Pictorial history of the war for the Union, volume 2 (of 2) (part 3 of 4)

Pictorial history of the war for the Union, volume 2 (of 2) (part 3 of 4)

The cavalry force was under General Kautz, who carried the works on the south side of the town, with but slight resistance, and penetrated to the suburbs of the city, where they remained for some time, awaiting the advance of the infantry from the north. General Gilmore, finding the works which he approached very strong, and deeming an assault impracticable, returned to Bermuda Hundred without attempting one. The cavalry being unsupported, were obliged to yield the advantage gained, and retire.

It was well known by General Grant that the enemy held but a small garrison at that time in Petersburg. Attaching great importance to the possession of that place before the return of the troops that had been sent from there to reinforce Lee, he immediately detached General Smith’s command by water, via the White House, to reach Bermuda Hundred in advance of the Army of the Potomac. The design of this was to secure Petersburg before the enemy, becoming aware of the intention of the Federal chief, could reinforce the place. The importance attached by General Grant to this movement, induced him to seek a personal interview with General Butler, at that time, which is thus alluded to in the report of the Lieutenant-General.

“The instructions to General Butler were verbal, and were for him to send General Smith immediately, that night, with all the troops he could give him without sacrificing the position he then held. I told him that I would return to the Army of the Potomac, hasten its crossing, and throw it forward to Petersburg by divisions as rapidly as it could be done; that we could reinforce our armies more rapidly there than the enemy could bring troops against us. General Smith got off as directed, and confronted the enemy’s pickets near Petersburg before daylight next morning, but for some reason, that I have never been able to satisfactory understand, did not get ready to assault his main lines until near sundown. Then, with a part of his command only, he made the assault, and carried the lines northeast of Petersburg from the Appomattox river, for a distance of over two [and a half miles, capturing fifteen pieces of artillery and three hundred prisoners. This was about seven P. M. Between the line thus captured and Petersburg there were no other works, and there was no evidence that the enemy had reinforced Petersburg with a single brigade from any source. The night was clear—the moon shining brightly—and favorable to further operations. General Hancock, with two divisions of the Second corps, reached General Smith, just after dark, and offered the services of these troops as he (Smith) might wish, waiving rank to the named commander, who he naturally supposed knew best the position of affairs, and what to do with the troops. But instead of taking these troops, and pushing at once into Petersburg, he requested General Hancock to relieve a part of his line in the captured works, which was done before midnight.

“By the time I arrived the next morning, the enemy was in force. An attack was ordered to be made at six o’clock that evening by the troops under Smith and the Second and Ninth corps. It required until that time for the Ninth corps to get up and into position. The attack was made as ordered, and the fighting continued with but little intermission until six o’clock the next morning, and resulted in our carrying the advance and some of the main works of the enemy to the right (our left) of those previously captured by General Smith, several pieces of artillery, and over four hundred prisoners.

“The Fifth corps having got up, the attacks were renewed and persisted in with great vigor on the 17th and 18th, but only resulted in forcing the enemy to an interior line from which he could not be dislodged. The advantages in position gained by us were very great. The army then proceeded to envelop Petersburg toward the Southside railroad, as far as possible, without attacking fortifications.”

The severe and continued fighting of the four days resulted in a loss to the Federal army of about ten thousand men; the casualties of the Second corps alone were estimated at fifteen hundred men.

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General Grant thus alludes to the operations near Bermuda Hundred, General Butler’s headquarters, which transpired simultaneously with the transactions thus described:

“On the 6th, the enemy, to reinforce Petersburg, withdrew from a part of his intrenchment in front of Bermuda Hundred, expecting no doubt to get troops from north of the James to take the place of those withdrawn before we could discover it. General Butler, taking advantage of this, at once moved a force on the railroad between Petersburg and Richmond. As soon as I was apprised of the advantage thus gained, to retain it I ordered two divisions of the Sixth corps, General Wright commanding, that were embarking at Wilcox landing, under orders for City Point, to report to General Butler, at Bermuda Hundred, of which General Butler was notified, and the importance of holding a position in advance of his present line urged upon him.

“About two o’clock in the afternoon General Butler was forced back to the line the enemy had withdrawn from in the morning. General Wright, with his two divisions, joined General Butler on the afternoon of the 17th, the latter still holding with a strong picket line the enemy’s works. But instead of putting these divisions into the enemy’s works to hold them, he permitted them to halt and rest some distance in the rear of his own line. Between four and five o’clock in the forenoon the enemy attacked and drove in his pickets, and reoccupied his old line.

“On the night of the 20th, and morning of the 21st, a lodgment was effected by General Butler, with one brigade of infantry, on the north bank of the James, at Deep Bottom, and connected the pontoon bridge with Bermuda Hundred.”

WELDON RAILROAD, NEAR PETERSBURG VA. JUNE 22–23, 1864.

An attempt was made on the 22d of June, to cut the Weldon railroad below Petersburg, in order to cut off the rebel supplies through that important line of communication. The expedition was simultaneous in departure with a cavalry force under General Wilson, whose design was to also cut the railroad at a point several miles below.

The Sixth corps, in conjunction with the Second, were dispatched early in the morning, but had not advanced far before they were discovered by the rebels, who boldly came out to meet them, in order to check the movement on the railroad. Great advantage occurred to the rebel forces from a more accurate knowledge of the topography of the country. Hill’s rebel corps first made their appearance on the flank of Barlow’s division, gradually worked round towards his rear, and he eventually succeeded in throwing a division of his troops between the Second and Sixth corps, thus creating confusion in the Union ranks. A desultory combat ensued for a short time, in which the Federals were driven some distance, and several hundred of Barlow’s men were captured. The left flank of Mott’s division now became involved in a similar misfortune, when he too was compelled to retire with the loss of three or four hundred prisoners. The rebel troops following up their advantage, soon became strongly reinforced, and assailed Gibbon’s division in front and rear. His brigades on the right boldly withstood the enemy; while those on the left, though slightly entrenched, were obliged to yield ground under pressure of the immense force which was brought against them. A four-gun battery now opened on the enemy, but being without infantry supports, it was soon captured, and the rebel troops pressed forward in dense masses, throwing the Federal lines into inextricable confusion. Several regiments were captured at this time, which had become so disorganized as to be able to oppose little if any resistance. At this point a change of front was effected by a small force, the centre of which was the Twentieth Massachusetts, and the enemy were soon checked by a determined resistance. A want of good discipline and generalship, exposed the Federals to a heavy loss and severe defeat on this occasion by an inferior force of the enemy. The ground was partly recovered on the succeeding day by an advance of the Sixth and Second corps; but it soon became apparent that the main object of the expedition was unattainable, as the enemy were strongly intrenched on the northern side of the Weldon railroad and an assault was not deemed advisable. The Union loss was five hundred in killed and wounded, and two thousand prisoners.

ENGAGEMENTS AT REAMS’S STATION, STONY CREEK, ETC. JUNE 22–29, 1864.

The cavalry expedition which left the Federal camps at the same time with the infantry force described in the previous section, was successful in its results. It was composed of General Wilson’s division of the Army of the Potomac, and General Kautz’s division of the Army of the James, both under the command of the former officer. The entire force comprised about seven thousand men, and was accompanied by three batteries of four guns each. This force was also designed to operate on the railroads south of Petersburg, and the results of their raid were such as to deprive the rebels of their accustomed supplies for several weeks by the ordinary roads, which occasioned them great inconvenience and actual want. They first struck the Weldon railroad at Reams’s Station, where they destroyed all the public buildings, and several miles of the road. They then struck boldly across the country by way of Dinwiddie Court House to Sutherland’s Station, destroying several miles of the Sutherland railroad, fifteen miles from Petersburg; also at Ford’s Station on the Lynchburg railroad, twenty-two miles from Petersburg, Kautz’s troops being in advance, where sixteen cars, two locomotives, and the depot were destroyed, and several miles of the track rendered useless.

On the morning of the 23rd, Kautz’s troops again pursued their march, and on reaching Nottoway Station a rebel force of two brigades made their appearance, and an engagement ensued, in which the enemy were defeated. General Kautz’s troops moved on to Burkesville in the afternoon, where the work of destruction was continued. General Wilson’s command proceeded from Nottoway Court House to Medler’s Station, and destroyed the Danville railroad to Roanoke bridge, a distance of twenty-five miles, where he found the enemy in force, and in a position from which he could not dislodge him. The entire force then moved in a southeasterly direction toward Williamsburg, which they reached on the morning of the 26th. General Wilson then commenced his return march, and on the 28th he met the enemy’s cavalry in force at the Weldon railroad crossing of Stony creek. The rebels made some show of resistance while the Federals were crossing the bridge, but were speedily driven back, and the crossing effected. The enemy were soon encountered in force and a fierce contest ensued. Under a severe fire a portion of the Federal cavalry dismounted and formed a slight breastwork, where they resisted several charges of the rebels. After five hours’ fighting, General Wilson relinquished the design of forcing a passage at that point, and sent General Kautz’s force up a left-hand road to Reams’s Station, supposing that place to be in the possession of Federal troops. General Kautz there encountered a body of Confederate cavalry, supported by infantry, and after a short engagement was compelled to retire, with the loss of his artillery and trains. In this encounter General Kautz and a part of his force became separated from the body of the Federal cavalry, but succeeded in making his way into the Union lines. General Wilson, with the remainder of the force, succeeding in crossing the Nottoway river, and coming in safely on the left and rear.

SHERMAN’S MARCH FROM ATLANTA TO SAVANNAH NOVEMBER 16 TO DECEMBER 22, 1804.

“On the 12th of November,” says General Sherman’s report, “my army stood detached and cut off from all communication with the rear.” On the 16th, General Sherman himself left Atlanta, and the march may be said to have fairly commenced. It covered a period of five weeks, and terminated in the capture of Savannah. In many respects this was the most brilliant operation of the entire war. The sensation which the great march occasioned throughout the North and in Europe, is almost unexampled in history. One effective element was its mystery. In leaving Atlanta, Sherman cut himself off from all communication with the North, and utterly disappeared—no one knew whither, except such as enjoyed the confidence of the government. The rebel authorities and press were uncommonly reticent of all information of his movements. Rumors were hunted up from day to day, but it was not until the army emerged upon the Atlantic coast, that its history became known, and the importance and the brilliancy of Sherman’s campaign was adequately realized. The story of the great march has been many times told—very curtly and concisely by General Sherman himself, in his report; very profusely by war-correspondents who accompanied the army, and have since put forth their narratives of its adventures. It was not attended by any important battles, but was, of course, marked by a great variety of lively and picturesque incidents.

The army, consisting of sixty thousand infantry and five thousand five hundred cavalry, with one cannon to each thousand men, was divided into two wings, the right being entrusted to Major-General O. O. Howard, commanding the Fifteenth and Seventeenth corps, and the left to Major-General H. W. Slocum, commanding the Fourteenth and Twentieth corps. The right wing, under General Howard, preceded by Brigadier-General J. Kilpatrick’s cavalry division, was put in motion in the direction of Jonesboro’ and McDonough, with orders to make an imposing feint on Macon, “to cross the Ocmulgee about Planter’s Mills, and rendezvous in the neighborhood of Gordon in seven days, exclusive of the day of march.” The cavalry moved out in columns of fours, filing past the right wing, their splendid appearance eliciting shouts of applause from the infantry. The latter suspected rightly that to Kilpatrick was assigned the glorious task of releasing the Union prisoners confined at Millen, and they consequently wished him God-speed with all their hearts.

On the same day, General Slocum moved by Decatur and Stone Mountain. The progress of the corps was at first slow, but the spirits of the men were buoyant. They had been told all it was necessary for them to know, that the base was to be changed, that a long and difficult march was before them, and that a fatal blow was, by such means, to be dealt the rebel Confederacy. The ensuing night proved pleasant; the road was broad and good, and brilliantly illuminated by the conflagration of Atlanta.

The army was to move in four columns. The two constituting the left wing, under General Slocum, were to take the more northerly route, and the two forming the right, under Howard, were to pursue the more southerly one, but all were to keep within supporting distance of each other, with the cavalry operating on the flanks. The troops were provided with good wagon trains, loaded with ammunition and forty days’ edible supplies, and were instructed to maintain this order of things as long as possible by foraging liberally, and “living chiefly, if not solely, upon the country.” Orders were issued to prevent the infliction of any unnecessary loss and suffering upon the inhabitants, and “to leave each family a reasonable portion for its maintenance but of course such instructions were often disregarded and too frequently converted into a license for indiscriminate plunder, so that the Georgians were at last compelled to endure the full penalty of the fratricidal war they had assisted in provoking.

As the left wing, under General Slocum, moved forward, the railroad from Social Circle to Madison was torn up. On reaching Rutledge, the railroad depot, engine-house, &c., were destroyed, and large quantities of cotton were burned, three hundred bales being often destroyed by one corps in a day’s march. Foraging, too, began to be richly recompensed. Madison, one of the loveliest villages in Georgia, was next partially shorn of its beauty. Its stores were sacked and its slave calaboose burned to the ground. On Sunday the troops arrived at Eatonville, a terminus of the branch railroad from Milledgeville, where they suffered much from cold rains and the worst and most slippery roads they had yet traversed. General Geary had, in the mean time, made a detour, for the purpose of destroying the Oconee railroad bridge, a splendid structure, twelve hundred feet in length. Several wagon bridges, tanneries, shoe-factories, and four hundred bales of cotton in the neighborhood shared its fate before he joined the main column. Supplies were now found on every hand in abundance, including stacks of corn fodder, numerous ground beds, containing about one hundred bushels of sweet potatoes in each; also, cattle, sheep, hogs, and poultry. Fine horses and sleek mules were hidden in thickets, but they were almost invariably discovered by the men and appropriated to government use. Negroes willingly assisted the soldiers in their search for hidden treasures, and left their homes at a moment’s preparation to go they knew not whither, in search of freedom, which they too often imagined to be “an eternal Christmas—a life-long holiday.” Old and young, strong and weak, men, women, and children, of all shades, some dressed in their master’s or mistress’ best, and others almost naked, joined Sherman’s march, some of them declaring that “Mars’r Sherman was a great man, but dis am de work ob de Lord.”

On the twenty-second of November, Captain Duncan, with ten scouts, dashed into Milledgeville, the capital of the State, and captured it. The mayor came forth, and made a formal surrender of the town to General Slocum, deprecating the destruction of private property. Governor Brown, after vainly endeavoring to infuse into the hearts of the legislators the courage which he himself could not muster, had fled precipitately, as they had done, leaving the capital without defenders. Two thousand stand of arms, a ton and a half of powder, and much other valuable public property, was here captured. The penitentiary was burned by some disorderly soldiers, after the convicts had been released. Millions of Georgia paper money was found in the Treasurer’s office. Private property was here protected, and only that belonging to the rebel government, including two thousand bales of cotton, arsenals, machinery, depots, &c., was burned.

General Kilpatrick’s cavalry had been—as, indeed, they were during the whole march—busy covering the movements of the infantry columns, protecting flanks, lighting up the country with burning cotton, guarding against rebel dashes in the rear, and fighting splendidly in front. After crossing Mud Creek, near Jonesboro’, the advance encountered the enemy in force, provided with artillery. The rebel cannon opened fiercely, but the enemy no sooner witnessed the imposing display of cavalry which confronted them, than they lost heart, and retreated to Lovejoy’s Station, where Wheeler had taken refuge behind a line of earthworks, with artillery in position, and a large force of militia and one brigade of his old command, under Iverson, numbering in all perhaps four thousand men.

Colonel Murray’s gallant brigade, consisting of four regiments, was formed for the assault, while the artillery on both sides thundered heavily. The open country was favorable for a charge, which was quickly sounded, and a brilliant dash upon the rebel works was made, which resulted in the recapture of two of Rodman’s guns, which were lost by Stoneman in his unfortunate raid, and the complete rout of the enemy, with the loss on his part of ten killed and forty taken prisoners.

General Howard was now approaching Planter’s Mills with the view of laying his pontoons and crossing the Ocmulgee, which purpose he accomplished undisturbed. Kilpatrick was at the same time menacing Macon from the west side of the stream. His cavalry passed Clinton on the 20th and advanced upon Macon in three columns, the brigade under Colonel Atkins taking the right, that under Colonel Murray the left, while the Third Kentucky held the central road. Colonel Murray went dashing for miles over a succession of barricades with little loss till he came within reach of the guns of the enemy’s works, which opened a furious discharge upon him. Without flinching, the Tenth Ohio advanced in the face of this fire up the hill, and when the signal charge was given, rushed forward with irresistible impetuosity. The works were surmounted, artillerymen and infantry supports scattered, and the fort captured with a celerity that surprised the victors themselves. But while busying themselves with the eight siege guns they had taken but could neither spike nor remove, the enemy rallied, other guns were turned upon the Federals, and they were compelled to retire.

The cavalry now destroyed the Central railroad as far as Griswoldsville, where Walcott’s brigade of infantry joined them in order to cover that flank, while Howard’s trains were closing up and his men scattered and engaged in the destruction of the railroad toward Gordon. The enemy had made a reconnoissance in force and captured an entire picket post. He was approaching in considerable strength, and scarcely had the Union cavalry thrown up some hasty works, before they were assaulted by the rebels, who advanced with a deafening yell. Walcott’s infantry, regarding the Confederate militia with supreme contempt, swept down upon them; but they did not prove such contemptible foes after all, and were content with nothing short of a thorough defeat. They were commanded by General Phillips, who displayed much gallantry in rallying them when they shrank under a heavy fire of musketry and artillery; but his efforts were finally unavailing, and his men fled panic-stricken, leaving their brave commander and several hundred men prisoners in the hands of the Union troops.

Kilpatrick crossed the Oconee river and joined Sherman at Milledgeville.

Slocum’s column left the capital on the 24th, crossed the Oconee, and plunged into an extensive pine forest. The Oconee bridge was burned on the following morning. The road traversed a wide swamp formed by a winding creek, over which nine bridges had been built. The enemy had destroyed these, and pontoons and corduroy had to supply their place. Skirmishing with the enemy now grew lively. A dash of Colonel Hughes into Sandersville nearly proved fatal to him, and the infantry of the second column advanced to undisturbed possession of the town. Louisville was reached on the 30th, and on the 2d and 3d of December, both men and mules suffered much from the heat. On the march, the plantation of a violent secessionist, Dr. W. Jones, was completely devastated, and that of widow Jones, who had shown sympathy to Union captives, was spared for the sake of her charitable deeds. The Milieu stockade, which had been the prison of many thousand Union captives, was passed, but the prisoners had been removed before even the swift and dashing Kilpatrick could reach it. It consisted of a high log fence, enclosing fifteen acres, in a thick pine forest, and was a melancholy and dreary spectacle.

The right wing, under General Howard, had encountered little opposition, except at Oconee Bridge, where Major Hartridge, of Wheeler’s cavalry, made a stout but unavailing resistance. The Fourteenth and Twentieth corps arrived at Millen with punctuality, which tended to ensure the accomplishment of Sherman’s masterly plans.

Kilpatrick had, in the mean time, been raiding in advance. Two hundred of his men under Captain Hayes, had struck out sixty miles from the main command. They ventured within eight miles of Augusta, destroying a train of cars, the bridge over Brier creek on the Augusta Branch railroad, and committed other devastations calculated to weaken and confound the enemy. Kilpatrick took special pains while Hayes was thus engaged, to keep Wheeler’s attention fixed upon him, in the vicinity of Louisville. Colonel Murray’s detachment was thrice vigorously assailed by the rebel cavalry, and though driven off at last by the aid of artillery. Kilpatrick’s command continued to be harassed with sharp skirmishing, which culminated in a hard fight, at Turkey creek, where the narrow and difficult passage over the bridge afforded the enemy an opportunity to check his progress.

On the 28th of November, a foggy morning, Wheeler’s cavalry suddenly assaulted Kilpatrick’s rear, drove him behind his second barricade, and followed up the advantage with so much vigor, that nothing but hard fighting and swift running saved that commander from capture. At Buck Head creek the cavalry had another sharp conflict. The enemy charged Kilpatrick on the flank, but his men were advantageously posted behind timber, and the rebels exposed in an open field to a fire which drove them back with the loss of two hundred left dead and wounded upon the field. On the first of December Kilpatrick had the good fortune to strike Wheeler’s cavalry in turn on the flank, and an encounter ensued in which the rebels were defeated. On the 4th, Kilpatrick was again in search of the enemy, and found him eight miles from Waynesboro’, where he was ensconced behind rail barricades. These defences were found obstinate, but Kilpatrick led his men in person, when the three lines were successfully carried in a hand-to-hand fight, and Wheeler was chased through Waynesboro’. The cavalry now moved toward Savannah, exchanging a few shots with the rebel infantry at Sister’s ferry, when, passing to the right wing again, they moved through Cypress Swamps; and, on December 10th, they were shelled by the rebel batteries at Savannah, in plain view, while picking their way through the rice fields which the rebels had flooded to prevent their approach to the city.

As all the columns had reached their rendezvous about Millen in time, they were ordered to continue their march on Savannah by several roads, according to their position in line; General Davis following the Savannah railroad, General Slocum the middle road, by the way of Springfield, General Blair the railroad, and General Howard continuing still south and west of the Ogeechee, with instructions to cross to the east bank opposite Eden Station.

On approaching Savannah, the country became more marshy and difficult, and the pioneer companies were constantly employed removing felled trees and other obstructions, so placed as to impede the advance of the army. When the heads of the columns were within fifteen miles of Savannah, all the avenues to the city were found to be thus obstructed, with the addition of extended earthworks and artillery. “But these,” says General Sherman, “were easily turned, and the enemy driven away, so that by the 10th of December the rebels were driven within their lines at Savannah, which followed two swampy streams, bordered by flooded ricefields.” The only approaches to the city were by two railroads and three dirt-roads, all of which were commanded by heavy ordnance, too strong for an attack by the artillery which Sherman’s army had brought with it.

General Slocum had struck the Charleston railroad near the bridge, and thus severed the connection between Charleston and Savannah. He invested the latter city on the right and front, the left of the Twentieth corps extending to the river. Here some of the foragers discovered the steamer Water Witch, captured from the Union fleet, moving up, which was soon recaptured and burned.

Howard now swung into line, bringing the Seventeenth corps on the right centre, and placing the Fifteenth in reserve, to open communication with the Union fleet, which purpose was effected by Captain Duncan, chief of Howard’s scouts.

Major-General Kilpatrick had reconnoitred Fort McAllister, and, by a rapid movement to Kilkenny Bluff, also succeeded in communicating with the fleet. He solicited permission to attack the fort, which was very prudently refused.

THE CAPTURE OF FORT MC ALLISTER, GA. DECEMBER 13, 1864.

The railroad bridge called King’s Bridge, across the Ogeechee, leading to the fort, had been burned by the rebels, and was now reconstructed in an incredibly short time. On the 13th of December the Second division of the Fifteenth corps, under the command of Brigadier-General Hazen, crossed the bridge to the west bank, with orders to carry Fort McAllister by assault. This work was a strong enclosed redoubt, manned by two companies of artillery and three of infantry, in all about two hundred men, and mounting twenty-three guns, en barbette, and one mortar. General Hazen deployed his division about the fort, with both flanks resting upon the river, posted his skirmishers behind the trunks of trees whose branches had been used for abattis, and, about five P. M., assaulted the place with nine regiments at three points.

General Sherman witnessed the assault from a rice-mill on the opposite side of the river, and had the satisfaction of perceiving, at the same moment, a United States gunboat in the distance, which, shortly afterward, responded to his signal from the mill. Hazen had brought no artillery, for the ground was too swampy to sustain it, and he placed his reliance on the dash and bayonets of his men. All the guns of the fort opened upon his single line as it advanced. At the same time, the torpedoes, which had been buried plentifully in all the approaches to the position, began to explode, killing and Wounding more than the guns. The assailants had first to surmount the thick abattis, which they had no sooner done than they poured into the fort a fire so deadly as to silence its guns. A ditch, bristling with spikes, was the next fearful obstacle to overcome. The Union soldiers scrambled out of this, and clambered into the fort in swarms. A terrible, close, crowded conflict now ensued. The garrison fought desperately; many of the men were bayoneted at their guns, and the officers for a time refused to surrender. But the Union troops continued to pour in on all sides, and the fort was soon after surrendered to the victors.

On the following day the rebel prisoners were compelled to remove all the torpedoes about the fort. The Union loss in this gallant affair was twenty-three killed and eighty-two wounded; that of the enemy fourteen killed, twenty-one wounded, and one hundred and ninety-eight soldiers and thirteen officers made prisoners.

An important advantage gained by the capture of Fort McAllister was the opening of communication with the supply ships which the government had prudently held in readiness for the wants of Sherman’s army.

THE CAPTURE OF SAVANNAH. DECEMBER 21, 1864.

The Union lines now closely encircled Savannah. Its supplies were cut off, and the Federals were night and day working themselves closer to the city. Some thirty-pound Parrott guns were landed from the fleet, and placed in position, and preparations were made for assaulting the enemy’s works on all sides. On the 17th of December General Sherman demanded of Lieutenant-General W. J. Hardee the surrender of Savannah, and, on the following day, an answer was returned by Hardee refusing this demand, coupled with an assertion of his ability to hold his position for an indefinite time. He sustained this boast by opening a wasteful and furious bombardment, with shot and shell, on the Union lines.

The next night, the 20th of December, Hardee evacuated Savannah. He ferried his men quietly across the river, and escaped by the Union causeway, carrying with him all the able-bodied negroes, under guard, into South Carolina.

General Geary was the first to discover the movement, and to enter the deserted works. Mayor Arnold rode out and surrendered the city to him. General Geary was afterward entrusted with the command of Savannah, and afforded general satisfaction to its citizens, who were well pleased with the moderation and equity of his administration.

General Hardee had burned the shipyard and a rebel ram there which was nearly completed. The iron-clad floating battery, Georgia, was sunk by her commander, and the iron-clad Savannah, after indulging in some wanton firing upon the captured city, was blown up, the explosion visiting the city like an earthquake.

The Union loss during the siege of Savannah did not exceed six hundred. One hundred and forty-five cannon, one thousand prisoners, thirty thousand bales of cotton, and immense quantities of ammunition and supplies, and much valuable property were captured, which, as the city was virtually taken before it was surrendered, were regarded by General Sherman as the undoubted prizes of the government for which he and his army had toiled and fought so long.

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Sherman’s grand march to the sea was accomplished. Its mysterious strategy and alarming boldness were now elucidated and justified by the event. The rebels had been perplexed and distracted by the movement. The feint on Macon first misled the enemy, and, afterward, Sherman’s constant menace against Augusta divided the forces which might have been united against him, and kept the Georgians in the most demoralizing suspense and terror, which allowed the Union army to sever and burn at its leisure the enemy’s only remaining railroad communications eastward and westward, for hundreds of miles—namely, the Georgia State railroad and the Central railroad from Gordon to Savannah, with numerous other portions of it. The army passed over forty-two of the finest grain-growing counties of the State, consuming their corn and fodder, sweet potatoes, cattle, sheep, hogs, and poultry, appropriating ten thousand or more horses and mules, burning all their bridges, cotton gins, all public buildings of service to the enemy, and bringing away a countless number of slaves. “I estimate,” says General Sherman, “the damage done to the State of Georgia and its military resources at one hundred million dollars, at least twenty million dollars of which has inured to our advantage, and the remainder is simple waste and destruction. This may seem a hard species of warfare, but it brings the sad realities of war home to those who have been directly or indirectly instrumental in involving us in its calamities.”

GRAND NAVAL COMBAT IN MOBILE BAY.

CAPTURE OF FORTS MORGAN, POWELL, AND GAINES. AUGUST 5–23, 1864.

Admiral Farragut, who had anchored off Mobile Bay for more than a month, awaiting reinforcements and military cooperation, at length saw the day approach on which he was prepared to undertake the most dangerous if not formidable naval combat that history has ever recorded.

At the head of Mobile Bay, nearly thirty miles from the Gulf of Mexico, lies the city of Mobile. Dauphin’s Island lies at the mouth of the bay, and almost closes the entrance, having a narrow strait on either side. The western channel affords but five feet of water, and is therefore not navigable for heavy vessels. The eastern strait channel has a depth of twenty feet. The entrance to the bay is guarded by two strong forts. The principal defence is Fort Morgan, which is built on a low, sandy point opposite Dauphin’s Island, and four miles from it. The rebels had blockaded the whole passage between Fort Morgan and Dauphin Island with tiers of piles, chains, and torpedoes, leaving a channel of fifteen hundred yards in width for the blockade-runners, which flowed directly under the guns of the fort.

Opposite Fort Morgan, on Dauphin Island, is Fort Gaines; and about a mile distant from the latter structure was Fort Powell.

Early in August, Admiral Farragut’s fleet was reinforced by two iron-clads from James river, and two from the Mississippi.

Soon after sunrise on the morning of the 5th of August, signals were given to all the fleet, and at twenty minutes to six the gunboats and monitors were underweigh, moving up the bay.

The vessels were lashed side by side in couples, for better protection, and in order to assist each other when any became disabled. Chains and sand bags were laid on the decks over the machinery, to resist a plunging fire; while sheet chains and other protective material were hung on the sides of the vessels. The first object of the Admiral was to pass the forts, inflicting as much damage to them as possible in the transit, and then to engage and overcome the rebel gunboats, and the formidable ram which lay in the inner waters. The attacking fleet comprised fourteen wooden vessels, and four iron-clad monitors.

About seven o’clock the leading vessels came under fire from Fort Morgan, and the rebel gunboats anchored under the guns of the fort; while the Federal vessels, advancing in as close order as safety permitted, replied with their rifled bow guns, and as soon as the range permitted, with their formidable broadsides, driving the rebels from their guns, and breaching the walls of their defences. The Admiral was lashed in the main-top of his flagship, the Hartford, from which exposed situation he had a good view of the battle, and communicated his orders through speaking tubes.

At half-past seven the leading Monitor, the Tecumseh, struck a torpedo, which exploded with terrific and fatal force, and the staunch vessel, overcome by the terrible concussion, sank in the vortex, engulfing her brave commander, Captain T. A. M. Craven, and all but ten of her crew. This remnant was picked up while struggling in the water by a boat from the Metacomet, under a storm of shot and shell. The fate of the Tecumseh did not check the advance of the fleet, for all the brave sailors in the squadron well knew that they were exposed to the same frightful fate, and had entered the combat prepared to encounter the danger. The flagship Hartford, with the Metacomet lashed to her port side, now took the lead, and, boldly followed by the remainder of the squadron, passed the forts without serious damage, and were out of range in an hour’s time.

The Hartford was now assailed by the rebel ram Tennessee; a most formidable vessel upon which the rebels confidently relied for the destruction of the whole Federal fleet, should they succeed in passing the forts, and avoiding the dangerous obstructions. The Confederate gunboats Morgan, Gaines, and Selma, also courageously took part in the combat, but were soon disposed of by the Union vessels as they came up. In half an hour the Selma was a prize to the Metacomet, and the Gaines had ran ashore under the guns of Fort Morgan, while the Morgan had escaped to the city docks.

The iron-clad Tennessee, bearing the flag of Admiral Buchanan, maintained a fierce and sanguinary combat with the heavier Union vessels for nearly two hours. This vessel was one hundred and eighty feet in length, sheathed with iron plates, five inches in thickness, of narrow plates, strongly bolted, and backed by two feet of solid oak. She was armed with a powerful ram, and had two ports on either side, closed by iron shutters turning upon a pivot. The wooden ships defiantly encountered the Tennessee, although her armor was impervious to their guns, while the iron-clads grappled fiercely with their formidable antagonist. The Manhattan, with one of her fifteen-inch shot, broke through the armor of the Tennessee, and a monitor shot disabled the steering gear, and thus rendered her helpless. At ten o’clock she surrendered. Twenty officers and about one hundred and seventy men were captured in this vessel, and ninety officers and men in the Selma. The capture of these two vessels terminated the glorious battle of the 5th of August. On the following day one of the iron-clads shelled Fort Gaines with such effect that Colonel Anderson the commander sent a communication to Admiral Farragut offering to surrender. General Granger, commanding the United States military forces then investing Mobile, was sent for, and the terms of capitulation were signed by the respective parties on board the Hartford.

On the night of the 5th of August, Fort Powell was attacked, and blown up, the guns falling into the hands of the naval commander. From this time onward movements were in preparation for attacking Fort Morgan, and on the 22nd of August, with day-dawn, a bombardment was opened from the shore batteries, the Monitors and ships inside, and the vessels outside the bar. At six A. M. on the 23d, a white flag was displayed by the rebels, and at two o’clock the fort was unconditionally surrendered to the navy and army of the United States by General Page, the commander.

The capture of Forts Powell, Gaines and Morgan, and the destruction of the rebel fleet, gave the navy possession of the bay, and closed the port to all ingress or egress of blockade runners. This was all that was contemplated. Possession of the city of Mobile could not make the blockade more effectual, and without a sufficient cooperating land force, which could not then be spared to take and hold the place, further demonstration was not advisable.

To obstruct naval operations, the bay had been strewn with torpedoes, and as late as the 13th of September, Rear Admiral Farragut wrote the department that he was still engaged in removing them. One hundred, it was reported, had been placed in the bay by the rebels.

SHERMAN’S MARCH FROM SAVANNAH TO GOLDSBORO’, N. C. JANUARY TO MARCH, 1865.

The city of Savannah, and the forts around it, were, on the 18th of January, 1865, transferred to General Foster, who commanded the Department of the South, and General Sherman once more pushed forward—this time to reach Goldsboro’, in North Carolina, and open communication with cooperating forces from that point. The capture of Charleston was incidental to this campaign; but was left to General Foster’s command. The order to march was given on the 19th of January. Savannah was garrisoned by a division of the 19th Army corps, under General Grover, while General Schofield’s corps, the Twenty-third, was sent to reinforce Generals Terry and Palmer, who were operating on the coast of North Carolina.

Sherman’s march lasted about two months, and was attended by skirmishes and small battles, but was never checked; and, in the end, was thoroughly successful in accomplishing its intended purpose. The condition of the rivers, swollen by thaws and rains, at first caused the army some trouble. But all obstacles were speedily overcome.

An engagement at Rivers’ Bridge, on the 3d of February, was the earliest fighting of moment. The point was carried with the loss of one officer and seventeen men. The troops engaged were a division of the Seventeenth corps, under Generals Thomas and Smith. Heavy skirmishing took place, at Blackville, Williston and Aiken, between General Kilpatrick’s cavalry, and the rebel cavalry of Wheeler.

On the 12th of February, General Sherman was at Orangeburg, where there was some fighting. By this time he had isolated Branchville and Charleston, so that the rebels would probably be obliged to evacuate those places. His next blow was aimed at Columbia. This beautiful city is one hundred and twenty-eight miles from Charleston. The rebels, under Hampton, abandoned it on the 16th, having first fired a large quantity of cotton which was there accumulated. On the 17th it was surrendered to General Sherman, who, in anticipation of the occupation of the city, had issued to General Howard orders concerning the conduct of the troops. These were to destroy absolutely all arsenals and public property not needed for his own use, as well as all railroads, depots, and machinery useful in war to an enemy, but to spare all dwellings, colleges, schools, asylums, and harmless private property. But, as it turned out, before one single public building had been fired by order, the smoldering fires, set by Hampton’s orders, were kindled by the wind, and communicated to the buildings around. About dark they began to spread, and got beyond the control of the troops, and raged until about four A. M., when the wind subsiding, the flames wore subdued. “I was up nearly all night,” says General Sherman, “and saw Generals Howard, Logan, Woods, and others, laboring to save houses and protect families thus suddenly deprived of shelter, and of bedding and wearing apparel. I disclaim on the part of my army any agency in this fire, but on the contrary claim that we saved what of Columbia remains unconsumed. And without hesitation I charge General Wade Hampton with having burned his own city of Columbia, not with a malicious intent, but from folly and want of sense in filling it with lint, cotton, and tinder.” During the 18th and 19th, the arsenal, railroad depots, machine shops, foundries, and other buildings were destroyed by detailed working parties, and the railroad track torn up down to Kingsville and the Wateree bridge, and up in the direction of Winnsboro’.

The next principal point was Cheraw, which was entered, after a toilsome march, on the 3d of March. Charleston had, meanwhile, been evacuated by General Hardee, on the 18th of February, and many guns and much ammunition had been conveyed thence to Cheraw. These were now captured by General Sherman, who also broke up the railroad as far as Darlington, and the branch road from Florence to Cheraw. He then pushed on to Fayetteville, which he occupied on the 11th of March. The enemy, broken into small detachments, were all the while retiring before Sherman’s advance, but at the same time were harassing him by occasional dashes. One of these, made by Hampton, on the 9th, led to a brisk engagement between his forces and Kilpatrick’s cavalry, in which the latter were victorious. But the rebels, fearing for Raleigh, now endeavored to concentrate in Sherman’s front. Beauregard’s troops, from Columbia, Cheatham’s from the West, the garrison of Augusta, and Hardee’s from Charleston, were to be speedily massed together, under the command of General J. E. Johnston. General Sherman’s plan was to feign an attack on Raleigh, but really to push on to Goldsboro’. One obstacle in his path was Hardee, who, with twenty thousand men, had made a stand between Cape Fear river and South river. General Williams, with the Twentieth corps, was thereupon ordered to dislodge Hardee and capture the position. The result was the

BATTLE OF AVERASBORO’. MARCH 15–16, 1865.

This fight commenced about noon, and lasted till night. Skirmishing continued all night, and on the morning of the 16th, the battle was renewed, with great fury. Severe fighting took place during the day, without satisfactory results. The enemy held his position, although suffering heavy loss. Everything indicated the presence of Hardee’s whole army corps. He evacuated the line, during the night of the 16th, however, and fell back to Averasboro’, pursued by Ward’s division of the Twentieth corps. His dead and wounded were left on the field, and abandoned along the road to Averasboro’. General Ward pressed up to Averasboro’, holding the plank road in front, while the balance of the command moved off to the right, across Black river, on the Goldsboro’ road, now uncovered. The National loss in this fight was four hundred and forty-six in the Twentieth corps, one hundred and eight in the Fourteenth, and one hundred and seventy-one in Kilpatrick’s command—total, seven hundred and thirty-seven. The number of rebels, buried on the field, and paroled wounded, was three hundred and twenty-seven—exclusive of those they carried off, and the unhurt prisoners captured by the Unionists.

The advance of General Sherman was immediately continued, in an easterly direction from Averasboro’, along the Goldsboro’ road. General Johnston had suddenly moved from Raleigh, and concentrated his entire force at a village called Bentonsville, on this road, eighteen miles from Averasboro’, intending to fall on Sherman’s left flank and overwhelm it, before the arrival of its cooperating column. But the Union commander, anticipating such a movement, was wholly prepared for it.

A battle ensued at Bentonsville, the Union line being complete and strong, and the rebels on the defensive, in intrenchments.

BATTLE OF BENTONSVILLE. MARCH 20, 1864.

At noon the enemy left his works and advanced on Jeff. C. Davis’ two divisions. Buell and Hobart were overwhelmed, and pressed back through the woods more than a mile and a half. Vandeveer’s, Mitchell’s, Fering’s and Cogswell’s brigades, on the right, fought stubbornly and desperately, and lost but little ground. There was temporary confusion, and a rout was imminent. Five batteries of artillery were massed at a point where a hospital had been established in the morning, the balance of Jackson’s division, Twentieth corps, were placed on the left, and a new line formed. During the day five grand charges were made by the enemy, massed, but each was repulsed. They succeeded in capturing three guns of the Nineteenth Indiana battery, but only two were taken off. There was desperate fighting all day, the musketry firing being very heavy. Although they gained considerable ground on the left during the day, the rebels retired to their main line, when night fell, leaving the greater part of their dead and wounded on the field.

The rebel loss was twenty-five hundred in killed and wounded. Seven hundred were captured. The Twenty-sixth Tennessee regiment was captured entire, colors and all, with a large part of the Twelfth Louisiana.

The National loss was quite severe, being estimated at sixteen hundred and forty-three. During the temporary confusion caused by the furious charge on Carlin’s division, the Unionists lost about two hundred and fifty prisoners.

This was the last important battle in which General Sherman was engaged. General Schofield had entered Goldsboro’ on the 21st, and General Sherman’s forces, immediately after the fight at Bentonsville, advanced to that place.

On the 25th the Newbern railroad was completed, and the army was receiving its supplies from that base. Between the 27th and 30th General Sherman had visited City Point, and conversed with the President and General Grant, for the arrangement of the final campaign of the war, and had returned to Goldsboro’.

THE OCCUPATION OF CHARLESTON, S. C. FEBRUARY 18, 1865.

General Sherman’s advance, as has already been noted, isolated Charleston, and caused its evacuation by General Hardee. The rebels abandoned the city on the night of the 17th of February, and the National forces occupied it next day. General Foster, suffering from wounds and ill health, had, meantime, been relieved by General Gilmore, and it was by the forces of this officer and of Admiral Dahlgren, that the far-famed cradle of the rebellion was finally occupied.

The following was General Gilmore’s dispatch, announcing the capture of the city:

“CHARLESTON, S. C., February 18, 1865.

“Major-General HALLECK, Chief of Staff:—

“GENERAL—The city of Charleston and all its defences came into our possession this morning, with about two hundred pieces of good artillery and a supply of fine ammunition.

“The enemy commenced evacuating all the works last night, and Mayor Macbeth surrendered the city to General Schemmelfinnig at nine o’clock this morning, at which time it was occupied by our forces.

“The cotton warehouses, arsenals, quartermaster’s stores, railroad bridges and two iron clads were burned by the enemy. Some vessels in the ship yard were also burned.

“Nearly all the inhabitants remaining behind belong to the poorer class.

“Very respectfully, “Q. A. GILMORE, General Commanding.”

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The rebel movement of evacuation commenced on the night of Friday, the 17th, the garrison of Sullivan’s Island and Point Pleasant quietly withdrawing and retreating over the road by Christ’s Church, just in time to escape Potter’s advance cutting them off. The troops in the city moved out on the northeastern railroad, as did the garrison on James Island, which was finally evacuated on Saturday morning.

Shortly after daylight on Saturday, it was discovered that there were no troops in and about Sumter, or Moultrie, or in the works on James Island. Lieutenant-Colonel Bennett, of the Twenty-first United States colored troops, commanding Morris Island, immediately dispatched Major Hennessy, of the Fifty-second Pennsylvania volunteers, to Fort Sumter, in a small boat, to ascertain whether the fort was evacuated. Major Hennessy proceeded to Sumter, and soon waved the Stars and Stripes over the battered battlements of the work, from which they had been torn down in April, 1861. The sight of the old flag on Sumter was an assurance that the enemy had evacuated all their works, and it was hailed by every demonstration of joy on ship and shore. Another boat, in charge of Lieutenant Hackett, of the Third Rhode Island artillery, was immediately sent to Fort Moultrie to take possession of that work, and raise again the National colors upon its parapet. The navy, anxious to share in the honors of the day, also launched a boat, and strove to gain the beach of Sullivan’s Island before the army, and an exciting race ensued between the boats of the different branches of the service.

The army boat, under Lieutenant Hackett, reached the shore in advance. As she touched, the officer and crew sprang off on the beach, through the surf, and rushed for the goal. The parapet was soon gained, and the flag given to the breeze, amid the cheers of the soldiers and sailors, who had come up a moment or two behind him. The guns were all spiked, and the carriages somewhat damaged. A large quantity of munitions was found in the magazines, which the enemy had not time to destroy.

When the flag floated over Moultrie, Lieutenant-Colonel Bennett, Major Hennessy, and Lieutenant Burr, of the Fifty-second Pennsylvania, started for the city, giving orders to have troops follow. They pulled up the bay, while the rebel iron-clads and vessels were in flames and the city itself was burning at various points. Reaching Fort Ripley, or what is known as the Middle Ground battery, the Federal flag was displayed over the work. The party then pushed on to Castle Pinckney, when the same ceremony of taking possession was observed, and then the boat was pulled cautiously, but directly, toward the city. No hostile force was seen, although a large number of negroes and some whites were congregated on the docks, watching the approach of the “Yankee boat.” Colonel Bennett immediately landed, and the United States flag was displayed again in the city of Charleston, amid the cheers and cries of joy of the crowd assembled about it. It was a perfect storm of applause and outbursts of unfeigned joy and satisfaction.

Colonel Bennett, on landing, immediately demanded the surrender of the city, which was formally yielded by the mayor, Charles Macbeth, who asked protection for the firemen, who were being impressed by the retreating rebels, who had fired the city in several places. Colonel Bennett promptly promised the assistance of his troops, to save the city from conflagration. His first step was to rescue the arsenal, which the rebels had prepared for blowing up.

The firemen got out their apparatus, and devoted themselves to the extinguishment of the fires now raging with violence at various points in the city. They were aided by the Union troops, who now began to arrive in numbers, and, after a long struggle, the flames were checked, but not until many buildings had been destroyed. A large quantity of cotton, probably two thousand bales, was destroyed, together with a considerable amount of supplies.

The worst feature of the conflagration had, however, occurred in the morning—being the blowing up of the Northeastern railroad depot. In this building a quantity of cartridges and kegs of powder had been stored by the rebels, and, as they had not time to remove it, they left it unprotected. A number of men, women, and children had collected to watch the burning of a quantity of cotton in the railroad yard, which the rebels had fired, and, during the conflagration, a number of boys, while running about the depot, had discovered the powder. Without realizing the danger they incurred, they began to take up handfuls of loose powder and cartridges, and bear them from the depot to the mass of burning cotton, on which they flung them, enjoying the dangerous amusement of watching the flashes of the powder and the strange effects on the cotton, as it was blown hither and thither. A spark ignited the powder in the train, there was a leaping, running line of fire along the ground, and then an explosion that shook the city to its very foundations. The building was, in a second, a whirling mass of ruins, in a tremendous volume of flame and smoke. The cause of the terrific explosion soon became known, and a rush was made for the scene of the catastrophe. Such a sight is rarely witnessed. The building was in ruins, and from the burning mass arose the agonizing cries of the wounded, to whom little or no assistance could be rendered by the paralyzed spectators. Over one hundred and fifty are said to have been charred in that fiery furnace, and a hundred men were wounded more or less by the explosion or were burned by the fire.

From the depot the fire spread rapidly, and, communicating with the adjoining buildings, threatened destruction to that part of the town. Four squares, embraced in the area bounded by Chapel, Alexander, Charlotte, and Washington streets, were consumed before the conflagration was subdued. Everything in the houses was destroyed with them. Another fire on Meeting street, near the Court House, destroyed five buildings. This was set on fire by the rebels, with a view of burning Hibernian Hall and the Mills House. It did not succeed, although it destroyed the five buildings alluded to. One or two other fires also occurred, destroying several buildings each. A large number of smaller conflagrations occurred, burning government storehouses, &c.

A large quantity of rebel property and material of war was captured at Charleston. The city was immediately put under martial law, and, in a very short time, under the energetic administration of General Gilmore, was restored to order, and, to some extent, favored with the blessings of peace. The poor people here were found to be in a very destitute and mournful condition; but they were speedily relieved by the United States authorities.

GENERAL SCHOFIELD’S MARCH TO GOLDSBORO’.

BATTLES OF KINSTON, N. C. MARCH 7–10, 1865.

While General Sherman was marching from Fayetteville toward Goldsboro’, General Schofield was approaching the same point, from the direction of Newbern and Wilmington. The rebels, under Hoke, attempted to dispute his passage, however, and made a stand near Kinston. Skirmishing began between the armies on the 7th of March, which resulted in the rebels being driven, by Colonel Classen’s command, to their intrenchments at Jackson’s Mills, four miles east of Kinston. General Cox was in command of the National forces, under supervision of General Schofield, whose headquarters were at Newbern; but General Schofield was in the field in person, during most of the time of these Kinston battles.

On the morning of the 8th, the enemy made a sudden charge upon the left wing of the Union line, and captured the Fifteenth Connecticut and the Twenty-seventh Massachusetts. The men, however, fought with great bravery, and only yielded to overpowering numbers, when their ammunition was exhausted. Lieutenant-Colonel Bartholomew and Major Osborne, commanding the regiments above mentioned, were captured by the rebels.

To partially compensate for these losses, Colonel Savage, of the Twelfth New York cavalry, afterwards made a detour toward the rear of the enemy with a portion of his command, capturing between fifty and one hundred rebels. The same afternoon, also, an attack was made upon the Union right, occupied by the First division, commanded by General Innes N. Palmer; but it was repulsed without difficulty and without serious loss of life.

The National line on the 8th was in front of Jackson’s creek, at one point on which (Jackson’s Mills,) the rebels had their strongest position. Colonel Malloy with the First brigade, Second division, successfully opposed the enemy in the afternoon. No communication existed at this time between the First and Second divisions.

Between three and four o’clock, General Ruger came up and filled the interstice between the First and Second divisions. This gave a new life to the entire line, and Colonel Malloy made a charge upon the rebel rifle pits, partially regaining the ground he had formerly occupied. At this, night came on and the action ceased.

Thursday morning, the 9th, Malloy fully regained his original position and continued to hold it. The enemy charged upon him three times in the forenoon, and were each time easily repulsed, with some loss of life and a small loss of prisoners to them. The afternoon was mostly occupied with light skirmishing along the whole line. About two hundred rebel prisoners were taken during the day.

All through the evening of the 9th, and the night and morning of the 9th and 10th, the enemy were persistent in their attacks. They had evidently learned that Couch was coming up overland to join Cox. This, of course, necessitated a furious and speedy onset upon Cox, in order to annihilate him before Couch should arrive. But the wave was sent bounding back, time after time, and finally, on the morning of the 10th, as they attempted another flank movement, the Unionists took a large number of prisoners, which discouraged the enemy from further assaults.

On the morning of the 11th, General Couch’s troops came up and formed a junction with those of General Cox. The rebel troops then retired across the Neuse river.

On the 15th the Mayor of Kinston, with a delegation, came out and formally surrendered the city. The National troops immediately took possession of the place, and fortified themselves within and around it. The rebels had destroyed their ram Neuse, and as much material of war as they could, prior to their hasty retreat: but valuable captures of guns and ammunition were made by the National forces. The losses, on the Union side, in these engagements has been stated at about two thousand. The rebel loss was heavier. Two thousand rebel prisoners were captured. From Kinston, the rebels having fallen back, and concentrated to oppose Sherman at Bentonsville, General Schofield pushed on to Goldsboro’, which he entered on the 21st. Here the junction was effected between his troops and those of Sherman—as already stated—and from this point the advance was made, which ended the campaign in the Carolinas.

THE SIEGE OF PETERSBURG, VA.

The siege of Petersburg began with a desperate assault, on the evening of the 15th of June, made by Major-General Smith’s troops, against the first line of the rebel works, two miles from the city. This assault was followed up on the 16th, 17th and 18th, and resulted in the capture of the enemy’s outer line of works. The Ninth, Eighteenth, and Second corps were engaged, and the Union loss was very heavy—not far, indeed, from ten thousand men.

The charge on the afternoon of the 15th was made with great gallantry, by the troops under General Smith, many of whom were negroes. The Thirteenth New Hampshire, the Eighth Connecticut, and the Ninety-second and One hundred and eighteenth New York, also participated in this formidable action, which, prosecuted in the face of artillery fire, was excessively difficult and perilous.

On the 16th, the assault commenced at daybreak, General Birney taking the initiative, by driving the rebels out of two lines of rifle pits, and taking many prisoners. Colonel Eagan, of General Birney’s division, was wounded in this charge, as also were Lieutenant-Colonel Lewis, of the One hundred and tenth Pennsylvania regiment, and Lieutenant-Colonel Warner, of the Fortieth New York. About half-past five o’clock in the afternoon, the assault was followed up by a tremendous charge of Hancock’s men. The battle lasted three hours and was desperate and destructive. The Union line was formed thus: General Smith’s corps, the Eighteenth, was on the right; General Hancock’s, the Second, was in the centre, and General Burnside’s, the Ninth, on the left. All the troops fought well. Miller’s brigade, of the central division, especially distinguished itself. The Union loss was about two thousand, killed and wounded. At about eight o’clock the assault was suspended, the National forces holding the advanced position which they had conquered.

General Hancock, suffering much from a wound received at Gettysburg, was now relieved of duty, and General Birney assumed command of the Second corps. The Eighteenth corps, General Smith, was removed to Bermuda Hundred, and its place supplied by the 5th, General Warren. General Burnside directed the assault, on the morning of the 17th, and it was commenced by General Griffin’s brigade, who made an impetuous dash forward, capturing six guns and four hundred prisoners, including sixteen officers. General Ledlie’s division made another charge in the afternoon, capturing a portion of the rebel fortifications. General Burnside then began to shell Petersburg, being distant about a mile and a half from the city, but did not long continue the bombardment.

About nine o’clock in the evening of the 17th, the rebels made a sally, to recover the position they had lost, and a severe hand-to-hand fight ensued. The First Michigan regiment, sharpshooters, sustained the brunt of the attack, and, at the outset, captured two hundred and forty prisoners. But the flank column of the enemy, pushing out to the left, suddenly charged into the Union works, which the enemy at the same time shelled from the front, and so drove out the brave Michiganders. The color-sergeant of this regiment, dreading capture, buried his flag in the intrenchments. The rebels held the line they had taken, until about two o’clock at night, when they abandoned it. On the morning of the 18th, the Michigan regiment marched in and took possession, the color-sergeant disinterring his flag. The National loss was about one thousand.

The operations of the 18th were particularly directed against a rebel line of works near the railroad from Petersburg to Suffolk. Wilcox’s division was assigned the duty of taking these fortifications, and was supported by Colonel Curtin’s brigade of Potter’s division, General Ledlie’s troops acting as a reserve. There was a good deal of skirmishing in the morning, but the general advance was not ordered till noon. Portions of the Eighteenth corps, together with the Sixth, Second, Ninth, and Fifth, were engaged in this day’s assault. The fighting was of the most desperate character in all parts of the field. Up and down ravines, over ditches, and breastworks, under a destructive fire of artillery and musketry, the brave soldiers of the Union forced and fought their way. Desperate and continued charges were made throughout the afternoon and evening; but with no material success. The slaughter, on both sides, was tremendous.

“The scenes in our hospitals,” says a contemporary correspondent, in closing an account of these four bloody days before Petersburg, “during the past few nights, have been of the most ghastly character. Day and night our surgeons have been engaged in the sad duties of their profession. There are not tents enough for the wounded; and numbers of the poor fellows are stretched beneath the trees, awaiting their turn upon the operating tables.”

Sunday, the 19th of June, witnessed a lull in this bloody strife. The enemy’s artillery did, indeed, belch forth now and then—meeting with prompt response—and there was some skirmishing. A rebel charge made at nightfall, on the Union centre, was repulsed. General Butler’s forces also repulsed an attack, made by Longstreet, at Bermuda Hundred. The rebels had, by this time, reached a clear understanding of General Grant’s position and design, and were actively opposing him at every practicable point.

The Siege of Petersburg and of Richmond now began in good earnest—the quiet, steady circumvallation, that is, of the rebel citadels and armies—and it was never relaxed, until the rebellion had fallen. Many important incidents marked its continuance and progress—battles, skirmishes, success and failure, brave deeds and sad losses. It will be the province of this narrative, within a brief compass, to touch upon the most important of these incidents.

An effort to destroy the railroad between Petersburg and Weldon was made on the 21st of June, and resulted in a battle at Davis Farm, in which the Unionists, under General Barlow, were defeated, with a loss of about a hundred men. On the 22d the same effort was repeated, in a more formidable manner, and a yet fiercer battle ensued, in which the rebels made many prisoners, while the National troops gained no material advantage. More fighting took place on the 23d, the 24th and the 25th.

EXPLOSION OF PLEASANTS’ MINE, AND BATTLE BEFORE PETERSBURG. JULY 29, 1864.

On the 25th of June, at the suggestion of Lieutenant-Colonel Pleasants, work was commenced with a view to the destruction of one of the most important of the rebel works before Petersburg, by mining. The work to be blown up was situated about two thousand yards from Petersburg. The mine was started in the side of a ravine, and was constructed of the customary shape—about four feet wide at the base, between four and five feet high, and sloping towards the top. Near the entrance was a ventilating shaft. Many of Lieutenant-Colonel Pleasants’ men, the Forty-eighth Pennsylvania, were accustomed to mining, and so the labor was prosecuted with skill and ease, as well as energy. As it advanced, the tunnel was sloped upwards. At length, when the desired point was reached, the miners were twenty feet beneath the rebels. Wings were then constructed, so that the fort might be subterraneously encircled. Eight chambers, separated from each other by sand-bags, and charged with four hundred tons of powder, completed this device for blowing up the enemy. Wooden pipes and hose connected the mine with the besiegers without.

Soon after midnight, on the 29th of July, the assaulting force—the Ninth and Eighteenth corps, the Second and Fifth being held in reserve—were massed and ready. Generals Ledlie, Wilcox, Potter, and Ferrero were to lead the charge. At half-past three o’clock, A. M., on the morning of the 30th, the fuse was lighted. But the dampness of the gallery extinguished it. Much delay ensued. Daylight came; then sunrise. At last, at a few minutes before five o’clock, the fuse was successfully lit, and the mine exploded. The scene was awfully exciting and impressive. At first the earth heaved and trembled; then the whole mass, fort, guns, caissons, soldiers, and all surged upward like a tornado into the air. The next moment there was a yawning pit, a hundred feet long and half as wide, in which ruins were commingled, ghastly and terrible; and, all along the line, the guns from the National works simultaneously brayed out the fury of war. A charge was immediately made by a brigade of General Ledlie’s division, which rushed through the gap, and then paused to form for an assault on the enemy’s interior line. But the rebels, recovering from their dismay and consternation, immediately rallied, and now poured in an enfilading fire upon the captured fort. Presently, however, the divisions of Potter, Ledlie, and Wilcox charged together, in the face of a most terrific fire, which was no less severe on their flanks than in their front. Their effort was grandly made, but the fire was too severe, and they finally wavered and fell. The colored division, under General Ferrero, was next hurled forward, but only to meet the fate of its predecessors. Ultimately, the National troops were penned up in the fort which they had taken, and were obliged to endure the concentrated fire of the enemy. Squads of them, however, succeeded in making their escape. The rebels made several charges upon the fort, but were bravely repulsed. In this plight the soldiers of the Union remained until noon, a steady cross fire being kept up over every yard of the space between the fort and the Federal lines. At noon a general retreat was ordered, in which many contrived to get away; but, at two o’clock, being destitute of ammunition, those who remained surrendered to the enemy. The National loss was five thousand; that of the rebels, who fought in intrenchments, was, of course, much smaller.

THE DUTCH GAP CANAL.

There is, in the James river, a large bend, forming a peninsula, the connecting neck of which is less than half a mile wide. This land is known as Farrar’s Island. General Butler, on the 10th of August, 1864, commenced the work of severing this projection from the main land by constructing what is memorable as the Dutch Gap Canal. The object of the canal was to enable the Unionists to save a circuit of six miles of the river, filled with obstructions, and to flank the enemy’s batteries at Howlett House. General Butler’s troops worked at this canal, with continued pertinacity and skill, for many months, being frequently subjected to the danger of rebel shells, and obliged to take frequent refuge in holes in the ground. But, in the end, the work proved a failure. It afforded much material for criticism, however, at the time, and for not a little merriment, among the Unionists as well as the rebels. Had it succeeded, it would have materially strengthened General Grant’s lines, and lessened the tediousness and toil of the siege.

THE WAR SUMMER OF 1864.

During the continuance of the siege of Petersburg and Richmond, a call was made by the President of the United States, for five hundred thousand additional troops. The call was dated July 18th. A draft was subsequently ordered, and was made. Later in the summer, General Grant wrote the following letter, which concisely sums up what was then the true condition of affairs in the country:

“HEADQUARTERS ARMIES OF THE UNITED STATES, } CITY POINT, VA., August 16th, 1864. }

“To Hon. E. B. WASHBURNE:

“DEAR SIR—I state to all citizens who visit me that all we want now to insure an early restoration of the Union is a determined unity of sentiment North. The rebels have now in their ranks their last man. The little boys and old men are guarding prisoners, guarding railroad bridges, and forming a good part of their garrisons for intrenched positions. A man lost by them cannot be replaced. They have robbed the cradle and the grave equally to get their present force. Besides what they lose in frequent skirmishes and battles, they are now losing from desertions and other causes at least one regiment per day.

“With this drain upon them the end is not far distant, if we will only be true to ourselves. Their only hope now is in a divided North. This might give them reinforcements from Tennessee, Kentucky, Maryland, and Missouri, while it would weaken us. With the draft quickly enforced the enemy would become despondent, and would make but little resistance. I have no doubt but the enemy are exceedingly anxious to hold out until after the Presidential election. They have many hopes from its effects.

“They hope a counter revolution; they hope the election of the Peace candidate. In fact, like ‘Micawber,’ they hope for something to ‘turn up.’ Our Peace friends, if they expect peace from separation, are much mistaken. It would but be the beginning of war, with thousands of Northern men joining the South because of our disgrace in allowing a separation. To have ‘peace on any terms,’ the South would demand the restoration of their slaves already freed; they would demand indemnity for losses sustained, and they would demand a treaty which would make the North slave-hunters for the South. They would demand pay for the restoration of every slave escaping to the North.

