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Cumberland (Kentucky), in place of Brio^.-Gen. R. Anderson. - 200 rebels, under Capt. lioUidiiv, encamped two miles from Hillsboro', Ky., were attacked and defeated by a body of Home Guards, under Lieut. Sadler. Rebel loss, 11 killed, 29 wounded, 22 prisoners ; also 127 rifles and other arms. Federal loss, 3 killed, 3 wounded, - 9. Attack upon Wilson's Zouaves, at Santa Rosa Island, four miles from Fort Pickens, at 2 a. m., b}' 1,500 rebels under Gen. Anderson. The regulars from Fort Pickens, and the Zouaves, defeated the rebels, killing and wounding about 100, and taking 35 prisoners. Federal loss, 13 killed, 21 wounded. - Federal troo])S occupied Levvinsville, Va. - 10. Cavalry skirmish 4 miles from Paducah, Ky.--ll. Lieut. Harrell, of U. S. steamei- Union, with three boats' crews, burnt a rebel schooner in Dumfiie's Creek, on the Potomac. - 12. Rebel steamer Theodora i-an the blockade at Charleston, S, C, having on board Messrs. Mason and Slidell, Commissioners to England and France, with their secretaries, - Capt. P. G. Morton captured a train of 21 wagons, 425 cattle, antl 35 prisoners, with stores for hostile Cherokees, at Chelsea, Kansas. - Cavalry skirmish south of Cameron, Ray co., Mo. - Six rebel gunboats, the ram Maijassas, and a fleet of fire-ships, attacked the U. S. fleet at the mouth of the Mississippi, and were repulsed. - A, party of 12 of a N. Y. Zouave regiment, captured near Newport News, va. - Forty men of the S9th Indiana attacked and defeated a superior force of rebels 8 miles from Green river, Western Va. - Skirmish near the residence* of Cy. Hutchinson, Barren co., Ky. - 500 men of the Piatt (Cincinnati) Zouaves, under Lieut.-Col. Toland, and two companies of the 4th Ya,, drove out a large body of rebels fi'om Winfield, 20. miles below Charleston, on the Kanawha, Western Ya., and captured a large quantity of military store§,^ - Skirmish betv/een a detachment of the 39th Indiana, under Lieut.-Col. Jones, and 58 rebel cavalry, near Upton's, 14 miles below Camp Nevins, Ky. The rebels repulsed with a loss of 5 killed and 3 wounded. - 13. Eighteen miles N. E. of Lebanon, Mo., Major Wright, w^ith two companies of U- S. cavalry, routed 300 mounted rebels, under Capts. Lorrels and Wright. 62 of the rebels were killed and wounded, and SO taken prisoners. - Skirmish at Beckweth's farm, 12 miles S. E. of Bird's Point, Mo. - Brig Grenada of New York, captured by the privateer " Sallie," of Charleston. - 14. 150 voters of Chincoteague Island, Accomac co., Ya., took the oath of allegiance to the U. S. - Major White, with one company of Missouri Scouts, captured 45 rebels at Linn Creek, Mo. - 15. U. S. steamer Roanoke, off Charleston, captured and burnt the ship Thomas Watson. - 600 rebels, under Jeff Tb.ompson, attacked and captured 40 United States soldiers guarding the Big river bridge, near Potosi, Mo. - The rebel batteries at Aquia creek and Shipping Point, on the Potomac, fire on all vessels passing. - Skirmish near Levvinsville, Yirginia. - 16. Colonel J. W. Geary, of the Pennsylvania 2Sth, with 400 men from his own, the 13th Massachusetts and 3d Wis., crossed the Potomac at Harper's Ferry, and captured 21,000 bushels of wheat, stored in a mill near Bolivar Heights. - Major F. J. White, with 220 Missouri scouts, surprised the rebels at Lexington, Mo., and without loss, captured 60 or 70 prisoners, released Cola. White and Grover, and 12 other captives, and seized 2 steamboats, with arms, ammunition and stores. - 1,000 rebels near Ironton, Mo., were defeated with a loss of 36 killed and wounded by Major Gavitt's Indiana cavalry, and 5 companies of Col. Alexander's 21st Illinois. Union loss 11. - 19. Col. Morgan, with 220 men of the 18th ^lissouri regiment, and two pieces of artitlery, defeated 400 rebels on Big Hurricane Creek, Carroll co.. Mo., killing 14, and taking 8 prisoners. Col. Morgan had 14 men wounded. - 21. Battle of Edward's Ferry, Ya. 1,900 men from Gen. C. P. Stone's division, under command of Col. E. D. Baker, U. S. Senator from Oregon, crossed the Potomac at Harrison's Island, or Ball's Bluft", to support reconnoissances above and below that point. At 4 p. M. they were attacked by 3,000 rebels under Gen. Evans, and driven to the river bank, where, there being no adequate provision for crossing, they suifered severe loss, by the enemy's fire, and by drowning. Killed, 223, wounded, 250, taken prisoners, 500. Rebel loss about 200 in killed and wounded. - About 2,500 rebels near Fredericktown Mo., attacked by 3,500 Federal troops, commanded by Col. J. B. Plummer, of 11th Missouri, with Missouri, Illinois, Wisconsin and Indiana troops, under Cols. Ross, Hovey, Marsh, Baker, Lieut. Col. Pennabaker, Maj. Schofield, Capt. Stewart and Lieut. White. The rebels were defeated with great loss. The Federal loss was 7 killed and 60 wounded. - A portion of the rebel General Zollicoffer's command repulsed near Camp Wild Cat, Laurel co., Ky. - 22. The Potomac river commanded by rebel batteries at all important points below Alexandria. - A detachment of U. S. cavalry broke up a rebel camp at Buffalo xVlills, Benton co., Mo., killing and wounding 20, taking 60 prisoners, 22 wagons, and a number of horses. - 23. Col. Len. Harris, with the 2d Ohio, two guns of Capt. Konkle's Ohio battery and Capt, Laugh] in's cavalry,, drove out a body of 200 rebels from West Liberty, Morgan co., Ky, - Fifty men of the 6th Indiana while skirmishing near Hodgesville, Ky., were attacked by a superior force of rebels, whom they repulsed, killing 3 and wounding 5. - Gen. Fred. W. Lander appointed to command the brigade of the late Col. Baker. - 24. President Lincoln suspended the writ of habeas corpus in the District of Columbia. - The steamer Salvor was captured while attempting to run the blockade at Tampa Bay, Fla. - Western Virginia voted almost unanimously in favor of a division of the State. - The western section of the California telegraph was completed to Salt Lake City, connecting the wires from the Pacific to the Atlantic ocean. - Skirmish near Campbellsville, Ky. - 25. 160 of Gen. Fremont's Body-guard, under command of Major Zagonyi, charged 2,000 rebels, near Springfield, Mo., routed them, and occupied the town. Rebel loss,* 106 killed, many wounded, and 27 prisoners. Zagonji's loss 15 killed, 27 wounded, 10 missing. The Missouri '* Prairie Scouts," under Major F. J. White, attacked the rear of the rebel force, at the same tinre, making three successful charges, and inflicting severe loss on the enemy. The loss of the Scouts" was 33 in killed, wounded and missing. - 26. An artillery fight across the Potomac, at Edward's Ferry. - Gen. B. F. Kelly, with 2,500 Virginia and Ohio Volunteers, from New Creek, Va., attacked an inferior rebel force near Rom- Dey, who were routed. Col. Thos. Johns, of 2d regiment, Potomac Home Brigade, engaged a regiment rebels, capturing a large supply of military stores and provisions.^ Federal loss, 2 killed, 14 wounded. Rebel loss, 10 killed, 15 wounded. - Parson Brownlow forceql to suspend the publication of the Knoxville (Tenn.) Whig. Major Phillips, with 300 of the 9th Illinois, attacked the rebels at Saratoga - 13 rebels killed, 24 prisoners. - Surprise of a rebel encampment at Plattsburgh, Clinton co., Mo., by a superior force of Federals. Rebel loss, 8 killed, 12 prisoners, one cannon, and a quantity of small arms. - 28. Three rebel vessels surprised and burnt at Chincoteague Inlet, Va., by a portion of the crew of the U. S. gunboat Louisiana, under Lieut. A. Hopkins. - D. Davis, of 111., J. Holt, of Ky., and H. Campbell, of Mo., were appointed Commissioners by Pres. Lincoln to audit all unsettled military claims in Missouri. - Gen. J. B. Henderson, with a superior force, surrounded and captured 400 rebels at Dyer's Mills, -near Concord, Mo. - 29. 250 U. S. Kentucky volunteers, under Col. Burbridge, marched from Owensboro' to Morgantown, Ky., crossed the river at that point, defeated a superior rebel force and destroyed their camp. - Great naval expedition sailed from Fortress Monroe, under the command of Flag-oflicer Com. Samuel F. Dupont, comprising 77 vessels of all classes. The land force numbering 20,000 men, were commanded by Brig. Gen. Thos. W. Sherman. - 31. Skirmish at Morgantown, Green River, Ky. Nov. 1. Lieut.-Gen. Winfield Scott, at his own request, was retired fror» active service, and Maj. -General George B. McClellan was appointed to succeed liini as Commander-in-Chief of the U. S. Army. - Lieut. -Col. Morse, with 450 cavalry and infantry, routed a rebel force 800 strong, in camp near Renick, Randolph co., Mo. - Rebels attacked a Federal camp at Gauley Bridge, Ya., by cannonading fiom the opposite shore. They were repulsed. - A violent storm overtook the naval expedition oft' the N. C. coast. 3 vessels were disabled and returned, 2 were driven ashore, and 2 foundered. Seven lives lost. - 2. Gen. Fremont, at Springfield, received an order from Washington, relieving him from command of the Department of Missouri. Gen. Hunter was appointed temporarily to the command. - Major Joseph's Missouri militia, numbering 129, were attacked at Platte City, Mo., by Silas Gordon with 300 rebels, who were repulsed with a loss of 13 killed and wounded, 30 prisoners, many guns, and all their equipments. - Prestonburg, Ky., occupied by Union troops. - 3.. Five rebel boats made an attack on Fort Hatteras, N. C, but were repulsed by the U. S. gunboat National, and the fort. - Col. Greensle drove rebel troops from Houston, Mo. - 4. Barboursville, Ky., occupied by 1,500 Federals. - 6. Electors for President and V. President chosen throughout the revolted States, and also members of Congress. - 120 Federals under Capt. Shields, were captured by 500 rebels near Li-ttle Santa Fe, Mo. - 7. Battle of Belmont, Mo., Gens. Grant and McClernund with 2,850 men, landed at Belmont at 8 a. m., drove in the rebel pickets and captured their camp, which was burnt. A battery of 12 guns was taken and 200 prisoners. The rebels were subsequently reinforced, and General Grant's army repulsed. Federal loss, 89 killed, 150 wounded, 150 missing. - Skirmish on New river, near Gauley bridge, Va. - The Federal fleet under Commodore Dupont captured Forts Warren and Beaureguard at Port Royal entrance, and took the town of Beaufort, S. C. - Two launches and 40 men, commanded by Lieut. James E. Jouett, from the U. S. fiigate Santee, oft" fxalvestou, Texas, surprised and burnt the rebel privateer Royal Yacht. - 8. U. S. gunboat Rescue shelled out the rebel buttery at UHbana Creek, on the Rappahannock, Ya., and captured a large schooner with stores. - Five railway bridges were burned in E. Tennessee by Unionists. - Capt. Wilkes, with the steam sloop-of-war San Jacinto, overhauled the English mail-steamer Trent in the Bahama channel, and took from her the rebel emissaries Mason and Siidell, with their secretaries, who had taken passage for England. - A portion of Gen. Nelson's Ky. biigade were ambuscaded while on their way to Piketon, Ky., by 200 rebels in a strong position. The rebels were dispersed with the loss of 10 killed, 15 wounded. Gen. Nelson had 6 killed and 24 wounded. - 8. Skirmish at Piketon, Ky. - 9. Maj. -Gen. Henry W. Halleck, of Cal., ordered to take command of the Department of Missouri, in place of Gen. Fremont: Brig.-Gen. Don Carlos Buell, of Ind., appointed to command the Department of Kentucky : Maj. -Gen. Hunter to command the Department of Kansas : Col. E. R. S. Canley, the Department of N. Mexico. - 10. A band of rebel marauders was captured by Lieut. Shriver, with a squad of 1st Iowa cavalry, near Clark's Station, Mo. - A portion of Gen. Cox's brigade crossed the New river, near Gauley, Ya., and attacked Floyd's forces posted there, who retreated after a severe skirmish, in which the Uth Ohio regiment lost 8 killed and 10 wounded. - 150 of the 9th Yirginia regiment. Col, K. Y. Whaley, surprised at Guyandotte, Ya., on the Ohio river, by a superior force of rebels, and after a sharp skirmish, in which 8 of the^Federals were killed and 12 wounded, and nearly the same loss sustained by the rebels. Col. Whaley and 45 of his men were captured, and the rest escaped. - 11. 110 of Col. Anthony's regiment attacked a rebel camp on the Little Blue river, near Kansas City, Mo., and after a severe fight retreated in good order, losing 8 killed and 8 wounded.- - 12. Reconnoissance in force by Gen. Heiutzelman, with 6,000 men, to Occoquan Creek, Ya., 18 miles from Alexandria. Capt. Todd's company of Lincoln cavalry were surprised by a superior force of rebels, 3 killed, 1 wounded and 3 taken prisoners, including the captain. - Attack on the U. S. fleet at the Passes of the Mississippi, by the Manassas Ram, 5 gunboats and several fire-ships, under command of Capt. Rollins. U. S. ship Vincennes grounded, and the Richmond damaged by the ram and also grounded : the enemy were driven off without obtaining any advantage. - The privateer Beaureguard, of Charleston, S. C, with 27 men, was captured 100 miles E. N. E. of Abaco, by the U. S. sloop-of-war W. G. Anderson, Lieut. W. C. Rogers, commanding. - Skirmish on Laurel Creek by portions of Gen. Benham's with" Gen. Floyd's forces. - Skirmish of Gen. Kelly's pickets near Romney, Va. - 14. The privateer schooner Neva, from China, seized at San Francisco, Cal., by Capt. Pease, of U.S. cutter Mary. - Gen. Benham in pursuit of the army of Gen. i'loyd, in W. Va., overtook the rear guard near McCoy's Mills, and defeated it, killing 15 rebels. - 1(5. A party of 57 of the New York 30th, attached to Gen. Keyes' brigade on the Potomac, while out foraging west of Upton Hill,Va., surrounded by 200 rebel cavalry, and one half their number, with the teams and wagons, captured. - 50 wagons and 500 oxen, with the teamsters and stores, captured near Pleasant Hill, Cass co.. Mo., by the rebels. - 17. Union troops under Col. Alcorn, defeated Hawkins' regiment at Cypress Bridge, McClean co.,Ky., taking 25 prisoners, and 300 horses. Federal loss, 10 killed, 15 wounded. - U. S. gunboat Connecticut, captured British schooner Adelaide, with military stores and supplies for rebels, near Cape Carnaveral. - The 3d Missouri cavalry routed a large number of rebels near Palmyra, Mo. - 18. Capt, A. H. Foote was appointed Flagofficer of the fleet of the Western military Department. - Gen. Halleck assumed charge of the Missouri Department, vice Gen. Hunter, - Rebel troops in Accomac and Northampton cos., Va., disbanded, and Union troops, under Gen. Lockwood, seized their arms and took possession of the peninsula. - 150 rebels taken prisoners by Federal cavalry, near Warrensburgh, Mo. - 19. Missouri rebel legislature, at Neosha, Newton co., passed an ordinance of secession. - N. Y. ship Harvey Birch captured and burnt in the British channel by the rebel steamer Nashville. - The principal part of Warsaw, capital of Benton co.. Mo., burnt by rebels. - tj. S. gunboat Conestoga, engaged rebel batteries on the Tennessee river, and silenced them. - First flotilla of the *' Stone Fleet" sailed for the South, from Conn, and Mass. - 20. Col. Burchard, with Lieut. Gregg and 2i men, attacked a large company of rebels near Kansas City, Mo., and defe^ited them, killing 5 and wounding 8. - Secession State Convention at Russelville, Ky., adopted an ordinance of secession. - 22. Two U. S. gunboats, Cambridge and Hertzel, from Fortress Monroe, shelled out the camps of the 2d Louisiana and 10th Georgia regiments, at the junction of James and Warwick rivers. - Fort Pickens opened fire on the rebel encampments and forts, near Pensacola, Fla. ; a severe cannonade ensued for two days. - 24. Skirmish in Lancaster, Mo., between 450 Federals under Colonel Moore, and 420 rebels. The rebels routed with the loss of 13 killed, and many v/ounded and prisoners. - Tybee Island in Savannah harbor, occupied by the U. S. forces under Fli-lg-officer Dupont. - Rebel Commissioners Mason and Slidell imprisoned in Fort Warren, Mass. - 25. Skirmish near Drainesville, Va.~Com. Tatnall, with 3 steamers and a gunboat attacked the Federal fleet in Cockspur Roads, Ga. - 26. Skirmish at Black Oak Point, Hickory co.. Mo. Capt. Cosgrove and Lieut. Bobbitt, with 25 men, surprised a rebel camp, killed 5, captured 8, and took 75 tents, 6 wagons, 10 horses, 35 guns, and other property, and released 6 loyal prisoners. - Skirmish near Vienna, Va. - 27. Henry R. Jackson appointed ' a Major-Gen. in the Georgia army. - 2^). Major Hough, with 4 companies of Missouri cavalry, had an engagement at Black Walnut Creek, Mo., in which 17 rebels were killed and rvounded, and 5 taken prisoners. - Skirmish "near New Market, Va.

