28. A detachment of Fed. cavalry under Col. Lowell, encountered a portion of Mosby’s command near Upperville, Va., and defeated them, capturing 23, killing 2 and wounding 4. Fed. loss, 3 killed, 4 wounded.
30. Gen. Steele’s army in Ark. crossed the Sabine river after a fight with rebs.
30. Madison Court House, Va., was burned by a Union expeditionary force while engaged in a skirmish with a rebel company at that place.
May 1. Death of Commodore W. D. Porter.
1. Gen. Steele’s army 40 miles from Little Rock, Ark. His cavalry reached that city.
2. Advance of the Army of the Potomac across the Rapidan towards Chancellorsville and the Wilderness.
2. West Point, Va., occupied by Feds.
2. Gen. Sturgis’ cavalry encountered a band of the rebel Forrest’s men, near Bolivar, Tenn., and, after a severe fight, defeated them.
3. The crossing of the Rapidan by the army of the Potomac effected, without opposition, at Culpepper, Germania, and Ely’s Fords.
3. The Sec. of the Navy sentenced Ad. Wilkes to be reprimanded and suspended for three years, for insubordination, &c.