27–29. Attack on Vicksburg, Miss. by Gen. Sherman’s army and Fed. gunboats. Gen. Sherman’s army ascended the Yazoo river on transports, landed and attacked the reb. works in the rear of Vicksburg, while the gunboats assailed the batteries at Haines’ Bluff. The Feds., after sanguinary conflicts, carried the first and second lines of defence and advanced within 2½ miles of the city, where they were defeated and compelled to withdraw, with a loss of 600 killed, 1,500 wounded and 1,000 missing.
28. The trestle-work at Muldraugh’s Hill, defended by the 71st Ind., captured and destroyed by rebels under Gen. Morgan after 6 hours’ fight.
28. New Madrid, Mo., evacuated by Unionists, after destroying the barracks and magazine.
28. Skirmish near Suffolk, Va. Col. Gibbs’ troops routed rebel cavalry.
28. Van Buren, Ark., with a rebel garrison of 120 men, 6 steamboats, and a large amount of ammunition and stores was captured by Gen. Blunt’s army, with slight loss.
28. Major Foley with 250 of the 6th and 10th Ky. cavalry, surprised a rebel camp at Elkford, Campbell Co., Ky. 30 rebels killed, 176 wounded, 51 prisoners, and 80 horses taken.
28. Skirmish near Clinton, La. Stuart’s reb. cavalry defeated by a National force.
30. The Union and Watauga bridges on the E. Tenn. and Va. railroad destroyed by Gen. Carter’s Fed. troops, who defeated a rebel force, of whom 400 were taken prisoners, and 150 k. and w. with slight loss to the Unionists.
30. The iron-clad steamer Monitor, Commander Bankhead, foundered near Cape Hatteras, N. C. 4 officers and 12 of the crew, and also 8 R. I. soldiers were lost with her.
30. Battle at Parker’s Cross Roads, Tenn. A desperate conflict of several hours’ duration between Gen. Sullivan’s troops, and Gen. Forrest’s rebel cavalry, in which the latter were defeated with a loss of 600 in killed, wounded and prisoners. Fed. loss, about 200.