Dec. 1. The U. S. steamer Penguin arrived at Brooklyn with the prize Albion, captured while attempting to run the blockade at Charleston, S. C, with arms, ammunition, pi'ovisions, &c., worth $100,000. - A party of Federals attacked the rebel pickets at Morristown, East Tenn., killing a large number and putting the rest to flight. - Skirmish near Hunter's Chapel, Ya., between a squadron of Gen. Blenker's horsemen and a squadron of rebel cavalry, who were defeated. - 2. The first regular session of the 87th Congress commenced at Washington. - A party of citizens in Mo., near Dunksburg, 20 miles west of Sedalia, attacked a body of rebels under Capts. Young and Wheatley, killing 7 and wounding ten of them. - 3. Skirmish at Salem, Dent co., Mo. - H. C. Burnett, of Ky., and J. W. Reed, of Mo., were 6x^^11 ed from the U. S. House of Representatives as traitors. - Gren. Phelps, with 2,000 men, attached to Gen. Butler's expedition, occupied Ship Island, Mississippi Sound. - A detachment of Federal cavalry surprised the rebel guard at Whip-poor-will Bridge, on the Memphis Branch railway, Ky., taking 11 prisoners. - J. C. Breckinridge expelled from the U, S. Senate. - 5. Reports of the Sees, of War and Navy show the Government had in service for the war 682,971 men. - Skirmish at Brownsville, Ky. - Successful foray of the 13th Mass., Col. Leonard, from the Potomac to Berkley Springs, Ya., capturing a laige quantity of provisions. - 7. At Sedalia, Mo., 10(3 mule teams and the teamsters seized by rebels. - Capt. Sweeney with 25 rebel guerrillas, captured near Glasgow, Mo., by Capt. Merrill's cavalry. - Skirmish near Dam No. 5 on the Potomac. Rebels driven off, losing 12 men. - Skirmish near Olathe, Mo. - 8. Capt. McGuire's company of 27th Mo., captured 14 rebels at Sedalia, Mo. - U. S. steamer Augusta captured schooner E. Waterman, off Savannah, Ga. - 9. The U. S. steamer Harriet Lane, and 6 steamers attached to the upper Potomac flotilla, shelled the woods at Budd's Ferry, and exchanged shots with the rebel batteries opposite, at Shipping Point. - Garret Davis elected a senator from Ky., in place of J. C. Breckinridge. - The rebel Congress " admitted" Kentucky to the

. Confederacy. - 11. Skirmish near Bertrand, Mo. - Skirmish at Dam No. 4, on the Potomac, near Sharpsburg, Md. Seven rebels killed, and many wounded. Capt. Williams and 6 men captured by the rebels. - Great fire at Charleston, S. C, GOO houses destroyed, - 12. Col. Merrill's cavalry and regiment returned to Sedalia, Mo., from Waverley, bringing as prisoners

4 rebel capts., 2 lieuts., and 40 men, a mortar, and many horses. - Co. I, of 15th Ohio, were attacked on the banks of Green river, Ky., by a superior force of rebel cavalry, whom they repulsed, wounding several of the cavalry. - 13. Yiliages of Papinsville and Butler, Bates co.. Mo., rebel rendezvous burned by Maj Williams of the 3d Kansas. - British ship Admiral captured off Savannah, Ga., while attempting to run in, by the Augusta. - Battle of Camp Alleghany, Ya., 2,000 Federal troops, under Brig. -Gen. R. H. Milroy, attack a rebel camp on Alleghany Summit 2,000 troops. They retired after a well contested fight of eight hours, losing 20 killed, 107 wounded, and 10 missing. - The rebels reported about the same loss. 15. Skirmish on the Yirginia shore, opposite Berlin, Md. A detachment from the 28th Penn. attacked by 120 rebels in ambush, but cut their way through. 1 wounded, and 2 taken prisoners. 2 of the enemy killed and

