprised a rebel force at Tuscumbia, Ala., completely routing them and capturing 70 prisoners, their horses and baggage. Federal loss, 4 killed, 14 wounded.

13. Gov. Johnson, of Tenn., assessed disloyal citizens of Nashville in various amounts to be paid in 5 monthly instalments, in behalf of widows and orphans of that city who had been reduced to want in consequence of their husbands and fathers being forced into the rebel armies.

13. Skirmish at Southwest Creek, N. C. Gen. Foster’s troops routed rebels, who lost a number of prisoners and guns.

13. Unsuccessful attack on reb. works on the river, at Kinston, N. C., by small 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. Rebs. captured 700 muskets, as many uniforms, and 40,000 rounds of cartridges.

14. The True Presbyterian and the Baptist Recorder, of Louisville, Ky., were suppressed, and the editor of the Recorder sent to prison.

14. Coffeeville, Miss., 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 20 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 Helena, Ark.

14. Slight skirmish at Woodsonville, Tenn.

14. A wagon train laden with provisions and clothing for Fed. troops at Ringgold Barracks, Texas, on its way from Fort Brown, under escort, was attacked 592by Mexicans and captured, and the escort killed, excepting one man.

Dec. 15. Gen. Hovey’s expedition returned to Helena, Ark.

15. Gen. Butler superseded in command 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 Walford’s cavalry, under Capt. Adams.

16. The army of the Potomac withdrawn to the north side of the Rappahannock, from Fredericksburg, Va.

17. Baton Rouge, La., occupied by Fed. troops under Gen. Grover.

17. Fight at Goldsboro’, N. C. Gen. Foster’s troops destroyed a valuable bridge, and defeated rebels under Gen. Evans.

18. Lexington, Ky., occupied by rebs. under Gen. Forrest, after defeating the 11th Ill. cavalry, Col. R. G. Ingersoll, who fought 2 hours, and lost 40 men and 2 cannon.

18. The steamer Mill Boy, at Commerce, Miss., was fired on by reb. cavalry and 3 men killed. The U. S. gunboat Juliet and City Belle with 11th and 47th Ind. were dispatched to Commerce and burnt the town and plantations in the neighborhood.

19. Holly Springs, Miss., surrendered to rebs. with 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 returned to camp, near Oxford, Miss., from a 6 days’ scout, with 150 prisoners. 34 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., capturing 3.

19–20. A body of reb. cavalry under Col. Forrest attacked a Fed. force at Davis’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 severing Gen. Grant’s communication between Columbus and Corinth.

20. Gen. W. T. Sherman’s expeditionary army against Vicksburg embarked at Memphis, Tenn., in over 100 transports.

21. Gen. Carter, with 1000 cavalry, entered E. Tenn., and captured 550 rebels and 700 stand of arms.

21. Skirmish near Nashville, Tenn. Gen. Van Cleve’s troops with reb. artil’y.

21. Secretaries Seward and Chase tendered their resignation to Pres. Lincoln, who informed them that the acceptance of them would be incompatible with the public welfare; when the resignations were withdrawn.

21. The 25th Ind., Col. W. H. Morgan, in garrison at Davis’s Mills, Wolf river, Miss., were attacked by a large cavalry force of rebs. under Gen. Van. After 3 hours’ contest the rebels withdrew, leaving 22 dead, 30 wounded, 20 prisoners, and 100 stand of arms.

22. Skirmish at Isle of Wight Court House, Va. Lieut. Onderdonk’s N. Y. mounted rifles defeated by Gen. Pryor’s troops. Rebs. lost 2 men.

22. Maj.-Gen. R. C. Schenck assumed command of the Middle Department and 8th Army corps, headquarters at Baltimore, Md.

23. A proclamation from Jeff. Davis, threatening to hang Gen. Butler, or any of his officers who should be captured, in retaliation for the hanging of W. B. Mumford 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 army, losing 23 men prisoners.

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 destroyed Vicksburg and Texas railroad 10 miles W. of Vicksburg, and burned stations at Delhi and Dallas.

25. Skirmish at Green’s Chapel, near Munfordville, Ky. Col. Gray’s Fed. troops defeated rebs. of Morgan’s army, who lost 9 killed, 22 wounded and 5 prisoners.

25. Col. Shanks with 12th Ky. cavalry attacked rebs. near Bear Wallow, Ky. killing 1, wounding 2 and capturing 10.

26. 38 Indians hung at Mankato, 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. 593capturing 12 men, with most of the camp equipage.

27. A company of Pa. cavalry, under Capt. Johnson, captured at Occoquan, Va.

27. Elizabethtown, Ky. with a garrison of nearly 500 men under Col. H. S. Smith, was captured by Gen. Morgan’s reb. army, after a short resistance. An immense amount of public and private stores were carried off by the rebs.

27. Fight at Dumfries, Va. Col. C. Candy’s troops were attacked by rebs. under Gens. Stuart and Fitz Hugh Lee, who were driven off with the loss of 30 or 40 men in killed and wounded. Fed. loss about 10 killed and wounded.

27–29. Attack on Vicksburg, Miss. by Gen. Sherman’s army and Fed. gunboats. Gen. Sherman’s army ascended the Yazoo river on transports, landed and attacked the reb. works in the rear of Vicksburg, while the gunboats assailed the batteries at Haines’ Bluff. The Feds., after sanguinary conflicts, carried the first and second lines of defence and advanced within 2½ miles of the city, where they were defeated and compelled to withdraw, with a loss of 600 killed, 1,500 wounded and 1,000 missing.

28. The trestle-work at Muldraugh’s Hill, defended by the 71st Ind., captured and destroyed by rebels under Gen. Morgan after 6 hours’ fight.

28. New Madrid, Mo., evacuated by Unionists, after destroying the barracks and magazine.

28. Skirmish near Suffolk, Va. Col. Gibbs’ troops routed rebel cavalry.

28. Van Buren, Ark., with a rebel garrison 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 10th Ky. cavalry, surprised a rebel camp at Elkford, Campbell Co., Ky. 30 rebels killed, 176 wounded, 51 prisoners, and 80 horses taken.

28. Skirmish near Clinton, La. Stuart’s reb. cavalry defeated by a National force.

30. The Union and Watauga bridges on the E. Tenn. and Va. railroad destroyed by Gen. Carter’s Fed. troops, who defeated a rebel force, of whom 400 were taken prisoners, and 150 k. and w. with slight loss to the Unionists.

30. The iron-clad steamer Monitor, Commander Bankhead, foundered near Cape Hatteras, N. C. 4 officers and 12 of the crew, and also 8 R. I. soldiers were lost with her.

30. Battle at Parker’s Cross Roads, Tenn. A desperate conflict of several hours’ duration between Gen. Sullivan’s troops, and Gen. Forrest’s rebel cavalry, in which the latter were defeated with a loss of 600 in killed, wounded and prisoners. Fed. loss, about 200.

31. Beginning of the Battle of Stone river, or Murfreesboro’. 10 hours continuous fighting without result.

31. Gen. McClernand succeeded Gen. Sherman at Vicksburg and the Fed. army retired to Milliken’s Bend.

1863.

Jan. 1. Pres. Lincoln issued his Emancipation Proclamation, declaring all the slaves then held in rebellious territory to be forever free.

1. Galveston, Tex., recaptured by rebs. under Gen. Magruder, with its garrison of 300 men. 6 Fed. gunboats were in the harbor. The Harriet Lane was captured after a severe fight, in which Capt. Wainwright was killed, and many of his crew. The Fed. flagship Westfield was blown up by Commander Renshaw, to avoid capture, by which he lost his life, with many of the crew.

2. The battle of Stone river, or Murfreesboro’, Tenn., between Gen. Rosecrans’ army and Gen. Bragg’s rebel troops, which commenced two days before, 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, 6,000 wounded, 2,000 prisoners; rebel loss, over 10,000, of whom 9,000 were killed and wounded.

