18. Twenty-eight men of company A., N. Y. cavalry, were captured at Orange C. H., on the Orange and Alexandria railway, by rebel cavalry under Gen. Ewell.
18. Severe fight near Memphis, Mo. 400 Feds. under Maj. Clopper, defeated a reb. force under Col. Porter. Fed. loss, 15 killed and 30 wounded. Reb. loss, 23 killed besides wounded.
18. The town of Newburg, Ind., robbed by reb. troops under Capt. Johnson.
19. Fifty-three men of 3d Mich. cavalry captured near Booneville, Miss.
19. The reb. Col. Morgan was attacked on Garret Davis’ farm, near Paris, Ky., by Gen. Green Clay and Col. Metcalf, with 1,600 cavalry, and routed with loss.
19. A band of 32 reb. guerrillas crossed the Ohio river from Kentucky to Newburg, Ind., and plundered the hospital and other buildings, recrossing the river before the armed forces in the neighborhood could intercept them.
19. A down train on the Columbia railway, Tenn., when 12 miles below Reynolds Station, was thrown from the track, and Capt. J. Fatrem of the 6th Ohio, and four others killed, and about 30 wounded.
20. Skirmish on James river, Va., by 8th Pa. cavalry, Capt. Keenan.
20. One hundred and forty men of the Harris Light Cavalry, under Col. Davis, penetrated the reb. lines on the Virginia Central railway, 12 miles west of Hanover Junction, destroying the military stores and the railway at Beaver Dam Creek, and returned to Fredericksburg in safety, marching 80 miles in 30 hours.
21. All the militia in the State of Mo. were ordered to be enrolled by Gov. Gamble, subject to the call of Gen. Schofield, for the purpose of destroying the guerrilla bands in the State.