21. Skirmish near Seneca, Pendleton Co., Va. A party of loyal men called “swampers” defeated by rebels.
21. An expedition up the bayous returned to the Yazoo river, after defeating the rebels at Deer Creek, and destroying 2,000 bales of cotton, 50,000 bushels of corn, and all the houses on the route.
22. 50 of the 5th Mo. cavalry defeated by Quantrell’s guerrillas, near Blue Spring, Mo. Fed. loss, 9 killed, 5 missing, and several wounded.
22. Mount Sterling, Ky., attacked by rebels under Col. Cluke. The Fed. garrison of 200, under Capt. Radcliff, captured, and the town burned.
22. Steamer Granite City captured by U. S. gunboat Tioga, off the Bahamas.
16–24. Bread riots at Atlanta, Ga., Salisbury, N. C., Richmond, Va., Raleigh, N. C., and Petersburg, Va.
24. Pontchatoula, La., captured by Fed. troops under Col. Clark.
24. The schooners Mary Jane and Rising Dawn captured by U. S. gunboats State of Georgia and Mount Vernon, off Wilmington, N. C.
25. The Fed. gunboats Lancaster and Switzerland attempted to pass the rebel batteries at Vicksburg. The Lancaster was sunk, and the Switzerland escaped, much damaged.
25. At Brentwood, Tenn., 300 Federal troops, under Lieut.-Col. Bloodgood, were captured by rebel forces under Wheeler and Forrest, and the town sacked. A Federal cavalry force, under Gen. Smith, overtook the rebels in their retreat, and defeated them, capturing 42 prisoners, and recovering part of their booty. Loss, about 15 on each side in k. and w.