18. At Cove Creek, near Kinston, N. C., Lieut.-Col. Mix with part of 3d N. Y. cavalry and Allis’s artillery, defeated the 10th N. C. infantry and some of the 2d N. C. cavalry, who retreated with the loss of arms and equipments.
18. Falmouth, Va. occupied by Gen. Sumner’s Fed. troops.
18. The English schooners Ariel and Ann Marie captured off Little Run, S. C. by U. S. gunboat Monticello.
19. James A. Seddons appointed reb. Sec. of War, in place of G. W. Randolph, resigned.
19. The 1st Gen. Council of the Epis. Church in the reb. States met at Augusta, Ga.
20. Col. Carlin’s expedition returned to Nashville, Tenn., from Clarksville, having captured 43 rebs., 40 horses, &c.
20. Fed. pickets surprised at Bull Run bridge, Va., and 3 captured.
20. Warrenton and Leesburg, Va., occupied by reb. cavalry.
21. Gen. Sumner, commanding right wing of army of the Potomac, in front of Fredericksburg, Va.
21. Skirmish at Bayou Bontouca, near Fort Pike, La. Capt. Darling’s company of 31st Mass. defeated rebs. under Capt. Evans, who lost 4 killed and several wounded. Union loss 1 wounded.