16. Skirmish at Berry’s Ferry, Va. 16 of 1st N. Y. cavalry, Lieut. Vermillion, defeated 22 rebels, killing 2, wounding 5, and capturing 10.
16. The 1st N. Y. mounted rifles routed with considerable loss near Suffolk, Va.
16. Rebel steamer Cuba destroyed by gunboat De Soto in the Gulf of Mexico.
16. The battle of Champion Hill, or Baker’s creek, Miss. Gen. Grant’s troops defeated rebel army under Gen. Pemberton, who lost 4,000 men and 29 cannon, and retreated behind Big Black river.
16. Battle at Big Black river, Miss. Gen. Pemberton’s army defeated with loss of 2,600 men and 17 cannon and driven within the intrenchments at Vicksburg, by Gen. Grant’s army.
16. Jackson, Miss., evacuated by Fed. troops.
16. Rebel schooner Isabel seized off Mobile, and 16 men captured, by U. S. steamer R. R. Cuyler.
16. Rebel guerrillas destroyed oil springs and other property at Burning Springs, Wirt Co., Va.
16. Col. Breckinridge, with 55 loyal W. Tenn. cavalry, attacked a rebel force at Linden, on the Tenn. river, capturing 35 prisoners, and destroying their camp and stores.
17. Richmond, Clay Co., Mo., was attacked by rebel troops, who captured 2 companies of the 25th Mo.