9. Gen. Rosecrans, in Tenn., ordered the execution of all rebs. caught in Fed. uniform or carrying the national flag.
10. Fight at Old river, La. Capt. Tucker, 1st Kansas, defeated 3d La. reb. cavalry, who lost 25 prisoners, and 11 killed or wounded. Union loss, 8.
10. The 14th Wis. and 11th Ill. attacked near Lake Providence, on the Miss., by rebs., who were repulsed. 32 taken prisoners.
12. N. Y. ship Jacob Bell burnt by the Florida.
12. Skirmish near Smithfield, Va. 12th Pa cavalry engaged Capt. Baylor’s reb. troops.
12. Skirmish near Bolivar, Tenn. 4 rebs. killed, 5 wounded, by Fed. cavalry, who were defeated.
14. Barge New Era, No. 5, captured by Fed. ram Queen of the West, near Fort Taylor, Red river. The ram was then run ashore by a treacherous pilot, and captured by the rebels.
14. 5th Mich. cavalry surprised near Annandale, Va., with loss of 15 men.
15. Fight near Canesville, Tenn. The 123d Ill., Col. Monroe, defeated some of Gen. Morgan’s cavalry, of whom 20 were killed, many wounded, and 6 captured. Also 50 horses and 300 stand of arms. 3 Federals wounded.
15. Serg’t Holmes, with 14 of 2d Minn., escorting a wagon train near Nolensville, Tenn., repulsed a superior force of rebel cavalry, of whom 8 were killed, 20 wounded, and 4 prisoners.