17. Battle of Antietam, Md. The entire Fed. army of Gen. McClellan, and reb. army of Gen. Lee engaged. Defeat of rebs. with loss of 15,000 men. Fed. loss, 12,500.
17. Fight at Leesburg, Va. The Ira Harris cavalry, Col. Kilpatrick, defeated a reb. infantry regiment, capturing several guns and a number of prisoners.
17. The U. S. gunboats Paul Jones, Cimerone, and 3 other vessels attacked reb. batteries on St. John’s river, Florida.
17. Cumberland Gap, Tenn., evacuated by Gen. Morgan’s Fed. troops.
18. Ship Elisha Dunbar, of Mass., burned by the Alabama.
18. Rebs. evacuated Harper’s Ferry, Va.
19. Gen. Lee’s army crossed the Potomac river to Va., pursued by Gen. Pleasanton’s cavalry.
19–20. Battle of Iuka, Miss. General Rosecrans’ army defeated rebs., who lost 233 killed, 400 wounded, and 600 prisoners. Fed. loss, 135 killed, and 527 wounded.
19–20. Skirmishes at Owensboro’, Ky. Fed. Col. Netter killed. 1st Ind. cavalry, Lieut.-Col. Wood, routed rebs. with severe loss. Fed. loss, 2 killed, 18 wounded.
20. Fight near Shirley’s Ford, Spring river, Mo. 3rd Ind., Col. Ritchie, defeated 600 rebs. and Indians, who lost 60 or 70 killed and wounded.