2. Reb. cavalry under Major Herring, captured 10 sutlers’ wagons and their attendants at Dumfries, Va., belonging to Maine and New York regiments.

3. A rebel camp near La Grange, Ark., was surprised by Gen. Washburne’s cavalry. 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., attacked by rebels under Capt. J. H. McNeill, who captured 33 men, 61 horses and camp stores.

5. The Fed. schr. 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.

7. 450 women and children left Washington, 594D. C., for Richmond and other points south, by special permit.

Jan. 8. A rebel force of 5,000, under Gens. Marmaduke and Burbridge, attacked the garrison at Springfield, 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, made a raid to the Pamunkey river, and destroyed a ferryboat, steamers, sloops, railroad and depots, and large warehouses containing rebel stores.

8. The 20th Ill. cavalry, Capt. Moore, attacked a rebel camp near Ripley, 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 Suffolk, 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 20,000 men were restored to the National army.

10. Skirmish at Catlett’s Station, Va. Col. Schimmelfennig’s troops, and Hampton’s rebel cavalry.

10. 21st Iowa, Col. Merritt, attacked by Marmaduke’s troops at Hartsville, Mo. Rebs. defeated. Fed. loss, 35 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 steamer Alabama. 100 of the Fed. crew captured.

11. Steamer Grampus, No. 2, at the mouth of Wolf river, Tenn., captured and burned by 13 rebels.

11. Arkansas Post, Fort Hindman, on the Ark. river, captured by Admiral Porter’s squadron and Gen. McClernand’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. Ellicott captured by rebel privateer Retribution, and put in charge of a prize crew. The wife of the mate of the Ellicott succeeded in getting the rebels intoxicated, put them 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 guerrillas on the Cumberland river, the 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 gunboat Cotton, aided by Col. Gray’s soldiers, on the Bayou Teche, La. The Cotton was destroyed after several hours’ combat. Commodore Buchanan was killed.

14. The steamer Forest Queen was burned by guerrillas at Commerce, Miss.

14. The Fed. gunboat Queen of the West, Col. Charles E. Ellet, 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.

16. 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 prisoners and a large supply of arms taken.

16. Reb. privateer Oreto 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 Pollocksville, 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. Burnside, moved down the Rappahannock.

21. The National ship Morning Light and the schooner Velocity were captured by reb. steamers Josiah Bell and Uncle Ben, near Sabine Pass, Texas.

21. Reb. camp broken up near Columbia, 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. Hutchinson, with 100 rebel cavalry, captured a company of U. S. troops and 30 wagons, at Murfreesboro’, Tenn.

59522. Gen. Burnside’s second attempt to cross the Rappahannock foiled by a rain storm, which made the roads impassable.

22. The brig Windward captured by the reb. privateer Florida, off Cuba.

23. A company of Feds., under Capt. Taylor, was attacked 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.

25. Attack by rebs. on the railroad near Nashville, Tenn. They were repulsed.

25. Reb. pickets near Kinston, N. C., captured.

26. The bark Golden Rule was captured and burnt by the Alabama, 50 miles south of St. Domingo.

26. A fight 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, capturing 52 prisoners, 70 horses and 100 stand of arms.

27. Bombardment of Fort McAllister, Ga., by monitor Montauk, Capt. Worden, and 3 gunboats.

27. Skirmish at Indian Village, on Bayou Plaquemine, La., by Gen. Weitzel’s Fed. brigade, who defeated a rebel force.

27. Col. Wyndham’s Fed. troops attacked 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, 130 of 1st Ark. cavalry, near Van Buren, Mo.

29. The British iron steamer Princess Royal, laden with arms, was captured off Charleston, S. C.

29. A fight near Bear river, Washington 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 captured in Stono river, S. C.

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.

30. 300 rebel conscript soldiers surrendered at Murfreesboro’, Tenn., and took the oath of allegiance to the U. S. government.

30. A fight at Deserted House, 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 paroling the crew of the Mercedita. 30 Feds. killed and 50 wounded.

31. Kennett’s National cavalry attacked Wheeler’s brigade, near Nashville, Tenn. Reb. loss 12 killed and 12 wounded, and 300 prisoners. 5 Feds, wounded.

31. Attack on Fed. soldiers by deserters and mob in Morgan Co., Ind. The mob dispersed, and 8 of them captured.

31. Shelbyville, Ky., entered by Fed. troops under Gen. J. C. Davis.

Feb. 1. Second attack on Fort McAllister, Ga. Reb. commander Maj. Galbè, 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 of rebs., with slight loss.

1. Col. Stokes, with loyal Tenn. and Ky. troops, attacked a reb. camp at Middleton, 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. troops under Maj. Reeder defeated rebs. under D. McGee, who was killed, with 8 of his men, and 20 wounded.

3. Fort Donelson, Tenn., garrisoned by 83 Ill., 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 taken.

4. Cavalry dash upon Batesville, Ark., 596under Col. G. E. Waring, driving rebels under Marmaduke out of the town, with severe loss, and capturing Col. Adams and other rebels.

Feb. 5. Skirmish on Bear Creek, Johnson Co., Mo. Capt. Ranney, of 40th Mo. militia drove a small rebel force.

5. Skirmish near Stafford’s, Va.

6. Union raid upon Middleburgh, by 5th N. Y. cavalry. Several rebs. captured.

6. Skirmish between Winchester and Martinsburg, Va. 1st N. Y. cavalry, Capt. Jones, defeated a small reb. force.

7. A squadron of the 5th Pa. cavalry were led into ambush 9 miles from Williamsburg, 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 Galveston and Sabine Pass, Texas, open to commerce.

8. A reb. camp attacked near Independence, Mo., by Lieut. Coburn, 5th Mo. cavalry. 8 rebs. killed, 2 wounded, and all their arms captured.

8. Ram Queen of the West returned from an expedition down the Mississippi, 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, who captured 600 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 the national flag.

10. Fight at Old 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 14th Wis. and 11th Ill. attacked near Lake Providence, on the Miss., by rebs., who were repulsed. 32 taken prisoners.

12. N. Y. ship Jacob Bell burnt by the Florida.

12. 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 Fed. ram Queen of the West, near Fort Taylor, Red river. The ram was then run ashore by a treacherous pilot, and captured by the rebels.

14. 5th Mich. cavalry surprised near Annandale, Va., with loss of 15 men.

15. Fight near Canesville, Tenn. The 123d Ill., Col. Monroe, defeated some of Gen. Morgan’s cavalry, 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 wounded. Fed. loss, 2 killed, 12 wounded.

17. A forage train in charge of some of 116th and 123d Ohio captured by rebs. near Romney, Va.

17. U. S. steamer Hercules burnt by rebels near Memphis, Tenn.

18. Mortar boats opened fire on Vicksburg.

18. Clifton, Tenn., burnt by 3d Mich. cavalry.

18. Disloyal State Convent. at Frankfort, Ky., dispersed by military.

19. A party of 1st Ind. cavalry, Lt.-Col. Wood, routed by reb. cavalry near Coldwater, Miss. Federal loss, 6 killed, 3 wounded, and 15 captured.

19. Hopefield, Ark., opposite Memphis, Tenn., burnt by order of Gen. Hurlbut.

20. Skirmish near the Yazoo Pass. 5th Ill. 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 Alabama.

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 destroyed. 4 rebels captured by Col. Briston.

22. Capt. Cornyn, 10th Mo. cavalry, visited 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 Moon Lake.

59723. Fight near Greenville, Miss. Gen. Ferguson’s rebel troops engaged Nationals under Gen. Burbridge. Maj. Mudd, 22d Ill., killed.

