Pictorial history of the war for the Union, volume 2 (of 2)

by Ann S. Stephens

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, D. 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.

22. 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., under 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.

23. 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.

March 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 and 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.

April 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 Col. 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.

1. 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. Jacobs’ 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.

21. 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.

4. 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.

18. 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.

5. 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.

26. 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.

27. 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.

25. 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.

20. 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.

15. 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 guerrillas who killed the captain. The boat escaped.

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

24. Reeves, with 150 guerrillas, surprises Centreville, Mo., and captures garrison of 50 men, 3d M. S. M.

24. Legareville, S. C., attacked by rebs., who are driven off.

25. Fight between the gunboat Marblehead, and rebel batteries on Stone river, S. C. Rebels defeated. Fed. loss, 3 killed, 4 wounded.

25. At Pulaski, Tenn., 50 of Forrest’s guerrillas captured by Gen. Dodge.

25. Gen. Sullivan’s expedition from Harper’s Ferry returns with 100 prisoners and 100 horses.

25. Gen. Banks establishes Department of the Frontier on the Rio Grande.

25. British bark Circassian seized in North river by U. S. Marshal.

26. Dr. Segar, Mr. Perez, and Mr. Carter sent to Fort Lafayette for smuggling arms to rebels.

26. The Dictator, turreted iron-clad, launched at New York.

26. At Charleston, Tenn., rebel Gen. Wheeler, with 1,500 men attacks Colonel Liebert and supply train; captures the latter. Col. Long reinforces Liebert and rebels are beaten, losing 121 prisoners.

29. Part of Union train captured by rebels at Williamsport, Va.

30. Great naval expedition leaves N. O., supposed for Mobile.

31. McChesney’s expedition meets rebels near Washington, N. C., routs them, kills a lieut. and 5 men, captures 1 cannon and 10 men.

1864.—Jan. 1.

Army Corps Commanders—Generals.

1st. John Newton.

2d. W. S. Hancock.

3d. W. H. French.

4th. Gordon Granger.

5th. George Sykes.

6th. John Sedgwick.

7th. Consolidated with others.

8th. H. H. Lockwood.

9th. A. E. Burnside.

10th. Q. A. Gilmore.

11th. O. O. Howard.

12th. H. W. Slocum.

13th. E. O. C. Ord.

14th. John M. Palmer.

15th. John A. Logan.

16th. S. A. Hurlbut.

17th. J. B. McPherson.

18th. B. F. Butler.

19th. W. B. Franklin.

20th. } Consolidated to

21st. } form the 4th.

22d. S. P. Heintzelman.

23d. G. L. Hartsuff.

Cavalry Corps—George Stoneman.

Department Commanders.

Dep’tm’t of the Tenn.—Maj.-Gen. W. T. Sherman.

„ the Cumberland—Maj.-Gen. Geo. H. Thomas.

„ the Ohio—Maj.-Gen. J. T. Foster.

„ the East—Maj.-Gen. John A. Dix.

„ the Gulf—Maj.-Gen. N. P. Banks.

„ N. C. and Va.—Maj.-Gen. B. F. Butler.

„ the Northwest—Maj.-Gen. John Pope.

„ Washington—Maj.-Gen. S. P. Heintzelman.

„ the Monongahela—Maj.-Gen. W. T. Brooks.

„ the Susquehanna—Maj.-Gen. D. N. Couch.

„ Western Virginia—Brig.-Gen. B. F. Kelly.

„ New Mexico—Brig.-Gen. J. H. Carleton.

„ the Pacific—Brig.-Gen. George Wright.

„ Kansas—Maj.-Gen. James G. Blunt.

„ Middle Department—Brig.-Gen. Lockwood.

„ the South—Maj.-Gen. Q. A. Gilmore.

„ Missouri—Maj.-Gen. John M. Schofield.

1. Gov. Bramlette of Ky., ordered the arrest of 5 rebel sympathizers for every loyal man captured by rebel guerrillas.

1. Arrest of a contractor of the Confederate government in New York who was engaged in manufacturing notes and bonds. The plates and engraving tools seized, and $7,000,000 in notes and bonds.

1. Departure of a Fed. cavalry reconnoissance to Front Royal, Va.

1. Fed. pickets driven in at Winchester, Va.

2. Gen. Curtis took command of Kansas Military Department.

2. A Fed. train attacked near Moorfield, Va. Rebels defeated, losing 13 killed, and 20 wounded.

3. Fight at Jonesville, Va. 60 Fed. troops killed or wounded, and 300 captured.

3. Death of Archbishop Hughes, in New York.

4. Gen. Grierson pursuing Forrest’s rebel troops south of Coldwater, Miss.

4. Trial of the crew of the Chesapeake for piracy.

5. Gen. Stoneman made Chief of cavalry under Gen. Grant.

6. Marmaduke and Price at Arkadelphia, Ark., with 7,000 men.

6. Skirmish at Newtown, W. Va.

6. Gen. Kirby Smith takes command of rebels west of Mississippi river.

7. Death of Caleb B. Smith, U. S. Secretary of the Interior.

7. Gen. Grant made Maj.-Gen. in the regular army.

7. Gen. Thomas made Brigadier in the regular army.

8. Gens. Meade and Sherman made Brigadiers in the regular army.

8. Petersburg, Va., attacked by rebels under Fitz Hugh Lee, who were driven off.

8. Chase and destruction of the Anglorebel steamer Dare.

8. Death of Com. Stover, U. S. navy.

9. Madisonville and St. Francisburg, La., occupied by Fed. troops.

9. Gen. Wild’s colored troops made a raid into N. C., releasing 3,000 slaves, and capturing or destroying an immense quantity of stores.

10. Gen. Rousseau left Decatur, Ala., for a raid in the rear of Gen. Hood’s reb. army.

10. A severe fight at Strawberry Plains, E. Tenn. Rebels repulsed with severe loss.

10. A battalion of Cole’s Md. cavalry attacked by rebels under Mosby, in Loudon Co., Va. Rebels defeated.

11. Madisonville, La., captured by Fed. troops.

11. Longstreet’s rebel army fortifying Bull Gap, Tenn.

11. Capture of rebel salt-works at Tampa Bay, Fla.

11. Battle at Smithfield, Va. Federal troops defeated.

11. Gunboat Iron Age aground and under reb. fire in Wilmington Harbor.

12. Raid by Fed. troops under Gen. Marston in Westmoreland Co., Va. Much property destroyed.

12. Rebel cavalry defeated at Mossy Creek, Tenn., by Gen. McCook’s troops, who killed 14 and took 49 prisoners.

13. Gen. Herron’s troops crossed the Rio Grande into Mexico, and escorted the American Consul to Brownsville with $2,000,000, belonging to Americans and the Government.

14. Fed. pickets at Three Mile Station, Va., attacked by rebel cavalry, who were repulsed.

14. A Fed. train of 23 wagons captured near Tenisville, Tenn., by rebels under Gen. Vance, who are pursued by Col. Palmer, who retook the wagons, and captured the rebel general, and a portion of his force.

14. Rebel steamer Mayflower captured in Sarasote Pass, Fla.

14. Skirmish at Bainbridge, Tenn.

14. The American ship Emma Jane captured by the Alabama, off Trivandrum, while on her way from Bombay to Mouhnein.

17. Fight near Dandridge, Tenn. National troops defeated, losing 150 killed or wounded.

17. Longstreet’s force moving towards Knoxville, Tenn.

17. Rebels attack Union lines at Bainbridge, Tenn., but are defeated with heavy loss.

18. Gen. Butler pronounced an outlaw by rebel Congress.

19. Gen. Sturgis’ Fed. troops retreated from Strawberry Plains to Knoxville.

19. Mosby defeated at Thoroughfare Gap, Va., by 1st Mass. cavalry.

20. Guerrillas attacked Col. Sweitzer’s brigade of 5th Corps, and were repulsed, leaving 8 dead on the field.

21. Extensive conflagration of hospital buildings at Camp Winder, near Richmond, Va.

21. A large number of rebel deserters arrive at Chattanooga.

23. Brandon, Va., on the James river, destroyed by Fed. troops, who captured 100 negroes, and much rebel property.

23. Union raid to Lake Phelps, N. C. 200,000 lbs. of pork destroyed.

23. Rebel Gen. Rhoddy driven south of Tenn. river, by Col. Phillips, with loss of his train, 200 cattle, 600 sheep and 100 horses and mules.

25. Athens, Ala., attacked by 600 rebs. under Col. Harrison, who were defeated.

20. Successful Fed. raid in Onslow and Jones Co., N. C., by Col. Palmer’s troops.

27. Rebel cavalry under Armstrong and Morgan defeated near Seviervillle, Tenn., by Gen. Sturgis.

27. Rebels defeated in an attack on Florence, Ala.

28. A meeting at Nashville, Tenn., to restore the State Government.

28. Destruction of rebel salt works at St. Andrews Bay.

28. Rebels defeated at Tunnel Hill, Ga. 32 killed and 1 company captured.

29. Skirmish 13 miles from Cumberland Gap, Tenn. Fed. cavalry with reb. troops under Gen. Jones.

29. Bridges and other property destroyed by Union troops at Windsor, N. C.

29. Major Johnson’s Ky. troops drove rebels out of Scottville, Ky., killing 40 and taking 20 prisoners.

30. A Fed. supply train of 80 wagons, guarded by Col. Snyder’s troops, captured near Petersburg, W. Va., after a 4 hours’ fight. Fed. loss, 80 killed or wounded. The Fed. garrison evacuated the place that night.

30. Skirmish near Cumberland Gap, Tenn. Rebels defeated by Col. Love.

30. Fight at Smithfield, Va.

Feb. 1. Union repulse at Bachelor’s Creek, near Newbern, N. C. Steamer Underwriter destroyed.

1. President Lincoln calls for 500,000 men for 3 years. Draft for deficiency to be made March 10.

1. Burlington, W. Va., occupied by rebels.

1. Fighting in the New Creek (Va.) valley.

1. Fed. outposts at Bachelor’s Creek driven in by a rebel force threatening Newbern, N. C.

1. Fighting at Smithfield, Va.

2. Fight at Mechanicsburg Gap, near Romney, W. Va. Rebels retreat.

2 Rebel troops burn a bridge at Patterson’s Creek, Va., and were next day driven off by the guard.

2. Union reinforcements arrive at Newbern, N. C., and rebels are driven back to Kinston.

2. U. S. steamer Levi burned in Kanawha river, W. Va., and Gen. Scammon and staff captured by rebels.

3. Sherman’s advance defeated rebels in a skirmish at Bolton, Miss. Union loss, 12 killed, 35 wounded. Rebel loss larger.

3. Gen. Smith’s cavalry expedition starts from Corinth, Miss.

4. Col. Mulligan drove rebels from Morefield, W. Va., after 6 hours’ fighting.

4. A party of rebels captured near White Oak river.

4. Gen. Sherman’s troops skirmish near Champion Hill, Miss.

4. Cavalry skirmish at Canton, Miss.

4. Gen. Averill defeats rebels at Woodfield, W. Va.

4. Rebel battery defeated at Clinton, Miss. Union killed 15, wounded 30.

4. Gen. Seymour’s expedition left Port Royal, S. C., for Jacksonville, Fla.

5. Engagement between Gen. Sherman’s troops and rebels, at Bear Creek, near Clinton, Miss.

5. Navajo Indians defeated near Fort Sumner, with loss of 50 killed and 25 wounded.

6. Col. Kit Carson brings 280 Indian prisoners to Santa Fe.

6. Skirmish at Bottom’s Bridge, W. Va., by Gen. Butler’s troops.

7. Rebels driven across the Rapidan by the army of the Potomac.

7. A Federal expedition returned to Knoxville, Tenn., having defeated a reb. force, killing and wounding 215, and taking 50 prisoners.

