30. Rebel battery on the Nansemond river silenced.
30. 52 Union cavalry, the 6th N. Y., Lieut.-Col. McVicar, captured near Spotsylvania, Va. 58 others cut their way out. Col. McVicar was killed.
30. Skirmish near Williamsburg, Va. Rebels defeated by Col. R. M. West’s troops.
30. A portion of Gen. Hooker’s army crossed the Rappanannock at Fredericksburg, Va., and after slight resistance took possession of the rifle-pits below the city and captured 500 prisoners.
May 1. Attack on Van Dorn’s rebel pickets by Fed. cavalry under Col. Campbell, near Franklin, Tenn. 30 of the enemy killed and wounded, and 11 captured.
1. Skirmish on the Nansemond river, near Suffolk, Va, The 99th N. Y., Col. Nixon, defeated rebs. with severe loss. Union loss 41 in killed and wounded.
1. Battle of Port Gibson, Miss. Gen. Grant’s army defeated the troops of Gen. J. S. Bowen. Reb. loss 1,500 in killed, wounded and prisoners.
1. Fight at Monticello, Ky. 5,000 Feds. under Gen. Carter defeated Col. Morrison’s troops, with small loss on either side.
1. Heavy artillery skirmishing between the armies of Gen. Hooker and Gen. Lee, at Chancellorsville, Va.
1. Skirmish near La Grange, Ark. 3rd Iowa cavalry, Capt. De Huff, defeated, with loss of 41 killed, wounded, and missing.