4. The crossing of the Rapidan by the army of the Potomac continued.
4 Gen. Warren’s headquarters at the Wilderness.
4. A fleet of transports on Hampton Roads commenced embarking troops.
4. Rebel raid into Princeton, Ky.
5. Battle of the Wilderness commenced. A day of terrific fighting, on most difficult ground, in the Wilderness, near Chancellorsville, Va. Night closed in without any definite result. Gen. Hayes killed.
5. Gen. Butler’s army passed Fortress Monroe in transports, on their way up the James river.
5. Gen. Kautz forced the Blackwater, and burnt the railroad bridge at Stony Creek.
5. Naval engagement between the reb. ram Albemarle and Fed. fleet, near the mouth of the Roanoke river.
5. Skirmish at Thoroughfare Gap, Va. Burnside’s cavalry attacked the enemy on their passage through the Gap.
6. Battle of the Wilderness continued. Another day of terrible fighting, resulting in the falling back of Lee’s army. Gen. Wadsworth killed. Loss of both armies about 15,000 each in the 2 days fighting. The rebel Gen. Longstreet wounded. Fed. wounded, who had been removed to Fredericksburg, fired on by citizens.