8. Rebel regiments at Dalton, and at Decatur, Ala., mutiny when required to re-enlist. Several soldiers are killed.

8. Gen. Seymour’s expedition arrived at Jacksonville, Fla.

9. Rebels abandon Jacksonville, Fla., losing 100 men prisoners, and 8 guns.

9. Union gunboats arrive at Sartartia, on the Yazoo river.

10. Col. Streight, and 110 other officers, escaped from Libby prison by tunnelling.

11. Guerrillas rob a train on Balt. and O. railroad, near Harper’s Ferry.

11. Gens. Grierson and Smith’s Fed. troops start on a raid through Miss.

11. Gen. W. L. Smith’s cavalry expedition started in the direction of Colliersville, Tenn.

11. First 20-inch gun cast at Pittsb’g, Pa.

12. Fed. pickets at Manassas attacked by Mosby.

12. Smith’s Fed. expedition reaches Okolona, Miss.

12. Passage of the Enrollment bill by the House of Representatives.

13. The line of the Memphis and Ohio railroad evacuated by the Fed. forces.

14. Negro garrison of 400 at Waterproof, La., was attacked by a large rebel force, which was repulsed 3 times, and retired.

14. Rebel Col. Ferguson surprised in Wayne Co., W. Va., losing 60 prisoners, with arms and supplies, and releasing 500 Union captives.

14. Meridian evacuated by the rebels.

14. Guerrilla attack at Tecumseh Landing, Miss.

14. A company of colored troops, save 2, surprised and murdered at Grand Lake, Miss.

14. Gainesville, Fla., attacked by 40th Mass., Capt. Roberts. Rebels routed with loss of 100.

14. Meridian, Miss., occupied by Gen. Sherman’s Union forces, who destroyed the State arsenal, and great quantities of ammunition.

15. Chesapeake steamer surrendered to her owners by colonial authorities at St. John’s.

16. Rebel Gen. Pickett captured at Newbern, N. C.

14–20. Sherman sends various expeditions from Meridian, Miss., who destroy adjacent towns, and immense quantities of stores.

18. Sherman’s army reaches Quitman, Ga., without opposition.

18. Gen. Seymour left Jacksonville, Fla., with 5,000 troops, and established a depot of supplies at Baldwin.

18. Gen. Smith’s Union expedition reached Okolona, 75 miles south of Corinth, Miss.

18. Sloop-of-war Housatonic sunk at Port Royal by a rebel torpedo.

20. Longstreet retreats from Bull’s Gap to Strawberry Plains.

20. Rebels hang Rev. Dr. Cox, chaplain of Corps de Afrique, near Donaldsonville.

20. Skirmish with Mosby’s rebel cavalry, at Piedmont Station, Va. 17 of his men taken.

20. Gen. Smith defeated by Forrest at West Point, Ga., and driven back towards Memphis.

20. Battle of Olustee, Fla. Gen. Seymour’s troops encountered a superior force of rebels 55 miles beyond Jacksonville, Fla. After a severe contest of 3 hours, the Union troops were defeated, and retreated to Sanderson. Union loss, 1,500. Rebel loss about the same.

21. A force of Fed. troops left Hilton Head, and proceeded up the Savannah river, without result.

21. Heavy fighting at Pontotoc, Miss.

21. Ringgold, Ga., occupied by Gen. Palmer.

22. Mosby defeats 150 Fed. cavalry near Drainsville, Va., who lose 8 killed, 7 wounded, and 75 missing.

22. 28 of Mosby’s men captured near Warrenton by Major Cole.

22. A “Border State Convention,” convened at Louisville, Ky., for the purpose of adopting harmonious action on important issues then pending in National affairs. Representatives from six States were present.

22. Rebel train destroyed near Poplar Bluffs, Mo.

22. Louisiana State election. Michael Hahn elected Governor, by 6,830 votes, against Fellows, 2,720, and B. F. Flanders, 1,847.

23. Rebel Gen. Forrest repulsed in an attack on Smith, near Memphis, Tenn.

23. Bombardment of Fort Powell, Mobile Bay, by Fed. mortars.

23. Skirmish near Tunnel Hill, Ga.

24. Passage of a bill by Congress authorizing the appointment of a Lieut.-Gen.

25. Skirmish at Bean Station.

25. Rebel raid on Maysville, Ky.

26. Grierson and Smith’s forces return to Memphis. Results of expedition are 200 rebel prisoners, 1,500 negroes, 300 horses taken; 3,000,000 bushels corn, 4,000 bales cotton, 2,000 hides, and 40 miles of Mobile and O. railroad destroyed.

26. Tunnel Hill occupied by column from Chattanooga, after heavy skirmishing.

26. Fire opened upon Fort Powell by Admiral Farragut.

27. Col. Jourdan makes another dash into Jones and Onslow Cos., N. C., captures 3 prisoners, and destroys stores and ammunition.

27. Fed. troops withdrew from Tunnel Hill, Ga., to Ringgold.

27. Sherman’s expedition returns to Vicksburg, after 22 days’ raid, devastating many towns, burning bridges, seizing or destroying vast quantities of stores, liberating 10,000 negroes, breaking up many miles of railways, and taking 600 prisoners. Union loss, 170 k. and w.

27. Gov. Goodman, of Arizona, with exploring party, fights with Indians, killing 5, and wounding many.

28. Colonel Richardson, a notorious guerrilla, captured near Cumberland river.

28. Seymour’s retreating army reaches Baldwin, Fla., which it evacuates, burning stores.

28. Gen. Kilpatrick, with 5,000 picked men, leaves Culpepper for a raid on Richmond, crosses the Rapidan at Ely’s Ford, surprising rebel pickets at Spottsylvania Court House, and capturing 15 men and 2 officers.

29. Kilpatrick’s exped. passed through Louisa C. H., to Pamunkey Bridge, destroying as he went. A force is sent by Butler to reinforce him.

29. Expedition of Custar’s cav. crosses Rapidan and Rivanna, destroys an artillery camp, burns caissons, &c., and recrosses Rivanna bridge, burning it. Reb. cavalry charged and scattered at Burton’s Ford and Stannardsville roads, and Custar safely returns with 60 prisoners, horses, &c.

29. Rebels in force attack Newbern, N. C., and were repulsed. Garrison ultimately relieved by reinforcements.

March 1. A lieut. and 15 men of the 5th Pa. cavalry captured while reconnoitering in the Dismal Swamp, Va.

1. A force under Gen. Kilpatrick and Col. Onderdonk, left Yorktown, Va., on an expedition to King and Queens C. H. Near Carlton’s store the troops encountered 2 regiments of Virginia cavalry and a body of citizens. The enemy was routed and driven from the town. After penetrating to the inner fortifications of Richmond, Kilpatrick’s troops were repulsed.

1. Reb. Government salt works at St. Marks, Fla., destroyed by expeditions from gunboat Tahoma.

1. Gen. Thomas, reinforced, marching against Dalton, from Tunnel Hill.

2. Reinforcements reaching Gen. Seymour at Jacksonville.

3. Kilpatrick’s expedition moves to Williamsburg to rest. Many prisoners and stores captured and destroyed during this raid.

4. Kilpatrick returns within Union lines, having destroyed large portions of the Va. Central R. R., and burned several mills on James river. Loss 150, including Col. Dahlgren.

4. Gen. Custer, with 500 men, made a reconnoissance to Ely’s Ford, on the Rapidan.

5. Reb. cavalry still scouring country E. of Knoxville.

5. Reb. cavalry, in force, attack 93 of 3d Tenn. at Panther Springs. Union loss 2 k. 8 wounded, 22 prisoners. Rebel, 30 k. and wounded.

5. Battle in Yazoo City, between 11th Ill. and 8th La., and 4 reb. brigades. Rebs. defeated with considerable loss. Union, killed 6; wounded 20.

6. Gunboat Peterholf sunk off Wilmington, N. C.

6. 23 Union soldiers, captured from Gen. Foster’s command, hung by rebs. at Kinston, N. C.

6. Sherman’s main army at Jackson, commencing to cross Pearl river.

7. Sherman’s cavalry enter Brandon after skirmishing, and camp two miles east.

8. Reb. cavalry driven from camp near Carrolton. Grain mills and stores burned.

9. Sherman at Hillsboro’, N. C.

9. 40 of 30th Pa. cavalry captured by guerrillas at Bristow Station, Va.

9. An outpost of national troops near Suffolk, Va., was attacked by 4 regiments of infantry, a squadron of cavalry, and 2 batteries of artillery, and driven to Baner’s Hill. A column of national troops arrived to the support, and the enemy in turn was attacked, driven back and pursued. Fed. loss 200.

10. Suffolk, Va., captured. Reb. loss 25 killed. Union, 10 k.

10. A body of 10,000 troops under Gens. A. J. Smith and Thomas Kilby Smith, left Vicksburg on transports, destined for the mouth of Red river, at which point a force under Gen. Banks was being rendezvoused, in view of a campaign in the Red river region.

10. A naval expedition from Brashear City captures camp, arms, flag at Atchafalaya river.

10. Pilatka occupied by Union forces.

12. Gen. Grant appointed Commander-in-Chief of the armies of the U. S.

13. Indianola evacuated by Union troops.

13. Gen. Smith’s army at Semmesport.

13. Alexandria, La., captured by Fed. fleet.

14. Capture of Fort de Russy, on the Red river, by 1st and 3d divisions of 16th corps, under Gen. Mower. The fort was blown up at night.

15. President calls for 200,000 men, and a draft ordered for the deficiency on the 15th of April.

15. Reb. plot to assassinate Pres. Lincoln discovered.

15. Sherman repulses rebs. near Chunky Creek.

16. Gov. Bramlette of Ky., remonstrates against employment of slaves as soldiers.

16. Battle near Fort Pillow. Rebs. defeated, loss of 50 k. and w.

16. Arkansas votes herself a free State.

16. Gens. Smith and Banks at Alexandria. Rebs. retreat to Shreveport and burn 2 steamers with 3,000 bales of cotton.

16. Rebs. attack a train from Nashville near Estelle Springs, Tenn.

17. Reb. raid on Magnolia, Fla.

19. Reb. attack on Port Royal, S. C., fails.

21. Gen. Mower captures reb. camp at Henderson’s Hill, 282 prisoners, guns, &c.

21. Banks captures 306 rebs. near Alexandria.

21. Engagement at Natchitoches, La., between Gen. Mower’s troops of A. J. Smith’s command, and reb. cavalry under Gen. Lee. 200 rebs. captured, with but small loss in killed or wounded on either side.

22. The gunboat Petrel captured by rebs. on the Yazoo river.

22. Gen. Thayer, with an army of 5,500 men left Fort Smith, Ark., to aid Gen. Steele’s army.

23. Union City, Ky., captured by reb. Gen. Forrest. Col. Hawkins, with the 7th Tenn. cavalry, 400 men, surrendered after repulsing 2,000 rebs. 3 times.

