21. Occupation of Savannah by Sherman. He captures 800 prisoners, 150 pieces of artillery, 33,000 bales of cotton, 3 steamers.
21. Madison C. H., Va., occupied by Gens. Torbert and Powell.
21. Gen. Grierson starts from Memphis for a raid on the Mobile and Ohio R. R.
22. Loss of the U. S. transport North American, by foundering, at sea. 194 lives lost.
23. Fight near Gordonsville, Va.
24. The fleet of Ad. Porter before Fort Fisher, N. C. Furious attack on the fort.
25. Attack on Fort Fisher renewed. 3 brigades of Union infantry landed 2 and a half miles above the fort. They are repulsed, and reembark.
26. Heavy cannonading on Broad riv., between Sherman’s and Hardee’s forces.
26. Ensign Blume cuts loose and takes out from Galveston harbor the blockade running schooner Sallie.
26. The blockade-runner Julia, with 450 bales of cotton, captured by the gunboat Accacia.