23. Skirmish near Athens, Ky., with Morgan’s guerrillas.

23. Rebel force of 700 devastating E. Kentucky. A large amount of government property destroyed at Paris, Ky.

23. An attempt by rebels to capture the steamer Belle at Cottonwood Landing, Tenn., was repulsed. 1 killed on each side.

24. Gunboat Indianola captured near Grand Gulf, Miss., by 4 rebel steamers.

25. Skirmish at Hartwood Church, Va., near Kelly’s Ford. Gen. Averill’s troops defeated Stuart’s rebel cavalry.

25. Rebel troops under Clarke dispersed at Licktown, Ky.

25. The steamer Peterhoff captured off St. Thomas by U. S. gunboat Vanderbilt.

25. Skirmish 5 miles from Falmouth, Va. 6th U. S. cavalry defeated Stuart’s cavalry, of whom 40 were captured.

26. Cavalry fight near Woodstock, Va. The 13th Pa. and 1st N.Y. were defeated by the enemy, who killed and captured 200.

26. Cherokee National Council repealed the ordinance of secession, and abolished slavery.

26. A government freight train captured by rebels near Woodburn, Tenn.

27. Destruction of rebel steamer Nashville in Ogeechee river, near Fort McAllister, Fla., by gunboat Montauk, Capt. Worden.

27. Skirmish 15 miles from Newbern, N. C. Capt. Jacobs’ N. Y. cavalry defeated rebels, who lost 3 killed and 48 prisoners. 1 Fed. wounded.

March 1. Union dash into Bloomfield, Mo. Provost-marshal and 20 prisoners taken.

1. Fight at Bradyville, Tenn. 2,500 of Rosecrans’ army drove Morgan’s reb. division from the town, killing 8, wounding 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.

2. 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.

2. Four guerrillas captured 3 miles from Russelville, Ky.

2. Slight cavalry fight near Petersburg, Tenn. Rebels routed with 12 killed and 20 wounded.

2. Capt. Schultze’s Fed. cavalry defeated Mosby’s troops near Aldie, Va., capturing 30.

3. Fort McAllister, Ga., bombarded without success.

3. The Enrolment and Conscription act passed by Congress, approved. All arms-bearing men with certain exceptions were to be enrolled by April 1st ensuing, and the President was authorized 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 12 and capturing 72.

4. Adjournment of 37th Congress.

4. Skirmishes at Skeet and Swan Quarter, N. C. Rebels beaten, 28 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 by a large army under Van Dorn, and defeated in battle, after which the entire Union brigade was captured, excepting 150 men. Fed. loss, 100 killed, 300 wounded, and 1,200 prisoners. Rebel loss, 120 killed and 300 wounded.

5. The Crisis newspaper office, at Columbus, O., was destroyed by soldiers.

6. Successful foray of Fed. troops under Col. Phelps in Northumberland Co., Va.

6. Ship Star of Peace captured and burnt by rebel privateer Florida.

6. Gen. Hunter ordered the drafting of negroes in the Department of the South.

7. A scouting expedition from Belle Plain, Va., returned with several prisoners and much property.

7. A brigade of cavalry under Gen. Manly attacked rebel cavalry of Gen. Russell at Unionville, Tenn. Rebel loss, 50 killed, 180 wounded, and all their stores.

8. Mosby (reb.) dashed into Fairfax, 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 Mississippi.

9. The screw-steamer Douro captured by U. S. gunboat Quaker City.

598March 9. Guerrillas defeated near Bolivar, Tenn., with the loss of 18 captured.

9. Skirmish at Blackwater Bridge, Va., by Feds. under Col. Chickering.

9. Skirmish on Amite river, La. Rebs. dispersed.

10. Rebel steamer Parallel burnt on the Mississippi with 3,000 bales of cotton.

10. Several rebels captured at Rutherford’s creek, Tenn., by Gen. Granger’s troops.

10. Jacksonville, Fla., captured by 1st S. C. (colored) regiment.

10. Skirmish near Covington, Tenn. Col. Grierson’s cavalry attacked Col. Richardson’s rebel camp, killing 25 and capturing a large number.

11. A skirmish 12 miles E. of Paris, Ky. Guerrillas attacked a Fed. forage train, and were repulsed.

12. Gen. Gordon’s troops returned to Franklin, Tenn., from pursuing Van Dorn’s troops beyond Duck river. Fed. loss in skirmishes, 9.

13. Unsuccessful assault on Fort Greenwood, 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 Newbern, N. C., but were repulsed.

14. Admiral Farragut, with 7 of his fleet, attacked the rebel batteries at Vicksburg, Miss. The Hartford (flagship) and the Albatross passed the batteries and went up the river. The Mississippi 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 attempting to leave that port. 20 rebels and 6 brass Dahlgren guns were taken.

15. The Jeffersonian newspaper office at Richmond, Ind., was destroyed by 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 were captured.

17. Attack on rebel works near Franklin, Va. Fed. troops under Col. Spear driven off, with 1 man killed and 16 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, defeated rebs., who lost 10 killed and 20 wounded.

19. Steamer Georgiana, with arms for the rebels, destroyed off Charleston.

19. Skirmish on Duck river, near Franklin, Tenn.

20. Col. Hall’s brigade, of Rosecrans’s army, attacked at Vaught’s Hill, near Milton, Tenn., by Morgan’s and Breckinridge’s cavalry. The rebels defeated, losing 40 killed, 140 wounded, and 12 prisoners. Fed. loss 7 killed and 31 wounded.

21. Fight at Cottage Grove, Tenn. Rebels defeated with severe loss.

21. Capture of British steamer Nicholas I. while attempting to enter Wilmington harbor, N. C., by U. S. steamship Victoria. She had 16 tons of powder and 50,000 Enfield rifles.

21. Skirmish near Seneca, Pendleton Co., Va. A party of loyal men called “swampers” defeated by rebels.

21. An expedition up the bayous returned to the Yazoo river, after defeating the rebels at Deer Creek, and destroying 2,000 bales of cotton, 50,000 bushels of corn, and all the houses on the route.

22. 50 of the 5th Mo. cavalry defeated by Quantrell’s guerrillas, near Blue Spring, Mo. Fed. loss, 9 killed, 5 missing, and several wounded.

22. Mount Sterling, Ky., attacked by rebels under Col. Cluke. The Fed. garrison of 200, under Capt. Radcliff, captured, and the town burned.

22. Steamer Granite City captured by U. S. gunboat Tioga, off the Bahamas.

16–24. Bread riots at Atlanta, Ga., Salisbury, N. C., Richmond, Va., Raleigh, N. C., and Petersburg, Va.

24. Pontchatoula, La., captured by Fed. troops under Col. Clark.

24. The schooners Mary Jane and Rising Dawn captured by U. S. gunboats State of Georgia and Mount Vernon, off Wilmington, N. C.

25. The Fed. gunboats Lancaster and Switzerland attempted to pass the rebel batteries at Vicksburg. The Lancaster was sunk, and the Switzerland escaped, much damaged.

25. At Brentwood, Tenn., 300 Federal troops, under Lieut.-Col. Bloodgood, were captured by rebel forces under Wheeler 599and Forrest, and the town sacked. A Federal cavalry force, under Gen. Smith, overtook the rebels in their retreat, and defeated them, capturing 42 prisoners, and recovering part of their booty. Loss, about 15 on each side in k. and w.

25. Steamer Dolphin captu’d off 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 below the rebel batteries at Warrenton, Miss.

28. Gunboat Diana captured by rebels at Pattersonville, La. 31 of the crew killed or wounded, and 170 prisoners.

28. Cole’s 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. cavalry, Col. Lewis.

29. A party of blockade runners taken at Poplar creek, Md.

29. Sixth Ill. cavalry, Col. Loomis, surprised by rebs. under Col. Richardson, near Somerville, Tenn. Fed. loss 40 in k. or w. Rebs. driven off.

30. Battle near Somerset, Ky. Fed. troops under Gen. Gillmore defeated Pegram’s army of 2600, after a battle of 4 hours. Reb. loss 350. 400 cattle taken.