25. Reb. Gen. Forrest, with 7,000 men, attacked the Fed. fort at Paducah, Ky., defended by Col. Hicks, with 500 men. Aided by 2 gunboats, Col. Hicks defeated Forrest, who retired with a loss of 1,000 killed and wounded. Fed. loss 14 killed and 46 wounded. The town was nearly destroyed by the bombardment.

26. Col. Clayton captured 370 rebs., 35 wagons, and 300 horses, at Longview, Ark.

29. Battle of Cane river, La. Rebs. defeated.

30. Fight in Arkansas with 1,200 rebs., who are defeated.

30. Riots by disloyalists at Charleston and Mattoon, Ill.

31. Rebs. defeated at Crump’s Hill (Piney Woods).

April 1. Fight near Snyder’s Bluff, on the Yazoo.

1. S. S. Maple Leaf blown up by torpedo in St. Johns river.

1. Rebel ram Tennessee sunk near Grant’s Pass.

2. Shelby defeated by Steele near Camden, in Ark.

2. Grierson’s cavalry engages Forrest near Summerville, and falls back.

4. Fight at Roseville, in Ark.

4. Col. Gooding engages Harrison’s guerrillas at Compti, and withdraws with loss.

4. Marmaduke defeated by Steele on Little Missouri river, Ark.

4. N. Y. Metropolitan Sanitary Fair opened.

5. Fight between gunboats and guerrillas at Hickman, Ky.

5. Banks’ Texas expedition at Grand Ecore.

5. Gen. W. P. White, reb., of Georgetown, S. C., assassinated by his own men.

6. Fort Halleck, Columbus, Ky., attacked by rebel Gen. Buford. Surrender refused by Col. Lawrence.

6. Maryland Constitutional Convention on Slavery met.

7. U. S. Senate pass the resolution to submit to States’ Legislatures the Constitution amendment abolishing slavery.

8. Gen. Franklin’s command of Banks’ expedition defeated at Mansfield, La., by Gen. Taylor’s army, losing 24 guns and nearly 2,000 men, and falling back to Grand Ecore. Gen. Smith, next day, relieved Franklin, defeated the rebels, and captured 36 guns and 2,000 prisoners.

8. Shelbyville entered by 40 guerrillas.

9. Battle of Pleasant Hill, La. After severe fighting the Union troops retreated at night in good order.

10. Cape Lookout lighthouse seized by 40 rebels.

11. Banks retires to Grand Ecore.

11. Rebels repulsed in an attack on Roseville, Ark.

12. Capture of Fort Pillow and massacre of garrison.

12. Admiral Porter’s Red river fleet attacked by 2,000 rebel infantry on shore, who are beaten off.

12. Horrible murder of a farmer by guerrillas at Osage river, Mo.

13. A portion of Banks’ army attacked near Blair’s Landing, La. Rebs. repulsed with loss.

13. New York Soldiers’ Voting Bill passed New York Senate. Yeas 29, nays none.

14. Gunboat expedition from Butler’s army capture prisoners and stores at Smithfield, Va.

14. Nebraska Constitution and State Government Bill passed by U. S. Senate.

15. Chenango, gunboat, exploded.

16. Gunboat Eastport sunk by snag above Grand Ecore.

17. Bread riot by women in Savannah, Ga.

18. Rebel attack on Fort Wessell, near Plymouth, N. C. Gunboat Southfield sunk. Com. Flusser killed and most of crew drowned. Ram also destroys the gunboat Bombshell.

18. Baltimore Sanitary Fair opened.

19. Guerrillas driven from Burksville.

19. Transports and gunboats aground above Grand Ecore, Red river.

19. Fort Wessells, N. C., evacuated by Feds.

20. Plymouth, N. C., surrendered to rebels by Gen. Wessels, after severe loss by rebels. Gen. Wessells and 2,500 men surrendered.

21. North Carolina salt works, worth $100,000, near Wilmington, destroyed.

22. Rebels captured gunboat Petrel on the Yazoo river, and burnt her.

22. Forrest moving toward Alabama, followed by Grierson.

22. Banks’ army left Grand Ecore for Alexandria, La., by land.

23. Brisk engagement near Camden, Ark. Feds. defeated.

23. Rebels capture and murder Union pickets at Nickajack.

23. N. Y. Metropolitan Sanitary Fair closed. Sword voted to Grant by 30,291, against 14,509 for McClellan.

24. Battle at Cane river, La. Rebels losing 1,000 men and 9 guns.

25. A supply train of 240 wagons, and the 26th Iowa, 73d Ohio, and 43d Ind. regiments, under Col. Drake, 2,000 men, were captured after a brave resistance on their return to Pine Bluff, Ark., after an unsuccessful effort to reach General Steele’s army.

26. Gen. Steele’s army left Camden for Little Rock, Ark.

26. Rebels in strong force attack Admiral Porter’s gunboats on the Red river, and were defeated with severe loss.

28. Little Washington, N. C., evacuated by Fed. troops.

28. A detachment of Fed. cavalry under Col. Lowell, encountered a portion of Mosby’s command near Upperville, Va., and defeated them, capturing 23, killing 2 and wounding 4. Fed. loss, 3 killed, 4 wounded.

30. Gen. Steele’s army in Ark. crossed the Sabine river after a fight with rebs.

30. Madison Court House, Va., was burned by a Union expeditionary force while engaged in a skirmish with a rebel company at that place.

May 1. Death of Commodore W. D. Porter.

1. Gen. Steele’s army 40 miles from Little Rock, Ark. His cavalry reached that city.

2. Advance of the Army of the Potomac across the Rapidan towards Chancellorsville and the Wilderness.

2. West Point, Va., occupied by Feds.

2. Gen. Sturgis’ cavalry encountered a band of the rebel Forrest’s men, near Bolivar, Tenn., and, after a severe fight, defeated them.

3. The crossing of the Rapidan by the army of the Potomac effected, without opposition, at Culpepper, Germania, and Ely’s Fords.

3. The Sec. of the Navy sentenced Ad. Wilkes to be reprimanded and suspended for three years, for insubordination, &c.

4. The crossing of the Rapidan by the army of the Potomac continued.

4 Gen. Warren’s headquarters at the Wilderness.

4. A fleet of transports on Hampton Roads commenced embarking troops.

4. Rebel raid into Princeton, Ky.

5. Battle of the Wilderness commenced. A day of terrific fighting, on most difficult ground, in the Wilderness, near Chancellorsville, Va. Night closed in without any definite result. Gen. Hayes killed.

5. Gen. Butler’s army passed Fortress Monroe in transports, on their way up the James river.

5. Gen. Kautz forced the Blackwater, and burnt the railroad bridge at Stony Creek.

5. Naval engagement between the reb. ram Albemarle and Fed. fleet, near the mouth of the Roanoke river.

5. Skirmish at Thoroughfare Gap, Va. Burnside’s cavalry attacked the enemy on their passage through the Gap.

6. Battle of the Wilderness continued. Another day of terrible fighting, resulting in the falling back of Lee’s army. Gen. Wadsworth killed. Loss of both armies about 15,000 each in the 2 days fighting. The rebel Gen. Longstreet wounded. Fed. wounded, who had been removed to Fredericksburg, fired on by citizens.

6. Gen. Butler’s forces effected a successful landing near Fort Fisher, N. C., without resistance.

6. Gunboat Com. Jones blown up by rebel torpedo on James river.

7. Gen. Grant’s army in pursuit of Lee, having marched 15 miles on the night of the 6th.

7. Tunnel Hill, Ga., taken by Gen. Thomas.

7. Severe fight at Todd’s Tavern, between Custar’s and rebel cavalry. Loss, 250 on each side.

7. Battle near Petersburg, Va., between Gen. Butler’s army and the rebels.

7. Tazewell salt-works destroyed by Gen. Averill.

8. General Hancock’s corps passed through Spottsylvania C. H. at daylight, and, at noon, his headquarters were 20 miles south of the battle-field of the 6th.

8. Battle of Spottsylvania C. H., Va., commenced. The armies near Spottsylvania C. H. engaged from 8 to 12 M., at which time Fed. forces gained the point for which they contended. At 6 P. M., 2 fresh divisions were thrown in, and, after a severe engagement of an hour and a half, the rebel position was carried, and their first line of breastworks occupied.

8. General engagement at Mill Creek Gap, Ga.

8. Union troops held possession of Fredericksburg, Va.

9. Battle of Spottsylvania C. H., Va., continued. Lee’s army made a stand, but no general engagement occurred in the morning. Maj.-Gen. Sedgwick killed. The fight in the evening was brought on by Hancock, who crossed the river Po, and established himself on the south bank.

9. Gen. Butler at Bermuda Landing, in a strong position. His forces defeated a portion of Beauregard’s army under Gen. Hill. The fight commenced at noon, and continued till night. The rebels driven back 3 miles.

9. Night attack on Gen. Butler’s lines. The rebels repulsed.

9. Gen. Sherman marched around the rebel right flank, and reached the North Anna river in safety in the evening. In the night he destroyed a great quantity of rebel stores, and recaptured 378 Feds.

9. Battle of Cloyd Mountain. Rebels defeated.

9. U. S. transport H. A. Weed blown up by torpedo near Jacksonville, Fla.

10. Gen. Sheridan crossed the South Anna river.

10. Battle of Spottsylvania C. H. continued. A general advance of Fed. army ordered at 5 A. M. A tremendous conflict ensued. In the afternoon an attack was made on the rebel batteries. After the assault had continued some time it was found that the rebel batteries could not be carried without great loss, and the effort was abandoned. The battle ceased about 9 P. M., and was one of the most terrible and bloody of the war. The 6th corps carried the enemy’s works, and captured 1,000 prisoners. Loss, 10,000 on each side on this day.

10. Gen. Sheridan reported that he had turned the rebel right, reached their rear, and destroyed from 8 to 10 miles of railroad and other property.

10. Gen. Averill’s force fought a battle near Wytheville, Va., defeating Gen. Jones and destroying railroad.

10. Crooke defeated rebels near Newbern, capturing 7 guns and many pris.

10. Sec. Stanton reported that Gen. McPherson was within 7 miles of Resaca, Ga.

10. Gen. Sherman in front of Buzzard Roost Gap, Ga.

11. The armies under Grant and Lee engaged with varied success until 11 A. M., when Fed. line was somewhat advanced. Gen. Grant reported to the War Department, that, after 6 days’ fighting, the result was much in favor of the Union arms.

11. After 3 days of skirmishing Feds. drove the rebels back to Rocky Ridge and Buzzard Roost Mountain, Ga.

11. Gen. Sheridan captured Ashland Station, destroying a large amount of stores. He attacked Gen. Stewart at Yellow Tavern, near Richmond, and penetrated the 1st and 2d lines of the rebel defences.

12. The battle between Grant?s and Lee’s army renewed 5 miles below Spottsylvania C. H., Va. Gen. Hancock opened the battle, and made a brilliant assault on A. P. Hill’s division, which he routed. Gen. Grant reported that the day closed leaving between 3,000 and 4,000 prisoners in his hands, including 2 general officers, and over 30 pieces of artillery. In the night Lee abandoned his position.

