3. Alexandria, Mo., pillaged by rebel guerrillas.
3. Skirmish near Cox’s river, Va. The 13th Va. cavalry were attacked by Col. Averill’s Federal troops, and put to flight.
4. Col. Wynkoop’s Fed. troops were defeated in a skirmish near Sparta, Tenn.
4. Skirmish on White river, 40 miles from Forsyth. Capt. Birch’s company of 14th Mo. engaged Col. Lawther’s reb. band. Fed. loss 3 killed 7 wounded.
4. An immediate draft of 300,000 men was ordered by Pres. Lincoln from the militia of the States, for nine months. Also an additional quota by special draft to fill up the ranks of the 300,000 volunteers previously called for, should the same not be enlisted by the 15th of August.
5. Reb. Gen. J. C. Breckinridge, with 5,000 men, attacked Gen. Williams, with 2,500 men at Baton Rouge, La. Rebels defeated. Gen. Williams killed. Fed. loss 250 killed, wounded, and missing. Reb. loss 600.
5. Skirmish at Malvern Hills, Va. Gen. Hooker’s Fed. troops engaged.
5. Skirmish at Point Pleasant, Mo.
6. Skirmish at Monteralla, Mo. Maj. Montgomery’s troops defeated guerrillas.
6. Destruction of rebel ram Arkansas by U. S. gunboat Essex, Capt. Porter, near Vicksburg, Miss.