18. Vicksburg invested by the Union army.
18. Two companies of 2d Kansas artillery, Maj. Ward, defeated by rebels near Sherwood, Mo., and 26 of the soldiers killed, wounded, or taken prisoners.
18. Haines’ Bluff, on the Yazoo river, captured by Admiral Porter.
18. National troops fired into each other by mistake near Deserted House, Va. 3 killed and 4 wounded of the 170th N. Y.
19. Skirmish near Winchester, Va. Gen. Milroy’s Fed. cavalry killed 6 and captured 7 of the enemy.
19. Spanish steamer Union captured by U. S. gunboat Nashville.
20. Rebel rifle-pits on the north side of Vicksburg captured by Gen. Steele.
20. Skirmish by pickets between Fayetteville and Raleigh, Va.
20. Skirmish near Fort Gibson, Ark. Price’s troops defeated by Feds. under Col. Phillips.
20. Steamer Eagle captured near Nassau, N. P., by gunboat Octorora.