12. Gen. Sheridan’s army encamped at Walnut Grove and Gaines’ Mills.

12. Gen. Butler’s army engaged.

12. Rebel position at Dalton, Ga., carried and held by Sherman.

13. Gen. Butler’s army advanced toward Petersburg, Va. Skirmishing with the rebels in the afternoon.

13. Gen. Sheridan’s forces encamped at Bottom’s Bridge.

13. Gen. Sherman’s army in line of battle in Sugar Valley.

13. Gen. McPherson captured 9 trains, with rebel military stores, at Dalton.

14. Gen. Smith carried the 1st line of rebel works at Petersburg, Va. The rebels attacked the 5th corps, army of the Potomac, but were finally driven back with severe loss, after a furious cannonade.

14. Gen. Sherman’s forces actively engaged. Gen. Hooker’s corps attacked by the rebel Gen. Hood’s division. The rebels repulsed. General battle, which lasted till midnight, each party holding its respective position.

15. Battle of Resaca, Ga. An all day battle, in which Feds. were successful. The rebels forced to evacuate Resaca. Gen. Johnston retreats from Fed. front in the night.

15. Rocky Faced Ridge taken by Sherman.

15. Gen. Sigel fought a battle at Newmarket, Va. The rebels successful. Union forces fell back to Strasburg, Va.

15. Gen. Banks’ gunboats arrived at Fort de Russey, La.

16. The rebel army encamped around Spottsylvania C. H., Va.

16. The rebels in force attacked Gen. Smith’s lines in Va., and forced them back with considerable loss.

16. Gen. Butler’s force attacked by troops from Petersburg. Furious fighting. The rebels made a desperate onslaught in a fog, but were repulsed.

16. Resaca, Ga., occupied by Gen. Sherman.

16. Admiral Porter’s fleet above Alexandria Falls, released by Col. Bailey’s dam.

17. Gen. Kautz reached City Point, Va., returning from his raid on the Danville railroad.

17. Gen. Sherman’s army at Colburn, Ga.

17. General Banks’ forces reached Semmesport, La.

18. Ewell attacked Union baggage train in rear of Grant’s right flank, but was repulsed.

18. Heavy engagement between the armies in Va. Gen. Hancock charged the enemy, and carried the first line of rebel intrenchments.

18. Gen. Sherman reached Adairsville. Ga., where he was engaged in skirmishes.

18. Sec. Stanton announced that a draft would be ordered, to take place July 1.

18. A pretended proclamation of the President calling for 400,000 men, and announcing the Spring campaign closed, published in the Journal of Commerce and the World. The 2 papers suppressed for 3 days, and the author of the forgery, Jos. Howard, of Brooklyn, arrested.

19. Gen. Ewell attempted to turn Grant’s right, but was repulsed.

19. Gen. Sherman advanced on the enemy, who retreated. Kingston, Ga., reached. General Sherman pushed a column as far as Cassville, Ga.

20. Torpedoes explode at Bachelor’s Creek. Many N. Y. soldiers killed and wounded.

20. Sherman in possession of Kingston and Rome, Ga.

20. Rebels attack Ames’ division of Butler’s army. Heavy losses on both sides.

20. Arrest of Howard, the forger.

21. Gen. Hancock’s troops entered Bowling Green, Va.

23. U. S. tugboat Columbine captured on St. John’s river by rebs.

24. Rebels destroy bridge over North Anna. Grant’s headquarters at Jericho Mills. Sheridan destroyed Danville railroad near Richmond, Va.

24. Fitzhugh Lee repulsed at Wilson’s Wharf by Federal negroes under Gen. Wild.

24. Sherman flanks Johnston at Altoona.

24. 1,000 rebels captured by General Grant’s army at Mt. Carmel Church, Va.

25. Battle near Dallas, Ga. Hooker drives rebels 2 miles. Union loss, 1,500. Reb. about same.

25. Gen. Birney ascends the Ashepoo river.

26. Grant’s army moves toward Hanovertown.

26. La. State Convention abolishes slavery.

27. Eight steamers and several river craft burned at New Orleans Levee, by incendiaries.

27. Lee evacuates position on South Anna, and retreats toward Richmond.

27. Sheridan captures and holds Hanovertown and Ferry.

28. Longstreet attacks Sherman at Dallas, and is driven toward Marietta. Rebel loss, 2,500 killed and wounded, and 300 prisoners. Union loss, 300.

29. Grant’s army crosses the Pamunkey river, Va.

30. Trains of refugees attacked near Salem, Ark. 60 men and several women killed.

30. Lee attacks Grant north of Chickahominy, and is repulsed. Hancock drives him out of intrenched line of rifle-pits and holds it.

31. Grant’s and Lee’s armies confronting each other from Hanover C. H. to Cold Harbor.

31. Gen. Fremont nominated for President and Gen. Cochrane for Vice-Pres. of U. S.

June 1. Expedition under Gen. Sturgis in Miss., defeated, with loss of wagon train, artillery, and ammunition.

1. Reb. attacks at Cold Harbor, Va., repulsed.

1. Rebs. twice attack Butler, and are repulsed.

2. Schofield and Hooker at Marietta. Cavalry take Allatoona Pass.

3. Battle of Cold Harbor.

4. Reb. night attack on Hancock repulsed.

4. Grant’s cavalry defeated Hampton’s cavalry at Howes’ Store, Va.

5. Reb. attack on left (Hancock’s) repulsed.

5. Sherman’s army fall back toward the Chattahoochie and Atlanta.

5. Marmaduke, with 3,000 men, defeated at Columbia, Ark.

5. Battle of Piedmont, Va. Reb. loss 1,500 prisoners, 3 guns, 3,000 stand of arms, and stores, and a large number k. and w.

5. Gens. Crook and Averill entered Lexington, Va.

5. Rebs. driven through Ripley, Miss., by Gen. Sturgis’ troops.

6. Reb. midnight attack on Burnside repulsed.

6. Sherman’s headquarters at Acworth.

7. Rebs. defeated at Lake Chicot on the Miss. river, by Gen. A. J. Smith’s troops.

7. The 9th corps, on Grant’s right, attacked briskly, and rebs. driven back.

7. Morgan, with 3,000 men, commences a raid into Kentucky.

7. Philadelphia Sanitary Fair opens.

7. Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson nominated President and Vice-President of the U. S.

8. U. S. troops defeated at Mount Sterling, Ky., by Gen. Morgan’s forces.

8. Paris, Ky., taken by a portion of Morgan’s forces.

8. Sherman’s whole army moves forward toward the Kenesaw range. McPherson occupies Big Shanty, and rebels fall back with left on Lost Mountain, and right on Kenesaw.

8. Gilmore’s raid on Richmond fortifications.

9. Gen. Burbridge defeats rebels at Mount Sterling, and captures 700 pris.

10. Gen. Sturgis’ Fed. troops defeated at Guntown, Miss., and again at Ripley, by Gen. Forrest. Feds. destroy their supply train, and 10 cannon, and retreat towards Memphis, after spirited contest and severe loss.

10. Lexington, Ky., robbed by Morgan.

10. Rebel guerrillas repulsed at Princeton, Ky.

10. Frankfort, Ky., unsuccessfully attacked by 1,200 rebels.

10. Gen. Hunter, with Crook and Averill, moves from Staunton, Va., after destroying over $3,000,000 worth of rebel property.

10. Reb. Congress adjourned.

11. Fed. troops defeated near Cynthiana, Ky., and the town burnt by Gen. Morgan.

11. Gen. Hobson’s Ohio militia captured by Morgan, after a short combat near Cynthiana.

11. Battle of Trevillian Station, Va. Rebs. badly beaten by Sheridan.

12. Gen. Burbridge defeats and scatters Morgan at Cynthiana, with great loss.

12. Grant crosses the Chickahominy.

13. Grant’s headquarters at Wilcox’s Landing.

13. The Fugitive Slave Law repealed in the House of Representatives.

13. Gen. Hobson and staff recaptured.

13. Sheridan recrosses the North Anna.

14. Destruction of reb. canal boats and stores at Buchanan, Va., by Gen. Averill.

14. Grant’s army crossed to south of the James.

14. Reb. Gen. Polk killed.

14. Sherman advancing toward Kenesaw.

15. Battle of Baylor’s Farm. 16 rebel guns, 300 prisoners taken.

16. Gen. Hunter entered Liberty, Va., and destroyed a long bridge. Also 7 miles of railway.

17. Gens. Crook and Averill routed Imboden’s rebel cavalry between Quaker Church and Lynchburg, Va.

16. A portion of the southern defences of Petersburg, Va., carried by Hancock and Smith’s corps.

17. Burnside captured 2 redoubts in the Petersburg works, 450 prisoners, and 4 guns.

17. Severe fighting by Gen. Hunter’s army, 7 miles from Lynchburg, Va. No decisive result.

18. Simultaneous and desperate assault on the rebel works at Petersburg, by the Armies of the Potomac and the James.

18. Gen. Wilson’s Federal cavalry took position on the extreme left of the Union lines at Petersburg.

18. The battle at Lynchburg, Va., renewed. The rebels driven into their works, and Gen. Hunter retreated.

19. The Army of the James reoccupy Bermuda Hundred, and repair the railroad.

19. The rebel privateer Alabama was sunk near the Harbor of Cherbourg, France, after an engagement of over an hour with the U. S. sloop-of-war Kearsarge, Capt. Winslow. 70 of the rebel crew were taken on board the Kearsarge, and 115 reached England and France. 3 persons only were wounded on the Kearsarge.

20. Reb. cavalry defeated at the White House, Va.

21. Rebs. assault Gen. Sherman’s army in Ga. several times, and lose 800 men.

21. Gen. Foster crossed the James river, and intrenched near Aiken’s Landing.

21. Gen. Hunter’s artillery train retreating from Lynchburg, Va., attacked by rebs. He destroys a portion of the guns and caissons, Gen. Hunter retreats to the Ohio river.

22. A sudden attack on the Union lines at Petersburg, which are broken by the enemy with severe loss to both sides.

22. Wilson and Kautz’s cavalry destroy 4 miles of the railroad north of Petersburg, Va.

23. Severe battle on the Weldon R. R., Va. 2 rebel trains captured.

23. Railroad junction at Burksville, Va., destroyed by Feds.

24. Battle of Staunton Bridge, Va. Wilson and Kautz’s Federal cavalry repulsed.

24. Rebs. attack Gen. Sheridan at White House, Va., and are beaten.

24. Maryland State Convention abolishes slavery.

24. Rebs. attack Feds. at Lafayette, Ga. and are beaten.

25. Reb. night attack on Gen. Burnside’s troops on the James river repulsed.

27. Fight near Kenesaw Mountain, Ga. Union loss 1,500.

28. Sherman flanks Johnston at Kenesaw Mountain, Ga.

28. Fight at Stoney Creek, Va. Wilson and Kautz’s Fed. cavalry retreat to Reams’s Station.

29. Battle at Reams’s Station. Fed. cavalry defeated.

30. Johnston evacuates Kenesaw Mountain, Va.

July 1. Gen. Wilson’s force reaches Grant’s lines, having lost all their guns and wagons.

1. An expedition left Hilton Head, S. C., in direction of North Edisto river.

1. The southern side of James Island, S. C., occupied by Gen. Foster’s troops.

1. Col. Hoyt and 137 men captured on Johnson’s Island.

2. The expedition from Hilton Head disembark at Seabrook Island.

2. An unsuccessful attempt to take the rebel Fort Johnson on the north end of James Island.

1. W. P. Fessenden accepts Secretaryship of U. S. Treasury.

2. Rebel Gen. Ewell invades Shenandoah valley in 3 columns.

2. Martinsburg, Va., evacuated by Feds.

3. Sherman’s army entered Marietta, Ga.

3. A part of the expedition from Hilton Head repulsed.

3. Rebels defeated by Sherman, 2 miles south of Marietta, Ga.

3. Winchester, Va., taken by rebs. and Gen. Sigel falls back to Harper’s Ferry.

4. The rebels took possession of Bolivar Heights, half a mile from Harper’s Ferry, on their advance into Md., where they were attacked.

