31. The town of Franklin, on the Blackwater river, Va., partially destroyed by Union batteries, a reb. force stationed there being driven out with loss.
31. The Wilmington, N. C. salt-works destroyed by Capt. Cushing, gunboat Ellis.
Nov. 1. The U. S. steamer Northerner, and gunboat States of the North, with a detachment of 3d N. Y. cavalry and 2 pieces of Allen’s artillery, under Maj. Garrard, captured 2 rebel schooners on Pungo Creek, N. C. Disembarking at Montgomery, the troops marched to Germantown, Swanquarter, and Middletown, capturing in those places 25 prisoners and 130 horses and mules.
1. The town of Lavacca, on Matagorda Bay, Texas, bombarded by U. S. gunboats Clifton and Westfield.
1. Skirmish at Franklin, Va. Gen. Wessell’s brigade, 11th Pa. cavalry, and other troops, drove the rebels from the town with some loss.
2. Skirmishes near Philomont, Va. by Gen. Pleasanton’s cavalry with Stuart’s rebel forces.
2. Snicker’s Gap, Va. occupied by Gen. Hancock’s troops after a slight skirmish with the enemy.
2. Col. Dewey’s troops returned to Patterson, Wayne Co., Mo., from an expedition to Pittman’s ferry, Currant river, where they captured 13 rebels.
2. A skirmish near Williamstown, N. C. between part of the 20th N. C. rebels under Col. Burgwyn, and some Federal troops.
2. Col. Lee, of Hamilton’s National cavalry, returned to Grand Junction, Miss. after a three days’ expedition towards Ripley and 10 miles south, having captured 65 of the enemy with slight resistance.