5 wounded. - 16. Platte City, Mo., fired by rebels, and the principal public buildings destroyed. - The Europa arrived from England, with news of the excitement among the British people occasioned by the arrest of Messrs. Mason and Slidell, and also the ultimatum of the British Government, demanding a surrender of the rebel commissioners, and an apology for their seizure. Mr. Seward's dispatch to Mr. Adams, dated Nov. 30, having settled the matter in anticipation, there was but little excitement in the public mind. - 17. Battle at Mumfordsville, Green river, Ky. The rebels defeated; 33 killed and 60 wounded. Federal loss 10 killed and 17 wounded. - Gem. Pope captured 800 rebels near Osceola, ^o. - En- trance to harbor at Savannah, Ga., blockaded bj sinking 7 vessels laden with stone. - 18. Part of Gen. Pope's forces under Cols. J. C. Davis and F. Steele, surprised a rebel camp near Milford, north of Warrensburg, Mo., and captured nearly 1,300 men, 70 wagons loaded with stores, and all their camp equipage and arms. Fedeial loss, 2 killed, 17 wounded. - 19. Skirmishing at Point of Rocks, Md. Rebels repulsed. - A band of 25 rebels visited the town of Ripley, Jackson co., Va., and seized all the arms of in the place, some ammunition and clothing. They also robbed the postoffice and the principal store in the place.--20. Battle of Drainesville, Va. Federal forces, 4,000 under Gen. E. 0. C. Ord, defeated about 2,800 Confederates. 7 killed and 61 wounded. Rebel loss, 75 killed and 150 wounded and 30 prisoners. - A scouiing party under Capt. Wood, captured 100 rebels near Springfield, Mo. - A party of rebels from Gen. Price's army committed extensive ravages on the N. Missouri railway, between Hudson and Warren ton. The bridges, wood-piles, water tanks, ties and rails destroyed along the route for 80 miles. - 103 Federal soldiers under Major McKee, repulsed a superior force of rebels four miles S. of Hudson, Mo., killing 10, and capturing 17 prisoners and 30 horses, at the same time rescuing a stock train which had just been seized by the rebels. - The main ship channel at Charleston harbor obstructed, by sinking 16 vessels of the '' stone fleet." - 22. Skirmish near New Market Bridge, Newport News, Ya. Two companies of the 20th N. Y. regiment, under Major Schoepf attacked by 700 rebel cavalry and infantry, and escaped with loss of 6 wounded. Ten rebels killed and a number wounded. - 23. Two rebel boats captured and burnt, at Lexington, Mo. - 26. Skirmish at Camp Boyle, Columbia, Ky. - A Cabinet Council, at Washington, decided to give up Mason and Siidell, on the ground that they could not be held consistently with the doctrines of neutral rights always maintained by the U. S. Government. - Gen. Scott arrived at Nev/ York in the Arago from France. - Bluffton, S. C, occupied by Federal troops under Gen. Stevens. - The lighthouse on Morris^ Island, Charleston, S. C. harbor, blown up by order of rebel authorities. - Major Gower with a squadron of 1st Iowa cavalry, arrived at Jefferson City, Mo., bringing as prisoners,

1 capt., 13 men, and 10 wagon loads of stores. - The bridges over Fabias river, on the Palmyra railway. Mo., destroyed by rebels. - 28. Gen. Prentiss, with 5 companies of the Sd Missouri cavalry, and 5 companies of Col. Birge's sharpshooters, 470 in all, attacked a rebel camp at Mount Zion, Boone co.. Mo., numbering nearly 900 men. The rebels routed, 25 killed, 150 wounded, and 40 prisoners. 90 of their horses and 105 stand of arms were captured. The Federal loss was 3 killed, and 4G wounded. - A squadron of Federal cavalry, from Col. Jackson's regiment, attacked near Sacramento, Ky., by a large force of rebels, and compelled to retire.

2 killed and 8 wounded. 3 rebels killed and a number wounded. - 30. The rebel Gen. H. H. Sibley having entered New Mexico with a military force without opposition, took possession of it, and annexed it to the Southern Confederacy by proclamation. - 31. Two boats under Acting- Masters A. Allen, and H. L. Sturges, destroyed a light-ship off Wilmington, N. C. - Capture of the town of Biloxi, Miss., by U. S. gunboats Lewis, Water VVitch, and New London, with national forces from Ship Island.

1862. Jan. 1. The rebel Commissioners Mason and Slidell, with their Secretaries, left Boston for England, via Provincetown, Mass. - Col. H. Brown opened fire from Fort Pickens on the rebel vessels and fortifications within range of his guns. - The British bark Empress arrived at New York as a prize, captured by the U. S. sloop-of-war Yincennes, off New Orleans bar. - Part of the Louisville and Nasliville railway destroyed by order of the rebel Gen. Buckner. - Skirmish at Port Royal Ferry, S. C. Federal loss, 3 killed, 11 wounded. Rebels, 6 killed, 12 wounded. - JefF. Owens, Col. Jones, and 60 rebel bridge-burners captured near Martinsburg, Adrian co,, Mow

- Four Federal soldiers captured, 1 killed, and 10 guns taken by rebels on Green river, Ky. - S. Col. Glove, with 300 Federal troops, attacked a rebel camp 9 miles N. of ilunnevvell, Mo., taking 8 prisoners, putting the rest to flight. - 4. The Sith Pa., 3iith 111., 500 cavalry, and otlier troops driven from Bath, Va., by a superior rebel force under Gen. Jackson, who killed 3 and took 30 prisoners. 7 rebels killed and a number wounded. - Skirmish at Huntersville, W. Va. A portion of the 25th Ohio, 2d Va., and Bracken's Ind. cavalry, under Major Webster, attacked a rebel force of 400 cavalry and 350 infantry. They were routed with a loss of two killed and 7 wounded, leaving $50,000 worth of army stores, which were destroyed by Unionists. - 5. Skirmish on the mainland near Port Royal, S. C. 7 rebels captured. - Rebel army under Gen. Jackson bombarded Hancock, Md., but were driven away by artillery forces under Gen. Lander. - 5 Federal soldiers killed by rebels in ambush in Johnson co., Kansas. - 6. 4,00() Cherokee Indians driven from their homes by Texas rebels. - 7. Destruction of bridges and culverts on the Bait, and Ohio railway, near the Cacapon river, by rebel Gen. Jackson. - Engagement at Blue's Gap, nearRomney, W. Va. Federal troops under Col. Dunning, of the 5th Ohio, attacked 2,000 of the enemy, routing them with the loss of 15 killed, 20 prisoners, 2 pieces of cannon, their wagons, &c. - 300 of the 32d Ohio, under Capt. Lacey, were sent by Gen. Milroy into Tucker co., Va., where they dispersed 400 rebels, capturing 2 officers and a private, and a large quantity of stores. - A band of rebels having Sv'ized a qr.antity of army stores from the depot at Sutton, Biaxton CO., W. Va., Col. Anisansel, Virginia cavalry, overtook the rebels 30 miles E. of Sutton, and killed or \vounded 22, took 15 horses and 56 head of cattle, and recaptured the greater part of the stores. - Skirmish at Paintsville, near Prestonburg, Ky. Col. Garfield dispersed 2,500 rebels under Humphrey Marshall, killing 3, wounding a. large number, and captur'ng 15. Federal loss, 2 killed and 1 wounded. - 8. Major W. M. G. Torrence, of the 1st Iowa cavalry, assisted by detachments of the 1st Missouri cavalry, Major Hubbard, 4th Ohio, and Merrill's Horse, in all 500 mounted men, attacked a rebel camp at Silver Creek, Howard co., Mo., of 800 rebels, who were routed with a loss of 12 killed, 22 wounded, and 15 prisoners, leaving their horses, guns, and camp and garrison equipage. Federal loss 3 killed and 10 wounded. - 10. Skirmish at Pohick Church, Va. The 5th Michigan dispersed a body of rebels. - Skirmish at Bath, Va. - Battle near Prestonburg, Ky. Gen. Garfield, with 1,500 Federal troops, overtook Humphrey Marshall with 3,000 i-ebels, compelling him to destroy his stores and putting him to flight. Rebel loss, 50 killed, many wounded, and 25 prisoners. Federal loss, 2 killed, 25 wounded. - 11. 50 rebels belonging to Col. Alexander's regiment captured 6 miles from Sedalia, Mo. - 12. The Burnside Expedition sailed from Fortress Monroe, under command of Com. Goldsborough and Gen. Burn.side, for Albemarle Sound, N. C - 13. Hon. Simeon Cameron, Secretary-of-\Var, resigned his position, and Edwin F.Stanton was apjjointed in his stead on the 15th iiist. - 17. Captuie of British schooner Stephen Hart loaded with arms, ammunition, and stores for the rebels, bv the U. S. stores near Ironton, Mo. Rebels defeated. - The Fortification Bill passed the U.S. House of Representatives, aj)propriating $5,960,000 for fort and harbor defences. - 18. Gen. Halleck levied an assessment on the wealth v secessionists of St. Louis, Mo., to provide for the wants of loyal refugees in the citv who had been driven from their homes in the S. \V. section of the State by rebels.- Capts. Murdock and Webster, with their commands, captured Lieut.-Col. Farmer and 11 other rebel officers and 68 privates, with a quantity of army stores, at Bloomfield, Mo. - 19. Battle of Mill Spring, Ky. Gen. Thoinas.^ The rebels routed, with loss of 192 killed, and 140 prisoners. Gen. Zollicoffer, their commander, killed. 1,200 horses and mules, over 100 large wagons, 14 cannon, 2,u00 muskets, etc., were captured. Federal loss, 89 killed, 207 wounded. - The U. S. gunboat Itasca captured the rebel schooDer Lizzie Weston, off Florida. - 23. The second stone fleet was sunk in Matfit's Channel, Charleston harbor, S. C - 28. Federal troops occupied Lebanon, Mo. - Skirmish between 50 men of the 37th New York regiment under Lieut.-Col. Burke, and a body of Texas rangers near Colchester, on the Occoquan river, Va., in which 9 rebels were killed. 2 Federals killed, and two wounded. - 29. The iron-clad battery Monitor launched at Greenpoint, N. Y. - 30. Gen. Beauregard took command of rebel troops in Tennessee. - 31. Five telegraph operators capttired by the rebels near Campbellsville, Ky. - Queen Victoria* declared her determination to observe strict neutrality during the American contest, and to prevent the use of English vessels and harbors to aid the belligerents. Feb. I. - The 2d cavalry, dist Indiana, had a skirmish near Bowling Green, Ky., in which 3 rebels were killed and 2 wounded. - The President of the U! S. empowered by act of Congress to take possession of all the railway and telegraphic lines throughout the country, whenever requisite for military purposes, till the close of the rebellion - 2. Skirmish in Morgan co., Pa. - 3. In conformity with the decision of the British Ministry, the privateer Nashville was sent off from Southampton, England, and the U. S. gunboat Tuscarora detained from pursuing her for the space of 24 hours. - 4. Captain Lowing, -with 80 men from cos. F and H, 3d Michigan, encountered a body of rebels near Occoquan, Va., whom they dispersed. - 5. Attack on Fort Henry, Tenn., commenced by Federal gunboats under Com. Foote. - Queen Victoria, of England, removed the prohibitions relating to the export of material of war from the Britiih dominions declared on the 30th Nov. and 4th Dec. 1861. - 7. Skirmish near Harper's Ferry, Va. - Unconditional surrender of Fort Henry to Com. Foote, with Gen. Tilghman and staff, one colonel, two captains, and 80 privates. - Federal troops took possession of the Memphis and Ohio railway. - The rebels driven from Romney, Va., by Gen. Lander. - Successful skirmish with rebel cavalry near Fairfax Court House, Va. - 8. Capture of rebel forts and garrisons on Roanoke Island, N. C, by the Federal forces under Com. Goldsborough and Gen. Burnside. 2,500 prisoners, 6 forts, 40 "guns, 3,000 small arms. Federal loss, 50 killed, 150 wounded. - Capt. Smith, of the 5th Virginia (loyal) with 21 men, surprised 32 of Jenkin's cavalry on Linn Creek, Logan co., Va., killing 8, wounding 7, and capturing the remainder, with 32 horses. One Federal killed, 1 wounded. - 9. Skirmish of a body of Federal cavalry with rebels near Fort Henry, Tenn: Five rebels killed, and 30 taken prisoners. - Edenton, N. C, occupied by Fede-, ral troops'. - 10. Destruction of rebel gunboats in the Pasquotank river, N. C, also of the rebel battery at Cobb's Point, and the occupation of Elizabeth City by Federal forces from 14 gunboats, commanded by Capt. Rowan. - Capt. Phelps, of Com. Foote's squadron, commanding the gunboats Conestoga, Taylor, and Lexington, captured a new rebel gunboat, and destroyed all the rebel craft between Fort Henry and Florence, Ala. - 12. An expedition under the command of 'Col. Reggin returned to Fort Henry, Tenn., from up the Tennessee river, having captured $75,000 worth of contraband goods at Paris, Tenn., and also the tents and camp equipage of the rebel troops that retreated from Fort Henry. - 13. Evacuation of Springfield, Mo., by the rebel army under Gen. Price. 600 of the rebel sick and many forage wagons left behind, which fell into the hands of Union troops. - 14. The rebel camp at Blooming Gap, Va., surprised by forces under Gen. Lander. 65 prisoners taken, including 17 officers, 13 killed and 20 wounded. Federal loss, 7 in killed and wounded. - Fort Donelson investe'd and attacked by the Federal army under Gen. Grant. E. M. Stanton, Sec. -of- War, issued an order releasing all political prisoners upon their taking the oath of allegiance. - Skirmish near Flat Lick Ford, on the Cumberland river, Ky. - Com. Foote, with 6 gunboats, attacked Fort Donelson, but was repulsed, the Commodore being severely wounded. Federal loss, 60 in killed and wounded. - The rear-guard of