4. Sigel arrived at Sandy Hook.

4. Gen. Mulligan evacuated Bolivar Heights.

4. The rebels make a raid to Point of Rocks, Md.

4. Naval operations in Stono river.

5. Slocum’s expedition routed rebels east of Jackson, Miss.

5. Ellicott’s marine colored brigade attacked by rebels near Port Hudson. Rebels defeated with loss of 150.

5. Martial law declared in Ky. by the President, and the writ of habeas corpus suspended.

6. Hagerstown, Md., evacuated by Union troops.

6. Gen. Wallace’s troops repulsed near Middletown, Md.

6. Hagerstown, Md., plundered by rebels.

7. Rebel Gen. Johnston crossed the Chattahoochie.

7. Gen. Sigel’s Union forces evacuate Harper’s Ferry.

7. Rebel raiders near Frederick, Md.

7. The rebels checked at Monocacy Bridge.

7. Proclamation issued by President Lincoln appointing the first Thursday in August as a Fast Day.

8. Harper’s Ferry reoccupied by Fed. forces.

8. The rebel cruiser Florida captured the bark Golconda.

8. Capture of Platte City, Mo., by guerrillas.

8. Rebels enter Fredericksburg, Md.

8. Parksville, Mo., sacked by rebels.

9. Battle at Monocacy, Md., lasting from 9 A. M. to 5 P. M. Fed. forces overpowered and forced to retreat in disorder, losing 1,000 men.

9. Fed. forces on John’s Island, S. C., twice repelled a rebel assault.

9. Gen. Sherman reached the Chattahoochee.

9. Gov. Brown, of Georgia, ordered all the militia of the State into active service.

9. Rebels capture Westminster, Md. Couch reoccupies Hagerstown, and Hunter, Frederick.

10. Gen. Rousseau leaves Decatur with 2,700 men on an expedition in rebel Gen. Hood’s rear.

10. Gen. Johnston retreats to fortifications around Atlanta.

11. The rebels near Washington, D. C. They capture a railroad train at Magnolia Station, between Philadelphia and Baltimore, and Maj.-Gen. Franklin, who was on the train.

11. Burning of Gunpowder bridge, Md., by the rebels.

11. Rebel salt works at Tampa Bay destroyed.

12. Engagement near Fort Stevens, one of the defences of Washington. The rebels driven off with severe loss.

13. Gen. Rousseau defeated 4,000 rebs. under Clanton, near Coosaw river.

13–15. Gens. Smith and Slocum defeat Forrest in 5 battles in Tenn., driving him from Pontotoc to Tupelo. Rebel loss, 2,000. Union loss, 300.

15. Rebels drive 1,000 horses and 5,000 cattle from Montgomery Co., Md., into Va.

16. A rebel force captured the Fed. stockade at Brownsboro’, on the Memphis and Charleston railroad.

17. Gen. Sherman’s command moved forward to within 5 miles of Atlanta, Ga. His advance crossed the Chattahoochee river.

17. Gen. Joseph E. Johnston turned over the command of the rebel army at Atlanta to Gen. J. B. Hood.

17. Severe fight near Grand Gulf.

17. Indian raid on Fed. post at Fort Larned.

17. Col. Jacques and Mr. Gilmore visited Jeff. Davis at Richmond, by permission of Fed. authorities.

17. Wirt Adams defeated at Grand Gulf, by Fed. Gen. Slocum, with heavy loss.

17. Gen. Rousseau defeated 1,500 rebs. under Clanton, at Chewa Station.

July 18. Crook defeated by Breckinridge at Island Ford, Va. Loss, 300.

18. Gen. Duffie defeated at Ashby’s Gap, Va., losing 200 wagons and many prisoners.

18. Gen. Crook defeats Early at Snicker’s Gap, capt’g 300 wagons and many pris.

18. Decatur, Ga., occupied by Federal forces.

18. President Lincoln issued an order for a draft of 500,000 men to take place immediately after Sept. 5, the term of service to be one year.

18. The President sent his famous “To whom it may concern,” dispatch.

19. Sherman’s forces reached Peachtree creek, 4 miles north of Atlanta, Ga. They were attacked by Hood’s troops, who were defeated. Rebel loss, 6,000, including 3 generals. Fed. loss, 1,713.

20. Gen. Smith’s forces reached La Grange, Tenn.

20. Gen. “Baldy” Smith took leave of his command before Petersburg, Va., and Gen. Martindale assumed command.

20. Gen. Averill attacked and defeated the rebel Early in front of Winchester, Va. Rebel loss, 300 killed and wounded, and 200 prisoners. Early was reinforced and repulsed the Union troops.

21. Henderson, Ky., attacked by 700 rebels.

21. The rebel lines contracted close to Atlanta.

21. Skirmishing on the James river.

22. Great battle before Atlanta. The rebels assaulted Sherman’s lines near Atlanta with great fury seven times, and were as often repulsed after a terrible struggle. Fed. loss was 3,521; the rebel loss estimated at 10,000. Gen. McPherson was killed.

22. Skirmishing in front of Burnside’s corps of the Army of the Potomac.

23. Louisiana State Convention abolish slavery.

23. Burial of the dead before Atlanta.

23. Atlanta shelled.

23. Heavy fighting in the Shenandoah Valley.

23. Averill defeated at Winchester.

24. The cavalry expedition which left Decatur, July 10, arrived at Marietta, Ga., having been completely successful in a raid on the Montgomery and West Point railroad.

25. The rebels again occupied Martinsburg, Va.

26. Battle near Helena, Ark. Federal forces at first were unsuccessful, but afterward repulsed the enemy and charged through their lines.

26. Engagement at Point of Rocks, Md.

26. The rebels made an attempt to flank Gen. Butler’s position.

26. Gen. Stoneman dispatched a cavalry force to destroy the Macon and Western railroad. They succeeded in destroying 18 miles of track, and in capturing 500 rebels, when they were in turn attacked, the prisoners released, and 1,000 of Gen. McCook’s troops captured.

27. Fed. army attacked while crossing James river. A spirited engagement in which the rebels were driven back.

27. Gen. O. O. Howard assumed command of the Department and Army of the Tennessee, lately commanded by Gen. McPherson.

21. The siege of Atlanta commenced. The 15th corps of Sherman’s army assaulted the rebels in force and defeated them. The rebel army under Hood was repeatedly hurled against Sherman’s army, but as often rolled back and cut to pieces. The rebels suffered severely without gaining any advantage.

28. An expedition sent into N. C.

28. Gen. Hooker relieved of his command at his own request.

28. Fed. gunboats in Louisiana destroyed a large amount of rebel lumber and 2 saw mills.

29. The rebels crossed the Potomac on a raid into Maryland and Pennsylvania.

29. Fed. cavalry occupy Fayetteville, Ga. They cut the Atlanta and Macon railroad.

29. Fights with the rebels near Morganzia, La.

30. Explosion of an immense mine by Union troops in front of Burnside’s position before Petersburg. Its explosion was the signal for the discharge of every piece of artillery on the line from the Appomattox to the extreme left. After the discharge of the artillery the army advanced and assaulted the rebel works, but after a desperate attempt to carry them was repulsed, with a loss of over 4,000 men.

30. The rebels entered Chambersburg, Pa., where the rebel commander demanded $500,000 under threat of burning the city. His demand not being complied with, the city was burned.

31. Gen. Stoneman and part of his command captured by the rebels in Georgia.

31. The rebels occupied Frederick, Md.

Aug. 1. Bradley Johnson and McCausland defeated at Cumberland, losing part of their plunder from Pennsylvania.

2. Fed. Col. Stout, with 500 men, posted to intercept the retreat of McCausland and Johnson, was captured by them, losing 90 men.

3. Return to Norfolk, Va., of a cavalry expedition sent into N. C., July 28, after having visited 5 counties and captured considerable property.

4. Fast day in the U. S.

4. Exchange of the Union and rebel officers, under fire, at Charleston, S. C.

4. Gen. Kelley repulsed rebels under Johnson and McCausland at New Creek Md. The fight continued until after dark, the rebels retiring in the night.

5. Great battle at the entrance of Mobile Bay. Fort Gaines opened on Fed. fleet at about 7 A. M., the monitor Tecumseh having opened the attack a short time before. The rebel ram Tennessee captured after one of the fiercest naval battles on record. In the night the rebs. evacuated and blew up Fort Powell. The monitor Tecumseh was blown up by a rebel torpedo.

5. Explosion of a rebel mine near Petersburg, Va. But little damage done. A terrific fight in front of Petersburg, lasting from 5:30 to 7:30 P. M. It commenced by a charge of the enemy, which was repulsed with slaughter.

6. Com. Farragut shelled Fort Gaines, Mobile Harbor.

6. Battle of Atlanta. The rebels made a demonstration on the 16th corps, and were heavily punished, and driven back. The 23d corps were driven from the reb. lines, losing 500 men.

6. Indian massacre near Beaver Creek.

7. Gen. Averill overtook rebels under McCausland, Gilmore, and McNeil, near Moorefield, in the Shenandoah Valley, and attacked them with great success, routing the rebels, capturing their artillery, a large number of prisoners, horses, and arms.

7. Gen. Sheridan assumed command of Middle Military Division.

8. Surrender of Fort Gaines, Mobile Bay, to Com. Farragut.

8. Steamboat Vanderbilt sunk in the Hudson.

8. Indians capture 9 wagons at Plumb Creek, and kill the teamsters. They also burn 21 wagons at Point Ranche.

8. Gen. Burris returns to New Madrid after 17 days’ scout in S. E. Mo. and N. E. Ark. 50 rebs. killed, 40 wounded, 57 prisoners.

9. Dutch Gap Canal, Va., commenced by Gen. Butler.

9. Terrible explosion of a boat loaded with ammunition at City Point, Va.

9. Heavy shelling of Atlanta.

10. Gen. Sheridan’s army skirmishing near Winchester, Va. Sharp fight near Martinsburg.

10. Steamer Empress fired into by reb. batteries on the banks of the Mississippi.

10. Sharp skirmish near Abbeyvale, Miss.

11. The Tallahassee scuttled the sch’r S. A. Boyce, burnt the pilot-boat James Funk, brig Carrie Estelle, bark Bay State, brig A. Richards, and bonded the schooner Carrol for $10,000; burnt the pilot-boat Wm. Bell and the schooner Atlantic.

11. Battle of Sulphur Springs Bridge.

12. The Tallahassee bonded the bark Suliote, burnt the schooner Spokelane and ship Adriatic, scuttled the brig Billow, bonded for $30,000 the schooner Robert E. Pecker.

12. Attack of guerrillas on the gunboat Reliance in Northumberland Co., Va.

13. Gen. Grant threw a powerful force, under Gen. Hancock, across the river at Deep Bottom. Hancock took position 10 miles from Richmond. Gen. Birne assaulted the rebel works in his front.

