Pictorial history of the war for the Union, volume 2 (of 2)

by Ann S. Stephens

14. Skirmish at Fairfax Court House, Va., by Fed. troops with Black Horse cavalry.

14. Hammond Station, La., destroyed by Fed. troops.

15. Jackson, Miss., occupied by Fed. troops.

15. Rebels defeated at Camp Moore, La., by Col. Davis’s Fed. troops.

15. Wm. Corbin and T. P. Graw hung at Johnson’s Island, O.; found guilty of recruiting for the rebel service within the Union lines.

15. Fed. dispatch boats Emily and Arrow captured by rebels on the Albemarle and Chesapeake canal.

15. The ship Crown Point burnt by the privateer Florida.

15. Several severe cavalry skirmishes near Carrsville and Suffolk, Va., by Gen. Peck’s troops with rebels.

15. A detachment of U. S. cavalry captured at Charleston, Va., who were afterwards rescued by a force from Gen. Milroy’s command, who also took 40 rebel prisoners.

16. A skirmish at Bradyville Pike, near Cripple creek, Tenn. Gen. Palmer’s Union Tenn. cavalry attacked part of 3d Georgia, under Col. Thompson, killing several, and taking 18 prisoners.