“Yours, truly, U. S. GRANT.”

BATTLES ALONG THE WELDON RAILROAD.

The summer of 1864 was exceedingly hot; and, for that reason, the enterprise of military life somewhat flagged with the besiegers of the rebel citadel. Yet many skirmishes, and several heavy engagements, took place; and the rebels were watched with unceasing vigilance, and were pressed wherever a point of attack seemed to offer the chance of gaining desirable advantage. On the 14th, 15th, and 16th of August there was some fighting in the vicinity of Deep Bottom, the Union loss being between four and five hundred men. This engagement was brought on for the purpose of distracting the enemy’s attention from the other extreme of operations and to draw his forces partially away from Petersburg. The feint succeeded; and, the Weldon railroad being left exposed, the Fifth corps advanced, on the 18th of August, and took possession of Reams’s Station, surprising a body of the enemy that was guarding it, but losing, in the incidental fight, about three hundred men. The track was torn up for about one mile. Next day, the 19th, the rebels made a furious attack upon the National forces holding Reams’s Station, and a bloody battle ensued. The Union line, being extended to a great length, was quite thin in the centre. It had been hoped that the rebels would not discover this weakness; but they did, and their first charge broke through and divided the Union forces. The conflict that followed was characterized by the most desperate bravery. Reinforcements arriving—the First and Second divisions of the Ninth corps—the rebels were finally repulsed. The most notable feature of this fight was, that, in the course of events, it became necessary to train the Union artillery upon a struggling mass of patriots and rebels, and sacrifice friends as well as foes, in order to hold the position originally taken by the Fifth corps. This position was held; but the rebels recovered the railroad as far as Yellow Springs. The loss, on the Union side, including prisoners, was three thousand seven hundred and sixty-nine.

THE BATTLE OF REAMS’S STATION. AUGUST 28, 1864.

A desperate battle was next fought, on the 28th of August, a little southward of Reams’s Station. It was brought on by an effort, on the part of the enemy, to break and disperse the Second corps, under General Hancock, posted at that point. The attack was made at about half past five in the afternoon, against Hancock’s centre, by the rebels under Wilcox: and against his left, by the rebels under Heth. It was met with great bravery, and vigorously resisted; but at length the enemy succeeded in breaking the line opposed to them. Happily, no permanent advantage was gained by this turn of fortune to the rebels. A portion of General Gibbon’s division was brought forward to repair the damage done to the National line. The enemy then fell upon General Hancock’s extreme left, but were severely repulsed by a dismounted cavalry force, under General Gregg, who handled his men with great skill—the cavalry, on their part, behaving with the utmost gallantry. At different points along the line the fighting continued briskly until dark, when the battle ended in the enemy’s signal defeat. The rebels then withdrew, leaving their dead and wounded on the field. Many prisoners were captured from the divisions of both Heth and Wilcox, and the enemy’s loss was very heavy. The National loss in killed and wounded did not exceed twelve hundred.

Few battles of this war have been more determined or sanguinary than this one. In his official report, General Hancock says: “This has been one of the most desperate fights of the war, resembling Spottsylvania in its character, though the numbers engaged gave less importance to it.” The field of battle, when the conflict was over, has been described as hideously and repulsively awful to look upon. Such scenes as these, throughout the whole civil war, bore eloquent testimony to the bravery and noble self-sacrifice of the gallant men who laid down their lives in defence of their country.

BATTLE OF CHAPIN’S BLUFF. SEPTEMBER 28, 1864.

If not very successful, the movement which led to this battle was very bold, and was executed with remarkable courage and endurance by the soldiers of the Union. It began from two points, and was designed to capture Richmond by a bold push. General Ord, with the Eighteenth corps, crossed the James river at Aiken’s Landing, which is eight miles above Deep Bottom, and advanced against the works on Chapin’s Farm. At the same time, General Birney, with the Tenth corps, moved against the enemy’s works in front of Deep Bottom, which he captured, thence moving along the Newmarket road toward Richmond, and, at an early hour, establishing communication with General Ord. The latter had already captured the first line of the rebel intrenchments at Chapin’s Bluff, and with it fifteen pieces of artillery. When General Birney came up, an assaulting column was organized, of both corps, to carry the heavy interior line of rebel works. By this time, however, the rebels had received reinforcements, and hence were enabled—the works being of great strength—to repel the charge of the Unionists. The attack began early in the afternoon, the men rushing forward impetuously, and cheering loudly. A storm of grape and canister was hurled into their faces, which wrought terrible destruction in their ranks. But they neither flinched nor halted, but steadily held on their way. Soon a fearful enfilading fire of artillery swept in upon them, mowing down their ranks like grass; but still they pressed forward till they found themselves in front of the enemy’s redoubts, which proved to be of a much more formidable character than had been supposed. A perfect abattis held them completely at bay, while the enemy’s infantry leveled their ranks with the ground to the right and to the left. The few who succeeded in gaining the rebel lines found them to be utterly unassailable. They were completely surrounded by a ditch eight feet in depth, and twelve feet in width; and could only be reached by means of a drawbridge, which, of course, was now drawn up. The Union men still determined to make an assault if an attack was within the bounds of possibility, and leaped into the ditch, in hope of finding a passage to the forts beyond, but found themselves penned in, and unable to either advance or retreat.

The conduct of the colored troops, under General Birney, deserves the highest praise. Many of them, by climbing on each other’s shoulders, succeeded in reaching the parapet, but in numbers far too small to make an attack on the fort. They therefore, as many as could, effected a retreat; those who could not, as well as those in the ditch, being compelled to surrender.

This assault, though a failure, is worthy of commendation for its exceeding boldness; but it cost the Union troops a heavy price. Over five hundred men in killed and wounded were lost. The negro troops suffered very severely; and in General Foster’s division the loss in field-officers was so great that scarcely a regiment escaped losing its leader.

ARMY OF THE JAMES.

BATTLE BEFORE RICHMOND. OCTOBER 7, 1864.

The enemy under General Anderson, on this day, attacked the extreme right of the army of the James, their object being to distract the attention of General Grant from his intended operations against the rebel left. The attack was made at about daylight, and lasted till noon. Kautz’s cavalry, posted on the Central road, was first assailed, and a simultaneous charge was made against the line of the Tenth corps, commanded by General Birney, who took the field on this occasion, although ill, and suffering severely from malarious fever. The rebel divisions engaged were those of Field and Hoke.

Their first movement was, in a measure, successful. They succeeded in almost surrounding Kautz’s cavalry, and driving it back, in a sort of panic, to the rear, where however, it was immediately rallied.

The artillery in this fight,—Battery B of the First United States, and the Fifth Wisconsin Battery,—did efficient service, and was handled with great skill and courage. Colonel Sumner’s New York Mounted Rifles also distinguished themselves by a bold stand, to cover the confusion of Kautz’s retreat, and enable General Birney to seasonably perfect his line of battle. At ten o’clock the rebels made a determined assault on Birney’s line, and the battle became general. Artillery was employed with great effect, and the loss in this branch of the service was uncommonly severe, attesting the fury of the rebel attack. Battery E of the Third United States Artillery, lost three men killed, and nine wounded, and fourteen horses killed. Battery D of the First United States lost one man killed, and four wounded, and ten horses killed. Battery C of the Third Rhode Island, and the Fifth New Jersey Battery also suffered severe losses. But the brunt of the battle was borne by the Second Brigade—in the centre—upon which the rebels made their most desperate and pertinacious attack. They were met by a destructive fire from a line of carbineers, which, falling back, gave place to another line, from which the fire was even more deadly. Still the enemy pressed over piles of his own dead and wounded, and still the fire of the carbineers continued, the woods being resonant with the continuous rattle and roar of musketry. At last, baffled and utterly routed, the rebels gave up their enterprise, and retreated—only stopping when safe within their works along the James river, and in Richmond. General Grant computed the Union loss in this engagement at about three hundred; and the rebel loss at upwards of one thousand. In effect, the Union forces repulsed a formidable attack, which, had it succeeded, would have cost them the loss of very strong and important works, and an advanced position beyond Deep Bottom. But the rebel movement utterly failed, nor was General Grant for a moment deterred in his proposed operations against the rebel left. The Confederate General Gregg was killed in this battle, and several other rebel officers of distinction were wounded. About one hundred and fifty prisoners were captured by the Union forces.

THE BATTLES OF HATCHER’S RUN. OCTOBER 27, 1864-FEBRUARY 5–7, 1865.

Operations against the rebel position at Hatcher’s Run were among the most important incidents of the siege of Petersburg. Their object was to extend the National lines on the left, and, of course, to sever railway communication with the beleaguered city. An attack on the enemy’s works at this point was made on the 27th of October, 1864, the Second and Fifth corps participating. But the battle was comparatively trivial in extent and in attendant losses. The rebel pickets and cavalry were driven inside of the main work, and the National forces captured seven loaded teams, and between seventy-five and one hundred prisoners. Each party lost about two hundred men. The result of this engagement was to extend the Union line from Armstrong’s Mill, along the south bank of Hatcher’s Creek, to a point where Hatcher’s Creek intersects the Boydton plank road.

To beat the rebels back from this position, and to destroy the Southside railroad, was an object with General Grant throughout this campaign. That railroad was, as it were, the main artery of Lee’s army. Many attempts were made to destroy it, some of which, as has been heretofore shown, resulted in doing it temporary injury.

A further attempt to carry the rebel works at Hatcher’s Run was made on Sunday, the 5th of February, 1865. The Fifth and Second corps, as before, were engaged, the entire movement being led by General Warren. Early on the morning of the 5th, being Sunday, the march began. General Gregg’s cavalry led the way, followed by the troops of the Fifth corps, along the Halifax road, in the direction of Reams’s Station. At the same time a covering movement was commenced, to blind the enemy as to the advance of the Fifth corps. This consisted in an advance of the Second corps, preceded by the Third Pennsylvania cavalry, Major Hess, along the Vaughn road towards Hatcher’s Run. It was an uncommonly bright and beautiful day, and the spirits of the soldiers seemed correspondingly cheerful.

The first object of the march of the Second corps by the Vaughn road was to cover the movement of the Fifth corps. About midday the head of the Second corps column reached Hatcher’s Run. Finding the enemy intrenched, the Third Pennsylvania cavalry essayed to carry the ford, but found the enemy too strong, and was driven back. The First brigade, Third division, was next ordered up and deployed, facing the ford. The Ninety-ninth Pennsylvania, Colonel Biles commanding, immediately advanced across the Run, scattering the enemy and driving him back under cover of the wood. The cavalry now gave pursuit, followed by the infantry, and the line of the Third division was advanced about a mile, occupying the summit of a hill, upon which they commenced the erection of fieldworks. During the progress of these demonstrative operations on the part of the Third division, the Second division struck off through an untravelled road to the right, towards Armstrong’s ford. The head of the column, composed of the Nineteenth Massachusetts, encountered the enemy near the run, and, with the assistance of the Tenth New York, compelled them to withdraw across the stream. This success effected a junction of the two divisions, and the whole line of the Second corps was arrayed in order of battle to meet any offensive movement on the part of the enemy.

Late in the afternoon the rebels opened a brisk fire of artillery, without, however, eliciting a reply. Emboldened by this silence, their infantry, preceded by a heavy skirmish line, advanced in line of battle.

The National troops permitted them to come within easy range, when they opened a severe fire of musketry, which caused the line to fall back in considerable disorder. The enemy, not disheartened, repeated his attempt to dislodge the Federals, and met with a similar repulse. The flank movement was then attempted, with no better success. Colonel Matthew Murphy, of the Sixty-ninth New York, commanding the Second brigade, held the right of the line, his own right flank resting on a swamp. As the enemy approached he greeted him with an effective shower of bullets, which caused him to break and retreat out of range. Soon after dark, having been thwarted in every effort to break the continuity of the lines, the enemy withdrew to his fortifications. The Second brigade of the Second division and the Third brigade of the Third division bore the brunt of the day’s fighting. The officers and men throughout bore themselves nobly. General Humphreys in person superintended the operations of the corps. Among the wounded was Colonel Murphy, commanding the Second brigade, Third division. The sum of the day’s losses, in the Second corps, was about ninety.

While the Second corps was thus engaging the attention of the rebels, on the Vaughn road, the Fifth corps pressed on toward Reams’s Station. After a march of six miles the advance reached Rowanty creek. Videttes and flying parties could be seen hovering mysteriously on the front, taking observations, and then suddenly disappearing. The troops, however, had, thus far encountered no opposition. The Rowanty creek is about twenty feet wide, and not conveniently fordable. The old bridge was no longer in existence. The column was accordingly delayed for a short time, while the pioneers constructed a temporary bridge. The men worked with difficulty, and, though covered by a detachment of light infantry, the sharpshooters of the enemy harassed them from the cover of the wooded banks. Their impromptu bridge having been completed, in order to secure a lodgment beyond the stream and protect the construction of bridges for the passage of the whole force, the Third brigade, Second division, Brevet Brigadier-General Gwynn commanding, advanced in column, on a trot, across the bridge. The opposite bank was steep and difficult of ascent, and, a short distance beyond, rifle pits obscured a line of riflemen. Undaunted by these uncertainties, Gwynn urged his men forward. A scattering fire ensued, and, in a few minutes after, the patriots occupied the rifle pits of the enemy, and quiet was restored. General Gwynn lost but one man. The enemy lost several, besides twenty-two prisoners.

In the mean time, the cavalry of General Gregg, piloted by a negro, had ridden onward, and entered Dinwiddie, capturing a rebel train and mail. From Dinwiddie the cavalry returned and took position in the rear of Warren’s forces, two miles from Hatcher’s Run.

The losses, on the first day, were about two hundred. Both corps had secured a position beyond Hatcher’s Run.

Thus affairs stood, on the 6th inst., when the conflict was renewed. The positions were: Second corps on the right, Fifth corps on the left, cavalry parties in front. The lines were covered by hasty breastworks, timber, and the roads filled with mud. The morning was spent in strengthening the defences and corduroying roads. Generals De Trobriand and McAllister, of the Second corps, made a reconnoissance and developed the fact that there was no force between the new lines and the old works below Petersburg. The Fifth corps passed the morning in taking positions of attack. General Meade was on the field. Early in the afternoon the enemy disclosed a column moving towards the right.

At noon the Third division, Fifth corps, moved to the right from the Duncan road toward the Boydton plank road. The skirmishers were soon engaged, and a running fight ensued, the main body following up closely as the enemy retired. In the vicinity of Dabney’s mill the enemy took position under cover of temporary works. From these he was soon dislodged. The two lines now engaged in an irregular interchange of bullets through the timber in front. On the part of the enemy the fire gradually grew more continuous and heavy. It now became evident that he was strengthening his lines for a determined stand, and an offensive strike at the proper moment. It was five o’clock, P. M. To prepare for emergencies, Ayres’ division was ordered up to the support of Crawford, and while moving in column was suddenly assailed, in large force, and driven back. At the same time a brigade of Griffin’s division moved to the support of Gregg’s cavalry. Subsequent movements of the enemy developed an intention to cut off Crawford. A column of the enemy was swung around to envelop him. Crawford, simultaneously, was heavily engaged on his front.

At six P. M. comparative order prevailed, and preparations were made to receive the enemy, who, it was evident, felt no disposition to abandon a slight advantage he had secured. Gregg, during this time, was fighting his cavalry on foot, and held his own on the Vaughn road against Mahone’s division.

The enemy had already engaged Pegram’s, Gordon’s and Heth’s divisions. Mahone, unable to gain any advantage over Gregg, suddenly withdrew in a northwesterly direction, and fell upon the left of the Fifth corps. The flank resisted for a moment, but to no avail. It was crumbled on the centre. The ammunition of part of Crawford’s division at this critical moment became exhausted. This portion of the line broke off, and in a few minutes the entire line became a wreck. The Third division (Wheaton’s) of the Sixth corps, which left its camp that morning, crossed Hatcher’s run during the height of Crawford’s confusion, and also lost its self-possession. The fighting now became desultory but desperate, and both forces entered into the work in earnest—as a matter of life or death. The country between Hatcher’s run and the mill is covered with a heavy wood, the ground softened by numerous swamps and cut up by ravines. The road upon which the columns and trains were obliged to move was narrow, filled with stumps, and, above all, knee-deep with mud. A slight crust of frozen surface only multiplied the difficulties. The column moved forward with the most exhausting exertions, and, instead of being fresh for battle, was used up by its conflict with the mud. The men lost their shoes, their clothing was dampened, and their arms in many instances were rendered unfit for immediate use. The artillery and trains suffered more than the men. Animals tossed about in their useless exertions to extricate themselves and their burdens. This being the case, the operations of the troops off the road were infinitely worse. The ground was fresh. The timber was thick and netted with a web of undergrowth. As the men advanced through this maze many were laid low by the deliberate fire of an unseen musketeer or rifleman. When they retired the roads and the woods were alive with disorder. The lines were much broken in the advance; it would be impossible to convey the formations on the retreat. The men fought single-handed through the timber from tree to tree. Their alarm was greatly increased by fear of being intercepted on their rear. No efforts on the part of officers could stay the men. They were unmanageable. They were determined to abandon the wood, and only upon reaching the open country on the Vaughn road and finding the bridges all entire and the guards perfectly calm, did they recover their presence of mind. The lines were hastily reformed, and, under protection of the temporary works thrown up by the Third division of the Second corps the day before, the men awaited the onslaught of the enemy. A few minutes of suspense and their anticipations were realized. The skirmishers fell back hastily. The woods in front were soon bristling with bayonets, and the enemy dashed undaunted upon the cleared space in front. From their works the Fifth corps met him with a terrible fire. The opposition was trifling. The enemy made no persistent effort to carry the works. He soon withdrew, and was lost in the obscurity of the wood.

During the action of the Fifth corps the left of the Second corps sustained and repelled an attack near the Armstrong House, on the Duncan road.

The Union losses, on the second day, were upwards of eleven hundred men, killed, wounded, and missing. The enemy’s loss was equally heavy. One hundred and eighty rebel prisoners were taken.

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On the 7th, a reconnoissance of Crawford’s division encountered the rebels, about half a mile from the Union bivouac. The division now deployed in line, the right on Hatcher’s run and the left supported by Wheaton’s division of the Sixth corps. The whole line felt its way carefully. The enemy soon discovered himself in force. The conflict which ensued was spirited, but brief. The enemy gave way, though contesting his ground with vigor, and finally took up his position in the works at Dabney’s mill. The two forces indulged in a spirited exchange of musketry. The enemy evinced no desire to repeat the assault of the day before, and at night Crawford rejoined the main body on the Vaughn road.

During the next few days the National lines were greatly strengthened throughout the territory of Hatcher’s Run, which had thus been gained and occupied. The dense woods were converted into hostile defences, and the Union line was extended, in safety and strength, over a distance of five miles.

CLOSE OF THE CAMPAIGN. BATTLE OF FIVE FORKS, VA. APRIL 1–3, 1865.

In March, 1865, General Canby was moving an adequate force against Mobile and the army defending it, under General Dick Taylor; Thomas was pushing out two large and well appointed cavalry expeditions—one from Middle Tennessee under Brevet Major-General Wilson against the enemy’s vital points in Alabama, the other from East Tennessee under Major-General Stoneman towards Lynchburg—and assembling the remainder of his available forces, preparatory to offensive operations from East Tennessee; General Sheridan’s cavalry was at White House; the armies of the Potomac and James were confronting the enemy under Lee in his defences of Richmond and Petersburg; General Sherman with his armies reinforced by that of General Schofield, was at Goldsboro’; General Pope was making preparations for a spring campaign against the enemy under Kirby Smith and Price, west of the Mississippi; and General Hancock was concentrating a force in the vicinity of Winchester, Virginia, to guard against invasion or to operate offensively, as might prove necessary.

The progress and results of the various movements are elsewhere described. This narrative now concerns itself with the final blow—the battle and Union victory of Five Forks.

General Grant commenced his final operations on the 29th of March. Sheridan’s cavalry, from White House, had joined the army of the Potomac on the 27th. This force was immediately pushed up to Dinwiddie Court House, and the Union line, on the left, was extended to the Quaker road, near its intersection with the Boydton plank road. The position of the troops, from left to right, was as follows: Sheridan, Warren, Humphreys, Ord, Wright, Parke.

From the night of the 29th to the morning of the 31st the rain fell in such torrents as to make it impossible to move wheeled vehicles, except as corduroy roads were laid in front of them. During the 30th Sheridan advanced from Dinwiddie Court House towards Five Forks, where he found the enemy in force. General Warren advanced and extended his line across the Boydton plank road to near the White Oak road, with a view of getting across the latter; but finding the enemy strong in his front and extending beyond his left, was directed to hold on where he was and fortify. General Humphreys drove the enemy from his front into his main line on the Hatcher, near Burgess’s mills. Generals Ord, Wright, and Parke made examinations in their fronts to determine the feasibility of an assault on the enemy’s lines. The two latter reported favorably.

General Grant now determined to extend his line no further, but to reinforce General Sheridan’s cavalry with an infantry force, enable him to cut loose and turn the enemy’s right flank, and with the other corps assault the enemy’s lines. The proximity of the belligerent lines particularly favored this movement. The lines, indeed, were so close together at some points that it was but a moment’s run from one to the other. Preparations were at once made to relieve General Humphrey’s corps, to report to General Sheridan; but the condition of the roads prevented immediate movement. On the morning of the 31st General Warren reported favorably to getting possession of the White Oak road, and was directed to do so. To accomplish this he moved with one division, instead of his whole corps, which was attacked by the enemy in superior force and driven back on the second division before it had time to form, and it, in turn was forced back upon the third division, when the enemy was checked. A division of the Second corps was immediately sent to his support, the enemy driven back with heavy loss, and possession of the White Oak road gained. The Union losses were about one thousand. Sheridan, meantime, had advanced from Dinwiddie, and got possession of the Five Forks, but the enemy after the affair with the Fifth corps, reinforced the rebel cavalry, defending that point with infantry, and forced him back towards Dinwiddie Court House. Here General Sheridan displayed great generalship. Instead of retreating with his whole command on the main army, to tell the story of superior forces encountered, he deployed his cavalry on foot, leaving only mounted men enough to take charge of the horses. This compelled the enemy to deploy over a vast extent of woods and broken country, and made his progress slow. General Grant was immediately notified respecting the position of affairs, and he at once sent General McKenzie’s cavalry and one division of the Fifth corps to Sheridan’s assistance. Two other divisions of the Fifth corps were subsequently sent forward to swell that officer’s force. On the morning of the 1st of April, General Sheridan, thus reinforced, drove the enemy back on Five Forks, where, late in the evening, he assaulted and carried his strongly fortified position, capturing all his artillery and between five thousand and six thousand prisoners.

During the night of the 14th of April a steady bombardment of the enemy’s lines was kept up by General Sheridan, whose troops were further reinforced by General Miles’s division of Humphrey’s corps. At four o’clock on the morning of the 2nd of April, an assault was ordered on the rebel line. General Wright led the charge, and, with his whole corps, broke through the enemy’s defences, sweeping everything before him and to his left towards Hatcher’s Run, capturing many guns and several thousand prisoners. He was closely followed by two divisions of General Ord’s command, until he met the other division of General Ord’s that had succeeded in forcing the enemy’s lines near Hatcher’s Run. Generals Wright and Ord immediately swung to the right, and closed all of the enemy on that side of them in Petersburg, while General Humphreys pushed forward with two divisions and joined General Wright on the left. General Parke succeeded in carrying the enemy’s main line, capturing guns and prisoners, but was unable to carry his inner line. General Sheridan being advised of the condition of affairs, returned General Miles to his proper command. On reaching the enemy’s lines immediately surrounding Petersburg, a portion of General Gibbon’s corps, by a most gallant charge, captured two strong, enclosed works—the most salient and commanding south of Petersburg—thus materially shortening the line of investment necessary for taking in the city. The enemy south of Hatcher’s Run retreated westward to Sutherland’s Station, where they were overtaken by Miles’s division. A severe engagement ensued and lasted until both right and left rebel flanks were threatened by the approach of General Sheridan, who was moving from Ford’s Station towards Petersburg, and a division sent by General Meade from the front of Petersburg. Then the enemy broke, in the utmost confusion, leaving his guns and many prisoners in the hands of the Unionists, and retreated by the main road along the Appomattox river. Thus the rout of the rebels was complete, and nothing now remained to the National forces but to reap the fruits of their glorious victory.

SHERIDAN’S EXPEDITION IN THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY, VA. FEBRUARY 27-MARCH 19, 1865.

In the month of February, 1865, before any important movement of the armies operating against Richmond had taken place, General Grant deemed it essential that all railroad communication with the city north of James river should be cut off. At that time the enemy had withdrawn the bulk of his troops from the Shenandoah valley, to strengthen the forces then in opposition to Sherman. The cavalry force of that commander was then far inferior to that of Johnson; and in order to assist Sherman as well as to destroy the lines of communication and supplies of Lee’s army, General Sheridan, then at Winchester, was instructed to undertake an expedition, for the double purpose contemplated. On the 20th of February General Grant telegraphed to him as follows:

“CITY POINT, VA., February 20, 1865—1 P. M.

“GENERAL: As soon as it is possible to travel I think you will have no difficulty about reaching Lynchburg with a cavalry force alone. From there you could destroy the railroad and canal in every direction, so as to be of no further use to the rebellion. Sufficient cavalry should be left behind to look after Mosby’s gang. From Lynchburg, if information you might get there would justify it, you could strike south, heading the streams in Virginia to the westward of Danville, and push on and join General Sherman. This additional raid, with one about starting from East Tennessee under Stoneman, numbering four or five thousand cavalry, one from Vicksburg, numbering about seven or eight thousand cavalry, one from Eastport, Mississippi, ten thousand cavalry, Canby from Mobile bay with about thirty-eight thousand mixed troops, these three latter pushing for Tuscaloosa, Selma, and Montgomery, and Sherman with a large army eating out the vitals of South Carolina, is all that will be wanted to leave nothing for the rebellion to stand upon. I would advise you to overcome great obstacles to accomplish this. Charleston was evacuated on Tuesday last.

U. S. GRANT, Lieutenant-General.”

General Sheridan moved from Winchester on the 27th of February with two divisions of cavalry numbering about five thousand each. On the 1st of March, he secured the bridge, which the enemy attempted to destroy across the middle fork of the Shenandoah, at Mount Crawford, and entered Staunton on the 2d, the enemy having retreated on Waynesboro’. Thence he pushed on to Waynesboro’, where he found the enemy in force in an intrenched position, under General Early. Without stopping to make a reconnoissance, an immediate attack was made, the position was carried, and sixteen hundred prisoners, eleven pieces of artillery, with horses and caissons complete, two hundred and ninety wagons and teams loaded with subsistence, and seventeen battle flags, were captured. The prisoners, under an escort of fifteen hundred men, were sent back to Winchester. Thence he marched on Charlottesville, destroying effectually the railroad and bridges as he went, which place he reached on the 3d. Here he remained two days, destroying the railroad toward Richmond, and Lynchburg, including the large iron bridges over the north and south forks of the Rivanna river, and awaiting the arrival of his trains. This necessary delay caused him to abandon the idea of capturing Lynchburg. On the morning of the 6th, dividing his forces into two columns, he sent one to Scottsville, whence it marched up the James river canal to New Market, destroying every lock, and in many places the banks of the canal. From here a force was pushed out from this column to Duiguldsville, to obtain possession of the bridge across the James river at that place, but failed. The enemy burned it as the Union troops approached. The rebels also burned the bridge across the river at Hardwicksville. The other column moved down the railroad toward Lynchburg, destroying it, as far as Amherst Court House, sixteen miles from Lynchburg; thence across the country, uniting with the column at New Market. The river being very high, Sheridan’s pontoons would not reach across it; and the enemy having destroyed the bridge by which he had hoped to cross the river and get on the South Side railroad about Farmville, and destroy it to Appomattox Court House, the only thing left for him was to return to Winchester or strike a base at the White House. Fortunately he chose the latter. From New Market he took up his line of march, following the canal towards Richmond, destroying every lock upon it and cutting the banks wherever practicable, to a point eight miles east of Goochland, concentrating the whole force at Columbia on the 10th. Here he rested one day, and sent through by scouts information of his whereabouts and purposes, and a request for supplies to meet him at White House, which communication reached General Grant on the night of the 12th. An infantry force was immediately sent to get possession of White House, and supplies were forwarded. Moving from Columbia in a direction to threaten Richmond to near Ashland station, he crossed the Annas, and after having destroyed all the bridges and many miles of the railroad, he proceeded down the north bank of the Pamunkey to White House, which place he reached on the 19th.

EXPEDITION AGAINST ST. MARKS, FLA. MARCH 4–12, 1865.

An expedition set out from Key West about the 1st of March, under General Newton, having for its main object the occupation of St. Marks. The troops were landed from Appalachee Bay, near the light house at the mouth of St. Marks river, and encamped about two and a half miles from that spot, in order to await the landing of the artillery, and the cooperation of the gunboats, which were to ascend the river, and assist in the assault. A dense fog unfortunately occurring at the time, several of the gunboats went ashore, and none were able to ascend the river. The enemy, by this delay, received timely information of the movement, and were prepared to meet it.

Previous to landing the troops an expedition was sent to cut the railroad bridge and two turnpike bridges over the Oclokony river, and to destroy the trestle work over the Ocilla river. Another expedition was sent to cut the railroad between St. Marks and Tallahassee. These enterprises were unsuccessful. On the following morning an advance was made along the road towards the bridge over the East river, where it was found that the planking had been torn up by the enemy, who was posted on the opposite side, with one piece of artillery, prepared to dispute the passage.

Two companies of a colored regiment, commanded by Major Lincoln, made a gallant charge towards the bridge over the open space intervening, before whom the enemy fled with great rapidity. They were followed by the two companies, who acted as skirmishers, capturing the piece of artillery, which was immediately turned on the flying rebels.

The bridge was promptly repaired by the soldiers of the Ninty-ninth colored regiment, and, crossing, the line of march was commenced towards Newport. On reaching Newport a dense column of smoke indicated that the bridge which it was necessary to cross, was destroyed.

Leaving Major Weeks at Newport bridge to guard against any attempt of the enemy to cross and get in the rear of the Union troops, a service that he gallantly performed under an incessant fire from the enemy, the column pushed on towards the Natural bridge, some eight miles above, with the design of crossing there. Here it was discovered that the enemy was strongly posted on the opposite side, determined to oppose its passage.

At daylight on the following morning, Major Lincoln, with two companies of the Second cavalry, commenced the attack, and succeeded in driving the advanced posts of the rebels over the bridge; but his further progress was checked by a superior force, who were strongly intrenched, besides being protected by marshes, thickets, and other natural defences.

Reconnoissances were made with the view of ascertaining the practicability of crossing at some other place, but without success, and it was determined to attempt to force a passage over the bridge. Accordingly Colonel Townsend, in command of the Second colored, was ordered to turn the enemy’s flank, and Major Lincoln to make the direct assault, supported by Colonel Piersoll, commanding the Ninety-ninth colored.

Advancing gallantly to the charge, Colonel Townsend drove the enemy before him. They fled precipitately, abandoning their breastworks; but, unfortunately, the Union soldiers encountered, right in their way, a wide deep ditch, impassable to troops, and were compelled to return.

Finding that the enemy were too strong in numbers and position, while the Union troops were posted in a low, marshy position, it was determined to withdraw about three hundred yards in the rear, in an open pine barren, which had been previously selected. This was done in good order.

The rebels, now supposing that the Federal force were in full retreat, advanced in force, with artillery and infantry; but, to their surprise, they were received by a perfect line of infantry supported by artillery. Two desperate charges were made by the enemy, but they were repulsed with heavy loss on the part of the assailants, and the Union troops remained masters of the field. The Federal loss was about one hundred and fifty in killed, wounded and prisoners.

No further advance was deemed prudent by General Newton, and he accordingly reembarked his troops, and returned to Key West.

STONEMAN’S EXPEDITION IN NORTH CAROLINA. MARCH 20-APRIL 13, 1865.

On the 14th of February, General Grant sent the following communication to General Thomas, containing instructions for a proposed cavalry expedition, under General Stoneman, from General Thomas’s army. It was the design of General Grant that this expedition should have started early in February, and have penetrated as far as Columbia, South Carolina, in cooperation with General Sherman’s forces in that State at that time. As General Stoneman’s troops did not move at the time appointed, it now became necessary to change the plan and route of the expedition:

“CITY POINT, VA., February 14, 1865.

“General Canby is preparing a movement from Mobile bay against Mobile and the interior of Alabama. His force will consist of about twenty thousand men, besides A. J. Smith’s command. The cavalry you have sent to Canby will be debarked at Vicksburg. It, with the available cavalry already in that section, will move from there eastward, in cooperation. Hood’s army has been terribly reduced by the severe punishment you gave it in Tennessee, by desertion consequent upon its defeat, and now by the withdrawal of many of his men to oppose Sherman. Canby’s movement will attract all the attention of the enemy, and leave the advance from your stand-point easy. I think it advisable, therefore, that you prepare as much of a cavalry force as you can spare, and hold it in readiness to go south. The object would be three-fold: first, to attract as much of the enemy’s force as possible to insure success to Canby; second, to destroy the enemy’s line of communications and military resources; third, to destroy or capture their forces brought into the field. Tuscaloosa and Selma would probably be the points to direct the expedition against. This, however, would not be so important as the mere fact of penetrating deep into Alabama. Discretion should be left to the officer commanding the expedition to go where, according to the information he may receive, he will best secure the objects named above.

“Now that your force has been so much depleted, I do not know what number of men you can put into the field. If not more than five thousand men, however, all cavalry, I think it will be sufficient. It is not desirable that you should start this expedition until the one leaving Vicksburg has been three or four days out, or even a week.

“U. S. GRANT, Lieutenant-General.

“Major-General G. H. THOMAS.”

General Stoneman’s expedition started from East Tennessee on the 20th of March, moving by way of Boone, North Carolina, and struck the railroad at Wytheville, Chambersburg, and Big Lick. The force striking it at Big Lick pushed on to within a few miles of Lynchburg, destroying the important bridges, while with the main force he effectually destroyed the road between New river and Big Lick, and then turned for Greensboro’, on the North Carolina railroad; struck that road and destroyed the bridges between Danville and Greensboro’, and between Greensboro’ and the Yadkin, together with the depots and supplies along it, and captured four hundred prisoners.

General Stoneman, in his dispatch to General Thomas, gives the following account of his operations after leaving Boone:—

“SLATERVILLE, N. C., April 13, 1865.

“From Boone it became necessary to cross the Blue Ridge into the Yadkin river bottom, in order to obtain supplies for men and horses. There we were detained three days by freshets. From thence we struck for Christiansburg. On the route I detached Colonel Miller, with a portion of his brigade, to Wytheville, and Major Wagner, with a portion of the Fifteenth Pennsylvania, Palmer’s brigade, to Big Lick. These three points were struck almost simultaneously. Colonel Palmer attacked, and, after some fighting, captured Wytheville, destroyed the depot of supplies at that point, and also at Mair’s Meadow. Major Wagner, after striking the railroad at Big Lick, pushed on towards Lynchburg, destroying, on his way, the important bridges over the Big and Little Otter, and got to within four miles of Lynchburg with the main body, and effectually destroyed the road between New river and Big Lick, and then struck for Greensboro’, on the North Carolina railroad.

“Arrived near Salem, N. C., I detailed Palmer’s brigade to destroy the bridges between Danville and Greensboro’, and between Greensboro’ and Yadkin river, and the large depots of supplies along the road. This duty was performed with considerable fighting, the capture of four hundred prisoners, and to my entire satisfaction. With the other two brigades, Brown’s and Miller’s, and the artillery under the command of Lieutenant Reagon, we pushed for Salisbury, where we found about three thousand troops, under the command of Major-General W. M. Gardiner, formed behind Grant’s creek, about two miles and a half from Salisbury. As soon as a proper disposition could be made, I ordered a general charge along the entire line, and the result was the capture of fourteen pieces of artillery, and one thousand three hundred and sixty-four prisoners, including fifty-three officers.

“We remained at Salisbury two days, during which time we destroyed fifteen miles of railroad track and the bridges towards Charlotte, and then moved to this point. From here we shall move to the south side of the Catawba river, and be in a position to operate towards Charlotte and Columbia, or upon the flank of an army moving south.

“The following is a partial list of the public property captured north of Salisbury, and destroyed by us: Four large cotton factories and seven thousand bales of cotton; four large magazines, containing ten thousand stand of small arms and accoutrements, one million rounds of small arm ammunition, one thousand rounds of fixed artillery ammunition, and seven thousand pounds of powder, thirty-five thousand bushels of corn, fifty thousand bushels of wheat, one hundred and sixty thousand pounds of cured bacon, one hundred thousand suits of gray uniforms and clothing, two hundred and fifty thousand army blankets, twenty thousand pounds of harness leather, ten thousand pounds of saltpetre; also a very large amount of sugar, salt, rice, and other stores and medical supplies. In addition to the arsenals at Salisbury, the military workshop was being fitted up, and was filled with machinery sent from Raleigh and Richmond, all of which was destroyed.”

GENERAL WILSON’S EXPEDITION IN ALABAMA. MARCH 22-APRIL 20, 1865.

When General Canby received orders in January to advance from the forts in Mobile Bay, and attack Mobile, he was also instructed to dispatch an expedition under General Wilson into the interior of Alabama, where the rebels maintained several important towns, which were garrisoned by forces of some magnitude.

The expedition under command of Brevet Major-General Wilson consisted of twelve thousand five hundred mounted men. It was delayed by rains until March 22, when it moved from Chickasaw, Alabama. On the 1st of April General Wilson encountered the enemy in force under Forrest near Ebenezer Church, drove him in confusion, captured three hundred prisoners and three guns, and destroyed the central bridge over the Catawba river. On the 2d he attacked and captured the fortified city of Selma, defended by Forrest with seven thousand men and thirty-two guns, destroyed the arsenal, armory, naval foundry, machine shops, vast quantities of stores, and captured three thousand prisoners. On the 4th he captured and destroyed Tuscaloosa. On the 10th he crossed the Alabama river, and after sending information of his operations to General Canby, marched on Montgomery, which place he occupied on the 14th, the enemy having abandoned it. At this place many stores and five steamboats fell into Federal hands. Thence a force marched direct on Columbus, and another on West Point, both of which places were assaulted and captured on the 16th. At the former place General Wilson captured fifteen hundred prisoners and fifty-two field guns, destroyed two gunboats, the navy yard, foundries, arsenal, many factories, and much other public property. At the latter place General Wilson took three hundred prisoners, four guns, and destroyed nineteen locomotives and three hundred cars. On the 20th he took possession of Macon, Georgia, with sixty field guns, twelve hundred militia, and five generals, surrendered by General Howell Cobb. General Wilson, hearing that Jeff Davis was trying to make his escape, sent forces in pursuit, and succeeded in capturing him on the morning of May 11.

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On the 4th day of May, General Dick Taylor surrendered to General Canby all the remaining rebel forces east of the Mississippi.

A force sufficient to insure an easy triumph over the enemy under Kirby Smith, west of the Mississippi, was at once put in motion for Texas, and Major-General Sheridan designated for its immediate command; but on the 26th day of May, and before they reached their destination, General Kirby Smith surrendered his entire command to Major-General Canby. This surrender did not take place, however, until after the capture of the rebel President and Vice-President; and not till after General Smith had disbanded a large portion of his army, and permitted an indiscriminate plunder of public property.

Owing to the fact that many of those lately in arms against the government had taken refuge upon the soil of Mexico, carrying with them arms rightfully belonging to the United States, which had been surrendered by agreement to the Federal commanders, General Grant deemed it essential that a large army should be maintained in Texas. The unsettled state of the Mexican country on the Rio Grande at that time, also rendered this course necessary. Many of the leaders in the late rebel armies, who had surrendered and given their parole, had also taken refuge in Mexican territory, feeling distrustful of their personal safety at the hands of the Federal authorities.

CAPTURE OF MOBILE AND THE REBEL FLEET. APRIL 12-MAY 4, 1865.

When Vice-Admiral Farragut left the West Gulf squadron in the autumn of 1864, the command devolved on Commodore James S. Palmer, senior officer on the station. That officer continued operations until the arrival of Admiral Farragut’s successor, Acting-Rear-Admiral Thatcher. The resumption of offensive operations against the city of Mobile, under the direction of Major-General Canby, was not determined upon until early in January, when Acting-Rear-Admiral Thatcher was ordered to proceed immediately to New Orleans, in order to cooperate with the military commander.

The force placed under Acting-Rear-Admiral Thatcher was increased by light-draught iron-clads detached from the Mississippi squadron for service in Mobile Bay. A joint movement by land and water was arranged and carried into execution. Indications that the rebels were about to evacuate the city led to a naval reconnoissance in force, to ascertain the facts, on the 11th of March, with five monitors, in as close proximity as the shallow water and obstructions would permit. This movement drew from the insurgents such a fire as to place beyond doubt that those defences were still intact.

The principal defence of Mobile was Spanish Fort, an irregular bastioned work of very ancient structure, connected with fortifications five miles in length commencing at D’Olive’s creek, and running to Minetta bay. Beyond Spanish Fort, to the left, on the opposite shore of Minetta bay, is Fort Alexis, mounting heavy guns. Forts Huger, Bradley, Tracy, Battery Gladden, Spanish River battery, Blakely, and other rebel defences frowned defiantly on the Federal army from the land side.

From September, 1864, to March, 1865, important movements of the armies of the Nation in distant States deterred the Government from sending a sufficient military force for the reduction of Mobile, which was garrisoned during that time by about fifteen thousand troops under General Maury.

After the breaking up of Hood’s army by Thomas, and the successful march of Sherman through South Carolina, the corps of A. J. Smith and General Steele were sent to reinforce General Canby, and steps were taken to insure the capture of Mobile. An army of forty thousand men soon invested the city on the land side, while the powerful fleet closed up the waters, and prepared for the perilous attack.

The Sixteenth corps, Major-General A. J. Smith commanding, moved from Fort Gaines by water to Fisher’s river; the Thirteenth corps, under Major-General Gordon Granger, moved from Fort Morgan and joined the Sixteenth corps on Fisher’s river.

The troops were landed on the 21st of March on the left bank of Fisher’s river, about seventeen miles from its junction with the bay, and advanced as rapidly as the condition of the road would permit, while the naval vessels shelled the woods and kept open communication by signals with General Canby for cooperation.

On the 27th of March, an assault on Spanish Fort was made by General Canby’s troops, and simultaneously a portion of the fleet crossed Blakely river bar, an extremely dangerous undertaking, owing to shallow water, and the number of torpedoes with which that portion of the bay was filled. The rebels doubtless believed that the naval vessels were not able to cross the bar of Blakely river; and even if successful in crossing, that it was in their power to destroy the fleet by their marsh batteries and the innumerable torpedoes with which the river was filled. They did succeed in sinking two of the monitors, the Milwaukee and the Osage, and four wooden gunboats at the entrance of Blakely river, by these submarine implements of destruction, although the river had been thoroughly dragged, and many torpedoes were removed before the vessels went over the bar.

By the 3rd of April, Spanish Fort and Fort Alexis had been completely invested by the troops, and during the night of the 8th and morning of the 9th they were, after a short but severe bombardment, captured, and with them from sixteen hundred to two thousand men, with sixteen heavy guns. With the key to Mobile thus secured, the other works of importance, Batteries Tracy and Huger, were within easy reach, and on the evening of the 11th they were evacuated.

At two o’clock on the morning of April 9th, General Canby’s troops entered the intrenchments. General Canby’s report, the next morning, said:

“Spanish Fort and its dependencies were captured last night. We have twenty-five officers, and five hundred and twenty-eight enlisted men prisoners, and have taken five mortars, and twenty-five guns. The major part of the garrison escaped by water. Blakely is already invested and will be assaulted to-day.”

On the 12th, the troops were convoyed to the west side of the city for the purpose of an attack, and the fleet gained a suitable position for performing its share of this work, but it was soon ascertained that the city was at the mercy of the Union arms, all the remaining defences having been abandoned. A formal surrender was, therefore, demanded by General Granger, and Acting-Rear-Admiral Thatcher, which was complied with, and possession was taken of the city. The works which environed Mobile were of immense strength and extent. Nearly four hundred guns were captured, some of them new and of the heaviest calibre.

The rebel army, on evacuating the city, retreated up the Tombigbee. Preparations to follow and capture them were far advanced, when, on the 4th of May, propositions were received from Commander Farrand, commanding the rebel naval forces in the waters of Alabama, to surrender all the vessels, officers, men, and property yet afloat and under blockade on the Tombigbee. The basis of the terms of surrender, being the same as those of General Lee, were accepted. On the 10th of May the formal surrender took place, and the insurgent navy ceased to be an organization. Four vessels were surrendered, and one hundred and twelve officers, two hundred and eighty-five men and twenty-four marines were paroled and permitted to return to their homes.

Sabine Pass and Galveston, the only remaining rebel fortified points on the Gulf coast, soon capitulated.

EVACUATION OF RICHMOND AND PETERSBURG, VA. SURRENDER OF GENERAL LEE.

The great Union victory achieved at the battle of Five Forks, on the 1st and 2d of April, 1865, decided the fate of the city of Richmond and the city of Petersburg. Both places were immediately evacuated by the rebels, and were entered and occupied by the National forces on the 3d of April. Immense excitement and rejoicing was occasioned throughout the North by the dispatches which announced this news to the country. The newspapers were filled with letters, descriptive of the great victory and the great triumph, and, on every hand, salutes and bonfires, and all manner of demonstrations of gladness announced the conviction of the people that the civil war was substantially ended. The cities of the North were gaily decked with the glorious banner of the Republic. All was enthusiasm and gratitude.

PETERSBURG. SURRENDERED APRIL 3, 1865.

Petersburg before the war numbered a population of twenty thousand people, and was the second city, in size and importance, in the State of Virginia; but, during the war, its population was greatly reduced, there not being more than five thousand whites left in the place at the time of its capture.

General Ely’s brigade, of the Ninth army corps, was the first to enter the city, on the morning of the 3d of April. This was at daylight; but, at a quarter past six o’clock the city was formally surrendered to Brigadier-General Edwards, of the Sixth corps. The retiring rebels had burned some property in their flight. A good deal of tobacco had been thus destroyed, together with some railroad rolling stock.

By six o’clock the town was awake and alive. Troops were pouring in from all directions, shouting, singing, and cheering, but otherwise preserving the most orderly and commendable bearing. There was no straggling, no pillaging, no destruction of property or intrusion on private residences. Guards were stationed thickly in all directions, with imperative orders to keep the soldiers out of all buildings, public or private, and protect all property from destruction. The citizens were showing themselves in large numbers upon the door steps, in the doors and at the windows of the houses, indicating that but few, if any, had run away, while most of them manifested, in the expression of their faces, a gladness at the National success. They seemed, indeed, to be starved out. While there was plenty of food for the rebel army, it had been carefully hoarded, and the resident population left to shift for themselves as best they could. Perhaps it was on this account more than any other that the citizens were so ready to abandon the rebel cause. On the main business streets there was every appearance of thrift.

An army correspondent, who entered Petersburg with the Union forces, alludes thus to the damage which the city had sustained from the National bombardment: “I had much curiosity to see the effect of the numerous shellings to which the town had been subjected, and rode through that portion of the city most exposed. It was certainly wonderful that so little damage had been done. Nearly every other building in some localities had been struck; but, with the exception of now and then a chimney knocked down, or a hole through the building that a few dollars would repair, the injuries were scarcely perceptible. I found the people living in the exposed localities, and was told that they had been there throughout all the siege. But few people had been killed by the cannonading in the town.”

In the course of the day General Grant entered Petersburg, and established his headquarters there. But no halt was made by the army. All day long, with banners flying and “music on the wind,” the soldiers of the Union marched through Petersburg, in pursuit of the flying forces of General Lee. The First division of the Ninth corps was, however, left in the captured city, to do provost duty.

RICHMOND. SURRENDERED APRIL 3, 1865.

Meanwhile, on the same memorable morning, the Mayor of Richmond, Mr. Mayo, had surrendered the capital of the Confederacy to General Weitzel, whose troops immediately marched in and took possession of the city. A portion of it was found to be in flames, General Early having caused it to be fired, on retreating during the night of the 2d instant. Major Stevens directed the alarm bells to be sounded, and at once assumed direction of the Fire Department of the city, consisting of a few men, two steam fire engines, four worthless hand-engines, and a large amount of hose, ruined by the retreating rebels. The efforts to subdue the flames were arduous, but finally successful, and before night the city was exceedingly quiet in all respects.

On personally arriving in the city, General Weitzel issued the following order:—

“HEADQUARTERS, DETACHMENT ARMY OF THE JAMES, } “RICHMOND, Va., April 3, 1865. }

“Major-General Godfrey Weitzel, commanding Detachment of the Army of the James, announces the occupation of the city of Richmond, by the armies of the United States, under command of Lieutenant-General Grant. The people of Richmond are assured that we come to restore to them the blessings of peace, prosperity and freedom, under the flag of the Union.

“The citizens of Richmond are requested to remain for the present quietly within their houses, and to avoid all public assemblages or meetings in the public streets. An efficient provost guard will immediately re-establish order and tranquillity within the city.

“Martial law is, for the present, proclaimed.

“Brigadier-General George F. Shepley, United States Volunteers, is hereby appointed Military Governor of Richmond.

“Lieutenant-Colonel Fred. L. Manning, Provost-Marshal-General, Army of the James, will act as Provost-Marshal of Richmond. Commanders of detachments doing guard duty in the city will report to him for instructions. By command of

“Major-General WEITZEL.

“D. D. WHEELER, Assistant Adjutant-General.”

The works in front of Richmond which were occupied by the rebels; and wholly evacuated previous to the Union occupancy of the city, were found to consist of three strong lines, strictly enveloping Richmond. The outer ones were continuous lines; the inner one consisted of a series of strong redoubts and bastion forts. These works mounted upwards of three hundred heavy guns, all of which were captured.

General Weitzel also took one thousand prisoners, besides the wounded. These numbered five thousand, in nine hospitals. He captured cannon, to the number of at least five hundred pieces. Five thousand muskets were found in one lot. Thirty locomotives and three hundred cars were also seized.

The rebels had succeeded in destroying all their vessels of war; but the well known Tredegar iron works were found to be unharmed. Libby Prison and Castle Thunder were also captured, and were speedily filled with rebel prisoners. It was ascertained that the rebels began the work of destroying the city, by firing the Shockoe warehouse, filled with tobacco, as well as the large granary establishment on Carey street, near Twenty-third street. The fire was very destructive; and in addition to destroying the War Department, the general Post Office, the Treasury building, several churches, and many stores, likewise destroyed the offices of the Richmond Enquirer, Dispatch and Examiner; the Virginia Bank, the Farmers’ Bank, and the Bank of Richmond. The United States Custom House was saved, by reason of its being fireproof.

On the 4th of April President Lincoln visited Richmond, where he was received with great enthusiasm. During his stay in the city, he occupied, with General Weitzel, quarters in the house which, only a little while before, had been the residence of the rebel President Jefferson Davis.

SURRENDER OF GENERAL LEE, AND HIS ENTIRE ARMY. APRIL 9, 1865.

On abandoning Petersburg and Richmond, General Lee betook himself in the direction of Danville, which is just upon the border of the State of Virginia, close to the North Carolina line. Here—or earlier, at Burkesville—it was designed to make another stand. General Sheridan was already in full pursuit, and aimed to cut off Lee’s army at Burkesville. On the 6th of April, he sent the following dispatch:

“APRIL 6—11:15 P. M.

“Lieutenant-General GRANT:—

“I have the honor to report that the enemy made a stand at the intersection of the Burkesville station road with the road upon which they were retreating.

“I attacked them with two divisions of the Sixth army corps and routed them handsomely, making a connection with the cavalry. I am still pressing on with both cavalry and infantry. Up to the present time we have captured Generals Ewell, Kershaw, Barton, Corse, De Bose and Custis Lee, several thousand prisoners, fourteen pieces of artillery, with caissons and a large number of wagons. If the thing is pressed, I think Lee will surrender.

P. H. SHERIDAN, “Major-General Commanding.”

On the receipt of this message, General Grant was already pushing on in person, with his whole army, to join Sheridan and strike the deathblow to the rebellion. But there was no need of further fighting. Sheridan had captured a large part of the rebel army, and the rest was demoralized. Lee’s headquarters at this time were near Amelia Court House. On the afternoon of the 9th of April, finding all hope of success to the rebel arms to be utterly empty and vain, the rebel commander finally surrendered to General Grant the entire Army of Northern Virginia. The letters which passed between the two commanders, upon this occasion, and which telegraphed to the Northern press, created the wildest enthusiasm throughout the land, are well worthy of preservation in the pages of any History of the War for the Union—so graphic and thorough in their narrative of the closing scene of rebel discomfiture and national triumph.

GENERAL GRANT TO GENERAL LEE.

“April 7, 1865.

“General R. E. LEE, Commanding Confederate States Army:—

“GENERAL—The result of the last week must convince you of the hopelessness of further resistance on the part of the Army of Northern Virginia in this struggle. I feel that it is so, and regard it as my duty to shift from myself the responsibility of any further effusion of blood, by asking of you the surrender of that portion of the Confederate States army, known as the Army of Northern Virginia.

“Very respectfully, your obedient servant,

“U. S. GRANT, Lieutenant-General, U. S. A.”

GENERAL LEE TO GENERAL GRANT.

“April 7, 1865.

“GENERAL—I have received your note of this date.

“Though not entirely of the opinion you express of the hopelessness of further resistance on the part of the Army of Northern Virginia, I reciprocate your desire to avoid useless effusion of blood, and therefore, before considering your proposition, ask the terms you will offer on condition of its surrender.

“R. E. LEE, General Commanding.”

GENERAL GRANT TO GENERAL LEE.

“April 8, 1865.

“GENERAL—Your note of last evening, in reply to mine of same date, asking the conditions on which I will accept the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia is just received.

“In reply, I would say that, peace being my first desire, there is but one condition that I insist upon, viz.:—

“That the men surrendered shall be disqualified for taking up arms again, against the Government of the United States, until properly exchanged.

“I will meet you or designate officers to meet any officers you may name for the same purpose at any point agreeable to you, for the purpose of arranging definitely the terms upon which the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia will be received.

“Very respectfully, your obedient servant,

“U. S. GRANT, Lieutenant-General, U. S. A.”

GENERAL LEE TO GENERAL GRANT.

“April 8, 1865.

“GENERAL—I received at a late hour your note of to-day in answer to mine of yesterday.

“I did not intend to propose the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia, but to ask the terms of your proposition. To be frank, I do not think the emergency has arisen to call for the surrender.

“But as the restoration of peace should be the sole object of all, I desire to know whether your proposals would tend to that end.

“I cannot, therefore, meet you with a view to surrender the army of Northern Virginia; but as far as your proposition may affect the Confederate States’ forces under my command and tend to the restoration of peace, I should be pleased to meet you at ten A. M. to-morrow, on the old stage road to Richmond, between the picket lines of the two armies.

“Very respectfully, your obedient servant,

“R. E. LEE, General C. S. A.”

GENERAL GRANT TO GENERAL LEE.

“April 9, 1865.

“GENERAL—Your note of yesterday is received. As I have no authority to treat on the subject of peace, the meeting proposed for ten A. M. to-day, could lead to no good. I will state, however, General, that I am equally anxious for peace with yourself; and the whole North entertain the same feeling. The terms upon which peace can be had are well understood. By the South laying down their arms they will hasten that most desirable event, save thousands of human lives, and hundreds of millions of property not yet destroyed.

“Sincerely hoping that all our difficulties may be settled without the loss of another life, I subscribe myself,

“Very respectfully, your obedient servant,

“U. S. GRANT, Lieutenant-General, U. S. A.”

GENERAL LEE TO GENERAL GRANT.

“April 9, 1865.

“GENERAL—I received your note of this morning on the picket line, whither I had come to meet you and ascertain definitely what terms were embraced in your proposition of yesterday with reference to the surrender of this army.

“I now request an interview in accordance with the offer contained in your letter of yesterday for that purpose.

“Very respectfully, your obedient servant,

“R. E. LEE, General.

“To Lieutenant-General GRANT, commanding United States armies.”

GENERAL GRANT TO GENERAL LEE.

“April 9, 1865.

“GENERAL—Your note of this date is but this moment (fifty minutes past eleven A. M.) received.

“In consequence of my having passed from the Richmond and Lynchburg road to the Farmville and Lynchburg road, I am, at this writing, about four miles west of Walter’s Church, and will push forward to the front for the purpose of meeting you.

“Notice sent to me, on this road, where you wish the interview to take place, will meet me.

“Very respectfully, your obedient servant,

“U. S. GRANT, Lieutenant-General.”

GENERAL GRANT TO GENERAL LEE.

“APPOMATTOX COURT HOUSE, } APRIL 9, 1865. }

“In accordance with the substance of my letter to you of the 8th inst., I propose to receive the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia on the following terms, to wit:—

“Rolls of all the officers and men to be made in duplicate; one copy to be given to an officer designated by me, the other to be retained by such officers as you may designate.

“The officers to give their individual paroles not to take arms against the government of the United States until properly exchanged, and each company or regimental commander to sign a like parole for the men of his command.

“The arms, artillery and public property to be parked and stacked and turned over to the officers appointed by me to receive them.

“This will not embrace the side arms of the officers, nor their private horses or baggage.

“This done, each officer and man will be allowed to return to their homes, not to be disturbed by United States authority so long as they observe their parole and the laws in force where they may reside.

“Very respectfully,

U. S. GRANT, Lieutenant-General.”

GENERAL LEE TO GENERAL GRANT.

“HEADQUARTERS, ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA, } APRIL 9, 1865. }

“GENERAL—I have received your letter of this date, containing the terms of surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia as proposed by you. As they are substantially the same as those expressed in your letter of the 8th inst., they are accepted. I will proceed to designate the proper officers to carry the stipulations into effect.

“Very respectfully, your obedient servant,

“R. E. LEE, General.”

* * * * *

The national rejoicing over the capture of Lee’s army was, as may well be imagined, deep and general. Throughout the length and breadth of the land, thanksgiving to the God of battles—as of Peace—went up from the hearts of a whole people, happy in the rescue of the American Republic from division, and from the plague of human slavery.

The following documents were issued from the war office, at Washington, immediately after the great victory:

“WAR DEPARTMENT, } “WASHINGTON, D. C., April 9—9:30 P. M. }

“Lieutenant-General GRANT:—

“Thanks be to Almighty God for the great victory with which he has this day crowned you and the gallant armies under your command.

“The thanks of this Department, and of the government, and of the people of the United States—their reverence and honor have been deserved—will be rendered to you and the brave and gallant officers and soldiers of your army for all time.

“EDWIN M. STANTON, “Secretary of War.”

“WAR DEPARTMENT, } WASHINGTON, D. C., April 9—10 P. M. }

“Ordered—That a salute of two hundred guns be fired at the headquarters of every army and department, and at every post and arsenal in the United States, and at the Military Academy at West Point, on the day of the receipt of this order, in commemoration of the surrender of General R. E. Lee and the army of Northern Virginia to Lieutenant-General Grant and the army under his command; report of the receipt and execution of this order to be made to the Adjutant-General, Washington.

“EDWIN M. STANTON, “Secretary of War.”

SKETCH OF THE REBEL GENERAL LEE.

Robert E. Lee was born in Virginia about the year 1808. He entered West Point, where he received the usual military education. He graduated honorably in 1829, and received an appointment as Second Lieutenant of Engineers. For eighteen years he served in the army, drawing the usual pay from the government, and rising to the rank of Major and Lieutenant-Colonel of cavalry. In the Mexican war he was further honored by a brevet of Colonel, and on the appointment of Albert S. Johnston to the command of the Utah expedition Lee succeeded him in command of the Second cavalry. After filling this honorable and agreeable post in the military service of his country for several years, he was tempted with others, to desert his flag at the moment of his country’s sorest need. When the Richmond politicians passed their Ordinance of Secession, Robert E. Lee threw up his commission, and accepted the rank of General in the rebel army.

In Mexico, Lee had been Chief of General Scott’s Staff, and won high praise for his skill. It was a common remark in our army, before the war, that “Bob Lee” was the ablest strategist we had. His first performances in the rebel array did not increase his reputation; he was eclipsed for a time by both Beauregard and Johnston. After the latter was wounded, however, at Fair Oaks, Lee took the whole command of the rebel army in Virginia, and directed its operations during the seven days’ battles before Richmond. He likewise led the rebels into Maryland, and commanded them at Antietam, and subsequently at Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, the Wilderness, Spottsylvania, and all the other battles incident to the closing campaign in Virginia.

ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT LINCOLN. NIGHT OF APRIL 14, 1865.