Gen. Price's army in S. W. Missouri attacked by Gen. Curtis' command, and many prisoners taken. - Bonling Green, Ky., evacuated by rebel troops, who destroyed most of the available pi'operty in the town that could not be removed. - Three rebel schooners and one sloop, laden with rice, destroyed by the crews of armed boats from the U. S. bark Restless, Lieut. E. Conroy, in Bull's Bay, S. C. - 15. The national batteries at Venus Point, on tiie Savannah river, attacked by 4 rebel gunboats, which were repulsed. - The railway bridge crossing the Tennessee river at Decatur, Ala., destroyed by Union men. - 16. Gen. Price driven from Missouri by Gen. Curtis, who followed him.into Arkansas, capturing many prisoners. - Gen. Mitchell's troops occupied Bowling Green, Ky. - Fort Donelson surrendered to the Federal army, under Gen. Grant, after three days' desperate resistance. 15,000 prisoners captured, including Brig. -Gen. Buckner, and an immense quantity of war material. Gens. Floyd and Pillow escaped, with a portion of the garrison. - 17. The 1st Missouri cavalry fell into an ambush of rebels at Sugar Creek, Ark. 13 killed and wounded. - 18. First session of the Congress of the *' permanent " Government of the Confederate States opened at Richmond, Ya. - The wire and suspension bridges over the Cumberland river at Nashville, Tenn., destroyed b}^ Gen. Floyd. - A skirmish at Independence, Mo. - 19. 1,000 additional rebel prisoners taken at Fort Donelson, they having come down the river to reinforce Gen. Buckner. - Evacuation of Clarksville, Tenn., by the rebels. The Federal forces, under Com. Foote, took possession of the town, and captured a large quantity of army stores. - Bentonville. Ark., captured by Gen. Curtis. - 20. The rebel steamer Magnolia, with 1,050 bales of cotton, captured in the Gulf of Mexico, by the U. S. steamers Brooklyn and South Carolina. - The town of Winton, N. C, partiall}^ burned by the national forces. - The track of the Memphis and Ohio railway torn up, and the bridges burned in many places, by order of rebel Gen. Polk. - 21. Battle of Yalvende, N. M. 1,500 Federals, under Col. Canby, defeated by ^n equal force of rebels, under Col. Steele. Federal loss, 55 killed, 140 wounded. Rebel lo^ss, about the same. - 22. Inauguration of Jefferson Davis, of Miss., as President of the " Confederate States," at Richmond, Va., and Alex. H. Stevens, of Ga., as Yice-President, they having received the unanimous vote of 109 delegates representing 11 States, viz ; A.la., Ark., FJa., Ga., La., Miss., N. C, S. C, Tenn., Texas., Ya., for the permanent organization of the Confederate States. - 23. Gallatin, Tenn., occupied by Gen. Buell's forces. - A skirmish at Mason's Neck, near Occoquan, Ya., - 24. Harper's Ferry, Ya., occupied by the 2Sth Pa. regiment. - Nashville, Tenn., occupied by Fed-eral forces of Gen. Buell's command. - 25. Gen. Banks' division occupied Bolivar and Charlestoivn, Ya. - All the telegraphic lines that could be used by government taken under military control, and the transmission of reports of military operations forbidden, without permission of the military censor. - 26. Skirmish at Keittsville, Barry co., Mo. - 27. Fayetteville, Ark., occupied by Gen. Curtis. - Col. Wood's cavalry drove rebels out of Dent, Texas, and Howell cos., Mo., capturing 60 prisoners. - U. S. ironclad battery Monitor, Lieut. Worden, sailed from Nevt* York for Fortress Monroe. - 28. The British ship Labuan, with a valuable cargo, arrived at N. York, captured by the U. S. sloop-of-war Portsmouth oft' Rio Grande river. - Capt. Nolen with 64 of the 7th 111. cavalry attacked 90 of Jett*. Thompson's cavalry and a battery, west of Charlestown.^ Mo., and captured 4 guns, losing 1 man. March 1. The U. S. irunboats Tyler, Lieut. Gwin, commanding, and Lexington, Lieut Shirk, on an expedition up the Tennessee river, engaged and silenced a rebel battery at Pittsburg, Tenn., 7 miles above Savannah. - Evacuation of Columbus, Ky., by rebel troops, leaving their heavy. guns, and a large quantity of war material ; 400 of the 2d Illinois cavalry occupied the town the next day, and troops from Com. Foote's flotilla th» day after. - U. S. steamer Mount Yernon, captured the schooner British Queen, at the blockade of Wilmington, N. C - 4. Occupation of Fort Clinch and Fernandina, Fla., and St. Mary's and Brunswick, Ga., by Federal forces under Com. Dupout and Gen. Wright. - A squadron of 1st Michigan cavalry surprised and defeated a party of rebel cavalry at Berryville, Va., killing 3 and capturing 9 horses. - Two bridges on the Nashville and Decatur railway, Tenn., destroyed by rebels. - 5. Bunker Hill, Ya., occupied by rebel forces. - 7. Capt. Cole's Maryland cavalry encountered a few of Ashby's rebel cavalry, near Winchester Ya., 6 rebels were killed and 5 wounded. Capt. Cole had 3 men wounded. - 6, 7, 8. Battle of Pea Ridge, Ark. The combined rebel forces defeated by Federal forces under Gen. Curtis, Sigel, Ashboth and Davis. Federal loss in killed, wounded, and missing, 1,351. Rebel loss about 2,000. Gens. McCuUoch, Macintosh, and Slack, killed. - 8. Destruction of the U. S. sloop-of-war Cumberland, and the frigate Congress, in action with the rebel iron battery Merrimac in Hampton Roads, Ya. 100 men were killed or drowned on the Cumberland. - By order of the President, Maj.-Gen. McClellan was directed to organize and command the army of the Potomac, divided into five army corps, under Maj.-Gen. McDowell, Brig.-Gens. E. Y. Sumner, S. P. Heintzelman, E. L, Keyes and N. P. Banks. - Col. Geary entered Leesburg, Ya,, capturing many prisoners, stores, etc. - Manassas, Ya., evacuated by the rebels. - 9. Combat of the U. S. iron battery Monitor, and the rebel iron battery Merrimac, in Hampton Roads, Ya. After a desperate combat of three hours the Merrimac was compelled to retire, having received severe injuries. - The rebel battery at Cockpit Point, on the Potomac, captured by Federal troops. - Brilliant charge of 14 of the Lincoln Cavalry at Burk's station, near Fairfax Court House, Ya., against 100 infantry, 3 of whom were killed, 5 wounded, and 11 captured. - 10. Centreville, Ya., occupied by National forces, the bridges, railway track, depot, etc., having been destroyed by the rebels. - 11. Gen. Pope's troops occupied Point Pleasant, Mo., 8 miles below New Madrid. - Berry ville, Ya., occupied by Gen. Gormari. - The country intervening between the Department of the Potomac and that of the Mississippi, organized as the *' Mountain Department," and assigned to Gen Fremont. - The " Department of the Mississippi" organized and assigned to Gen. Halleck, which included his previous department and that of Gen. Hunter's in Kansas; also all of Gen. Buell's west of Knoxville, Tenn. - Occupation of St. Augustine, Fla., by Federal naval forces under- Com. Rogers. - 12. Winchester, Ya., occupied by the National troops, who captured rebel stores. - Curtis' Iowa Cavalry and a battalion of the 1st Nebraska, defeat 600 rebels and occupy Paris, Ky. - Occupation of Jacksonville, Fla., by Federal forces from the U. S. gunboats Ottawa, Seneca, and Pembina, under command of Lieutenant T. F. Stevens. - 13. Brunswick, Ga., occupied by Federal forces under Flag-Officer Dupont. - 14. The rebels driven from New Madrid, Mo., by Gens. Pope and Hamilton's forces, who captured military stores valued at $100,000. Federal loss during the siege 51 killed and wounded. - Battle at Newbern, N. C. Gen. Burnside's forces attacked and carried a continuous line of redoubts of half a mile in extent, after four hours' engagement. 200 prisoners and 6 forts were taken, mounting 40 heavy guns. Federal loss, 39 killed, 150 wounded. Rebel loss, 50 killed, 200 wounded. - A detachment of Ohio and Indiana troops, under Col. Carter and Lieut.-Col. Keigwin, attacked 300 rebels on the Cumberland Mountains, and defeated them, killing 3, wounding 6, and capturing 3 officers and 15 privates, 59 hor-ses, 100 guns, 100 sabres, and other material. - 15. The Federal gunboats under Com. Foote, invested Island No. 10, on the Mississippi. - 16. Two rebel captains and 17 privates captured on Indian Creek, A^rkansas. - 18 The rebel fleet at Island No. 10, attacked Com. Foote's flotilla, but retired after slight loss on either Bide, the rebels crippling two of the Federal gunboats. - 21. Santa F6,

