” 18—Confederate fortifications at Acquia Creek, Va., evacuated.
” 23—Battle of Winchester, Va. Southern forces defeated.
” 28—Fight at Union Ranch, New Mexico. Union troops 3,000, Texans 1,100. Result undecided.
Apr. 6-7—Battle of Pittsburg Landing, or Shiloh. First day’s battle fought by Beauregard and Johnston, Confederate Generals, with 40,000 available troops, by Gen. Grant with 33,000. He was supported by gunboats in the Tennessee river. Attack and defense desperate, and the slaughter fearful. The second day Beauregard had no more than 20,000 effective men. Grant was reinforced by Buell, and his effective force was 45,000. It was great honor to Union troops not to recognize defeat on the 6th, and highly creditable to Confederates to make a desperate stand and inflict an immense loss on Federals on the 7th. They were almost annihilated but retreated without immediate pursuit.
” 8—Island No. 10, Mississippi river, captured.
” 11—Ft. Pulaski captured by Gen. Hunter, commands entrance to Savannah, Geo. Gen. Mitchell occupies Huntsville, Ala.
” 12—Gen. Mitchell captures 2,000 prisoners at Chattanooga, East Tennessee.
” 16—Slavery abolished in the District of Columbia, by U. S. Congress.
” 18—Gen. McClellan’s advance attacked on the Peninsula, Va.
” 19—Successes of Union Gens. Burnside and Reno, in North Carolina.