A glorious sunburst parted the clouds over Abraham Lincoln’s head just as he took the inauguration oath which made him President for a second term—and from that period his life was one series of cheering events. Was it a promise of redemption to the Nation, or the halo of martyrdom? The rebellion melted away like snow from that hour. Richmond was taken; Lee surrendered his grand army. The brave blood which had crimsoned the wilderness with a terrible rain, bore quick and glorious fruit all over the land. Lincoln was a good man. Even his enemies said this, when they found themselves a mere handful among millions that loved him for his honesty, his simple truthfulness, and that genuine patriotism which no man doubted and all men revered. Triumphant as a President, happy in the bosom of a family that adored him, blessed with an attached wife, a son of fine promise and faultless character, another son whom he loved with intense affection, and who returned it with all the touching ardor of early childhood, worshiped by many and respected by all, the 14th of April found him a happy and triumphant man.

A box had been taken that night for the President and a select party at Ford’s Theatre, a fashionable place of amusement in Washington, where Thomas Taylor’s comedy of Our American Cousin was to be performed by Miss Laura Keene and her company. A private box in the upper tier, on the right of the audience, had been all that season so frequently used by the President, that it was generally known as the “President’s box.” That evening it was richly draped for his reception. The Stars and Stripes glowed brightly above it, and easy chairs were placed for the President’s occupancy. It had been announced that General Grant would accompany the Presidential party and a brilliant audience had assembled, eager to greet the two most popular men of The Nation.

The first act of the American Cousin had commenced, when President Lincoln, Mrs. Lincoln, Miss Harris, and Major Rathbon entered the theatre. General Grant was not of the party; he had left Washington a few hours before. They seated themselves, with the National flags draped above them, and the eyes of a brilliant audience turned that way. The President was always deeply interested in the dramatic performances before him, and sometimes, doubtless, sought the theatre as a refuge from political cares. That night no premonition seemed to haunt him. He was tranquil, silent, and interested. Usually, when he visited any place of amusement, his youngest son might have been seen hanging about his chair, whispering his observations in childish confidence, and sometimes leaning for half an hour together upon his father’s knee. The devotion and companionship which existed between Lincoln and this warm-hearted lad was touching in its simple tenderness. No frown was ever seen on that kindly face when the boy, in his ardent affection claimed what might have been deemed untimely notice. Whatever thought harassed his mind, those connected with the boy always brought smiles with them.

But, in mercy, this most ardently loving of sons was spared the horrors of a scene that soon sent an awful shock through the audience, and threw the whole nation into bitter mourning.

The play went pleasantly on, and nothing happened to disturb the cheerfulness of the occasion, till, close on ten o’clock. Then John Wilkes Booth was first seen in the audience.

This young man was a member of the profession, and had a free entrance to all parts of the theatre, where he was a great favorite. The son of perhaps the most talented tragedian known to our country, belonging to a family of young men all rich in genius, accomplished and endowed with wonderful physical beauty, he had found a respectable place even in the best social life of Washington, during the three months that he had spent in apparent idleness at one of the most fashionable hotels of the city.

When this man entered the theatre that night, many people knew him, and some remarked the intense pallor of his face. He was remarked, at this time, to be slowly working his way through the crowd towards the door of the President’s box. For a moment he was observed leaning against the wall, pale, and with a startling wildness of the eyes, looking over the audience. Then he attempted to enter the box, but was challenged by the sentry stationed there. Booth answered that he was a senator of the United States, and that the President had sent for him.

He was admitted; the door closed behind him, which he immediately fastened by placing a wooden bar, arranged in advance, across it.

He moved toward the President, and stood for an instant behind his chair. The stage was almost deserted. Asa Trenchard, represented by Mr. Hawk, was its sole occupant. Mr. Lincoln was watching the scene with his eyes bent on the stage, quiet, calm, almost smiling. Booth crept closer to his victim, drew his pistol, and fired. A spring toward the front of the box, a backward lunge with the bowie-knife, held in one hand, which pierced Major Rathbon’s arm, wounding him severely; then a wild dangerous leap over. His spur entangled itself with the flags, and the impetus flung him forward on the stage, where he fell upon one knee. An instant, and he leaped up, brandishing the naked bowie-knife in his hand, which was red with the blood of Major Rathbon. In a strong, clear voice, thrillingly dramatic, he cried out the old Latin motto of the State of Virginia, “Sic semper tyrannis.” With these defiant words on his lips, Booth rushed across the stage, down a side passage, where his red hand almost brushed against Laura Keene, and out of a rear door which opened to a lane back of the theatre.

There a horse stood ready, held by an accomplice, on which he leaped, and dashed down the lane. The audience for one awful minute were struck dumb. The smoke from the President’s box, the excited shrieks of Mrs. Lincoln, which rang with awful meaning over the crowd, threw the whole multitude into bewildering confusion. Only one man had presence of mind enough to understand the awful truth, and pursue the assassin. Colonel J. B. Stewart, a tall, powerful man, full of cool courage, leaped upon the stage from the orchestra seats, and rushed after Booth across the stage to the rear of the theatre. Once his hand almost grasped the assassin’s garments, but the door which was flung open fell to with violent force, and Stewart lost a precious moment in attempting to open it. It swung back at last, but Booth had already leaped to his horse, and, in an instant, was engulfed in the murky darkness of the lane.

Meantime the crowd swayed wildly to and fro; shrieks of anguish from distracted wife rang through the multitude with maddening effect. The President had fallen forward, with his head on his breast, breathing, but senseless. The ball had entered his head just back of the left ear, passed completely through the brain, and lodged above the right eye. Laura Keene rushed to the box, calling for help, and aided Miss Harris to support the murdered man in his seat. There, pale with terror, one pleading for help, the other crying out for water, those two frightened ladies kept him from falling forward with their trembling hands.

The crowd understood the awful catastrophe now, and a mad rush was made for the stage—all too late. By that time Booth was galloping through the stormy night, on a horse whose swiftness defied pursuit. Then the inner bar was forced away from its rude sockets, and there was a rush to the box where President Lincoln was still supported by those feeble women, who stood by him firmly, their hands red with his blood, and their garments wet with the crimson rain which never came from a more thoroughly kind heart. On the back of the cushioned chair, on the partition, and on the floor, that martyr blood had fallen. On the carpet lay a single-barreled pistol.

They lifted the dying man, carried him through the heaving surges of the crowd, to the house of Mr. Peterson, in Tenth street, close by the theatre. Then the multitude swayed doorward, and filled the street, packing it with white, anxious faces. A guard was placed at the door, who in vain strove to answer the questions urged upon him. All he could say was, that the President was dying; a few minutes or hours, at least, must close his life. Then a dreadful stillness fell upon the crowd; some went away in painful silence; others—stout, strong men, too—turned away weeping like little children.

At five o’clock on Saturday morning, the President lay in his death agonies. He was lying upon the bed, apparently breathing with great difficulty. He was entirely unconscious, and had been ever since his assassination. His eyes were protruding from their sockets and suffused with blood. In other respects, his countenance was unchanged. At his bedside were the Secretary of War, Secretary of the Navy, Secretary of the Interior, Postmaster-General, and the Attorney-General; Senator Sumner, General Farnsworth, General Todd, cousin to Mrs. Lincoln; Major Hay, M. B. Field, General Halleck, Major-General Meigs, Rev. Dr. Gurley, George Oglesby, of Illinois; Drs. E. N. Abbott, R. K. Stone, C. D. Hatch, Neal, Hall, and Lieberman. In the adjoining room was Mrs. Lincoln, her son, Captain Robert Lincoln; Miss Harris, who was with Mrs. Lincoln at the time of the assassination of the President; Rufus F. Andrews, and two lady friends of Mrs. Lincoln.

Mrs. Lincoln was under great excitement and agony, wringing her hands and exclaiming, “Why did he not shoot me instead of my husband? I have tried to be so careful of him, fearing something would happen, and his life seemed to be more precious now than ever. I must go with him,” and other expressions of the intense agony of her coming widowhood. She was constantly going back and forth to the bedside of the President, exclaiming in great anguish, “How can it be so!” The scene was heart-rending, and it is impossible to portray it in its living light. When General Farnsworth went in, hoping to comfort her, she seized him by the arm and with touching appeal besought him to save her husband, as if any human help could avail then.

Captain Robert Lincoln bore himself with great firmness, and while quivering with anguish himself endeavored to assuage the grief of his mother by telling her to put her trust in God and all would be well. Occasionally, being entirely overcome, he would retire into the hall and give way to most heart-rending lamentations. In his affliction, as in the sunshine of the greatest prosperity, this young man proved worthy of the father who was dying—worthy of the nation with whom his after fortune should be held as a sacred inheritance. Let what will come in the hereafter, the orphaned sons of Abraham Lincoln have a right to claim adoption from the American people.

About a quarter of an hour before the President died, his breathing became very difficult, and in many instances seemed to have entirely ceased. The surgeons who were holding his pulse supposed him to be dead, but he would again rally and breathe with so great difficulty as to be heard in almost every part of the house. Mrs. Lincoln took her last leave of him about twenty minutes before he expired—she could not endure to await the awful footsteps of death.

The surgeons and the members of the Cabinet, Senator Sumner, Captain Robert Lincoln and Rufus Andrews stood leaning over the headboard of the bed watching every motion of the heaving breast of the dying President. Robert Lincoln was supporting himself upon the arm of Senator Sumner. The members of the Cabinet were standing by the side of the bed—Secretary Stanton at the left of Mr. Andrews—Mr. Andrews near Mr. Lincoln’s head. Next to him was Mr. Dennison, and the others arranged along at his left, and the surgeons were sitting upon the side and foot of the bed, holding the President’s hands, and with their watches observing the slow declension of the pulse, and watching the faint ebb of that noble spirit. Such was the solemn stillness for the duration of five minutes that the ticking of many watches could be heard in the room. At twenty-two minutes past seven, A. M., the soul of Abraham Lincoln fled from its earthly tabernacle “to that bourne from which no traveler returns.” As he drew his last breath the Rev. Dr. Gurley addressed the Throne of Grace with a fervent prayer for his heart-broken family and his mourning country.

Mrs. Lincoln sat in an adjoining room, hushing her tears and waiting solemnly. When they told her in such tender words as pity finds for grief, that her husband was dead, the growing stillness of her heart gave way and she cried out in sudden anguish, “Oh, why did you not tell me that he was dying?” Abraham Lincoln was dead, but scarcely had the cold hand touched his features when over them dawned that gentle smile which those who have seen him in his happiest moments will never forget. Except the blackness of his eyes his face appeared perfectly natural. He died without a struggle, or even a perceptible motion of the limbs. The morning was calm, and the rain was dropping gently upon the roof of the humble apartment where they had laid him down to die. Guards had been stationed to keep the people from the house, and no sound could be heard in the streets save the footsteps of the sentry passing to and fro, as he guarded all that remained of Abraham Lincoln.

NATIONAL LAMENTATION. FUNERAL OF THE PRESIDENT.

The following dispatch, received in New York city on the morning of the 15th of April, announced to the country and to the world the death of the President of the United States:—

“WAR DEPARTMENT, } WASHINGTON, April 15, 1865. }

“To Major-General DIX, New York:—

“Abraham Lincoln died this morning at twenty-two minutes after seven o’clock.

“EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War.”

This grievous intelligence fell upon the heart of the Nation like the storm which follows the thunderbolt. The fierce, mad excitement and indignation which had fired the bosoms of all Americans at the news of their beloved President having been struck down by the hand of an assassin, was instantly followed by passionate grief and lamentation at the speedy news of his death. A deep gloom hung over the whole North—a gloom which might be compared to the dark clouds from whose bosoms flash forth vivid streams of destroying fire. In every heart arose a stern demand for retribution against the man who had bereaved a great nation in destroying its leader. This feeling gave force and depth to the mournfulness which fell solemnly on the land. In every city throughout the North, in every village,—in every place where men dwelt, strangers grasped each other by the hand, and with tear-wet eyes bewailed their country’s loss; for the universal grief made all men feel their universal fraternity. The whole country was draped in mourning. No man was so poor that his sorrow did not show itself in some touching acknowledgment of his country’s bereavement and his own sorrow. For thirty days the emblems of mourning remained on every public building; while flags heavily draped with crape were hung in the windows, or streamed from the flagstaffs of thousands on thousands of private dwellings.

The body of the martyred President lay in state at the White House for four days, where, upon the 19th of April, the funeral services were celebrated in every church throughout the North, and in most of the Canadian cities. The ceremony at the White House being over, the President’s remains were removed to the Capitol, where they lay in state for two days. On the 21st they were placed within a handsome and grandly imposing funeral car, and proceeded on their melancholy journey, stopping a certain length of time at each of the following cities: Baltimore, Harrisburg, Philadelphia, New York, Albany, Buffalo, Cleveland, Columbus, Indianapolis, and Chicago; arriving in Springfield, Illinois, at eight o’clock on the morning of May 3d. There—amid the scenes that had witnessed his manly labors, his successful career, his prosperity, his home affections, and his honorable progress in the esteem of his fellow-workers and fellow-citizens, the good President was laid down to his last earthly sleep. The love and the prayers of a whole people followed him to his grave, and the veneration of posterity will hallow it forever.

And there his countrymen shall come, With memory proud, with pity dumb, And strangers far and near, For many and many a year.

For many a year and many an age, While History on her ample page The virtues shall enroll Of that Paternal Soul.

SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN. BORN FEBRUARY 12, 1809. DIED APRIL 15, 1865.

Abraham Lincoln was born at Hodginville, Kentucky, on the 12th of February, 1809. His parents were poor, and his youth was thus a youth of labor. From the age of seven to that of nineteen, he worked on his father’s farm—his parents having removed to Indiana, and subsequently into Illinois. When nineteen years of age he left home and sought labor on the Mississippi river, as a hired hand on a flatboat plying between St. Louis and New Orleans. He subsequently built a similar vessel, which he personally managed, in the river traffic. Until 1832 his life was a continual struggle against adverse fortune, but it was prosecuted with a strong heart and firm hand. In 1832 the Indian war with Black Hawk broke out. Mr. Lincoln raised a company of volunteers in Menard county, Ill., and served through the war under General Samuel Whiteside.

The early career of Mr. Lincoln as a pioneer and in camp, had gradually trained and formed his character for more active life. His prominence in his county, as the former captain of a company, naturally gave him additional influence at home, on his return from the war, and, after beginning life as a lawyer, he soon became, also, a politician. In 1834, at the age of twenty-five, he was elected on the whig ticket, to the Illinois Legislature. In 1836, he was re-elected for a second term, during which he avowed conservative principles on the subject of slavery, and added much to his popularity by efforts to make Springfield the capital of the State. He also won credit by his action as Chairman of the Finance Committee in the Legislature. In 1846, after several years of retirement from political life, during which he had established himself as a highly successful lawyer, Mr. Lincoln was nominated for Congress, and was elected by the largest vote ever given to a whig candidate in his district. He served until 1849, and was active—in connection with Seward, Chase and Giddings—in the agitation of the Wilmot proviso, and in opposition to the Mexican war. From 1849 to 1854 he remained secluded at Springfield, taking, however, an active, though not prominent part, in the organization of the republican party, and in 1856 he ardently supported its first candidates, Fremont and Dayton. He had just been defeated in the Illinois Legislature for United States Senator, and, except during the Presidential canvass for 1856, when he was brought frequently in contact on the stump with Stephen A. Douglas, he remained quiet in his office at Springfield until 1858, when he became a candidate for Senator. During this canvass he made some of the most remarkable speeches of his life. In 1860 he was elected President of the United States.

On January 1st, 1863, President Lincoln declared in accordance with a previous proclamation, the freedom of all the slaves in the rebellious territory, a work which has since been consummated throughout all the Union by act of the States and the Federal Congress.

In 1864, Mr. Lincoln was re-elected to the Presidency, and was duly inaugurated, on the 4th of March, 1865. He will be remembered as long as the history of the American Republic endures, as a good man, who labored to do his duty, who bore the honors of a high station with meekness and humility, and who guided his country through dreadful perils to a happy and secure peace, upon the safe basis of democratic institutions.

THE ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE SECRETARY SEWARD. APRIL 14, 1865.

While the murder of Abraham Lincoln was in progress at Ford’s Theatre, another scene in the bloody tragedy was being enacted at the house of the Secretary of State. Mr. Seward, suffering from severe injuries, received shortly before by an accidental fall from his carriage, was lying in his bed, sick, suffering, and helpless. Within the invalid’s chamber all was sadness and gloom; for Mr. Seward’s life was the subject of much uncertainty and anxious fear. About nine o’clock in the evening the chamber of the Secretary was forcibly entered by a tall, muscular man, whose face could hardly be distinguished beneath the broad and drooping brim of his slouched hat, which was drawn over his brow. This man was Lewis Payne,—who had been procured to murder the Secretary of State, and who had effected his entrance into the house by stratagem, and had forced his way from the street-door to Mr. Seward’s chamber, pretending to be a messenger from the physician with medicine for Mr. Seward. Payne had pushed past the servant who had admitted him, and met with no opposition till he reached the Secretary’s door. There he was confronted by Mr. Frederick Seward, with whom he had a moment’s parley regarding his message to Mr. Seward; but finding that he could effect nothing in that way he struck the Secretary’s son on the head with a pistol, felling him to the floor, and crushing in his skull. Upon the instant he burst into the Secretary’s room, rushed up to the bed, and attacked the helpless, sick old man with a knife. Mr. Seward succeeded in rolling out on the floor; but not until he had received many and severe cuts about the throat and face.

All this had passed in so brief a time that not even a cry for help had been raised. The terrified nurses raised screams of distress about half a minute after the assassin’s entrance to the room, and a soldier, followed by Major Seward, rushed into the apartment. The soldier at once leaped upon the assassin, and tried to pull him backward; but Payne turned upon him, and stabbing him in the side, contrived to break away. He also struck and wounded Major Seward, and one of the attendants, who precipitated themselves upon him, and in the dreadful confusion following he succeeded in making his escape from the house.

THE INAUGURATION OF PRESIDENT JOHNSON.

On Saturday morning, April 15th, immediately after the death of President Lincoln, the following communication was addressed to Hon. Andrew Johnson, hitherto Vice-President of the Republic:

WASHINGTON CITY, April 15, 1865.

“SIR:—Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, was shot by an assassin last evening at Ford’s Theatre, in this city, and died at the hour of twenty-two minutes after seven o’clock. About the same time at which the President was shot, an assassin entered the sick chamber of the Hon. W. H. Seward, Secretary of State, and stabbed him in several places in the throat, neck and face, severely if not mortally wounding him.—Other members of the Secretary’s family were also dangerously wounded by the assassin while making his escape. By the death of President Lincoln the office of President has devolved under the Constitution upon you. The emergency of the Government demands that you should immediately qualify according to the requirements of the Constitution, and enter upon the duties of President of the United States. If you will please make known your pleasure, such arrangements as you deem proper will be made.

Your obedient servants, HUGH MCCULLOCH, Secretary of the Treasury. EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War. GIDEON WELLES, Secretary of the Navy. WILLIAM DENNISON, Postmaster-General. J. P. USHER, Secretary of the Interior. JAMES SPEED, Attorney-General.

To ANDREW JOHNSON, Vice-President of the United States.”

Mr. Johnson requested that the ceremonies should take place at his rooms at the Kirkwood House, in Washington, at ten o’clock on the morning of the 15th.

The Hon. Salmon P. Chase, Chief-Justice, of the United States, was notified of the fact, and desired to be in attendance to administer the oath of office.

At the above-named hour the following gentlemen assembled in the Vice-President’s room to participate in the ceremony: Hon. Salmon P. Chase, the Hon. Hugh McCulloch, Secretary of the Treasury; Mr. Attorney-General Speed; F. P. Blair, sr.; Montgomery Blair; Senators Foot of Vermont, Yates of Illinois, Ramsay of Minnesota, Stewart of Nevada, Hale of New Hampshire, and General Farnsworth, of Illinois.

After the presentation of the above letter, the Chief-Justice administered the following oath to Mr. Johnson:

“I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will, to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.”

After receiving the oath and being declared President of the United States, Mr. Johnson remarked:

“Gentlemen: I must be permitted to say that I have been almost overwhelmed by the announcement of the sad event which has so recently occurred. I feel incompetent to perform duties so important and responsible as those which have been so unexpectedly thrown upon me. As to an indication of any policy which may be pursued by me in the administration of the Government, I have to say that must be left for development as the Administration progresses. The message or declaration must be made by the acts as they transpire. The only assurance that I can now give of the future is reference to the past. The course which I have taken in the past in connection with this rebellion must be regarded as a guarantee of the future. My past public life, which has been long and laborious, has been founded, as I in good conscience believe, upon a great principle of right, which lies at the basis of all things. The best energies of my life have been spent in endeavoring to establish and perpetuate the principles of free government, and I believe that the government, in passing through its present perils, will settle down upon principles consonant with popular rights, more permanent and enduring than heretofore. I must be permitted to say, if I understand the feelings of my own heart, I have long labored to ameliorate and elevate the condition of the great mass of the American people. Toil and an honest advocacy of the great principles of free government have been my lot. The duties have been mine—the consequences are God’s. This has been the foundation of my political creed. I feel that in the end the government will triumph, and that these great principles will be permanently established. In conclusion, gentlemen, let me say that I want your encouragement and countenance. I shall ask and rely upon you and others in carrying the government through its present perils. I feel in making this request that it will be heartily responded to by you and all other patriots and lovers of the rights and interests of a free people.”

At the conclusion of the above remarks the President received the kind wishes of the friends by whom he was surrounded. A few moments were devoted to conversation. All were deeply impressed with the solemnity of the occasion.

THE CLOSE OF SHERMAN’S CAMPAIGN. SURRENDER OF GENERAL JOHNSTON.

In the latter part of March and the first days of April, 1865, the rebel army under General J. E. Johnston was encamped in the neighborhood of Smithfield, North Carolina, and was protecting Raleigh. General Sherman’s forces were at Goldsboro’, and in that vicinity. On the 6th of April the news of the Virginia victories reached General Sherman. Four days later, on the 10th inst., at daybreak, his army commenced its final advance against the enemy. Major-General H. W. Slocum took the two direct roads for Smithfield; Major-General O. O. Howard made a circuit by the right, and feigned up the Weldon road, to disconcert the enemy’s cavalry; Generals Terry and Kilpatrick moved on the west side of the Neuse river, and aimed to reach the rear of the enemy between Smithfield and Raleigh. General Schofield followed General Slocum, in support. All the columns met, within six miles of Goldsboro’, more or less cavalry, with the usual rail barricades, which were swept away as chaff; and by 10 A. M. of the 11th, the Fourteenth corps entered Smithfield, the Twentieth corps close at hand. Johnston had rapidly retreated across the Neuse river, and, having his railroad to lighten up his trains, could retreat faster than the National forces could pursue. The rains had also set in, making the resort to corduroy absolutely necessary to pass even ambulances. The enemy had burned the bridge at Smithfield, but, as soon as possible, Major-General Slocum got up his pontoons, and crossed over a division of the Fourteenth corps. News of the surrender of Lee’s army, at Appomattox Court House, Virginia, was here received, and was announced to the armies in orders, creating universal joy. “Not an officer or soldier of my armies,” says General Sherman, “but expressed a pride and satisfaction that it fell to the lot of the armies of the Potomac and James so gloriously to overwhelm and capture the entire army that had held them so long in check; and their success gave us new impulse to finish up our task.”

Marching still onward in rapid pursuit, General Sherman’s soldiers passed through Raleigh, on the 13th. Johnston was at Greensboro’, and his army was retreating from Hillsboro’, on all the roads leading to the former point.

Such was the position of affairs, when General Sherman received the first communication from his adversary, in reference to terms of capitulation. At noon, on the 17th, the two commanders met.

Says General Sherman: “Our interview was frank and soldier-like, and he gave me to understand that further war on the part of the Confederate troops was folly; that the ‘cause’ was lost, and that every life sacrificed after the surrender of Lee’s army was the highest possible crime. He admitted that the terms conceded to General Lee were magnanimous, and all he could ask; but he did want some general concessions that would enable him to allay the natural fears and anxieties of his followers, and enable him to maintain his control over them until they could be got back to the neighborhood of their homes, thereby saving the State of North Carolina the devastation which would result from turning his men loose and unprovided on the spot, and our pursuit across the State.

“He also wanted to embrace in the same general proposition the fate of all the Confederate armies that remained in existence. I never made any concession as to his own army, or assumed to deal finally and authoritatively in regard to any other; but it did seem to me that there was presented a chance for peace that might be deemed valuable to the government of the United States, and was at least worth the few days that would be consumed in reference. To push an enemy whose commander had so frankly and honestly confessed his inability to cope with me, were cowardly, and unworthy the brave men I led.”

On the 18th, the two Generals again met, and agreed upon a basis of terms for capitulation of the rebel army, to be referred to the President of the United States; and, in the mean time, a truce was declared between the belligerents. General Sherman improved the delay by rushing on the work on the railroad to Raleigh, and thus strengthening himself for battle—if battle should come. On the 23d, General Sherman learned that the government—President Lincoln being dead—disapproved of his basis for Johnston’s capitulation, and ordered the truce to end. He immediately notified his opponent, to that effect, and that the truce would end at noon on the 26th. On the night of the 25th, General Sherman received a letter from General Johnston, asking for another interview. By this time General Grant had arrived at Raleigh, and was in communication with General Sherman. The interview was granted; and, on the 26th of April, at 2 o’clock, Generals Sherman and Johnston met, and signed the articles of capitulation, by which the latter surrendered his whole army to the former.

General Sherman’s conduct, at this stage of the war, has been made the subject of adverse criticism by official persons of high station. These pages, however, have not space enough for the details of this controversy. Yet it should be said, in justice to one of the greatest warriors of history, that, throughout all his negotiations, and down to the close of his connection with the war, General Sherman’s conduct was that of a patriot, a soldier, and a gentleman. The terms finally allowed to General Johnston were the same that had previously been allowed to General Lee.

The following is General Sherman’s farewell address to his army:—

“HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI, } “In the Field, Washington, D. C., May 30, 1865. }

“The general commanding announces to the Armies of the Tennessee and Georgia that the time has come for us to part. Our work is done, and armed enemies no longer defy us. Some of you will be retained in service until further orders. And now that we are about to separate, to mingle with the civil world, it becomes a pleasing duty to recall to mind the situation of National affairs when, but a little more than a year ago, we were gathered about the twining cliffs of Lookout Mountain, and all the future was wrapped in doubt and uncertainty. Three armies had come together from distant fields, with separate histories, yet bound by one common cause—the union of our country and the perpetuation of the government of our inheritance. There is no need to recall to your memories Tunnel Hill, with its Rocky Face Mountain, and Buzzard Roost Gap, with the ugly forts of Dalton behind. We were in earnest, and paused not for danger and difficulty, but dashed through Snake Creek Gap, and fell on Resaca, then on to the Etowah, to Dallas, Kenesaw; and the heats of summer found us on the banks of the Chattahoochie, far from home and dependent on a single road for supplies. Again we were not to be held back by any obstacle, and crossed over and fought four heavy battles for the possession of the citadel of Atlanta. That was the crisis of our history. A doubt still clouded our future; but we solved the problem, and destroyed Atlanta, struck boldly across the State of Georgia, secured all the main arteries of life to our enemy, and Christmas found us at Savannah. Waiting there only long enough to fill our wagons, we again began a march, which for peril, labor, and results, will compare with any ever made by an organized army. The floods of the Savannah, the swamps of the Combahee and Edisto, the high hills and rocks of the Santee, the flat quagmires of the Pedee and Cape Fear rivers, were all passed in midwinter, with its floods and rains, in the face of an accumulating enemy; and, after the battles of Averasboro’ and Bentonville, we once more came out of the wilderness to meet our friends at Goldsboro’. Even then we paused only long enough to get new clothing, to reload our wagons, and again pushed on to Raleigh, and beyond, until we met our enemy, sueing for peace instead of war, and offering to submit to the injured laws of his and our country. As long as that enemy was defiant, nor mountains, nor rivers, nor swamps, nor hunger, nor cold had checked us; but when he who had fought us hard and persistently offered submission, your general thought it wrong to pursue him further, and negotiations followed which resulted, as you all know, in his surrender. How far the operations of the army have contributed to the overthrow of the Confederacy, of the peace which now dawns on us, must be judged by others, not by us. But that you have done all that men could do has been admitted by those in authority; and we have a right to join in the universal joy that fills our land because the war is over, and our government stands vindicated before the world by the joint action of the volunteer armies of the United States.

“To such as remain in the military service, your general need only remind you that successes in the past are due to hard work and discipline, and that the same work and discipline are equally important in the future. To such as go home, he will only say, that our favored country is so grand, so extensive, so diversified in climate, soil, and productions, that every man may surely find a home and occupation suited to his taste; and none should yield to the natural impotence sure to result from our past life of excitement and adventure. You will be invited to seek new adventure abroad; but do not yield to the temptation, for it will lead only to death and disappointment.

“Your general now bids you all farewell, with the full belief that, as in war you have been good soldiers, so in peace you will make good citizens; and if, unfortunately, new war should arise in our country, Sherman’s army will be the first to buckle on the old armor and come forth to defend and maintain the government of our inheritance and choice.

“By order of “Major-General W. T. SHERMAN.

“L. M. DAYTON, Assistant Adjutant-General.”

THE BIRKENHEAD RAMS.

During the war the United States consuls in various parts of the world often rendered important services to the country by detecting the ungenerous attempts made by European nations to aid the Confederacy by blockade runners, and by secretly fitting out iron-clads and other efficient craft for the use of the rebels.

Mr. Hammond, Consul to Dublin in the early part of the war, rendered efficient service in this respect, having prevented several vessels from being sent out as blockaders. But perhaps the most important service rendered by any consul was that which prevented the Birkenhead rams, two formidable iron-clads, from performing the rebel work for which they were intended. These rams were supposed for a long time to have been building in Egypt, for the Pacha of Egypt. That they were not completed and allowed to depredate on our commerce, is owing exclusively to the tact and energy of our Consul-General of Egypt, at the time residing in Alexandria. The history of this unwritten and hitherto unacknowledged service is this:

Said Pacha, late Viceroy of Egypt, during his European trip in 1862, visited the shipyard of Messrs. Laird & Co., Birkenhead, England, and being highly pleased with the works of these great ship-builders, gave an order on his return home to Mr. Broway, a French merchant widely known in the East for his extensive business connections with the Egyptian government, for two iron clads, which were to be constructed by the Messrs. Laird. Broway conveyed the order, as directed, and the rams were commenced. While the building of these iron-clads was in progress the Viceroy died, and his successor, Ismael Pacha, the present ruler of Egypt, was called upon by Monsieur Broway for the necessary payments, which that potentate declined giving. But Monsieur Broway being strongly backed by the Count De Morney, a near relative of the French Emperor, compelled Ismael Pacha to come to terms. Through this powerful influence, an arrangement was made, by which the Pacha was released from all further obligations regarding the same by a payment of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars to Broway, who for that sum took the contract on his own shoulders. It was, however, understood between the Viceroy and Monsieur Broway that this arrangement should be kept secret, and the same continue to be known as the Viceroy’s property until the vessels were completed and disposed of.

Early in September, 1863, telegrams from the Federal Minister at London and the Consul at Liverpool were sent to the United States Consul-General at Alexandria, stating that the two iron clads were ready for sea and would sail as Egyptian property unless satisfactory evidence of their real ownership and destination could be produced, as this alone would enable the United States Minister at London to stop them.

To procure that evidence was a delicate and difficult task, as it could only be obtained from the Viceroy himself. Great tact and a refinement of diplomacy was necessary even in approaching the Viceroy, who was bound to secrecy by his agreement with Broway. Still the evidence could be obtained from no other source.

The Consul-General, Mr. Thayers, had previously sailed for Europe on leave, entrusting the affairs of his mission to Francis Dainese, Esq., of Washington City, a gentleman of fine capacity, who possessed great experience in the language and customs of the Orient. The diplomatic talent of this gentleman had been tested in various responsible positions which he had held under the government, and being placed on terms of easy communication with the Viceroy, both by position and a thorough knowledge of the Turkish language, he was, perhaps, the only person at that time in Egypt who could have approached that potentate with any hope of success. With quiet tact Mr. Dainese obtained an interview with the Pacha, and enlightened him regarding the subtle and skilful designs which were carried on against the United States under his name. For the first time Ismael Pacha understood clearly that these rams were to be delivered under his name, and as his property, to the enemies of the United States. So vividly and earnestly did Mr. Dainese represent to His Highness the dangerous position in which this fraud would place himself and his government, that he obtained from the Pacha an official denial of his ownership in these rams, or that the Egyptian government was in any way connected with them.

On the 11th of September, 1863, Mr. Dainese telegraphed to Mr. Adams in London, that the Egyptian Government officially denied having any ownership, or being in any way concerned with the iron-clads of Birkenhead. By the steamer of the 13th of September, a certified copy of the document itself was forwarded to Mr. Adams.

The telegram reached London on the 12th of September, 1863, and the two rams were shortly after seized by the British Government, at the urgent request of our Minister, founded entirely on the intelligence obtained by Mr. Dainese. This transaction made a good deal of excitement at the time, both in England and this country, and great credit was certainly deserved by Mr. Dainese for his timely interference, which saved our commerce from fresh depredations. There was a degree of boldness in his action worthy of all praise, for he promptly undertook and accomplished this important affair, without instructions from Washington, and the result was communicated by him to the Secretary of State, in whose department the diplomatic correspondence is now on file. Perhaps this record will be the first ever made of a transaction so important to the country, but in a war like that which has swept over our land, all events bearing upon it should be matters of public history, and the man who serves his country as a diplomat can be no more overlooked, in strict justice, than the general who leads its armies to the field.

THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION. BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. JANUARY 1, 1863.

Whereas, on the twenty-second day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, a Proclamation was issued by the President of the United States, containing among other things the following, to wit:

“That on the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, all persons held as slaves within any State, or designated part of a State, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforth and forever free, and the Executive Government of the United States, including the military and naval authorities thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of such persons, and will do no act or acts to repress such persons, or any of them, in any efforts they may make for their actual freedom.

“That the Executive will, on the first day of January aforesaid, by proclamation, designate the States and parts of States, if any, in which the people thereof respectively shall then be in rebellion against the United States; and the fact that any State, or the people thereof, shall on that day be in good faith represented in the Congress of the United States by members chosen thereto at elections wherein a majority of the qualified voters of such State shall have participated, shall, in the absence of strong countervailing testimony, be deemed conclusive evidence that such State and the people thereof are not then in rebellion against the United States.”

Now, therefore, I, ABRAHAM LINCOLN, President of the United States, by virtue of the power in me vested as Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States in time of actual armed Rebellion against the authority and government of the United States, and as a fit and necessary war measure for suppressing said Rebellion, do, on this first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, and in accordance with my purpose so to do, publicly proclaimed for the full period of one hundred days from the day first above mentioned, order and designate as the States and parts of States wherein the people thereof respectively are this day in rebellion against the United States, the following, to wit: ARKANSAS, TEXAS, LOUISIANA (except the Parishes of St. Bernard, Plaquemines, Jefferson, St. John, St. Charles, St. James, Ascension, Assumption, Terre Bonne, Lafourche, St. Marie, St. Martin, and Orleans, including the City of New Orleans), MISSISSIPPI, ALABAMA, FLORIDA, GEORGIA, SOUTH CAROLINA, NORTH CAROLINA, and VIRGINIA (except the forty-eight counties designated as West Virginia, and also the counties of Berkeley, Accomac, Northampton, Elizabeth City, York, Princess Ann, and Norfolk, including the cities of Norfolk and Portsmouth), and which excepted parts are, for the present, left precisely as if this Proclamation were not issued.

And by virtue of the power and for the purpose aforesaid, I do order and declare that ALL PERSONS HELD AS SLAVES within said designated States and parts of States ARE, AND HENCEFORWARD SHALL BE FREE: and that the Executive Government of the United States, including the Military and Naval Authorities thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of said persons.

And I hereby enjoin upon the people so declared to be free, to abstain from all violence, unless in necessary self-defence, and I recommend to them that in all cases, when allowed, they labor faithfully for reasonable wages.

And I further declare and make known that such persons of suitable condition will be received into the armed service of the United States to garrison forts, positions, stations and other places, and to man vessels of all sorts in said service.

And upon this act, sincerely believed to be an act of justice, warranted by the Constitution, upon military necessity, I invoke the considerate judgment of mankind and the gracious favor of Almighty God.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name, and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.

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Done at the City of Washington, this first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, and of the Independence of the United States the eighty-seventh.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

By the President—WILLIAM H. SEWARD, Secretary of State.

PROCLAMATION.

WILLIAM H. SEWARD, SECRETARY OF STATE OF THE UNITED STATES,

To All to Whom these Presents May Come, Greeting:

Know ye, that, whereas, the Congress of the United States, on the 1st of February last, passed a resolution, which is in the words following, namely:

“A resolution submitting to the Legislatures of the several States a proposition to amend the Constitution of the United States:

“Resolved, By the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, two-thirds of both Houses concurring, that the following article be proposed to the Legislatures of the several States as an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which, when ratified by three-fourths of said Legislatures, shall be valid to all intents and purposes as a part of said Constitution, namely:

“ARTICLE XIII.

“SECTION 1. Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States or any place subject to their jurisdiction.

“SECTION 2. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.”

And, whereas, it appears from official documents on file in this department that the Amendment to the Constitution of the United States proposed as aforesaid has been ratified by the Legislatures of the States of Illinois, Rhode Island, Michigan, Maryland, New York, West Virginia, Maine, Kansas, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Ohio, Missouri, Nevada, Indiana, Louisiana, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Vermont, Tennessee, Arkansas, Connecticut, New Hampshire, South Carolina, Alabama, North Carolina, and Georgia, in all twenty-seven States;

And whereas, the whole number of States in the United States is thirty-six;

And whereas, the before specially named States, whose Legislatures have ratified the said proposed amendment, constitute three-fourths of the whole number of States in the United States;

Now, therefore, be it known that I, WILLIAM H. SEWARD, Secretary of State of the United States, by virtue and in pursuance of the second section of the act of Congress approved the 20th of April, 1818, entitled “An Act to provide for the publication of the laws of the United States and for other purposes,” do hereby certify that the amendment aforesaid HAS BECOME VALID TO ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES AS A PART OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Department of State to be affixed. Done at the City of Washington, this 18th day of December, in the year of our Lord 1865, and of the Independence of the United States of America the 90th.

WM. H. SEWARD, Secretary of State.

LIST OF FEDERAL VESSELS CAPTURED BY THE CONFEDERATE NAVY.

BY THE ALABAMA.

Name of Vessels. Where from. Date of Capture. Tonnage. Alert, bark New London Sept. 9, 1862 391 Altamaha, brig Sippican Sept. 13, 1862 300 Amanda, bark Manilla Oct. 6, 1863 595 Amazonian, bark New York June 2, 1863 481 A. F. Schmidt, ship St. Thomas July 2, 1863 784 Ariel, steamer New York Dec. 7, 1862 1295 Avon, ship Houland’s Island Mar. 29, 1864 930 B’n de Castine, brig Castine Oct. 29, 1862 267 Benj. Tucker, ship New Bedford Sept. 14, 1862 800 B. Thayer, ship Callao Mar. 1, 1863 896 Brilliant, ship New York Oct. 3, 1862 839 Charles Hill, ship Liverpool Nov. 25, 1863 699 Chastelain, brig Guadaloupe Jan. 27, 1863 240 Conrad, bark Montevideo June 20, 1863 347 Contest, ship Yokahama Nov. 11, 1863 1098 Corsair, schr. Provincetown Sept. 13, 1862 200 Crenshaw, schr. New York Oct. 23, 1862 278 Dorcas Prince, ship New York April 26, 1863 699 Dunkirk, brig New York Oct. —— 1863 298 E. Dunbar, bark New Bedford Sept. 18, 1862 300 E. Farnham, ship Portsmouth Oct. 3, 1862 1119 Emma Jane, ship Bombay Jan. 14, 1864 1096 Express, ship Callao July 6, 1863 1072 Golden Eagle, ship Howland’s Isl. Feb. 21, 1863 1273 Golden Rule, bark New York Jan. 26, 1863 250 Har’t Spaulding, bark New York Nov. 18, 1863 299 Hatteras, gunboat Galveston Jan. 13, 1863 800 Henrietta, bark Baltimore —— 1863 439 Highlander, ship Singapore Dec. 26, 1863 1149 Jabez Snow, ship New York Mar. 25, 1863 1070 John A. Park, ship New York Mar. 2, 1863 1050 Justina, bark Rio Janeiro May 25, 1863 400 Kate Cory, brig Westport April 15, 1863 125 Kingfisher, schr. Fairhaven Mar. 23, 1863 125 Lafayette, ship New York Oct. 23, 1862 945 Lafayette, bark New Bedford April 15, 1863 300 Lamplighter, bark New York Oct. 15, 1862 279 Loretta, bark New York Oct. 28, 1862 284 Levi Starbuck, ship New Bedford Nov. 2, 1862 376 Louisa Hatch, ship Cardiff —— 1863 835 Manchester, ship New York Oct. 11, 1862 1075 Martha Wenzell, bark Akyab Aug. 9, 1863 578 Martaban, ship Maulmain Dec. 24, 1863 807 Morning Star, ship Calcutta Mar. 23, 1863 1105 Nora, ship Liverpool Mar. 25, 1863 800 Nye, bark New Bedford April 24, 1863 300 Ocean Rover, bark Mattapoisett Sept. 8, 1862 766 Ocmulgee, ship Edgartown Sept. 6, 1862 300 Olive Jane, bark Bordeaux Feb. 21, 1863 300 Oneida, ship Shanghae April 24, 1863 420 Palmetto, schr. New York Feb. 3, 1863 172 Parker Cook, bark Boston Nov. 30, 1862 130 Punjaub, ship Calcutta Mar. 15, 1863 769 Rockingham, ship Callao April 23, 1864 976 Sea Bride, bark New York Aug. 5, 1863 447 Sea Lark, ship Boston May 3, 1863 974 S. Gildersleeve, ship Sunderland May 25, 1863 847 Sonora, ship Singapore Dec. 26, 1863 707 Starlight, schr. Fayal Sept. 7, 1862 205 Talisman, ship New York June 5, 1863 1239 T. R. Wood, ship Calcutta Nov. 8, 1863 599 Tonawanda, ship Philadelphia Oct. 9, 1862 1300 Tycoon, bark New York 735 Union Jack, bark New York May 3, 1863 300 Virginia, bark New Bedford Sept. 17, 1863 300 Washington, ship Callao Feb. 27, 1863 1655 Wave Crest, bark New York Oct. 7, 1862 409 Weather Gauge, schr. Provincetown Sept. 4, 1862 200 Winged Racer, ship Manila Nov. 10, 1863 1767

BY THE SHENANDOAH.

Abigail, bark New Bedford May 25, 1865 375 Adelaide, bark Boston Oct. 13, 1864 437 Alina, bark Newport, Eng. Oct. ——, 1864 470 Brunswick, bark New Bedford June ——, 1865 226 Catherine, bark New Bedford June 26, 1865 226 Charter Oak, schr. Boston Oct. ——, 1864 140 Congress 2d, bark New Bedford June 28, 1865 375 Covington, bark Warren, R. I. June 28, 1865 300 Delphine, bark London Jan. 13, 1865 698 D. Godfrey, bark Boston Dec. ——, 1864 299 Edward, bark New Bedford Dec. 4, 1864 420 Edward Cary, bark San Francisco April 1, 1865 370 Euphrates, ship New Bedford June 21, 1865 597 Favorite, bark Fairhaven June 28, 1865 360 Gen. Pike, bark New Bedford June 22, 1865 425 Gen. Williams, ship New London June 25, 1865 469 Gipsy, bark New Bedford June 26, 1865 390 Harvest, bark Honelulu April 1, 1865 350 Hector, ship New Bedford April 1, 1865 —— Hillman, ship New Bedford June 27, 1865 600 Isabella, bark New Bedford June 27, 1865 394 I. Howland, ship New Bedford June 28, 1865 900 James Maury, bark New Bedford June 28, 1865 400 Jireh Swift, bark New Bedford June 23, 1865 360 Kate Prince, ship Cardiff Nov. 12, 1864 997 Lizzie M. Stacy, schr. Boston Nov. 13, 1864 140 Martha 2nd, bark New Bedford June 28, 1865 298 Milo, ship New Bedford June 28, 1865 500 Nassau, ship New Bedford June 28, 1865 450 Nile, bark New London June 22, 1865 380 Nimrod, bark New Bedford June 25, 1865 340 Pearl, bark New London April 1, 1865 275 Sophia Thornton, ship New Bedford June 23, 1865 400 Susan Abigail, bark San Francisco June 23, 1865 159 Susan, brig San Francisco June 4, 1865 —— Waverley, bark New Bedford June 28, 1865 450 W. Thompson, ship New Bedford June 22, 1865 600 Wm. C. Nye, bark San Francisco June 26, 1865 388

BY THE FLORIDA.

Aldebaran, schr. New York Mar. 13, 1863 187 Anglo Saxon, ship Liverpool Aug. 21, 1863 868 Arabella, brig Aspinwall Jan. 12, 1863 291 B. F. Hoxie, ship Mazatlan June 16, 1863 1387 Clarence, brig Bahia —— 1863 253 Commonwealth, ship New York April 17, 1863 1245 Corris Ann, brig Philadelphia Jan. 22, 1863 235 David Lapsley, bark Sombrero —— 289 Electric Spark, str. New York July 10, 1864 1400 Estella, brig Manzanilla Jan. 17, 1863 300 F. B. Cutting, ship Liverpool Aug. 6, 1863 796 Geo. Latimer, schr. Baltimore May 18, —— 198 Gen. Berry, bark New York July 10, —— 469 Golconda, bark Talcahuana July 8, 1864 331 Greenland, bark Philadelphia July 9, 1864 549 Har’t Stephens, bark Portland —— 500 J. Jacob Bell, ship Foochow Feb. 12, 1863 1382 Kate Stewart, schr. Philadelphia June ——, 1863 387 Lapwing, bark Boston Mar. 27, 1863 590 Mary Alvina, brig Boston June ——, 1863 266 M. A. Schinler, schr. Port Royal June 12, 1863 299 Mary Y. Davis, schr. Port Royal July 9, 1864 270 M. J. Colcord, bark New York Mar. 30, 1863 374 Mondamin, bark Rio Janeiro Sept., 1864 386 Red Gauntlet, ship Buena Vista May 26, 1863 1038 Rienzi, schr. Provincetown July 7, 1863 95 Southern Rights, ship Rangoon Aug. 22, 1863 830 Southern Cross Boston June 6, 1863 938 Star of Peace, ship Calcutta Mar. 6, 1863 941 Sunrise, ship New York July ——, 1863 1174 Tacony, bark Port Royal June 12, 1863 296 Varnum H. Hill, schr. Provincetown June 27, 1862 90 Wm. B. Nash, brig New York July 8, 1863 299 Wm. C. Clark, brig Machias, Me. June 17, —— 338 Windward, brig Matanzas Jan. 22, 1863 199 Zealand, bark New Orleans June 10, 1864 380

BY THE SUMTER.

Abbie Bradford, schr. —— July 25, 1861 180 Albert Adams, brig Cuba July 5, 1861 192 Alvarado, bark Cape Town June ——, 1861 299 Arcade, schr. Portland Nov. 20, 1861 122 Benj. Dunning, brig Cuba July 5, 1861 284 B. F. Martin, brig Philadelphia June 16, 1861 293 California, bark St. Thomas 1861 299 Cuba, brig New York July 4, 1861 199 D. Trowbridge, schr. New York Oct. 27, 1861 200 Eben Dodge, bark New Bedford Dec. 8, 1861 1222 Glen, bark Philadelphia July, 1861 287 Golden Rocket, ship Havana July 13, 1861 608 Henry Nutt, schr. Key West Aug., 1861 235 Jos. Maxwell, bark Philadelphia July 27, 1861 295 Joseph Parks, brig Pernambuco Dec. 25, 1861 300 J. S. Harris, ship Cuba — 1861 800 Louisa Kilham, bark Cienfuegos July 6, 1861 468 Machias, brig —— July 4, 1862 250 Naiad, brig —— July 6, 1861 390 N. Chase, schr. New York Sept., 1861 150 Neapolitan, bark Messina Feb., 1862 322 Ocean Eagle Rockland Feb., 1861 290 Santa Clara, brig Porto Rico Feb., 1861 189 Sebasticock, ship Liverpool Feb., 1861 549 Vigilant, ship New York Dec. 3, 1861 650 West Wind, bark New York July 6, 1861 429 W. S. Robbins, bark Arroya June, 1861 460

BY THE TALLAHASSEE.

Adriatic, ship London Aug. 12, 1863 998 A. Richards, brig Glace Bay, C. B. Aug. 11, 1863 240 Arcole, ship New Orleans Nov. 3, 1863 663 Atlantic, schr. Addison, Me. 240 Bay State, bark Alexandria, Va. Aug. 11, 1863 199 Billow, brig Calais, Me. Aug. 10, 1863 173 Carrie Estelle, brig Machias, Me. Aug. 11, 1864 200 Castine, ship Callao Jan. 25, 1863 962 Coral Wreath, brig —— Aug. 11, 1863 260 Etta Caroline, str. —— Aug. 10, 1863 175 Flora Reed, schr. —— Aug. 15, 1863 150 Glenavon, bark Glasgow Aug. 13, 1863 795 Goodspeed, schr. Boston Nov. 2, 1864 280 Howard, bark —— Aug. 15, 1864 598 Jas. Littlefield, ship Cardiff Aug. 14, 1864 599 J. H. Howen, schr. Gloucester Aug. 14, 1864 81 L. Dupont, schr. Wilmington, Del. Aug. 13, 1864 194 Magnolia, schr. —— Aug. 15, 1864 170 Mercy Howe, schr. Chatham Aug. 15, 1864 143 N. America, schr. Connecticut — 1864 95 P. C. Alexander, bark New York — 1864 284 Pearl, schr. —— Aug. 16, —— 183 Rasselas, schr. Boothbay, Me. Aug. 23, 1863 90 Roan, brig Salisbury Aug. 20, 1864 127 S. A. Boyce, schr. Boston Aug. 11, 1864 220 Sarah Louisa, schr. —— 1864 61 Spokane, schr. Calais, Me. Aug. 12, 1864 126

BY THE TACONY.

Ada, schr. Gloucester June 23, 1863 90 Arabella, brig Gloucester June 12, 1863 200 Archer, schr. Gloucester June 24, 1863 100 Byzantium, ship London June 16, 1863 1048 Elizabeth Ann, schr. Gloucester June 22, 1863 100 Florence, schr. Gloucester June 22, 1863 200 Goodspeed, bark Londonderry June 23, 1863 629 Isaac Webb, ship Liverpool June 20, 1863 1300 L. A. Macomber, schr. Noank June 20, 1863 100 Marengo, schr. Gloucester June 22, 1863 200 Ripple, schr. Gloucester June 22, 1863 150 Rufus Choate, Gloucester June 22, 1863 100 Shattemuc, ship Liverpool June 24, 1863 849 Umpire, brig Laguna June 15, 1863 196 Wanderer, schr. Gloucester June 22, 1863 125

BY THE CLARENCE.

A. H. Partridge, schr. Gloucester June 7, 1863 100 C. Cushing, cutter Portland June 24, 1863 150 Whistling Wind, bark Philadelphia June 6, 1863 349

BY THE SALLIE.

Betsey Ames, brig Cuba Oct. — 1861 265 Grenada, brig Neuvitas Oct. 13, 1861 255

BY THE GEORGIA.

Bold Hunter, ship Dundee Dec. 9, 1863 797 City of Bath, ship Callao June 28, 1863 79 Constitution, ship Philadelphia June 25, 1863 97 Crown Point, ship New York May 15, 1863 1053 Dictator, ship Liverpool April 25, 1863 1293 Geo. Griswold, ship Cardiff June 18, 1863 1280 Good Hope, bark Boston June 22, 1863 436 John Watt, ship Maulmain Oct. 1863 947 J. W. Seaver, bark Boston June 22, 1863 340 Prince of Wales, ship Callao July 16, 1863 960

BY THE JEFF. DAVIS.

D. C. Pierce, bark Remedios June, 1861 306 Ella, schr. Tampico 1861 92 Enchantress, schr. Boston July 16, 1861 200 Jno. Crawford, ship Philadelphia Aug., 1861 John Welsh, brig Trinidad July 16, 1861 275 Rowena, bark Laguayra June, 1861 340 S. J. Waring, schr. New York July 16, 1861 372 W. McGilvery, brig Cardenas July, 1861 198

BY THE WINSLOW.

Herbert, schr. June 18, 1861 100 Itasca, brig Neuvitas Aug. 4, 1861 300 Mary Alice, schr. Porto Rico July, 1861 181 Priscilla, schr. Curacoa July, 1861 144 Transit, schr. New London July 15, 1861 195

BY THE CHICKAMAUGA.

Albion Lincoln, bark Portland Oct. 29, 1864 237 Emma L. Hall, bark Cardenas Oct. 31, 1864 492 Mark L. Potter, bark Bangor Oct. 30, 1864 400 Shooting Star, ship New York Oct. 31, 1864 947

BY THE OLUSTEE.

A. J. Bird, schr. Rockland Nov. 3, 1864 178 Empress Teresa, bark Rio Janeiro Nov. 1, 1864 316 E. F. Lewis, schr. Portland Nov. 3, 1864 197 T. D. Wagner, brig Fort Monroe Nov. 3, 1864 390

BY THE RETRIBUTION.

Emily Fisher, brig St. Jago Mar. 1863 230 Hanover, schr. Boston Jan. 31, 1863 200 J. P. Ellicott, brig Boston Jan. 10, 1863 231

BY THE ST. NICHOLAS.

Mary Pierce, schr. Boston July 1, 1862 192 Margaret, schr. June 29, 1862 206 Monticello, brig Rio Janeiro July 1, 1862 300

BY THE CALHOUN.

John Adams, schr. Provincetown May, 1861 100 Mermaid, schr. Provincetown May, 1861 200 Panama, brig Provincetown May 29, 1861 153

BY THE NASHVILLE.

Harvey Birch, ship Havre Nov. 19, 1862 800 R. Gilfillan, schr. Philadelphia Feb. 26, 1862 240

BY THE BOSTON.

Lenox, bark New York June 12, 1863 370 Texana, bark New York June 12, 1863 588

BY THE SAVANNAH.

Joseph, brig Cardenas June 15, 1861 171

BY THE LAPWING.

Kate Dywer, ship Callao June 17, 1863 1278

BY THE ECHO.

M. E. Thompson, brig July 9, 1862 210 Mary Goodell, schr. July 9, 1862 200

BY THE YORK.

G. V. Boker, schr. Galveston Aug. 9, 1861 100

BY THE CONRAD.

Santee, ship Akyab Aug. 5, 1863 898

BY THE TUSCARORA.

Living Age, ship Akyab Sept. 13, 1863 1193

MISCELLANEOUS.

A. B. Thompson, ship Savannah May. 19, 1861 800 Alleghanian, ship Baltimore Oct. 21, 1862 1142 Alliance, schr. Philadelphia Sept. 1863 190 Boston, tug June 9, 1863 100 Chesapeake, steamer New York Dec. 7, 1863 460 Golden Rod, schr. Holmes’ Hole Sept. 1863 130 Hannah Balch, brig Cardenas July 6, 1862 149 Harriet Lane, gunbt. Galveston Jan. 11, 1863 325 James L. Gerity, Matamoros Oct. 1863 90 J. R. Watson, schr. New York July 13, 1861 200 Lydia Francis, brig June 15, 1862 262 Pearl, schr. Moriches 1862 183 Protector, schr. Cuba June, 1861 200 Sea Bird, schr. Philadelphia 1863 200 Sea Witch, schr. Baracoa 1861 95 Union, schr. Baltimore Dec. 5, 1862 115

—From the Commercial and Financial Chronicle.

CHRONOLOGY.

1862.

=May 7.= A detachment of the 13th Ind., Col. Foster, was led into an ambush at Somerville Heights, Va., by a superior force of rebels of the 7th Louisiana. After a severe skirmish, Col. Foster made an orderly retreat, with the loss of 29 men, inflicting equal loss to the enemy.

7. The 23d Ohio, Maj. Canley, drove a rebel force from Giles’s Court House, and the narrows of New river, W. Va., and captured 20 prisoners and some stores.

8. Skirmish near Corinth, Miss., by the 7th Ill. cavalry, Maj. Arlington, in which their commander was killed. 4 Federals wounded. Rebel loss 30.

8. The iron-clad steamer Galena, assisted by the gunboats Aroostook and Port Royal, attacked and silenced two rebel batteries a short distance from the mouth of the James river, Va., called the Upper and Lower shoal batteries. But trifling damage was experienced by the Federal vessels, and no casualties.

8. A reconnoissance in force was made by the united forces of Gens. Schenck and Milroy, near McDowell, W. Va., with 2,300 men, to check the advance of a superior force of rebels then threatening to attack them. An engagement of 5 hours’ duration ensued, in which 30 of the Feds. were killed and 200 wounded. The loss of the enemy is computed to have been greater. The movement was successful in checking the advance of the rebs., and the Fed. force was safely withdrawn to Franklin, the rebels showing no disposition to renew the combat.

8. An address was issued to the democracy of the U. S. setting forth party organization as essential to the preservation of public liberty. It was signed by Messrs. Richardson, Knapp, and Robinson, of Ill.; Law and Voorhees of Ind.; White, Allen Noble, Morris, Pendleton, and Vallandigham, of Ohio; Ancona and Johnson, of Penn., and Shields, of Oregon.

8. A bill passed by the U. S. Senate, establishing Beaufort, S. C., as a port of entry.

9. Two guerrillas were hung at Chester, W. Va., in conformity with orders based on a proclamat’n of Gen. Fremont.

9. Gen. Hunter proclaimed the persons in the States of Ga., Fa., and S. C., heretofore held as slaves, “forever free.”

9. Burning Springs, W. Va., was burned by rebel guerrillas.

9. Pensacola, Fla., evacuated by the rebs. after setting fire to forts, navy yard barracks and Marine hospital.

9. Capt. Connet and 48 men of the 27th Ind., were captured 12 miles from Athens, Ala., by a superior cavalry force under Col. Woodward. 13 rebs. and 5 Feds. were killed.

9. At Farmington, 5 miles N. W. of Corinth, Miss., the rebs. in great force under Ruggles, Price and Van Dorn, attacked Plummer’s and Palmer’s brigades, attached to Maj.-Gen. Pope’s division, and compelled them to retreat. A brilliant cavalry charge was made by the 2d Iowa, who lost 90 horses, 2 men killed and 40 wounded. The entire Fed. loss was about 40 killed and 120 wounded. The reb. loss was much greater.

9. The prize steamer P. C. Wallis, while on the way from Ship Isl. to N. O., with a battery of artillery on board, sprung a leak and sunk. The crew were saved by the gunboat Saxon.

9. Two recruits for the Fed. army at Washington, N. C., assassinated by rebs.

9. A company of rebs. under Capt. Walker, attempted to surprise Fed. officers at Washington, N. C. Capt. Redding’s company of 24th Mass., acting as pickets, killed Capt. Walker and 5 men. No Feds. were injured.

10. A spirited naval engagement occurred on the Miss. above Fort Wright. The Fed. gunboats besieging that place, under the command of Acting-Flag-Officer Davis, were attacked by the rebel gunboats and rams then stationed at that post, who after a half hour’s contest were forced to retire. The Fed. gunboats Cincinnati and Mound City were badly injured in the contest, and the reb. vessels also were considerably cut up, though the casualties on either side were small.

10. White House, on the Pamunkey river, Va., occupied by Federal cavalry, 7,000 bushels of wheat and 4,000 of corn captured.

10. $800,000 in specie seized by Gen. Butler in New Orleans, at the office of the Consul for the Netherlands.

=May 10.= New Kent C. H., Va., occupied by Gen. Stoneman’s Fed. cavalry.

10. The iron-clad steamer Ironsides was launched at Philadelphia.

10. The reb. schooner Maria Theresa, was captured by the U. S. gunboat Unadilla.

10. Norfolk, Va., was occupied by Fed. troops under Gen. Wool.

10. A plot discovered in Paducah, Ky. by which the town was to be handed over to the rebs. within a week. Information was given by one of the conspirators.

11. The fortifications of Craney I., Va., taken possession of by the Nat’l forces.

11. 48 freight and 4 passenger cars, and 2 locomotives were captured by 140 reb. cavalry under Col. Morgan, at Cave City, Ky.

11. Col. Phelan’s reb. camp at Bloomfield, Mo., was broken up by the 1st Wis. cavalry.

11. A reb. lieutenant and 10 men were captured by Maj. Duffie’s command, Harris’ Light cavalry, near Fredericksburg, Va.

11. The reb. iron-plated steamer Merrimac was abandoned by her crew and blown up off Craney Island, Va., the retreat of the rebel forces from Yorktown and Norfolk isolating her from the Confederate forces.

12. The reb. steamer Governor Morton captured.

13. General Fremont, with his command, reached Franklin, W. Va., advancing by forced marches. Maj.-Gen. Halleck issued an order expelling newspaper correspondents from his lines.

