26. Col. Cluseret, with the advance brigade of Gen. Fremont’s army, overtook the rebel Gen. Jackson’s forces, in full retreat, on the road from Winchester to Strasburg, Va. 25 of the rebs. were captured. Their killed and wounded unknown. 7 Fed. soldiers wounded.
26. British steamer Patras captured off Charleston, S. C., by U. S. gunboat Bienville.
26. N. Y. and Mass. militia left home for Washington at one day’s notice.
27. The English steamer Gordon, captured off Wilmington, N. C., by the gunboats State of Georgia and Victoria.
27. Gens. Martindale and Butterfield’s brigades engaged and defeated a rebel force of 8,000 near Hanover C. H., Va. Fed. loss 54 killed and 194 wounded and missing. Rebel loss between 2 and 300 killed and wounded, and 500 prisoners.
28. Engagement on the Corinth road, Miss. A reconnoissance by the 10th Iowa, Col. Purcell, of Gen. Halleck’s forces, met and fought a rebel force. Federal loss 25 killed and wounded; 30 reb. dead left on the field.
28. Gens. Denver and Smith of Sherman’s division, and Gen. Veatch, obtained possession of a strong position within 1,300 yards of the rebel lines at Corinth, Miss., giving the Federal army command of the enemy’s lines. Union loss 6 killed, 12 wounded.
29. Capt. Frisbee, commanding a detachment of the 38th Ill. infantry, and the 1st Mo. cavalry, captured, near Neosho, Mo., 2 colonels, 1 lieutenant, a number of guns and revolvers, 15 horses, and a large train of forage and provisions.
29. English steamer Elizabeth, captured off Charleston, S. C., by U. S. gunboat Keystone State.
29. Ashland, Va., occupied by Federal troops, and a large number of cars with valuable rebel stores were captured.