N. M., seized by 100 rebel Texans. - Wasbington, N. C, occupied by Federal troops. - 22. Rebel forces advanced upon Winchester, Va., Gen. Shield's forces engaged them successfully until night. Skirmish near Independence, Mo. - Skirmish near Mosquito Inlet, Fla. - 23. Morehead City, N. C, occupied by Federal troops under Gen, Parke. - Battle of Winchester, Ya. After a desperate engagement, the rebels were driven from the ground in disorder, with a loss of 600 killed and wounded, and 300 prisoners. Federal loss, 100 killed and 400 wounded - 25. Maj. Pyron's Texans defeated at Apache Canon, between Santa Fe and Fort Union. - 26. Skirmish at Humansville, Polk co., Mo. - 27. Big Bethel, Va., occupied by the Federal forces. - 28. The Federal gunboats and mortars, under Corns. Farragut and Porter, attacked Forts Jackson and St. Philip, La. - Morgan's rebel cavalry captured a train on the Louisville and Nashville railway. The locomotive was run into a ditch, and the cars destroyed. - 1,200 U. S. troops, under Col. Slough, engaged the united rebel forces at Yalle's Ranch, N. M., from 10 a. m. to 5 p. m., when an armistice was agreed on. A tlank movement the next day by Maj. Chivington threw the rebels into confusion, and, after burning their train, retreated. 80 killed, 100 wounded, 93 prisoners. Federal loss, 38 killed, 54 wounded, 17 prisoners. - 29. A detachment of the 1st Iowa cavalry, under Captain Thompson, overtook the guerrilla band of Col. Parker, 10 miles west of Warrensburgb, Mo. 15 rebels killed and 25 taken prisoners. 2 Federals kiled and several woundec^. 30. Maj. -Gen. Hunter assumes command of the Department of the South, comprising South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida. April 1. During a storm at night, Col. Roberts, with 50 picked men of the 42d Illinois, and as many seamen under First Master Johnson, of the gunboat St. Louis, surprised the rebels at the upper battery of Island Ko. 10, and spiked 6 large guns. - Skirmish at Putnam's Ferry. - All of Maryland and Virginia lying between the Mountain Department and the Blue Ridge, was constituted the military Department of the Shenandoah, and assigned to Maj. -Gen. Banks : and that portion of Vii'ginia east of the Blue Ridge and west of the Potomac constituted the Department of the Rappahannock, and was assigned to Maj. -Gen. McDowell. - 2. Manassas Gap, Va., occupied by Col. Geary's troops. - U. S. Senate passed a bill for the abolition of Slavery in the District of Columbia, by a vote of 29 yeas, 14 navs. - 4. A Schooner containing 24 recruits for the rebel army captured on Black creek, near the Potomac river, Va. - 5. Gen. McClellan's army commenced the siege of Yorktown, Va. Heavy firing throughout the day resulted in a loss to the Federals of 3 killed and 22 wounded. - 6-7. Battle of Pittsburg Landing, Tenn. The combined rebel army, under Gens. Johnston and Beauregard, attacked Gen. Grant's army on the morning of the 6th. Federal loss, 1,614 killed, 7,721 wounded, 3,963 missing; total, 13,508. Rebel loss, (Beauregard's report,) 1,728 killed, 8,012 wounded, 959 missing ; total, 10,699. - 7. Island No. 10, on the Mississippi, and the adjacent works on the Tennessee shore, were abandoned by the rebels, and taken possession of by Col. Buford's brigade. - Apalachicola, Fla , captu^ied by the Federal gunboats Mercedita and Sagamore. - 8. Surrender of tlie rebel army of 5,200 men, and all their stores, to the Federal forces under Gen. Paine, of Gen. Pope's division, at Tiptonville, Tenn. - Gen. W. T. Sherman was dispatched by Gen. Grant with a large reconnoitering force on the Corinth, Miss., road. A portion of his force was routed by a charge of rebel cavalry, and 15 killed and 25 wounded of the 77th Ohio regiment. - 10. Huntsville, Ala., occupied by Gen. Mitchel's forces. 200 prisoners, 15 locomotives, and many cars captured. 11. Surrender of Fort Pulaski, Ga., after a bombardment of two days. Federal loss, 1 killed, 1 wounded ; rebels, 3 wounded, 360 prisoners, 47 guns, 40,000 lbs. powder. - The rebel steamers Merrimac, Jamestown and Yorktown, owne down between Newport News and Sewall's

Point, on the Chesapeake, and captured 3 vessels. - Severe skirmishing in front of Yorktown, Ya,, by Gen. Jameson's brigade. 20 of the Federals killed or wounded. - Gen. Halleck assumed command of the Federal army at Pittsburg, Tenn.. - 12. Skirmish at Monterey, Va. - The Charleston and Memphis railway, at Chattanooga Junction, seized by Gen. Mitchel's forces, and 2,000 rebels and much property captured. - 14. The Potomac flotilla ascended the Rappahannock river, Va., destroying several batteries. Three vessels were captured. - 16. Engagement at Lee's Ivlill, near Yorktown, Va. Fedei*al loss, o2 killed and 100 woanded. Rebels, 25 killed and 75 wounded. - 17. Mount Jackson, in Shenandoah CO., Va., occupied by Gen. Williams' troops, who captured 50 of Ashby's rebel cavalry. - A large boat was swamped at Castleman's Ferry, on the Shenandoah river, by which between 40 and 50 of tile 75th Penn. were drowned. - New Market, Va., occupied by Banks' armv, and Fredericksburg by McDowell's. - 20. Battle of Camden or South ^Mills, N. C. Gen. Reno's forces drove the rebels from their batteries and entrenchments. Federal loss in killed and wounded, 90. - 22. Rebel steamer J. Robb captured on the Tennessee river by gunboat Tyler. - 24. Federal fleet passed Forts Jackson and St. Philip, destroying 13 rebel gunboats, the ram Manassas, and 3 transports. - 25. New Orleans captured. Rebel batteries on both sides of the river destroyed. - 26. Rebel schooner Artie captured by U. S. Steamer Flambeau. - Rebel schooner Belle captured by U. S. steamer Uncas. - Skirmish at Neosho, Mo. Rebels defeated. - An advance lunette of the rebels at Yorktown carried by the 1st Mass. - Capture of Fort Macoo, N. C, with its garrison of 450 men under Col. White, after a bombardment of 11 hours. Rebel loss, 7 killed, 18 wounded. Federal loss 1 killed, 3 wounded. - 28. Forts St. Philip and Jackson, La., surrendered ; forts Livingston and Pike abandoned, and the rebel iron battery Louisiana blown up. - 30. Skirmish of Gen. Mitchel's forces with the rebels near Bridgeport, Ala. May 4. Gen. Stoneman's advance of McClellan's army encountered a rebel force near Williamsburg, Va., 7 of whom were killed and 25 captured. 2 Federals killed and 20 wounded. - 5. Battle of Williamsburg, Va. Gens. Kearny's and Hooker's divisions engaged the rebel army under Gen. Longstreet froni dawn until dark, when the Federals were reinforced and the rebels defeated. Federal loss, 2,073 in killed and wounded, and 623 prisoners. Rebel loss heavier, 500 prisoners. - 6. Skirmish near Harrisonburg, Va., by Federal troops under Major Vought. - 7. Westpoint, Va. Gen. Franklin's division of McClellan's army attacked by rebel force at head of York river. Rebels defeated. - 9. Battle at Farmington, Miss. Federals, under Gen. Pope, lost 21 killed, 140 wounded. Rebel loss, 400. - Peasacola Navy Yard burned by the rebels. - 10. lS"orfolk, Va., occupied by Feoeral troops. - 11. Rebel iron clad battery Merrimac destroyed by her olticers to avoid capture. - 12. Occupation of Pensacola, Fla., by Federal troops. - 16. Confederate Conscription act in operation. - 17. The Federal iron clad gunboats Monitor, Mystic and Naugatuck defeated in an attempt to pass Fort Darling on James river, Va. - 18. Suffolk, Va., occupied by Federal forces. - 22. A portion o%Gen. McClellen's ai-my crossed the Chickahominy at Bottom's Bridge and New Bridge, after a successful skirmish with a small rebel force on the banks. - Col. Kenly, commanding a Federal brigade at Front Royal, Va., defeated with severe loss by a superior force of rebels under Gen. Ewing. - 23. Gen. Bank's army driven from Winchester, Va., by a large rebel force. - Col. Crook's command of Gen. Fremont's corps attacked by rebel Gen. Heath, with a large force at LewisJ^urg, Va. The letter defeated with a loss of 200 killed wounded and prisoners.^ - 24. All the railroads in the United States taken possession of by the President for" military purposes. - 25. Gen. Banks' army attacked at Winchester, Va., by a superior force of rebels. The Federals retreated to Williamsport, Md. - 29. Battle at Hanover Court

House, Ya.; rebels defeated by Gen. Porter's division. 'Federal loss, 875, rebels, 800. - 30. Corinth, Miss., occupied b}^ Federal troops, - Front Royal, Va., re-occupied by Federal troops. - 31. Battle of Fair Oaks, Va. Gen. Casey's division, after a gallajit resistance, were overwhelmed by the rebel army. Gens. Couch, Heintzelman, Kearney, Richardson, and Sedo;wick arrivino: with their troops, the rebels were driven back with great slaughter. - Large capture of rebel army stores at Booneville, Miss. - Little Rock, capital of Arkansas, occupied by rebel troops.