30. Washington, N. C., was attacked by rebels under Hill and Pettigrew. 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. McClernand’s Fed. troops, after sharp skirmishing.

31. Gen. Herron appointed to command the army of the frontier.

April 1. Admiral Farragut, with the National gunboats Hartford, Switzerland and Albatross, engaged the rebel batteries at Grand Gulf, Miss., and passed them without serious loss.

1. Severe fight at Dranesville, Va., between 1st Vt. cavalry, and Capt. Mosby’s rebel troops. Feds. defeated with a loss of 60 in killed, wounded, and pris.

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 proceeded to the mouth of the Red river, destroying 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 Maj. Ransom with the 6th Ks. 17 rebels killed, and considerable property captured.

2. Fight at Snow Hill, Tenn. Gen. Stanley engaged Morton and Wharton’s rebel regiments, who were defeated, and 15 or 20 killed, and 50 captured.

3. Arrests of Knights of the Golden Circle, at Reading, Pa.

3. Steamer Tampico captured off Sabine Pass, Texas, by U. S. gunboat New London.

3. Capt. Worthington’s loyal Ark. cavalry returned to Fayetteville, Ark., after four skirmishes, in which two rebel captains were k., 1 w., 22 men k. and 7 taken.

4. Unionists under Gen. Potter repulsed with loss of 5 men in attempt to capture rebel battery on Pamlico river, N. C.

4. Palmyra, Tenn., burned by the gunboat 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. destroyed 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 by Admiral Dupont; the fleet driven off; fort little injured.

7. U. S. gunboat Barataria lost in Amite river, La.

7. Successful foray into Gloucester Co., Va.

8. Gunboat George Washington, stranded in Broad river, S. C., attacked by rebs. and blown up.

600April 8. The Tallahatchie fleet returned to Helena, Ark., after an absence of 43 days, with the divisions of Gens. Ross and Quimby. 30 soldiers were killed and a number wounded.

8. 60 rebels captured in Loudon Co., Va., by Gen. Copeland’s brigade.

8. U. S. steamer Lovell and propeller Saxonia captured 15 miles below Clarksville, Tenn.

9. Pascagoula, Miss., taken by a Union force from Ship Island, but abandoned the same day.

9. Fight at Blount’s Mills, N. C. Unionists driven off 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, Ky.

10. Skirmish near Waverly, Tenn. 21 Unionists taken prisoners.

11. Col. Streight’s raiding force left Nashville for Georgia.

11. Union cavalry camp near Williamsburg, 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 Washington, N. C., bringing aid for Gen. Foster.

13. Skirmish near Suffolk, Va.

13. Gen. Stoneman’s cavalry advanced in detachments to Warrenton, Bealton, Rappahannock bridge, Liberty, and all the fords of the Rapidan, Va., preparatory 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. Union loss about 350. Reb. much larger.

14. Gen. Foster escaped from Washington, N. C., by running the rebel blockade 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 Suffolk, 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, killing 30. Fed. loss, 8.

15. Franklin, La., occupied by Union troops.

15. Rebs. raise the siege of Washington, N. C.

15. Fighting continued on the Nansemond river.

15. Dash upon Pikeville, Ky., by 39th Ky., Col. Dills. 17 reb. officers and 61 privates captured.

15. Destruction of reb. steamer Queen of the West, in Berwick’s Bay, La., by U. S. gunboat Estella. 90 rebs. captured, and 30 lost.

16. Admiral Porter’s fleet of 8 gunboats and several transports ran pass the Vicksburg batteries, losing only 1 transport and no men.

16. Fight with Indians at Medalia, Minn.

16. Steamer Gertrude captured off Harbor Islands, W. I., by U. S. steamer Vanderbilt.

17. The 99th and 130th N. Y. engaged reb. troops near Suffolk, 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 force 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 prisoners.

18. Gen. Getty’s troops, in conjunction with gunboats on Nansemond river, N. C., under Lieut. Lamson, captured a reb. battery of 8 pieces and 200 prisoners, at the West Branch.

18. The siege of Washington, N. 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. Harrison.

18. Reconnoitering party at Sabine Pass captured by concealed rebs. Capt. McDermott, of gunboat Cayuga, killed.

18–19. Cols. Graham and Riley defeated reb. forces in several skirmishes on Cumberland river, Tenn., killing and wounding 40.

19. Cavalry skirmishing near Hernando, Miss., with varying success.

19. Severe fight 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 Union forces.

20. Cavalry skirmish near Helena, Arkansas.

20. Fight at Patterson, Mo. Feds. under 601Col. Smart defeated with loss of 50 in killed and wounded.

20. Bute a la Rose, La., captured by Union gunboats. 60 prisoners taken.

21. Skirmish and capture of a few rebs. near Berryville, Va., by Capt. Laypole, of 6th Va.

21. An expedition under Gen. Graham returned to Louisville, Ky., after proceeding to Celina on the Cumberland, and destroying a large amount of rebel stores and 40 boats. 60 rebs. killed and wounded.

22. Reb. raid on Tompkinsville, Ky. 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. Union loss, 2.

22. Six gunboats and 12 barges passed the rebel batteries at Vicksburg.

23. Lieut. Cushing, 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. Loyalists under Col. Latham.

24. Tuscumbia, Ala., occupied by Federal forces under Col. Dodge.

24. 4 rebel schooners captured off Mobile, Ala., by gunboat De Soto.

24. Two rebel schooners captured near New Inlet, N. C., by U. S. steamer State of Georgia.

24. Rebels defeated at Weber Falls, Ark., by Col. Phillips’ troops.

23–27. Gen. Ellet’s Maine Brigade made a successful expedition up the Tennessee river, destroying the towns of Hamburg and Eastport, and a large stock of war material. The rebels were defeated in an attack on the vessels while returning, losing 10 killed and 20 wounded. Federal loss, 2 killed, 4 wounded.

24. Skirmishing near Suffolk, Va.

24. Unionists defeated at Beverly, Va.

25. Rebel shore batteries at Duck river shoals, Tenn. river, silenced by gunboats. 25 rebels killed and wounded.

25. Fight at Greenland Gap, Va. Rebels severely punished by 23d Illinois, Capt. Wallace.

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. Watkins, of the 6th Kentucky, who defeated them, capturing 200 prisoners.

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 Rappahannock.

28. Capture of 4 companies of Federals at Morgantown, West Virginia.

28. A rebel regiment surprised and captured near Jackson, Missouri, by artillery and 1st Iowa cavalry.

28. Skirmish near Mill Spring, Kentucky, by Col. Adams’ Federal cavalry.

29. Two companies of the 106th New York, in garrison at Fairmount, W. Va., were captured by rebels under Jackson and Imboden, after a brave resistance in which the rebels suffered severely.

29. Gen. Jackson destroyed the railroad 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.

30. 52 Union cavalry, the 6th N. Y., Lieut.-Col. McVicar, captured near Spotsylvania, Va. 58 others cut their way out. Col. McVicar was killed.

30. Skirmish near Williamsburg, Va. Rebels defeated by Col. R. M. West’s troops.

30. A portion of Gen. Hooker’s army crossed the Rappanannock at Fredericksburg, Va., and after slight resistance took possession of the rifle-pits below the city and captured 500 prisoners.

May 1. Attack on Van Dorn’s rebel pickets by Fed. cavalry under Col. Campbell, near Franklin, Tenn. 30 of the enemy killed and wounded, and 11 captured.

6021. Skirmish on the Nansemond river, near Suffolk, Va, The 99th 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, wounded and prisoners.

1. Fight at Monticello, Ky. 5,000 Feds. under Gen. Carter defeated Col. Morrison’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 cavalry, 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 after a desperate struggle, in which the Fed. loss was over 2,000 in killed and wounded.

2. Marmaduke’s reb. army overtaken by Gen. McNeill at Chalk Bluff, on the Ark., 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 several encounters.

