25. Price defeated at Fort Scott Road, losing camp equipage, 20 wagons of plunder, 1 gun, and cattle.
26. Price driven from Mine Creek by Pleasanton, and loses 1,000 prisoners, and 1,500 stand of arms. Gens. Marmaduke and Cabell captured.
27. An advance in force on a reconnaissance, made by Warren’s corps of Grant’s army. In the evening the enemy attacked Hancock’s corps vigorously, but were repulsed. Feds. retire. Union loss 3,000. Reb. loss 1,500.
27. The reb. ram Albemarle sunk by Lieut. Cushing, in the Roanoke river.
27. Arrest of Col. North on charges of fraud in the matter of soldiers’ votes.
27. Price forced to retreat from Marais des Cygnes, Ark.
28. Reb. Gen. Forrest captured a Fed. gunboat and 3 transports at Fort Hieman, on the Tennessee river.
28. Price again defeated at Newtonia, destroying more wagons, and losing 250 men.
28–30. Rhoddy’s cavalry attack Col. Morgan’s colored troops at Decatur, and lose 400 prisoners and many killed and wounded. Union loss 100.
28. Gen. Gillem had a fight with the rebels under Vaughn at Norristown, East Tenn., completely routing them, and capturing 200 prisoners and 8 pieces of artillery.