4. Maj. Wheeler with a detachment of Dodge’s N. Y. Mounted Rifles, returned to Suffolk, Va., from a scout 12 miles west of South Mills, where they captured 113 rebs. and 38 negroes, who were prisoners.
4. Three bridges burnt by rebels on Benson Creek, 60 miles east of Louisville, Ky.
4. Jeff. Davis appointed the 18th inst. as a day of thanksgiving for Confederate victories.
4. Skirmish near Cumberland Gap, Tenn., in which rebs. were defeated with loss.
4. Frederick City, Md., evacuated by Feds. after burning hospital and commissary stores.
4. Joseph Holt, of Ky., appointed Judge Advocate General of the U. S. army.
4. Ravenswood, Va., sacked by rebels.
4. The ship Ocmulgee burned at sea by rebel privateer “290.”
5. The Fed. army under M’Clellan had advanced from the Capital to the upper Potomac, Md. side.
6. Washington, N. C., attacked by rebs., who were repulsed with loss of 33 killed and 100 wounded. Fed. loss 8 killed, 36 wounded.