June 1. - The rebel army renewed the attack on the Federal forces at Fair Oaks, Ya., who were defeated and driven from the field. Loss, 8,000 men in killed and wounded. Federal loss, 5,500.-2. Fortress Monroe and vicinity assigned to Gen. Dix. - Gen. Wool promoted to a Major-Generalship in the U. S. army, and transferred to the Maryland Department. - 5. Fort Wright, on the Mississippi river, evacuated by the rebels. - 6. Eight rebel vessels attacked the Federal gunboats and rams above Memphis, on the Mississippi. Destruction or capture of all the rebel vessels, and surrender of the city to Flag-officer Davis. - 8. Battle of Cross-keys, near Port Republic, Ya. Rebels defeated by Gen. Fremont's comn)and. - Battle of Port Republic, Ya. Gen. Shields, with 3,500 men, attacked by 12,000 rebels. Union troops retreated after severe loss on both sides. - 13. A. Confederate battery on White river. Ark., captured by U. S. land and naval forces. The gunboat Mound City had her boiler pierced by a ball, which caused the loss of 100 of her crew. - 14. An extensive cavalry raid from the rebel lines made the circuit of Gen. McCielhin's army, destroying considerable property in their progress. - Severe battle on James Island, S. C The Federal forces, under Gen. Benham, defeated, with a loss of 685 men, killed, wounded, and prisoners. - 20. President Lincoln signed the bill forever prohibiting slavery in the territories. - 25 Battle of Oak Grove, Ya. Gen. Hooker's focces, with a loss of 2<)0 u'-.en, defeated the rebels, who suffered more severely. - Gen. Pope arrived in Washington, having been assigned to command the " Arniy of Virginia," formed by the consolidation of Gens, Banks, McDowell's', and Fremont's commands. Gen. Fremont resigned his command. - Battle of Mechanicsville, Ya. The Confederate forces, under Gen. Jackson, aitacked Gen. M'Call's division, which was defeated with severe loss. - 27. Battle of Gaines' Mill, Ya. The Federals successfully resisted an attack by the rebel army, and made good their retreat, - 28, Battle of Chickahominy, Ya. General Fitz John Porter's division bore the brunt of the engagement, the Federal forces still successfully reti'eating. - 29. Battle of Peach Orchard, Ya., in which the rebel troops were repulsed. - Battle of Savage Station. The Union troops continuing their retreat, were attacked. A sanguinary engagement took place, with heavy losses on both sides.-- -r^O. Battle of White Oak Swamp, which lasted the entire day. As the Federal forces neared James river, the Union gunboats opened fire, and did great execution.

July 1. - Battle of Malverfl Hills, the last of the seven days' contests, lasted two hours. The rebels were repulsed at all points. - 3. City Point, Ya., destroyed by Federal troops. --7. Col. Ilovey's command, on'White river, Ark., attacked near Bayou de Cache by a large force of Texas troops. Rebels defeated. - 8. Gen. Burnside's forces a junction with Gen. McClellan's command on the James river. - 9. Hamilton, N. C, captured bv Union gunboats, and the 9th N. Y. volunteers. - 11. Major-Gen. H. W. Halleck appointed General-in-chief of the U. S. army. - 13. Battle of Murfteesborough, Tenn. Federal forces defeated. Generals Crittenden and Duffield, with several hundred men, taken prisoners. - 15. A rebel force in the Indian Territory defeated by Gen. Blunt's forces. Loss, 200. - Rebel iron-clad gunboat Arkansas ran the blockade of the Yazoo river. Steaming through the Federal fleet, inflicting much injury, she arrived in Safety under shelter of the rebel batteries at Yicksburg. - Confederate forces, 8 miles south of Fayetteville, Ark., routed by Major Miller's Union cavalry. - 17. Adjournment of Congress. - Confiscation Act signed by the President.

August 4. - A draft of 800,000 men, to serve for nine months, ordered by the President of the U. S., and a further quota to supply the deficiency of the last call for 300,000 volunteers for three years, to take effect after August 16. - 4. Rebel Gen. J. C. Breckeurid^e, with 6,000 men, attacked the Union army of 2,500 men under Gen. Williams at Baton Rouge, La. Rebels defeated. Gen. Williams killed. Federal loss, 250 in killed, wounded, and missing. Rebel loss about 600. - 6. Destruction of the rebel ram Arkansas by the U. S. gunboat Essex, near Vicksburg, Miss. - - 9. Battle of Cellar Mountain, Va. Gen. Banks' division attacked near the Rapidan river by rebel Gen. Jackson with a superior force. The rebels were finally compelled to retreat. Federal loss about 1,500. - 11. Battle at Clarendon, Monroe co,, Ark., between six Federal regiments under Gen. Hovey, and eight rebel regiments. Rebels defeated, and 700 prisoners taken. - 16. Gen. McClellan's army evacuated Harrison's Landing, and occupied Williamsburg, Va. - 19. Surrender of Clarksville, Tenn., to the rebels, by Col. R. Mason, with the 71st Ohio regiment. - 22. Defeat of Gen. Johnston near Gallatin, Tenn., by Morgan's Confederate cavalry. 100 Federals killed, and many taken prisoners. - 23. Artillery skirmishing along the Rappahannock river, between Gen. Pope's army and the rebels. - 25. Fort Donelson, Tenn., attacked by rebel troops, who were repulsed. - 26. Gen. Burnside relinquished command of the Department of North Carolina. Succeeded by Gen. Foster. - Gen. Ewell's Confederate forces (10,000 strong) drove in the Union pickets at Manassas Junction, overpowered the forces then at Bull Run, and pushed on toward Alexandria. - 27. Gen. Hooker's division engaged Gen. Ewell's army at Kettle Run, Ya., and drove them from the field with small loss on either side. - 29. Battle at Groveton, Ya. The troops of Gens. Sigel, Hooker, Kearney, Reno, and King, engaged the rebel forces from dawn to dark. Enemy compelled to fall back after heavy losses. - 29, 30. Battles at Richmond, Ky. Federal forces under Gens. Man son and Cruft compelled to retreat before the rebels, after losing 200 killed, 700 wounded, and 2,000 prisoners. - 30. Col. Leggett's brigade engaged 4,000 Confederate cavalry near Bolivar, Tenn. Federal loss, 25 killed and wounded. - Gen. Pope's forces, consisting of the corps of Gens. Heintzelman, Porter, McDowell, and Banks, engaged the rebel army under Gen. Lee, on the old battle ground of Bull Run. After severe loss, the Federal troops fell back to Centreville, where they were supported by Sumner's and Franklin's corps. - 31. Bayou Sara, La., burned by the crew of U. S. gunboat Essex.

Sept. 1. - Battle at Britton's Lane, Tenn. Col. Dennis, with 800 Federal troops, engaged a superior force of rebels -and defeated them. Federal loss, 200 : rebel, 400. - Battles at Germantown and Chantilly, Ya. Death of Gens. Kearney and Stevens. - Gen. Burnside evacuated Fredericksburgh. - 3. Gen. Pope asked to be relieved*cf his command, and was transferred to the Department of the North-west. - 4. Governor Curtin, of Pennsylvania, called out the whole of the State militia to repel an expected invasion, - Federal troops near Fort Ridgely, Minn., attacked by Indians. 13 soldiers killed and 47 wounded. - The Confederate army crossed the Potomac near Poolesville, Md. - 5. The Federal army, under Gen. McClellan, advancing from the capital to the Upper Potomac, Maryland side. - 6. A rebel force attacked the Federal garrison at Washington, N. C, but w^ere repulsed with the loss of 33 killed and 100 wounded. Union loss, 8 killed, 36 wounded. - Col. Lowe retook Clarkesville, Tenn., driving out the rebel garrison. - 7. Gen. Banks assigned to command the fortifications around Washington. - 400 rebel cavalry attacked General J. White's forces at Martinsburg, Ya., and v/ere repulsed with heavy loss. - 8. The rebels occupied Frederick, Md., in force, and Gens. Lee and

