Sep. 1. Battle at Britton’s Lane, near Denmark, Tenn. 30th Illinois, Col. Dennis, defeated a superior force of rebs. under Gen. Armstrong. Reb. loss, 180 killed, 220 wounded. Fed. loss, 200 killed and wounded.
1. Lexington, Ky., occupied by Gen. E. K. Smith’s rebel troops.
1. Natchez, Miss., shelled by Federal gunboats.
1. Severe fight at Stevenson, Ala. Rebs. retire with great loss. Feds. engaged: Simonton’s Ohio, and Loomis’ Mich. batteries, and 10th Wis. and 13th Mich. regiments.
1. Severe engagement at Chantilly, near Fairfax C. H., Va. Gen. Pope’s army defeated Jackson, Ewell, and Hill. Heavy loss on both sides. Death of Gens. Kearney and Stevens.
1. The spirit ration in the U. S. navy discontinued on this day by act of Congress.
2. Great excitement in Cincinnati, O., and Covington and Newport, Ky., in consequence of the approach of Kirby Smith’s reb. army. Business suspended, and citizens of all classes in the field drilling.
2. A train of 100 wagons, with army stores, captured by rebs. between Fairfax and Centreville, Va., which necessitated the retreat of the Union army to Munson’s Hill.
2. Versailles, Ky., occupied by rebel cavalry under Gen. Scott.
2. Fight at Morgansfield, Ky. 8th Ky. cavalry, Col. Shackleford, defeated guerrillas under Col. A. R. Johnson.