13. Martial law enforced in Charleston, S. C.

13. Reb. Gen. Jackson made an unsuccessful attack on Gens. Milroy and Schenck’s brigades near McDowell, Va., Fed. loss 20 killed and 177 wounded. Reb. loss 40 killed, 200 wounded. Feds. lost their camps, baggage, and stores.

13. Reb. armed steamer Planter, was run out of Charleston, S. C., by a negro crew, and surrendered to Commander Parrott, of the steamer Augusta.

13. Suffolk, Va., occupied by Federal troops under Maj. Dodge.

13. Gen. Butler forbid the opening of churches on the 15th inst. in N. O., for the purpose of observing a fast day prescribed by Jeff. Davis.

13. Attack on Fort Wright, Miss. river, by reb. mortar and gunboats.

13. Slight skirmish near Monterey, Tenn., by Gen. Smith’s troops. Reb. loss 10; Union 2.

13. Natchez, Miss., surrendered to flag-officer Farragut.

14. A skirmish near Trenton Bridge, N. C. Col. Amory with 17th and 25th Mass. defeated a reb. force, killing 10 of them.

14. Rebel steamer Alice captured in Roanoke river by U. S. steamers Ceres and Lockwood.

14. A party consisting of four officers’ servants and several convalescent soldiers, in charge of Surgeon Charles Newham, 29th N. Y. V., when on the road to Moorfield, were attacked while passing through a gap on Lost river, near Wartonsville. With the exception of Dr. Newham, who, though severely wounded succeeded in cutting his way through, the whole party were either killed or taken prisoners.

15. The Fed. iron battery Monitor, together with the mailed gunboats Galena and E. A. Stevens, attacked Fort Darling, on Watches Bluff, 6 miles below Richmond, on the James river. The fight continued for four hours, when the ammunition of the Galena having become exhausted, the Fed. vessels retired. The Galena was badly damaged, and lost 17 men killed and about 20 wounded. The large rifled gun of the E. A. Stevens burst early in the action. All the vessels engaged under great disadvantage in not being able to obtain sufficient elevation of their guns to bear on the high bluffs occupied by the enemy.

15. A company of infantry from Gen. Geary’s command were attacked by a body of rebel cavalry. Fed. loss 17.

15. Slight skirmish near Batesville, Ark., by 5th Ill. cavalry, Lieut. Smith.

16. U. S. steamer Oriental wrecked near Cape Hatteras, N. C.

16. Reb. newspapers suppressed in N. Orleans by Gen. Butler, and the circulation of Confederate notes prohibited.

16. Skirmish near Trenton, N. C. U. S. cavalry attacked a detachment of rebs. in ambush, and scattered them, killing 6 or 8, and wounding a larger number. Maj. Fitzsimmons of the cavalry wounded, and Lieut. Mayes and four men taken prisoners.

17. A successful movement was made by a portion of Gen. W. T. Sherman’s division of the army investing Corinth, by which the rebs. were driven from their position at Russell’s House, two miles from Corinth. 12 of the rebel dead were left on the field, but all their wounded were removed. Gen. M. L. Smith’s brigade, of the Fed. army, lost 10 killed and 31 wounded.

17. Gen. Carleton’s brigade entered Arizona; Col. West’s regiment arrived at Luczon; and raised the National flag over the ruins of Fort Breckinridge.

17. The advance of the Army of the Potomac reached Bottom’s Bridge on the Chickahominy river.

18. Engagement near Searey, on Little Red river, Ark. 150 men of Gen. Osterhaus’s troops engaged and defeated a superior force of the enemy, in which the latter lost about 100 men.

18. A fight near Princeton, Va., in which Gen. Cox’s troops were defeated, with a loss of 30 killed and 70 wounded, by a rebel force under Humphrey Marshall.

18. Suffolk, Va., occupied by Feds.

19. The Army of the Potomac resumed its march from Cumberland across the Peninsula towards Richmond.

19. White House, on the Pamunkey, selected as the general depot of supplies for the Army of the Potomac.

19. Gens. Heintzelman and Keys, with 40,000 men, marched for Bottom’s Bridge, on the Chickahominy.

19. Gen. McClellan, with his main army, reached Tunstall’s Station.

19. A skirmish near Newbern, N. C. Fed. loss 5; reb. 11.

19. Lieut. Whitesides and 8 men of the 6th cavalry, captured a train of reb. Gen. Whiting’s, with 100 mules and 8 negroes.

19. John T. Monroe, Mayor of N. Orleans, and other city officers, arrested by Gen. Butler and sent to Fort Jackson.

19. Pres. Lincoln, by proclamation, declared null and void general order No. 11 of Maj.-Gen. Hunter, commanding at Hilton Head, S. C., and dated May 9, in which he pronounced the slaves of the States of Georgia, Florida and South Carolina “forever free.” The President asked the serious consideration of the States interested, to the resolution of Congress of May 6, 1862, offering to aid any State which should adopt a gradual abolition of slavery.

19. Typhoid and bilious fevers raging among the Fed. soldiers at Norfolk, Va. Deaths about 10 daily. The steamer Vanderbilt took 500 of the sick from Yorktown to Baltimore.

19. A boat from the Wachusett, manned by 6 officers and 12 men, with a flag of truce conveying a surgeon on shore, who had been sent a short distance above City Point, on the James river, Va., was fired on by a party of 20 or 30 rebs. while the surgeon and other officers were on shore. Three of the men in the boat were killed, and 2 wounded; while the party who had landed were made prisoners, and sent to Richmond.

20. Edward Stanley, of N. C., received a Fed. commission as Military Governor of that State.

20. Skirmish near Moorfield, Va. A party of soldiers under Lieut.-Col. Downey, captured 12 and killed 4 guerrillas.

20. 17 wagons and 86 mules with government stores were captured 20 miles from Rolla, Mo.

20. Reb. works on Cole’s Island, S. C., burned.

20. The advance of Gen. McClellan’s army under Gen. Stoneman, reached New Bridge, on the Chickahominy creek, 8 miles from Richmond, driving in the enemy’s outposts. The enemy had then no forces south of the Chickahominy. Gen. Stoneman lost 1 killed and 3 wounded.

20. Lieut.-Cols. McIlhanny, Rawlings, Thursman, and Davis, four rebel officers, were captured by Brig.-Gen. Totten, while they were about to cross the Missouri river, above Jefferson City, on a mission to stir up rebellion in Missouri.

21. Skirmish near Corinth, Miss., by troops from the 1st and 20th Ky., under Fed. Col. Sedgewick. Union loss 25.

22. Lieut. E. R. Colbarn of the Fed. gunboat Hunchback, commander of the U. S. Naval forces in North Carolina waters, in company with the gunboats Shansun and Whitehead, destroyed several rebel fortifications on the Mehirun and Chowan rivers, and captured 3 or 4 vessels laden with valuable cargoes.

23. The reb. steamer Daniel E. Miller, with military stores and 60 recruits, for Memphis, was captured on the St. Francis river, by the 1st Wis. cavalry, Capt. Daniels, he having a 6-pounder on shore.

23. Col. J. R. Kenly, with the 1st Md. regiment, part of the 29th Penn. reg’t, and a small force of N. Y. cavalry, was attacked at Front Royal, Va., by a large force of rebs. under Gen. Jackson. After brave resistance the Feds. were defeated, and Col. Kenly, with the larger part of the Md. reg’t taken prisoners.

23. Gen. Heath, with 3,000 men, attacked the Fed. force under Col. Crook, at Lewisburg, Va.: after a severe fight the rebs. were routed. Crook’s force numbered 1,300. Fed. loss 10 killed, 40 wounded, and 8 missing. The loss of the enemy much greater. 4 cannon, 200 stands of arms, and 100 prisoners were captured.

=May 23.= A portion of the 4th Mich. and 5th U. S. cavalry succeeded in crossing the Chickahominy, and getting, unperceived in the rear of four companies of the 5th Louisiana reg’t, which had been drawn toward the creek by the sight of a portion of the Fed. forces on the opposite bank. Many of the rebs. were killed, 15 wounded, and 31 taken prisoners. One Union soldier killed, and 6 wounded.

23. Grand Gulf, Miss., shelled by Fed. gunboats in retaliation for the firing on Fed. transports by a masked battery near that place.

23. Gen. McClellan’s army crossed Bottom’s Bridge on the Chickahominy, and his advance was within 7 miles of Richmond.

24. Two Ga. reg’ts under Gen. Cobb, were attacked near Williamsville, by portions of 4 reg’ts belonging to Gen. Davidson’s brigades, attached to Gen. McClellan’s army before Richmond. The Fed. soldiers drove the rebs. from the town, with considerable loss. Fed. casualties 2 killed and 4 wounded.

24. The 4th Mich. encountered the 5th Louisiana a short distance above New Bridge, on the Chickahominy. 37 rebs. captured, and about 50 killed and wounded. Fed. loss 10.

24. All the railroads in the U. S. claimed by the government for military purposes.

24. The steamer Swan, with 1,000 bales of cotton and 800 bbls. rosin, captured off Cuba by U. S. brig Bainbridge and bark Amanda.

25. Gen. N. P. Banks, with 4,000 men, was attacked at Winchester, at daylight, by about 15,000 rebs. under Gens. Ewell and Johnson. After a spirited resistance Gen. Banks made good his retreat to Martinsburg.

25. A riot in Baltimore, created by the excitement caused on hearing of the defeat and capture of a large part of Col. Kenly’s Md. regiment. Many secessionists who expressed joy at hearing of the misfortune, were roughly handled by the friends of the regiment.

26. After a five hours’ chase the English iron steamer Cambria, with a cargo of stores for the rebs., was captured off Charleston, S. C., by the Fed. gunboat Huron.

26. Col. Cluseret, with the advance brigade of Gen. Fremont’s army, overtook the rebel Gen. Jackson’s forces, in full retreat, on the road from Winchester to Strasburg, Va. 25 of the rebs. were captured. Their killed and wounded unknown. 7 Fed. soldiers wounded.

26. British steamer Patras captured off Charleston, S. C., by U. S. gunboat Bienville.

26. N. Y. and Mass. militia left home for Washington at one day’s notice.

27. The English steamer Gordon, captured off Wilmington, N. C., by the gunboats State of Georgia and Victoria.

27. Gens. Martindale and Butterfield’s brigades engaged and defeated a rebel force of 8,000 near Hanover C. H., Va. Fed. loss 54 killed and 194 wounded and missing. Rebel loss between 2 and 300 killed and wounded, and 500 prisoners.

28. Engagement on the Corinth road, Miss. A reconnoissance by the 10th Iowa, Col. Purcell, of Gen. Halleck’s forces, met and fought a rebel force. Federal loss 25 killed and wounded; 30 reb. dead left on the field.

28. Gens. Denver and Smith of Sherman’s division, and Gen. Veatch, obtained possession of a strong position within 1,300 yards of the rebel lines at Corinth, Miss., giving the Federal army command of the enemy’s lines. Union loss 6 killed, 12 wounded.

29. Capt. Frisbee, commanding a detachment of the 38th Ill. infantry, and the 1st Mo. cavalry, captured, near Neosho, Mo., 2 colonels, 1 lieutenant, a number of guns and revolvers, 15 horses, and a large train of forage and provisions.

29. English steamer Elizabeth, captured off Charleston, S. C., by U. S. gunboat Keystone State.

29. Ashland, Va., occupied by Federal troops, and a large number of cars with valuable rebel stores were captured.

29. Skirmish at Pocotaligo, S. C. Reb. loss about 20 killed and wounded; Union loss 11.

30. Booneville, 24 miles S. of Corinth, Miss., occupied by 2 regiments of Fed. cavalry under Col. Elliott, a large amount of stores destroyed, with depot, engines, and cars, and 200 rebel sick captured and paroled.

30. Capture of Corinth, Miss., by Gen. Halleck’s army. 2,000 rebel prisoners, and large supplies taken.

30. Col. Elliott, with the 2nd Iowa cavalry, by forced marches from Corinth Miss., penetrated the enemy’s lines to Booneville, on the Ohio and Mobile railway. They tore up the track in many places north and south of that point, destroyed the locomotives, and 26 cars laden with supplies for the rebel army. They also took 10,000 stand of arms, 3 pieces of artillery, large quantities of clothing and ammunition, and paroled 2,000 prisoners.

30. On the Winchester road, six miles from Front Royal, Va., a body of Fed. troops attacked a body of rebels, who fled at the first fire, leaving six of their number prisoners, but bearing away their killed and wounded. 1 English 12-pdr., and 12 wagons were captured; and 6 of the 1st Maryland regiment, who were captured in a previous battle at Front Royal, were released.

30. A brigade of National troops, with 4 companies of R. I. cavalry, entered Front Royal, Va., and surprised the 8th La., and 12th Ga. troops, capturing 6 officers and 150 men, killing and wounding 20, and securing 2 engines, 11 cars, and various stores. Fed. loss 8 killed 5 wounded.

30. 13 of the 11th Pa. cavalry captured near Zuni, Va.

31. Skirmish at Neosho, Mo. The 10th Ill. cavalry and 300 militia, under Capt. Richardson, were driven from the town by rebs. and Indians, under Maj. Wright after a slight resistance, and a quantity of plunder obtained by the enemy.

31. Baton Rouge, La., occupied by Federal troops under Gen. Williams.

31. Skirmish near Washington, N. C., by a party of the 3rd N. Y. cavalry, in which reb. cavalry were defeated with a loss of 11. Federal loss, 22 wounded.

31. Six reb. prisoners ordered to be executed by Gen. Butler, at N. O., for violating their parole.

31. Battle of Fair Oaks, Va. General Casey’s division, after a gallant resistance were overwhelmed by the reb. army. At night the rebs. occupied the camps of the 4th corps, but their advance was broken. Gens. Couch, Heintzelman, Kearney, Richardson, and Sedgwick, arrived on the field at night with reinforcements.

=June 1.= Col. Elliott with the 2d Ohio cavalry, returned to Corinth, Miss., from a successful raid on the Mobile and Ohio railroad. He burned 2 locomotives and 20 cars loaded with supplies, destroyed 10,000 muskets, and captured 2,000 prisoners.

1. Gen. Dix assigned to command Fortress Monroe and vicinity.

1. Rebel fortification at Pig Point, Va., destroyed.

1. Skirmish between Strasburg and Staunton, Va., between Gen. Fremont and Gen. Jackson’s troops, with but slight results. Fed. loss about 12, mostly woun’d.

1. The reb. army renew the attack on the Fed. forces at Fair Oaks, Va., when the enemy were defeated and driven from the field, with a loss of 8,000 killed and wounded. Fed. loss 5,739.

1. Gen. Wool promoted to a Maj. Generalship U. S. army.

1. Two boats’ crews from the U. S. bark Kingfisher captured on the Ocilla river, Florida.

1. Skirmish near Strasburg, Va., by Col. Cluseret’s Fed. troops and Ashby’s cavalry.

3. Maj.-Gen. Robert E. Lee assigned to the command of the rebel army in front of Richmond.

4. Skirmish near Jasper, Tenn. Gen. Negley’s troops routed a large force of reb. cavalry under Gen. Adams, capturing 25, with a large quantity of arms, and killing and wounding 12.

4. Sixteen hundred of Gen. Prentiss’s troops captured at Pittsburg Landing, arrived at Nashville, on parole.

4. Forts Pillow and Randolph, on the Mississippi, were evacuated by the rebs. and occupied by Fed. forces on the ensuing day.

5. The 24th Mass. were attacked from an ambush, near Washington, N. C. 7 men were killed and several wounded.

5. Skirmish at New Bridge, on the Chickahominy, by Gen. M’Clellan’s forces.

5. Sharp skirmish on James Island, S. C., by the “Roundhead” Pa. reg’t and the 8th Michigan with rebels.

6. The 1st N. J. cavalry were caught in an ambush near Harrisonburg, Va., and sustained considerable loss. Col. Windham was captured. Gen. Bayard’s brigade engaged the rebels at that point and defeated them.

6. Engagement between the Fed. gunboats and rams and a reb. fleet in front of Memphis, in which 4 of the latter were sunk or captured, and one escaped. 100 reb. prisoners taken. Fed. loss none. Memphis occupied by Federals.

7. Wm. Mumford, a citizen of New Orleans, was hung for pulling down the American flag from the mint.

7. Bombardment of rebel batteries at Chattanooga, Tenn., by Gen. Negley’s command.

7. Schooner Rowena captured in Stono river by the Pawnee.

8. Lieut. John G. Sprotsden, executive officer of the U. S. gunboat Seneca, was killed by a reb. named George Huston, captain of a band of marauders near Black Creek, Fla. The lieutenant had been despatched with a force of 70 men to arrest Huston and his gang, and had surrounded his house and demanded a surrender, when he was shot by Huston, who was in turn desperately wounded and captured.

=June 8.= Battle of Cross-Keys, Va., near Port Republic. Gen. Fremont drove Gen. Stonewall Jackson with considerable loss.

8. Skirmish on James Island, S. C., by Col. Morrow’s Federal troops.

9. Battle of Port Republic, Va. Gen. Shields with 3,500 men was attacked by 12,000 rebs. under Jackson. Union troops retreated after severe loss on both sides.

10. Skirmish on James Island, S. C. About 500 rebs. advanced on the Federal lines for the purpose of captur’g pickets, when they encountered the 97th Pa. regiment, and 2 companies of the 45th Pa. The rebs. were defeated, leaving 15 dead and 2 wounded on the field. Fed. loss, 4 killed and 13 wounded.

10. Fed. expedit’n up the White river, when near St. Charles was fired into from mask’d batteries, and the gunboat Mound City received a shot in her boiler which occasioned the destruction of 100 of her crew by scalding, 23 only escaping. The reb. works were captured by the land forces under Col. Fitch, who took 30 prisoners.

10. Baldwin and Guntown, Miss., 24 miles from Corinth, occupied by Federal forces under Gen. Granger, at which places the pursuit of Beauregard’s army from Corinth terminated.

11. Skirmish near Montgomery, Ky. Feds. under Capts. Nicklin and Blood engaged a force of guerrillas, and captured 25 of them, several of their number being killed or wounded. 2 Feds. were killed.

11. A rebel battery of 4 guns captured at James Island, S. C.

12. A rebel cavalry force of 1,400 men, under Gen. J. E. B. Stuart, left Richmond before daylight, by the Charlottesville turnpike, and penetrated the Fed. lines to Hanover C. H., and the White House on the Pamunkey, and then by the way of New Kent C. H., crossed the Chickahominy near Blind Ford, returning to Richmond by the Charles City road. In their foray they were eminently successful. In an engagement with a small force of U. S. cavalry 3 or 4 of the Feds. were killed, and also 2 teamsters. The rebs. captured about 50 prisoners, burned 2 schooners and 40 wagons laden with supplies, destroyed the tents of the U. S. cavalry regiment, and also some hospital stores. The mules attached to the wagons were driven off by the rebs. in their retreat.

12. A fight near Village Creek, Ark. The 9th Ill. cavalry, Col. Brackett, engaged Hooker’s reb. company, and defeated them with the loss of 28 killed, wounded and prisoners. Fed. loss 13 w.

12. A daring but unsuccessful attack was made on a reb. fort on James Island, S. C., by the 79th N. Y., 8th Mich., and 28th Mass., in which the Feds. were defeated with considerable loss.

12. Forty farmers from Conway Co., Ark., came into the Fed. lines at Batesville, and enlisted in the army.

13. A negro settlement on Hutchinson’s Island, S. C., was broken up by a raiding party of 300 rebs. from Fort Chapman.

13. Severe skirmishes in front of Gen. M’Clellan’s lines, from Old Church to Fair Oaks.

13. The reb. transport Clara Dolsen captured on the White river, Ark., by the tug Spitfire.

13. Skirmish on James Isl., S. C. Reb. loss, 17 killed, 8 wounded. Union, 3 killed, 19 wounded.

14. Capt. Atkinson’s company of 50th Ind. captured 6,200 pounds of powder at Sycamore mills, 30 miles below Nashville, Tenn.

15. The battle of Secessionville on James Isl., S. C. The Fed. forces under Gen. Benham, defeated with a loss of 685 men killed, wounded, and prisoners.

15. Skirmish near Fair Oaks, Va., in which an attempt of the rebs. to flank the Fed. lines during a thunderstorm was frustrated.

15. U. S. gunboats Tahoma and Somerset, Lieuts. Howell and English, commanders, crossed the bar of St. Mark’s river, Fla., and destroyed a reb. fort and barracks, driving out the reb. artillerists with 4 or 5 pieces.

17. The U. S. steamers Bienville, Somerset, and Montgomery, have captured several vessels recently on the Fla. coast, laden with stores and munitions for the rebs.

17. An act of Congress passed, forever prohibiting slavery in the territories of the U. S.

18. A reconnoissance of the 16th Mass. from the Potomac army, engaged the enemy in a severe fight with great credit, and a loss of about 25 men in killed and wounded.

18. Maj. Zeley’s troops attacked a band of rebs. near Smithville, Ark., capturing their leader, Capt. Jones, and 14 of his men. 4 rebs. wounded; Feds., 2 killed, 4 wounded.

18. Cumberland Gap, Tenn., occupied by Gen. Morgan’s Fed. troops.

19. Skirmish by the 20th Ind. of the Army of the Potomac, in which great gallantry was shown, and slight loss suffered by the Fed. troops.

19. Reb. schooner Louisa, and two boats laden with rice captured on the Santee river, S. C., by U. S. steamer Albatross.

20. An attack was made by some of Com. Farragut’s fleet on the reb. batteries at Ellis’ Cliffs, on the Miss. river. The enemy’s guns were silenced after a shot from one of them had severely wounded two of the crew of the Sarah Bruin.

20. Pres. Lincoln signed the bill prohibiting slavery forever in the U. S. territories.

21. A series of skirmishes took place at the mouth of Battle Creek, Tenn. Col. Lill’s Fed. troops defeated a body of the enemy with slight loss.

21. Death of Col. Charles Ellet, of the Miss. ram squadron, at Cairo, Ill., of wounds.

21. Skirmish at Fair Oaks, Va.

22. Part of the 16th Ill. cavalry captured a train, 25 prisoners, and 10,000 lbs. bacon, near Coldwater, on the Miss. and Tenn. R. R.

22. 3 men killed and 8 wounded of the 8th Vt., at Algiers, near N. O., by a party of guerrillas who surprised them.

23. Pres. Lincoln made a hurried visit to Gen. Scott, at West Point, N. Y., to confer with him in reference to some important changes in the military departments.

25. Battle of Oak Grove, Va. General Hooker’s forces with a loss of 200 men, defeated the rebs., who suffered more severely.

25. Gen. Pope arrived in Washington, to take command of the Army of Va.

25. Gen. Fremont resigned his command in the U. S. Army.

25. A train of cars on the Memphis and Ohio railroad, with a company of Fed. troops, 80 mule teams, &c., was captured by the rebs. 10 Fed. soldiers were killed, and the cars and engine destroyed.

25. Col. George Crook, with 1,750 men from the 36th, 44th, and 47th Ohio, and the 2d Va. cavalry regiment, returned to his headquarters at Meadow Bluff, Greenbriar Co., Va., after driving 2,000 rebels under Gen. Heth, out of Monroe Co., retaking a large supply of provisions, grain, and forage, which had been seized by the rebs., capturing a number of the enemy, and restoring 100 refugees to their homes.

26. Skirmish on the Appomattox river, Va. 6 of Capt. Rogers’ gunboat fleet engaged reb. batteries, 6 miles from the mouth of the river.

26. 3 reb. gunboats burned on the Yazoo river by their officers, to prevent their capture by the Union ram-flotilla, Lieut.-Col. Ellet, then in pursuit of them.

26. The great series of battles on the Chickahominy, before Richmond, commenced at 2 P. M. by the attack by a large force of rebels on McCall’s division, on the extreme right of McClellan’s army at Mechanicsville. After losing more than 1000 men, the rebels retreated. Fed. loss, 80 killed, 150 wounded.

26. Severe losses had occurred in picket skirmishing on the Chickahominy creek for two weeks previous. 9 Federals were killed on this day.

27. Skirmish on the Amite river, La. 21st Ind. Col. Keith, defeated 2 parties of rebels, after slight skirmishing.

27. Skirmish near Swift Creek bridge, N. C.

27. Battle of Gaines’s Mill, near Richmond, Va. The Federals successfully resisted an attack by the rebel army and made good their retreat.

27. Severe fight near Village Creek, Ark. 9th Ill. cavalry, under Col. Brackett. Fed. loss 2 k. and 31 wounded.

27. The Vicksburg “canal” commenced, intended to isolate that place from the Mississippi river.

28. 5 clergymen imprisoned at Nashville, Tenn. by Gov. Johnson, for refusing to swear allegiance to the U. S. Government.

28. Battle of the Chickahominy, Va. Gen. Porter’s troops bore the brunt of the fighting, the Feds. still successfully retreating.

28. 100 of the Maryland Home Guard were captured at Moorfield, Hardy Co., Va. by rebel troops under Col. Harness, formerly of Ashby’s cavalry. The prisoners were paroled.

28. About $100,000 value of Government stores were destroyed by Federal troops at the White House landing on the Pamunkey river, Va., previous to evacuating that place, to prevent the rebels from seizing the same.

28. Flag-officer Farragut with nine vessels of his fleet ran by the rebel batteries at Vicksburg, through a severe fire, losing 4 men killed and 13 wounded.

=June 29.= The steamship Ann, of London, with a valuable cargo, was captured in the act of unloading by the U. S. steamer Kanawha, at the mouth of the Mobile Bay, under the guns of Fort Morgan.

29. Battle of Peach Orchard, Va., in which the rebels were repulsed.

29. Battle of Savage’s Station, Va. The Union troops continuing their retreat were attacked. A sanguinary engagement ensued which resulted in heavy loss to both sides.

29. Fight at Henderson, Ky. Andrews’ Mich. battery and Louisville Provost Guard routed a body of rebel guerrillas.

29. Heavy bombardment at Vicksburg, Miss.

30. Bridges at Harrodsburg and Nicholasville, Ky. burned by rebel guerrillas.

30. Battle of White Oak Swamp, Va. which lasted the entire day.

=July 1.= In response to a proposition from the loyal Governors of the States suggesting the employment of additional military force, President Lincoln called into service 300,000 men, to be apportioned from the several States.

1. Battle of Malvern Hills, the last of the 7 days’ contests, lasting 2 hours. The rebels repulsed at all points. As the Fed. forces neared James river, the Fed. gunboats opened fire, and did great execution. The rebels were driven back discomfitted.

1. Com. Porter’s ram fleet skirmished with the rebel batteries at Vicksburg, Miss.

1. Col. Sheridan, of the 2d Michigan cavalry, commanding 728 men, was attacked by a force of over 4,000 rebs. near Booneville, Miss. An engagement of seven hours’ duration ensued resulting in the total defeat of the rebels, leaving 65 dead on the field. The Federal loss was 41 in killed, wounded and missing.

2. Gen M’Clellan’s army reached Harrison’s Bar on the James river, Va.

2. Gen. Halleck left St. Louis to take position as Gen.-in-chief at Washington.

2. Flag-officer Farragut, with nine vessels of his fleet, passed above the reb. batteries at Vicksburg, Miss., through a severe fire, thus forming a junction with the Fed. fleet of the Upper Mississippi. His loss in the engagement was 4 killed and 13 wounded.

3. The brig Delilah captured by U. S. steamer Quaker City off Hole-in-the-Wall.

3. Skirmish on the James river, Va. Gen. Davidson’s brigade captured 6 reb. guns and a number of prisoners.

3. Commencement of the bombardment of Vicksburgh, Miss. by the combined fleets of Coms. Farragut and Porter.

4. The United States flag waving in every State of the Union.

4. Successful skirmish near Little Red river, Ark. by Fed. troops under Lieut.-Col. Wood.

4. Union pickets defeated in a skirmish at Port Royal Ferry, S. C.

4. The steamers State of Maine and Kennebec left Fortress Monroe with 559 wounded soldiers for New York.

4. 553 reb. prisoners, arrived at Fortress Monroe taken in the late battles near Richmond.

4. 4,600 Fed. prisoners were confined in Richmond, one-fourth of whom were wounded or sick.

4. Skirmish near Grand Haze, on the White river, Ark. by 13th Ill.

4. Reb. gunboat Teazer captured on James river by U. S. steamer Maratanza.

6. A fight at Grand Prairie, near Aberdeen, Ark. Col. Spicely’s infantry defeated reb. cavalry, routing them with great loss.

7. Steamer Emilie captured off Bull’s Bay, S. C. by U. S. steamer Flag and bark Restless.

7. Col. Hovey, with 4 companies of his 53d Ill. regiment, 4 of the 11th Missouri, and a battalion of Ind. cavalry, attached to Gen. Curtis’s army in Ark., routed 2 Texan regiments at a point between Cotton Plant and Bayou Coache. Rebel loss 110 killed, left on the field. Fed. 8 killed, 47 wounded.

8. Pres. Lincoln reviewed the army of the Potomac at Harrison’s Landing, Va.

9. A detachment of 9th Pa. cavalry, 250 strong, under Maj. Jordan, were attacked at Tompkinsville, Monroe Co., Ky., by about 1,200 rebs. under Cols. John Morgan and Hunt. The Pennsylvanians were routed after a fight of 20 minutes, with a loss of 4 killed, 6 wounded and 20 prisoners, including Maj. Jordan. 10 rebs. were killed, and Col. Hunt mortally wounded.

9. Hamilton, N. C., captured by Fed. gunboats and 9th N. Y. volunteers.

9. Gold coin commanded a premium of 17 per cent. in New York, silver 10, and nickel 3 per cent.

10. Ninety rebs. while drilling in an old field between Gallatin and Heartsville, Tenn., were surprised and captured by Col. Boone’s regiment, and taken to Nashville as prisoners.

11. Maj.-Gen. H. W. Halleck appoint’d commander-in-chief of the U. S. army.

11. Skirmish near New Hope, Ky. Fed. troops under Lieut.-Col. Moore, defeated rebel cavalry.

11. Capt. Cohl, with a company of Mo. State Militia, defeated a band of rebels commanded by Col. Quantrell, at Pleasant Hill, in which 6 rebs. were killed and 5 badly wounded. The Fed. loss was 9 killed and 15 wounded; Capt. Cohl being among the wounded.

12. Gen. Curtis’ army arrived in safety at Helena, Ark., on the Mississippi river, having defeated the rebs. in every encounter during a five months’ campaign, and frustrated their attempts to impede his march and cut off his supplies.

12. Fight at Lebanon, Ky. Union troops under Col. Johnson defeated by Morgan’s cavalry, and the town captured by the rebels.

12. Fairmont, Mo., plundered by rebel guerrillas.

13. Skirmish at Rapidan Station, Va., by Fed. troops under Maj. Deems, who destroyed the bridge and defeated a party of rebels.

13. Memphis, Mo. robbed by rebel guerrillas.

13. A reb. force of 2,000 cavalry under Cols. Morgan and Forrest, attacked the 9th Mich., 3d Minn., and Hewitt’s battery under Gen. T. A. Crittenden, at Murfreesborough, Tenn., capturing the entire force. Reb. loss, 30 killed and 100 wounded. Fed. loss, 33 killed, 62 wounded.

14. Cynthiana, Ky., captured by Morgan’s rebel troops, and a small force of Feds., under Capt. Arthur, taken prisoners.

15. Maj. Miller, with 600 men from 10th Ill., 2d Wis., and 3d Mo., attacked a superior force of rebs. under Rains and Coffee, at Fayetteville, Ark., routing them with great loss.

15. Gen. David E. Twiggs died at Augusta, Ga.

15. The reb. iron-clad ram Arkansas, came down the Yazoo river and engaged the Fed. gunboats Carondelet and Tyler, and ram Lancaster. The ram succeeded in escaping to Vicksburg with a loss of 10 killed and 15 wounded, including the commander, Capt. Brown. 22 Federals were killed, and 55 wounded and missing.

15. A large and enthusiastic Union meeting was held in N. Y. city, in which all classes of citizens were fully represented, and a unanimity of purpose expressed to sustain the Government to the fullest extent in putting down the rebellion, and restoring the integrity of the Union.

16. Lieut. Rogers, of the U. S. steamer Huntsville, of the S. Atlantic blockading squadron, reported capturing the British schooner Agnes, with 60 bales cotton and 40 barrels rosin. Also the rebel steamer Reliance, from Dobay bar, Ga., bound for Nassau, with 243 bales Sea Island cotton.

17. Skirmish at Cynthiana, Ky., Capt. Glass’ troops.

17. Gordonsville, Va., occupied by Gen. Pope’s Fed. troops.

17. Adjournment of Congress.

17. Confiscation bill signed by the President.

17. Skirmish near Columbia, Tenn. Lieut. Roberts, of 1st Ky. Union cavalry, kept at bay a superior reb. force in a fight of 6 hours.

18. Twenty-eight men of company A., N. Y. cavalry, were captured at Orange C. H., on the Orange and Alexandria railway, by rebel cavalry under Gen. Ewell.

18. Severe fight near Memphis, Mo. 400 Feds. under Maj. Clopper, defeated a reb. force under Col. Porter. Fed. loss, 15 killed and 30 wounded. Reb. loss, 23 killed besides wounded.

18. The town of Newburg, Ind., robbed by reb. troops under Capt. Johnson.

19. Fifty-three men of 3d Mich. cavalry captured near Booneville, Miss.

19. The reb. Col. Morgan was attacked on Garret Davis’ farm, near Paris, Ky., by Gen. Green Clay and Col. Metcalf, with 1,600 cavalry, and routed with loss.

19. A band of 32 reb. guerrillas crossed the Ohio river from Kentucky to Newburg, Ind., and plundered the hospital and other buildings, recrossing the river before the armed forces in the neighborhood could intercept them.

19. A down train on the Columbia railway, Tenn., when 12 miles below Reynolds Station, was thrown from the track, and Capt. J. Fatrem of the 6th Ohio, and four others killed, and about 30 wounded.

20. Skirmish on James river, Va., by 8th Pa. cavalry, Capt. Keenan.

20. One hundred and forty men of the Harris Light Cavalry, under Col. Davis, penetrated the reb. lines on the Virginia Central railway, 12 miles west of Hanover Junction, destroying the military stores and the railway at Beaver Dam Creek, and returned to Fredericksburg in safety, marching 80 miles in 30 hours.

21. All the militia in the State of Mo. were ordered to be enrolled by Gov. Gamble, subject to the call of Gen. Schofield, for the purpose of destroying the guerrilla bands in the State.

=July 21.= A band of guerrillas under Capt. Reeves surprised a body of State militia commanded by Capt. Leeper, at Greenville, Wayne county, Mo., many of whom were killed and wounded and the remainder driven from the town.

22. A band of 40 rebels attacked a wagon train at Pittsburgh Landing, Tenn., and captured 60 wagons with army stores.

22. A Union cavalry company fired, by mistake, on a Confederate detachment with a flag of truce returning under a Union escort from Cumberland Gap, Tenn. A lieutenant was killed, and 6 privates wounded. Lieut.-Col. Kregan, commanding the Union escort, and Capt. Lyons, of Gen. Morgan’s staff, were severely wounded. Several Union soldiers were killed and wounded.

22. Reb. steamer Reliance captured by U. S. steamer Huntsville.

22. Maj.-Gen. Sherman took command at Memphis, Tenn. 400 citizens took the oath, and 130 were sent south.

23. Florence, Ala. entered by rebel troops, who burned a large supply of Fed. stores.

23. 60 wagons, laden with commissary stores, were captured by rebels near Pittsburg Landing, Tenn.

23. An unsuccessful attempt was made to sink the reb. ram Arkansas, at Vicksburg, by Col. Ellet, with the Union ram Queen of the West.

23. Fight near Florida, Mo. Fed. cavalry under Maj. Caldwell attacked by rebs. under Col. Porter. Feds. defeated with a loss of 26.

23. An attempt was made by a portion of the rebel prisoners confined at Chicago, Ill., to escape from their guards, who rallied and drove them back, a few only escaping. Several of the prisoners were killed and wounded.

23. A detachment of four companies of Fed. troops, under Maj. Lippert, sent out from Rivas Station by Col. Boyd to intercept the guerrillas who made the raid on Greenville, Mo., met the enemy, and dispersed the band, taking 16 prisoners, and recovered the booty taken at Greenville.

23. Lieut.-Col. Kilpatrick, with part of the N. Y. Harris Light Cavalry, left Fredericksburg, Va., on the 22d, and encountered and defeated a body of rebel cavalry near Carmel Church, on the road to Richmond, whom they defeated, burned their camps and six cars loaded with corn, and broke up the telegraph to Gordonsville. An hour later they routed a large body of Stuart’s cavalry, captured several prisoners and a large number of horses.

23. Gen. James H. Lane, of Kansas, was authorized by the Government to organize an independent brigade in Kansas.

24. Ex-President Martin Van Buren died at his residence at Lindenwold, N. Y., in the 80th year of his age.

24. Rebel raid into Gloucester Point, Va. Citizens impressed, and much property destroyed.

24. Steamer Tubal Cain captured by U. S. gunboat Octarora.

24. Skirmish at Malvern Hill, Va.

24. Skirmish at Coldwater, Miss.

24. Skirmish near Decatur, Ala. Part of 31st Ohio, under Capt. Harman, defeated a rebel force, who lost 10 killed and 30 wounded.

24. Lieut.-Col. Starr, with 80 of 9th Va. cavalry, surprised and captured at Summerville, Va., by rebel cavalry under Maj. Bailey.

25. The steamer S. R. Spaulding arrived at Philadelphia, Pa., with 240 wounded and sick soldiers released from Richmond.

25. 900 paroled wounded prisoners arrived at Fortress Monroe from Richmond.

25. Col. Magoffin, and 35 other rebel prisoners escaped from the military prison at Alton, Ill., by digging a tunnel under the wall. 3 or 4 gave themselves up next day, and several were recaptured.

25. A fight on the Hatchie river, near Brownsville, Tenn., between rebs. under Capt. Faulkner, and cavalry led by Maj. Wallace.

25. 2 companies of Fed. troops under Capt. Davidson, were surprised and captured at Courtland, Ala.

25. Skirmish near Orange C. H., Va. A skirmish party from Gen. Gibson’s Fed. command defeated with a loss of 5 killed, and 12 wounded and prisoners.

26. Dispatch boat Sallie Wood captured by rebels 150 miles above Vicksburg.

26. Attack on Ft. James, on the Ogeeche river, Ga. by Fed. gunboats, repulsed.

27. Richmond, Ky., plundered by rebs. under Col. Morgan.

27. Battle near Bayou Bernard, Cherokee nation, between Col. Phillips’ troops, and rebels under Col. Taylor. The latter defeated with the loss of 125 men and their commander.

28. The office of The St. Croix Herald in St. Stephens, N. B., was visited by a mob and destroyed. It was the only newspaper in New Brunswick that advocated the Union cause.

28. Three rebel clergymen, Messrs. Elliot, Ford, and Baldwin, of Nashville, were committed to jail by order of Gov. Johnson.

28. Col. Guitar of the 9th Missouri Regiment, reinforced by Lieut.-Col. Shaffer and Maj. Clopper of Merrill’s Horse, and Maj. Caldwell of the 3d Iowa cavalry, 650 strong, were attacked at Moore’s Mills, seven miles east of Fulton, Mo., by Cols. Porter and Cobb, with 800 strong. Fed. loss 10 killed, and 30 wounded. The rebs. left 52 dead on the field, and had 100 wounded.

29. Russellville, Ky., attacked by rebs. under Col. Gano, and the Home Guards defeated.

29. Skirmish at Brownsville, Tenn. by Union cavalry under Capt. Dollin, and reb. troops. Feds. captured 11, and lost 4 killed, and 6 wounded. Rebs. lost 10 killed and wounded.

30. Between 400 and 500 rebel prisoners confined in Fort Delaware, Del., took the oath of allegiance.

30. Hon. John S. Phelps, of Mo., the newly appointed military Governor of Arkansas, arrived at St. Louis.

30. Reb. raid into Paris, Ky., under Col. Jo. Thompson.

31. Steamer Memphis captured by U. S. gunboat Magnolia, off Charleston, S. C.

31. 5 men killed, and 4 wounded by shells thrown by the rebs. from the left bank of the James river into the Fed. camp at Harrison’s Landing.

31. Steamer Ocean Queen sailed from Fort Warren, Mass., for James river, with 200 released rebel prisoners.

31. A scouting party seven miles from Luray, in the direction of Shenandoah river, encountered a body of rebel horse, who fled, leaving 5 of their number prisoners, and 1 dead.

31. 250 citizens of Woodville, Rappahannock Co., Va., took the oath of allegiance before Capt. Baird, of Gen. Milroy’s staff. Five refusing to affirm were arrested and sent to Gen. Sigel’s headquarters.

=Aug. 1.= Artillery skirmishing on James river, Va., near Harrison’s Landing, by reb. batteries and Union gunboat fleet.

1. All the buildings opposite Harrison’s landing, Va., were destroyed by Union troops.

1. Skirmish at Newark, Mo. A company of State troops, under Capt. Lair, were captured by a superior force of rebs. under Col. Porter.

1. Skirmishing near Orange C. H., Va., by Fed. troops under Gen. Bayard.

2. Skirmish at Ozark, Mo. 75 Nationals under Capt. Birch engaged and defeated a rebel party.

2. Skirmish at Orange C. H., Va., by Gen. Crawford’s Fed. troops, who lost 4 killed and 12 wounded.

3. The British propeller Columbia, with a cargo of 12 Armstrong guns, and several thousand Enfield rifles, was captured off the Bahamas by the U. S. gunboat Santiago de Cuba.

3. Alexandria, Mo., pillaged by rebel guerrillas.

3. Skirmish near Cox’s river, Va. The 13th Va. cavalry were attacked by Col. Averill’s Federal troops, and put to flight.

4. Col. Wynkoop’s Fed. troops were defeated in a skirmish near Sparta, Tenn.

4. Skirmish on White river, 40 miles from Forsyth. Capt. Birch’s company of 14th Mo. engaged Col. Lawther’s reb. band. Fed. loss 3 killed 7 wounded.

4. An immediate draft of 300,000 men was ordered by Pres. Lincoln from the militia of the States, for nine months. Also an additional quota by special draft to fill up the ranks of the 300,000 volunteers previously called for, should the same not be enlisted by the 15th of August.

5. Reb. Gen. J. C. Breckinridge, with 5,000 men, attacked Gen. Williams, with 2,500 men at Baton Rouge, La. Rebels defeated. Gen. Williams killed. Fed. loss 250 killed, wounded, and missing. Reb. loss 600.

5. Skirmish at Malvern Hills, Va. Gen. Hooker’s Fed. troops engaged.

5. Skirmish at Point Pleasant, Mo.

6. Skirmish at Monteralla, Mo. Maj. Montgomery’s troops defeated guerrillas.

6. Destruction of rebel ram Arkansas by U. S. gunboat Essex, Capt. Porter, near Vicksburg, Miss.

6. Brig.-Gen. R. L. McCook died in the Fed. camp near Deckard, Tenn., from wounds received from guerrillas while in an ambulance.

6. Fed. troops under Gens. Gibbon and Cutler encountered Stuart’s reb. cavalry 7 miles beyond Mattapony river, Va. 72 Feds. taken prisoners. The Union forces destroyed several bridges and considerable reb. stores.

=Aug. 6.= Skirmishes near Tazewell, Tenn. Col. De Courcey’s Union troops repulsed a reb. force.

7. Battle near Fort Fillmore, N. Mex. Col. Sibley’s reb. troops were defeated by Unionists under Col. Canby.

7. Reb. cavalry under Capt. Faulkner, surprised near Trenton, Tenn., by 2d Ill. cavalry. Reb. loss 20 killed and 30 wounded.

7. Reb. Col. Porter defeated near Kirkville, Mo., by 1,000 Feds, under Col. McNeill.

7. Fight in Dodd Co., Mo. Maj. Montgomery’s Feds. defeated rebs. under Col. Coffin. Reb. loss, 11 killed, 4 wounded, and 17 prisoners.

7. Skirmish at Wolftown, near Madison C. H., Va.

7. Malvern Hills, Va., abandoned by Gen. Hooker’s Fed. troops.

9. 26 reb. prisoners shot at Macon City, Mo., for violating their parole.

9. Porter’s guerrillas routed by Col. McNeill’s Fed. troops at Stockton, Macon Co., Mo.

9. Battle of Cedar Mountain, Va. Gen. Banks’ corps attacked near the Rapidan river by reb. Gen. Jackson, with superior force. Rebs. repulsed. Fed. loss, 1500, k., w. and pris.

9. U. S. steam frigate Lackawanna launched at Brooklyn, L. I.

9–10. Recruiting very brisk throughout the country. Many fled to Canada and other remote places to avoid being drafted. Traveling restricted, by order of Government, to prevent fugitives from escaping.

10. U. S. steamer Freeborn brought 25 prisoners and 5 sailboats to Washington, D. C. captured while engaged in contraband trade on the Chesapeake.

10. Donaldsonville, La., partially destroyed by men from U. S. sloop Brooklyn.

11. Bayou Sara, La., seized by national troops.

11. Col. Buell, with 7th Mo. cavalry, was defeated at Independence, Mo., by rebels under Col. Hughes, who captured the town.

11. Skirmish 11 miles E. of Helena, Ark. 3d Wis. defeated reb. cavalry under Jeff. Thompson.

11. Part of 11th Ill. cavalry defeated rebs. at Salisbury, 5 miles E. of Grand Junction, Tenn. capturing a captain and 27 horses.

11. Skirmishes near Williamsport, Tenn. Maj. Kennedy’s Fed. troops defeated rebels.

11. Fight near Compton’s Ferry, on Grand river, Mo. Col. Guitar’s Union cavalry defeated rebs. under Col. Poindexter, who lost 100 k. and w. and 200 pris.

11. A skirmish near Reelsville, Calloway Co., Mo. Col. Smart’s Mo. State cavalry routed Cobb’s guerrillas.

11. Skirmish near Kinderhook, Tenn. Col. McGowan’s Union troops defeated Anderson’s rebels, who lost 7 k. and 27 prisoners.

11. Battle at Clarendon, Monroe Co., Ark. Gen. Hovey’s Fed. troops defeated rebels, and took 600 prisoners.

12. The Fed. garrison at Gallatin, Tenn. captured by, Col. J. H. Morgan’s cavalry, who in turn were driven out by Col. Miller’s Fed. troops, who killed 6 rebs. and wounded a number in the charge.

13. Collision on the Potomac river, Va. by steamers Peabody and West Point. 73 lives were lost.

13. Col. Guitar overtook Poindexter’s reb. troops at Yellow Creek, Clinton Co., Mo. and scattered them, taking 60 prisoners.

13. 24th Mass., Gen. Stevenson, with gunboats Wilson and Ellis proceeded from Newbern, N. C., to Swansboro’, and destroyed rebel salt works.

14. Slight skirmish near Helena, Ark.

15. 10 rebel recruits captured in St. Mary’s Co., Md., by Fed. cavalry.

15. Skirmish on the Obion river, Tenn., at Merriwether’s Landing, Col. T. W. Harris’s Fed. troops routed rebs. under Capt. Binfield, who lost 20 k. and 9 prisoners.

16. Cols. Corcoran and Wilcox, Lieut.-Col. Brown and Maj. Rogers, late prisoners, reached Fort Monroe, having been exchanged by the rebels.

16. Lieut. Black and 5 men captured by the rebs. on the Rapidan river, Va.

16. 8 gunboats and rams, under Col. Ellet, with the 57th Ohio and 33d Ind., in transports, left Helena, Ark., this day, sailed down the Mississippi to Milliken’s Bend, where they captured the steamer Fairplay, with arms, &c. for 6000 men. Further captures were made at Haines’ Bluff and at Richmond, La., and property destroyed.

16. Gen. McClellan’s army evacuated Harrison’s Landing, Va., and removed to Williamsburg.

16. Fight at Lone Jack, Mo. 800 State militia under Maj. Foster, engaged a superior rebel force under Col. Coffee. Feds. defeated with loss of 60 k. and 100 wounded. Reb. loss 110 k. and w.

18. The steamers Skylark and Sallie were burned by rebels, and their crews captured, at the mouth of Duck creek, 50 miles above Fort Henry, Tenn. river.

19. Union garrison at Clarksville, Tenn., the 71st Ohio, under Col. Mason, surrendered to a rebel force, under Col. Woodward.

19. Steamer Swallow burned by rebels, 25 miles below Memphis, Tenn.

19. Skirmish near Rienzi, Miss.

19. Maj.-Gen. Wright assigned to command Department of Ohio.

19. Skirmish near Hickman, Mo. Rebs. defeated by cavalry under Capt. Moore. Fed. loss 2 w. Reb. loss 4 k. 19 prisoners.

19. Sioux Indians destroyed U. S. agencies at Yellow Medicine, and Red Wood, and partly destroyed New Ulm, Minn., killing and wounding more than 100 persons.

20. Skirmish at Brandy station, Va. Gen. Pope’s army, retreating to the Rappahannock river, were overtaken by Lee’s forces, and a fight ensued, chiefly an artillery duel.

20. Skirmish at Edgefield Junction, Tenn. Part of 50th Ind. and Col. J. H. Morgan’s reb. cavalry. The latter retreated with a loss of 7 killed and 20 wounded.

20. Skirmish near Union Mills, Mo. A small force of Feds. under Maj. Price were ambushed by rebs. but defeated them, capturing 4 men and 16 horses, and killing one man. Fed. loss 4 killed and 3 wounded.

21. Gen. Pope and Gen. Lee’s armies facing each other on the Rappahannock river. An attempt by the rebs. to cross at Kelly’s Ford was foiled by Gen. Reno’s troops, who attacked them with artillery and cavalry.

21. Reb. schooner Eliza captured off Charleston, S. C., by U. S. steamer Bienville.

21. Union pickets on Pinckney Island, Hilton Head, S. C., were attacked by rebs. who captured 32, killed 3 and wounded 3.

22. Defeat of Gen. Johnson near Gallatin, Tenn. by Morgan’s Confed. cavalry. Fed. loss, 64 killed, 100 wounded, and 200 prisoners, including Gen. Johnson and his staff.

22. Death of Rear-Adm. George Campbell Read, at Philadelphia.

22. Skirmishes near Crab Orchard, Ky. 9th Pa. cavalry, under Gen. G. C. Smith defeated reb. cavalry under Col. Scott.

22. Gen. Stuart’s reb. cavalry penetrated in the rear of Gen. Pope’s army, at Catlett’s Station, Va., destroyed sutler’s stores, sacked the hospital, and captured the wagons and papers of Gen. Pope.

22. Fort Ridgely, Minn. was attacked by a large body of Indians, who were repulsed with great loss. Fed. loss, 3 killed and 30 wounded.

22. Artillery skirmishing along the Rappahannock river, Va., by the armies of Pope and Lee. Gen. Sigel’s corps engaged the enemy with spirit, and inflicted severe loss on the rebs. before they were permitted to cross the river.

23. The U. S. sloop-of-war Adirondack was wrecked on a coral reef near Little Abaco, W. I. The crew saved.

23. The schooner Louisa was captured by the U. S. steamer Bienville, at Charleston, S. C.

23. A train of cars on the Memphis and Charleston railroad attacked by 400 guerrillas 3 miles from Courtland, Tenn., who destroyed the cars. Part of the 42d Ill. was on board. 8 rebs. killed. Fed. loss 2 wounded and 2 missing.

23. Mutiny in Spinola’s Empire Brigade at E. New York. 1 man killed and several wounded.

23. A passenger train was destroyed on the Winchester Va. railroad near Harper’s Ferry. 4 of the 1st Mich. captured.

24. Continuation of artillery battle on the banks of the Rappahannock river, Va., between Pope’s and Lee’s armies. Gen. Milroy’s Fed. brigade suffered severe loss.

24. Skirmish near Lamar, Kansas. Quantrell and Hays’ reb. troops attacked Kansas troops under Maj. Campbell and Capt. Grund. Fed. loss 2 killed and 21 wounded.

24. Reb. schooner Water-witch, captured off Aransas, Texas, by U. S. schooner Corypheus.

24. Skirmish near Dallas, Mo. 12th Mo. cavalry, Maj. B. F. Lazear, defeated Col. Jeffries’ reb. troops with loss.

25. 18 rebs. captured near Mount Sterling, Ky. by Capt. Warren’s Bath County Guards.

25. Maj. Lippert, with 3 companies of 13th Ill. cavalry was attacked by 300 reb. cavalry under Col. Hicks, 36 miles beyond Bloomfield, Mo. Rebs. defeated, 20 killed and many wounded and taken prisoners.

25. Col. Woodward, with a strong force of rebs. attacked Fort Donelson, Tenn. and was repulsed with heavy loss.

25. New Ulm, Minn. was evacuated by the entire population and garrison under Capt. Flaudrau, after fighting the Sioux Indians for two days.

=Aug. 25.= Skirmish with guerrillas near Danville, Ky., by Danville and Harrodsburgh Home Guards.

26. Skirmish near Madisonville, Ky. A Union force under Col. Foster defeated reb. guerrillas.

26. Fifth Iowa cavalry, Col. Lowe, defeated rebs. under Col. Woodward near Fort Donelson, Tenn. Fed. loss 2 killed and 18 wounded.

26. A large quantity of Government stores were destroyed at Manassas, Va., by reb. cavalry under Fitz-Hugh Lee, who drove the Fed. forces towards Alexandria.

26. Gen. Burnside relinquished command of Department of N. Carolina. He was succeeded by Gen. Foster.

27. Schooner Anna Sophia captured by the gunboat R. R. Cuyler off Wilmington, N. C.

27. Rebs. under Col. Coffee defeated on the Osage river, near Lone Jack, Mo., by Gen. Blunt’s troops.

27. At Waterford, Va., part of Capt. Means’ company of Fed. cavalry was captured by rebs. under Capt. White.

27. Gen Hooker’s division engaged rebs. under Gen. Ewell at Kettle Run, Va., near Bristow’s station, and drove them from the field; loss about 300 on each side.

28. Fight at Readyville, Tenn. The 23d Ky., Col. Murphy, defeated reb. cavalry under Gen. Forrest.

28. $500,000 was assessed on wealthy secessionists at St. Louis, Mo., by Gen. Schofield, for the relief of destitute Unionists.

28. Severe fight six miles west of Centreville, Va. Gens. M’Dowell and Sigel’s troops defeated rebs. under Gen. Jackson, who was driven back with loss, including many prisoners.

28. City Point on the James river, Va., destroyed by Fed. gunboats under Com. Wilkes.

28. Skirmish at Shady Springs, 10 miles from Raleigh C. H., Va. 2d Va. Fed. cavalry, Lieut. Montgomery, defeated reb. cavalry, taking 5 prisoners.

29. Battle at Groveton, Va. The troops of Gens. Hooker, Sigel, Kearney, Reno, and King defeated rebs. under Jackson and Longstreet, with great loss. The fight lasted from dawn till dark.

29. Twelve officers of 71st Ohio dismissed the service for publishing a card stating they had advised Col. Mason to surrender Clarksville, Tenn., to the rebs.

29. Eighteen guerrillas captured 12 miles S. E. of Memphis, Tenn.

29. Skirmish near Manchester, Tenn. 18th Ohio, Capt. Miller, defeated rebel cavalry with loss.

29. Skirmish at Bonnet Carré, La. 8th Vt., Col. Thomas, defeated guerrillas and captured army stores.

29–30. Battles at Richmond, Ky. Feds. under Gens. Manson and Cruft compelled to retreat before rebs. under Gen. E. Kirby Smith, after losing 200 killed, 700 wounded and 2,000 prisoners.

30. Fight at Bolivar, Tenn. 78th Ohio, Col. Leggett, routed a superior force of rebs. under Gen. Armstrong. Fed. loss, 5 killed, 18 wounded, 64 missing.

30. Buckhannon, Va., captured by rebs., and Government military stores seized.

30. Fight at M’Minnville, Tenn. 26th Ohio, Col. Fyffe, defeated Gen. Forrest’s rebel cavalry.

30. Gen. Pope’s forces, consisting of the corps of Gen. Heintzelman, Porter, M’Dowell and Banks, engaged Lee’s army at the old battle ground of Bull Run, Va. After severe loss the Federals fell back to Centreville, where they were supported by Sumner’s and Franklin’s corps.

31. Fredericksburg, Va., evacuated by Gen. Burnside. The three bridges, foundry and military storehouses burned.

31. Huntsville, Ala., evacuated by Gen. Buell.

31. Great excitement in the north, on hearing of the disaster to Gen. Pope’s army. Immense quantities of hospital and other stores, contributed and forwarded this day.

31. Skirmish at Medor Station on Mississippi Central R.R., Tenn. Armstrong’s reb. cavalry attacked the place, but were driven off with loss.

31. Stevenson, Ala., captured by rebel troops under Col. McKinstry, and a large amount of ammunition and stores seized.

31. Reb. steamer Emma, with 740 bales of cotton, grounded and burned on the Savannah river.

31. Bayou Sara, La., burned by the crew of U. S. gunboat Essex.

=Sep. 1.= Battle at Britton’s Lane, near Denmark, Tenn. 30th Illinois, Col. Dennis, defeated a superior force of rebs. under Gen. Armstrong. Reb. loss, 180 killed, 220 wounded. Fed. loss, 200 killed and wounded.

1. Lexington, Ky., occupied by Gen. E. K. Smith’s rebel troops.

1. Natchez, Miss., shelled by Federal gunboats.

1. Severe fight at Stevenson, Ala. Rebs. retire with great loss. Feds. engaged: Simonton’s Ohio, and Loomis’ Mich. batteries, and 10th Wis. and 13th Mich. regiments.

1. Severe engagement at Chantilly, near Fairfax C. H., Va. Gen. Pope’s army defeated Jackson, Ewell, and Hill. Heavy loss on both sides. Death of Gens. Kearney and Stevens.

1. The spirit ration in the U. S. navy discontinued on this day by act of Congress.

2. Great excitement in Cincinnati, O., and Covington and Newport, Ky., in consequence of the approach of Kirby Smith’s reb. army. Business suspended, and citizens of all classes in the field drilling.

2. A train of 100 wagons, with army stores, captured by rebs. between Fairfax and Centreville, Va., which necessitated the retreat of the Union army to Munson’s Hill.

2. Versailles, Ky., occupied by rebel cavalry under Gen. Scott.

2. Fight at Morgansfield, Ky. 8th Ky. cavalry, Col. Shackleford, defeated guerrillas under Col. A. R. Johnson.

2. Fight near Plymouth, N. C. A party of loyal inhabitants led by Serg’t Green, of Hawkins’ Zouaves, and some of his men defeated Col. Garret’s rebel force, who lost 30 killed and 40 taken prisoners.

2. Hutchinson and Forest City, Minn., attacked by hostile Indians, who were defeated at both places.

2. Winchester, Va., evacuated by Gen. Pope’s army, who retreated to Harper’s Ferry.

2. The U. S. steamer W. B. Terry captured by rebs. on the Tenn. river, while aground at Duck Shoals.

2. Skirmish near Slaughterville, Ky. Fed. troops, under Lieut.-Col. Foster, defeated reb. cavalry, the latter losing 3 killed, 2 wounded and 25 prisoners.

2. Fight near Grieger’s Lake, Ky. Col. Shackelford’s Fed. troops defeated Col. Johnson with 600 rebels.

3. Gen. Pope asked to be relieved from command of the army of the Potomac, and was transferred to the Northwest.

4. Gov. Curtin, of Pa., called out the whole of the State militia to repel an expected invasion.

4. Fed. troops, near Fort Ridgely, Minn., attacked by Indians, 13 soldiers killed and 47 wounded.

4. The Confed. army crossed the Potomac near Poolesville, Md., and invaded that State.

4. Maj. Wheeler with a detachment of Dodge’s N. Y. Mounted Rifles, returned to Suffolk, Va., from a scout 12 miles west of South Mills, where they captured 113 rebs. and 38 negroes, who were prisoners.

4. Three bridges burnt by rebels on Benson Creek, 60 miles east of Louisville, Ky.

4. Jeff. Davis appointed the 18th inst. as a day of thanksgiving for Confederate victories.

4. Skirmish near Cumberland Gap, Tenn., in which rebs. were defeated with loss.

4. Frederick City, Md., evacuated by Feds. after burning hospital and commissary stores.

4. Joseph Holt, of Ky., appointed Judge Advocate General of the U. S. army.

4. Ravenswood, Va., sacked by rebels.

4. The ship Ocmulgee burned at sea by rebel privateer “290.”

5. The Fed. army under M’Clellan had advanced from the Capital to the upper Potomac, Md. side.

6. Washington, N. C., attacked by rebs., who were repulsed with loss of 33 killed and 100 wounded. Fed. loss 8 killed, 36 wounded.

6. Col. W. W. Lowe retook Clarksville, Tenn., driving out the reb. garrison.

6. The town of Platte, Johnson Co., Kansas, was sacked by rebel guerrillas, under Quantrell, and several of the inhabitants murdered.

6. Skirmish near Cacapon Bridge, 17 miles from Winchester, Va. Union troops under Col. M’Reynolds defeated Imboden’s rebel cavalry.