Johnson issued proclamations to the people of Maryland, endeavoring to incite them to insurrection, - 9. Gen. Stuart's rebel cavalry, in an attempt to recross from Maryland into Virginia at Edward's Ferry, were repulsed with a loss of 90 men by Gen. Keyes. - Gen. 0. M. Mitchell appointed to command the Department of the South, relieving Gen. Hunter. - Federal garrison at Fayette Court House, Ya., surrounded by a large rebel force, cut their way out, losing 100 men killed and wounded. - 12. General McClellan's army enterecl Frederick, Md. - Fight at Middletown, Md. Federal loss, 80 killed and wounded. - 14. Battle of South Mountain, Md. Troops of Gens. Reno, Hooker, and Franklin engaged. Gen. Reno killed. Rebels defeated. Federal loss, 443 killed, 1,806 wounded, 76 missing. - 15. Surrender of Harper's Ferry, with a large supply of military stores, and 11,000 men to the rebels. Colonel Miles, the Federal commander, killed. The cavalry force made their way out, and capturing a rebel army train of 50 wagons and 75 men, reached Greencastle, Pennsylvania, in safety. - 15. Battle at Green River, Kentucky, on the line of the Louisville and Nashville railroad. Rebels defeated. - 16. Capture of the Federal garrison at Mumfordsville, Ky., 4,000 strong, with 10 pieces of artillery. 50 Federals killed and wounded. - 17. Battle of Antietam, Md. The entire Federal and rebel armies engaged. Defeat of the rebels, with loss of 15,000 men. Federal loss, 12,500.-19. Battle of luka. Miss. Gen. Rosecrans. - The rebels evacuated Harper's Ferry. - 20. Gen. Rosecrans again attacked the rebels at luka, who retreated. Union loss, 135 killed, 527 wounded. Rebel loss, 263 killed, 400 wounded, 600 prisoners. - 21. Col. Barnes, commanding a Federal brigade, defeated in an attempt to cross the Potomac from Maryland, losing 150 men in killed, wounded, and missing. - 22. President Lincoln proclaimed that on the 1st day of of January. 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. 80 Indians killed, many wounded. Union loss, 4 killed, 30 wounded. - 24. A Convention of Governors of 14 loyal States, and 3 proxies from others, met at Altoona, Pa. They endorsed the emancipation proclamation of the President, and requested him to organize a reserve force of 100, 000 men. - Proclamation of President Lincoln, ordering the arrest of all rebels and insurgents, their aiders and abettors, in the United States, and suspending the writ of Jiabeas corpus in such cases. - Gen. Beaui-egard appointed to command rebel forces in S. Carolina and Georgia. - General 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. - 26. U. S. ram Queen of the West shelled and burned the town of Prentiss, Miss., in retaliation for firing on that vessel and its transport from the town. - 27. 91 women and children rescued by Col. Sibley from the Indians on Chippeway river, Minn. 16 Indian warriors taken prisoners. - Augusta, Ky., captured by 600 rebel cavalry. Oct. 1. - The U. S. gunboat fleet in the western waters turned over from the War to the Navy Department. - 3. Rebel troops at Franklin on Blackwater river, Ya., defeated by Col. Spears, 11th Penn. cavalry. - 3-5. A series of battles near Corinth, Miss. A rebel army of 38,000 men attacked the Federal forces under Gens. Ord, Hurlbut, and Yeatch, and were routed with great loss of men and material. - 5. Jackson, Fla., occupied by Union troops. - Battle of Lavergne, near Nashville, Tenn. Gen. Palmer's Federal brigade attacked by Confederates, who were defeated with loss of 80 killed and wounded. Federal loss, 18 in killed and wounded. - 8. Battle at Chaplin's Hills, Perryville, Ky. Federal loss, 3,200 in killed, w^ounded, and missing. Rebel loss fully as great. Rebels retreated. - 10. 1,800 rebel cavalry, under Gen. J. E. B. Stuart, crossed the Potomac at M'Coy's Creek, and penetrated to Mercersburg and Chambersburg, Pa., and after capturing and destroying much property, made good their retreat with shght loss. - Gen. Schotield drove the Confederate forces across the Missouri hne into Arkansas. - 17. The Federal garrison on the Tennessee shore opposite Island No. 10 attacked by rebel forces, who were defeated with loss. - 18. Morgan's Confederate cavalry dashed into Lexington, Ky., killing 6 and capturing 120 Federals, and then retreated. - 19. Fight on the Cumberland river, 7 miles from Nashville. Colonel Miller's brigade of Union troops routed a force of Confederate cavalry, who retreated with a large loss of army supplies. - 22. Gen. Blunt's command routed 5,000 of rebels at Marysville, N. W. Arkansas. - Battle of Pocotaligo, S. C., between Gen. Terry's command and Confederates under Gen. Beauregard. Union loss, 80 killed, 180 wounded. - 27. Battle near Donaldsonville, La. Gen. Weitzel's Federal troops defeated the rebels, who lost 6 killed, 15 wounded, 208 prisoners. Federal loss, 18 killed, 74 wounded. - 27. Gen. Pleasanton's Federal cavalry drove the rebels from Snicker's Gap, Va. - 28. Gen. Herron, with 1,000 men, attacked and captured a Confederate camp near Fayetteville, Ark. - 30. Gen. Buell relinquished the command of the army of the Ohio, by order of the President, and was succeeded by Gen. Rosecrans.

Nov. 8. - Fight in Webster co., Ky. Col. Foster, in pursuit of Confederates, came upon and captured 3 lieutenants and 22 men, 40 horses, etc. - Horatio Seymour elected Governor of New York. - 5. General McClellan relieved from command of the army of the Potomac and Gen. Burnside appointed to supersede him. - Cavalry skirmish at New Baltimore, Va. Skirmish near Nashville, Tenn. Gen. Negley's Federal troops defeated a large force of rebels, capturing 23. Federal loss, 5 killed, ly wounded. - Fight at Piketon, Ky. Col. Dills routed the Confederates, capturing 80 and securing 150 guns, 40 horses, wagons, &c. - 7. 800 Indians engaged in the masaacres in Minnesota, sentenced to be hung. - 0. St. Mary's Fia., shelled and burned by U. S. gunboat Mobawk in retaliation of the treachery of the inhabitants. - Successful dash of Capt. Dahlgren's Federal cavalry into Fredericksburg, Ya., capturing 39 prisoners, besides military stores. - 11. 134 prisoners taken and 10 rebels killed, by Colonel Lee's Kansas cavalry, near La Grange, Tenn. - Gen. Ransom defeated Confederate forces under Gen. Woodman, near Garretsburg, Ky. - 12. Maj.- Gen. Hooker appointed to relieve Gen. Fitz-John Porter in command of -the Fifth Army Corps. - 21. Gen. Sumner, commanding right wing of the Army of the Potomac, in front of Fredericksburg, Ya. - 22. All political State prisoners, held by military authority in the United States, released by order of the Secretary of War. - 25. Col. Paxton's loyal Yirginia cavalry captured 118 prisoners, 800 stand of arms, 100 horses, and other property near Sinking Creek, W. Yirginia. - 28. Gen. Blunt, of Kansas, defeated Gen. Marmaduke's Confederate forces en route for Missouri, at Kane Hill, Ark., The battle raged over 12 miles. The rebels retreated to Yan Buren, Ark. - 29. Gen. Stahl with 300 cavalry, attacked the rebels at Snicker's Gap, Ya., killing 45, capturing 40.

Dec. 1. U. S. Congress convened at Washington. - At Franklin, Ya., Gen. Peck recaptured the Pittsburg battery taken from the Federal forces on the Peninsula. - 2. Gen. Geary defeated the rebels near Charlestown, Ya., killing and wounding 70, and capturing 145. - 6. Gen. Banks' expedition sailed from N. Y. for New Orleans. - 7. Gens. Blunt and Herron, defeated 20,000 rebels under Gen. Hindman, at Prairie Gro ^e, N. W. Ark. Fed. loss 495 killed, 600 wounded. Confed. loss, 1,500 killed and wounded. - - The California steami.T Ariel captured by the Confed. pirate Alabama, near Cuba. - 60 of the 8th Pa. cavalry defeated at King George's Court House, Ya. Loss, 20. - Rebel Gen. Morgan's guerrillas captured three Federal rejjiiments, killing 55 men, at Hartsville, Tenn. - 10. Congress passed a bill admitting to the Union the State of Western Yirginia. - Plymouth, N. C, destroyed by the Confederates. - 11. The city of Fred- ericksburgh, Ya., bombarded and occupied by tbe Federal troops. - 13. Gen. Foster engaged and defeated the Confederates near Kingston, N.O., capturing 400 prisoners, ]o pieces of artillery, &c. - Battle of Fi-edericksburg, Va. Tlie rebel works were attacked by the Federal army, under Gen. Hurnside. It consisted of three grand divisions, led by Gens. Sum-

- ner, Hooker, and Fi'anklin. The Federal army was repulsed, losing 1,512 killed, 6,000 wounded, and 100 prisoners. The rebels lost 1,800 men. - 14. A Confederate cavalry force crossed the Potomac at Poolesville, Md., and captured 13 Federal soldiers, killing or wounding about 20 more. - Gen. Banks' expedition arrived at New Orleans. - IG. Gen. Butler superseded by Gen. Banks at New Orleans. - The rebels defeated at Whitehall, N. C, by Gen. Foster. - 17. Baton Rouge, La., reoccupied by Fed. troo})s, under Gen. Grover. - Gen. Foster's troops rout a body of rebels at Goldsborough, N. C. - 18. Cavalry fight near Corinth, Miss., between Fed. troops led by Gen. Dodge and rebels. - 19. Holly Springs, Miss., surrendered to the'rebels 1,800 men and 150 officers, and $1,000,000 worth of commissary stores, <fec., destroyed. - A lieutenant and 30 men, of the 10th New York cavalry, with 6 sutlers' wagons, captured at Occoquan, Va-, by rebel cavalry. - 21. Gen. Carter, with 1,000 cavalry, entered E. Tennessee and captured 550 rebels and 700 stand of arms. - 23. A body of rebel cavalry attacked Gen. Sigel's troops stationed at Dumfries, Va., but were repulsed. - A proclamation from Je ft'. Davis, threatenina to hang Gen. Butleror any of his ollicers who should be captured, in retaliation for the hanging of W. B. Mumford, by Gen. Butler at New Orleans. - 27. A company of Peun. cavalry, under Capt. Johnson, captured at Occoquan, Va. - A body of rebels surprised at Elkfork, Ky. 175 of the 10th Kentucky cavalry, under Major Foley, killed and wounded 17, captured 57. - Engagement at Elizabethtown, Ky. - 27-29. Attack on Vicksburg, Miss. Gen. Sherman's army ascended tke Yazoo river on transports, landed, and attacked the rebel works six miles back of Vicksburg; while the gunboats attacked the batteries at Haines' Bluff. The Federals after sanguinary conliicts carried the 1st and second lines of defence, and advanced within two and a half miles of the city. The rebels being heavily reinforced, at this juncture. Gen. Sherman was compelled to withdraw. Federal loss 600 killed, 1,500 wounded and 1,000 missing. - 28. Van Buren. Ark., captured by Gens. Hoover and Blunt. Four steamboats heavily laden, and 120 prisoners taken. - 31. The iron clad steamer Monitor foundered south of Cape Henry. Four of her officers and 12 of the crew were lost ; also 8 men belonging to the Rhode Island. - West Virginia admitted into the Union as a State. - 31 to Jan. 4. Battles near Murfreesboro, Tenn. Gen. Rosecrans after skirmishing for 2 days, a series of battles occurred. The Confederates finally retreated on the 4th of Jan. Union loss, 1,500 killed, 6,000 wounded, 2,500 prisoners.