13. Gen. Burnside relieved.

13. Guerrillas attacked Selma, Ky.

13. Gen. Smith attacked the rebels at Hurricane Creek, Miss., and defeated them.

13. The Tallahassee scuttled the bark Glavomore, and burned the sch’r Lamot Dupont.

13. Mosby attacks Sheridan’s supply train near Snicker’s Gap, Va.

13. Rebel cavalry captured 5 steamers with governm’t cattle at Shawneetown.

14. The rebel Gen. Wheeler demanded the surrender of Dalton, Ga., which was refused by Col. Siebold. The rebels entered the town, but were kept at bay by the garrison.

14. The Tallahassee scuttled the ship James Littlefield.

14. Battle of Strawberry Plains, Va. 10th corps take rebel line of breastworks, 4 guns, and 100 prisoners.

15. Gen. Sheridan falls back toward Charlestown, Va.

15. Fighting near Richmond.

15. The Tallahassee scuttled schooners M. A. Howe, Howard, Floral Wreath, Restless, Etta Caroline, and bonded sch’r S. K. Harris.

15. Gen. Steadman reinforces Dalton, and rebels are driven out of town in confusion.

15. Kilpatrick cut West Point, Ga., road at Fairburn, and burned depot.

15. 10th corps threaten Malvern Hill.

16. Fighting on the north bank of the James at Deep Run. The engagement resulted favorably, though not decisively, for the Feds. The enemy somewhat driven back from their position.

16. Cavalry fight between a division of Sheridan’s army and the rebels, near Front Royal, Va.

16. Fight near Chattanooga.

16. The Tallahassee scuttled the bark P. C. Alexander, and burned the sch’rs Leopold, Pearl, Sarah Louisa, and Magnolia.

17. The Tallahassee scuttled the sch’r North American, and bonded the brig Neva for $17,500.

18. A furious attack on Burnside’s corps at Six Mile Station, on the Weldon railroad, near Petersburg, which was repulsed with great loss to the rebels.

18. General Warren moved his corps across the Weldon railroad, in doing which he was engaged in considerable fighting.

18. The Tallahassee arrived at Halifax, after having burned the schooners Josiah, Acorn, Diadem, Sea Flower, and brig Roan.

19. The rebels drove in Warren’s pickets and forced back 2 divisions of Fed. army at Six Mile Station. A heavy fight took place, resulting in re-establishing Union lines and capturing 1,500 prisoners. Fed. loss, 3,000.

19. Martinsburg robbed by rebels.

20. Guerrillas raid on Woodburn, and set fire to depot.

21. Rebels attack Union position on Weldon road, and after great loss (over 2,000) withdraw. Union loss about 600.

21. Battle of Summit Point, Va. Early driven 2 miles.

21. Memphis entered by Forrest with 9 regiments and 4 guns; took 250 prisoners. Union forces arriving, Forrest left; was overtaken near Lanes’, and severely punished in a 2 hours’ battle.

22. Cannonade of Fed. works near Petersburg. The rebels charged, but finding themselves in a trap, retreated in confusion.

22. Rebel force on Weldon road withdrawn from front of 5th and 9th corps, and intrenches 3 miles from Petersburg.

22. Rebel Johnson’s forces whipped at Canton, Ky., by Col. Johnson, and himself killed.

22. Action at Rogersville, Tenn.

23. Rebels fall back to their lines 2 miles from Petersburg, and Gen. Warren’s lines advanced.

23. Shelby captures nearly all 54th Ill. near Duval’s Bluff.

23. Fort Morgan, Mobile Bay, surrendered unconditionally. By its surrender Feds. captured 200 prisoners, 60 pieces of artillery.

24. Skirmish on Sheridan’s left.

24. Reconnoissance of Gen. Crook’s command in the Shenandoah Valley.

24 Clinton, Miss., taken by Generals Herron and Lee.

25. Severe battle on the Weldon railroad near Reams’ Station. A desperate attempt of the rebels to retake the road. Hancock’s corps was several times attacked, the enemy being each time repulsed. At 5:30 P. M., a combined attack on his centre and left was repulsed, the enemy withdrawing, leaving their dead and wounded on the field. Union forces afterward fell back. Fed. loss, 1,000 killed and wounded, 3,000 prisoners and 9 guns. Rebel killed and wounded 1,500.

25. Gen. Butler’s picket-line driven in, but re-established.

25. Torbert encounters Early’s forces at Leetown, narrowly escaping flanking. He falls back to near Shepardstown.

26. The rebel Gen. Early attempted to cross the Potomac, but was driven back by Averill.

26. Kilpatrick destroyed 14 miles of Macon railroad, and stores, capturing 6 guns, 4 flags, and 200 prisoners; afterwards forced to abandon most of his captures.

26. Rebels fall back from Sheridan’s front toward Smithfield.

27. Guerrillas defeated at Shelbyville, Ky.

28. Early driven through Smithfield.

28. Gen. Sherman’s army reached the West Point railroad at Red Oak, 13 miles from Atlanta, and began the destruction of the road from that point.

29. McClellan nominated for President and Geo. H. Pendleton for Vice.

30. Sherman interposed his whole army between Atlanta and Hood’s army intrenched at Jonesboro’.

31. Great battle near Atlanta. During the afternoon, Fed. artillery kept up a cannonade to provoke the rebels to an assault. In the afternoon the rebels assaulted Union lines, but were repulsed with great loss. The rebel loss in the attack on Ransom’s and Logan’s lines estimated at 3,000. In the evening the 14th corps struck the railroad, 5 miles south of Jonesboro’. The work of destruction commenced immediately.

Sept 1. The battle of Atlanta continued. A brilliant charge was made at 5 P. M. by Gen. Davis’ force, resulting in the discomfiture of the rebels and surrender of a large number. Great destruction by the rebs. of large magazines of stores accumulated at Atlanta. They blew up, in addition to other things, 80 car-loads of ammunition. Gen. Slocum’s corps assaulted the enemy’s works around the city, in the afternoon.

1. Panic and evacuation of the city.

1. Rebels driven from Jonesboro’ to Lovejoy’s Station, losing 1,000 prisoners and 10 guns.

1. Gen. Rousseau drives 10,000 rebels, near Murfreesboro’ pike 3 miles.

2. Atlanta, Ga., occupied by Sherman’s army at 11 A. M.

2. Sharp fighting near Martinsburg, Va.

3. Milroy attacks 3,000 rebel cavalry near Murfreesboro’, and drives them toward Triune.

3. Sheridan’s army again moves forward from Charlestown. Battles of Darkesville and Perryville, Va. Rebels were repulsed, losing 70 pris. Union loss, 300. Mosby captured an ambulance train which had left the field.

4. John Morgan’s forces routed, and Morgan killed by Gen. Gillem, at Greenville, Tenn. Killed, 100; prisoners, 75, including Morgan’s staff.

5. Steamer Elsie captured in running the blockade at Wilmington.

5. The President issued a proclamation, recommending that Sunday, Sept. 11, be observed as a day of Thanksgiving.

6. Battle of Matamoras.

7. Dibbel’s rebel brigade surprised at Readyville, Tenn., by 220 of 9th Pa. cavalry, losing 130 prisoners.

8. Rebel Col. Jessie and 100 men captured near Ghent, Ky.

8. Brownsville, Texas, attacked by Cortinas, and the rebels driven from the town.

8. Gen. McClellan accepted the nomination for the Presidency.

8. Gen. Sherman ordered the removal of the inhabitants of Atlanta, and proposed a truce of ten days.

9. Spirited attack on the rebel pickets near Petersburg, in the night.

10. Gen. Sheridan’s forces in the Shenandoah Valley attacked at Darksville, Va.

10. Grant drives picket line across Plank Road, and advances his permanent line half a mile.

10. Steamer Fawn burned by rebels on Dismal Swamp Canal.

11. An expedition left Fort Morgan, near Mobile, and proceeded up White river, destroying a large amount of lumber at Smith’s Mills.

13. Attack on the rebels near Occoquan creek by some of Sheridan’s forces. A South Carolina regiment captured.

14. Secretary Stanton ordered the draft to be commenced Sept. 19.

14. Price, with about 10,000 men, crosses White river, en route for Mo.

14. Gov. Brown, of Ga., withdraws 15,000 Ga. militia from Hood’s army.

16. 2,500 cattle, the 13th Pa. regiment, with arms, wagons and camp, captured at Sycamore Church, Va.

18. Averill drives rebels out of Martinsburg.

19. Battle at Powder Mill, on Little Rock river.

19. Steamer Island Queen captured and sunk on Lake Erie, and the Philo Parsons burned by rebels on British soil.

19. Battle of Bunker Hill, near Winchester, Va. A great battle fought by Sheridan in the Shenandoah Valley. Sheridan made the attack and won a splendid victory, capturing over 2,500 prisoners, together with 9 battle flags, and 5 pieces of artillery. The reb. Gens. Gordon and Rhodes were killed, and 3 other general officers wounded. All of the rebel killed and most of the wounded fell into Fed. hands.

20. Gen. Sheridan crossed Cedar creek, having pursued the enemy 30 miles.

20. Athens, Ala., captured by Forrest. 500 Union soldiers forced to surrender.

21. Fremont and Cochrane withdrew their names as candidates for President and Vice-President.

21. Battle of Fisher’s Hill, Va. Sheridan’s army defeated the rebels. Early loses 1,100 prisoners and 16 guns.

21. Torbert’s cavalry defeats Wickham at Luray, capturing some prisoners.

23. Rebel Gen. Price occupies Bloomfield, Mo.

23. Montgomery Blair resigned his office of Postmaster-General.

23. A part of the rebel Gen. Forrest’s force, about 400 strong, crossed the Tennessee river, at Bates’ Landing.

25. Gen. Sheridan’s advance passed beyond New Market. His forces drove the enemy from Mount Jackson.

25. Athens, Ala., occupied by the rebel Gen. Forrest’s troops.

25. The rebels at Luray attacked.

25. A force of rebel cavalry occupied Frederickstown, Mo., 20 miles east of Pilot Knob.

26. Battle at Pilot Knob.

26. Gen. Sheridan’s headquarters at Harrisonburg, Va. His cavalry entered Stanton, Va., and destroyed a large quantity of rebel government property. They then proceeded to Waynesboro’, destroying an iron bridge over the Shenandoah and a large amount of property. Gen. Early’s reb. army routed and demoralized, fled through Brown’s Gap toward Gordonsville. Gens. Merritt and Powel were driven back when they attacked Early at Brown’s Gap.

27. Skirmish with Forrest’s troops in Tenn.

27. The rebels attacked Fed. forces at Mineral Point, Mo.

27. Gen. Ewing arrives at Rolla, Mo., after being surrounded at Harrison by Price’s forces.

28. Rebel night attack on Hancock’s front, on Jerusalem Plank Road repulsed.

29. Gen. Ord’s corps of Grant’s army advanced and carried a very strong fortification and line of intrenchments below Chapin’s Farm, taking 15 pieces of artillery and 200 or 300 prisoners.

29. Gen. Barney advanced from Deep Bottom and carried the Newmarket road.

30. Gen. Butler’s forces assaulted the rebels in 8 columns near Chapin’s Farm.

30. Warren captures first line of rebel works at Preble’s Farm, capturing 50 men, and 1 gun. Rebels retired half a mile back to strong positions, and repulsed an attack thereon, capturing 1,500 prisoners, and killed and wounded 500.

30. The 10th and 18th corps concentrated at Newmarket Heights, furiously attacked by rebels, and swept back with terrible loss 3 times, losing 1,000, beside 200 prisoners and 2 flags.