2. Artillery skirmish on the Nansemond 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 recrossed 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. Many bridges, and an immense quantity of telegraph lines throughout the 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, and Alabama, was captured near Gadsder, Ala.

3. Skirmish 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 latter with heavy loss.

3. Fed. gunboats repulsed in an attack on Haines’s Bluff, on the Miss. Several of the vessels badly damaged, and 80 of their men killed and wounded.

3. Reb. batteries at Grand Gulf, Miss., evacuated by the enemy, and taken possession of by Admiral Porter.

3. The ship Sea Lark burned by the Alabama.

3. Col. Montgomery’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.

5. Riot at Dayton, Ohio, consequent on the arrest of C. L. Vallandigham, by military authority.

5. A rebel company captured at Pettie’s Mills, N. C., by 3d N. Y. cavalry.

5. Fort de Russy, on the Red river, captured by Admiral Porter.

6. All of Gen. Hooker’s army retreated to the north bank of the Rappahannock river.

6. Alexandria, Miss., occupied by National forces under Admiral Porter.

6. Fight near Tupelo, Miss., between Gen. Ruggles’ reb. cavalry, and Col. Cornyn’s troops. Rebs. defeated, losing 90 prisoners.

6. Steamer Eugenia captured by Fed. gunboat Cuyler, off Mobile, Ala.

7. Steamer Cherokee captured off Charleston, S. C., by U. S. gunboat Canandaigua.

7. Col. Kilpatrick’s cavalry, after marching around Lee’s army, 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 Tahoma.

8. Rebel Gen. Earl Van Dorn was killed by Dr. Peters, of Maury Co., Tenn.

8. An attack on Port Hudson commenced by Fed. fleet.

9. Col. McCook’s 2d Ind. cavalry captured 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. 603Jacobs’ Fed. troops defeated by Morgan’s cavalry. Union loss, 25 killed and wounded. Rebel loss greater.

11. Crystal Springs, Miss., burned by Fed. cavalry.

12. Raymond, Miss., captured by Gen. McPherson’s Fed. troops. Union loss, 51 killed, 181 wounded. Rebel loss, 75 killed, 250 wounded, 186 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 attacked at Pontchatoula, La., by Col. Davis, who destroyed their camp, and took 17 prisoners.

13. Skirmish at South Union, Ky. Rebels attack a train, and are worsted.

13. Yazoo City, Miss., was 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. Grant’s Fed. army. Rebel loss, 400 men, 17 pieces of artillery.

14. Skirmish at Fairfax 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 Albemarle and Chesapeake canal.

15. The ship Crown Point burnt by the privateer Florida.

15. Several severe cavalry skirmishes near Carrsville and Suffolk, Va., by Gen. Peck’s troops with 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 prisoners.

16. A skirmish at Bradyville 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. Vermillion, defeated 22 rebels, killing 2, wounding 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 De Soto in the Gulf of Mexico.

16. The battle of Champion Hill, or Baker’s creek, Miss. Gen. Grant’s troops defeated rebel army under Gen. Pemberton, who lost 4,000 men and 29 cannon, and retreated behind Big Black river.

16. Battle at Big Black river, Miss. Gen. Pemberton’s army defeated with loss of 2,600 men and 17 cannon and driven within the intrenchments 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. cavalry, attacked a rebel force at Linden, on the Tenn. river, capturing 35 prisoners, and destroying their camp and stores.

17. Richmond, Clay Co., Mo., was attacked by rebel troops, who captured 2 companies of the 25th Mo.

18. Vicksburg invested by the Union army.

18. Two companies of 2d Kansas artillery, Maj. Ward, defeated by rebels near Sherwood, Mo., and 26 of the soldiers killed, wounded, or taken prisoners.

18. Haines’ Bluff, 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 N. 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 rifle-pits on the north side of Vicksburg captured by Gen. Steele.

20. Skirmish by pickets between Fayetteville and Raleigh, Va.

20. Skirmish near Fort Gibson, Ark. Price’s troops defeated by Feds. under Col. Phillips.

20. Steamer Eagle captured near Nassau, 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 pris. and 200 horses.

21. Richmond and Plattsburg, Mo., plundered by rebels.

60421. Vicksburg fully invested by Union troops.

21. A rebel camp broken up near Middletown, Tenn., by 103d Ill. 11 rebels captured.

21. Port Hudson, Miss., besieged by Fed. troops under Gen. Banks, after sharp skirmishing with the enemy while marching from Baton Rouge.

22. Gen. Grant’s army repulsed with heavy loss in an attempt to storm the fortifications at Vicksburg.

22. Col. Kilpatrick’s Fed. cavalry returned to Gloucester Point, after a successful raid into Gloucester and Matthew counties, Va., destroying much property.

22–23. Col. Jones, 58th Pa., engaged and defeated the rebels at Gum Swamp, N. C., capturing 165 prisoners with military stores. Fed. loss, 2 killed, 6 wounded.

24. Austin, Miss., burned by Union forces under Gen. Ellet.

24. A Fed. wagon train with 30 colored troops was captured near Shawnee creek, Kansas.

24. Gen. Schofield appointed to supersede Gen. Curtis in command of the Department of the West.

24. Skirmish on the Mississippi river, 6 miles above Austria. Gen. Ellet’s marine brigade defeated a rebel force, who lost 5 killed, 3 prisoners. Union loss 2 killed, 19 wounded.

25. Skirmish near Hartford, Ky.

25. Skirmish at Senatobia, Miss. Col. McCrellis defeated a rebel force, who lost 6 killed and 3 wounded.

26. Col. Wilder’s Fed. regiment defeated Breckinridge’s cavalry near McMinnville, Tenn., and captured a number of prisoners.

25–27. Fed. gunboats under Lt. Walker, after capturing Haines’ Bluff, ascended to Yazoo City, Miss., and destroyed 3 rebel steamers and a large ram, not finished. Also the navy yard and naval stores.

26. Destruction of the U. S. gunboat Cincinnati by rebel batteries at Vicksburg. 35 of her crew killed and w.

27. Gen. Banks’ army defeated in an assault on the reb. works at Port Hudson.

27. Col. Cornyn’s Fed. command defeated Gen. Roddy’s troops at Florence, Ala., capturing 100 soldiers, 300 negroes, 400 mules, and destroying reb. property.

28. First colored regiment from the North left Boston.

28. The 8th Ill., Col. Clendenin, returned to the army of the Potomac from an expedition on the banks of the Rappahannock and Potomac rivers, below Fredericksburg, Va., having destroyed one million dollars of property, and brought into camp 810 negroes.

28. Wolford’s Fed. cavalry defeated near Somerset, Ky.

28. Skirmish near Doniphan, Mo. 13th Ill. cavalry, Major Lippert, defeated with loss of 80 of their number in killed, wounded, and missing.

29. Skirmish by 1st Vt. cavalry with Stuart’s cavalry, near Thoroughfare Gap, Va.

30. Rebel Col. Mosby, with 200 cavalry, after destroying a Government train at Catlett’s Station, Va., was overtaken near Greenwich by Col. Maur, of the 7th Mich. cavalry with N. Y. and Vt. troops, and dispersed with the loss of their cannon. Fed. loss, 17 killed and wounded.

30. A train of 16 cars from Alexandria, Va., was destroyed by rebel guerrillas near Warrenton Junction.

30. A rebel camp near Carthage, Tenn., surprised by the 26th Ohio, who captured 22 prisoners and 35 horses.

30. The town of Tappahannock, Va., captured by Fed. gunboats, who destroyed rebel stores.

31. Guerrillas defeated with the loss of 10 men by militia in Lincoln Co., Mo.

31. Fed. gunboat Alert exploded and sunk at Norfolk, Va.

31. Cavalry expedition captured 16 rebels near Monticello, Ky.

31. Successful raid of Col. Kilpatrick’s Fed. cavalry from Yorktown to Urbana, Va., bringing in 1000 negroes and 300 horses.

