9. Gen. O. M. Mitchell appointed to command the Department of the South, relieving Gen. Hunter.
9. The Fed. garrison at Fayette C. H., Va., surrounded by a large rebel force. They cut their way out, losing 100 in killed and wounded.
10. Col. Grierson with 300 men defeated rebs. near Coldwater, Miss. Reb. loss, 4 killed and 30 wounded.
10. The 34th and 37th Ohio, Col. Siber, were defeated at Fayette, Va., by 5,000 rebs. under Gen. Loring. Fed. loss over 100 in killed and wounded.
10. 6th U. S. cavalry, under Captain Saunders, defeated at Sugar Loaf Mountain, near Barnesville, Md., with slight loss.
11. Hagerstown, Md., occupied by rebs. who seized 1200 bbls. of flour.
11. The Gov. of Pa. called for 50,000 men to repel rebel invasion.
11. Westminster, Md., occupied by reb. cavalry, who robbed all the stores in the place.
11. Fed. forces under Col. Lightburn retreated from Gauley, Va., after destroying government stores.
11. Reb. troops under E. K. Smith, advanced within 7 miles of Cincinnati, O., and skirmished with the Fed. pickets.