20. Rebels hang Rev. Dr. Cox, chaplain of Corps de Afrique, near Donaldsonville.
20. Skirmish with Mosby’s rebel cavalry, at Piedmont Station, Va. 17 of his men taken.
20. Gen. Smith defeated by Forrest at West Point, Ga., and driven back towards Memphis.
20. Battle of Olustee, Fla. Gen. Seymour’s troops encountered a superior force of rebels 55 miles beyond Jacksonville, Fla. After a severe contest of 3 hours, the Union troops were defeated, and retreated to Sanderson. Union loss, 1,500. Rebel loss about the same.
21. A force of Fed. troops left Hilton Head, and proceeded up the Savannah river, without result.
21. Heavy fighting at Pontotoc, Miss.
21. Ringgold, Ga., occupied by Gen. Palmer.
22. Mosby defeats 150 Fed. cavalry near Drainsville, Va., who lose 8 killed, 7 wounded, and 75 missing.
22. 28 of Mosby’s men captured near Warrenton by Major Cole.
22. A “Border State Convention,” convened at Louisville, Ky., for the purpose of adopting harmonious action on important issues then pending in National affairs. Representatives from six States were present.