6. Four hundred reb. cavalry attacked an outpost of Gen. Julius White’s troops near Martinsburg, Va. Reb. loss 50 prisoners, besides killed and wounded. Fed. loss, 2 killed and 10 wounded.

6. Frederick, Md., occupied by Gen. Lee’s troops.

6. Three hundred Indians attacked Fort Abercrombie, Minn., and were driven off with loss. Fed. loss, 1 killed and 3 wounded.

6. Washington, N. C., attacked by rebs., who were repulsed with a loss of 30 killed and 36 taken prisoners. The Fed. gunboat Picket exploded her magazine during the engagement, killing and wounding 18 men.

6. Forty of the Fed. 4th Va., Maj. Hall, surprised near Chapmansville, Va., by 300 rebs. under Col. Stratton. Maj. Hall wounded, and Col. Stratton killed, when Feds. escape with slight loss.

=Sept. 6.= Pikeville, Va., captured and sacked by rebel cavalry.

7. Gen. Banks assigned to command fortifications around Washington.

7. Great excitement on the Pa. border towns by the influx of refugees from Maryland, and the dread of reb. invasion.

7. Shepherdsville, Ky., captured, and 85 Fed. soldiers taken prisoners.

8. Gens. Lee and Johnson issued proclamations to the people of Md., endeavoring to incite them to rebellion. The inhabitants received them coldly.

8. Skirmish near Poolesville, Md. Maj. Chapman, with 3d Ind. and 8th Ill. cavalry, defeated rebels, who lost 7 killed. Federal loss 1 killed, 8 wounded.

8. Fight on the Miss. river, 25 miles above N. Orleans. 25th Ind. dispersed 500 Texans, with slight loss.

9. Schr. Rambler captured by U. S. steamer Connecticut, in lat. 28°, long. 94° 10′.

9. Skirmish 5 miles N. of Pleasant Hill, Mo. Col. Burris defeated Quantrell’s reb. troops, with slight loss, capturing most of their plunder and stores.

9. Middletown, Md., occupied by rebs.

9. Skirmish at Williamsburg, Va. Rebs. under Col. Shingles surprise 5th Pa. cavalry, Col. Campbell, and capture the town. Col. Campbell, 5 captains, 4 lieutenants, and a few privates taken prisoners. Col. Shingles and 8 rebs. killed.

9. Gen. Stuart’s reb. cavalry repulsed in an attempt to cross the Potomac at Edward’s Ferry, with a loss of 90 men, by Gen. Keyes.

9. Gen. O. M. Mitchell appointed to command the Department of the South, relieving Gen. Hunter.

9. The Fed. garrison at Fayette C. H., Va., surrounded by a large rebel force. They cut their way out, losing 100 in killed and wounded.

10. Col. Grierson with 300 men defeated rebs. near Coldwater, Miss. Reb. loss, 4 killed and 30 wounded.

10. The 34th and 37th Ohio, Col. Siber, were defeated at Fayette, Va., by 5,000 rebs. under Gen. Loring. Fed. loss over 100 in killed and wounded.

10. 6th U. S. cavalry, under Captain Saunders, defeated at Sugar Loaf Mountain, near Barnesville, Md., with slight loss.

11. Hagerstown, Md., occupied by rebs. who seized 1200 bbls. of flour.

11. The Gov. of Pa. called for 50,000 men to repel rebel invasion.

11. Westminster, Md., occupied by reb. cavalry, who robbed all the stores in the place.

11. Fed. forces under Col. Lightburn retreated from Gauley, Va., after destroying government stores.

11. Reb. troops under E. K. Smith, advanced within 7 miles of Cincinnati, O., and skirmished with the Fed. pickets.

11. Bloomfield, Mo., defended by 1,500 State militia, captured by rebs. after a fight of 2 hours.

12. The reb. army retreated from before Cincinnati, pursued by Gen. Wallace as far as Florence, Ky.

12. Gen. McClellan’s army entered Frederick, Md.

12. Fight on the Elk river, near Charleston, Va., by Feds. under Col. Lightburn, and a reb. force, without result.

12. Capt. Harry Gilmore, and 7 other rebs. arrested near Baltimore, Md., and sent to Fort McHenry.

12. Frankfort, Ky., occupied by rebel cavalry, under Gen. E. K. Smith.

12. Fight at Middletown, Md. Fed. loss, 80 killed and wounded.

13. 500 rebs. under Col. Porter, released 40 reb. prisoners at Palmyra, Mo.

14. A fort at Bacon creek, Ky., with 30 men of the 54th Ind., captured by rebs. under Col. J. J. Morrison.

14. Battle of South Mountain, Md. Fed. troops under Gens. Hooker and Reno, defeated Lee’s army. Fed. loss 443 killed, 1,806 wounded and 76 missing. Gen. Reno killed.

14. Fight at Munfordsville, Ky. 17th Ind., Col. Wilder, defeated rebs., under Gen. Duncan, with severe loss.

14. 2,000 Fed. cavalry, cut their way out of Harper’s Ferry, Va., which was besieged by rebs., and captured Gen. Longstreet’s train and 100 prisoners.

15. Surrender of Harper’s Ferry, Va., with a large supply of military stores, and 11,000 men to the rebs. after 3 days’ siege. Col. Miles, the Fed. commander, killed.

15. Col. M’Neill defeated reb. guerrillas under Col. Porter, near Shelburne, Mo., taking 20 wagons and other spoils, with slight loss.

15. Fight at Green river, Ky., on the line of the Louisville and Nashville railroad. Rebs. defeated.

16. Capture of the Fed. garrison at Munfordsville, Ky., under Col. Dunham, 4,000 strong, with 10 pieces of artillery, by rebs. under Gen. Bragg. 50 Feds. killed and wounded.

17. Fight near Durhamville, Tenn. 150 of 52nd Ind., Lt. R. Griflin, defeated rebs. under Lieut.-Col. Faulkner. Reb. loss, 8 killed and 20 wounded. Fed. loss, 2 killed and 10 wounded.

17. Fight at Falmouth, on Kentucky Central R. R. Col. Berry with 10 men defeated a larger force of Texan rangers, of whom 2 were killed, 4 wounded and 1 prisoner. 1 Fed. wounded.

17. Ship Virginia, of Mass., burned by Alabama, Capt. Semmes.

17. Skirmish near Florence, Ky. 53 of 10th Ky. cavalry, Maj. Foley, defeated 100 rebs., who lost 5 killed and 7 wounded. Fed. loss, 1 killed and 1 wounded.

17. Battle of Antietam, Md. The entire Fed. army of Gen. McClellan, and reb. army of Gen. Lee engaged. Defeat of rebs. with loss of 15,000 men. Fed. loss, 12,500.

17. Fight at Leesburg, Va. The Ira Harris cavalry, Col. Kilpatrick, defeated a reb. infantry regiment, capturing several guns and a number of prisoners.

17. The U. S. gunboats Paul Jones, Cimerone, and 3 other vessels attacked reb. batteries on St. John’s river, Florida.

17. Cumberland Gap, Tenn., evacuated by Gen. Morgan’s Fed. troops.

18. Ship Elisha Dunbar, of Mass., burned by the Alabama.

18. Rebs. evacuated Harper’s Ferry, Va.

19. Gen. Lee’s army crossed the Potomac river to Va., pursued by Gen. Pleasanton’s cavalry.

19–20. Battle of Iuka, Miss. General Rosecrans’ army defeated rebs., who lost 233 killed, 400 wounded, and 600 prisoners. Fed. loss, 135 killed, and 527 wounded.

19–20. Skirmishes at Owensboro’, Ky. Fed. Col. Netter killed. 1st Ind. cavalry, Lieut.-Col. Wood, routed rebs. with severe loss. Fed. loss, 2 killed, 18 wounded.

20. Fight near Shirley’s Ford, Spring river, Mo. 3rd Ind., Col. Ritchie, defeated 600 rebs. and Indians, who lost 60 or 70 killed and wounded.

21. Col. Barnes, with a Fed. cavalry brigade, defeated in an attempt to cross the Potomac from Md., losing 150 men, in killed, wounded and prisoners.

21. The town of Prentiss, Miss., burned by Col. Lippincott of the ram Queen of the West, in retaliation for reb. batteries there firing on transports.

21. Skirmish at Munfordsville, Ky. Reb. cavalry defeated with loss by Feds. under Col. E. McCook.

21. 100 reb. troops routed at Cassville, Mo., by part of 1st Ark. cavalry, Captain Gilstray, who captured 19 rebs.

21. Citizens of San Francisco, Cal. contributed $100,000 in gold to the U. S. Sanitary Commission.

21. Rebs. defeated at Shepherdsville, Ky., by Feds. under Col. Granger. Reb. loss 5 killed and 28 prisoners.

22. Skirmish near Sturgeon, Mo. Rebs. under Capt. Cunningham defeated by Maj. Hunt’s force.

22. Fight at Ashby’s Gap, Va. Col. R. B. Price with 2d Pa. cavalry, defeated rebs. under Lieut.-Col. Green, capturing the latter officer and 2 lieuts.

22. Pres. Lincoln proclaimed, that on the 1st day of Jan. 1863 “all slaves in States or parts of States in rebellion” should be forever free.

23. Col. Sibley defeated a band of 300 Sioux Indians who attacked his encampment on Yellow Medicine river, Minn. 30 Indians killed and many wounded. 4 whites killed and 30 wounded.

23. Fight at Sutton, Va. Maj. Withers, with 10th Va., (Fed.) driven from Sutton to Bulltown, after a gallant resistance.

23. A large quantity of English arms captured at Reynolds’ Ford, Va., by 62d Pa., Col. Switzer.

23. Randolph, Tenn., on the Miss. river, burned by steamers Ohio Belle and Eugene, in retaliation for firing on transports from that place.

24. Proclamation of Pres. Lincoln ordering the enforcement of martial law, against all persons discouraging enlistments or giving aid to the rebellion, and suspending the habeas corpus with reference to all persons arrested by military authority.

24. The office of the “American Volunteer,” at Carlisle, Pa. was destroyed by citizens and soldiers for severe reflections on the Government.

24. A Convention of Governors from 14 loyal States, and 3 proxies from others met at Altoona, Pa., who endorsed the Emancipation Proclamation, and advised the Pres. to organize a reserve force of 100,000 men.

24. Gen. Beauregard appointed to command reb. forces in S. C. and Georgia.

24. Gen. Butler at New Orleans, ordered all Americans in his Department to renew their oath of allegiance to the Government, and to furnish returns of their real and personal property, under penalty of fine and imprisonment.

25. Sabine Pass, Texas, captured by U. S. steamers Kensington, and Henry Crocker, and schr. Rachel Seaman.

26. Skirmish near Warrenton Junction, Va. Reb. cavalry defeated by Col. McClean’s troops, who captured rebel commissary stores.

=Sept. 26.= An unsuccessful attempt to capture steamer Forest Queen at Ashport, Tenn., by rebs. under Capt. Faulkner.

26. Prentiss, Miss., burned by U. S. ram Queen of the West, in retaliation for firing on that vessel and transports.

27. 34th Ohio, Col. Toland, attacked Col. Jenkins’s reb. cavalry at Buffalo, on the Kanawha river, Va., but were driven off, after killing 7, capturing 9, and destroying the camp, without loss to themselves.

27. Home Guards at Augusta, Ky., captured by rebs. under Basil Duke, after a brave resistance, with loss to the enemy.

27. 91 women and children rescued from Indians by Col. Sibley on Chippeway river, Minn.; 16 Indians captured.

28. Reb. steamer Sunbeam captured by U. S. gunboats State of Georgia and Mystic, off Wilmington, N. C.

28. Skirmish on Blackwater river, 25 miles from Suffolk, Va. Col. C. C. Dodge, with Fed. cavalry and artillery, defeated reb. infantry.

28. Augusta, Georgia, captured by 600 reb. cavalry.

29. Gen. Jeff. C. Davis shot Gen. Wm. Nelson, at the Galt House, in Louisville, Ky., killing him almost instantly.

29. A brigade of Fed. cavalry, under Lieut.-Col. Karge, on a reconnoissance from Centreville, Va., to Warrenton, captured and paroled 1,650 rebels.

29. Brig.-Gen. Rodman died near Hagerstown, Md., of a wound received at the battle of Antietam.

29. A spirited cavalry skirmish near Sharpsburgh, Md. Rebs. dispersed, and a squad of them captured.

29. 363 disloyal citizens of Carroll Co., Mo., were assessed by the Federal authorities in aid of loyal citizens and soldiers who had been robbed in that Co.

30. Fight at Newtonia, Mo. A Fed. brigade under Gen. Salomon, attacked a body of rebs. under Col. Cooper, and were defeated by them, losing 50 in killed and wounded, and 100 prisoners.

30. Reb. bomb-proof magazines at Lower Shipping Point, Va., destroyed by sailors under Lieut.-Com. M’Graw.

30. Fight at Russelville, Ky. 17th Ky., Col. Harrison, defeated 350 rebs., who lost 35 killed, and 10 prisoners.

30. Grayson, Ky., occupied by rebel troops.

30. Salt works at Bluffton, S. C., destroyed by 48th N. Y., Col. Barton.

=Oct. 1.= The U. S. gunboat fleet on the western waters turned over from the War to the Navy Department.

1. Fight on Floyd’s Fork, Ky. A Fed. brigade under Col. E. N. Kirk, encountered and overcame a rebel force after a slight engagement.

1. Shelbyville, Ky., evacuated by the rebels.

1. Fight near Gallatin, Tenn. 1st Tenn. cavalry, Col. Stokes, defeated rebs. under Col. Bennett, who lost 40 killed, many wounded, and 39 prisoners.

1. 9 National pickets dispersed some rebs. at Newbern, N. C.

1. Gen. Pleasanton’s cavalry engaged reb. forces under Gen. Hampton at Martinsburg and at Shepherdstown, Va. Reb. loss 60 killed and wounded, and 9 prisoners. Fed. loss 12 wounded and 3 prisoners.

2. Fight near Olive Hill, Ky. Carter Co. Home Guards repulsed a portion of reb. Gen. Morgan’s command. Morgan retreated to the Licking river, destroying 35 houses on his route.

2. Gen. Foster’s Union troops accompanied by gunboats, left Washington, N. C., taking possession of Hamilton, and driving the rebels towards Tarboro’.

2. Skirmishing near Mount Washington, Ky., on the Bardstown turnpike, by Gen. Buell’s army and rebels under Gen. E. Kirby Smith.

3. Rebel fortifications at St. John’s Bluff, on St. John’s river, Fla., captured by 1500 Feds. under Gen. Brannan, assisted by 7 gunb’s from Hilton Head, S. C.

3. Fight on the Blackwater river, near Franklin, Va. 3 Fed. gunboats, Commodore Perry, Hunchback, and Whitehead, under Capt. Flusser, engaged a large force of rebs. 6 hours. Fed. loss 19 k. and wounded.

3. 11th Pa. cavalry, Col. Spears, engaged reb. forces at Franklin, on Blackwater river, Va. Rebs. retreated with loss of 30 or 40 killed and wounded.

3–5. A series of battles near Corinth, Miss. A reb. army of 38,000 men under Price, Van Dorn, and Lovell, attacked Rosecrans’ army, under Gens. Ord, Hurlbut, and Veatch. Rebs. routed with heavy loss of k. and w., and 1,000 pris. National loss also heavy.

4. Richard Howes, inaugurated rebel governor of Kentucky, at Frankfort.

4. A fight near Bardstown, Ky. Fed. advance guard under Maj. Foster, defeated by rear-guard of Polk’s army.

4. A company of the 54th Pa. captured at Paw-Paw, on the Balt. and Ohio railroad.

4. Fed. cavalry under Col. M’Reynolds, captured a rebel camp near the above place, with 2 guns, 10 wagons and 60 horses.

5. Gen. Price’s rebel army, retreating from Corinth, Miss., were overtaken by Gens. Old and Hurlbut at the Hatchie river, where, after 6 hours’ fighting, the rebels broke in disorder, leaving their dead and wounded, 400 prisoners, and 2 batteries.

5. Skirmish 6 miles north of Glasgow, Ky. Feds. under Col. Bruce, routed a rebel force, taking a number of horses and cattle.

5. Jacksonville, Fla., occupied by Union forces under Gen. Brannan.

6. A mob in Blackford Co., Ind., destroyed the enrolling papers and draft boxes.

6. A rebel battery at Cockpit Point, Va., on the Potomac, destroyed by a Fed. gunboat.

6. Skirmish near Charlestown, Va. 6th U. S. cavalry and Robertson’s battery engaged a rebel force with slight results.

6. Fight at Lavergne, near Nashville, Tenn. Gen. Palmer’s Union brigade, 2,500 men, were attacked by rebels under Gen. Anderson, who were defeated with a loss of 10 killed and wounded. Fed. loss, 18 in killed and wounded.

7. Lexington, Ky., evacuated by rebels under E. Kirby Smith, who retreated towards Cumberland Gap.

7. The monitor Nahant launched at Boston.

7. Skirmish near Sibley’s Landing, Mo. 5th Mo. cavalry defeated rebels under Quantrell and Childs.

7. Gen. Morgan’s Union troops reached Frankfort, Ky.

7. The bark Wave, and brig Dunkirk, were destroyed by the rebel privateer, Alabama.

8. Battle at Chaplin Hills, Perryville, Ky., by the armies of Gens. Buell and Bragg. Rebs. retreated across Chaplin river. Fed. loss, 3,200 in killed, wounded and missing. Rebel loss fully as great.

8. 550 Feds. under Major Bradford, 17 government wagons, and a number of sutler’s wagons, were captured by rebels under E. Kirby Smith, near Frankfort, Ky.

9. Galveston, Texas, occupied by Feds. under Commander Renshaw.

9. Skirmish near Laurenceburg, Ky. 1st Ohio, Col. Parrott, defeated part of Gen. Smith’s troops with considerable loss. Union loss, 6 killed, 8 wounded.

9. Gen. Sigel’s cavalry captured 40 rebs. and several wagons at Aldie, Va.

9. The monitor Montauk launched at Greenpoint, L. I.

9. The rebel steamer Gov. Milton captured on St. Johns river, Fla., by gunboat Darlington.

10. 1,800 reb. cavalry, under J. E. B. Stuart, crossed the Potomac at McCoy’s creek, and penetrated to Mercersburg and Chambersburg, Pa., and after capturing and destroying much property, made good their retreat with slight loss.

10. Gen. Schofield drove the Confederate forces across the Mo. line into Ark.

10. 1,600 rebs., the rear-guard of Bragg’s army, captured at Harrodsburg, Ky., by Lieut.-Col. Boyle, with 9th Ky. cavalry.

10. 100 reb. guerrillas entered Hawesville, Ind., but were driven out by the Connelton Home Guard.

11. Skirmish near Helena, Ark. 4th Iowa cavalry, Major Rector, defeated Texan rangers under Col. Giddings, capturing 9 of them. 3 Feds. killed and 9 wounded.

11. Ship Manchester, of N. Y., captured and burned by the Alabama.

11. 27 rebs. of Col. Imboden’s command, with all their camp equipage, captured by 300 of Col. McReynolds’ cavalry 17 miles from Winchester, Va.

11. The U. S. gunboat Maratanza lying off Cape Fear river, N. C., had 2 men killed and 5 wounded by a reb. battery.

11. Gen. Dumont’s Fed. troops captured 350 rebs., a wagon train, and 2 pieces of artillery at Versailles, Ky.

12. Skirmishing on the Potomac river, at the mouth of the Monocacy, near White’s Ford, by Gen. Pleasanton’s cavalry with rebs. under Gen. Stuart.

12. 29 persons arrested and 2 hung at Gainesville, Texas, who were accused of Union sentiments.

13. More than 100 prisoners taken by Union troops under Gen. Stahel, in the vicinity of Paris, Snicker’s Gap, and Leesburg, Va.

13. The 6th Mo., Col. Catherwood, returned to camp at Sedalia, Mo., after a successful scout, in which several bands of guerrillas were broken up, and 50 of them killed and wounded.

14. The English propeller Ouachita, captured in the Gulf Stream by U. S. gunboat Memphis.

14. Skirmish at Stanford, Ky., by scouts of Gens. Buell’s and Bragg’s armies. 14 rebs. captured, and several killed.

=Oct. 15.= The bark Lamplighter, of Boston, captured by the Alabama.

15. Drafting in Boston and Baltimore.

15. Steamer Hazel Dell captured at Caseyville, Ky., by rebs. under Cols. Anderson and Johnson.

15. Skirmish near Carrsville, Va. Part of 7th Pa. cavalry, Lieut. Williams, defeated by rebs., losing several of their number.

15. U. S. Steamer Kensington, Master Crocker, destroyed a railroad bridge and burned 2 vessels at Taylor’s Bayou, Tex.

16. The sloop-of-war Ticonderoga was launched at Brooklyn, N. Y.

16. Gen. Humphrey’s troops driven from Shepherdstown, Va., by rebs., with slight loss.

16. Skirmish near Charlestown, Va. Gen. Hancock’s troops successfully engaged rebs. Union loss, 1 killed and 8 wounded. Reb. loss, 9 wounded and taken prisoners.

17. The Fed. garrison on the Tenn. shore, opposite island No. 10 attacked by reb. forces, who were defeated with loss.

17. Morgan’s Confed. cavalry dashed into Lexington, Ky., and attacked 350 Fed. cavalry, under Major Seidel, 3rd O. Fed. loss, 4 killed, 24 wounded, and 120 prisoners.

17. Quantrell’s guerrillas entered Shawnee, Kansas, sacked the town, burned 13 houses and killed 4 men.

17. Skirmish at Thoroughfare Gap, Va. Gen. Stahel’s troops drove rebs. toward Haymarket, and captured 100 prisoners.

17. The draft resisted in Berkley, Luzerne co., Pa. 4 insurgents killed. Resistance also in Carbondale, Scranton, and other towns in the mining district.

18. Pickets of the 43rd Ind. dispersed by rebs. at Helena, Ark., losing several of their number.

18. 350 of the 4th Ohio cavalry, Capt. Robey, captured at Lexington, Ky., by reb. cavalry under Gen. Morgan.

18. 10 guerrillas were shot at Palmyra, Mo., by order of Gen. McNeill, in retaliation for the murder of Andrew Allsman, an aged Union citizen.

18. Nine Union pickets were shot on the Mississippi, opposite Helena, Ark.

18. A lieut. with 26 men and a supply train for Gen. Stahel were captured by rebs. at Haymarket, and taken to Warrenton, Va.

19. A train of 82 wagons was captured by Morgan’s reb. cavalry at Bardstown, Ky.

19. Fight on the Cumberland river 7 miles from Nashville, Tenn. Col. Miller’s brigade of Fed. troops routed a force of Confederate cavalry, and captured a large store of army supplies.

20. 500 cases of yellow fever reported at Wilmington, N. C., 30 or 40 dying daily.

20. Skirmish on the Auxvois river, Mo. Major Woodson, with 10th Mo. militia dispersed rebel guerrillas with slight loss, capturing their camp stores and horses.

20. The 10th Illinois cavalry, Lieut.-Col. Stuart, defeated 250 reb. cavalry, near Marshfield, Mo., taking 27 prisoners.

21. Skirmishing in Loudon co., Va., by Gen. Geary’s Union troops, who took 75 prisoners.

21. Skirmish at Woodville, Tenn. 2nd Illinois cavalry, Major J. J. Mudd, defeated guerrillas under Haywood, capturing 40 with their arms, and 100 horses and mules.

21. Fight at Fort Cobb, Indian Terr. Loyal Indians from 6 tribes defeated rebs. of the Tongkawa tribe, under Col. Leper, with great slaughter. Col. Leper killed.

22. Gen. Blunt’s army defeated 5,000 rebs. at old Fort Wayne, Marysville, N. W. Ark., capturing all their artillery and transportation equipage.

22. Rebs. under Gen. Hindman driven from Huntsville, Ark., by Gen. Schofield.

22. Battle at Pocotaligo, S. C. Gen. Brannan’s Fed. troops defeated with a loss of 30 killed and 180 wounded, by rebels under Gen. Beauregard.

22. Skirmish near Van Buren, Ark. Union cavalry under Major Lazear defeated 450 rebels under Col. Boone, with considerable loss.

22. 30 wagons of the 5th and 9th Ill. cavalry captured by Texan troops near Helena, Ark.

22. Union pickets defeated in a skirmish near Nashville, Tenn.

22. Brig Robert Bruce, captured off Shallotte inlet, N. C., by U. S. gunboat Penobscot.

22. Skirmish near Hedgesville, Va. 4th Pa. cavalry, Capt. Duncan, defeated rebels, capturing 19 prisoners.

23. 200 of the 83d Ill., Major Blott, defeated rebels at Waverly, Tenn. Rebel loss, 40 killed and wounded, and 30 prisoners. Union loss, 1 killed, 5 wounded.

23. Skirmish near Shelby Depot, Tenn. 55th Illinois, Col. Stuart, defeated rebels, who lost 8 or 10 men.

23. 500 Fed. cavalry, Col. E. M’Cook, defeated Morgan’s cavalry at Point Lick, Big Hill, and Richmond, Ky., taking 33 wagons and 200 prisoners.

23. Ship Lafayette, of Conn., burned by the Alabama.

24. A Fed. force of 80 was defeated at Manassas Junction, Va., losing 17 prisoners.

24. Skirmish at Grand Prairie, Mo. Maj. F. G. White’s cavalry defeated a reb. force, who lost 8 killed and 20 wounded. Fed. loss, 3 wounded.

24. Skirmish on the Blackwater, near Suffolk, Va. Gen. Perry’s troops defeated rebs. who lost 6 men. One Unionist killed.

24. Sixteen of Gen. Morgan’s men captured by a Federal force at Morgantown, Ky.

24. Steamer Scotia capt’ed off Charleston, S. C., by U. S. bark Restless.

25. Gen. Buell removed from the Department of Ky., and Gen. Rosecrans appointed commander.

25. Part of 43d Ind., on a scout near Helena, Ark., 3 of them killed and 2 wounded by guerrillas in ambush.

27. Steamer Anglia capt’d off Charleston, S. C., by U. S. bark Restless and steamer Flag.

27. Skirmish near Fayetteville, Ark. Gen. Herron’s Fed. troops defeated guerrillas, killing 8, and capturing their wagons.

27. Skirmish at Putnam’s Ferry, Mo. 23d Iowa, Col. Lewis, defeated a large force of rebs., who lost several killed and 40 prisoners.

27. Fight near Donaldsonville, La. Gen. Weitzel’s troops defeated rebs., who lost 6 killed, 15 wounded and 208 prisoners. Fed. loss, 18 killed, 74 wounded.

27. Gen. Pleasanton’s cavalry drove the rebs. from Snicker’s Gap, Va.

28. Capt. Partridge’s Fed. pickets were captured near Pensacola, Fla.

28. The steamer Caroline captured off Mobile, Ala., by U. S. steamer Montgomery.

28. Gen. Herron, with 1,000 men attacked a Confederate camp near Fayetteville, Ark., under Col. Craven, routing them with a loss of 8 killed and their camp equipage.

28. A company of reb. cavalry captured near Cotton Creek, Fla., by Union troops.

28. The bark Lauretta, of N. Y., captured and burned by the Alabama.

29. Skirmish 5 miles from Petersburg, Va. Lieut.-Col. Quirk routed a detachment of Stuart’s reb. cavalry, capturing 16 men and 200 cattle.

29. Fight near Butler, Bates Co., Mo. 1st Kansas (colored), Col. Seaman, defeated reb. guerrillas under Cockerill, with a loss of 30 killed and wounded. Union loss, 8 killed, 10 wounded.

29. Maj. Keenan, 8th Pa. cavalry captured 100 rebs. while on a scout in the Shenandoah valley, Va.

29. Ship Alleghanian, of New York, burned on the Rappahannock river, Va., by rebels.

30. Maj.-Gen. O. M. Mitchell, Commander of Department of the South, died at Beaufort, S. C.

30. Skirmish at Thoroughfare Gap, Va. 1st N. J. cavalry, Col. Wyndham, engaged a rebel force with slight loss.

31. The town of Franklin, on the Blackwater river, Va., partially destroyed by Union batteries, a reb. force stationed there being driven out with loss.

31. The Wilmington, N. C. salt-works destroyed by Capt. Cushing, gunboat Ellis.

=Nov. 1.= The U. S. steamer Northerner, and gunboat States of the North, with a detachment of 3d N. Y. cavalry and 2 pieces of Allen’s artillery, under Maj. Garrard, captured 2 rebel schooners on Pungo Creek, N. C. Disembarking at Montgomery, the troops marched to Germantown, Swanquarter, and Middletown, capturing in those places 25 prisoners and 130 horses and mules.

1. The town of Lavacca, on Matagorda Bay, Texas, bombarded by U. S. gunboats Clifton and Westfield.

1. Skirmish at Franklin, Va. Gen. Wessell’s brigade, 11th Pa. cavalry, and other troops, drove the rebels from the town with some loss.

2. Skirmishes near Philomont, Va. by Gen. Pleasanton’s cavalry with Stuart’s rebel forces.

2. Snicker’s Gap, Va. occupied by Gen. Hancock’s troops after a slight skirmish with the enemy.

2. Col. Dewey’s troops returned to Patterson, Wayne Co., Mo., from an expedition to Pittman’s ferry, Currant river, where they captured 13 rebels.

2. A skirmish near Williamstown, N. C. between part of the 20th N. C. rebels under Col. Burgwyn, and some Federal troops.

2. Col. Lee, of Hamilton’s National cavalry, returned to Grand Junction, Miss. after a three days’ expedition towards Ripley and 10 miles south, having captured 65 of the enemy with slight resistance.

2. The ship Levi Starbuck captured and burned by the Alabama.

3. A fight in Bayou Teche, La., 5 Union gunboats engaged a large rebel force and the gunboat Cotton. The rebels retreated after burning 75 cars and engines, and 1000 hogsheads of sugar. Fed. loss about 14 killed and wounded.

=Nov. 3.= Tampa, Fla. was bombarded by the Union forces.

3. 300 rebs. under Quantrell attacked a wagon train of 13 wagons, escorted by 22 of the 6th Mo. cavalry, Lieut. Newby, near Harrisonville, Mo., killing 8 of the escort, wounding 4 and taking 5 prisoners, and burning the wagons. The rebel troops were shortly after overtaken by the 5th and 6th Mo. cavalry and defeated with severe loss.

3. The steamer Darlington, with col’d troops under Col. O. T. Beard, proceeded up Bell river, Fla., to Cooper’s, where they destroyed the salt works, and all stores that could not be carried off. From thence they went up Jolly river, destroying salt works, with a large amount of corn and salt.

3. Skirmish near New Baltimore, Va. Capt. Flint, with pickets from 1st Vt. cavalry, defeated a reb. party.

3. Piedmont, Va., occupied by Union cavalry under Pleasanton and Averill.

3. Fight in Webster Co., Ky. Col. Foster captured 3 lieutenants, 22 men, 40 horses, &c.

3. Horatio Seymour elected Governor of New York.

4. 3 Union pickets captured near Bolivar Heights, Va.

4. La Grange, Miss. occupied by Gen. Grant’s forces.

4. Bark Sophia captured off N. C. coast by U. S. steamers Daylight and Mount Vernon.

4. The U. S. steamer Darlington, with Col. O. T. Beard’s colored troops destroyed rebel salt works at King’s Bay, Ga., after slight skirmishing with the enemy.

5. Skirmish at Lamar, Mo. 80 State militia driven from the place by Quantrell’s rebel troop.

5. Skirmish at Barber’s Cross-Roads, Va. Gen. Pleasanton’s cavalry defeated a detachment of Gen. Stuart’s reb. troops.

5. Maj. Holloway’s Federal cavalry defeated a party of guerrillas under Col. Fowler, between Henderson and Bowling Green, Ky. Reb. loss 8 killed, including the commander, besides a large number of wounded prisoners.

5. Skirmish at New Baltimore, Va. Col. Wyndham’s Fed. cavalry defeated rebels.

5. Skirmish near Nashville, Tenn. Gen. Negley’s Fed. troops defeated Gen. J. H. Morgan’s forces, capturing 23 Union loss 5 killed, 19 wounded.

5. Gen. McClellan relieved from command of the Army of the Potomac, and Gen. Burnside appointed his successor.

6. Warrenton, Va., captured by Gen. Reynolds, who took 7 Confed. prisoners.

6. Fight at Piketon, Ky. Col. Dills routed Confederates, capturing 80, and securing 150 muskets, 40 horses, wagons, &c.

6. Skirmish near Leatherwood, Ky. Capt. Powell’s Fed. company routed guerrillas, who fled, leaving 6 of their number dead, and their captain mortally wounded.

7. At Beaver Creek, Mo., Capt. Barstow’s company of 10th Ill. cavalry, and 2 militia companies, defended a block house for 5 hours against a superior force, when he surrendered.

7. Expedition up the Sapelo river, Ga., by U. S. steamers Potomska and Darlington, and 48th N. Y., Col. O. T. Beard. A valuable salt work destroyed, and a number of rebs. and slaves captured.

7. Skirmish at Lamar, Mo. State militia successfully resist an attack from Quantrell’s band.

7. 300 Indians, who were engaged in the massacres in Minnesota, were sentenced to be hung—most of whom were afterwards pardoned.

8. Skirmish at Rappahannock bridge, Va. Gen. Bayard’s troops captured 12 of Longstreet’s rebels.

8. Skirmish at Hudsonville, Miss. 7th Kansas, Col. Lee, defeated rebels, who lost 16 killed, and 175 captured.

8. Ship T. B. Wales burned by the Alabama.

8. Skirmish near Marianna, Ark. Part of 3d and 4th Iowa cavalry, Capt. M. L. Perkins, defeated rebels, who lost 5 killed and several wounded. 1 Fed. wounded.

9. Skirmish at Fredericksburg, Va. Capt. Dahlgren’s troops drove off a Confed. party, after a sharp skirmish, capturing 39 prisoners and stores.

9. Gen. Kelley’s Fed. cavalry defeated Imboden’s troops 18 miles S.W. of Moorefield, Va.

9. St. Mary’s, Fla., burned by U. S. gunboat Mohawk in retaliation for the treachery of the inhabitants.

9. Skirmish in Perry Co., Ky., on the Kentucky river. Capts. Morgan and Eversod’s troops defeated guerrillas.

10. Lieut. Ash, 2d U. S. dragoons, defeated part of 5th Va. cavalry, 10 miles south of Warrenton, Va.

10. Capt. G. W. Gilmore captured two wagons and several rebels near Williamsburg, Greenbrier Co., Va.

11. Skirmish near Huntsville, Tenn. Capt. Duncan’s Home Guards routed a small band of rebs. who lost 6 killed and several wounded.

11. A fight near Lebanon, Tenn. National cavalry under Capts. Kennett and Wolford defeated Morgan’s men, who lost 7 killed and 125 prisoners.

11. National pickets driven in with slight loss at Newbern, N. C.

11. 134 prisoners taken and 16 rebs. killed by Col. Lee’s Kansas cavalry near La Grange, Tenn.

11. Gen. Ransom defeated Confederate forces near Garretsburg, Ky.

12. Gen. Hooker appointed to relieve Gen. Fitz John Porter in command of the 5th Army Corps.

12. Cavalry engagement near Lamar, Miss. Detachments of 2nd Ill. and 27th Kansas, Maj. J. J. Mudd, routed a force of rebs. with severe loss.

13. Slight skirmish at Holly Springs, Miss. Col. Lee’s cavalry killed 4 rebs. and captured several.

13. Expedition to the Doboy river, Ga., by U. S. steamers Ben Deford and Darlington, with Col. Beard’s colored troops, who seized a large quantity of reb. property.

13. A reb. camp near Calhoun, Green river, Ky. was surprised by Col. Shanks, with 400 men, who captured their arms and camp equipage.

15. Fight near Fayetteville, Va., by Fed. troops under Gen. Sturgis and a large body of rebs., who were defeated.

16. The remaining corps of the army of the Potomac, excepting the 5th and Gen. Pleasanton’s cavalry, left Warrenton, and proceeded towards Fredericksburg.

17. Pickets of the 104th Pa. surprised at Gloucester Point, Pa. and 1 killed, 3 wounded, and 2 captured.

18. Skirmish at Rural Hills, Tenn. Col. Hawkins’ troops defeated reb. cavalry, who left 16 of their number dead on the field.

18. At Cove Creek, near Kinston, N. C., Lieut.-Col. Mix with part of 3d N. Y. cavalry and Allis’s artillery, defeated the 10th N. C. infantry and some of the 2d N. C. cavalry, who retreated with the loss of arms and equipments.

18. Falmouth, Va. occupied by Gen. Sumner’s Fed. troops.

18. The English schooners Ariel and Ann Marie captured off Little Run, S. C. by U. S. gunboat Monticello.

19. James A. Seddons appointed reb. Sec. of War, in place of G. W. Randolph, resigned.

19. The 1st Gen. Council of the Epis. Church in the reb. States met at Augusta, Ga.

20. Col. Carlin’s expedition returned to Nashville, Tenn., from Clarksville, having captured 43 rebs., 40 horses, &c.

20. Fed. pickets surprised at Bull Run bridge, Va., and 3 captured.

20. Warrenton and Leesburg, Va., occupied by reb. cavalry.

21. Gen. Sumner, commanding right wing of army of the Potomac, in front of Fredericksburg, Va.

21. Skirmish at Bayou Bontouca, near Fort Pike, La. Capt. Darling’s company of 31st Mass. defeated rebs. under Capt. Evans, who lost 4 killed and several wounded. Union loss 1 wounded.

22. All political State prisoners held by military authority in the U. S. released by order of the Sec. of War.

22. Part of 1st N. Y. cavalry, Capt. Harkins, defeated rebs. near Winchester, Va., who lost 4 men and 30 horses.

22. An expedition into Matthew Co., Va., by steamer Mahaska, Capt. F. A. Parker, with land forces under Gen. Naglee, destroyed 12 salt works, and 20 or 30 vessels and other reb. property.

22. Skirmish near Halltown, Va., by Gen. Geary’s troops.

23. Lieut. Cushing, U. S. steamer Ellis, captured 2 schrs. on New river, N. C., but lost his own vessel on the shoals in returning.

24. A reb. picket of 12 men captured by Gen. Kelley’s cavalry 4 miles from Winchester, Va.

24. A Fed. supply train of 47 wagons, escorted by 50 3d Mo. cavalry, was attacked by rebs. about 30 miles south of Lebanon, Texas Co., Mo. 5 of the escort were killed and 20 wagons captured.

25. The U. S. gunboat Lexington, J. W. Shirk, attacked 20 miles below Helena, Ark. The enemy were repelled, leaving several of their number killed. Capt. Shirk landed a party of sailors, who carried off 20 negroes and 16 bales of cotton.

25. A slight skirmish at Zuni, on the Blackwater river, Va., by mounted rifles under Col. Dodge, and a reb. force.

25. A company of Fed. troops captured at Henderson, Tenn., by reb. cavalry.

25. In Crawford Co., Mo., a company of reb. guerrillas carried off horses, firearms, clothing, &c., from farmers. Returning, near Huzza river, Iron Co., they were overtaken by Capt. N. B. Reeve’s company, who killed 2 of their party and recovered the plunder.

=Nov. 25.= Col. Paxton’s loyal Va. cavalry captured 118 prisoners, 300 stand of arms, 100 horses, and other property, near Sinking Creek, W. Va.

26. Fight at Cold Knob Mountain, Va. 2d Va. cavalry, Col. J. C. Paxton, defeated reb. troops, of whom over 100 were taken prisoners.

26. 25 guerrillas, under Evan Dorsey, crossed the Potomac, and robbed the stores and stables in Urbanna, 7 miles above Frederic, Md. killing a man named Harris.

26. 7th Ill. cavalry attacked rebs. near Summerville, Miss., and captured 28 of their number.

27. Indiana troops, under Cols. Hurd and Dodge, defeated rebels near La Vergne, Tenn., several of whom were killed. National loss 10 wounded.

28. Gen. Blunt defeated Gen. Marmaduke’s Confederate forces en route for Missouri, at Kane Hill, Ark. The battle raged over 12 miles. The rebels retreated to Van Buren, Ark.

28. At Hartwood Church, 15 miles from Falmouth, Va., 2 squadrons of 3d Pa. cavalry, Gen. Averill’s brigade, captured by the enemy, after a brief resistance, in which they lost 4 killed and 9 wounded.

28. A large Fed. expedition, under Gen. A. P. Hovey, left Helena, Ark., and arrived at Delta, Miss., cutting the Tenn. and Mississippi railroad, and destroying 2 engines and 30 cars. Gen. Washburne’s cavalry encountered the rear of Price’s rebel army, and captured 50 men, near the Big Black river.

29. The U. S. steamer Star was burned by rebs. 2 miles below Plaqeumine, La.

29. Gen. Stahl, with 300 cavalry, attacked rebs. at Snicker’s Gap, Va., killing 45, capturing 40.

30. A skirmish near Abbeville, Miss., by Col. Lee’s troops with a rebel force.

30. The schooner Levi Rowe captured off N. Carolina by U. S. steamer Mount Vernon.

30. The bark Parker Cook destroyed by reb. steamer Alabama in the Mona Passage.

=Dec. 1.= U. S. Congress convened at Washington.

1. Col. Lee’s cavalry took possession of rebel forts on the Tallahatchie river. He also captured a battery of 6 guns on the north side of the river.

1. Skirmish near Horse Creek, Dade Co., Mo. Maj. Kelley’s 4th Mo. cavalry routed a band of rebs., capturing 5.

1. Skirmish near Charlestown, Va. Gen. Slocum’s Fed. troops defeated rebel cavalry under White and Henderson, killing 5, and wounding 18.

1. At Franklin, Va., Gen. Peck recaptured the Pittsburg battery, taken from the Fed. forces on the Peninsula.

2. A fight near Franklin, Va. 11th Pa. cavalry, Col. Spear, with artillery supports, defeated reb. cavalry with severe loss.

2. Lieut. Hoffman and 6 men of 1st N. J. cavalry, captured while on picket duty 3 miles from Dumfries, Va.

2. Two companies of 8th Pa. cavalry, Capt. Wilson, defeated with severe loss at King George Court House, Va.

2. Part of Gen. Banks’ expedition to New Orleans sailed from New York.

2. Gen. Geary defeated rebels near Charlestown, Va., killing and wounding 70, and capturing 145.

3. Princeton, Ky., occupied by Federal troops, 91st Ind. and 15th Ky., under Maj. A. P. Henry, who captured a number of rebels.

3. Skirmishes near Oxford, Miss. Col. Hatch’s brigade captured 92 rebs. Fed. loss in killed and wounded, 20.

4. Skirmish near Tuscumbia, Ala. Rebs. abandoned their camps, losing 70 men prisoners, and their horses.

4. Winchester, Va., occupied by Gen. Geary’s troops, the rebel garrison leaving on his approach.

4. A sharp fight at Watervalley, Miss. Col. Hatch and Lee’s Fed. brigades defeated a rebel force, capturing 300 men and 50 horses.

5. Fed. cavalry under Cols. Dickey and Lee defeated by rebel infantry after two hours’ fight. Union loss, 100 killed, wounded, and missing.

5. The 30th Iowa and 29th Wis. attacked by rebs. at Helena, Ark., whom they repulsed, killing 8, and capturing 30.

6. The schr. Medora, with rebel army stores, was captured at Hackett’s Point Md., by Capt. Kearney’s company.

6. A forage train, in charge of 93d Ohio, Col. Anderson, was attacked by rebs. near Lebanon, Tenn., who were driven off.

6. Gen. Banks’ expedition sailed from New York to New Orleans.

7. U. S. mail steamer Ariel captured off Cuba by rebel steamer Alabama, but released on bond for $228,000.

7. Gens. Blunt and Herron defeated 15,000 rebels under Gens. Hindman, Marmaduke, Parsons, and Frost, at Prairie Grove, N.W. Ark. Federal loss, 495 killed, 600 wounded. Confed. loss, 1,500 killed and wounded.

7. The 106th and 108th Ohio, and 104th Ill., under Col. A. B. Moore, were attacked by a rebel force under Gen. J. H. Morgan, at Hartsville, Tenn. After a fight in which 55 of the Feds. were killed, and over 100 wounded, the entire force surrendered to the rebels, who lost about the same number in killed and wounded.

7. 60 of the 8th Pa. cavalry defeated at King George’s C. H., Va. Loss 20.

9. A body of rebels attacked a forage train, under escort, near LaVergne, Tenn., but were repulsed with considerable loss.

9. U. S. steamer Lake City was burned by rebels at Concordia, Ark. In retaliation, the steamer De Soto went to Concordia, and burned 42 houses.

9. Skirmish near Brentville, Tenn. Federals under Col. John A. Martin, defeated a rebel force.

10. Congress passed a bill admitting to the Union the State of Western Va.

10. Plymouth, N. C., captured and burned by the Confederates.

11. The U. S. gunboat Cairo sunk in the Yazoo river by a torpedo. The crew saved.

11. The city of Fredericksburg, Va., bombarded and occupied by Fed. troops.

12. Skirmish near Corinth, Miss. 52d Ill., Col. Sweeney, engaged a rebel force led by Col. Roddy. Rebel loss, 11 killed, 80 wounded; Union loss, 1 killed, and 2 prisoners.

12. 1,750 paroled Union prisoners, who had been captured by Gen. Morgan, arrived at Nashville.

12. Artillery skirmish by Gen. Terry’s Federal troops, near Zuni, on the Blackwater river, Va.

12. At Dumfries, Va., 35 National pickets and sutlers were captured by Gen. Stuart’s cavalry.

12. Gen. Foster engaged and defeated Confederates near Kingston, N. C., capturing 400 prisoners, 13 pieces of artillery, &c.

12. Rebel salt works at Yellville, Ark., destroyed by Federal troops under Capt. M. Birch.

12. Rebs. attacked at Franklin, Tenn., by cavalry under Gen. D. S. Stanley, who drove them from the town, and destroyed mills and other property. Reb. loss, 5 killed, 10 wounded. One Fed. killed.

13. Battle of Fredericksburg, Va. The reb. works were attacked by the National army under Gen. Burnside. It consisted of three grand divisions led by Gens. Sumner, Hooker and Franklin. The Fed. army was repulsed, losing 1,512 killed, 6,000 wounded, and 460 prisoners. The rebels lost 1,800 men.

13. Jeff. Davis reviewed the reb. forces under Bragg at Murfreesboro’.

13. Two regiments of Union infantry and one of cavalry surprised a rebel force at Tuscumbia, Ala., completely routing them and capturing 70 prisoners, their horses and baggage. Federal loss, 4 killed, 14 wounded.

13. Gov. Johnson, of Tenn., assessed disloyal citizens of Nashville in various amounts to be paid in 5 monthly instalments, in behalf of widows and orphans of that city who had been reduced to want in consequence of their husbands and fathers being forced into the rebel armies.

13. Skirmish at Southwest Creek, N. C. Gen. Foster’s troops routed rebels, who lost a number of prisoners and guns.

13. Unsuccessful attack on reb. works on the river, at Kinston, N. C., by small boats under Capt. Murray.

14. Two hundred Feds. under Capt. Thornberry, of 39th Ky., were defeated by 800 rebels at Wireman’s Shoals, 5 miles below Prestonsburg, Ky. Rebs. captured 700 muskets, as many uniforms, and 40,000 rounds of cartridges.

14. The True Presbyterian and the Baptist Recorder, of Louisville, Ky., were suppressed, and the editor of the Recorder sent to prison.

14. Coffeeville, Miss., occupied by Fed. forces under Cols. Mizner and Lee.

14. Gen. Foster’s troops engaged and defeated the Confeds. near Kingston, N. C., capturing 400 prisoners, 13 pieces of artillery, &c. Reb. loss, 71 killed, 268 wounded. Fed. loss, 90 killed, 478 w.

14. A Confed. cavalry force crossed the Potomac at Poolesville, Md., and captured 13 Fed. soldiers of the Scott cavalry, killing or wounding about 20 more.

14. Gen. Banks’ expedition arrived at New Orleans.

14. A picket guard of 24 men of the 6th Mo., were captured by rebs. at Helena, Ark.

14. Slight skirmish at Woodsonville, Tenn.

14. A wagon train laden with provisions and clothing for Fed. troops at Ringgold Barracks, Texas, on its way from Fort Brown, under escort, was attacked by Mexicans and captured, and the escort killed, excepting one man.

=Dec. 15.= Gen. Hovey’s expedition returned to Helena, Ark.

15. Gen. Butler superseded in command of the Department of the Gulf by Gen. Banks.

16. Rebs. under Gen. Evans defeated in an artillery duel on the banks of the river Neuse, near Whitehall, N. C., by Gen. Foster’s troops.

16. Three hundred Ga., Texas and Ky. cavalry captured near New Haven, Ky., by a detachment of Walford’s cavalry, under Capt. Adams.

16. The army of the Potomac withdrawn to the north side of the Rappahannock, from Fredericksburg, Va.

17. Baton Rouge, La., occupied by Fed. troops under Gen. Grover.

17. Fight at Goldsboro’, N. C. Gen. Foster’s troops destroyed a valuable bridge, and defeated rebels under Gen. Evans.

18. Lexington, Ky., occupied by rebs. under Gen. Forrest, after defeating the 11th Ill. cavalry, Col. R. G. Ingersoll, who fought 2 hours, and lost 40 men and 2 cannon.

18. The steamer Mill Boy, at Commerce, Miss., was fired on by reb. cavalry and 3 men killed. The U. S. gunboat Juliet and City Belle with 11th and 47th Ind. were dispatched to Commerce and burnt the town and plantations in the neighborhood.

19. Holly Springs, Miss., surrendered to rebs. with 1,800 men and 150 officers. $1,000,000 worth of commissary stores, &c., destroyed.

19. A lieutenant and 30 men of 10th N. Y. cavalry, with 14 wagons, captured at Occoquan, Va., by reb. cavalry, who were overtaken by Col. Rush’s cavalry and compelled to destroy their plunder.

19. Col. Dickey’s Fed. cavalry returned to camp, near Oxford, Miss., from a 6 days’ scout, with 150 prisoners. 34 miles of the Ohio and Mobile railroad were destroyed, with a large amount of rebel stores.

20. Skirmish near Halltown, Va. Capt. Vernon’s Fed. cavalry defeated rebs., capturing 3.

19–20. A body of reb. cavalry under Col. Forrest attacked a Fed. force at Davis’s Mills, Tenn., and were repulsed by them. On the succeeding day, Humboldt, Trenton, Dyers, Rutherton, and Keaton were visited by them, and telegraph lines and railroad bridges destroyed, thus severing Gen. Grant’s communication between Columbus and Corinth.

20. Gen. W. T. Sherman’s expeditionary army against Vicksburg embarked at Memphis, Tenn., in over 100 transports.

21. Gen. Carter, with 1000 cavalry, entered E. Tenn., and captured 550 rebels and 700 stand of arms.

21. Skirmish near Nashville, Tenn. Gen. Van Cleve’s troops with reb. artil’y.

21. Secretaries Seward and Chase tendered their resignation to Pres. Lincoln, who informed them that the acceptance of them would be incompatible with the public welfare; when the resignations were withdrawn.

21. The 25th Ind., Col. W. H. Morgan, in garrison at Davis’s Mills, Wolf river, Miss., were attacked by a large cavalry force of rebs. under Gen. Van. After 3 hours’ contest the rebels withdrew, leaving 22 dead, 30 wounded, 20 prisoners, and 100 stand of arms.

22. Skirmish at Isle of Wight Court House, Va. Lieut. Onderdonk’s N. Y. mounted rifles defeated by Gen. Pryor’s troops. Rebs. lost 2 men.

22. Maj.-Gen. R. C. Schenck assumed command of the Middle Department and 8th Army corps, headquarters at Baltimore, Md.

23. A proclamation from Jeff. Davis, threatening to hang Gen. Butler, or any of his officers who should be captured, in retaliation for the hanging of W. B. Mumford at N. Orleans.

23. Gen. Sigel’s troops attacked at Dumfries, Va. by reb. cavalry, who were repulsed.

24. Skirmish near Munfordsville, Ky. Capt. Dickey’s company of 2d Mich. were defeated by rebs. of Gen. Morgan’s army, losing 23 men prisoners.

24. Skirmish on the Blackwater river, Va., 4 miles above Franklin. 11th Pa. cavalry, Col. Spears, dispersed rebel troops, capturing 4.

24. Gen. M. L. Smith’s Fed. troops destroyed Vicksburg and Texas railroad 10 miles W. of Vicksburg, and burned stations at Delhi and Dallas.

25. Skirmish at Green’s Chapel, near Munfordville, Ky. Col. Gray’s Fed. troops defeated rebs. of Morgan’s army, who lost 9 killed, 22 wounded and 5 prisoners.

25. Col. Shanks with 12th Ky. cavalry attacked rebs. near Bear Wallow, Ky. killing 1, wounding 2 and capturing 10.

26. 38 Indians hung at Mankato, Minn, for participating in the late massacres in that State.

26. Maj. Stevens, with 150 of 4th Ky. attacked a reb. camp in Powell Co., Ky. capturing 12 men, with most of the camp equipage.

27. A company of Pa. cavalry, under Capt. Johnson, captured at Occoquan, Va.

27. Elizabethtown, Ky. with a garrison of nearly 500 men under Col. H. S. Smith, was captured by Gen. Morgan’s reb. army, after a short resistance. An immense amount of public and private stores were carried off by the rebs.

27. Fight at Dumfries, Va. Col. C. Candy’s troops were attacked by rebs. under Gens. Stuart and Fitz Hugh Lee, who were driven off with the loss of 30 or 40 men in killed and wounded. Fed. loss about 10 killed and wounded.

27–29. Attack on Vicksburg, Miss. by Gen. Sherman’s army and Fed. gunboats. Gen. Sherman’s army ascended the Yazoo river on transports, landed and attacked the reb. works in the rear of Vicksburg, while the gunboats assailed the batteries at Haines’ Bluff. The Feds., after sanguinary conflicts, carried the first and second lines of defence and advanced within 2½ miles of the city, where they were defeated and compelled to withdraw, with a loss of 600 killed, 1,500 wounded and 1,000 missing.

28. The trestle-work at Muldraugh’s Hill, defended by the 71st Ind., captured and destroyed by rebels under Gen. Morgan after 6 hours’ fight.

28. New Madrid, Mo., evacuated by Unionists, after destroying the barracks and magazine.

28. Skirmish near Suffolk, Va. Col. Gibbs’ troops routed rebel cavalry.

28. Van Buren, Ark., with a rebel garrison of 120 men, 6 steamboats, and a large amount of ammunition and stores was captured by Gen. Blunt’s army, with slight loss.

28. Major Foley with 250 of the 6th and 10th Ky. cavalry, surprised a rebel camp at Elkford, Campbell Co., Ky. 30 rebels killed, 176 wounded, 51 prisoners, and 80 horses taken.

28. Skirmish near Clinton, La. Stuart’s reb. cavalry defeated by a National force.

30. The Union and Watauga bridges on the E. Tenn. and Va. railroad destroyed by Gen. Carter’s Fed. troops, who defeated a rebel force, of whom 400 were taken prisoners, and 150 k. and w. with slight loss to the Unionists.

30. The iron-clad steamer Monitor, Commander Bankhead, foundered near Cape Hatteras, N. C. 4 officers and 12 of the crew, and also 8 R. I. soldiers were lost with her.

30. Battle at Parker’s Cross Roads, Tenn. A desperate conflict of several hours’ duration between Gen. Sullivan’s troops, and Gen. Forrest’s rebel cavalry, in which the latter were defeated with a loss of 600 in killed, wounded and prisoners. Fed. loss, about 200.

31. Beginning of the Battle of Stone river, or Murfreesboro’. 10 hours continuous fighting without result.

31. Gen. McClernand succeeded Gen. Sherman at Vicksburg and the Fed. army retired to Milliken’s Bend.

1863.

=Jan. 1.= Pres. Lincoln issued his Emancipation Proclamation, declaring all the slaves then held in rebellious territory to be forever free.

1. Galveston, Tex., recaptured by rebs. under Gen. Magruder, with its garrison of 300 men. 6 Fed. gunboats were in the harbor. The Harriet Lane was captured after a severe fight, in which Capt. Wainwright was killed, and many of his crew. The Fed. flagship Westfield was blown up by Commander Renshaw, to avoid capture, by which he lost his life, with many of the crew.

2. The battle of Stone river, or Murfreesboro’, Tenn., between Gen. Rosecrans’ army and Gen. Bragg’s rebel troops, which commenced two days before, was resumed, and after an obstinate and bloody contest, which lasted all day, the rebels were defeated with great slaughter. Fed. loss, 1,533 killed, 6,000 wounded, 2,000 prisoners; rebel loss, over 10,000, of whom 9,000 were killed and wounded.

2. Reb. cavalry under Major Herring, captured 10 sutlers’ wagons and their attendants at Dumfries, Va., belonging to Maine and New York regiments.

3. A rebel camp near La Grange, Ark., was surprised by Gen. Washburne’s cavalry. 10 of the rebels were captured, and 10 killed or wounded.

3. Rebs. under Gen. Jones attacked Col. Washburne’s troops at Moorfield, near New Creek, Va., and captured 65 of them.

5. Fed. troops in Hardy Co., Va., attacked by rebels under Capt. J. H. McNeill, who captured 33 men, 61 horses and camp stores.

5. The Fed. schr. Home, Capt. Cushing, destroyed a small rebel fort on Little river, N. C.

6. The iron steamer Antona, laden with arms and medicine, was captured off Mobile, by U. S. steamer Pocahontas.

7. 450 women and children left Washington, D. C., for Richmond and other points south, by special permit.

=Jan. 8.= A rebel force of 5,000, under Gens. Marmaduke and Burbridge, attacked the garrison at Springfield, Mo. They were repulsed by the Feds. under Gen. Brown and Col. Crabb. Fed. loss 17 killed and 50 wounded. Reb. loss 200.

8. Union force from Yorktown, Va., under Major W. P. Hall, made a raid to the Pamunkey river, and destroyed a ferryboat, steamers, sloops, railroad and depots, and large warehouses containing rebel stores.

8. The 20th Ill. cavalry, Capt. Moore, attacked a rebel camp near Ripley, Tenn., held by Lieut.-Col. Dawson, killing 8, wounding 20, and capturing 46 prisoners. Fed. loss, 3 wounded.

9. Reb. troops under Gen. Pryor crossed the Blackwater, near Suffolk, Va., and attacked Gen. Corcoran’s brigade of Gen. Peck’s troops. Enemy defeated. Fed. loss, 104.

9. Col. Ludlow effected an exchange of prisoners at City Point, Va., by which 20,000 men were restored to the National army.

10. Skirmish at Catlett’s Station, Va. Col. Schimmelfennig’s troops, and Hampton’s rebel cavalry.

10. 21st Iowa, Col. Merritt, attacked by Marmaduke’s troops at Hartsville, Mo. Rebs. defeated. Fed. loss, 35 killed and wounded. Reb. loss, 150 killed and wounded, and 150 prisoners.

11. U. S. steamer Hatteras, Lieut. R. G. Blake, sunk off Texas, by rebel steamer Alabama. 100 of the Fed. crew captured.

11. Steamer Grampus, No. 2, at the mouth of Wolf river, Tenn., captured and burned by 13 rebels.

11. Arkansas Post, Fort Hindman, on the Ark. river, captured by Admiral Porter’s squadron and Gen. McClernand’s army. Fed. loss, nearly 1,000 in killed, wounded and missing. Reb. loss, 550 killed and wounded, and 5,000 prisoners.

12. The brig J. P. Ellicott captured by rebel privateer Retribution, and put in charge of a prize crew. The wife of the mate of the Ellicott succeeded in getting the rebels intoxicated, put them in irons, piloted the vessel to St. Thomas, and delivered her and the prisoners to the U. S. Consul.

12. A rebel raid upon Holly Springs, Miss.

13. Gunboat Major Slidell and 3 boats with wounded troops captured by guerrillas on the Cumberland river, the wounded robbed, and all but one of the boats burned.

14. Four Union gunboats under Com. Buchanan, assisted by Gen. Weitzel’s troops, engaged the rebel iron-clad gunboat Cotton, aided by Col. Gray’s soldiers, on the Bayou Teche, La. The Cotton was destroyed after several hours’ combat. Commodore Buchanan was killed.

14. The steamer Forest Queen was burned by guerrillas at Commerce, Miss.

14. The Fed. gunboat Queen of the West, Col. Charles E. Ellet, was captured on the Red river near Gordon’s Landing.

15. Mound City, Ark., burned by Fed. troops.

15. 17 of the 22d Wis. captured near Clarendon, Ark. 7 rebels killed and wounded.

16. U. S. steamer Columbia stranded at Masonboro’ Inlet, N. C. Her officers surrendered to the rebels, under Col. Lamb.

16. Duvall’s Bluff, Ark., captured by Fed. gunboat Baron de Kalb, and others of Porter’s flotilla, and Gen. Gorman’s troops. 100 prisoners taken. Lieut. J. G. Walker, 7 prisoners and a large supply of arms taken.

