5. Gens. Crook and Averill entered Lexington, Va.
5. Rebs. driven through Ripley, Miss., by Gen. Sturgis’ troops.
6. Reb. midnight attack on Burnside repulsed.
6. Sherman’s headquarters at Acworth.
7. Rebs. defeated at Lake Chicot on the Miss. river, by Gen. A. J. Smith’s troops.
7. The 9th corps, on Grant’s right, attacked briskly, and rebs. driven back.
7. Morgan, with 3,000 men, commences a raid into Kentucky.
7. Philadelphia Sanitary Fair opens.
7. Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson nominated President and Vice-President of the U. S.
8. U. S. troops defeated at Mount Sterling, Ky., by Gen. Morgan’s forces.