6. Skirmish near Charlestown, Va. 6th U. S. cavalry and Robertson’s battery engaged a rebel force with slight results.
6. Fight at Lavergne, near Nashville, Tenn. Gen. Palmer’s Union brigade, 2,500 men, were attacked by rebels under Gen. Anderson, who were defeated with a loss of 10 killed and wounded. Fed. loss, 18 in killed and wounded.
7. Lexington, Ky., evacuated by rebels under E. Kirby Smith, who retreated towards Cumberland Gap.
7. The monitor Nahant launched at Boston.
7. Skirmish near Sibley’s Landing, Mo. 5th Mo. cavalry defeated rebels under Quantrell and Childs.
7. Gen. Morgan’s Union troops reached Frankfort, Ky.
7. The bark Wave, and brig Dunkirk, were destroyed by the rebel privateer, Alabama.
8. Battle at Chaplin Hills, Perryville, Ky., by the armies of Gens. Buell and Bragg. Rebs. retreated across Chaplin river. Fed. loss, 3,200 in killed, wounded and missing. Rebel loss fully as great.
8. 550 Feds. under Major Bradford, 17 government wagons, and a number of sutler’s wagons, were captured by rebels under E. Kirby Smith, near Frankfort, Ky.
9. Galveston, Texas, occupied by Feds. under Commander Renshaw.