16. Reb. privateer Oreto escaped from Mobile.

16. U. S. transport ship Planter, with troops, wrecked near Stranger’s Key, Bahama.

17. Des Arc, Ark., captured by Fed. troops, without opposition.

17. Skirmish at Pollocksville, N. C., the rebels fleeing from the town.

19. Skirmish near Barnesville, Va. Lieut. Vezin and 112 men charged a large party of reb. cavalry, rescuing 6 of their company who were prisoners and capturing 4 rebels.

19. The brig Estelle captured by the reb. privateer Oreto, or Florida, Capt. Maffit.

19. The army of the Potomac, Gen. Burnside, moved down the Rappahannock.

21. The National ship Morning Light and the schooner Velocity were captured by reb. steamers Josiah Bell and Uncle Ben, near Sabine Pass, Texas.

21. Reb. camp broken up near Columbia, Mo., by 61st Mo., Col. Douglass, and 6 prisoners taken. 2 Feds. wounded.

21. Gen. Fitz John Porter dismissed from the U. S. service.

21. Col. Hutchinson, with 100 rebel cavalry, captured a company of U. S. troops and 30 wagons, at Murfreesboro’, Tenn.

22. Gen. Burnside’s second attempt to cross the Rappahannock foiled by a rain storm, which made the roads impassable.

22. The brig Windward captured by the reb. privateer Florida, off Cuba.

23. A company of Feds., under Capt. Taylor, was attacked in Johnson Co., E. Tenn., by rebs., under Col. Folk. 4 Feds, killed and several wounded and captured, some of whom were hung.

23. Arkansas Post, Ark., evacuated by Fed. troops, and the fort blown up.

24. Maj.-Gen. Burnside transferred the command of the army of the Potomac to Gen. Jos. Hooker. Maj.-Gens. Sumner and Franklin commanding right and left wings, relieved from their commands.

25. Attack by rebs. on the railroad near Nashville, Tenn. They were repulsed.

25. Reb. pickets near Kinston, N. C., captured.

26. The bark Golden Rule was captured and burnt by the Alabama, 50 miles south of St. Domingo.

26. A fight near Woodbury, Tenn. Gen. Palmer’s Fed. troops defeated a reb. force, who lost 35 killed and over 100 prisoners. Fed. loss 2 killed and 9 wounded.

27. Attack on rebs. at Bloomfield, Mo., by 68th Mo. militia, Col. Lindsay, who drove the enemy from the town, capturing 52 prisoners, 70 horses and 100 stand of arms.

27. Bombardment of Fort McAllister, Ga., by monitor Montauk, Capt. Worden, and 3 gunboats.

27. Skirmish at Indian Village, on Bayou Plaquemine, La., by Gen. Weitzel’s Fed. brigade, who defeated a rebel force.

27. Col. Wyndham’s Fed. troops attacked Stuart’s cavalry near Middleburg, Va., defeating them, and capturing 26 men and 40 head of cattle.

28. The reb. steamer Julia Roan, with 300 men, was captured by Col. Harrison’s Fed. troops, 130 of 1st Ark. cavalry, near Van Buren, Mo.

29. The British iron steamer Princess Royal, laden with arms, was captured off Charleston, S. C.

29. A fight near Bear river, Washington Territory. Union troops under Col. Connor defeated Indians with severe loss, after 4 hours’ battle.

29. Gen. McClernand’s troops landed 5 miles from the mouth of the Yazoo river, in view of Vicksburg.

30. U. S. gunboat Isaac Smith captured in Stono river, S. C.

30. A reb. camp at Trenton, Tenn., in charge of Capt. Dawson, was attacked by 22d Ohio, Col. Wood, and 34 rebels captured, or killed.

30. 300 rebel conscript soldiers surrendered at Murfreesboro’, Tenn., and took the oath of allegiance to the U. S. government.

30. A fight at Deserted House, 9 miles from Suffolk, Va., between Feds. under Gen. Corcoran, and Gen. Pryor’s troops. Loss in killed and wounded about 60 on each side.

31. Two rebel gunboats and rams, and 3 steamers, under Com. Ingraham, came down the Charleston, S. C., harbor, and attacked 3 vessels of the blockading squadron, the Mercedita, the Keystone State, and the Quaker City, damaging them severely, and capturing and paroling the crew of the Mercedita. 30 Feds. killed and 50 wounded.

31. Kennett’s National cavalry attacked Wheeler’s brigade, near Nashville, Tenn. Reb. loss 12 killed and 12 wounded, and 300 prisoners. 5 Feds, wounded.

31. Attack on Fed. soldiers by deserters and mob in Morgan Co., Ind. The mob dispersed, and 8 of them captured.

31. Shelbyville, Ky., entered by Fed. troops under Gen. J. C. Davis.

=Feb. 1.= Second attack on Fort McAllister, Ga. Reb. commander Maj. Galbè, killed. Fed. vessels retire without loss.

1. Franklin, Tenn., occupied by Fed. forces under Col. R. Johnson, with slight loss.

1. Unsuccessful attack on Island No. 10, in the Miss. river, by a large force of rebs., with slight loss.

1. Col. Stokes, with loyal Tenn. and Ky. troops, attacked a reb. camp at Middleton, Tenn., capturing Maj. Douglass and 100 of his men.

2. The Union ram Queen of the West ran by the rebel batteries at Vicksburg, Miss.

3. Skirmish at Mingo Swamp, Mo. Fed. troops under Maj. Reeder defeated rebs. under D. McGee, who was killed, with 8 of his men, and 20 wounded.

3. Fort Donelson, Tenn., garrisoned by 83 Ill., Col. Harding, was attacked by a large force under Wheeler and Forrest, Rebs. repulsed with a loss of 100 killed, 400 wounded and 300 prisoners. Fed. loss 12 killed and 30 wounded.

4. Skirmish near Lake Providence, La., in which 30 rebs. were killed and wounded, and 90 horses taken.

4. Cavalry dash upon Batesville, Ark., under Col. G. E. Waring, driving rebels under Marmaduke out of the town, with severe loss, and capturing Col. Adams and other rebels.

=Feb. 5.= Skirmish on Bear Creek, Johnson Co., Mo. Capt. Ranney, of 40th Mo. militia drove a small rebel force.

5. Skirmish near Stafford’s, Va.

6. Union raid upon Middleburgh, by 5th N. Y. cavalry. Several rebs. captured.

6. Skirmish between Winchester and Martinsburg, Va. 1st N. Y. cavalry, Capt. Jones, defeated a small reb. force.

7. A squadron of the 5th Pa. cavalry were led into ambush 9 miles from Williamsburg, Va., and 35 of their number killed, wounded, or captured.

7. Reb. Capt. Dawson and several of his men were captured by Col. Wood, 22d Ohio, near Dyersburg, Va.

7. Reb. Sec. of State declared Galveston and Sabine Pass, Texas, open to commerce.

8. A reb. camp attacked near Independence, Mo., by Lieut. Coburn, 5th Mo. cavalry. 8 rebs. killed, 2 wounded, and all their arms captured.

8. Ram Queen of the West returned from an expedition down the Mississippi, near Port Hudson, having sunk 3 steamers loaded with provisions for rebs., and captured 56 prisoners.

8. Gens. Davis’ and Morgan’s troops returned to Nashville, Tenn., from the pursuit of Forrest. They captured 30 rebs. 7 miles E. of Charlotte, including Col. Carroll.

8. Lebanon, Tenn., occupied by Fed. troops, who captured 600 rebels.

9. Skirmish near Summerville, Va. Maj. Knox’s Fed. cavalry defeated rebs.

9. Gen. Rosecrans, in Tenn., ordered the execution of all rebs. caught in Fed. uniform or carrying the national flag.

10. Fight at Old river, La. Capt. Tucker, 1st Kansas, defeated 3d La. reb. cavalry, who lost 25 prisoners, and 11 killed or wounded. Union loss, 8.

10. The 14th Wis. and 11th Ill. attacked near Lake Providence, on the Miss., by rebs., who were repulsed. 32 taken prisoners.

12. N. Y. ship Jacob Bell burnt by the Florida.

12. Skirmish near Smithfield, Va. 12th Pa cavalry engaged Capt. Baylor’s reb. troops.

12. Skirmish near Bolivar, Tenn. 4 rebs. killed, 5 wounded, by Fed. cavalry, who were defeated.

14. Barge New Era, No. 5, captured by Fed. ram Queen of the West, near Fort Taylor, Red river. The ram was then run ashore by a treacherous pilot, and captured by the rebels.

14. 5th Mich. cavalry surprised near Annandale, Va., with loss of 15 men.

15. Fight near Canesville, Tenn. The 123d Ill., Col. Monroe, defeated some of Gen. Morgan’s cavalry, of whom 20 were killed, many wounded, and 6 captured. Also 50 horses and 300 stand of arms. 3 Federals wounded.

15. Serg’t Holmes, with 14 of 2d Minn., escorting a wagon train near Nolensville, Tenn., repulsed a superior force of rebel cavalry, of whom 8 were killed, 20 wounded, and 4 prisoners.

15. Fight near Arkadelphia, Ark. Feds. under Capt. Brown defeated the enemy, who lost 14 killed and 12 wounded. Fed. loss, 2 killed, 12 wounded.

17. A forage train in charge of some of 116th and 123d Ohio captured by rebs. near Romney, Va.

17. U. S. steamer Hercules burnt by rebels near Memphis, Tenn.

18. Mortar boats opened fire on Vicksburg.

18. Clifton, Tenn., burnt by 3d Mich. cavalry.

18. Disloyal State Convent. at Frankfort, Ky., dispersed by military.

19. A party of 1st Ind. cavalry, Lt.-Col. Wood, routed by reb. cavalry near Coldwater, Miss. Federal loss, 6 killed, 3 wounded, and 15 captured.

19. Hopefield, Ark., opposite Memphis, Tenn., burnt by order of Gen. Hurlbut.

20. Skirmish near the Yazoo Pass. 5th Ill. cavalry dispersed rebel troops, killing 6 and capturing 26. Fed. loss 5 wounded.

21. The ship Golden Eagle and bark Olive Jane burnt by rebel steamer Alabama.

21. Union gunboats Freeborn and Dragon engaged a rebel battery on the Rappahannock river, Va. Three Feds. wounded.

21. A guerrilla raid upon Shakertown, Ky. Government property and cars destroyed. 4 rebels captured by Col. Briston.

22. Capt. Cornyn, 10th Mo. cavalry, visited Florence and Tuscumbia, Ala., and captured horses, mules, negroes, and 100 rebs.

22. At Gatesville, Va., 9 of the 57th rebel Va. were captured by Federal troops.

22. The Yazoo Pass exped’n reached Moon Lake.

23. Fight near Greenville, Miss. Gen. Ferguson’s rebel troops engaged Nationals under Gen. Burbridge. Maj. Mudd, 22d Ill., killed.

23. Skirmish near Athens, Ky., with Morgan’s guerrillas.

23. Rebel force of 700 devastating E. Kentucky. A large amount of government property destroyed at Paris, Ky.

23. An attempt by rebels to capture the steamer Belle at Cottonwood Landing, Tenn., was repulsed. 1 killed on each side.

24. Gunboat Indianola captured near Grand Gulf, Miss., by 4 rebel steamers.

25. Skirmish at Hartwood Church, Va., near Kelly’s Ford. Gen. Averill’s troops defeated Stuart’s rebel cavalry.

25. Rebel troops under Clarke dispersed at Licktown, Ky.

25. The steamer Peterhoff captured off St. Thomas by U. S. gunboat Vanderbilt.

25. Skirmish 5 miles from Falmouth, Va. 6th U. S. cavalry defeated Stuart’s cavalry, of whom 40 were captured.

26. Cavalry fight near Woodstock, Va. The 13th Pa. and 1st N.Y. were defeated by the enemy, who killed and captured 200.

26. Cherokee National Council repealed the ordinance of secession, and abolished slavery.

26. A government freight train captured by rebels near Woodburn, Tenn.

27. Destruction of rebel steamer Nashville in Ogeechee river, near Fort McAllister, Fla., by gunboat Montauk, Capt. Worden.

27. Skirmish 15 miles from Newbern, N. C. Capt. Jacobs’ N. Y. cavalry defeated rebels, who lost 3 killed and 48 prisoners. 1 Fed. wounded.

=March 1.= Union dash into Bloomfield, Mo. Provost-marshal and 20 prisoners taken.

1. Fight at Bradyville, Tenn. 2,500 of Rosecrans’ army drove Morgan’s reb. division from the town, killing 8, wounding 30, and capturing 89. Fed. loss, 15 in killed and wounded.

1. English steamer Queen of the Wave captured near Georgetown, S. C., by U. S. gunboat Connemaugh.

1. Rebs. captured 50 of 1st Vt. cavalry, Capts. Wood and Huntoon, at Aldie, Va.

2. Sharp contest on the Salem pike, 16 miles from Murfreesboro’, between the regulars of Rosecrans’ army and a large force from Bragg’s. The rebs. defeated.

2. Four guerrillas captured 3 miles from Russelville, Ky.

2. Slight cavalry fight near Petersburg, Tenn. Rebels routed with 12 killed and 20 wounded.

2. Capt. Schultze’s Fed. cavalry defeated Mosby’s troops near Aldie, Va., capturing 30.

3. Fort McAllister, Ga., bombarded without success.

3. The Enrolment and Conscription act passed by Congress, approved. All arms-bearing men with certain exceptions were to be enrolled by April 1st ensuing, and the President was authorized to call for quotas from the enrolled names.

4. Fight on Harpeth river, near Chapel Hill, Tenn. Col. Johnson’s Tenn. Fed. cavalry engaged Col. Roger’s troops, killing 12 and capturing 72.

4. Adjournment of 37th Congress.

4. Skirmishes at Skeet and Swan Quarter, N. C. Rebels beaten, 28 killed and wounded. Unionists, 3 killed and 15 wounded.

5. U. S. Senate met in extra session.

5. Fight at Thompson’s Station, near Franklin, Tenn. A Fed. force under Col. Colburn was attacked by a large army under Van Dorn, and defeated in battle, after which the entire Union brigade was captured, excepting 150 men. Fed. loss, 100 killed, 300 wounded, and 1,200 prisoners. Rebel loss, 120 killed and 300 wounded.

5. The Crisis newspaper office, at Columbus, O., was destroyed by soldiers.

6. Successful foray of Fed. troops under Col. Phelps in Northumberland Co., Va.

6. Ship Star of Peace captured and burnt by rebel privateer Florida.

6. Gen. Hunter ordered the drafting of negroes in the Department of the South.

7. A scouting expedition from Belle Plain, Va., returned with several prisoners and much property.

7. A brigade of cavalry under Gen. Manly attacked rebel cavalry of Gen. Russell at Unionville, Tenn. Rebel loss, 50 killed, 180 wounded, and all their stores.

8. Mosby (reb.) dashed into Fairfax, Va., and captured Brig.-Gen. Stoughton and 30 men and 58 horses.

8. 43d Mass., Col. Holbrook, captured a rebel cavalry company near Newbern, N. C.

9. A small rebel force captured, six miles below Port Hudson, on the Mississippi.

9. The screw-steamer Douro captured by U. S. gunboat Quaker City.

=March 9.= Guerrillas defeated near Bolivar, Tenn., with the loss of 18 captured.

9. Skirmish at Blackwater Bridge, Va., by Feds. under Col. Chickering.

9. Skirmish on Amite river, La. Rebs. dispersed.

10. Rebel steamer Parallel burnt on the Mississippi with 3,000 bales of cotton.

10. Several rebels captured at Rutherford’s creek, Tenn., by Gen. Granger’s troops.

10. Jacksonville, Fla., captured by 1st S. C. (colored) regiment.

10. Skirmish near Covington, Tenn. Col. Grierson’s cavalry attacked Col. Richardson’s rebel camp, killing 25 and capturing a large number.

11. A skirmish 12 miles E. of Paris, Ky. Guerrillas attacked a Fed. forage train, and were repulsed.

12. Gen. Gordon’s troops returned to Franklin, Tenn., from pursuing Van Dorn’s troops beyond Duck river. Fed. loss in skirmishes, 9.

13. Unsuccessful assault on Fort Greenwood, on the Tallahatchie, Miss., by Union gunboats Chillicothe and DeKalb, and a land battery.

13. Skirmish at Berwick City, La.

13. The signal station at Spanish Wells, S. C., burnt by a party of rebels. A lieut. and 8 men captured.

13. Rebel troops under Gen. Pettigrew attacked Gen. Foster’s troops at Newbern, N. C., but were repulsed.

14. Admiral Farragut, with 7 of his fleet, attacked the rebel batteries at Vicksburg, Miss. The Hartford (flagship) and the Albatross passed the batteries and went up the river. The Mississippi was destroyed, and part of her crew captured.

14. Col. Minty’s Fed. cavalry returned to Murfreesboro’, Tenn., after 11 days’ absence, with 50 rebel prisoners and a large amount of stores.

15. Schooner Chapman, fitted out and manned as a rebel privateer in San Francisco, was captured while attempting to leave that port. 20 rebels and 6 brass Dahlgren guns were taken.

15. The Jeffersonian newspaper office at Richmond, Ind., was destroyed by Union soldiers.

17. A sharp conflict at Kelly’s Ford, Va., between a body of Gen. Averill’s Fed. cavalry and a rebel force. Gen. Averill’s troops were defeated, but 86 of the enemy were captured.

17. Attack on rebel works near Franklin, Va. Fed. troops under Col. Spear driven off, with 1 man killed and 16 wounded.

17. Col. J. B. Fry detailed as Provost-Marshal-General of the U. S.

18. Skirmishing at Berwick Bay, La. Capt. Perkins, 1st Louisiana cavalry, defeated rebs., who lost 10 killed and 20 wounded.

19. Steamer Georgiana, with arms for the rebels, destroyed off Charleston.

19. Skirmish on Duck river, near Franklin, Tenn.

20. Col. Hall’s brigade, of Rosecrans’s army, attacked at Vaught’s Hill, near Milton, Tenn., by Morgan’s and Breckinridge’s cavalry. The rebels defeated, losing 40 killed, 140 wounded, and 12 prisoners. Fed. loss 7 killed and 31 wounded.

21. Fight at Cottage Grove, Tenn. Rebels defeated with severe loss.

21. Capture of British steamer Nicholas I. while attempting to enter Wilmington harbor, N. C., by U. S. steamship Victoria. She had 16 tons of powder and 50,000 Enfield rifles.

21. Skirmish near Seneca, Pendleton Co., Va. A party of loyal men called “swampers” defeated by rebels.

21. An expedition up the bayous returned to the Yazoo river, after defeating the rebels at Deer Creek, and destroying 2,000 bales of cotton, 50,000 bushels of corn, and all the houses on the route.

22. 50 of the 5th Mo. cavalry defeated by Quantrell’s guerrillas, near Blue Spring, Mo. Fed. loss, 9 killed, 5 missing, and several wounded.

22. Mount Sterling, Ky., attacked by rebels under Col. Cluke. The Fed. garrison of 200, under Capt. Radcliff, captured, and the town burned.

22. Steamer Granite City captured by U. S. gunboat Tioga, off the Bahamas.

16–24. Bread riots at Atlanta, Ga., Salisbury, N. C., Richmond, Va., Raleigh, N. C., and Petersburg, Va.

24. Pontchatoula, La., captured by Fed. troops under Col. Clark.

24. The schooners Mary Jane and Rising Dawn captured by U. S. gunboats State of Georgia and Mount Vernon, off Wilmington, N. C.

25. The Fed. gunboats Lancaster and Switzerland attempted to pass the rebel batteries at Vicksburg. The Lancaster was sunk, and the Switzerland escaped, much damaged.

25. At Brentwood, Tenn., 300 Federal troops, under Lieut.-Col. Bloodgood, were captured by rebel forces under Wheeler and Forrest, and the town sacked. A Federal cavalry force, under Gen. Smith, overtook the rebels in their retreat, and defeated them, capturing 42 prisoners, and recovering part of their booty. Loss, about 15 on each side in k. and w.

25. Steamer Dolphin captu’d off Porto Rico by U. S. gunboat Wachusett.

26. Expedition returned to Carthage, Tenn., with 28 rebel prisoners.

26. Gen. Burnside took command of the Department of the Ohio.

27. Fast day in the rebel States.

27. Jacksonville, Fla., burned by Fed. troops.

27. U. S. steamer Hartford passed below the rebel batteries at Warrenton, Miss.

28. Gunboat Diana captured by rebels at Pattersonville, La. 31 of the crew killed or wounded, and 170 prisoners.

28. Cole’s Island, S. C., occupied by N. Y. troops, under Col. G. F. B. Dandy.

28. Steamer Sam. Gaty plundered by rebels at Sibley, Mo.

28. The rebels attacked Williamsburg, Va., and were repulsed by the 5th Pa. cavalry, Col. Lewis.

29. A party of blockade runners taken at Poplar creek, Md.

29. Sixth Ill. cavalry, Col. Loomis, surprised by rebs. under Col. Richardson, near Somerville, Tenn. Fed. loss 40 in k. or w. Rebs. driven off.

30. Battle near Somerset, Ky. Fed. troops under Gen. Gillmore defeated Pegram’s army of 2600, after a battle of 4 hours. Reb. loss 350. 400 cattle taken.

30. Washington, N. C., was attacked by rebels under Hill and Pettigrew. The Fed. pickets and skirmishers driven in with loss, and the rebels driven out of range afterwards by Fed. gunboats.

30. 700 rebels, under Gen. Jenkins, captured Point Pleasant, W. Va., but were subsequently driven out, losing 12 killed and 14 prisoners. Fed. loss 1 killed and 1 wounded.

30. Richmond, Miss., occupied by Gen. McClernand’s Fed. troops, after sharp skirmishing.

31. Gen. Herron appointed to command the army of the frontier.

=April 1.= Admiral Farragut, with the National gunboats Hartford, Switzerland and Albatross, engaged the rebel batteries at Grand Gulf, Miss., and passed them without serious loss.

1. Severe fight at Dranesville, Va., between 1st Vt. cavalry, and Capt. Mosby’s rebel troops. Feds. defeated with a loss of 60 in killed, wounded, and pris.

1. The town of Palmyra, Tenn., burned by a Fed. gunboat, Capt. Fitz.

2. Women’s bread riot at Richmond, Va.

2. Skirmish at Woodbury, Tenn. Gen. Hazen’s Fed. troops engaged and defeated rebels, killing 12 and capturing and wounding 30.

2. Admiral Farragut’s vessels proceeded to the mouth of the Red river, destroying rebel boats.

2. Gunboat St. Clair disabled by rebs. above Fort Donelson, on the Cumberland river. She was rescued by the steamer Luminous.

2. Hicks’ rebel guerrillas, in Jackson Co., Mo., were attacked by Maj. Ransom with the 6th Ks. 17 rebels killed, and considerable property captured.

2. Fight at Snow Hill, Tenn. Gen. Stanley engaged Morton and Wharton’s rebel regiments, who were defeated, and 15 or 20 killed, and 50 captured.

3. Arrests of Knights of the Golden Circle, at Reading, Pa.

3. Steamer Tampico captured off Sabine Pass, Texas, by U. S. gunboat New London.

3. Capt. Worthington’s loyal Ark. cavalry returned to Fayetteville, Ark., after four skirmishes, in which two rebel captains were k., 1 w., 22 men k. and 7 taken.

4. Unionists under Gen. Potter repulsed with loss of 5 men in attempt to capture rebel battery on Pamlico river, N. C.

4. Palmyra, Tenn., burned by the gunboat Lexington.

4. U. S. steamer Sylvan Shore fired on near Washington, N. C., and several of her crew killed or wounded.

5. Ship Louisa Hatch captured by the Alabama.

5. Troops sent from Newbern to rescue Gen. Foster, besieged in Washington, N. C.

5. Skirmish in Black Bayou, La.

6. Col. Wilder’s Fed. command on an expedition within the rebel lines in Tenn. destroyed much provision, and brought in 350 negroes.

6. Rebel camp at Green Hill, Tenn., broken up; 5 killed and 15 taken.

7. Bombardment of Fort Sumter by Admiral Dupont; the fleet driven off; fort little injured.

7. U. S. gunboat Barataria lost in Amite river, La.

7. Successful foray into Gloucester Co., Va.

8. Gunboat George Washington, stranded in Broad river, S. C., attacked by rebs. and blown up.

=April 8.= The Tallahatchie fleet returned to Helena, Ark., after an absence of 43 days, with the divisions of Gens. Ross and Quimby. 30 soldiers were killed and a number wounded.

8. 60 rebels captured in Loudon Co., Va., by Gen. Copeland’s brigade.

8. U. S. steamer Lovell and propeller Saxonia captured 15 miles below Clarksville, Tenn.

9. Pascagoula, Miss., taken by a Union force from Ship Island, but abandoned the same day.

9. Fight at Blount’s Mills, N. C. Unionists driven off with small loss.

10. Battle at Franklin, Tenn. Van Dorn’s attack repulsed. Union loss about 100. Rebel, 300 k. and w.

10. Rebels routed near Germantown, Ky.

10. Skirmish near Waverly, Tenn. 21 Unionists taken prisoners.

11. Col. Streight’s raiding force left Nashville for Georgia.

11. Union cavalry camp near Williamsburg, Va., broken up by rebel attack.

12. Ironclad fleet leaves Charleston harbor.

12. Skirmish near Gloucester Point, Va.

12. Lieut.-Col. Kimball killed by Gen. Corcoran.

13. Transport Escort ran the batteries below Washington, N. C., bringing aid for Gen. Foster.

13. Skirmish near Suffolk, Va.

13. Gen. Stoneman’s cavalry advanced in detachments to Warrenton, Bealton, Rappahannock bridge, Liberty, and all the fords of the Rapidan, Va., preparatory to a general advance of the army of the Potomac against General Lee.

14. Battle at Bayou Teche, La. Rebs. defeated and their three gunboats, Diana, Hart, and Queen of the West, destroyed. Union loss about 350. Reb. much larger.

14. Gen. Foster escaped from Washington, N. C., by running the rebel blockade in the steamer Escort.

14. Rebel battery on Nansemond river silenced by gunboats.

14. U. S. gunboat West End attacked by a reb. battery near Suffolk, Va., and considerably damaged. 5 of her crew killed and 18 wounded.

15. Col. Evans routed 200 Indians, 75 miles south of Daybreak, in Utah, killing 30. Fed. loss, 8.

15. Franklin, La., occupied by Union troops.

15. Rebs. raise the siege of Washington, N. C.

15. Fighting continued on the Nansemond river.

15. Dash upon Pikeville, Ky., by 39th Ky., Col. Dills. 17 reb. officers and 61 privates captured.

15. Destruction of reb. steamer Queen of the West, in Berwick’s Bay, La., by U. S. gunboat Estella. 90 rebs. captured, and 30 lost.

16. Admiral Porter’s fleet of 8 gunboats and several transports ran pass the Vicksburg batteries, losing only 1 transport and no men.

16. Fight with Indians at Medalia, Minn.

16. Steamer Gertrude captured off Harbor Islands, W. I., by U. S. steamer Vanderbilt.

17. The 99th and 130th N. Y. engaged reb. troops near Suffolk, Va. 2 Feds. killed and 3 wounded.

17. Gen. Donelson (reb.), nephew of Andrew Jackson, died at Knoxville.

17. Col. Grierson’s famous cavalry raiding force started from La Grange, Tenn.

17. Skirmish at Bear Creek. Rebs. defeated by Gen. Dodge’s troops.

17. Skirmish at Vermillion Bayou, La. Rebs. driven off by Gen. Grover’s troops, who took 1,000 prisoners.

18. Gen. Getty’s troops, in conjunction with gunboats on Nansemond river, N. C., under Lieut. Lamson, captured a reb. battery of 8 pieces and 200 prisoners, at the West Branch.

18. The siege of Washington, N. C., raised, after an investment of 3 weeks by a large Confederate force.

18. Fayetteville, Ark., attacked by a reb. army under Gen. Cabell, who were repulsed by 2,000 Feds, under Col. Harrison.

18. Reconnoitering party at Sabine Pass captured by concealed rebs. Capt. McDermott, of gunboat Cayuga, killed.

18–19. Cols. Graham and Riley defeated reb. forces in several skirmishes on Cumberland river, Tenn., killing and wounding 40.

19. Cavalry skirmishing near Hernando, Miss., with varying success.

19. Severe fight on the Coldwater, near Hernando, Tenn. A Fed. brigade under Col. Bryant defeated rebel troops in a series of skirmishes. Reb. loss, 20 killed, 40 wounded. Fed. 10 killed, 20 w.

20. Opelousas, La., occupied by Union forces.

20. Cavalry skirmish near Helena, Arkansas.

20. Fight at Patterson, Mo. Feds. under Col. Smart defeated with loss of 50 in killed and wounded.

20. Bute a la Rose, La., captured by Union gunboats. 60 prisoners taken.

21. Skirmish and capture of a few rebs. near Berryville, Va., by Capt. Laypole, of 6th Va.

21. An expedition under Gen. Graham returned to Louisville, Ky., after proceeding to Celina on the Cumberland, and destroying a large amount of rebel stores and 40 boats. 60 rebs. killed and wounded.

22. Reb. raid on Tompkinsville, Ky. The Court house burned, and 5 Union men killed.

22. Reb. steamer Ellen captured near Courtableau, La.

22. Seven of the 8th Mo. cavalry, and a Baptist minister shot by guerrillas in Cedar Co., Mo.

22. Occupation of McMinnville, Tenn., by Union troops under Gen. Reynolds and Col. Wilder.

22. Majs. McGee and White’s troops encountered 300 rebs. near Strasburg, Va., and defeated them. Rebel loss 5 killed, 9 wounded, and 25 prisoners. Union loss, 2.

22. Six gunboats and 12 barges passed the rebel batteries at Vicksburg.

23. Lieut. Cushing, with a party of men from the gunboat Commodore Barney, had a skirmish with rebel cavalry near Chuckatuck, Va., with small loss.

23. Skirmish at Beverly, Va. Loyalists under Col. Latham.

24. Tuscumbia, Ala., occupied by Federal forces under Col. Dodge.

24. 4 rebel schooners captured off Mobile, Ala., by gunboat De Soto.

24. Two rebel schooners captured near New Inlet, N. C., by U. S. steamer State of Georgia.

24. Rebels defeated at Weber Falls, Ark., by Col. Phillips’ troops.

23–27. Gen. Ellet’s Maine Brigade made a successful expedition up the Tennessee river, destroying the towns of Hamburg and Eastport, and a large stock of war material. The rebels were defeated in an attack on the vessels while returning, losing 10 killed and 20 wounded. Federal loss, 2 killed, 4 wounded.

24. Skirmishing near Suffolk, Va.

24. Unionists defeated at Beverly, Va.

25. Rebel shore batteries at Duck river shoals, Tenn. river, silenced by gunboats. 25 rebels killed and wounded.

25. Fight at Greenland Gap, Va. Rebels severely punished by 23d Illinois, Capt. Wallace.

26. 30 rebel cotton-gins and mills and 350,000 bushels of corn destroyed by a raid to Deer Creek, Miss.

26. Cape Girardeau, Mo., attacked by Marmaduke’s rebels, who were defeated with heavy loss by Gen. McNeil’s troops. Rebel loss 40 killed and 200 wounded.

26. Gen. Burnside assumed command of the Department of Ohio.

27. A body of Texan Rangers were attacked 8 miles from Franklin Tenn., by 700 Federal cavalry under Col. Watkins, of the 6th Kentucky, who defeated them, capturing 200 prisoners.

27. The steamship Anglo Saxon, from Liverpool, wrecked 4 miles off Cape Race, with 360 passengers, and a crew of 84. Only 190 persons saved.

27. Fight at Philippa, West Virginia, by Col. Mulligan’s Federal troops.

27. Gen. Hooker’s army began its march towards Fredericksburg, Va.

28. Hooker’s army crossed the Rappahannock.

28. Capture of 4 companies of Federals at Morgantown, West Virginia.

28. A rebel regiment surprised and captured near Jackson, Missouri, by artillery and 1st Iowa cavalry.

28. Skirmish near Mill Spring, Kentucky, by Col. Adams’ Federal cavalry.

29. Two companies of the 106th New York, in garrison at Fairmount, W. Va., were captured by rebels under Jackson and Imboden, after a brave resistance in which the rebels suffered severely.

29. Gen. Jackson destroyed the railroad bridges on the Monongahela river.

29. Bombardment of Grand Gulf, Miss., by Porter’s fleet. Rebel works greatly damaged. Fleet considerably injured. 20 killed and many wounded.

30. Gen. Grant’s army lands near Port Gibson, Miss.

30. Rebel battery on the Nansemond river silenced.

30. 52 Union cavalry, the 6th N. Y., Lieut.-Col. McVicar, captured near Spotsylvania, Va. 58 others cut their way out. Col. McVicar was killed.

30. Skirmish near Williamsburg, Va. Rebels defeated by Col. R. M. West’s troops.

30. A portion of Gen. Hooker’s army crossed the Rappanannock at Fredericksburg, Va., and after slight resistance took possession of the rifle-pits below the city and captured 500 prisoners.

=May 1.= Attack on Van Dorn’s rebel pickets by Fed. cavalry under Col. Campbell, near Franklin, Tenn. 30 of the enemy killed and wounded, and 11 captured.

1. Skirmish on the Nansemond river, near Suffolk, Va, The 99th N. Y., Col. Nixon, defeated rebs. with severe loss. Union loss 41 in killed and wounded.

1. Battle of Port Gibson, Miss. Gen. Grant’s army defeated the troops of Gen. J. S. Bowen. Reb. loss 1,500 in killed, wounded and prisoners.

1. Fight at Monticello, Ky. 5,000 Feds. under Gen. Carter defeated Col. Morrison’s troops, with small loss on either side.

1. Heavy artillery skirmishing between the armies of Gen. Hooker and Gen. Lee, at Chancellorsville, Va.

1. Skirmish near La Grange, Ark. 3rd Iowa cavalry, Capt. De Huff, defeated, with loss of 41 killed, wounded, and missing.

2. Gen. Sedgwick’s corps of the Army of Va. attacked the reb. works on the heights, in the rear of Fredericksburg, and carried them after a desperate struggle, in which the Fed. loss was over 2,000 in killed and wounded.

2. Marmaduke’s reb. army overtaken by Gen. McNeill at Chalk Bluff, on the Ark., and driven into Ark.

2. Col. Grierson’s cavalry arrived at Baton Rouge, La., after a raid of 15 days through Miss., defeating the rebs. in several encounters.

2. Artillery skirmish on the Nansemond river, Va., by Gen. Getty’s troops and reb. forces.

2–3. Battle of Chancellorsville, Va. The army of Gen. Lee attacked the Fed. forces under Gen. Hooker, and after a series of sanguinary contests, the Union army was compelled to retire, and recrossed the Rappahannock. Very heavy loss on both sides.

2–7. Great Fed. cavalry raid within the rebel lines, from Gloucester Point, Va., on the south, and the Alleghany ridge on the west. Many bridges, and an immense quantity of telegraph lines throughout the route, were destroyed, and many prisoners, and 1,000 horses taken.

3. Col. Streight, with 1,500 Fed. troops, after inflicting serious loss to the enemy, by a raid of 20 days through Georgia, and Alabama, was captured near Gadsder, Ala.

3. Skirmish near Suffolk, Va. 13th N. H., and 89th N. Y., captured reb. rifle pits.

3. Gen. Mosby’s reb. cavalry attacked Col. de Forest’s cavalry at Warrentown Junction, and were defeated by the latter with heavy loss.

3. Fed. gunboats repulsed in an attack on Haines’s Bluff, on the Miss. Several of the vessels badly damaged, and 80 of their men killed and wounded.

3. Reb. batteries at Grand Gulf, Miss., evacuated by the enemy, and taken possession of by Admiral Porter.

3. The ship Sea Lark burned by the Alabama.

3. Col. Montgomery’s colored troops returned to Beaufort, S. C., from a raid up the Combahee river, having captured 800 slaves, and destroyed $1,500,000 of property.

4. Capt. H. Dwight killed by rebels after surrendering, near Washington, La.

4. The battle near Fredericksburg, Va., continued, the rebs. recovering nearly all the defences back of the town.

5. Riot at Dayton, Ohio, consequent on the arrest of C. L. Vallandigham, by military authority.

5. A rebel company captured at Pettie’s Mills, N. C., by 3d N. Y. cavalry.

5. Fort de Russy, on the Red river, captured by Admiral Porter.

6. All of Gen. Hooker’s army retreated to the north bank of the Rappahannock river.

6. Alexandria, Miss., occupied by National forces under Admiral Porter.

6. Fight near Tupelo, Miss., between Gen. Ruggles’ reb. cavalry, and Col. Cornyn’s troops. Rebs. defeated, losing 90 prisoners.

6. Steamer Eugenia captured by Fed. gunboat Cuyler, off Mobile, Ala.

7. Steamer Cherokee captured off Charleston, S. C., by U. S. gunboat Canandaigua.

7. Col. Kilpatrick’s cavalry, after marching around Lee’s army, arrived at Gloucester Point, Va.

7. Reconnoissance from the Peninsula to White House: some prisoners retaken from the rebs.

8. The ship Crazy Jane captured in Tampa Bay, Fla., by U. S. gunboat Tahoma.

8. Rebel Gen. Earl Van Dorn was killed by Dr. Peters, of Maury Co., Tenn.

8. An attack on Port Hudson commenced by Fed. fleet.

9. Col. McCook’s 2d Ind. cavalry captured 8 rebels scouting near Stone river, Tenn.

10. Death of rebel Gen. “Stonewall” Jackson, from wounds received at the battle of Chancellorsville.

10. Port Hudson assault renewed; rebel batteries silenced.

11. Fight at Greasy Creek, Ky. Col. Jacobs’ Fed. troops defeated by Morgan’s cavalry. Union loss, 25 killed and wounded. Rebel loss greater.

11. Crystal Springs, Miss., burned by Fed. cavalry.

12. Raymond, Miss., captured by Gen. McPherson’s Fed. troops. Union loss, 51 killed, 181 wounded. Rebel loss, 75 killed, 250 wounded, 186 prisoners.

12. Skirmish near Franklin, Ky. Rebs. defeated.

12. Col. Breckinridge’s Fed. Tenn. cavalry defeated rebels at Linden, on Tenn. river, capturing 40 and killing 3.

13. Rebel guerrillas and Indians attacked at Pontchatoula, La., by Col. Davis, who destroyed their camp, and took 17 prisoners.

13. Skirmish at South Union, Ky. Rebels attack a train, and are worsted.

13. Yazoo City, Miss., was captured by Fed. gunboats under Lieut. Walker, and $2,000,000 of property destroyed.

14. Gen. Johnston’s army defeated near Jackson, Miss., by Gen. Grant’s Fed. army. Rebel loss, 400 men, 17 pieces of artillery.

14. Skirmish at Fairfax Court House, Va., by Fed. troops with Black Horse cavalry.

14. Hammond Station, La., destroyed by Fed. troops.

15. Jackson, Miss., occupied by Fed. troops.

15. Rebels defeated at Camp Moore, La., by Col. Davis’s Fed. troops.

15. Wm. Corbin and T. P. Graw hung at Johnson’s Island, O.; found guilty of recruiting for the rebel service within the Union lines.

15. Fed. dispatch boats Emily and Arrow captured by rebels on the Albemarle and Chesapeake canal.

15. The ship Crown Point burnt by the privateer Florida.

15. Several severe cavalry skirmishes near Carrsville and Suffolk, Va., by Gen. Peck’s troops with rebels.

15. A detachment of U. S. cavalry captured at Charleston, Va., who were afterwards rescued by a force from Gen. Milroy’s command, who also took 40 rebel prisoners.

16. A skirmish at Bradyville Pike, near Cripple creek, Tenn. Gen. Palmer’s Union Tenn. cavalry attacked part of 3d Georgia, under Col. Thompson, killing several, and taking 18 prisoners.

16. Skirmish at Berry’s Ferry, Va. 16 of 1st N. Y. cavalry, Lieut. Vermillion, defeated 22 rebels, killing 2, wounding 5, and capturing 10.

16. The 1st N. Y. mounted rifles routed with considerable loss near Suffolk, Va.

16. Rebel steamer Cuba destroyed by gunboat De Soto in the Gulf of Mexico.

16. The battle of Champion Hill, or Baker’s creek, Miss. Gen. Grant’s troops defeated rebel army under Gen. Pemberton, who lost 4,000 men and 29 cannon, and retreated behind Big Black river.

16. Battle at Big Black river, Miss. Gen. Pemberton’s army defeated with loss of 2,600 men and 17 cannon and driven within the intrenchments at Vicksburg, by Gen. Grant’s army.

16. Jackson, Miss., evacuated by Fed. troops.

16. Rebel schooner Isabel seized off Mobile, and 16 men captured, by U. S. steamer R. R. Cuyler.

16. Rebel guerrillas destroyed oil springs and other property at Burning Springs, Wirt Co., Va.

16. Col. Breckinridge, with 55 loyal W. Tenn. cavalry, attacked a rebel force at Linden, on the Tenn. river, capturing 35 prisoners, and destroying their camp and stores.

17. Richmond, Clay Co., Mo., was attacked by rebel troops, who captured 2 companies of the 25th Mo.

18. Vicksburg invested by the Union army.

18. Two companies of 2d Kansas artillery, Maj. Ward, defeated by rebels near Sherwood, Mo., and 26 of the soldiers killed, wounded, or taken prisoners.

18. Haines’ Bluff, on the Yazoo river, captured by Admiral Porter.

18. National troops fired into each other by mistake near Deserted House, Va. 3 killed and 4 wounded of the 170th N. Y.

19. Skirmish near Winchester, Va. Gen. Milroy’s Fed. cavalry killed 6 and captured 7 of the enemy.

19. Spanish steamer Union captured by U. S. gunboat Nashville.

20. Rebel rifle-pits on the north side of Vicksburg captured by Gen. Steele.

20. Skirmish by pickets between Fayetteville and Raleigh, Va.

20. Skirmish near Fort Gibson, Ark. Price’s troops defeated by Feds. under Col. Phillips.

20. Steamer Eagle captured near Nassau, N. P., by gunboat Octorora.

20. Two rebel regiments attacked at Middletown, Tenn., by Fed. cavalry under Gen. Stanley. The enemy routed, losing 8 killed, 90 pris. and 200 horses.

21. Richmond and Plattsburg, Mo., plundered by rebels.

21. Vicksburg fully invested by Union troops.

21. A rebel camp broken up near Middletown, Tenn., by 103d Ill. 11 rebels captured.

21. Port Hudson, Miss., besieged by Fed. troops under Gen. Banks, after sharp skirmishing with the enemy while marching from Baton Rouge.

22. Gen. Grant’s army repulsed with heavy loss in an attempt to storm the fortifications at Vicksburg.

22. Col. Kilpatrick’s Fed. cavalry returned to Gloucester Point, after a successful raid into Gloucester and Matthew counties, Va., destroying much property.

22–23. Col. Jones, 58th Pa., engaged and defeated the rebels at Gum Swamp, N. C., capturing 165 prisoners with military stores. Fed. loss, 2 killed, 6 wounded.

24. Austin, Miss., burned by Union forces under Gen. Ellet.

24. A Fed. wagon train with 30 colored troops was captured near Shawnee creek, Kansas.

24. Gen. Schofield appointed to supersede Gen. Curtis in command of the Department of the West.

24. Skirmish on the Mississippi river, 6 miles above Austria. Gen. Ellet’s marine brigade defeated a rebel force, who lost 5 killed, 3 prisoners. Union loss 2 killed, 19 wounded.

25. Skirmish near Hartford, Ky.

25. Skirmish at Senatobia, Miss. Col. McCrellis defeated a rebel force, who lost 6 killed and 3 wounded.

26. Col. Wilder’s Fed. regiment defeated Breckinridge’s cavalry near McMinnville, Tenn., and captured a number of prisoners.

25–27. Fed. gunboats under Lt. Walker, after capturing Haines’ Bluff, ascended to Yazoo City, Miss., and destroyed 3 rebel steamers and a large ram, not finished. Also the navy yard and naval stores.

26. Destruction of the U. S. gunboat Cincinnati by rebel batteries at Vicksburg. 35 of her crew killed and w.

27. Gen. Banks’ army defeated in an assault on the reb. works at Port Hudson.

27. Col. Cornyn’s Fed. command defeated Gen. Roddy’s troops at Florence, Ala., capturing 100 soldiers, 300 negroes, 400 mules, and destroying reb. property.

28. First colored regiment from the North left Boston.

28. The 8th Ill., Col. Clendenin, returned to the army of the Potomac from an expedition on the banks of the Rappahannock and Potomac rivers, below Fredericksburg, Va., having destroyed one million dollars of property, and brought into camp 810 negroes.

28. Wolford’s Fed. cavalry defeated near Somerset, Ky.

28. Skirmish near Doniphan, Mo. 13th Ill. cavalry, Major Lippert, defeated with loss of 80 of their number in killed, wounded, and missing.

29. Skirmish by 1st Vt. cavalry with Stuart’s cavalry, near Thoroughfare Gap, Va.

30. Rebel Col. Mosby, with 200 cavalry, after destroying a Government train at Catlett’s Station, Va., was overtaken near Greenwich by Col. Maur, of the 7th Mich. cavalry with N. Y. and Vt. troops, and dispersed with the loss of their cannon. Fed. loss, 17 killed and wounded.

30. A train of 16 cars from Alexandria, Va., was destroyed by rebel guerrillas near Warrenton Junction.

30. A rebel camp near Carthage, Tenn., surprised by the 26th Ohio, who captured 22 prisoners and 35 horses.

30. The town of Tappahannock, Va., captured by Fed. gunboats, who destroyed rebel stores.

31. Guerrillas defeated with the loss of 10 men by militia in Lincoln Co., Mo.

31. Fed. gunboat Alert exploded and sunk at Norfolk, Va.

31. Cavalry expedition captured 16 rebels near Monticello, Ky.

31. Successful raid of Col. Kilpatrick’s Fed. cavalry from Yorktown to Urbana, Va., bringing in 1000 negroes and 300 horses.

=June 1.= Blair’s reconnaissance in search of Joe Johnston returns, having been unsuccessful.

1. Skirmishing in Howard Co., Mo.

2. 3,000 rebel prisoners arrive at Indianapolis, Ind.

2. Gen. Burnside prohibited the circulation in his Department of the N. Y. World and the Chicago Times.

2. West Point, Va., evacuated by the Union troops.

3. Indian (rebel) prisoners arrive in New York.

3. New York Supreme Court decide against legal tender notes.

3. Mass convention of Peace Democrats at New York.

3. Admiral Foote ordered to relieve Admiral Dupont at Charleston.

3. Skirmish near Manchester, Tenn.

3. Bombardment of Port Hudson continued.

4. Rebel guerrillas defeated near Fairfax, Va.

4. Bluffton, S. C., burned by Union troops.

4. Fight at Satartia, Miss. 100 rebels taken by Gen. Kimball.

4. Simmonsport, La., destroyed by Federal gunboats.

4. Simultaneous attacks on the Federal garrisons at Franklin and Triune, Tenn., which were repulsed in both instances with severe loss to the rebels.

4. Col. Wilder’s mounted infantry broke up a rebel camp at Liberty, Tenn., capturing 62 men and their horses.

5. A division of Hooker’s army cross the Rappahannock and captured 96 prisoners. Fed. loss 35 in k. and w.

5. Raid to Warwick river, Va. Rebel boats destroyed.

6. Fight at Milliken’s Bend, Miss. Reb. Gen. McCullough, with 2,500 men, attacked 3 negro regiments and 23d Iowa. Heavy loss on both sides. Rebs. defeated.

8. District of the Frontier set off and given to Gen. Blunt.

8. 2 reb. spies shot at Franklin, Tenn.

8. Reconnoissance on the Chickahominy.

9. Explosion in Fort Lyon, near Alexandria, Va. 30 men killed.

9. Skirmish at Triune, Tenn. Rebels repulsed.

9. Severe cavalry fight at Beverly Ford, on the Rappahannock river, Va., in which Gen. Buford’s Fed. troops defeated Gen. Stuart’s command with heavy loss on both sides.

9. Gen. Carter’s Fed. troops defeated Gen. Pegram’s army at Monticello, Tenn.

10. An enrolling officer murdered at Manville, Ind.

10. Rebs. repulsed at Lake Providence by negro troops.

11. Preparations in Pa. to repel rebel invasion.

11. Rebel cavalry crossed the Potomac at Poolesville, Md., but were driven back.

11. Peace Democratic meeting in Brooklyn.

11. Vallandigham nominated for Governor of Ohio.

11. Lee’s army began to move up the Rappahannock.

11. Rebels attack Triune, Tenn., and are repulsed.

11. Steamer Maple Leaf, while conveying rebel officers as prisoners from Fortress Monroe to Fort Delaware, was seized, and 64 effected their escape.

11–16. Gen. Lee’s army crossed the Potomac, and invaded Md. and Pa.

13–20. Forced march of the army of the Potomac from the Rappahannock to Frederick, Md., in which many lives were lost from heat and exhaustion.

12. Union gunboats shell the shores of James river.

12. Darien, Ga., burned by Federalists.

12. Union cavalry captured near Port Hudson.

12. Skirmish near Middletown, Va. Rebels defeated.

12. Rebel privateer Clarence captured 6 vessels off the Chesapeake.

12. Attack on Morris Island by Fed. gunboats.

12. Rebels attack Fed. troops on Folly Island.

13. Rebels plunder a railroad train at Elizabethtown, Ky.

13. Skirmish on Slate creek, Ky. Union defeat.

13. Skirmish and rebel defeat near Boston, Ky.

14. Assault on Port Hudson by Gen. Banks’ troops, in which they were repulsed with heavy loss.

14. Capture of Winchester, Va., by reb. troops. Defeat of Gen. Milroy’s army, who lost 2,000 men, and all his artillery and stores.

14. English and Austrian consuls sent away from Richmond, Va.

14. Rebel raid upon Maysville, Ky.

15. President Lincoln calls for 100,000 men for six months from Pa., Md., W. Va., and Ohio, to resist invasion, which were promptly furnished.

15. Enrollment resisted in Boone Co., Ind.

15. The rebel troops who attacked Maysville were overtaken; their plunder and one hundred prisoners taken.

15. Rebel troops entered Chambersburg, Pa.

17. Severe cavalry skirmish near Aldie, Loudon Co., Va., in which the rebels were defeated with loss, and eighty-five taken prisoners.

17. Capture of rebel iron-clad ram Fingal, or Atlanta, by monitors Weehawken and Patapsco, in Warsaw Sound, S. C., 180 prisoners taken.

17. Cavalry fight at Thoroughfare Gap, Va.

17. Skirmish on the Blackwater.

17. Rioters in Holmes Co., Ohio, resist the enrollment.

17. Skirmish near Big Black Bridge, Miss.

17. Fight with guerrillas near Westport, Mo.

18. 1700 of Milroy’s men arrive safely at Bedford, Pa.

18. Skirmishing near Aldie.

18. Rebels burn canal boats at Hancock, Md.

18. Small skirmishes with Lee’s invaders in Maryland.

18. Union defeat near Hernando, Miss.

19. Rebel cavalry cross the Ohio into Harrison Co., Ind.; 50 of them captured.

20. Gen. Schenck suppresses disloyal papers in Baltimore.

20. Vicksburg bombarded.

20. N. Y. packet ship Isaac Webb captured by rebel steamer Tacony, and released on bond.

21. Gen. Pleasanton’s cavalry engaged rebel cavalry near Middleburg, Va. Feds. victorious, capturing 80, and killing or wounding 150 of the enemy.

21. Brilliant cavalry fight, and rebels whipped at Aldie Gap.

21. Skirmish near New Baltimore. Union repulse.

21. Skirmish at Low Creek, W. Va. Rebels beaten.

21. Rebs. defeated at Lafourche crossing, La.

22. Skirmish at Frederick, Md. Rebs. driven out.

22–23. Twelve fishing vessels destroyed off Martha’s Vineyard, Mass., by rebel steamer Tacony.

23. Col. S. H. Saunders arrived at Boston, Ky., with his command, after a successful raid into E. Tenn., having destroyed the railroads and bridges in many places, and captured several cannon, 1,000 stand of arms, and 500 prisoners.

23. Skirmish near Gettysburg.

23. Gunboat Sumter sunk by accident off Cape Henry.

24. Rebels advance to Shippensburg and Hagerstown.

24. Union raid force returned from N. Miss., after much success.

24. Gen. Rosecrans’ army in motion. Skirmishes at Guy’s Gap and Liberty Pike.

24. Col. Hoover’s mounted infantry defeated the rebels at Hoover’s Gap, Tenn., routing them with heavy loss. Fed. loss, 45 killed and wounded.

24. Gen. Willich’s Fed. brigade defeated rebels at Liberty Gap, Tenn. Fed. loss, 50. The fight renewed next day, and rebs. defeated with severe loss. Fed. loss, 40 killed, 100 wounded.

25. Rebels near Carlisle, Pa.

26. Rebels occupy Gettysburg.

26. Unionists evacuate Carlisle.

26. Skirmish at South Anna, Va. Gen. W. F. Lee (rebel) and 110 men, 300 horses, and 35 wagons captured by Col. Spear, 11th Pa. cavalry.

26. Death of Admiral Foote.

26. Rebels occupy York and threaten Harrisburg.

26. The inhabitants of York, Pa., were levied on by rebel Gen. Ewell for large sums of money, clothing, and provisions.

26. Gen. Meade superseded General Hooker in command of the army of the Potomac.

27. The Potomac army northwest of Baltimore.

27. Cavalry fight at Fairfax. Union defeat.

27. Rosecrans’ army occupy Manchester, Tenn., after slight resistance. Also, Shelbyville.

28. Rebels capture a train near Rockville, Va., with 150 wagons and 900 mules. Also, sutler’s stores at Annandale, Va.

28. Skirmish at Columbia bridge, on the Susquehannah, Pa. 200 of Col. Frick’s Fed. troops captured.

28. Enrollment in Indiana enforced by military.

28. Rebels defeated at Donaldsville, La.

29. Rebels driven from Decherd, Tenn.

30. Mines exploded and rebel outworks breached at Vicksburg.

30. Cavalry fight at Hanover.

=July 1.= Rebels repulsed in attack on Carlisle, Pa.

1. First conflict at Gettysburg. Rebel advance checked. Gen. Reynolds k.

1. Bragg retreats before Rosecrans. Tullahoma occupied by Fed. advance.

1. Engagement at Hanover Junction, Pa., between Gen. Pleasanton’s Fed. cavalry and Gen. Stuart’s forces. Rebs. defeated.

2. Skirmish at Bottom’s Bridge, Va.

2–3. Defeat of rebel Gen. Lee’s army, near Gettysburg, Pa., by Gen. Meade’s army, after a sanguinary conflict, in which 40,000 men were k. or w.

4. Surrender of Vicksburg, Miss., to Gen. Grant, with 30,000 men, under Gen. Pemberton, and a large supply of arms and ammunition. The rebel army was paroled.

4. Assault on Helena, Ark., by rebel Gens. Marmaduke, Price and Holmes, with 6,000 men, who were signally defeated by Gen. Prentiss’s garrison, who took 1,000 prisoners, and killed or wounded 500 of the enemy.

3–10. Raid of Gen. Morgan into Ind., destroying a large amount of property.

5. Rear-guard of Gen. Johnston’s army, numbering 4,000 men, captured by Gen. Grant’s forces, near Bolton, Miss.

5. Vallandigham arrives at Halifax.

5. Raid from Newbern to Warsaw, N.C.

7. Great excitement in Louisville. Morgan said to be coming.

7. Two steamboats captured by rebels at Brandenburg, Ky.

7. Bragg retreats across the Tennessee, destroying the Bridgeport bridge.

8. Surrender of Port Hudson, Miss., with its garrison of 5,500 men, under Gen. Gardner, to Gen. Banks.

8. Cavalry skirmish near Boonsboro, Md.

10. Gilmore lands on Morris Island, taking all the rebel works except Forts Wagner and Gregg, which are shelled by the monitors.

10. Union forces occupy Jackson, Miss.

10. Rebels defeated at Big creek, Ark.

10. Cavalry fight on the old Antietam field.

10. Lee in fortifications opposite Williamsport.

10. Morgan burns depot at Salem, Ind.

11. Morgan burns railroad bridge at Vienna, Ind.

11. Repulse of Gen. Gilmore’s forces assaulting Fort Wagner, S. C.

12. Col. Hatch’s 2d Iowa cavalry defeated a body of rebel cavalry near Jackson, Miss. Fed. loss, 13 killed and wounded. Rebel loss, 175 killed and wounded, and 400 conscripts released.

12. Morgan gets into Ohio.

12. Martial law in Cincinnati, Newport and Covington.

12. Fight at Jackson, Miss.

13–17. Great Draft Riot in New York. 25 or 30 buildings destroyed. The Tribune office assailed. Colored Orphan Asylum burned, several negroes killed, and 120 stores and dwellings were sacked by the mob. The city railroads were stopped, and all the principal factories and shops compelled to suspend work for several days. The disturbance was quelled by the military and police, after 25 of the military and officers were killed or seriously wounded, and 150 of the rioters.

12. Gen. Laumann’s division of Gen. Sherman’s army corps incautiously advanced to an exposed position in front of the rebel works at Jackson, Miss., and lost 300 men in killed and wounded.

12. Yazoo City taken by Fed. troops.

12. Union defeat at Bayou Lafourche, La. 210 taken prisoners.

12. Lee’s army crosses the Potomac.

14. Fight at Falling Waters, Va. Gen. Kilpatrick’s cavalry attacked a reb. force of infantry, artillery, and horse, defeating them, and capturing 1,300 prisoners, and killing and wounding 130. Fed. loss, 29 killed, 36 wounded.

15. Cav. skirmish near Charlestown, Va.

15. Draft riots in Troy and Boston.

15. A universal conscription of all the white men in the Confederate States between the ages of 18 and 45, subject to military duty, ordered by Jeff. Davis.

16. Rebels defeated near Fort Gibson, Ark.

16. Rebel dash upon Hickman, Ky.

17. Orders given to enforce the draft at all hazards.

17. Huntsville, Ala., taken by Union troops.

17. Rebels evacuate Jackson, Miss., which was occupied by Gen. Sherman’s forces after severe fighting for 4 days with Johnston’s army.

17. Defeat of rebel Gen. Cooper’s army at Elk creek, Ark., by Gen. Blunt’s forces. Rebel loss, 400 killed or wounded, 60 prisoners. Federal loss, 10 killed and 25 wounded.

18. Raid from Newbern into N. C.

18. 400 rebels captured at Rienzi, Miss.

18–19. Bombardment and assault on Fort Wagner, S. C., in which Gen. Gilmore’s troops were repulsed, with the loss of 700 men, k., w. and missing.

19. Engagement at Wytheville, W. Va., by Fed. cavalry under Cols. Tolland and Powell, who destroyed the Va. and Tenn. railroad and defeated the rebel force. Fed. loss, 65 killed and wounded. Rebel loss, 75 killed, and 150 prisoners.

19. Fighting with Morgan at Buffington Island. 300 of his men taken.

20. Basil Duke and a portion of Morgan’s force taken near Pomeroy, O.

21. Joe Johnston retreats to Brandon, Miss.

21. Union raid to Tar river and Rocky Mount, N. C.

22. Skirmish near Nolan’s Ferry on the Potomac.

22. Skirmish at Chester Gap, Va. by Gen. Spinola’s Fed. brigade.

22. Brashear City, La., recaptured by Union gunboats.

23. Engagement at Manassas Gap, Va. 300 rebels killed or wounded, 60 pris.

24. Skirmish with Morgans men at Washington, O.

25. The furloughs granted to the majority of rebel paroled prisoners at Vicksburg, rescinded by Gen. Pemberton, and the men ordered to report at headquarters within 15 or 20 days.

26. Rebs. defeated at Lexington, Tenn.

26. Capture of Gen. Morgan with the remainder of his cavalry (400) near New Lisbon, O., by Col. Shackleford.

27. Rebels drive Union forces out of Richmond, Ky.

28. Death of Senator W. L. Yancey, near Montgomery, Ala.

29. Capture of 29 wagons with sutlers’ stores at Fairfax Court House, Va., by Mosby’s guerrillas, which were recaptured by 2d Mass. cavalry on the next day.

29. Defeat of Gens. Pegram’s and Scott’s rebel forces while attacking Fed. troops at Paris, Ky.

30. Death of Brig.-Gen. Strong, in New York, from wounds received in the attack on Fort Wagner, S. C., July 19.

30. Pres. Lincoln by proclamation, ordered the imprisonment at hard labor of rebel prisoners, in retaliation for violation of the laws of war toward colored soldiers.

31. Lee’s and Meade’s armies again on the Rappahannock.

31. Rebels take Stanford, Ky., but are quickly driven out.

=Aug. 1.= Severe engagement near Culpepper, Va., by Fed. cavalry, infantry, and artillery, under Gen. Buford, with a similar reb. force, in which the loss was heavy on both sides.

1. 60 wagons loaded with forage were burned by rebs. at Stamford, Ky.