June 1. Blair’s reconnaissance in search of Joe Johnston returns, having been unsuccessful.

1. Skirmishing in Howard Co., Mo.

2. 3,000 rebel prisoners arrive at Indianapolis, Ind.

2. Gen. Burnside prohibited the circulation in his Department of the N. Y. World and the Chicago Times.

2. 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. Mass convention of Peace Democrats at New York.

3. Admiral Foote ordered to relieve Admiral Dupont at Charleston.

3. Skirmish near Manchester, Tenn.

3. Bombardment of Port Hudson continued.

4. Rebel guerrillas defeated near Fairfax, Va.

6054. Bluffton, S. C., burned by Union troops.

4. Fight at Satartia, Miss. 100 rebels taken by Gen. Kimball.

4. Simmonsport, La., destroyed by Federal gunboats.

4. Simultaneous attacks on the Federal garrisons at Franklin and Triune, Tenn., which were repulsed in both instances with severe loss to the rebels.

4. Col. Wilder’s mounted infantry broke up a rebel camp at Liberty, Tenn., capturing 62 men and their horses.

5. A division of Hooker’s army cross the Rappahannock and captured 96 prisoners. Fed. loss 35 in k. and w.

5. Raid to Warwick river, Va. Rebel boats destroyed.

6. Fight at Milliken’s Bend, Miss. Reb. Gen. McCullough, with 2,500 men, attacked 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. Reconnoissance on the Chickahominy.

9. Explosion in Fort Lyon, near Alexandria, Va. 30 men killed.

9. Skirmish at Triune, Tenn. Rebels repulsed.

9. Severe cavalry fight at Beverly Ford, on the Rappahannock river, Va., in which Gen. Buford’s Fed. troops defeated Gen. Stuart’s command with heavy loss on both sides.

9. Gen. Carter’s Fed. troops defeated Gen. Pegram’s army at Monticello, Tenn.

10. An enrolling officer murdered at Manville, 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 in Brooklyn.

11. Vallandigham nominated for Governor of Ohio.

11. Lee’s army began to move up the Rappahannock.

11. Rebels attack Triune, Tenn., and are repulsed.

11. Steamer Maple Leaf, while conveying rebel officers as prisoners from Fortress 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 the Potomac from the Rappahannock to Frederick, Md., in which many lives were lost from heat and exhaustion.

12. Union gunboats shell the shores of James river.

12. Darien, Ga., burned by Federalists.

12. Union cavalry captured near Port Hudson.

12. Skirmish near Middletown, 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 Elizabethtown, 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 repulsed with heavy loss.

14. Capture of Winchester, 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 Maysville, Ky.

15. President Lincoln calls for 100,000 men for six months from 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 Chambersburg, 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 Fingal, or Atlanta, by monitors Weehawken 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 Westport, Mo.

18. 1700 of Milroy’s men arrive safely at Bedford, Pa.

18. Skirmishing near Aldie.

60618. Rebels burn canal boats at Hancock, Md.

18. Small skirmishes with Lee’s invaders in Maryland.

18. Union defeat near Hernando, Miss.

19. Rebel cavalry cross the Ohio into Harrison Co., Ind.; 50 of them captured.

20. Gen. Schenck suppresses disloyal papers in Baltimore.

20. Vicksburg 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 150 of the enemy.

21. Brilliant cavalry fight, and rebels whipped at Aldie Gap.

21. Skirmish near New Baltimore. Union repulse.

21. Skirmish at Low Creek, W. Va. Rebels beaten.

21. Rebs. defeated at Lafourche crossing, La.

22. Skirmish at Frederick, Md. Rebs. driven out.

22–23. Twelve fishing vessels destroyed off Martha’s Vineyard, Mass., by rebel steamer Tacony.

23. Col. S. H. Saunders arrived at Boston, Ky., with his command, after a successful raid into E. Tenn., having destroyed the railroads and bridges in many places, and captured several cannon, 1,000 stand of arms, and 500 prisoners.

23. Skirmish near Gettysburg.

23. Gunboat Sumter sunk by accident off Cape Henry.

24. Rebels advance to Shippensburg and Hagerstown.

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 infantry 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 defeated rebels at Liberty Gap, Tenn. Fed. loss, 50. The fight 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 York, Pa., were levied on by rebel Gen. Ewell for large sums of money, clothing, and provisions.

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 Manchester, Tenn., after slight resistance. Also, Shelbyville.

28. Rebels capture a train near Rockville, Va., with 150 wagons and 900 mules. Also, sutler’s stores at Annandale, Va.

28. Skirmish at Columbia bridge, on the Susquehannah, Pa. 200 of Col. Frick’s Fed. troops captured.

28. Enrollment in Indiana enforced by military.

28. Rebels defeated at Donaldsville, La.

29. Rebels driven from Decherd, Tenn.

30. Mines exploded and rebel outworks breached at Vicksburg.

30. 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. Bragg retreats before Rosecrans. Tullahoma occupied by Fed. advance.

1. Engagement at Hanover Junction, Pa., between Gen. Pleasanton’s Fed. cavalry and Gen. Stuart’s forces. Rebs. defeated.

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. Assault on Helena, Ark., by rebel Gens. Marmaduke, Price and Holmes, with 6,000 men, who were signally defeated by Gen. Prentiss’s garrison, who took 1,000 prisoners, and killed or wounded 500 of the enemy.

3–10. Raid of Gen. Morgan into Ind., destroying a large amount of property.

6075. Rear-guard of Gen. Johnston’s army, numbering 4,000 men, captured by Gen. Grant’s forces, near Bolton, Miss.

5. Vallandigham arrives at Halifax.

5. Raid from Newbern to Warsaw, N.C.

7. Great excitement in Louisville. Morgan said to be coming.

7. Two steamboats captured by rebels at Brandenburg, Ky.

7. Bragg retreats across the Tennessee, destroying 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 Boonsboro, Md.

10. Gilmore lands on Morris Island, taking all the rebel works except Forts Wagner and Gregg, which are shelled by the monitors.

10. Union forces occupy Jackson, Miss.

10. Rebels defeated at Big creek, Ark.

10. Cavalry fight on the old Antietam field.

10. Lee in fortifications opposite Williamsport.

10. Morgan burns depot at Salem, Ind.

11. Morgan burns railroad bridge at Vienna, Ind.

11. Repulse of Gen. Gilmore’s forces assaulting Fort Wagner, S. C.

12. Col. Hatch’s 2d Iowa cavalry defeated a body of rebel cavalry near Jackson, Miss. Fed. loss, 13 killed and wounded. Rebel loss, 175 killed and wounded, and 400 conscripts released.

12. Morgan gets into Ohio.

12. Martial law in Cincinnati, Newport and Covington.

12. Fight at Jackson, Miss.

13–17. Great Draft Riot in New York. 25 or 30 buildings destroyed. The Tribune office assailed. Colored Orphan Asylum burned, several negroes killed, and 120 stores and dwellings were sacked by the mob. The city railroads were stopped, and all the principal factories and shops compelled to suspend work for several days. The disturbance was quelled by the military and police, after 25 of the military and officers were killed or seriously wounded, and 150 of the rioters.

12. Gen. Laumann’s division of Gen. Sherman’s army corps incautiously advanced to an exposed position in front of the rebel works at Jackson, Miss., and lost 300 men in killed and wounded.

12. Yazoo City taken by Fed. troops.

12. Union defeat at Bayou Lafourche, La. 210 taken prisoners.

12. Lee’s army crosses the Potomac.

14. Fight at Falling Waters, Va. Gen. Kilpatrick’s cavalry attacked a reb. force of infantry, artillery, and horse, defeating them, and capturing 1,300 prisoners, and killing and wounding 130. Fed. loss, 29 killed, 36 wounded.

