21. Two detachments of troops from Union gunboats, near Glasgow, Mo., encountered each other, while reconnoitering at night, and by mistake four were killed and several wounded.
21. Gen. Robert Anderson assumed command of Federal and State troops in Ivy.
21. J. C. Breckinridge fled from Frankfort, Ky., and openly joined the rebels.
22. Skirmish of the 7th Iowa, at Elliott’s Mills, Ky., with rebel cavalry, who were defeated with the loss of three of their number.
23. Ross Winans, of Md., took the oath of allegiance.
23. Capt. Goldsborough succeeded Com. Stringham in command of the Chesapeake blockading fleet.
23. Detachments of 8th and 4th Ohio, and Ringgold’s cavalry, under Cols. Parke and Cantwell, advancing from New Creek toward Romney, Va., attacked and drove out 700 rebels from Mechanicsville Gap, and pursued their combined forces of 1,400 from Romney to the mountains. Federal loss 3 killed, 10 wounded; rebel loss 15 killed, 30 wounded.
24. The Comte de Paris and the Duc de Chartres, grandsons of Louis Philippe of France, were attached as aids to Gen. McClellan’s staff, and commissioned as captains.
25. Successful expedition of 3,000 men, under Gen. W. F. Smith, for reconnoitering and forage, from Chain Bridge to Lewinsville, Va. A large quantity of stores were captured.
25. Engagement at Chapmansville, Western Va. Col. Pratt, with 560 of the 34th Ohio, defeated a body of rebels under Col. J. W. Davis, killing 29, including their commander, and wounding a large number. Col. Pratt’s loss was 4 killed, 8 wounded.