1. Reb. Col. Ashby and 350 men were captured near the Cumberland river, Ky., by Col. Sanders.

2. The Enfans Perdus, of N. Y., capture 500 rebs. at Folly Island.

3. Skirmish near Kelly’s Ford.

4. Steamer Ruth accidentally burned below Cairo.

4. Skirmish near Brandy Station.

4. Reconnoissance up the James river, Va., by monitor Sangamon, gunboat Com. Barney, and tug Cohasset. The vessels met with a severe fire from the enemy’s troops lining the banks, but returned with slight loss of life; the Barney badly injured.

5. Union raid upon Woodville, Miss.

6. Gen. Sibley reported 3 battles, and defeat of hostile Indians in Minnesota.

6. A day appointed by Pres. Lincoln for National thanksgiving and praise, in gratitude for signal victories obtained by the Fed. armies.

10. Admiral Farragut arrived with his flagship at N. Y.

12. Robert Toombs publishes a letter of this date exposing the bankruptcy of the Confederacy.

14. Several Union signal officers captured near Warrenton, Va.

14. Gen. Gilmore tried the range of his heavy guns toward Fort Sumter.

15. Union cavalry returned to Corinth, Miss., with 250 prisoners just conscripted by Forrest.

16. Explosion of the “City of Madison,” ammunition boat at Vicksburg; about 150 men killed.

16. Severe bombardment of Fort Sumter by the monitors and Fed. batteries on Morris Isl. Com. Rogers killed on board the Catskill.

17. Great destruction of railroad property and ordnance stores at Granada, Miss., by Federal troops under Col. Phillips.

18. Union raid in North Carolina. 30 rebs. killed near Pasquotank.

19. Union raid upon Grenada, Miss. Great destruction of railroad property.

19. Recommencement of the draft in the city of N. Y., which had been suspended owing to the riot a month previous. 10,000 Fed. troops were stationed in the vicinity of the city, during the drawing, which was completed Aug. 28.

20. The town of Lawrence, Kansas, was sacked by rebs. under Quantrell. 130 citizens murdered, and a large portion of the town burned. Quantrell’s band was pursued by Fed. troops, and over 100 of them killed.

21. Brig Bainbridge foundered. Only 1 man saved.

21. Chattanooga, Ala., besieged by Gen. Rosecrans’ army.

22. A raid to Pocahontas, Ark. 100 rebs. captured, including Gen. Jeff. C. Thompson and staff.

22. Charleston, S. C., shelled by rebel batteries on Morris Isl.

23. Gen. Blunt crosses Ark. river. Rebs. fall back without fighting.

24. Cavalry skirmish below Fredericksburg, Va.

24. A squad of Union cavalry captur’d near Annandale.

24. Cavalry skirmish near Fairfax, Va.

25. U. S. gunboats Satellite and Reliance captured by rebs. at the mouth of the Rappahannock, Va.

25. Rebs. under Price and Marmaduke defeated at Bayou Metiare, Ark.

26. Union expedition to Bottom’s Bridge, Va.; rebs. defeated and bridge destroyed.

27. John B. Floyd died at Abingdon, Va.

27. Belle Boyd, a reb. spy, arrested in Va.

27. An army train captured near Philippi, W. Va., by rebs.

28. Union camp captured at Edwards’ Ferry, Va.

28. Fight near Warm Springs, Va. Reb. loss 200.

29. 5 deserters shot in the Army of the Potomac.

30. Rosecrans’ army crossed the Tennessee near Chattanooga.

31. Swarms of guerrillas in Western Tenn., and on both sides of the Miss. riv’r, down to Baton Rouge.

31. Fort Smith, Ark., taken by Gen. Blunt.

=Sept. 1.= Union expedition in W. Va., under Gen. Averill, returns after general success.

1. Knoxville, Tenn., occupied by the advance of Gen. Burnside’s army.

1. Rebel raid upon Brownsville, Tenn. The place plundered.

2. Skirmish at the Holston river bridge on the E. Tenn. and Ga. railroad. The bridge burnt by Gen. Burnside’s troops.

2. Gunboats Satellite and Reliance, lately taken by the rebels, destroyed by a Union force.

3. Kingston, Tenn., taken by Burnside.

3. Gen. Sully’s Fed. troops defeated Indians at Whitestone Hall, on the upper Missouri, many of whom were killed, and 156 taken prisoners. Fed. loss, 20 killed, and 38 wounded.

4. Enthusiastic reception of General Burnside and his army by the inhabitants of Knoxville, Tenn.

5. Skirmish near Moorfield, W. Va. No loss.

5. Woman’s bread riot in Mobile.

7. Gen. Burnside tendered his resignation, which was not accepted.

7. A magazine exploded in Fort Moultrie by Union shells.

7. Morris Island was evacuated by reb. forces, and Fort Wagner and Battery Gregg were seized by Gen. Gilmore, who took 75 prisoners, and 19 pieces of artillery.

7. An assault was made on Fort Sumter by 450 men in 20 boats from the Fed. fleet, under Commander T. H. Stevens. The sailors were defeated with the loss of 114 men.

8. The gunboats Clifton and Sachem attached to an expedition under General Franklin, grounded on the bar at Sabine Pass, Texas, and were captured by the enemy.

8. Skirmish at Bath, Va.

8. Rebels defeated near Arkadelphia, Ark.

9. Union defeat at Tilford, Tenn. 300 captured.

9. Surrender of Cumberland Gap, Tenn., to Gen. Burnside, with 2,000 prisoners, and a large supply of army stores.

9. Cavalry skirmish at Alpines, near Chattanooga, Tenn. 4 Feds. killed, and 12 wounded.

9. Chattanooga occupied by Gen. Crittenden’s corps of Rosecrans’ army.

10. Little Rock, Ark., captured by Fed. troops under Gen. Steele, and Gen. Davidson appointed military commander.

12. Gen. Negley’s division was attacked and driven through one of the gaps of Pidgeon Mountain, Tenn., by the troops of Witters and Stuart, of Bragg’s army. Fed. loss in killed and wounded, 40.

12. Union cavalry raid into Miss’ppi.

12. Sabine Pass expedition returns to N. O., having utterly failed.

13. Cavalry fight beyond Culpepper. 40 rebels and 2 guns taken. Gen. Pleasanton advanced to the Rapidan.

13. Rebel works at Grant’s Pass, near Mobile, shelled.

14. Arkansas being rapidly cleared of rebels by Gen. Blunt.

15. The President suspended the writ of habeas corpus.

16. Skirmish along Rosecrans’ lines. Little damage.

17. Cavalry fight at Raccoon Ford. Union repulse.

18. White’s rebel cavalry routed at Warrenton, Va.

18. Fight at Reid’s bridge on the Chickamauga creek, Tenn. Cols. Minty and Wilder’s troops were driven back by rebel infantry.

19. Battle of Chickamauga commences.

20. Battle of Chickamauga rages furiously. Union army defeated.

20. Fight at Zollicoffer, Tenn.

21. At night Rosecrans’ army withdrew from Chickamauga to Chattanooga. Bragg did not follow.

21. Madison C. H., Va., occupied by Gen. Meade’s cavalry.

21. The rebels seized a steam-tug at Southwest Pass, but it was rescued by Union troops.

22. Cavalry fight and Union victory at Madison C. H., Va.

22. Confederate cavalry crossed the Potomac near Rockville, but were driven back.

23. Meade’s army reached the Rapidan.

23. 1,200 rebel prisoners who were captured at Cumberland Gap, arrived at Louisville.

25. Mosby breaks the railroad near Fairfax.

25. Rebels driven out of Donaldsonville, La.

27. Steamer Robert Campbell burned by rebels at Milliken’s Bend. 25 lives lost.

28. Rebels attack Burnside’s right wing near Knoxville, but are repulsed.

20. Gen. Hooker arrives in Cincinnati.

29. Two Union regiments defeated above Port Hudson, La,

30. Delegation from Missouri visit the President to ask a change of commander in the Western Department,

30. Rebel cavalry repulsed in trying to cross the Tennessee near Harrison’s Landing.

=Oct. 1.= Frequent skirmishes with guerrillas south of the Potomac.

2. Battle at Anderson’s Cross-roads, Ky. Rebel cavalry whipped.

2. Explosion of an ammunition train near Bridgeport, Tenn.

2. Gen. Gillmore moves his headquarters to Folly Island.

3. Fight at McMinnville, Tenn.

3. Greek fire thrown into Charleston.

3. Guerrillas active near Glasgow, Ky.

4. Four steamers burned at St. Louis by rebel incendiaries.

4. Expedition from Fortress Monroe to break up guerrilla bands.

4. Rebels attempt to destroy Shelbyville, Tenn.

5. Rebels destroy a large railroad bridge south of Murfreesboro’

5. The rebels bombard Chattanooga from Lookout Mountain.

5. Cavalry fight near New Albany, Ala.

5. Rebels repulsed in an attack on Murfreesboro’.

6. Rebels whipped near Shelbyville, Tenn.

6. Skirmish at Como, Tenn.

6. Rebels attempt to destroy the New Ironsides with a torpedo. They fail; their men taken.

7. Federal cavalry ambuscaded near Harper’s Ferry by Imboden.

7. Part of Gen. Blunt’s escort whipped by the rebels near Fort Scott. All who surrendered were murdered.

7. Rebel steamers destroyed on Red river.

8. Coffee and Shelby, with rebel guerrillas, plundering in Central Missouri.

8. Fight near Farmingham, Ky. Rebs. defeated.

8. Fight at Salem, Miss. Rebels driven off.

9. Rebels make great efforts to cut Rosecrans’ communications, but fail.

9. The overland Texas expedition from New Orleans reaches Vermillionville.

10. Skirmish near Madison Court House, Va.

10. Fight at Blue Springs, near Knoxville.

10. Union raiding expedition, under Col. S. H. Mix, leave Newbern, N. C. Return in a few days entirely successful.

11. About this time much fighting along the Memphis and Charleston railroad. Rebels generally defeated.

12. Skirmishing along the lines on the Rappahannock. Gen. Meade withdraws all his army to the north bank.

12. Skirmish at Blackwater, Mo.

12. Fight at White Sulphur Springs, Va.

13. Skirmish at Arrow Rock, Mo.

13. Brisk fight from Catlett’s Station to Manassas.

13. Rebels under Shelby, in Missouri, defeated by Gen. Brown.

13. Skirmish on the Big Black, below Vicksburg.

14. Fight at Bristow Station. Rebels defeated. 450 taken prisoners.

15. Skirmishing on the Bull Run battle-field.

15. 300,000 volunteers were called for by the President, the men to receive all government bounties. A draft was ordered, at the same time, for the deficiency in any State quota on January 5, 1864.

16. Rebel raid upon Brownsville, Mo.

16. The Department of the Tennessee, the Cumberland, and the Ohio were formed into the Military Division of the Mississippi, and Maj.-Gen. U. S. Grant appointed the commander.

17. Active volunteering for the Union army in Arkansas.

18. Skirmishing near Stone Bridge and Manassas Junction.

18. Jim Keller, a noted guerrilla, taken near Sharpsburg, Ky., and shot.

19. Lee recrosses the Rappahannock, and marches southward.

19. Secret meetings in New Orleans to revive the rebel State government.

20. Gen. Rosecrans relieved. Gen. Grant takes command.

20. Gen. Blunt relieved of Army of the Frontier, Gen. McNeil taking his place.

20. Kilpatrick’s cavalry on a raid toward Warrenton.

21. Fight near Philadelphia, East Tennessee.

21. Fight at Cherokee Station, near Corinth, Miss. Rebels defeated.

22. Skirmishes at Columbia and Kingston Spring, Tenn.

22. Gen. Averill’s Union cavalry near Covington, Va.

23. Rebel raid upon Danville, Tenn.

23. Fighting at Beverly Ford, on the Rappahannock.

23. Unionists land at Bay St. Louis, Miss., and recapture some prisoners.

24. Guerrillas driven out of S. Mo.

25. Whole of 1st Ala. cavalry said to have been captured near Tolanda, Miss., about this date.

26. Grant starts his movement upon Lookout Mountain. A flanking force crosses the river.

27. Hooker defeats the rebels at Brown’s Ferry.

27. Arkadelphia, Ark., occupied by Union forces about this date.

28. Flanking and capture of Lookout Mountain. It is soon after abandoned, and reoccupied by the rebels.

29. Union prisoners from Richmond, in a state of starvation, arrive at Annapolis. Some die on the trip from Fortress Monroe.

29. 60 rebels taken near Columbia, Tenn.

30. Charleston, Mo., robbed by guerrillas.

30. Guerrillas routed near Piney Factory, Tenn.

30. Burnside’s forces cross the river at Knoxville, and occupy Loudon Heights.

30. Heavy bombardment of Charleston, S. C.

31. Banks’ expedition lands at Brazos Island.

31. Plot in Ohio to overthrow the government comes to light.

31. Rebel cavalry repulsed at Warrenton.

31. Gen. Hooker wins an important victory at Shell Mound, Tenn.

31. Fight at Leiper’s Ferry, Tenn.

=Nov. 1.= Much anxiety in Richmond about food.

1. Union raid in N. Ala. They reach Florence.

1. Skirmish near Washington, N. C.

1. Collision on Opelousas railroad. 16 soldiers killed and 65 wounded.

2. Rebels routed at Roan Springs, Tenn.

2. Rebels capture 2 trains and destroy railroad, near Mayfield, Ky.

2. Unsuccessful attempt upon Sumter by a boat expedition.

3. Rebel cavalry defeated near Columbia, Tenn.

3. Rebels defeated at Colliersville, Tenn. Their Brig.-Gen. Geary captured.

3. Gen. Washburne’s advance attacked.

4. Banks’ expedition take peaceable possession of Brownsville, on the Rio Grande.

4. E. Tenn. said to be clear of rebs.

5. Rebels continue to shell Chattanooga.

5. Skirmish at Motley’s Ford, E. Tenn.

5. Union camp at Rogersville, E. Tenn., surprised, and 4 guns and nearly 800 men taken.

6. Guerrillas plunder Blandville, Ky.

6. Much excitement about the starvation of Union prisoners at Richmond.

7. Meade’s army begins an advance. Sharp fighting at Kelly’s Ford and Rappahannock Station. The rebels driven across the river.

7. Rebels break up the Memphis and Charleston railroad near Salisbury.

7. Rebels defeated at Lewisburg, W. Va.

8. Meade advances, the rebels retiring toward Gordonsville.

8. Successful reconnoissance returns from Chowan river, N. C.

8. Banks’ expedition in possession of Brazos, Bienville, and Point Isabel.

9. Skirmish near Culpepper. Meade’s army in line of battle all day. Lee declines a fight.

9. Rebel dash upon Bayou Sara, La.

9. Fight on the Little Tenn. A rebel regiment repulsed with 50 killed and 40 prisoners.

10. Skirmishing near Culpepper.

10. Rebels concentrate along the south bank of the Rapidan.

10. Supposed conspiracy in Canada to set free rebel prisoners on Johnson’s Island.

11. Charleston and Fort Sumter regularly shelled day by day.

12. Union meeting held in Arkansas. Rebellion dying out.

13. Rebel foray across the Potomac at Edward’s Ferry.

14. Longstreet crosses the Tenn., and attacks Burnside, who retires toward his works at Knoxville.

14. Banks captures Corpus Christi Pass.

15. Reconnoissance and skirmish on the Rapidan.

15. Skirmish near Holston, Tenn. Burnside falls back to Lenoir.

16. Gen. Sherman’s corps forms a junction with Thomas at Chattanooga.

16. Fighting near Mount Jackson, Va.

16. Burnside falls back to Bell’s Sta’n.

17. Seabrook Island occupied by Gillmore.

17. Charleston again shelled.

17. Burnside reaches Knoxville.

18. Skirmish at Germania Ford, Va.

18. Capture of Mustang Island by Gen. Banks.

19. Gettysburg Cemetery dedicated.

19. Fighting at Knoxville.

20. Mosby’s guerrillas, in Union uniform, attempt to capture Fed. forces at Bealton, Va. The trick discovered in time.

21. Skirmishing along Burnside’s and Longstreet’s lines.

22. A portion of Knoxville burned. The city closely invested by Longstreet.

22. Successful scouting by negro troops at Pocotaligo, S. C. A grandson of John C. Calhoun killed.

23. Reconnoissance in force by Gen. Thomas. Rebels driven back.

23. Guerrillas whipped in Loudon Co., Va.

24. Storming and capture of Lookout Mountain. Hooker’s “fight above the clouds.” Defeat of Bragg.

24. Skirmishing near Knoxville.

25. Capture of Missionary Ridge. Bragg’s army routed and driven back toward Ringgold.

25. Colored troops doing good service in N. C.

25. Rebel cavalry repulsed at Kingston, Tenn.

26. Bragg’s army pursued by Fed. victorious troops.

26. Meade’s army crosses the Rapidan with no serious opposition.

27. Brisk skirmishing between Meade and Lee. Heavy fighting on the left.

27. Wheeler’s rebel cavalry whipped at Cleveland, Tenn.

27. Mosby captures part of one of Meade’s trains.

28. John Morgan and 6 of his officers escape from the Ohio penitentiary.

28. A rebel battery discovered, built behind the Moultrie House while they kept a hospital flag flying from the roof.

29. Siege of Charleston progresses regularly.

29. Longstreet attacks Knoxville, and is beaten after a heavy battle.

=Dec. 1.= Hooker retires from Ringgold, and Army of the Cumberland again concentrates at Chattanooga.

1. Meade recrosses the Rapidan.

2. Bragg superseded by Hardee in command of the rebel army in Georgia.

3. Union cavalry make a foray toward Canton, Miss.

3. Sherman’s cavalry near Knoxville.

4. Longstreet raises the siege of Knoxville, Tenn., and retreats toward Va.

6. Chesapeake, steamer, seized by reb. pirates on board, engineer shot, and crew landed at St. Johns.

6. The monitor Weehawken founders at Charleston harbor, with all on board.

7. Jefferson Davis issues his annual message.

7. U. S. Congress reassembles.

8. Pres. Lincoln issues his Message and Proclamation of Amnesty.

11. Fort Sumter vigorously bombarded and partly set on fire.

14. Bean Station, Va. Longstreet attacks Union cavalry under Shackleford. Rebels lose 800 killed and wounded. Union loss, 200.

15–20. Extensive destruction of salt-works by vessels from the Eastern Gulf Squadron in West Bay, St. Andrews Sound, Fla. Property of the value of $3,000,000 destroyed.

16. Maj.-Gen. John Buford died at Washington.

16. Averill destroys 15 miles of Va. and Tenn. railroad.

17. Rebel cavalry attack Meade’s communications at Sangster’s, and are repulsed.

17. Com. G. J. Van Brunt died at Dedham, Mass., aged 64.

17. The Chesapeake recaptured in Sambro Harbor by the Ella and Annie. All of the crew but 3 escape.

18. Col. Phillips, with Indian brigade beats and scatters Quantrell’s force near Fort Gibson, killing 50.

19. Fort Gibson, Ark., attacked by Standthwaite with 1,600 men. Standthwaite repulsed.

22. Gen. Corcoran killed by a fall from his horse.

22. An expedition from Beaufort starts inland under Gen. Seymour.

22. An expedition of 1 white and 3 colored regiments, starts for Red river from Port Hudson, under Gen. Ullman.

23. Longstreet’s soldiers are deserting 20 to 50 per day.

23. Union raid on Luray. Large quantities of leather, bacon, &c., captured.

23. Ferryboat at Memphis attacked by guerrillas who killed the captain. The boat escaped.

24. Choctaw Indians and their Chief abandon the rebel cause.

24. Reeves, with 150 guerrillas, surprises Centreville, Mo., and captures garrison of 50 men, 3d M. S. M.

24. Legareville, S. C., attacked by rebs., who are driven off.

25. Fight between the gunboat Marblehead, and rebel batteries on Stone river, S. C. Rebels defeated. Fed. loss, 3 killed, 4 wounded.

25. At Pulaski, Tenn., 50 of Forrest’s guerrillas captured by Gen. Dodge.

25. Gen. Sullivan’s expedition from Harper’s Ferry returns with 100 prisoners and 100 horses.

25. Gen. Banks establishes Department of the Frontier on the Rio Grande.

25. British bark Circassian seized in North river by U. S. Marshal.

26. Dr. Segar, Mr. Perez, and Mr. Carter sent to Fort Lafayette for smuggling arms to rebels.

26. The Dictator, turreted iron-clad, launched at New York.

26. At Charleston, Tenn., rebel Gen. Wheeler, with 1,500 men attacks Colonel Liebert and supply train; captures the latter. Col. Long reinforces Liebert and rebels are beaten, losing 121 prisoners.

29. Part of Union train captured by rebels at Williamsport, Va.

30. Great naval expedition leaves N. O., supposed for Mobile.

31. McChesney’s expedition meets rebels near Washington, N. C., routs them, kills a lieut. and 5 men, captures 1 cannon and 10 men.

=1864.—Jan. 1.=

ARMY CORPS COMMANDERS—GENERALS.

1st. John Newton. 2d. W. S. Hancock. 3d. W. H. French. 4th. Gordon Granger. 5th. George Sykes. 6th. John Sedgwick. 7th. Consolidated with others. 8th. H. H. Lockwood. 9th. A. E. Burnside. 10th. Q. A. Gilmore. 11th. O. O. Howard. 12th. H. W. Slocum. 13th. E. O. C. Ord. 14th. John M. Palmer. 15th. John A. Logan. 16th. S. A. Hurlbut. 17th. J. B. McPherson. 18th. B. F. Butler. 19th. W. B. Franklin. 20th. } Consolidated to 21st. } form the 4th. 22d. S. P. Heintzelman. 23d. G. L. Hartsuff. Cavalry Corps—George Stoneman.

DEPARTMENT COMMANDERS.

Dep’tm’t of the Tenn.—Maj.-Gen. W. T. Sherman. „ the Cumberland—Maj.-Gen. Geo. H. Thomas. „ the Ohio—Maj.-Gen. J. T. Foster. „ the East—Maj.-Gen. John A. Dix. „ the Gulf—Maj.-Gen. N. P. Banks. „ N. C. and Va.—Maj.-Gen. B. F. Butler. „ the Northwest—Maj.-Gen. John Pope. „ Washington—Maj.-Gen. S. P. Heintzelman. „ the Monongahela—Maj.-Gen. W. T. Brooks. „ the Susquehanna—Maj.-Gen. D. N. Couch. „ Western Virginia—Brig.-Gen. B. F. Kelly. „ New Mexico—Brig.-Gen. J. H. Carleton. „ the Pacific—Brig.-Gen. George Wright. „ Kansas—Maj.-Gen. James G. Blunt. „ Middle Department—Brig.-Gen. Lockwood. „ the South—Maj.-Gen. Q. A. Gilmore. „ Missouri—Maj.-Gen. John M. Schofield.

1. Gov. Bramlette of Ky., ordered the arrest of 5 rebel sympathizers for every loyal man captured by rebel guerrillas.

1. Arrest of a contractor of the Confederate government in New York who was engaged in manufacturing notes and bonds. The plates and engraving tools seized, and $7,000,000 in notes and bonds.

1. Departure of a Fed. cavalry reconnoissance to Front Royal, Va.

1. Fed. pickets driven in at Winchester, Va.

2. Gen. Curtis took command of Kansas Military Department.

2. A Fed. train attacked near Moorfield, Va. Rebels defeated, losing 13 killed, and 20 wounded.

3. Fight at Jonesville, Va. 60 Fed. troops killed or wounded, and 300 captured.

3. Death of Archbishop Hughes, in New York.

4. Gen. Grierson pursuing Forrest’s rebel troops south of Coldwater, Miss.

4. Trial of the crew of the Chesapeake for piracy.

5. Gen. Stoneman made Chief of cavalry under Gen. Grant.

6. Marmaduke and Price at Arkadelphia, Ark., with 7,000 men.

6. Skirmish at Newtown, W. Va.

6. Gen. Kirby Smith takes command of rebels west of Mississippi river.

7. Death of Caleb B. Smith, U. S. Secretary of the Interior.

7. Gen. Grant made Maj.-Gen. in the regular army.

7. Gen. Thomas made Brigadier in the regular army.

8. Gens. Meade and Sherman made Brigadiers in the regular army.

8. Petersburg, Va., attacked by rebels under Fitz Hugh Lee, who were driven off.

8. Chase and destruction of the Anglorebel steamer Dare.

8. Death of Com. Stover, U. S. navy.

9. Madisonville and St. Francisburg, La., occupied by Fed. troops.

9. Gen. Wild’s colored troops made a raid into N. C., releasing 3,000 slaves, and capturing or destroying an immense quantity of stores.

10. Gen. Rousseau left Decatur, Ala., for a raid in the rear of Gen. Hood’s reb. army.

10. A severe fight at Strawberry Plains, E. Tenn. Rebels repulsed with severe loss.

10. A battalion of Cole’s Md. cavalry attacked by rebels under Mosby, in Loudon Co., Va. Rebels defeated.

11. Madisonville, La., captured by Fed. troops.

11. Longstreet’s rebel army fortifying Bull Gap, Tenn.

11. Capture of rebel salt-works at Tampa Bay, Fla.

11. Battle at Smithfield, Va. Federal troops defeated.

11. Gunboat Iron Age aground and under reb. fire in Wilmington Harbor.

12. Raid by Fed. troops under Gen. Marston in Westmoreland Co., Va. Much property destroyed.

12. Rebel cavalry defeated at Mossy Creek, Tenn., by Gen. McCook’s troops, who killed 14 and took 49 prisoners.

13. Gen. Herron’s troops crossed the Rio Grande into Mexico, and escorted the American Consul to Brownsville with $2,000,000, belonging to Americans and the Government.

14. Fed. pickets at Three Mile Station, Va., attacked by rebel cavalry, who were repulsed.

14. A Fed. train of 23 wagons captured near Tenisville, Tenn., by rebels under Gen. Vance, who are pursued by Col. Palmer, who retook the wagons, and captured the rebel general, and a portion of his force.

14. Rebel steamer Mayflower captured in Sarasote Pass, Fla.

14. Skirmish at Bainbridge, Tenn.

14. The American ship Emma Jane captured by the Alabama, off Trivandrum, while on her way from Bombay to Mouhnein.

17. Fight near Dandridge, Tenn. National troops defeated, losing 150 killed or wounded.

17. Longstreet’s force moving towards Knoxville, Tenn.

17. Rebels attack Union lines at Bainbridge, Tenn., but are defeated with heavy loss.

18. Gen. Butler pronounced an outlaw by rebel Congress.

19. Gen. Sturgis’ Fed. troops retreated from Strawberry Plains to Knoxville.

19. Mosby defeated at Thoroughfare Gap, Va., by 1st Mass. cavalry.

20. Guerrillas attacked Col. Sweitzer’s brigade of 5th Corps, and were repulsed, leaving 8 dead on the field.

21. Extensive conflagration of hospital buildings at Camp Winder, near Richmond, Va.

21. A large number of rebel deserters arrive at Chattanooga.

23. Brandon, Va., on the James river, destroyed by Fed. troops, who captured 100 negroes, and much rebel property.

23. Union raid to Lake Phelps, N. C. 200,000 lbs. of pork destroyed.

23. Rebel Gen. Rhoddy driven south of Tenn. river, by Col. Phillips, with loss of his train, 200 cattle, 600 sheep and 100 horses and mules.

25. Athens, Ala., attacked by 600 rebs. under Col. Harrison, who were defeated.

20. Successful Fed. raid in Onslow and Jones Co., N. C., by Col. Palmer’s troops.

27. Rebel cavalry under Armstrong and Morgan defeated near Seviervillle, Tenn., by Gen. Sturgis.

27. Rebels defeated in an attack on Florence, Ala.

28. A meeting at Nashville, Tenn., to restore the State Government.

28. Destruction of rebel salt works at St. Andrews Bay.

28. Rebels defeated at Tunnel Hill, Ga. 32 killed and 1 company captured.

29. Skirmish 13 miles from Cumberland Gap, Tenn. Fed. cavalry with reb. troops under Gen. Jones.

29. Bridges and other property destroyed by Union troops at Windsor, N. C.

29. Major Johnson’s Ky. troops drove rebels out of Scottville, Ky., killing 40 and taking 20 prisoners.

30. A Fed. supply train of 80 wagons, guarded by Col. Snyder’s troops, captured near Petersburg, W. Va., after a 4 hours’ fight. Fed. loss, 80 killed or wounded. The Fed. garrison evacuated the place that night.

30. Skirmish near Cumberland Gap, Tenn. Rebels defeated by Col. Love.

30. Fight at Smithfield, Va.

FEB. 1. Union repulse at Bachelor’s Creek, near Newbern, N. C. Steamer Underwriter destroyed.

1. President Lincoln calls for 500,000 men for 3 years. Draft for deficiency to be made March 10.

1. Burlington, W. Va., occupied by rebels.

1. Fighting in the New Creek (Va.) valley.

1. Fed. outposts at Bachelor’s Creek driven in by a rebel force threatening Newbern, N. C.

1. Fighting at Smithfield, Va.

2. Fight at Mechanicsburg Gap, near Romney, W. Va. Rebels retreat.

2 Rebel troops burn a bridge at Patterson’s Creek, Va., and were next day driven off by the guard.

2. Union reinforcements arrive at Newbern, N. C., and rebels are driven back to Kinston.

2. U. S. steamer Levi burned in Kanawha river, W. Va., and Gen. Scammon and staff captured by rebels.

3. Sherman’s advance defeated rebels in a skirmish at Bolton, Miss. Union loss, 12 killed, 35 wounded. Rebel loss larger.

3. Gen. Smith’s cavalry expedition starts from Corinth, Miss.

4. Col. Mulligan drove rebels from Morefield, W. Va., after 6 hours’ fighting.

4. A party of rebels captured near White Oak river.

4. Gen. Sherman’s troops skirmish near Champion Hill, Miss.

4. Cavalry skirmish at Canton, Miss.

4. Gen. Averill defeats rebels at Woodfield, W. Va.

4. Rebel battery defeated at Clinton, Miss. Union killed 15, wounded 30.

4. Gen. Seymour’s expedition left Port Royal, S. C., for Jacksonville, Fla.

5. Engagement between Gen. Sherman’s troops and rebels, at Bear Creek, near Clinton, Miss.

5. Navajo Indians defeated near Fort Sumner, with loss of 50 killed and 25 wounded.

6. Col. Kit Carson brings 280 Indian prisoners to Santa Fe.

6. Skirmish at Bottom’s Bridge, W. Va., by Gen. Butler’s troops.

7. Rebels driven across the Rapidan by the army of the Potomac.

7. A Federal expedition returned to Knoxville, Tenn., having defeated a reb. force, killing and wounding 215, and taking 50 prisoners.

8. Rebel regiments at Dalton, and at Decatur, Ala., mutiny when required to re-enlist. Several soldiers are killed.

8. Gen. Seymour’s expedition arrived at Jacksonville, Fla.

9. Rebels abandon Jacksonville, Fla., losing 100 men prisoners, and 8 guns.

9. Union gunboats arrive at Sartartia, on the Yazoo river.

10. Col. Streight, and 110 other officers, escaped from Libby prison by tunnelling.

11. Guerrillas rob a train on Balt. and O. railroad, near Harper’s Ferry.

11. Gens. Grierson and Smith’s Fed. troops start on a raid through Miss.

11. Gen. W. L. Smith’s cavalry expedition started in the direction of Colliersville, Tenn.

11. First 20-inch gun cast at Pittsb’g, Pa.

12. Fed. pickets at Manassas attacked by Mosby.

12. Smith’s Fed. expedition reaches Okolona, Miss.

12. Passage of the Enrollment bill by the House of Representatives.

13. The line of the Memphis and Ohio railroad evacuated by the Fed. forces.

14. Negro garrison of 400 at Waterproof, La., was attacked by a large rebel force, which was repulsed 3 times, and retired.

14. Rebel Col. Ferguson surprised in Wayne Co., W. Va., losing 60 prisoners, with arms and supplies, and releasing 500 Union captives.

14. Meridian evacuated by the rebels.

14. Guerrilla attack at Tecumseh Landing, Miss.

14. A company of colored troops, save 2, surprised and murdered at Grand Lake, Miss.

14. Gainesville, Fla., attacked by 40th Mass., Capt. Roberts. Rebels routed with loss of 100.

14. Meridian, Miss., occupied by Gen. Sherman’s Union forces, who destroyed the State arsenal, and great quantities of ammunition.

15. Chesapeake steamer surrendered to her owners by colonial authorities at St. John’s.

16. Rebel Gen. Pickett captured at Newbern, N. C.

14–20. Sherman sends various expeditions from Meridian, Miss., who destroy adjacent towns, and immense quantities of stores.

18. Sherman’s army reaches Quitman, Ga., without opposition.

18. Gen. Seymour left Jacksonville, Fla., with 5,000 troops, and established a depot of supplies at Baldwin.

18. Gen. Smith’s Union expedition reached Okolona, 75 miles south of Corinth, Miss.

18. Sloop-of-war Housatonic sunk at Port Royal by a rebel torpedo.

20. Longstreet retreats from Bull’s Gap to Strawberry Plains.

20. Rebels hang Rev. Dr. Cox, chaplain of Corps de Afrique, near Donaldsonville.

20. Skirmish with Mosby’s rebel cavalry, at Piedmont Station, Va. 17 of his men taken.

20. Gen. Smith defeated by Forrest at West Point, Ga., and driven back towards Memphis.

20. Battle of Olustee, Fla. Gen. Seymour’s troops encountered a superior force of rebels 55 miles beyond Jacksonville, Fla. After a severe contest of 3 hours, the Union troops were defeated, and retreated to Sanderson. Union loss, 1,500. Rebel loss about the same.

21. A force of Fed. troops left Hilton Head, and proceeded up the Savannah river, without result.

21. Heavy fighting at Pontotoc, Miss.

21. Ringgold, Ga., occupied by Gen. Palmer.

22. Mosby defeats 150 Fed. cavalry near Drainsville, Va., who lose 8 killed, 7 wounded, and 75 missing.

22. 28 of Mosby’s men captured near Warrenton by Major Cole.

22. A “Border State Convention,” convened at Louisville, Ky., for the purpose of adopting harmonious action on important issues then pending in National affairs. Representatives from six States were present.

22. Rebel train destroyed near Poplar Bluffs, Mo.

22. Louisiana State election. Michael Hahn elected Governor, by 6,830 votes, against Fellows, 2,720, and B. F. Flanders, 1,847.

23. Rebel Gen. Forrest repulsed in an attack on Smith, near Memphis, Tenn.

23. Bombardment of Fort Powell, Mobile Bay, by Fed. mortars.

23. Skirmish near Tunnel Hill, Ga.

24. Passage of a bill by Congress authorizing the appointment of a Lieut.-Gen.

25. Skirmish at Bean Station.

25. Rebel raid on Maysville, Ky.

26. Grierson and Smith’s forces return to Memphis. Results of expedition are 200 rebel prisoners, 1,500 negroes, 300 horses taken; 3,000,000 bushels corn, 4,000 bales cotton, 2,000 hides, and 40 miles of Mobile and O. railroad destroyed.

26. Tunnel Hill occupied by column from Chattanooga, after heavy skirmishing.

26. Fire opened upon Fort Powell by Admiral Farragut.

27. Col. Jourdan makes another dash into Jones and Onslow Cos., N. C., captures 3 prisoners, and destroys stores and ammunition.

27. Fed. troops withdrew from Tunnel Hill, Ga., to Ringgold.

27. Sherman’s expedition returns to Vicksburg, after 22 days’ raid, devastating many towns, burning bridges, seizing or destroying vast quantities of stores, liberating 10,000 negroes, breaking up many miles of railways, and taking 600 prisoners. Union loss, 170 k. and w.

27. Gov. Goodman, of Arizona, with exploring party, fights with Indians, killing 5, and wounding many.

28. Colonel Richardson, a notorious guerrilla, captured near Cumberland river.

28. Seymour’s retreating army reaches Baldwin, Fla., which it evacuates, burning stores.

28. Gen. Kilpatrick, with 5,000 picked men, leaves Culpepper for a raid on Richmond, crosses the Rapidan at Ely’s Ford, surprising rebel pickets at Spottsylvania Court House, and capturing 15 men and 2 officers.

29. Kilpatrick’s exped. passed through Louisa C. H., to Pamunkey Bridge, destroying as he went. A force is sent by Butler to reinforce him.

29. Expedition of Custar’s cav. crosses Rapidan and Rivanna, destroys an artillery camp, burns caissons, &c., and recrosses Rivanna bridge, burning it. Reb. cavalry charged and scattered at Burton’s Ford and Stannardsville roads, and Custar safely returns with 60 prisoners, horses, &c.

29. Rebels in force attack Newbern, N. C., and were repulsed. Garrison ultimately relieved by reinforcements.

=March 1.= A lieut. and 15 men of the 5th Pa. cavalry captured while reconnoitering in the Dismal Swamp, Va.

1. A force under Gen. Kilpatrick and Col. Onderdonk, left Yorktown, Va., on an expedition to King and Queens C. H. Near Carlton’s store the troops encountered 2 regiments of Virginia cavalry and a body of citizens. The enemy was routed and driven from the town. After penetrating to the inner fortifications of Richmond, Kilpatrick’s troops were repulsed.

1. Reb. Government salt works at St. Marks, Fla., destroyed by expeditions from gunboat Tahoma.

1. Gen. Thomas, reinforced, marching against Dalton, from Tunnel Hill.

2. Reinforcements reaching Gen. Seymour at Jacksonville.

3. Kilpatrick’s expedition moves to Williamsburg to rest. Many prisoners and stores captured and destroyed during this raid.

4. Kilpatrick returns within Union lines, having destroyed large portions of the Va. Central R. R., and burned several mills on James river. Loss 150, including Col. Dahlgren.

4. Gen. Custer, with 500 men, made a reconnoissance to Ely’s Ford, on the Rapidan.

5. Reb. cavalry still scouring country E. of Knoxville.

5. Reb. cavalry, in force, attack 93 of 3d Tenn. at Panther Springs. Union loss 2 k. 8 wounded, 22 prisoners. Rebel, 30 k. and wounded.

5. Battle in Yazoo City, between 11th Ill. and 8th La., and 4 reb. brigades. Rebs. defeated with considerable loss. Union, killed 6; wounded 20.

6. Gunboat Peterholf sunk off Wilmington, N. C.

6. 23 Union soldiers, captured from Gen. Foster’s command, hung by rebs. at Kinston, N. C.

6. Sherman’s main army at Jackson, commencing to cross Pearl river.

7. Sherman’s cavalry enter Brandon after skirmishing, and camp two miles east.

8. Reb. cavalry driven from camp near Carrolton. Grain mills and stores burned.

9. Sherman at Hillsboro’, N. C.

9. 40 of 30th Pa. cavalry captured by guerrillas at Bristow Station, Va.

9. An outpost of national troops near Suffolk, Va., was attacked by 4 regiments of infantry, a squadron of cavalry, and 2 batteries of artillery, and driven to Baner’s Hill. A column of national troops arrived to the support, and the enemy in turn was attacked, driven back and pursued. Fed. loss 200.

10. Suffolk, Va., captured. Reb. loss 25 killed. Union, 10 k.

10. A body of 10,000 troops under Gens. A. J. Smith and Thomas Kilby Smith, left Vicksburg on transports, destined for the mouth of Red river, at which point a force under Gen. Banks was being rendezvoused, in view of a campaign in the Red river region.

10. A naval expedition from Brashear City captures camp, arms, flag at Atchafalaya river.

10. Pilatka occupied by Union forces.

12. Gen. Grant appointed Commander-in-Chief of the armies of the U. S.

13. Indianola evacuated by Union troops.

13. Gen. Smith’s army at Semmesport.

13. Alexandria, La., captured by Fed. fleet.

14. Capture of Fort de Russy, on the Red river, by 1st and 3d divisions of 16th corps, under Gen. Mower. The fort was blown up at night.

15. President calls for 200,000 men, and a draft ordered for the deficiency on the 15th of April.

15. Reb. plot to assassinate Pres. Lincoln discovered.

15. Sherman repulses rebs. near Chunky Creek.

16. Gov. Bramlette of Ky., remonstrates against employment of slaves as soldiers.

16. Battle near Fort Pillow. Rebs. defeated, loss of 50 k. and w.

16. Arkansas votes herself a free State.

16. Gens. Smith and Banks at Alexandria. Rebs. retreat to Shreveport and burn 2 steamers with 3,000 bales of cotton.

16. Rebs. attack a train from Nashville near Estelle Springs, Tenn.

17. Reb. raid on Magnolia, Fla.

19. Reb. attack on Port Royal, S. C., fails.

21. Gen. Mower captures reb. camp at Henderson’s Hill, 282 prisoners, guns, &c.

21. Banks captures 306 rebs. near Alexandria.

21. Engagement at Natchitoches, La., between Gen. Mower’s troops of A. J. Smith’s command, and reb. cavalry under Gen. Lee. 200 rebs. captured, with but small loss in killed or wounded on either side.

22. The gunboat Petrel captured by rebs. on the Yazoo river.

22. Gen. Thayer, with an army of 5,500 men left Fort Smith, Ark., to aid Gen. Steele’s army.

23. Union City, Ky., captured by reb. Gen. Forrest. Col. Hawkins, with the 7th Tenn. cavalry, 400 men, surrendered after repulsing 2,000 rebs. 3 times.

25. Reb. Gen. Forrest, with 7,000 men, attacked the Fed. fort at Paducah, Ky., defended by Col. Hicks, with 500 men. Aided by 2 gunboats, Col. Hicks defeated Forrest, who retired with a loss of 1,000 killed and wounded. Fed. loss 14 killed and 46 wounded. The town was nearly destroyed by the bombardment.

26. Col. Clayton captured 370 rebs., 35 wagons, and 300 horses, at Longview, Ark.

29. Battle of Cane river, La. Rebs. defeated.

30. Fight in Arkansas with 1,200 rebs., who are defeated.

30. Riots by disloyalists at Charleston and Mattoon, Ill.

31. Rebs. defeated at Crump’s Hill (Piney Woods).

=April 1.= Fight near Snyder’s Bluff, on the Yazoo.

1. S. S. Maple Leaf blown up by torpedo in St. Johns river.

1. Rebel ram Tennessee sunk near Grant’s Pass.

2. Shelby defeated by Steele near Camden, in Ark.

2. Grierson’s cavalry engages Forrest near Summerville, and falls back.

4. Fight at Roseville, in Ark.

4. Col. Gooding engages Harrison’s guerrillas at Compti, and withdraws with loss.

4. Marmaduke defeated by Steele on Little Missouri river, Ark.

4. N. Y. Metropolitan Sanitary Fair opened.

5. Fight between gunboats and guerrillas at Hickman, Ky.

5. Banks’ Texas expedition at Grand Ecore.

5. Gen. W. P. White, reb., of Georgetown, S. C., assassinated by his own men.

6. Fort Halleck, Columbus, Ky., attacked by rebel Gen. Buford. Surrender refused by Col. Lawrence.

6. Maryland Constitutional Convention on Slavery met.

7. U. S. Senate pass the resolution to submit to States’ Legislatures the Constitution amendment abolishing slavery.

8. Gen. Franklin’s command of Banks’ expedition defeated at Mansfield, La., by Gen. Taylor’s army, losing 24 guns and nearly 2,000 men, and falling back to Grand Ecore. Gen. Smith, next day, relieved Franklin, defeated the rebels, and captured 36 guns and 2,000 prisoners.

8. Shelbyville entered by 40 guerrillas.

9. Battle of Pleasant Hill, La. After severe fighting the Union troops retreated at night in good order.

10. Cape Lookout lighthouse seized by 40 rebels.

11. Banks retires to Grand Ecore.

11. Rebels repulsed in an attack on Roseville, Ark.

12. Capture of Fort Pillow and massacre of garrison.

12. Admiral Porter’s Red river fleet attacked by 2,000 rebel infantry on shore, who are beaten off.

12. Horrible murder of a farmer by guerrillas at Osage river, Mo.

13. A portion of Banks’ army attacked near Blair’s Landing, La. Rebs. repulsed with loss.

13. New York Soldiers’ Voting Bill passed New York Senate. Yeas 29, nays none.

14. Gunboat expedition from Butler’s army capture prisoners and stores at Smithfield, Va.

14. Nebraska Constitution and State Government Bill passed by U. S. Senate.

15. Chenango, gunboat, exploded.

16. Gunboat Eastport sunk by snag above Grand Ecore.

17. Bread riot by women in Savannah, Ga.

18. Rebel attack on Fort Wessell, near Plymouth, N. C. Gunboat Southfield sunk. Com. Flusser killed and most of crew drowned. Ram also destroys the gunboat Bombshell.

18. Baltimore Sanitary Fair opened.

19. Guerrillas driven from Burksville.

19. Transports and gunboats aground above Grand Ecore, Red river.

19. Fort Wessells, N. C., evacuated by Feds.

20. Plymouth, N. C., surrendered to rebels by Gen. Wessels, after severe loss by rebels. Gen. Wessells and 2,500 men surrendered.

21. North Carolina salt works, worth $100,000, near Wilmington, destroyed.

22. Rebels captured gunboat Petrel on the Yazoo river, and burnt her.

22. Forrest moving toward Alabama, followed by Grierson.

22. Banks’ army left Grand Ecore for Alexandria, La., by land.

23. Brisk engagement near Camden, Ark. Feds. defeated.

23. Rebels capture and murder Union pickets at Nickajack.

23. N. Y. Metropolitan Sanitary Fair closed. Sword voted to Grant by 30,291, against 14,509 for McClellan.

24. Battle at Cane river, La. Rebels losing 1,000 men and 9 guns.

25. A supply train of 240 wagons, and the 26th Iowa, 73d Ohio, and 43d Ind. regiments, under Col. Drake, 2,000 men, were captured after a brave resistance on their return to Pine Bluff, Ark., after an unsuccessful effort to reach General Steele’s army.

26. Gen. Steele’s army left Camden for Little Rock, Ark.

26. Rebels in strong force attack Admiral Porter’s gunboats on the Red river, and were defeated with severe loss.

28. Little Washington, N. C., evacuated by Fed. troops.

28. A detachment of Fed. cavalry under Col. Lowell, encountered a portion of Mosby’s command near Upperville, Va., and defeated them, capturing 23, killing 2 and wounding 4. Fed. loss, 3 killed, 4 wounded.

30. Gen. Steele’s army in Ark. crossed the Sabine river after a fight with rebs.

30. Madison Court House, Va., was burned by a Union expeditionary force while engaged in a skirmish with a rebel company at that place.

=May 1.= Death of Commodore W. D. Porter.

1. Gen. Steele’s army 40 miles from Little Rock, Ark. His cavalry reached that city.

2. Advance of the Army of the Potomac across the Rapidan towards Chancellorsville and the Wilderness.

2. West Point, Va., occupied by Feds.

2. Gen. Sturgis’ cavalry encountered a band of the rebel Forrest’s men, near Bolivar, Tenn., and, after a severe fight, defeated them.

3. The crossing of the Rapidan by the army of the Potomac effected, without opposition, at Culpepper, Germania, and Ely’s Fords.

3. The Sec. of the Navy sentenced Ad. Wilkes to be reprimanded and suspended for three years, for insubordination, &c.

4. The crossing of the Rapidan by the army of the Potomac continued.

4 Gen. Warren’s headquarters at the Wilderness.

4. A fleet of transports on Hampton Roads commenced embarking troops.

4. Rebel raid into Princeton, Ky.

5. Battle of the Wilderness commenced. A day of terrific fighting, on most difficult ground, in the Wilderness, near Chancellorsville, Va. Night closed in without any definite result. Gen. Hayes killed.

5. Gen. Butler’s army passed Fortress Monroe in transports, on their way up the James river.

5. Gen. Kautz forced the Blackwater, and burnt the railroad bridge at Stony Creek.

5. Naval engagement between the reb. ram Albemarle and Fed. fleet, near the mouth of the Roanoke river.

5. Skirmish at Thoroughfare Gap, Va. Burnside’s cavalry attacked the enemy on their passage through the Gap.

6. Battle of the Wilderness continued. Another day of terrible fighting, resulting in the falling back of Lee’s army. Gen. Wadsworth killed. Loss of both armies about 15,000 each in the 2 days fighting. The rebel Gen. Longstreet wounded. Fed. wounded, who had been removed to Fredericksburg, fired on by citizens.

6. Gen. Butler’s forces effected a successful landing near Fort Fisher, N. C., without resistance.

6. Gunboat Com. Jones blown up by rebel torpedo on James river.

7. Gen. Grant’s army in pursuit of Lee, having marched 15 miles on the night of the 6th.

7. Tunnel Hill, Ga., taken by Gen. Thomas.

7. Severe fight at Todd’s Tavern, between Custar’s and rebel cavalry. Loss, 250 on each side.

7. Battle near Petersburg, Va., between Gen. Butler’s army and the rebels.

7. Tazewell salt-works destroyed by Gen. Averill.

8. General Hancock’s corps passed through Spottsylvania C. H. at daylight, and, at noon, his headquarters were 20 miles south of the battle-field of the 6th.

8. Battle of Spottsylvania C. H., Va., commenced. The armies near Spottsylvania C. H. engaged from 8 to 12 M., at which time Fed. forces gained the point for which they contended. At 6 P. M., 2 fresh divisions were thrown in, and, after a severe engagement of an hour and a half, the rebel position was carried, and their first line of breastworks occupied.

8. General engagement at Mill Creek Gap, Ga.

8. Union troops held possession of Fredericksburg, Va.

9. Battle of Spottsylvania C. H., Va., continued. Lee’s army made a stand, but no general engagement occurred in the morning. Maj.-Gen. Sedgwick killed. The fight in the evening was brought on by Hancock, who crossed the river Po, and established himself on the south bank.

9. Gen. Butler at Bermuda Landing, in a strong position. His forces defeated a portion of Beauregard’s army under Gen. Hill. The fight commenced at noon, and continued till night. The rebels driven back 3 miles.

9. Night attack on Gen. Butler’s lines. The rebels repulsed.

9. Gen. Sherman marched around the rebel right flank, and reached the North Anna river in safety in the evening. In the night he destroyed a great quantity of rebel stores, and recaptured 378 Feds.

9. Battle of Cloyd Mountain. Rebels defeated.

9. U. S. transport H. A. Weed blown up by torpedo near Jacksonville, Fla.

10. Gen. Sheridan crossed the South Anna river.

10. Battle of Spottsylvania C. H. continued. A general advance of Fed. army ordered at 5 A. M. A tremendous conflict ensued. In the afternoon an attack was made on the rebel batteries. After the assault had continued some time it was found that the rebel batteries could not be carried without great loss, and the effort was abandoned. The battle ceased about 9 P. M., and was one of the most terrible and bloody of the war. The 6th corps carried the enemy’s works, and captured 1,000 prisoners. Loss, 10,000 on each side on this day.

10. Gen. Sheridan reported that he had turned the rebel right, reached their rear, and destroyed from 8 to 10 miles of railroad and other property.

10. Gen. Averill’s force fought a battle near Wytheville, Va., defeating Gen. Jones and destroying railroad.

10. Crooke defeated rebels near Newbern, capturing 7 guns and many pris.

10. Sec. Stanton reported that Gen. McPherson was within 7 miles of Resaca, Ga.

10. Gen. Sherman in front of Buzzard Roost Gap, Ga.

11. The armies under Grant and Lee engaged with varied success until 11 A. M., when Fed. line was somewhat advanced. Gen. Grant reported to the War Department, that, after 6 days’ fighting, the result was much in favor of the Union arms.

11. After 3 days of skirmishing Feds. drove the rebels back to Rocky Ridge and Buzzard Roost Mountain, Ga.

11. Gen. Sheridan captured Ashland Station, destroying a large amount of stores. He attacked Gen. Stewart at Yellow Tavern, near Richmond, and penetrated the 1st and 2d lines of the rebel defences.

12. The battle between Grant?s and Lee’s army renewed 5 miles below Spottsylvania C. H., Va. Gen. Hancock opened the battle, and made a brilliant assault on A. P. Hill’s division, which he routed. Gen. Grant reported that the day closed leaving between 3,000 and 4,000 prisoners in his hands, including 2 general officers, and over 30 pieces of artillery. In the night Lee abandoned his position.

12. Gen. Sheridan’s army encamped at Walnut Grove and Gaines’ Mills.

12. Gen. Butler’s army engaged.

12. Rebel position at Dalton, Ga., carried and held by Sherman.

13. Gen. Butler’s army advanced toward Petersburg, Va. Skirmishing with the rebels in the afternoon.

13. Gen. Sheridan’s forces encamped at Bottom’s Bridge.

13. Gen. Sherman’s army in line of battle in Sugar Valley.

13. Gen. McPherson captured 9 trains, with rebel military stores, at Dalton.

14. Gen. Smith carried the 1st line of rebel works at Petersburg, Va. The rebels attacked the 5th corps, army of the Potomac, but were finally driven back with severe loss, after a furious cannonade.

14. Gen. Sherman’s forces actively engaged. Gen. Hooker’s corps attacked by the rebel Gen. Hood’s division. The rebels repulsed. General battle, which lasted till midnight, each party holding its respective position.

15. Battle of Resaca, Ga. An all day battle, in which Feds. were successful. The rebels forced to evacuate Resaca. Gen. Johnston retreats from Fed. front in the night.

15. Rocky Faced Ridge taken by Sherman.

15. Gen. Sigel fought a battle at Newmarket, Va. The rebels successful. Union forces fell back to Strasburg, Va.

15. Gen. Banks’ gunboats arrived at Fort de Russey, La.

16. The rebel army encamped around Spottsylvania C. H., Va.

16. The rebels in force attacked Gen. Smith’s lines in Va., and forced them back with considerable loss.

16. Gen. Butler’s force attacked by troops from Petersburg. Furious fighting. The rebels made a desperate onslaught in a fog, but were repulsed.

16. Resaca, Ga., occupied by Gen. Sherman.

16. Admiral Porter’s fleet above Alexandria Falls, released by Col. Bailey’s dam.

17. Gen. Kautz reached City Point, Va., returning from his raid on the Danville railroad.

17. Gen. Sherman’s army at Colburn, Ga.

17. General Banks’ forces reached Semmesport, La.

18. Ewell attacked Union baggage train in rear of Grant’s right flank, but was repulsed.

18. Heavy engagement between the armies in Va. Gen. Hancock charged the enemy, and carried the first line of rebel intrenchments.

18. Gen. Sherman reached Adairsville. Ga., where he was engaged in skirmishes.

18. Sec. Stanton announced that a draft would be ordered, to take place July 1.

18. A pretended proclamation of the President calling for 400,000 men, and announcing the Spring campaign closed, published in the Journal of Commerce and the World. The 2 papers suppressed for 3 days, and the author of the forgery, Jos. Howard, of Brooklyn, arrested.

19. Gen. Ewell attempted to turn Grant’s right, but was repulsed.

19. Gen. Sherman advanced on the enemy, who retreated. Kingston, Ga., reached. General Sherman pushed a column as far as Cassville, Ga.

20. Torpedoes explode at Bachelor’s Creek. Many N. Y. soldiers killed and wounded.

20. Sherman in possession of Kingston and Rome, Ga.

20. Rebels attack Ames’ division of Butler’s army. Heavy losses on both sides.

20. Arrest of Howard, the forger.

21. Gen. Hancock’s troops entered Bowling Green, Va.

23. U. S. tugboat Columbine captured on St. John’s river by rebs.

24. Rebels destroy bridge over North Anna. Grant’s headquarters at Jericho Mills. Sheridan destroyed Danville railroad near Richmond, Va.

24. Fitzhugh Lee repulsed at Wilson’s Wharf by Federal negroes under Gen. Wild.

24. Sherman flanks Johnston at Altoona.

24. 1,000 rebels captured by General Grant’s army at Mt. Carmel Church, Va.

25. Battle near Dallas, Ga. Hooker drives rebels 2 miles. Union loss, 1,500. Reb. about same.

25. Gen. Birney ascends the Ashepoo river.

26. Grant’s army moves toward Hanovertown.

26. La. State Convention abolishes slavery.

27. Eight steamers and several river craft burned at New Orleans Levee, by incendiaries.

27. Lee evacuates position on South Anna, and retreats toward Richmond.

27. Sheridan captures and holds Hanovertown and Ferry.

28. Longstreet attacks Sherman at Dallas, and is driven toward Marietta. Rebel loss, 2,500 killed and wounded, and 300 prisoners. Union loss, 300.

29. Grant’s army crosses the Pamunkey river, Va.

30. Trains of refugees attacked near Salem, Ark. 60 men and several women killed.

30. Lee attacks Grant north of Chickahominy, and is repulsed. Hancock drives him out of intrenched line of rifle-pits and holds it.

31. Grant’s and Lee’s armies confronting each other from Hanover C. H. to Cold Harbor.

31. Gen. Fremont nominated for President and Gen. Cochrane for Vice-Pres. of U. S.

=June 1.= Expedition under Gen. Sturgis in Miss., defeated, with loss of wagon train, artillery, and ammunition.

1. Reb. attacks at Cold Harbor, Va., repulsed.

1. Rebs. twice attack Butler, and are repulsed.

2. Schofield and Hooker at Marietta. Cavalry take Allatoona Pass.

3. Battle of Cold Harbor.

4. Reb. night attack on Hancock repulsed.

4. Grant’s cavalry defeated Hampton’s cavalry at Howes’ Store, Va.

5. Reb. attack on left (Hancock’s) repulsed.

5. Sherman’s army fall back toward the Chattahoochie and Atlanta.

5. Marmaduke, with 3,000 men, defeated at Columbia, Ark.

5. Battle of Piedmont, Va. Reb. loss 1,500 prisoners, 3 guns, 3,000 stand of arms, and stores, and a large number k. and w.

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.

8. Paris, Ky., taken by a portion of Morgan’s forces.

8. Sherman’s whole army moves forward toward the Kenesaw range. McPherson occupies Big Shanty, and rebels fall back with left on Lost Mountain, and right on Kenesaw.

8. Gilmore’s raid on Richmond fortifications.

9. Gen. Burbridge defeats rebels at Mount Sterling, and captures 700 pris.

10. Gen. Sturgis’ Fed. troops defeated at Guntown, Miss., and again at Ripley, by Gen. Forrest. Feds. destroy their supply train, and 10 cannon, and retreat towards Memphis, after spirited contest and severe loss.

10. Lexington, Ky., robbed by Morgan.

10. Rebel guerrillas repulsed at Princeton, Ky.

10. Frankfort, Ky., unsuccessfully attacked by 1,200 rebels.

10. Gen. Hunter, with Crook and Averill, moves from Staunton, Va., after destroying over $3,000,000 worth of rebel property.

10. Reb. Congress adjourned.

11. Fed. troops defeated near Cynthiana, Ky., and the town burnt by Gen. Morgan.

11. Gen. Hobson’s Ohio militia captured by Morgan, after a short combat near Cynthiana.

11. Battle of Trevillian Station, Va. Rebs. badly beaten by Sheridan.

12. Gen. Burbridge defeats and scatters Morgan at Cynthiana, with great loss.

12. Grant crosses the Chickahominy.

13. Grant’s headquarters at Wilcox’s Landing.

13. The Fugitive Slave Law repealed in the House of Representatives.

13. Gen. Hobson and staff recaptured.

13. Sheridan recrosses the North Anna.

14. Destruction of reb. canal boats and stores at Buchanan, Va., by Gen. Averill.

14. Grant’s army crossed to south of the James.

14. Reb. Gen. Polk killed.

14. Sherman advancing toward Kenesaw.

15. Battle of Baylor’s Farm. 16 rebel guns, 300 prisoners taken.

16. Gen. Hunter entered Liberty, Va., and destroyed a long bridge. Also 7 miles of railway.

17. Gens. Crook and Averill routed Imboden’s rebel cavalry between Quaker Church and Lynchburg, Va.

16. A portion of the southern defences of Petersburg, Va., carried by Hancock and Smith’s corps.

17. Burnside captured 2 redoubts in the Petersburg works, 450 prisoners, and 4 guns.

17. Severe fighting by Gen. Hunter’s army, 7 miles from Lynchburg, Va. No decisive result.

18. Simultaneous and desperate assault on the rebel works at Petersburg, by the Armies of the Potomac and the James.

18. Gen. Wilson’s Federal cavalry took position on the extreme left of the Union lines at Petersburg.

18. The battle at Lynchburg, Va., renewed. The rebels driven into their works, and Gen. Hunter retreated.

19. The Army of the James reoccupy Bermuda Hundred, and repair the railroad.

19. The rebel privateer Alabama was sunk near the Harbor of Cherbourg, France, after an engagement of over an hour with the U. S. sloop-of-war Kearsarge, Capt. Winslow. 70 of the rebel crew were taken on board the Kearsarge, and 115 reached England and France. 3 persons only were wounded on the Kearsarge.

20. Reb. cavalry defeated at the White House, Va.

21. Rebs. assault Gen. Sherman’s army in Ga. several times, and lose 800 men.

21. Gen. Foster crossed the James river, and intrenched near Aiken’s Landing.

21. Gen. Hunter’s artillery train retreating from Lynchburg, Va., attacked by rebs. He destroys a portion of the guns and caissons, Gen. Hunter retreats to the Ohio river.

