” 7—Com. Dupont and Gen. Sherman capture Forts Walker and Beauregard, S. C., and occupy Beaufort and Hilton Island.
Gen. Grant captured Confederate camp at Belmont, Mo., opposite Columbus. Reinforcements arriving he retired.
” 8—Mason and Slidell, Confederate Commissioners to Europe, were taken from British steamer Trent, by U. S. ship San Jacinto. On subsequent demand of the English government they were given up.
” 10—Union soldiers having been killed by inhabitants of Guyandotte, Va., the town was burnt in retaliation.
” 15—The San Jacinto arrived at Fortress Monroe with Slidell and Mason.
” 28—Bombardment of Pensacola, Fla., by Ft. Pickens and U. S. war vessels.
” 27—Gen. McClellan orders observance of the Sabbath in the army.
” 29—Skirmish at Warsaw, Mo. Town partly destroyed.
” 30—Fight at Salem, Mo. Southern forces defeated.