15. Cav. skirmish near Charlestown, Va.

15. Draft riots in Troy and Boston.

15. A universal conscription of all the white men in the Confederate States between the ages of 18 and 45, subject to military duty, ordered by Jeff. Davis.

16. 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 army at Elk creek, Ark., by Gen. Blunt’s forces. Rebel loss, 400 killed or wounded, 60 prisoners. Federal loss, 10 killed and 25 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. Gilmore’s troops were repulsed, with the loss of 700 men, k., w. and missing.

19. Engagement at Wytheville, W. Va., by Fed. cavalry under Cols. Tolland and Powell, who destroyed the Va. and Tenn. railroad and defeated the rebel force. Fed. loss, 65 killed and wounded. Rebel loss, 75 killed, and 150 prisoners.

19. Fighting with Morgan at Buffington Island. 300 of his men taken.

20. Basil Duke and a portion of Morgan’s force taken near Pomeroy, O.

21. Joe Johnston retreats to Brandon, Miss.

21. Union raid to Tar river and Rocky Mount, N. C.

22. Skirmish near Nolan’s Ferry on the Potomac.

22. Skirmish at Chester Gap, Va. by Gen. Spinola’s Fed. brigade.

22. Brashear City, La., recaptured by Union gunboats.

23. Engagement at Manassas Gap, Va. 300 rebels killed or wounded, 60 pris.

24. Skirmish with Morgans men at Washington, O.

25. The furloughs granted to the majority of rebel paroled prisoners at Vicksburg, rescinded by Gen. Pemberton, and the men ordered to report at headquarters within 15 or 20 days.

60826. Rebs. defeated at Lexington, Tenn.

26. Capture of Gen. Morgan with the remainder of his cavalry (400) near New Lisbon, O., by Col. Shackleford.

27. Rebels drive Union forces out of Richmond, Ky.

28. Death of Senator W. L. Yancey, near Montgomery, Ala.

29. Capture of 29 wagons with sutlers’ stores at Fairfax Court House, Va., by Mosby’s guerrillas, which were recaptured 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, in New York, from wounds received in the attack on Fort Wagner, S. C., July 19.

30. Pres. Lincoln by proclamation, ordered the imprisonment at hard labor of rebel prisoners, in retaliation for violation of the laws of war toward colored soldiers.

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 Culpepper, 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 were captured near the Cumberland river, Ky., by Col. Sanders.

2. The Enfans Perdus, of N. Y., capture 500 rebs. at Folly Island.

3. Skirmish near Kelly’s Ford.

4. Steamer Ruth accidentally burned below Cairo.

4. Skirmish near Brandy Station.

4. Reconnoissance up the James river, Va., by monitor Sangamon, gunboat Com. Barney, and tug Cohasset. The vessels met with a severe fire from the enemy’s troops lining the banks, but returned with slight loss of life; the Barney badly injured.

5. Union raid upon Woodville, Miss.

6. Gen. Sibley reported 3 battles, and defeat of hostile Indians in Minnesota.

6. 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 Union signal officers captured near Warrenton, Va.

14. Gen. Gilmore tried the range of his heavy guns toward Fort Sumter.

15. Union cavalry returned to Corinth, Miss., with 250 prisoners just conscripted by Forrest.

16. Explosion of the “City of Madison,” ammunition boat at Vicksburg; about 150 men killed.

16. Severe bombardment of Fort Sumter by the monitors and Fed. batteries on Morris Isl. Com. Rogers killed on board the Catskill.

17. Great destruction of railroad property and ordnance stores at Granada, Miss., by Federal troops under Col. Phillips.

18. Union raid in North Carolina. 30 rebs. killed near Pasquotank.

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 suspended owing to the riot a month previous. 10,000 Fed. troops were stationed in the vicinity 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. Quantrell’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 rebs. captured, including Gen. Jeff. C. Thompson and staff.

22. Charleston, S. C., shelled by rebel batteries on Morris Isl.

23. Gen. Blunt crosses Ark. river. Rebs. fall back without fighting.

24. Cavalry skirmish below Fredericksburg, Va.

24. A squad of Union cavalry captur’d near Annandale.

24. Cavalry skirmish near Fairfax, Va.

25. U. S. gunboats Satellite and Reliance captured by rebs. at the mouth of the Rappahannock, Va.

25. Rebs. under Price and Marmaduke defeated at Bayou Metiare, Ark.

26. Union expedition to Bottom’s Bridge, Va.; rebs. defeated and bridge destroyed.

27. John B. Floyd died at Abingdon, Va.

27. Belle Boyd, a reb. spy, arrested in Va.

60927. An army train captured near Philippi, W. Va., by rebs.

28. Union camp captured at Edwards’ Ferry, Va.

28. Fight near Warm Springs, Va. Reb. loss 200.

29. 5 deserters shot in the Army of the Potomac.

30. Rosecrans’ army crossed the Tennessee near Chattanooga.

31. Swarms of guerrillas in Western Tenn., 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. Burnside’s army.

1. Rebel raid upon Brownsville, Tenn. The place plundered.

2. Skirmish at the Holston river bridge on the E. Tenn. and Ga. railroad. The bridge burnt by Gen. Burnside’s troops.

2. Gunboats Satellite and Reliance, lately taken by the rebels, destroyed by a Union force.

3. Kingston, Tenn., taken by Burnside.

3. Gen. Sully’s Fed. troops defeated Indians at Whitestone Hall, on the upper Missouri, many of whom were killed, and 156 taken prisoners. Fed. loss, 20 killed, and 38 wounded.

4. Enthusiastic reception of General Burnside and his army by the inhabitants of Knoxville, Tenn.

5. Skirmish near Moorfield, W. Va. No loss.

5. Woman’s bread riot in Mobile.

7. Gen. Burnside tendered his resignation, which was not accepted.

7. A magazine exploded in Fort Moultrie 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 artillery.

7. An assault was made on Fort Sumter by 450 men in 20 boats from the Fed. fleet, under Commander T. H. Stevens. The sailors were defeated with the loss of 114 men.

8. The gunboats Clifton and Sachem attached to an expedition under General Franklin, grounded on the bar at Sabine Pass, Texas, and were captured by the enemy.

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 prisoners, 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. Crittenden’s corps of Rosecrans’ army.

10. Little Rock, Ark., captured by Fed. troops under Gen. Steele, and Gen. Davidson appointed military commander.

12. Gen. Negley’s division was attacked and driven through one of the gaps of Pidgeon Mountain, Tenn., by 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. Pleasanton advanced to the Rapidan.

13. Rebel works at Grant’s Pass, near Mobile, shelled.

14. Arkansas being rapidly cleared of rebels by Gen. 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 furiously. Union army defeated.

20. Fight at Zollicoffer, Tenn.

21. At night Rosecrans’ army withdrew from Chickamauga to Chattanooga. Bragg did not follow.

21. Madison C. H., Va., occupied by Gen. Meade’s cavalry.

21. The rebels seized a steam-tug at Southwest 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 Rapidan.

23. 1,200 rebel prisoners who were captured at Cumberland Gap, arrived at Louisville.

61025. Mosby breaks the railroad near Fairfax.

25. Rebels driven out of Donaldsonville, La.

27. Steamer Robert Campbell burned by rebels at Milliken’s Bend. 25 lives lost.

28. Rebels attack Burnside’s right wing near Knoxville, but are repulsed.

20. Gen. Hooker arrives in Cincinnati.

29. Two Union regiments defeated above Port Hudson, La,

30. Delegation 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.

2. Battle at Anderson’s Cross-roads, Ky. Rebel cavalry whipped.

2. Explosion of an ammunition train near Bridgeport, Tenn.

2. Gen. Gillmore moves his headquarters to Folly Island.

3. Fight at McMinnville, Tenn.

3. Greek fire 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 Shelbyville, Tenn.

5. Rebels destroy a large railroad bridge south of Murfreesboro’

5. The rebels bombard Chattanooga from Lookout Mountain.

5. Cavalry fight near New Albany, Ala.

5. Rebels repulsed in an attack on Murfreesboro’.

6. Rebels whipped near Shelbyville, Tenn.

6. Skirmish at Como, Tenn.

6. 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.