Oct. 2. The rebels attacked at Saltville, Va., and were driven into their works.

2. Rebels in front of Warren fell back to their main lines, from Petersburg lead works, to Southside Road.

3. Lieut. Meigs murdered by guerrillas in Shenandoah valley.

3. Sherman’s forces crossed the Chattahoochie with 15 days’ rations, moving toward Marietta.

3. Gen. Thomas ordered to Chattanooga after Forrest, and Gen. Corse to Rome.

5. Hood captured small garrisons at Big Shanty and Ackworth, and burned 7 miles of railway; then moving on Allatoona.

6. Gen. Sheridan commenced moving back from Port Republic, Mount Crawford and Harrisonburg, Va., previous to which the whole country from the Blue Ridge to the North Mountain was made untenable for the rebel army by destroying an immense quantity of stores, grain, &c.

6. Allatoona unsuccessfully attacked by Hood.

6. Fed. Gen. Lee captures Clinton, La., and 30 prisoners.

7. Battle at Darleytown Road and New Market Heights. Rebel loss 1,000; Union 500. Gen. Kautz’s cavalry attacked by rebels, who suffered considerably. They afterwards attacked Birney’s division, who also repulsed them with very heavy loss. In the afternoon Gen. Butler took the offensive and recaptured some of the intrenchments which had been taken from Kautz.

7. Reb. privateer Florida captured at Bahia, Bay of San Salvador, by U. S. S. Wachusett, Commander Collins.

7. The advance of the rebels from Osage river, Mo., spiritedly contested by Union cavalry.

7. Gen. Sheridan’s forces reached Woodstock, Va.

7. A band of 200 rebels captured a steamboat and crossed into Ky.

8. Rebels at Woodville attacked by expedition from Gen. Dana, killing 40, and capturing 3 guns and 56 men.

8. The Fifth and Ninth Corps, Army of the Potomac, advanced their lines half a mile, driving the rebel skirmishers into their breastworks.

8. The rebels drew up in line of battle near Jefferson City, Mo., but afterwards moved off toward the west.

9. An engagement took place near Fisher’s Hill, Va., in which the rebels were defeated, leaving 11 pieces of artillery and other munitions of war.

10. Engagement with the rebel Gen. Forrest at East Point, Tenn.

11. Gen. Curtis drove the rebels out of Independence, Mo.

11. Bloody fight with guerrillas near Winchester, Va.

11. Successful reconnoissance from the Army of the Potomac to Stony Creek.

11. Reb. Gen. Buford, with 1,200 cavalry, crosses Cumberland River, Tenn., at Harpeth Shoals.

11. Col. Weaver, with 90 colored troops, attacked by 200 rebels near Fort Nelson, Tenn. Defeats them, and kills and wounds 27.

12. Death of Chief-Justice Roger B. Taney.

13. Reconnoissance in force from the Army of the James.

13. Attack on Resaca, Ga., by rebel Gen. Hood. The rebs. repulsed.

13. Engagement at Greenville, East Tenn.

15. The rebel army under Longstreet having appeared near Strasburg, Va., Gen. Sheridan advanced and found them drawn up in four lines of battle, but, on charging, the rebels fled.

16. Hood’s army at Lafayette.

16. Gen. Sherman took Ship’s Gap.

18. Maj.-Gen. Birney died at Philadelphia.

18. Gen. Blunt, with 2,000 cavalry and 4 howitzers, entered Lexington, Mo.

19. Battle of Cedar Creek, Shenandoah Valley. Gen. Sheridan’s army was attacked before daylight and its left turned and driven in confusion, with a loss of 20 pieces of artillery. Gen. Sheridan afterward arrived on the field and drove the rebels, taking 48 pieces of artillery and many prisoners, gaining a great victory. Sheridan pursued the rebels to Mount Jackson, which he reached in the night.

19. The rebel Gen. Price attacked Gen. Blunt at Lexington, Mo., with an overwhelming force, and after a sharp fight drove him from the city. Gen. Blunt fell back to the Little Blue river, fighting desperately, and retarding the advance of the enemy.

19. The rebels entered Mayfield, Ky.

20. Capture of 10 of the St. Albans robbers.

20. Skirmishing between the Little and Big Blue river, Mo.

21. A very gallant fight between Little Blue river and Independence, Mo. Fed. troops fought Price’s army 5 hours. The Union forces evacuated Independence, falling back on the Big Blue.

22. Col. Emmerson was attacked at Bryan Ford, Mo., by a heavy column of rebels, at 10 A. M. At 3 P. M. the rebs forced the ford. Fed. troops fought the rebels until after dark, driving them 4 miles. Gen. Pleasanton pursued Price with 2,000 men, fought him on the battle-field of the day before, drove him from Independence, and pursued him sharply. Pleasanton captured a large number of prisoners and 3 pieces of artillery.

25. Price defeated at Fort Scott Road, losing camp equipage, 20 wagons of plunder, 1 gun, and cattle.

26. Price driven from Mine Creek by Pleasanton, and loses 1,000 prisoners, and 1,500 stand of arms. Gens. Marmaduke and Cabell captured.

27. An advance in force on a reconnaissance, made by Warren’s corps of Grant’s army. In the evening the enemy attacked Hancock’s corps vigorously, but were repulsed. Feds. retire. Union loss 3,000. Reb. loss 1,500.

27. The reb. ram Albemarle sunk by Lieut. Cushing, in the Roanoke river.

27. Arrest of Col. North on charges of fraud in the matter of soldiers’ votes.

27. Price forced to retreat from Marais des Cygnes, Ark.

28. Reb. Gen. Forrest captured a Fed. gunboat and 3 transports at Fort Hieman, on the Tennessee river.

28. Price again defeated at Newtonia, destroying more wagons, and losing 250 men.

28–30. Rhoddy’s cavalry attack Col. Morgan’s colored troops at Decatur, and lose 400 prisoners and many killed and wounded. Union loss 100.

28. Gen. Gillem had a fight with the rebels under Vaughn at Norristown, East Tenn., completely routing them, and capturing 200 prisoners and 8 pieces of artillery.

28. A reb. force of 2,500 attacked Fayetteville, Ark., but was repulsed with heavy loss.

29. Maryland proclaimed a Free State by Gov. Bradford.

30. Fed. fleet shelled Plymouth, N. C.

31. Nevada admitted as a State by proclamation of the President.

31. Capture of reb. batteries and their ordnance and ordnance stores, at Plymouth, N. C.

Nov. 3. The rebel army under Hood attempted to cross the Tennessee, near the mouth of the Blue Water, and were repulsed by Gen. Sherman.

3. The rebels bombarded Fayetteville, Ark.

4 Johnsonville, Tenn., a depot for Fed. supplies on the Tennessee river, was attacked and destroyed by rebels under Col. Forrest, and $1,500,000 value of property destroyed. 3 “tin-clad” gunboats and 7 transports were destroyed by the rebels.

4. The siege of Fayetteville, Ark., by the rebels, raised.

4. Revelation by one of the conspirators of a plot to overthrow the Government, release and arm the rebel prisoners, and kill Gov. Morton, of Ind.

5. Gen. Butler assumed command of the troops arrived and to arrive in New York city to protect the city during election.

5. Rebels unsuccessfully attack Fort Sedgwick, on Jerusalem Plank Road, southeast end of Petersburg, Va. Union loss, 70. Rebel, 120.

6. Rebels attack Mott’s and Gibson’s pickets; capture 30 and a mile of intrenchments, but are driven out and lose 47 prisoners. Several such attacks and repulses at this time.

7. A rebel attack on Fed. pickets south of Atlanta.

8. Atlanta attacked by the rebs. under Gen. Iverson.

8. President Lincoln re-elected, and Andrew Johnson elected Vice-President of United States. Hon. Reuben E. Fenton elected Governor of New York, over Seymour.

8. Gen. McClellan resigns his commission in the U. S. army.

8. Sheridan created Major-General of regular army.

9. Sheridan moved all his army back to Newtown from Cedar Creek.

9. Advance and repulse of a small reb. force near Fort Steadman, army of the Potomac.

10. Arrest on board of the vessel, of a party of rebels, conspiring to seize the Panama Railroad Co.’s steamship Salvador, on the Pacific.

10. Rebels engaged 2d corps’ pickets all night, without success, on this and 2 next nights.

11. U. S. S. Tulip destroyed by boiler explosion off Ragged Point. 49 officers and men killed (all of crew but 10).

11. Reconnoissance by the rebels in the Shenandoah Valley.

11. Commencement of the burning of Atlanta, Ga.

12. Burning of Atlanta continued. The public buildings destroyed.

12. About 10,000 prisoners exchanged near Fort Pulaski.

12–16. Several unimportant skirmishes between Gen. Sheridan and rebel Gen. Early. Both armies looking for winter quarters.

12. Rebel Gen. Lomax defeated near Nineveh, Va. by Powell, losing 150 prisoners and 2 guns.

12. Custer captures 150 and Merritt about 200 prisoners on reconnoissance from Cedar creek.

13. Battle of Bull’s Gap. Gen. Gillem defeated with loss of baggage train, and all his artillery.

13. Gen. Sherman’s right wing, under Gen. Howard, moved out of Atlanta and began its march through Ga.

14. Gen. Sherman’s left wing left Atlanta.

14. A division of Price’s rebel army assaulted the works at Fayetteville, Ark., but were repulsed.

15. The last of Sherman’s army left Atlanta.

16. Gen. Sherman’s right wing passed through Jonesboro’, Ga.

16. The rebel cavalry under Wheeler, engaged Fed. cavalry at Bear Creek Station, Ga.

16. Jackson, Ga., reached by Sherman’s right wing.

16. Howard drives rebel Gen. Iverson at Rough and Ready.

17. Part of Butler’s picket line captured, at night, near Chester’s Station, Va.

17. A column of Sherman’s army occupied McDonough, Ga.

17. Fed. cavalry occupied Griffin, Ga.

17. Sherman’s left wing reached Covington, Ga., the cavalry pushing on to Social Circle.

18. Sherman’s cavalry drove Wheeler out of Barnesville, Ga.

18. Gov. Brown and the Georgia Legislature fled from Milledgeville, Ga.

18. Exchange of prisoners at Savannah.

18. Macon railroad cut by Slocum at Forsyth.

19. Gov. Brown, of Georgia, issued a proclamation, ordering a levy en masse to oppose Sherman.

19. The advance of Beauregard’s army at Waynesboro’, Tenn. Beauregard’s headquarters at Corinth, Miss., and Hood’s at Florence.

19. Mosby’s force captured a party of Union cavalry in Va.

19. Madison captured by Sherman. Depots, &c., burned.

20. Gen. Giliem’s retreating force arrives at Knoxville.

20. Sherman crossed the Oconee, arriving at Greensboro’.

20. Gen. Sherman attacked East Macon, Ga. His troops crossed the Ocmulgee river, and his cavalry advanced to Griswoldsville, 8 miles E. of Macon, Ga.

21. Thomas’ army at Pulaski.

21. Rebels badly whipped at Liberty, La., losing 3 guns and 200 prisoners.

21. Heavy skirmishing near Cumberland Gap.

21. Gen. Sherman’s right wing captured Milledgeville, Ga. Gordon, Ga., occupied. Slocum’s column reached Etonville, Ga.

22. Battle of Rood’s Hill, Va., between Sheridan’s and Early’s forces. Union troops retreated.

22. The rebel armies under Hood and Beauregard, having been reinforced by 9,000 men, advanced and encamped 20 miles from Pulaski, Tenn. Gen. Thomas fell back to Franklin.

