17. Skirmish at Thoroughfare Gap, Va. Gen. Stahel’s troops drove rebs. toward Haymarket, and captured 100 prisoners.
17. The draft resisted in Berkley, Luzerne co., Pa. 4 insurgents killed. Resistance also in Carbondale, Scranton, and other towns in the mining district.
18. Pickets of the 43rd Ind. dispersed by rebs. at Helena, Ark., losing several of their number.
18. 350 of the 4th Ohio cavalry, Capt. Robey, captured at Lexington, Ky., by reb. cavalry under Gen. Morgan.
18. 10 guerrillas were shot at Palmyra, Mo., by order of Gen. McNeill, in retaliation for the murder of Andrew Allsman, an aged Union citizen.
18. Nine Union pickets were shot on the Mississippi, opposite Helena, Ark.
18. A lieut. with 26 men and a supply train for Gen. Stahel were captured by rebs. at Haymarket, and taken to Warrenton, Va.
19. A train of 82 wagons was captured by Morgan’s reb. cavalry at Bardstown, Ky.
19. Fight on the Cumberland river 7 miles from Nashville, Tenn. Col. Miller’s brigade of Fed. troops routed a force of Confederate cavalry, and captured a large store of army supplies.
20. 500 cases of yellow fever reported at Wilmington, N. C., 30 or 40 dying daily.