7. Part of Gen. Blunt’s escort whipped by the rebels near Fort Scott. All who surrendered were murdered.

7. Rebel steamers destroyed on Red river.

8. Coffee and Shelby, with rebel guerrillas, plundering in Central Missouri.

8. Fight near Farmingham, Ky. Rebs. defeated.

8. Fight at Salem, Miss. Rebels driven off.

9. Rebels make great efforts to cut Rosecrans’ communications, but fail.

9. The overland Texas expedition from New Orleans reaches Vermillionville.

10. Skirmish near Madison Court House, Va.

10. Fight at Blue Springs, near Knoxville.

10. Union raiding expedition, under Col. S. H. Mix, leave Newbern, N. C. Return in a few days entirely successful.

11. About this time much fighting along the Memphis and Charleston railroad. Rebels generally defeated.

12. Skirmishing along the lines on the Rappahannock. Gen. Meade withdraws all his army to the north bank.

12. Skirmish at Blackwater, Mo.

12. 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. Fight at Bristow Station. Rebels defeated. 450 taken prisoners.

15. Skirmishing on the Bull Run battle-field.

15. 300,000 volunteers were called for by the President, the men to receive all government bounties. A draft was ordered, at the same time, for the deficiency in any State quota on January 5, 1864.

16. Rebel raid upon Brownsville, Mo.

16. The Department of the Tennessee, the Cumberland, and the Ohio were formed into the Military Division of the Mississippi, and Maj.-Gen. U. S. Grant appointed the commander.

17. Active volunteering for the Union army in Arkansas.

18. Skirmishing near Stone Bridge and Manassas Junction.

18. Jim Keller, a noted guerrilla, taken near Sharpsburg, Ky., and shot.

19. Lee recrosses the Rappahannock, and marches southward.

19. Secret meetings in New Orleans to revive the rebel State government.

20. Gen. Rosecrans relieved. Gen. Grant takes command.

20. Gen. Blunt relieved of Army of the Frontier, Gen. McNeil taking his place.

61120. Kilpatrick’s cavalry on a raid toward Warrenton.

21. Fight near Philadelphia, East Tennessee.

21. Fight at Cherokee Station, near Corinth, Miss. Rebels defeated.

22. Skirmishes at Columbia and Kingston Spring, Tenn.

22. Gen. Averill’s Union cavalry near Covington, Va.

23. Rebel raid upon Danville, Tenn.

23. Fighting at Beverly Ford, on the Rappahannock.

23. Unionists land at Bay St. Louis, Miss., and recapture some prisoners.

24. Guerrillas driven out of S. Mo.

25. Whole of 1st Ala. cavalry said to have been captured near Tolanda, Miss., about this date.

26. 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 Union forces about this date.

28. Flanking and capture of Lookout Mountain. It is soon after abandoned, and reoccupied by the rebels.

29. Union prisoners from Richmond, in a state of starvation, arrive at Annapolis. Some die on the trip from Fortress Monroe.

29. 60 rebels taken near Columbia, Tenn.

30. Charleston, Mo., robbed by guerrillas.

30. Guerrillas routed near Piney Factory, Tenn.

30. Burnside’s forces cross the river at Knoxville, and occupy Loudon Heights.

30. Heavy bombardment of Charleston, S. C.

31. Banks’ expedition lands at Brazos Island.

31. Plot in Ohio to overthrow the government comes to light.

31. Rebel cavalry repulsed at Warrenton.

31. Gen. Hooker wins an important victory at Shell Mound, Tenn.

31. Fight at Leiper’s Ferry, Tenn.

Nov. 1. 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.

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 Columbia, Tenn.

3. Rebels defeated at Colliersville, Tenn. Their Brig.-Gen. Geary captured.

3. Gen. Washburne’s advance attacked.

4. Banks’ expedition take peaceable possession of Brownsville, on the Rio Grande.

4. E. Tenn. said to be clear of rebs.

5. Rebels continue to shell Chattanooga.

5. Skirmish at Motley’s Ford, E. Tenn.

5. Union camp at Rogersville, E. Tenn., surprised, and 4 guns and nearly 800 men taken.

6. Guerrillas plunder Blandville, Ky.

6. Much excitement about the starvation of Union prisoners at Richmond.

7. Meade’s army begins an advance. Sharp fighting at Kelly’s Ford and Rappahannock 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 declines 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. Rebels 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 regularly shelled day 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.

14. Banks captures Corpus Christi Pass.

15. Reconnoissance and skirmish on the Rapidan.

61215. Skirmish near Holston, Tenn. Burnside falls back to Lenoir.

16. Gen. Sherman’s corps forms a junction with Thomas at Chattanooga.

16. Fighting near Mount Jackson, Va.

16. Burnside falls back to Bell’s Sta’n.

17. Seabrook Island occupied by Gillmore.

17. Charleston again shelled.

17. Burnside reaches Knoxville.

18. Skirmish at Germania Ford, Va.

18. Capture of Mustang Island by Gen. Banks.

19. Gettysburg Cemetery dedicated.

19. Fighting at Knoxville.

20. Mosby’s guerrillas, in Union uniform, attempt to capture Fed. forces at Bealton, Va. The trick discovered in time.

21. Skirmishing along Burnside’s and Longstreet’s lines.

22. A portion of Knoxville burned. The city closely invested by Longstreet.

22. Successful scouting by negro troops at Pocotaligo, S. C. A grandson of John C. Calhoun killed.

23. Reconnoissance in force by Gen. Thomas. Rebels driven back.

23. Guerrillas whipped in Loudon Co., Va.

24. Storming and capture of Lookout Mountain. Hooker’s “fight above the clouds.” Defeat of Bragg.

24. Skirmishing near Knoxville.

25. Capture of Missionary Ridge. Bragg’s army routed and driven back toward Ringgold.

25. Colored troops doing good service in N. C.

25. Rebel cavalry repulsed at Kingston, Tenn.

26. Bragg’s army pursued by Fed. victorious troops.

26. Meade’s army crosses the Rapidan with no serious opposition.

27. Brisk skirmishing between Meade 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.

28. A rebel battery discovered, built behind the Moultrie House while they kept a hospital flag flying from the roof.

29. Siege of Charleston progresses regularly.

29. Longstreet attacks Knoxville, and is beaten after a heavy battle.

Dec. 1. Hooker retires from Ringgold, and Army of the Cumberland again 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 Knoxville, 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 attacks 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 Squadron in West Bay, St. Andrews Sound, Fla. Property of the value of $3,000,000 destroyed.

16. Maj.-Gen. John Buford died at Washington.

16. Averill destroys 15 miles of Va. and Tenn. railroad.

17. Rebel cavalry attack Meade’s communications at Sangster’s, and are repulsed.

17. Com. G. J. Van Brunt died at Dedham, Mass., aged 64.

17. The Chesapeake recaptured in Sambro Harbor by the Ella and Annie. All of the crew but 3 escape.

18. Col. Phillips, with Indian brigade beats and scatters Quantrell’s force near Fort Gibson, killing 50.

19. Fort Gibson, Ark., attacked by Standthwaite with 1,600 men. Standthwaite repulsed.

22. Gen. Corcoran killed by a fall from his horse.

22. An expedition from Beaufort starts inland under Gen. Seymour.

22. An expedition of 1 white and 3 colored regiments, starts for Red river from Port Hudson, under Gen. Ullman.

23. Longstreet’s soldiers are deserting 20 to 50 per day.

23. Union raid on Luray. Large quantities of leather, bacon, &c., captured.

23. Ferryboat at Memphis attacked by 613guerrillas who killed the captain. The boat escaped.

24. Choctaw Indians and their Chief abandon the rebel cause.