22. Sherman’s rear guard at Griswoldville attacked. Gen. Slocum’s column reached Milledgeville, Ga., where both wings united.

22. Sheridan reconnoiters towards Rood’s Hill, where rebels are found in force. Rest of Early’s army at Mt. Jackson and Newmarket.

23. Fed. forces withdrew from Pulaski, Tenn.

23. Gen. Sherman’s cavalry occupied Toomsboro’, on the Georgia Central railroad.

23. Fight near Griswoldville, Ga.

23. Hood’s infantry at Waynesboro’ and Lawrenceburg.

23. Fight at the Oconee river, Ga.

24. Second day of fighting up the Oconee river, Ga.

24. Severe skirmishing near Columbia, Tenn.

24. Sherman’s rear guard left Milledgeville, Ga.

24. Slocum’s column at Devereaux, Ga.

24. Fed. troops made a flank movement on Jackson, Miss.

24. Potomac, James, and Valley armies celebrate Thanksgiving with aid of thousands of turkeys and other delicacies from New York, &c.

25. Severe fighting west of Columbia, Tenn., between Hood’s and Thomas’ armies. Thomas falls back to Franklin.

25. A large number of Fed. prisoners confined at Salisbury, N. C., attempted to escape, but were overpowered by the guard, who opened upon them with grape and canister.

25. Cavalry battle at Sandersville, Ga.

25. Rebel attempt to burn New York. 15 hotels, Barnum’s Museum, and shipping fired.

26–29. Decatur besieged by Beauregard, who is repulsed, losing 500 men.

26. Columbia, Tenn., evacuated by Gen. Thomas’ army.

26. Gen. Slocum’s column of Sherman’s army at Warrenton, Ga.

26. Gen. Howard’s column reached Sandersville, Ga., and cut the railroad.

27. Fed. stores and sick and wounded removed from Columbia, Tenn., to Nashville.

27. Capture of Roger A. Pryor near Petersburg, Va.

27. Gen. Canby’s troops reached and destroyed Big Black bridge on the Mississippi Central railroad.

27. Steamer Greyhound burned on James river.

28. Rosser captures Fed. Fort Kelly, at New Creek, Va., with guns and prisoners.

28. Fed. forces evacuate Columbia, Tenn.

29. Sharp fight at Spring Hill, 12 miles south of Franklin, Tenn. Fed. cavalry were driven back on the infantry, who checked the progress of the rebels.

29. Gen. Foster’s expedition, cooperating with Sherman, landed at Broad river.

30. Battle of Franklin, Tenn. The rebels under Hood attacked Thomas’ army at Franklin, but were repulsed at all points. The rebels commenced advancing on Fed. lines at 4 P. M. They charged furiously on the lines, but were driven back and a great victory gained. Rebel loss, 5,000 killed and wounded, and 1,000 prisoners. Fed. loss, 1,000. Gen. A. J. Smith’s army passed through Nashville and reinforced Thomas.

30. Battle of Grahamsville, on the Charleston and Savannah railroad.

30. Howard’s column of Sherman’s army passed through Louisville, Ga.

30. A cavalry expedition arrived at Tangipahoe, La.

30. Hon. Joseph Holt appointed Attorney-General U. S.

Dec. 1. The army near Nashville engaged in heavy skirmishes.

1. Death of Hon. Wm. L. Dayton, U. S. Minister to France.

1. Blockade of Norfolk, Fernandina, and Pensacola ceased.

1. Gen. Banks resumes command of Department of the Gulf.

1. Creek Station, Va., captured by Gen. Gregg. 2 guns, 190 prisoners, depot burned, &c.

2. Sherman’s army passed through Millen, Ga.

3. Sherman attacked by Wheeler near Haynesborough, Ga.

3. Portions of Hood’s army cross the Tenn., between Florence and Decatur.

3. An expedition sent from Roanoke Island, N. C., which met with perfect success in destroying rebel property.

3. Heavy skirmishing before Nashville, Tenn.

4. Merritt’s expedition in Loudon Valley, Va., returns with 2,000 cattle and 1,000 sheep. The Valley stripped of stock and forage.

4. Lieut.-Com. Fitch defeated and drove the left wing of Hood’s army on the Cumberland river, with heavy loss to the rebels. He also recaptured 2 transports.

4. Capture of rebel works and cannon near Pocotaligo, S. C., by Gen. Foster’s troops.

4. Cavalry battle in Ga. Sherman’s army started for Savannah.

5. U. S. Houses of Congress meet in 2d Session, 38th Congress.

5. Blockhouses at Murfreesboro’ unsuccessfully attacked by rebels.

5. Brig Lizzie Freeman captured by pirates off Warwick river. Passengers robbed; 1 murdered.

6. Ex-Secretary Chase appointed Chief Justice Supreme Court.

6. Hood skirmishing 5 miles from Nashville.

6. Rebels defeated near the Charleston and Savannah railroad.

7. Rosseau routs Forrest near Murfreesboro’, capturing 207 prisoners and 14 cannon.

8. Rebels establish a battery on Cumberland river. Gunboats fail to dislodge it.

8. Five divisions, under Maj.-Gen. Warren, made a raid on the Weldon (N. C.) railroad. The Nottoway was reached about midday, Dec. 8th, and destroyed; thence the railroad track was destroyed nearly to Bellfield Station, 20 miles south.

9. 500 Indians killed near Fort Lyon by Col. Chivington’s force.

9. 4,000 rebels, under Gen. Lyon, cross the Cumberland river, 20 miles above Fort Donelson.

9. Reconnoissance of Gen. Miles to Hatcher’s Run, on the right of the rebel forces defending Petersburg. He captures the rebel works and holds them during the night.

9. Direct communication with Sherman re-established. His army in the vicinity of Savannah.

9. A reconnoitering expedition, under Col. Frencle, leaves Plymouth, N. C.

10. Gen. Sherman’s troops 5 miles from Savannah.

10. Rebel reconnoissance toward the army of the Potomac.

10. Gen. Warren commences starting homeward, and in the evening reaches Sussex C. H. Destroyed, during the trip, over 20 miles of the Weldon railroad, all the stations and depots along the line of march, numerous mills, barns, and dwellings. Entire loss in the expedition about 40 killed and wounded, and a few missing.

10. Gen. Miles returns to his camp. The rebels attack him, but are repulsed.

10. The gunboat Otsego sunk by a rebel torpedo in the Roanoke river.

12. Arrival of Gen. Howard’s messengers at Hilton Head, S. C.

12. Skirmishing between the National and rebel forces before Nashville. The rebels fall back to their main line.

12. Expedition under Gen. Burbridge starts from Bean’s Station, E. Tenn.

12. Fight at Kingston, E. Tenn. The rebel Col. Morgan and 85 of his men captured.

13. The St. Albans robbers released by the Canadian Judge Coursol.

13. The rebels before Nashville reoccupy their advance works.

13. Gen. Burbridge routs the rebel brigade under Basil Duke, at Kingsport, E. Tenn. Rebel loss, 150 men and the train.

13. Gen. Hazen’s division, of the 15th corps, captures Fort McAllister, commanding the entrance of the Ogeechee river, 15 miles southwest of Savannah.

13. Sherman’s report on his great march. “Not a wagon lost on the trip.” 200 miles of railroad destroyed. Total loss during the march about 1,000.

13. Departure from Hampton Roads of land and naval forces under Gen. Butler and Ad. Porter.

13. A raiding expedition under Gen. Robinson leaves New Orleans for Ala.

14. An expedition threatening Mobile reached Pascagoula.

14. Gen. Thomas assumes the offensive.

14. Capture of Bristol by Gen. Burbridge. 300 rebels captured.

15. The St. Albans raiders ordered by the Attorney-Gen. of Canada to be rearrested.

15. Raid of Gen. Stoneman in Southwest Va. Surprise and capture of Glade Springs, 13 miles from Abingdon.

15. Defeat of Forrest near Murfreesboro’. Loss, 1,500 killed and wounded.

15. Raiding expedition of General Granger into Alabama starts from East Pensacola, Fla.

15. Battle of Nashville commenced. Gen. Thomas attacked Hood’s army at 2 A. M. Fed. lines advanced on the right 5 miles. The rebels were driven from the river, from their intrenchments, from a range of hills, on which their left rested, and forced back upon the right and centre. The rebels lost 17 cannon and 1,500 prisoners, and a whole line of earthworks. In the night Hood withdrew his right from the river.

16. Another battle near Nashville. Hood completely routed. Prisoners and cannon captured on every part of the field. Hood’s loss before Nashville, 13,189 prisoners, 2,207 deserters, 30 guns, 7,000 small arms. An entire rebel division (Ed. Johnson’s) captured. Union loss, about 6,500. Total loss of the rebs. about 23,000.

17. Gen. McCook defeated rebel Gen. Lyon in a sharp fight at Ashbyville, Ky.

17. Fed. troops entered Wytheville, S. W. Va., destroyed the depot and other buildings, and injured the lead mines in the vicinity.

17. A detachment of Union artillery cut up near Millwood, Va.

17. The rebel army of Hood driven through and beyond Franklin. 1,500 wounded rebels captured in the hospital of Franklin.

18. Hood’s army driven as far as Spring Hill, 30 miles from Nashville. The rebel Gen. Quarles captured.

18. The rebel raiders in Ky. defeated at Hopkinsville by Gen. McCook. All their cannon captured.

19. Gen. Custer’s cavalry started on an expedition up the Shenandoah Valley.

19. A call and draft for 300,000 men. All soldiers fit for duty ordered to join their regiments.

19. Hood driven to Duck river. 9,000 rebels captured from Dec. 15 to Dec. 19, and 61 (out of 66) pieces of artillery.

20. Gen. Sherman demanded the surrender of Savannah. The city was evacuated by Hardee’s army in the night. The rebels blew up their rams at Savannah.

20. Capture of rebel salt-works at Saltville, Va.

21. Admiral Farragut appointed Vice-Admiral.

21. Gen. Custer’s force in the Shenandoah Valley engaged with rebel cavalry.

21. Occupation of Savannah by Sherman. He captures 800 prisoners, 150 pieces of artillery, 33,000 bales of cotton, 3 steamers.

21. Madison C. H., Va., occupied by Gens. Torbert and Powell.

21. Gen. Grierson starts from Memphis for a raid on the Mobile and Ohio R. R.

22. Loss of the U. S. transport North American, by foundering, at sea. 194 lives lost.

23. Fight near Gordonsville, Va.

24. The fleet of Ad. Porter before Fort Fisher, N. C. Furious attack on the fort.

25. Attack on Fort Fisher renewed. 3 brigades of Union infantry landed 2 and a half miles above the fort. They are repulsed, and reembark.

26. Heavy cannonading on Broad riv., between Sherman’s and Hardee’s forces.

26. Ensign Blume cuts loose and takes out from Galveston harbor the blockade running schooner Sallie.

26. The blockade-runner Julia, with 450 bales of cotton, captured by the gunboat Accacia.

26. A dispatch from Hood reports his army south of the Tenn.

27. Destruction of a fort and artillery at Chickasaw, Ala.

28. Hood’s rear guard crosses the Tenn. river at Bainbridge.