6. Col. W. W. Lowe retook Clarksville, Tenn., driving out the reb. garrison.
6. The town of Platte, Johnson Co., Kansas, was sacked by rebel guerrillas, under Quantrell, and several of the inhabitants murdered.
6. Skirmish near Cacapon Bridge, 17 miles from Winchester, Va. Union troops under Col. M’Reynolds defeated Imboden’s rebel cavalry.
6. Four hundred reb. cavalry attacked an outpost of Gen. Julius White’s troops near Martinsburg, Va. Reb. loss 50 prisoners, besides killed and wounded. Fed. loss, 2 killed and 10 wounded.
6. Frederick, Md., occupied by Gen. Lee’s troops.
6. Three hundred Indians attacked Fort Abercrombie, Minn., and were driven off with loss. Fed. loss, 1 killed and 3 wounded.
6. Washington, N. C., attacked by rebs., who were repulsed with a loss of 30 killed and 36 taken prisoners. The Fed. gunboat Picket exploded her magazine during the engagement, killing and wounding 18 men.
6. Forty of the Fed. 4th Va., Maj. Hall, surprised near Chapmansville, Va., by 300 rebs. under Col. Stratton. Maj. Hall wounded, and Col. Stratton killed, when Feds. escape with slight loss.
Sept. 6. Pikeville, Va., captured and sacked by rebel cavalry.
7. Gen. Banks assigned to command fortifications around Washington.