May 23. A portion of the 4th Mich. and 5th U. S. cavalry succeeded in crossing the Chickahominy, and getting, unperceived in the rear of four companies of the 5th Louisiana reg’t, which had been drawn toward the creek by the sight of a portion of the Fed. forces on the opposite bank. Many of the rebs. were killed, 15 wounded, and 31 taken prisoners. One Union soldier killed, and 6 wounded.
23. Grand Gulf, Miss., shelled by Fed. gunboats in retaliation for the firing on Fed. transports by a masked battery near that place.
23. Gen. McClellan’s army crossed Bottom’s Bridge on the Chickahominy, and his advance was within 7 miles of Richmond.
24. Two Ga. reg’ts under Gen. Cobb, were attacked near Williamsville, by portions of 4 reg’ts belonging to Gen. Davidson’s brigades, attached to Gen. McClellan’s army before Richmond. The Fed. soldiers drove the rebs. from the town, with considerable loss. Fed. casualties 2 killed and 4 wounded.
24. The 4th Mich. encountered the 5th Louisiana a short distance above New Bridge, on the Chickahominy. 37 rebs. captured, and about 50 killed and wounded. Fed. loss 10.
24. All the railroads in the U. S. claimed by the government for military purposes.
24. The steamer Swan, with 1,000 bales of cotton and 800 bbls. rosin, captured off Cuba by U. S. brig Bainbridge and bark Amanda.
25. Gen. N. P. Banks, with 4,000 men, was attacked at Winchester, at daylight, by about 15,000 rebs. under Gens. Ewell and Johnson. After a spirited resistance Gen. Banks made good his retreat to Martinsburg.
25. A riot in Baltimore, created by the excitement caused on hearing of the defeat and capture of a large part of Col. Kenly’s Md. regiment. Many secessionists who expressed joy at hearing of the misfortune, were roughly handled by the friends of the regiment.
26. After a five hours’ chase the English iron steamer Cambria, with a cargo of stores for the rebs., was captured off Charleston, S. C., by the Fed. gunboat Huron.