25. Robert Toombs resigned the Secretaryship of State of the Confederacy, to take office in the army, and R. M. T. Hunter, of Va., was appointed to succeed him.
26. Fifteen Home Guards from Rolla, Mo., were attacked at Lane’s Prairie by a superior force of rebels, who were repulsed with the loss of 1 lieutenant killed and 3 men wounded. Two guards were slightly wounded.
26. Three rebels captured by Col. McLeod Murphy, of New York, in Virginia, scouting alone.
28. Flight of Gen. Wise’s army from Gauley Bridge, Va., pursued by Gen. Cox, who captured 1000 muskets and a quantity of powder.
28. A detachment of Col. Mulligan’s Chicago regiment, aided by Home Guards, captured 28 rebels, 40 horses and 2 teams, at Hickory Hill, Mo.
29. A rebel battery at Aquia Creek, Va., engaged by four U. S. steamers for three hours, with slight damage.
30. Six Government clerks at Washington resigned, owing to a Virginia ordinance of disfranchisement.
30. Three hundred kegs of powder and 6 cannon were captured from the rebels near Warsaw, Mo.
30. The Confederate forces occupied and fortified New Madrid, Mo.
30–31. Missouri State Convention abolished the State Legislature, declared the offices of Governor, Lieut.-Gov. and Sec.-of-State vacant, appointed special State officers, and provided for a special election by the people in Aug. 1862.