7. Great excitement on the Pa. border towns by the influx of refugees from Maryland, and the dread of reb. invasion.
7. Shepherdsville, Ky., captured, and 85 Fed. soldiers taken prisoners.
8. Gens. Lee and Johnson issued proclamations to the people of Md., endeavoring to incite them to rebellion. The inhabitants received them coldly.
8. Skirmish near Poolesville, Md. Maj. Chapman, with 3d Ind. and 8th Ill. cavalry, defeated rebels, who lost 7 killed. Federal loss 1 killed, 8 wounded.
8. Fight on the Miss. river, 25 miles above N. Orleans. 25th Ind. dispersed 500 Texans, with slight loss.
9. Schr. Rambler captured by U. S. steamer Connecticut, in lat. 28°, long. 94° 10′.
9. Skirmish 5 miles N. of Pleasant Hill, Mo. Col. Burris defeated Quantrell’s reb. troops, with slight loss, capturing most of their plunder and stores.
9. Middletown, Md., occupied by rebs.
9. Skirmish at Williamsburg, Va. Rebs. under Col. Shingles surprise 5th Pa. cavalry, Col. Campbell, and capture the town. Col. Campbell, 5 captains, 4 lieutenants, and a few privates taken prisoners. Col. Shingles and 8 rebs. killed.
9. Gen. Stuart’s reb. cavalry repulsed in an attempt to cross the Potomac at Edward’s Ferry, with a loss of 90 men, by Gen. Keyes.