21. The National ship Morning Light and the schooner Velocity were captured by reb. steamers Josiah Bell and Uncle Ben, near Sabine Pass, Texas.
21. Reb. camp broken up near Columbia, Mo., by 61st Mo., Col. Douglass, and 6 prisoners taken. 2 Feds. wounded.
21. Gen. Fitz John Porter dismissed from the U. S. service.
21. Col. Hutchinson, with 100 rebel cavalry, captured a company of U. S. troops and 30 wagons, at Murfreesboro’, Tenn.
22. Gen. Burnside’s second attempt to cross the Rappahannock foiled by a rain storm, which made the roads impassable.
22. The brig Windward captured by the reb. privateer Florida, off Cuba.
23. A company of Feds., under Capt. Taylor, was attacked in Johnson Co., E. Tenn., by rebs., under Col. Folk. 4 Feds, killed and several wounded and captured, some of whom were hung.
23. Arkansas Post, Ark., evacuated by Fed. troops, and the fort blown up.
24. Maj.-Gen. Burnside transferred the command of the army of the Potomac to Gen. Jos. Hooker. Maj.-Gens. Sumner and Franklin commanding right and left wings, relieved from their commands.
25. Attack by rebs. on the railroad near Nashville, Tenn. They were repulsed.