22. A sudden attack on the Union lines at Petersburg, which are broken by the enemy with severe loss to both sides.

22. Wilson and Kautz’s cavalry destroy 4 miles of the railroad north of Petersburg, Va.

23. Severe battle on the Weldon R. R., Va. 2 rebel trains captured.

23. Railroad junction at Burksville, Va., destroyed by Feds.

24. Battle of Staunton Bridge, Va. Wilson and Kautz’s Federal cavalry repulsed.

24. Rebs. attack Gen. Sheridan at White House, Va., and are beaten.

24. Maryland State Convention abolishes slavery.

24. Rebs. attack Feds. at Lafayette, Ga. and are beaten.

25. Reb. night attack on Gen. Burnside’s troops on the James river repulsed.

27. Fight near Kenesaw Mountain, Ga. Union loss 1,500.

28. Sherman flanks Johnston at Kenesaw Mountain, Ga.

28. Fight at Stoney Creek, Va. Wilson and Kautz’s Fed. cavalry retreat to Reams’s Station.

29. Battle at Reams’s Station. Fed. cavalry defeated.

30. Johnston evacuates Kenesaw Mountain, Va.

=July 1.= Gen. Wilson’s force reaches Grant’s lines, having lost all their guns and wagons.

1. An expedition left Hilton Head, S. C., in direction of North Edisto river.

1. The southern side of James Island, S. C., occupied by Gen. Foster’s troops.

1. Col. Hoyt and 137 men captured on Johnson’s Island.

2. The expedition from Hilton Head disembark at Seabrook Island.

2. An unsuccessful attempt to take the rebel Fort Johnson on the north end of James Island.

1. W. P. Fessenden accepts Secretaryship of U. S. Treasury.

2. Rebel Gen. Ewell invades Shenandoah valley in 3 columns.

2. Martinsburg, Va., evacuated by Feds.

3. Sherman’s army entered Marietta, Ga.

3. A part of the expedition from Hilton Head repulsed.

3. Rebels defeated by Sherman, 2 miles south of Marietta, Ga.

3. Winchester, Va., taken by rebs. and Gen. Sigel falls back to Harper’s Ferry.

4. The rebels took possession of Bolivar Heights, half a mile from Harper’s Ferry, on their advance into Md., where they were attacked.

4. Sigel arrived at Sandy Hook.

4. Gen. Mulligan evacuated Bolivar Heights.

4. The rebels make a raid to Point of Rocks, Md.

4. Naval operations in Stono river.

5. Slocum’s expedition routed rebels east of Jackson, Miss.

5. Ellicott’s marine colored brigade attacked by rebels near Port Hudson. Rebels defeated with loss of 150.

5. Martial law declared in Ky. by the President, and the writ of habeas corpus suspended.

6. Hagerstown, Md., evacuated by Union troops.

6. Gen. Wallace’s troops repulsed near Middletown, Md.

6. Hagerstown, Md., plundered by rebels.

7. Rebel Gen. Johnston crossed the Chattahoochie.

7. Gen. Sigel’s Union forces evacuate Harper’s Ferry.

7. Rebel raiders near Frederick, Md.

7. The rebels checked at Monocacy Bridge.

7. Proclamation issued by President Lincoln appointing the first Thursday in August as a Fast Day.

8. Harper’s Ferry reoccupied by Fed. forces.

8. The rebel cruiser Florida captured the bark Golconda.

8. Capture of Platte City, Mo., by guerrillas.

8. Rebels enter Fredericksburg, Md.

8. Parksville, Mo., sacked by rebels.

9. Battle at Monocacy, Md., lasting from 9 A. M. to 5 P. M. Fed. forces overpowered and forced to retreat in disorder, losing 1,000 men.

9. Fed. forces on John’s Island, S. C., twice repelled a rebel assault.

9. Gen. Sherman reached the Chattahoochee.

9. Gov. Brown, of Georgia, ordered all the militia of the State into active service.

9. Rebels capture Westminster, Md. Couch reoccupies Hagerstown, and Hunter, Frederick.

10. Gen. Rousseau leaves Decatur with 2,700 men on an expedition in rebel Gen. Hood’s rear.

10. Gen. Johnston retreats to fortifications around Atlanta.

11. The rebels near Washington, D. C. They capture a railroad train at Magnolia Station, between Philadelphia and Baltimore, and Maj.-Gen. Franklin, who was on the train.

11. Burning of Gunpowder bridge, Md., by the rebels.

11. Rebel salt works at Tampa Bay destroyed.

12. Engagement near Fort Stevens, one of the defences of Washington. The rebels driven off with severe loss.

13. Gen. Rousseau defeated 4,000 rebs. under Clanton, near Coosaw river.

13–15. Gens. Smith and Slocum defeat Forrest in 5 battles in Tenn., driving him from Pontotoc to Tupelo. Rebel loss, 2,000. Union loss, 300.

15. Rebels drive 1,000 horses and 5,000 cattle from Montgomery Co., Md., into Va.

16. A rebel force captured the Fed. stockade at Brownsboro’, on the Memphis and Charleston railroad.

17. Gen. Sherman’s command moved forward to within 5 miles of Atlanta, Ga. His advance crossed the Chattahoochee river.

17. Gen. Joseph E. Johnston turned over the command of the rebel army at Atlanta to Gen. J. B. Hood.

17. Severe fight near Grand Gulf.

17. Indian raid on Fed. post at Fort Larned.

17. Col. Jacques and Mr. Gilmore visited Jeff. Davis at Richmond, by permission of Fed. authorities.

17. Wirt Adams defeated at Grand Gulf, by Fed. Gen. Slocum, with heavy loss.

17. Gen. Rousseau defeated 1,500 rebs. under Clanton, at Chewa Station.

=July 18.= Crook defeated by Breckinridge at Island Ford, Va. Loss, 300.

18. Gen. Duffie defeated at Ashby’s Gap, Va., losing 200 wagons and many prisoners.

18. Gen. Crook defeats Early at Snicker’s Gap, capt’g 300 wagons and many pris.

18. Decatur, Ga., occupied by Federal forces.

18. President Lincoln issued an order for a draft of 500,000 men to take place immediately after Sept. 5, the term of service to be one year.

18. The President sent his famous “To whom it may concern,” dispatch.

19. Sherman’s forces reached Peachtree creek, 4 miles north of Atlanta, Ga. They were attacked by Hood’s troops, who were defeated. Rebel loss, 6,000, including 3 generals. Fed. loss, 1,713.

20. Gen. Smith’s forces reached La Grange, Tenn.

20. Gen. “Baldy” Smith took leave of his command before Petersburg, Va., and Gen. Martindale assumed command.

20. Gen. Averill attacked and defeated the rebel Early in front of Winchester, Va. Rebel loss, 300 killed and wounded, and 200 prisoners. Early was reinforced and repulsed the Union troops.

21. Henderson, Ky., attacked by 700 rebels.

21. The rebel lines contracted close to Atlanta.

21. Skirmishing on the James river.

22. Great battle before Atlanta. The rebels assaulted Sherman’s lines near Atlanta with great fury seven times, and were as often repulsed after a terrible struggle. Fed. loss was 3,521; the rebel loss estimated at 10,000. Gen. McPherson was killed.

22. Skirmishing in front of Burnside’s corps of the Army of the Potomac.

23. Louisiana State Convention abolish slavery.

23. Burial of the dead before Atlanta.

23. Atlanta shelled.

23. Heavy fighting in the Shenandoah Valley.

23. Averill defeated at Winchester.

24. The cavalry expedition which left Decatur, July 10, arrived at Marietta, Ga., having been completely successful in a raid on the Montgomery and West Point railroad.

25. The rebels again occupied Martinsburg, Va.

26. Battle near Helena, Ark. Federal forces at first were unsuccessful, but afterward repulsed the enemy and charged through their lines.

26. Engagement at Point of Rocks, Md.

26. The rebels made an attempt to flank Gen. Butler’s position.

26. Gen. Stoneman dispatched a cavalry force to destroy the Macon and Western railroad. They succeeded in destroying 18 miles of track, and in capturing 500 rebels, when they were in turn attacked, the prisoners released, and 1,000 of Gen. McCook’s troops captured.

27. Fed. army attacked while crossing James river. A spirited engagement in which the rebels were driven back.

27. Gen. O. O. Howard assumed command of the Department and Army of the Tennessee, lately commanded by Gen. McPherson.

21. The siege of Atlanta commenced. The 15th corps of Sherman’s army assaulted the rebels in force and defeated them. The rebel army under Hood was repeatedly hurled against Sherman’s army, but as often rolled back and cut to pieces. The rebels suffered severely without gaining any advantage.

28. An expedition sent into N. C.

28. Gen. Hooker relieved of his command at his own request.

28. Fed. gunboats in Louisiana destroyed a large amount of rebel lumber and 2 saw mills.

29. The rebels crossed the Potomac on a raid into Maryland and Pennsylvania.

29. Fed. cavalry occupy Fayetteville, Ga. They cut the Atlanta and Macon railroad.

29. Fights with the rebels near Morganzia, La.

30. Explosion of an immense mine by Union troops in front of Burnside’s position before Petersburg. Its explosion was the signal for the discharge of every piece of artillery on the line from the Appomattox to the extreme left. After the discharge of the artillery the army advanced and assaulted the rebel works, but after a desperate attempt to carry them was repulsed, with a loss of over 4,000 men.

30. The rebels entered Chambersburg, Pa., where the rebel commander demanded $500,000 under threat of burning the city. His demand not being complied with, the city was burned.

31. Gen. Stoneman and part of his command captured by the rebels in Georgia.

31. The rebels occupied Frederick, Md.

=Aug. 1.= Bradley Johnson and McCausland defeated at Cumberland, losing part of their plunder from Pennsylvania.

2. Fed. Col. Stout, with 500 men, posted to intercept the retreat of McCausland and Johnson, was captured by them, losing 90 men.

3. Return to Norfolk, Va., of a cavalry expedition sent into N. C., July 28, after having visited 5 counties and captured considerable property.

4. Fast day in the U. S.

4. Exchange of the Union and rebel officers, under fire, at Charleston, S. C.

4. Gen. Kelley repulsed rebels under Johnson and McCausland at New Creek Md. The fight continued until after dark, the rebels retiring in the night.

5. Great battle at the entrance of Mobile Bay. Fort Gaines opened on Fed. fleet at about 7 A. M., the monitor Tecumseh having opened the attack a short time before. The rebel ram Tennessee captured after one of the fiercest naval battles on record. In the night the rebs. evacuated and blew up Fort Powell. The monitor Tecumseh was blown up by a rebel torpedo.

5. Explosion of a rebel mine near Petersburg, Va. But little damage done. A terrific fight in front of Petersburg, lasting from 5:30 to 7:30 P. M. It commenced by a charge of the enemy, which was repulsed with slaughter.

6. Com. Farragut shelled Fort Gaines, Mobile Harbor.

6. Battle of Atlanta. The rebels made a demonstration on the 16th corps, and were heavily punished, and driven back. The 23d corps were driven from the reb. lines, losing 500 men.

6. Indian massacre near Beaver Creek.

7. Gen. Averill overtook rebels under McCausland, Gilmore, and McNeil, near Moorefield, in the Shenandoah Valley, and attacked them with great success, routing the rebels, capturing their artillery, a large number of prisoners, horses, and arms.

7. Gen. Sheridan assumed command of Middle Military Division.

8. Surrender of Fort Gaines, Mobile Bay, to Com. Farragut.

8. Steamboat Vanderbilt sunk in the Hudson.

8. Indians capture 9 wagons at Plumb Creek, and kill the teamsters. They also burn 21 wagons at Point Ranche.

8. Gen. Burris returns to New Madrid after 17 days’ scout in S. E. Mo. and N. E. Ark. 50 rebs. killed, 40 wounded, 57 prisoners.

9. Dutch Gap Canal, Va., commenced by Gen. Butler.

9. Terrible explosion of a boat loaded with ammunition at City Point, Va.

9. Heavy shelling of Atlanta.

10. Gen. Sheridan’s army skirmishing near Winchester, Va. Sharp fight near Martinsburg.

10. Steamer Empress fired into by reb. batteries on the banks of the Mississippi.

10. Sharp skirmish near Abbeyvale, Miss.

11. The Tallahassee scuttled the sch’r S. A. Boyce, burnt the pilot-boat James Funk, brig Carrie Estelle, bark Bay State, brig A. Richards, and bonded the schooner Carrol for $10,000; burnt the pilot-boat Wm. Bell and the schooner Atlantic.

11. Battle of Sulphur Springs Bridge.

12. The Tallahassee bonded the bark Suliote, burnt the schooner Spokelane and ship Adriatic, scuttled the brig Billow, bonded for $30,000 the schooner Robert E. Pecker.

12. Attack of guerrillas on the gunboat Reliance in Northumberland Co., Va.

13. Gen. Grant threw a powerful force, under Gen. Hancock, across the river at Deep Bottom. Hancock took position 10 miles from Richmond. Gen. Birne assaulted the rebel works in his front.

13. Gen. Burnside relieved.

13. Guerrillas attacked Selma, Ky.

13. Gen. Smith attacked the rebels at Hurricane Creek, Miss., and defeated them.

13. The Tallahassee scuttled the bark Glavomore, and burned the sch’r Lamot Dupont.

13. Mosby attacks Sheridan’s supply train near Snicker’s Gap, Va.

13. Rebel cavalry captured 5 steamers with governm’t cattle at Shawneetown.

14. The rebel Gen. Wheeler demanded the surrender of Dalton, Ga., which was refused by Col. Siebold. The rebels entered the town, but were kept at bay by the garrison.

14. The Tallahassee scuttled the ship James Littlefield.

14. Battle of Strawberry Plains, Va. 10th corps take rebel line of breastworks, 4 guns, and 100 prisoners.

15. Gen. Sheridan falls back toward Charlestown, Va.

15. Fighting near Richmond.

15. The Tallahassee scuttled schooners M. A. Howe, Howard, Floral Wreath, Restless, Etta Caroline, and bonded sch’r S. K. Harris.

15. Gen. Steadman reinforces Dalton, and rebels are driven out of town in confusion.

15. Kilpatrick cut West Point, Ga., road at Fairburn, and burned depot.

15. 10th corps threaten Malvern Hill.

16. Fighting on the north bank of the James at Deep Run. The engagement resulted favorably, though not decisively, for the Feds. The enemy somewhat driven back from their position.

16. Cavalry fight between a division of Sheridan’s army and the rebels, near Front Royal, Va.

16. Fight near Chattanooga.

16. The Tallahassee scuttled the bark P. C. Alexander, and burned the sch’rs Leopold, Pearl, Sarah Louisa, and Magnolia.

17. The Tallahassee scuttled the sch’r North American, and bonded the brig Neva for $17,500.

18. A furious attack on Burnside’s corps at Six Mile Station, on the Weldon railroad, near Petersburg, which was repulsed with great loss to the rebels.

18. General Warren moved his corps across the Weldon railroad, in doing which he was engaged in considerable fighting.

18. The Tallahassee arrived at Halifax, after having burned the schooners Josiah, Acorn, Diadem, Sea Flower, and brig Roan.

19. The rebels drove in Warren’s pickets and forced back 2 divisions of Fed. army at Six Mile Station. A heavy fight took place, resulting in re-establishing Union lines and capturing 1,500 prisoners. Fed. loss, 3,000.

19. Martinsburg robbed by rebels.

20. Guerrillas raid on Woodburn, and set fire to depot.

21. Rebels attack Union position on Weldon road, and after great loss (over 2,000) withdraw. Union loss about 600.

21. Battle of Summit Point, Va. Early driven 2 miles.

21. Memphis entered by Forrest with 9 regiments and 4 guns; took 250 prisoners. Union forces arriving, Forrest left; was overtaken near Lanes’, and severely punished in a 2 hours’ battle.

22. Cannonade of Fed. works near Petersburg. The rebels charged, but finding themselves in a trap, retreated in confusion.

22. Rebel force on Weldon road withdrawn from front of 5th and 9th corps, and intrenches 3 miles from Petersburg.

22. Rebel Johnson’s forces whipped at Canton, Ky., by Col. Johnson, and himself killed.

22. Action at Rogersville, Tenn.

23. Rebels fall back to their lines 2 miles from Petersburg, and Gen. Warren’s lines advanced.

23. Shelby captures nearly all 54th Ill. near Duval’s Bluff.

23. Fort Morgan, Mobile Bay, surrendered unconditionally. By its surrender Feds. captured 200 prisoners, 60 pieces of artillery.

24. Skirmish on Sheridan’s left.

24. Reconnoissance of Gen. Crook’s command in the Shenandoah Valley.

24 Clinton, Miss., taken by Generals Herron and Lee.

25. Severe battle on the Weldon railroad near Reams’ Station. A desperate attempt of the rebels to retake the road. Hancock’s corps was several times attacked, the enemy being each time repulsed. At 5:30 P. M., a combined attack on his centre and left was repulsed, the enemy withdrawing, leaving their dead and wounded on the field. Union forces afterward fell back. Fed. loss, 1,000 killed and wounded, 3,000 prisoners and 9 guns. Rebel killed and wounded 1,500.

25. Gen. Butler’s picket-line driven in, but re-established.

25. Torbert encounters Early’s forces at Leetown, narrowly escaping flanking. He falls back to near Shepardstown.

26. The rebel Gen. Early attempted to cross the Potomac, but was driven back by Averill.

26. Kilpatrick destroyed 14 miles of Macon railroad, and stores, capturing 6 guns, 4 flags, and 200 prisoners; afterwards forced to abandon most of his captures.

26. Rebels fall back from Sheridan’s front toward Smithfield.

27. Guerrillas defeated at Shelbyville, Ky.

28. Early driven through Smithfield.

28. Gen. Sherman’s army reached the West Point railroad at Red Oak, 13 miles from Atlanta, and began the destruction of the road from that point.

29. McClellan nominated for President and Geo. H. Pendleton for Vice.

30. Sherman interposed his whole army between Atlanta and Hood’s army intrenched at Jonesboro’.

31. Great battle near Atlanta. During the afternoon, Fed. artillery kept up a cannonade to provoke the rebels to an assault. In the afternoon the rebels assaulted Union lines, but were repulsed with great loss. The rebel loss in the attack on Ransom’s and Logan’s lines estimated at 3,000. In the evening the 14th corps struck the railroad, 5 miles south of Jonesboro’. The work of destruction commenced immediately.

=Sept 1.= The battle of Atlanta continued. A brilliant charge was made at 5 P. M. by Gen. Davis’ force, resulting in the discomfiture of the rebels and surrender of a large number. Great destruction by the rebs. of large magazines of stores accumulated at Atlanta. They blew up, in addition to other things, 80 car-loads of ammunition. Gen. Slocum’s corps assaulted the enemy’s works around the city, in the afternoon.

1. Panic and evacuation of the city.

1. Rebels driven from Jonesboro’ to Lovejoy’s Station, losing 1,000 prisoners and 10 guns.

1. Gen. Rousseau drives 10,000 rebels, near Murfreesboro’ pike 3 miles.

2. Atlanta, Ga., occupied by Sherman’s army at 11 A. M.

2. Sharp fighting near Martinsburg, Va.

3. Milroy attacks 3,000 rebel cavalry near Murfreesboro’, and drives them toward Triune.

3. Sheridan’s army again moves forward from Charlestown. Battles of Darkesville and Perryville, Va. Rebels were repulsed, losing 70 pris. Union loss, 300. Mosby captured an ambulance train which had left the field.

4. John Morgan’s forces routed, and Morgan killed by Gen. Gillem, at Greenville, Tenn. Killed, 100; prisoners, 75, including Morgan’s staff.

5. Steamer Elsie captured in running the blockade at Wilmington.

5. The President issued a proclamation, recommending that Sunday, Sept. 11, be observed as a day of Thanksgiving.

6. Battle of Matamoras.

7. Dibbel’s rebel brigade surprised at Readyville, Tenn., by 220 of 9th Pa. cavalry, losing 130 prisoners.

8. Rebel Col. Jessie and 100 men captured near Ghent, Ky.

8. Brownsville, Texas, attacked by Cortinas, and the rebels driven from the town.

8. Gen. McClellan accepted the nomination for the Presidency.

8. Gen. Sherman ordered the removal of the inhabitants of Atlanta, and proposed a truce of ten days.

9. Spirited attack on the rebel pickets near Petersburg, in the night.

10. Gen. Sheridan’s forces in the Shenandoah Valley attacked at Darksville, Va.

10. Grant drives picket line across Plank Road, and advances his permanent line half a mile.

10. Steamer Fawn burned by rebels on Dismal Swamp Canal.

11. An expedition left Fort Morgan, near Mobile, and proceeded up White river, destroying a large amount of lumber at Smith’s Mills.

13. Attack on the rebels near Occoquan creek by some of Sheridan’s forces. A South Carolina regiment captured.

14. Secretary Stanton ordered the draft to be commenced Sept. 19.

14. Price, with about 10,000 men, crosses White river, en route for Mo.

14. Gov. Brown, of Ga., withdraws 15,000 Ga. militia from Hood’s army.

16. 2,500 cattle, the 13th Pa. regiment, with arms, wagons and camp, captured at Sycamore Church, Va.

18. Averill drives rebels out of Martinsburg.

19. Battle at Powder Mill, on Little Rock river.

19. Steamer Island Queen captured and sunk on Lake Erie, and the Philo Parsons burned by rebels on British soil.

19. Battle of Bunker Hill, near Winchester, Va. A great battle fought by Sheridan in the Shenandoah Valley. Sheridan made the attack and won a splendid victory, capturing over 2,500 prisoners, together with 9 battle flags, and 5 pieces of artillery. The reb. Gens. Gordon and Rhodes were killed, and 3 other general officers wounded. All of the rebel killed and most of the wounded fell into Fed. hands.

20. Gen. Sheridan crossed Cedar creek, having pursued the enemy 30 miles.

20. Athens, Ala., captured by Forrest. 500 Union soldiers forced to surrender.

21. Fremont and Cochrane withdrew their names as candidates for President and Vice-President.

21. Battle of Fisher’s Hill, Va. Sheridan’s army defeated the rebels. Early loses 1,100 prisoners and 16 guns.

21. Torbert’s cavalry defeats Wickham at Luray, capturing some prisoners.

23. Rebel Gen. Price occupies Bloomfield, Mo.

23. Montgomery Blair resigned his office of Postmaster-General.

23. A part of the rebel Gen. Forrest’s force, about 400 strong, crossed the Tennessee river, at Bates’ Landing.

25. Gen. Sheridan’s advance passed beyond New Market. His forces drove the enemy from Mount Jackson.

25. Athens, Ala., occupied by the rebel Gen. Forrest’s troops.

25. The rebels at Luray attacked.

25. A force of rebel cavalry occupied Frederickstown, Mo., 20 miles east of Pilot Knob.

26. Battle at Pilot Knob.

26. Gen. Sheridan’s headquarters at Harrisonburg, Va. His cavalry entered Stanton, Va., and destroyed a large quantity of rebel government property. They then proceeded to Waynesboro’, destroying an iron bridge over the Shenandoah and a large amount of property. Gen. Early’s reb. army routed and demoralized, fled through Brown’s Gap toward Gordonsville. Gens. Merritt and Powel were driven back when they attacked Early at Brown’s Gap.

27. Skirmish with Forrest’s troops in Tenn.

27. The rebels attacked Fed. forces at Mineral Point, Mo.

27. Gen. Ewing arrives at Rolla, Mo., after being surrounded at Harrison by Price’s forces.

28. Rebel night attack on Hancock’s front, on Jerusalem Plank Road repulsed.

29. Gen. Ord’s corps of Grant’s army advanced and carried a very strong fortification and line of intrenchments below Chapin’s Farm, taking 15 pieces of artillery and 200 or 300 prisoners.

29. Gen. Barney advanced from Deep Bottom and carried the Newmarket road.

30. Gen. Butler’s forces assaulted the rebels in 8 columns near Chapin’s Farm.

30. Warren captures first line of rebel works at Preble’s Farm, capturing 50 men, and 1 gun. Rebels retired half a mile back to strong positions, and repulsed an attack thereon, capturing 1,500 prisoners, and killed and wounded 500.

30. The 10th and 18th corps concentrated at Newmarket Heights, furiously attacked by rebels, and swept back with terrible loss 3 times, losing 1,000, beside 200 prisoners and 2 flags.

=Oct. 2.= The rebels attacked at Saltville, Va., and were driven into their works.

2. Rebels in front of Warren fell back to their main lines, from Petersburg lead works, to Southside Road.

3. Lieut. Meigs murdered by guerrillas in Shenandoah valley.

3. Sherman’s forces crossed the Chattahoochie with 15 days’ rations, moving toward Marietta.

3. Gen. Thomas ordered to Chattanooga after Forrest, and Gen. Corse to Rome.

5. Hood captured small garrisons at Big Shanty and Ackworth, and burned 7 miles of railway; then moving on Allatoona.

6. Gen. Sheridan commenced moving back from Port Republic, Mount Crawford and Harrisonburg, Va., previous to which the whole country from the Blue Ridge to the North Mountain was made untenable for the rebel army by destroying an immense quantity of stores, grain, &c.

6. Allatoona unsuccessfully attacked by Hood.

6. Fed. Gen. Lee captures Clinton, La., and 30 prisoners.

7. Battle at Darleytown Road and New Market Heights. Rebel loss 1,000; Union 500. Gen. Kautz’s cavalry attacked by rebels, who suffered considerably. They afterwards attacked Birney’s division, who also repulsed them with very heavy loss. In the afternoon Gen. Butler took the offensive and recaptured some of the intrenchments which had been taken from Kautz.

7. Reb. privateer Florida captured at Bahia, Bay of San Salvador, by U. S. S. Wachusett, Commander Collins.

7. The advance of the rebels from Osage river, Mo., spiritedly contested by Union cavalry.

7. Gen. Sheridan’s forces reached Woodstock, Va.

7. A band of 200 rebels captured a steamboat and crossed into Ky.

8. Rebels at Woodville attacked by expedition from Gen. Dana, killing 40, and capturing 3 guns and 56 men.

8. The Fifth and Ninth Corps, Army of the Potomac, advanced their lines half a mile, driving the rebel skirmishers into their breastworks.

8. The rebels drew up in line of battle near Jefferson City, Mo., but afterwards moved off toward the west.

9. An engagement took place near Fisher’s Hill, Va., in which the rebels were defeated, leaving 11 pieces of artillery and other munitions of war.

10. Engagement with the rebel Gen. Forrest at East Point, Tenn.

11. Gen. Curtis drove the rebels out of Independence, Mo.

11. Bloody fight with guerrillas near Winchester, Va.

11. Successful reconnoissance from the Army of the Potomac to Stony Creek.

11. Reb. Gen. Buford, with 1,200 cavalry, crosses Cumberland River, Tenn., at Harpeth Shoals.

11. Col. Weaver, with 90 colored troops, attacked by 200 rebels near Fort Nelson, Tenn. Defeats them, and kills and wounds 27.

12. Death of Chief-Justice Roger B. Taney.

13. Reconnoissance in force from the Army of the James.

13. Attack on Resaca, Ga., by rebel Gen. Hood. The rebs. repulsed.

13. Engagement at Greenville, East Tenn.

15. The rebel army under Longstreet having appeared near Strasburg, Va., Gen. Sheridan advanced and found them drawn up in four lines of battle, but, on charging, the rebels fled.

16. Hood’s army at Lafayette.

16. Gen. Sherman took Ship’s Gap.

18. Maj.-Gen. Birney died at Philadelphia.

18. Gen. Blunt, with 2,000 cavalry and 4 howitzers, entered Lexington, Mo.

19. Battle of Cedar Creek, Shenandoah Valley. Gen. Sheridan’s army was attacked before daylight and its left turned and driven in confusion, with a loss of 20 pieces of artillery. Gen. Sheridan afterward arrived on the field and drove the rebels, taking 48 pieces of artillery and many prisoners, gaining a great victory. Sheridan pursued the rebels to Mount Jackson, which he reached in the night.

19. The rebel Gen. Price attacked Gen. Blunt at Lexington, Mo., with an overwhelming force, and after a sharp fight drove him from the city. Gen. Blunt fell back to the Little Blue river, fighting desperately, and retarding the advance of the enemy.

19. The rebels entered Mayfield, Ky.

20. Capture of 10 of the St. Albans robbers.

20. Skirmishing between the Little and Big Blue river, Mo.

21. A very gallant fight between Little Blue river and Independence, Mo. Fed. troops fought Price’s army 5 hours. The Union forces evacuated Independence, falling back on the Big Blue.

22. Col. Emmerson was attacked at Bryan Ford, Mo., by a heavy column of rebels, at 10 A. M. At 3 P. M. the rebs forced the ford. Fed. troops fought the rebels until after dark, driving them 4 miles. Gen. Pleasanton pursued Price with 2,000 men, fought him on the battle-field of the day before, drove him from Independence, and pursued him sharply. Pleasanton captured a large number of prisoners and 3 pieces of artillery.

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.

28. A reb. force of 2,500 attacked Fayetteville, Ark., but was repulsed with heavy loss.

29. Maryland proclaimed a Free State by Gov. Bradford.

30. Fed. fleet shelled Plymouth, N. C.

31. Nevada admitted as a State by proclamation of the President.

31. Capture of reb. batteries and their ordnance and ordnance stores, at Plymouth, N. C.

=Nov. 3.= The rebel army under Hood attempted to cross the Tennessee, near the mouth of the Blue Water, and were repulsed by Gen. Sherman.

3. The rebels bombarded Fayetteville, Ark.

4 Johnsonville, Tenn., a depot for Fed. supplies on the Tennessee river, was attacked and destroyed by rebels under Col. Forrest, and $1,500,000 value of property destroyed. 3 “tin-clad” gunboats and 7 transports were destroyed by the rebels.

4. The siege of Fayetteville, Ark., by the rebels, raised.

4. Revelation by one of the conspirators of a plot to overthrow the Government, release and arm the rebel prisoners, and kill Gov. Morton, of Ind.

5. Gen. Butler assumed command of the troops arrived and to arrive in New York city to protect the city during election.

5. Rebels unsuccessfully attack Fort Sedgwick, on Jerusalem Plank Road, southeast end of Petersburg, Va. Union loss, 70. Rebel, 120.

6. Rebels attack Mott’s and Gibson’s pickets; capture 30 and a mile of intrenchments, but are driven out and lose 47 prisoners. Several such attacks and repulses at this time.

7. A rebel attack on Fed. pickets south of Atlanta.

8. Atlanta attacked by the rebs. under Gen. Iverson.

8. President Lincoln re-elected, and Andrew Johnson elected Vice-President of United States. Hon. Reuben E. Fenton elected Governor of New York, over Seymour.

8. Gen. McClellan resigns his commission in the U. S. army.

8. Sheridan created Major-General of regular army.

9. Sheridan moved all his army back to Newtown from Cedar Creek.

9. Advance and repulse of a small reb. force near Fort Steadman, army of the Potomac.

10. Arrest on board of the vessel, of a party of rebels, conspiring to seize the Panama Railroad Co.’s steamship Salvador, on the Pacific.

10. Rebels engaged 2d corps’ pickets all night, without success, on this and 2 next nights.

11. U. S. S. Tulip destroyed by boiler explosion off Ragged Point. 49 officers and men killed (all of crew but 10).

11. Reconnoissance by the rebels in the Shenandoah Valley.

11. Commencement of the burning of Atlanta, Ga.

12. Burning of Atlanta continued. The public buildings destroyed.

12. About 10,000 prisoners exchanged near Fort Pulaski.

12–16. Several unimportant skirmishes between Gen. Sheridan and rebel Gen. Early. Both armies looking for winter quarters.

12. Rebel Gen. Lomax defeated near Nineveh, Va. by Powell, losing 150 prisoners and 2 guns.

12. Custer captures 150 and Merritt about 200 prisoners on reconnoissance from Cedar creek.

13. Battle of Bull’s Gap. Gen. Gillem defeated with loss of baggage train, and all his artillery.

13. Gen. Sherman’s right wing, under Gen. Howard, moved out of Atlanta and began its march through Ga.

14. Gen. Sherman’s left wing left Atlanta.

14. A division of Price’s rebel army assaulted the works at Fayetteville, Ark., but were repulsed.

15. The last of Sherman’s army left Atlanta.

16. Gen. Sherman’s right wing passed through Jonesboro’, Ga.

16. The rebel cavalry under Wheeler, engaged Fed. cavalry at Bear Creek Station, Ga.

16. Jackson, Ga., reached by Sherman’s right wing.

16. Howard drives rebel Gen. Iverson at Rough and Ready.

17. Part of Butler’s picket line captured, at night, near Chester’s Station, Va.

17. A column of Sherman’s army occupied McDonough, Ga.

17. Fed. cavalry occupied Griffin, Ga.

17. Sherman’s left wing reached Covington, Ga., the cavalry pushing on to Social Circle.

18. Sherman’s cavalry drove Wheeler out of Barnesville, Ga.

18. Gov. Brown and the Georgia Legislature fled from Milledgeville, Ga.

18. Exchange of prisoners at Savannah.

18. Macon railroad cut by Slocum at Forsyth.

19. Gov. Brown, of Georgia, issued a proclamation, ordering a levy en masse to oppose Sherman.

19. The advance of Beauregard’s army at Waynesboro’, Tenn. Beauregard’s headquarters at Corinth, Miss., and Hood’s at Florence.

19. Mosby’s force captured a party of Union cavalry in Va.

19. Madison captured by Sherman. Depots, &c., burned.

20. Gen. Giliem’s retreating force arrives at Knoxville.

20. Sherman crossed the Oconee, arriving at Greensboro’.

20. Gen. Sherman attacked East Macon, Ga. His troops crossed the Ocmulgee river, and his cavalry advanced to Griswoldsville, 8 miles E. of Macon, Ga.

21. Thomas’ army at Pulaski.

21. Rebels badly whipped at Liberty, La., losing 3 guns and 200 prisoners.

21. Heavy skirmishing near Cumberland Gap.

21. Gen. Sherman’s right wing captured Milledgeville, Ga. Gordon, Ga., occupied. Slocum’s column reached Etonville, Ga.

22. Battle of Rood’s Hill, Va., between Sheridan’s and Early’s forces. Union troops retreated.

22. The rebel armies under Hood and Beauregard, having been reinforced by 9,000 men, advanced and encamped 20 miles from Pulaski, Tenn. Gen. Thomas fell back to Franklin.

22. Sherman’s rear guard at Griswoldville attacked. Gen. Slocum’s column reached Milledgeville, Ga., where both wings united.

22. Sheridan reconnoiters towards Rood’s Hill, where rebels are found in force. Rest of Early’s army at Mt. Jackson and Newmarket.

23. Fed. forces withdrew from Pulaski, Tenn.

23. Gen. Sherman’s cavalry occupied Toomsboro’, on the Georgia Central railroad.

23. Fight near Griswoldville, Ga.

23. Hood’s infantry at Waynesboro’ and Lawrenceburg.

23. Fight at the Oconee river, Ga.

24. Second day of fighting up the Oconee river, Ga.

24. Severe skirmishing near Columbia, Tenn.

24. Sherman’s rear guard left Milledgeville, Ga.

24. Slocum’s column at Devereaux, Ga.

24. Fed. troops made a flank movement on Jackson, Miss.

24. Potomac, James, and Valley armies celebrate Thanksgiving with aid of thousands of turkeys and other delicacies from New York, &c.

25. Severe fighting west of Columbia, Tenn., between Hood’s and Thomas’ armies. Thomas falls back to Franklin.

25. A large number of Fed. prisoners confined at Salisbury, N. C., attempted to escape, but were overpowered by the guard, who opened upon them with grape and canister.

25. Cavalry battle at Sandersville, Ga.

25. Rebel attempt to burn New York. 15 hotels, Barnum’s Museum, and shipping fired.

26–29. Decatur besieged by Beauregard, who is repulsed, losing 500 men.

26. Columbia, Tenn., evacuated by Gen. Thomas’ army.

26. Gen. Slocum’s column of Sherman’s army at Warrenton, Ga.

26. Gen. Howard’s column reached Sandersville, Ga., and cut the railroad.

27. Fed. stores and sick and wounded removed from Columbia, Tenn., to Nashville.

27. Capture of Roger A. Pryor near Petersburg, Va.

27. Gen. Canby’s troops reached and destroyed Big Black bridge on the Mississippi Central railroad.

27. Steamer Greyhound burned on James river.

28. Rosser captures Fed. Fort Kelly, at New Creek, Va., with guns and prisoners.

28. Fed. forces evacuate Columbia, Tenn.

29. Sharp fight at Spring Hill, 12 miles south of Franklin, Tenn. Fed. cavalry were driven back on the infantry, who checked the progress of the rebels.

29. Gen. Foster’s expedition, cooperating with Sherman, landed at Broad river.

30. Battle of Franklin, Tenn. The rebels under Hood attacked Thomas’ army at Franklin, but were repulsed at all points. The rebels commenced advancing on Fed. lines at 4 P. M. They charged furiously on the lines, but were driven back and a great victory gained. Rebel loss, 5,000 killed and wounded, and 1,000 prisoners. Fed. loss, 1,000. Gen. A. J. Smith’s army passed through Nashville and reinforced Thomas.

30. Battle of Grahamsville, on the Charleston and Savannah railroad.

30. Howard’s column of Sherman’s army passed through Louisville, Ga.

30. A cavalry expedition arrived at Tangipahoe, La.

30. Hon. Joseph Holt appointed Attorney-General U. S.

=Dec. 1.= The army near Nashville engaged in heavy skirmishes.

1. Death of Hon. Wm. L. Dayton, U. S. Minister to France.

1. Blockade of Norfolk, Fernandina, and Pensacola ceased.

1. Gen. Banks resumes command of Department of the Gulf.

1. Creek Station, Va., captured by Gen. Gregg. 2 guns, 190 prisoners, depot burned, &c.

2. Sherman’s army passed through Millen, Ga.

3. Sherman attacked by Wheeler near Haynesborough, Ga.

3. Portions of Hood’s army cross the Tenn., between Florence and Decatur.

3. An expedition sent from Roanoke Island, N. C., which met with perfect success in destroying rebel property.

3. Heavy skirmishing before Nashville, Tenn.

4. Merritt’s expedition in Loudon Valley, Va., returns with 2,000 cattle and 1,000 sheep. The Valley stripped of stock and forage.

4. Lieut.-Com. Fitch defeated and drove the left wing of Hood’s army on the Cumberland river, with heavy loss to the rebels. He also recaptured 2 transports.

4. Capture of rebel works and cannon near Pocotaligo, S. C., by Gen. Foster’s troops.

4. Cavalry battle in Ga. Sherman’s army started for Savannah.

5. U. S. Houses of Congress meet in 2d Session, 38th Congress.

5. Blockhouses at Murfreesboro’ unsuccessfully attacked by rebels.

5. Brig Lizzie Freeman captured by pirates off Warwick river. Passengers robbed; 1 murdered.

6. Ex-Secretary Chase appointed Chief Justice Supreme Court.

6. Hood skirmishing 5 miles from Nashville.

6. Rebels defeated near the Charleston and Savannah railroad.

7. Rosseau routs Forrest near Murfreesboro’, capturing 207 prisoners and 14 cannon.

8. Rebels establish a battery on Cumberland river. Gunboats fail to dislodge it.

8. Five divisions, under Maj.-Gen. Warren, made a raid on the Weldon (N. C.) railroad. The Nottoway was reached about midday, Dec. 8th, and destroyed; thence the railroad track was destroyed nearly to Bellfield Station, 20 miles south.

9. 500 Indians killed near Fort Lyon by Col. Chivington’s force.

9. 4,000 rebels, under Gen. Lyon, cross the Cumberland river, 20 miles above Fort Donelson.

9. Reconnoissance of Gen. Miles to Hatcher’s Run, on the right of the rebel forces defending Petersburg. He captures the rebel works and holds them during the night.

9. Direct communication with Sherman re-established. His army in the vicinity of Savannah.

9. A reconnoitering expedition, under Col. Frencle, leaves Plymouth, N. C.

10. Gen. Sherman’s troops 5 miles from Savannah.

10. Rebel reconnoissance toward the army of the Potomac.

10. Gen. Warren commences starting homeward, and in the evening reaches Sussex C. H. Destroyed, during the trip, over 20 miles of the Weldon railroad, all the stations and depots along the line of march, numerous mills, barns, and dwellings. Entire loss in the expedition about 40 killed and wounded, and a few missing.

10. Gen. Miles returns to his camp. The rebels attack him, but are repulsed.

10. The gunboat Otsego sunk by a rebel torpedo in the Roanoke river.

12. Arrival of Gen. Howard’s messengers at Hilton Head, S. C.

12. Skirmishing between the National and rebel forces before Nashville. The rebels fall back to their main line.

12. Expedition under Gen. Burbridge starts from Bean’s Station, E. Tenn.

12. Fight at Kingston, E. Tenn. The rebel Col. Morgan and 85 of his men captured.

13. The St. Albans robbers released by the Canadian Judge Coursol.

13. The rebels before Nashville reoccupy their advance works.

13. Gen. Burbridge routs the rebel brigade under Basil Duke, at Kingsport, E. Tenn. Rebel loss, 150 men and the train.

13. Gen. Hazen’s division, of the 15th corps, captures Fort McAllister, commanding the entrance of the Ogeechee river, 15 miles southwest of Savannah.

13. Sherman’s report on his great march. “Not a wagon lost on the trip.” 200 miles of railroad destroyed. Total loss during the march about 1,000.

13. Departure from Hampton Roads of land and naval forces under Gen. Butler and Ad. Porter.

13. A raiding expedition under Gen. Robinson leaves New Orleans for Ala.

14. An expedition threatening Mobile reached Pascagoula.

14. Gen. Thomas assumes the offensive.

14. Capture of Bristol by Gen. Burbridge. 300 rebels captured.

15. The St. Albans raiders ordered by the Attorney-Gen. of Canada to be rearrested.

15. Raid of Gen. Stoneman in Southwest Va. Surprise and capture of Glade Springs, 13 miles from Abingdon.

15. Defeat of Forrest near Murfreesboro’. Loss, 1,500 killed and wounded.

15. Raiding expedition of General Granger into Alabama starts from East Pensacola, Fla.

15. Battle of Nashville commenced. Gen. Thomas attacked Hood’s army at 2 A. M. Fed. lines advanced on the right 5 miles. The rebels were driven from the river, from their intrenchments, from a range of hills, on which their left rested, and forced back upon the right and centre. The rebels lost 17 cannon and 1,500 prisoners, and a whole line of earthworks. In the night Hood withdrew his right from the river.

16. Another battle near Nashville. Hood completely routed. Prisoners and cannon captured on every part of the field. Hood’s loss before Nashville, 13,189 prisoners, 2,207 deserters, 30 guns, 7,000 small arms. An entire rebel division (Ed. Johnson’s) captured. Union loss, about 6,500. Total loss of the rebs. about 23,000.

17. Gen. McCook defeated rebel Gen. Lyon in a sharp fight at Ashbyville, Ky.

17. Fed. troops entered Wytheville, S. W. Va., destroyed the depot and other buildings, and injured the lead mines in the vicinity.

17. A detachment of Union artillery cut up near Millwood, Va.

17. The rebel army of Hood driven through and beyond Franklin. 1,500 wounded rebels captured in the hospital of Franklin.

18. Hood’s army driven as far as Spring Hill, 30 miles from Nashville. The rebel Gen. Quarles captured.

18. The rebel raiders in Ky. defeated at Hopkinsville by Gen. McCook. All their cannon captured.

19. Gen. Custer’s cavalry started on an expedition up the Shenandoah Valley.

19. A call and draft for 300,000 men. All soldiers fit for duty ordered to join their regiments.

19. Hood driven to Duck river. 9,000 rebels captured from Dec. 15 to Dec. 19, and 61 (out of 66) pieces of artillery.

20. Gen. Sherman demanded the surrender of Savannah. The city was evacuated by Hardee’s army in the night. The rebels blew up their rams at Savannah.

20. Capture of rebel salt-works at Saltville, Va.

21. Admiral Farragut appointed Vice-Admiral.

21. Gen. Custer’s force in the Shenandoah Valley engaged with rebel cavalry.

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.

26. A dispatch from Hood reports his army south of the Tenn.

27. Destruction of a fort and artillery at Chickasaw, Ala.

28. Hood’s rear guard crosses the Tenn. river at Bainbridge.

1865.

=Jan. 1.= The head of Dutch Gap Canal, Va., blown out, but without effect.

1. Admiral Farragut commissioned Vice-Admiral.

1. San Jacinto, sloop-of-war, wrecked on Bahama Banks.

2. Passport system established on U. S. frontier.

2. Steamship George Washington burned at New York. Loss $500,000.

3. Hood’s pontoon train captured.

4. Rebel powder and torpedoes destroyed on the Rappahannock.

5. John Thompson expelled, for disloyalty, from the Missouri Legislature.

5. Gen. Grierson arrives at Vicksburg, having destroyed on his raid 70 miles of the Mobile and Ohio railroad, and 30 miles of the Miss. Central, and captured 600 prisoners and 1,000 negroes.

5. “Sue Munday,” a guerrilla, murders 5 soldiers near Lebanon, Ky.

6. Owensboro’, Ky., evacuated by the rebels.

6. Magruder’s guerrillas burn the Lebanon train, and murder 4 discharged soldiers.

6. Gen. Sherman and his army crossed the Savannah river.

6. Missouri Constitutional Convention organized.

6. Steamship Knickerbocker, of N. Y., sunk on the Chesapeake.

6. Steamer Potomac, of N. Y., burned off Cape Elizabeth.

6. Gen. Terry’s expedition sailed for Wilmington from Fortress Monroe.

7. Gen. Thomas appointed Maj.-Gen. U. S. A., vice Fremont, resigned.

7. Julesburg, Colorado Territory, attacked by Indians, who were defeated, after killing 19 soldiers and citizens, and destroying much property.

7. Hon. F. P. Blair left for Richmond, on a self-constituted Peace mission.

8. Gen. Butler relieved from command of the Army of the James.

8. Steamer Venango captured and burned by guerrillas on the Mississippi river.

8. The steamship Melville foundered at sea; over 6O drowned.

8. Gen. Terry’s expedition arrived off Beaufort, N. C.

9. Picket line of Second Division A. C. Potomac army attacked.

10. Rebel storehouses, &c., at Charlotte, N. C. burned.

11. Foraging party on Jerusalem Plank Road, Va., repulsed by bushwhackers.

11. Beverley, W. Va., captured and partially burned by Gen. Rosser. 200 Fed. soldiers captured.

11. Gov. Thomas Swan, of Md., inaugurated.

11. H. S. Foote arrested by rebel authorities while attempting to escape from Richmond.

12. Missouri declared a Free State.

18. Disembarkation of troops to attack Fort Fisher.

14. A reconnoissance pushed within 500 yards of Fort Fisher, and small work captured.

14. Gen. Sherman recommences movement from Savannah.

14. Pocotaligo, S. C., captured by Fed. Gen. Blair.

14. Slavery abolished by Tenn. State Convention.

14. Steamship Rebecca Clyde sent from N. Y. with relief for Savannah.

15. Gens. Sherman, Sheridan, and Thomas confirmed Maj.-Gens. U. S. A. and Gen. Hancock, Brig.-Gen. U. S. A.

15. Rebs. defeated at Dardanelle, Ark.

15. Grand assault on Fort Fisher, which is captured with entire garrison. Union loss 110 killed, 536 wounded. Reb. loss 2,500 prisoners, 72 guns.

16. Fort Fisher magazine explodes, with great loss of life.

16. Rebels blow up and abandon Fort Caswell and works on Smith’s Isl., N. C.

16. S. S. Cox’s Peace Resolution tabled by House.

16. Reb. Congress debate question of Peace.

16. Mr. Blair returns from Richmond.

16. The monitor Patapsco sunk by a rebel torpedo in Charleston Harbor. 60 of the officers and crew were lost.

17. Steamers Chickamauga and Patapsco blown up by rebels.

18. Gen. Ord placed in command of the Army of the James.

18. Smithville, N. C., captured.

18. The Harriet Lane, rebel vessel, destroyed at Havana.

18. 200 of rebel Gen. Forrest’s cavalry defeated, 10 miles from Columbus, Ky.

18. Gen. Terry appointed Maj.-Gen.

19. Fatal explosion at Hazard Powder Mills.

19. Gen. Schofield captured Fort Anderson, the main defence of Wilmington.

20. Rebel Secretary Seddon resigns.

20. Gen. Schofield fighting on this and next day at Wilmington.

21. Rebel Gen. Roddy pardoned by Pres. Lincoln.

22. Wilmington captured by Gen. Schofield; rebels retreat towards Goldsboro’.

23. Rebel Gen. Hood superseded by Dick Taylor.

23. Charles A. Dana appointed Assistant-Secretary of War.

24. Rebel iron-clads attempt descent of the James; are driven back, and the Virginia blown up.

24. H. S. Foote expelled by the rebel Congress.

24. The Smithsonian Institution destroyed by fire.

25. Mr. Blair returns from Richmond, his Peace Mission having failed.

25. Reb. Gen. Lee appointed General-in-Chief by Jeff. Davis.

26. Steamer Eclipse explodes her boiler on the Tennessee, killing 140 persons.

26. The steamer Dai Ching attacked by rebels on the Combahee river; gets aground, is abandoned and burned.

26. Emancipation Acts of Missouri and Tennessee celebrated in New Orleans.

26. Part of the 75th Ohio captured by treachery.

27. Gen. Robert E. Breckinridge appointed rebel Secretary of War.

28. Rebel House resolves to arm negroes.

28. Valley Station, Omaha, attacked by Indians; 12 men killed and 650 head of cattle stolen.

30. Messrs. Stephens, Campell and Hunter enter Union lines as Peace Commissioners.

30. Jackson Burroughs, a Treasury clerk, shot by Miss Mary Harris.

31. The Anti-Slavery Constitutional Amendment passed by House, 19 to 56.

=Feb. 1.= Secretary Seward leaves for Fortress Monroe to meet rebel Commissioners.

1. Sherman’s whole army in motion for Savannah.

1. Constitutional Amendment ratified by Maryland House and Illinois.

2. President Lincoln proceeds to meet rebel Commissioners.

2. Constitutional Amendment ratified by Michigan and Rhode Island; also by New York Senate.

2. Julesburg, Omaha, fort attacked by Indians, and station burned.

2. Midway, Ky., robbed and partially burned by guerrillas.

3. Sherman’s advance crosses the Salkehatchie river.

3. Constitutional Amendment ratified by Massachusetts, West Virginia and Pennsylvania; also by New York Assembly and Maryland Senate.

4. Failure of the peace negotiations. President Lincoln and Secretary Seward return to Washington.

4. Rebels flanked at Branchville by Gen. Sherman.

4. Lieut. Cushing with 4 boats and 50 men takes possession of All Saints, on Little river, S. C., capturing a large amount of cotton.

4. Great battle at Mud Springs, Mo., between Col. Livingstone and 2,000 Indians, who are defeated with loss.

5. The New York pilot-boat Favorita sunk by collision at sea.

5. Rebels driven from rifle-pits at Rowanty creek, Va., by 5th Corps; and the 2d Corps advance to Hatcher’s Run. Severe fighting at both places. Repulse of rebels.

6. Harry Gilmer, the notorious guerrilla, captured near Moorfield, Va.

6. Constitutional Amendment ratified by Missouri.

6. Severe fight at Dabney’s Mills. The rebels driven back, but in their turn force back Crawford’s division, to be again finally driven back. Casualties in 5th Corps, in 2 days, 500. In the 2d Corps, 750.

6. Jefferson Davis makes a great war speech at Richmond.

6. Gen. Ord assigned to command Department of Virginia.

6. 2 blockade runners captured at Galveston by Ensign French.

7. Rebels attack the 5th Corps, and are repulsed.

7. Kilpatrick’s cavalry drives rebels from Blackville, S. C.

7. Constitutional Amendment ratified by Maine.

7. Rebel Senate votes against arming negroes.

7. 225 rebel prisoners at Camp Chase refuse to be returned to the rebel army by exchange.

8. Occupation of Branchville, S. C.

8. Lieut. Cushing, with 15 men, captures Shallotte, N. C.

8. Ohio, Minnesota and Kansas ratify Constitutional Amendment. Delaware refuses.

8. The electoral vote for President and Vice-President counted in the House of Representatives, the result being 212 votes for Lincoln and Johnson, and 21 for McClellan and Pendleton.

8. Great fire in Philadelphia, commencing in petroleum oil warehouse. 47 buildings destroyed, and about 15 persons burned.

9. A large force of Indians at Mud Springs again defeated by Col. Livingston.

10. Constitutional Amendment ratified by Indiana.

10. Rebels repulsed from Fort Meyer, Fla.

10. Gen. Gillmore resumes command Department of the South.

10. Gen. Grierson confirmed Major-General by Senate.

10. Gen. Sherman’s troops occupy James Island, 2 miles from Charleston.

11. Gen. Terry advances towards Wilmington, N. C., and engages rebel works. Rebel loss, 100. Fed., 60.

11. Wheeler defeated by Kilpatrick at Aiken, S. C. Feds. occupy the town.

11. Gen. Lee assumes command of the rebel armies.

11. Gen. Terry commences his advance toward Wilmington.

13. Louisiana House ratified the Constitutional Amendment.

15. Destruction of Charlotte Iron Furnace, on Water Lick creek, by 1st and 6th Michigan cavalry.

15. F. W. Smith, a Boston merchant, fined $25,000 for frauds on government.

16. Slavery Constitutional Amendment ratified by Nevada.

17. Charleston evacuated by rebels who burned vast quantities of stores, &c.; an explosion of powder kills 200 persons. 2 rebel iron-clads blown up.

17. Columbia, S. C., captured by Gen. Sherman.

17. Rebel flag of truce boat, William Ashson, blown up by rebel torpedo on the James river.

17. Charlotte, N. C., crowded by rebel refugees and placed under martial law.

17. Pres. Lincoln ordered an extra session of Congress, to commence March 4.

17. Louisiana Senate ratifies the Constitutional Amendment.

18. Charleston occupied by Union forces. 200 pieces of artillery and much ammunition captured.

18. Gen. Lee calls upon rebel House for negro soldiers.

19. Gen. Schofield and Admiral Porter capture Fort Anderson, N. C., after severe bombardment. Fed. loss, 30.

20. Gen. Cox routs rebels 4 miles from Wilmington, N. C.

20. Repulse of rebel attack on Fort Myers, Fla.

21. The rebels evacuate Wilmington at night, after burning cotton, resin, &c.

21. Gens. Crook and Kelly captured in their beds at Cumberland, Va.

21. Wisconsin ratifies the Constitutional Amendment.

21. Bridgeport, Ky., almost destroyed by fire.

22. Gen. Schofield occupies Wilmington.

22. Constitutional Amendment rejected by Kentucky.

22. Georgetown, S. C., surrenders.

23. Capture of Camden, S. C.

23. Gen. Johnston appointed to command troops operating against Sherman.

23. A passenger train from Nashville captured by guerrillas.

24. Columbia, S. C., burned.

25. Fatal explosion at Dupont’s Powder Mills, at Wilmington, Del.

26. 20 guerrillas captured in Ky., tried by drum-head court martial, and shot about this date.

27. Sheridan moved from Winchester with 10,000 men.

27. Hickman, Ky., robbed and partly burned by guerrillas.

27. Flagship Arizona burned at New Orleans.

28. Six hundred million loan bill passed by House.

28. Lord Lyons resigns as British Minister to Washington, and is succeeded by Sir Frederick Bruce.

28. Admiral Thatcher takes command of the West Gulf Squadron.

=March 1.= Sheridan secures the bridge over the Shenandoah at Mt. Crawford.

1. The 600,000,000 loan bill passed by Senate.

1. The Constitutional Amendment rejected by N. J. House.

1. Lovelaceville, Ky., robbed by guerrillas.

1. Gen. Bailey starts on a cavalry raid from Baton Rouge.

2. Sheridan captures nearly the whole force of Early, consisting of 1,800 men and 11 guns, between Charlottesville and Staunton.

2. Steamer James Watson sunk with government stores on the Miss. 30 lives lost.

3. Skirmish between Sherman’s cavalry and that of Wade Hampton. The rebel Col. Aiken killed.

3. Occupation of Cheraw, S. C., by Sherman’s advance.

3. Close of the 38th Congress.

3. Charlottesville, Va., captured by Sheridan.

3. Ten soldiers killed by train on the Opelousas railroad. 40 wounded.

4. Reinauguration of Pres. Lincoln.

4. U. S. transport steamer Thorne blown up by a torpedo in Cape Fear riv.

4. Parson Brownlow elected Governor of Tenn.

4. Rebels worsted at Natural Bridge, Fla.

6. Expedition up the Rappahannock. Capture of 400 prisoners and 95 tons of tobacco at Fredericksburg. Extensive contraband trade broken up.

7. Hugh McCulloch confirmed Secretary of the Treasury, succeeding Hon. W. P. Fessenden.

7. Five persons killed by collision on the Camden & Amboy R. R.

8. Sherman at Laurel Hill, N. C.

8. The rebel Senate passes the negro enlistment bill.

8. Engagement between Cox and Bragg 4 miles from Kinston, N. C. Bragg captures a large number of prisoners and 3 pieces of artillery, but is ultimately driven back.

8. The passport restrictions to Canada removed.

9. A transport, with 2,000 Union troops, enters Mobile Bay through Grant’s Pass.

9. Steamboat Munroe captured by rebels on the Big Black river.

9. Senator Harlan confirmed Sec. of the Interior, vice Mr. Usher, resigned.

10. Jefferson Davis’ fast day celebrated by the rebels.

10. Gen. Sheridan at Columbia, Fluvanna Co., Va., 50 miles west of Richmond. He reports having destroyed all the locks for a considerable distance on the James river canal, an immense number of bridges, many miles of railroad, mills, factories, and vast quantities of merchandise; also, having captured 12 canal boats, 14 pieces of artillery, and an abundance of provisions.

10. Desperate attempt of Bragg to break the National lines at Kinston, N. C. The rebels lose 1,200 killed and wounded, and 400 prisoners. 2,000 rebs. captured from March 8 to 10. The entire Union losses about 1,000.

10. Gen. Lee urges the work of raising and organizing negro troops.

10. Gen. Stoneman, with 4,000 men, starts on a cavalry raid from Knoxville, Tenn.

10. Engagement between the cavalry forces of Wade Hampton and Kilpatrick near Fayetteville, N. C. Nearly all the members of Kilpatrick’s staff captured. The rebels finally beaten back, and most of the officers recaptured.

11. Extra sessions of the U. S. Senate closed.

11. Sheridan at Beaver Mills Aqueduct, 20 miles north of Richmond.

11. Hoke’s division of rebels repulsed at Kinston. Loss, over 2,000. Union loss, 300.

11. 21 Union vessels in sight of Mobile, Ala.

11. Sherman arrives at Fayetteville. Reports having captured at Columbia, S. C., 43 pieces of artillery; at Cheraw, S. C., 25 pieces, and 3,600 barrels of gunpowder; at Fayetteville, N. C., 20 pieces, and large quantities of ammunition.

12. Occupation of Kinston by Schofield. The rebels throw many pieces of artillery into the river, and burn the ram Neuse.

12. Gen. Stoneman at Wytheville, Chriansburg, and Salem, Va.

13. Sheridan tears up the railroad between Richmond and Hanover.

15. Fight at Brandenburg, Ky., between a small Union garrison and a party of rebels.

15. Sheridan reports having rendered useless the James river canal as far as Goochland.

16. Rebels blow up Fort Hell at Petersburg, with little effect.

16. Sue Monday (Jerome Clark), the notorious guerrilla, hung at Louisville.

16. Lieut.-Com. Eastman destroys 3 rebel schooners in Mattox Creek, Va.; large stocks of tobacco, guns, ammunition captured.

16. Fight at Averasboro’, N. C., (20 miles north of Fayetteville), between a portion of Sherman’s army and the rebs. under Hardee. Union loss, 74 killed, 477 wounded. Rebel loss, 327 killed and wounded, and 373 prisoners.

17. Mr. Bigelow succeeds Mr. Dayton as Minister to France.

17. Mohawk Valley inundated. Immense damage to property.

17. Formal notice of the termination of the Reciprocity Treaty given by Mr. Adams to the British government.

17. Gen. Canby’s movement against Mobile commences. Portions of the 13th and 23d corps in motion.

17. Gen. Wilson leaves Nashville with 15,000 men on a cavalry expedition into Central Ala. and Ga.

18. Joe Johnston attacks Sherman’s advance at Bentonville, captures 3 guns, and drives it back on main body.

18. Reb. Congress adjourns in a panic.

18. Gen. Sheridan’s advance reaches White House, on the Pamunkey river. His entire loss during the raid 50 men and 2 officers.

19. The rebel Congress issue a despairing appeal to the people.

19. Engagement at Bentonville, N. C., between Gen. Sherman and Gen. Johnston. Repulse of the rebels. Union loss, 1,646. Rebel loss, 167 dead, 1,625 prisoners.

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