I8t)3, Jan. 1. Galveston, Texas, recaptured by rebels, who took the gunboat Harriet Lane, after a severe tight, in which Capt. Wainwright was killed, and many of his crew. The Fed. flag-ship VYestfield was blown up by Commander Renshaw to avoid capture, by which he lost his life. Col. Burrill, who occupied the town with 300 troops, taken prisoners. - Battle at Hunt's Cross Roads, 12 miles from Lexington, Tenn., between Gen. Sullivan's army and the rebels. Rebels defeated with heavy loss. - 3. Col. Washburn's Federal command attacked at Moorfield, near New Creek, Va. Rebels repulsed. - 8. A rebel force of 5,000, under Generals Marmaduke and Burbridge, attacked the town of Springfield, Mo. They were repulsed by the Federal garrison under Gen. Brown and Col. Crabb. Federal loss, 17 killed, 50 wounded. Rebel loss, 200. - 9. Rebel troops, under Gen. Pryor, crossed the Blackwater, near Suffolk, Va. and attacl'ved Gen. Corcorau's Brigade of Gen. Peck's troops. Enemy defeated. Federal loss 104. - 10. 700 Federal troops attacked at Hartsville, Mo., by 2,500 rebels under Gen. Marmaduke. Enemy defeated. Fed. loss, 35 killed and wounded. Rebels 150 killed and wounded, 150 prisoners. - 11. Arkansas Post, on the Arkansas river, captured by Rear-Admiral Porter's Mississippi squadron and General McClernand's army, and 550 of the rebels killed and wounded, and 6,000 prisoners. A large supply of arms and munitions taken. - U. S. steamer Hatteras sunk in an engagement with the rebel steamer Alabama, off Galveston, Texas. 100 of the Fed. crew captured. - 18-20. Forts St. Charles, Duval's Bluff, and Des Arc, on the White river, Ark., captured by the gunboats of Admiral Porter's flotilla and Fed. troops, under Gen. Gorman. 100 prisoners taken. - 19. Pres. Lincoln approved of the act of Congress authorizing the issue of ^100,000,000 additional currency, for the purpose of paying the soldiers and sailors in the U. S. service. - 24. Maj.-Gen. Burnside, by direction of the President, transferred the command of the army of the Potomac to Gen. Joseph Hooker. Maj.-Gens. Sumner and Franklin, commanding the right and left wings, relieved from their commands. - 14. Engagement at Bayou Tcche, La., on the Mississippi river. U. S. gunboats under Commander Buchanan, and Fed. troops under General Weitzel, captured a rebel battery and rifle pits. - 20. Gen. Hunter assumed command of the Department of the South. - 16. Rebel steamer Oreto ran the blockade from Mobile, and sank the brig Estelle from Boston. - 27. A part of Colonel Wyndham's brigade of 5th New York and 1st Virginia cavalry, attacked a portion of Stuart's rebel cavalry near Middleburg, Ya., defeating them and capturing 26 men and 40 head of cattle. - 26. $30,000 worth of contraband goods seized by Col. Dodge, N. Y. Rifles, near Suffolk, Ya. 31. Fed. gunboat Isaac P. Smith ran ashore in Stono river, S. C, and captured by the rebels. - 29. The British steamer Princess Royal, with a large and valuable cargo of war material, captured while attempting to run the blockade, at Charleston, S. C. - 21. U. S. ship Morning Light, captured by rebel gunboat Bell, ofl" Galveston, Texas. - Two rebel gunboats and rams, and 3 steam.ers, under Com. Ingraham, made a rally froni Charleston and attacked 3 vessels of the blockading squadron : the Mercedita, the Keystone State, and the Quaker City, damaging them severely; capturing and paroling the crew of the Mercedita. 30 Feds, killed, and 50 wounded. - 27. The iron clad battery Montauk, Capt. Wordeu, engaged the rebel defences at Fort McAlister, Ga. Feb. 1. The report of the rebel Sec. of the Treasury, shows the expense of the Confederate army for the year 1862, to have been $340,000,000, and their navy $20,000,000. - 2. The Union ram Queen of the West ran past the rebel batteries at Yicksburg, Miss. - 3. Attack on Fort Donelson, Tenn., by 4,000 rebels under Gens. Wheeler and Forrest. The garrison of 800 men, under Col. A. C. Harding, repulsed the ©nem}', who lost 100 killed, 400 wounded, and 300 prisoners. Federal loss, 12 killed and 30 wounded. - 7. Captain Faith s company of 5th Pennsylvania cavalry attacked near Yorktown, Ya., and lost 30 men. - 8. Lebanon, Tenn., taken by Federal troops, and 600 rebels of Morgan's command, captured. - 7. Ram Queen of the West returned from an expedition down the Mississippi to the vicinity of Port Hudson, having sunk three steamers loaded with provisions for the rebels and captured 66 prisoners. - 10. The 14th - Wisconsin and 11th Illinois regiments attacked near Lake Providence, on the Mississippi, by three rebel regiments, who were repulsed. 32 taken prisoners. - 12. N. Y. ship Jacob Bell, from China, captured and burned by the rebel steamer Florida, in lat. 24°, Ion. 65^^.-13. A detachment of Federal cavalry defeated a small body of rebels near Bolivar, Tenn. - United States gunboat Indianola ran past the rebel batteries at Yicksburg. Also a coal barge with 7,000 bushels coal. - 14. The Federal ram Queen of the West run ashore near Fort Taylor, Red river, by a treacherous pilot, and captured by the rebels. - 21. Rebel steamer Alabama burned fihip Golden Eagle of New York, and bark Olive Jane, of Boston. - 18,

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The Federal mortar boats opened fire en Yioksburg. - 22. An expedition from Corinth, Miss., under Col. Corwan, captured 200 rebels at Tuscumbia, Ala. - 25. Skirmish 5 miles from Falmouth, Va., between Stuart's cavalry and the 6th U. S. cavalry ; the former defeated and 40 taken prisoners. - U. S. gunboat ludianohi captured twenty-five miles below Memphis by rebel rams Memphis and Queen of the West. - 27. Destruction of rebel steamer Nashville, grounded in Ogechee river, near Fort McAlister, Ga., by Federal gunboat Montauk, Capt. Worden. March 1. Skirmish at Bradyville, Tenn. 2,500 troops of Rosecrans' army drove a portion of Moro;an's division from the town, killing 8, wounding 30, and capturing 89. Fed. loss, 15 in killed and wounded. - 6. Successful foray of Fed. troops under Col. Phelps, in Northumberland co., Va. - 4. Adjournment of 3Tth Congress. - 5. U. S. Senate met in extra session. - Defeat of Fed. troops at Springville, Tenn. Fed. loss in killed and wounded, 300. 1,000 infantry, under Col. Coburn, captured Rebel loss, killed and wounded, 350. - 7. A brigade of cavalry, under Gen. Manly, attacked the rebel cavalry of Gen. Russell, at Unionville, Tenn. Rebel loss, 50 killed, 180 wounded, and all their supplies. - 9. A rebel force, under Capt. Mosely, made an attack at Fairfax Court House, capturing Gen. Stoughtoa and a detachment for his brigade, with 110 horses. - 10. Steamer Parallel burnt on the Mississippi river, with 3,000 bales of cotton, to avoid capture by Fed. ram Lioness. - President Lincoln, by proclamation ottered to receive and pardon all deserters from the army who should return before April 1 ; and ordered the arrest and punishment, as the law directs, of all who should be found absent after that time. - 13. Rebel force under Gen. Hill, attacked the Federal troops of Gen. Foster's command at Newbern, N. C., but were repulsed. - 14. Bombardment of Port Hudson, on the Mississippi, by Admiral Farragut's fleet. The Hartford (flag-ship), and the Albatross, passed the batteries and went up the river ; the steamer Mississippi was destroyed, and a portion of her crew captured. - 15. Schr. Chapman, fitted out and armed and manned by a rebel crew at San Francisco, captured while attempting to leave that port. - 17. Severe cavalry engagement on the Rappahannock, Va., near Kelly's Ford. 2,000 Fed. cavalry, under Gen. Averhill encountered a rebel force of equal numbers, and defeated them after a series of brilliant charges, capturing 80 pi'isoners. - 20. Col. Hall's brigade of Rosecrans' army, attacked near Murfreesboro, Tenn., by Morgan's and Breckinridne's cavalry. The rebels were driven ofl", losing 40 killed and 140 wounded, and 12 prisoners. Fed. loss, 7 killed and 31 wounded. - 21. Capture of British steamer Nicholas I., while attempting to enter Wilmington, N. C, harbor, by U. S. steamship Victoria. She had 16 tons of powder, 50,000 Enfield rifles and merchandise, on board. - 22. Mount Sterling, Ky., attacked by rebel forces, under Col. Cluke. The Federal gairison of 200 captured and the town burned. - 16-24. Bread riots at Atalanta, Ga., Salisbury, N. C, Richmond, Va., Raleigh, N. C, and Petersburg, Va. - 25. 300 Federal troops, under Lieut.-Col. Bloodgood, captured at Brentwood, Tenn. A cavalry force, under Gen. Smith, overtook the rebels on their retreat from Brentwood, and defeated them, capturing 42 prisoners, and recovering the booty. Loss, about 15 on each side, in killed and wounded. - 25. The Fed. gunboats, and rams Lancaster and Switzerland, attempted to pass the rebel batteries at Vicksburg. The Lancaster was sunk, and the Switzerland escaped, much damaged. - 28. The rebels attacked Wil liamsburg, Va., and were repulsed by the 5th Pa. cavalry. Col. Lewis. - Jacksonville, Fla., burned by Col. Rust's Federal troops. - Capture of the U. S. steamer Diana in Atchafalaya river. La. The commander, Peterson, and 6 of the crew* were killed, and 25 New York and Connecticut soldiers killed or wounded, and the remainder on board, 170, taken prisoners. - 30. 700 rebels, under Gen. Jenkins, captured Point Pleasant, West Va., but were subsequently driven out, losing 12 killed, and 14 prisoners.

Fed. loss, 1 killed, and 1 wounded. - Battle near Somerset, Ky. Gen. Gilmore's Federal command drove Pegram's army of 2,600 over the Cumberland river, after a battle of 4 hours. Rebel loss, 600. 400 cattle taken. - Richmond, Miss., occupied by Gen. R. McClernand's troops driving out the rebel cavalry, after'^2 hours' skirmishing. April 1. Desperate fight at Dranesville, Ya., between 1st Vermont cavalry and Capt. Morebj's rebel rangers. Federals defeated with loss of 60 in killed, wounded and prisoners. - The town of Palmyra, Tenn,, on the Cumberland, burned by a Federal gunboat under Capt. Fitz. - 6. Colonel Wilder's Federal command, on an expedition within the rebel lines in Tennessse, captured 40 prisoners, destroyed much wheat, corn, and bacon, and brought in 360 Negroes. - Gen. Stanley returned to Murfreesborb, Tenn., after a successful scout within the rebel lines in that State, defeating Morgan's Cavalry in a skirmish, killing 15 or 20, taking 50 prisoners, 800 horses, etc. - Gen. Mitchel, with 350 cavalry attacked a rebel camp at Green Hill, Tenn., killed 5, took 15 prisoners, and captured all the arms, horses, and equipments in the camp. - -7. Attack on Fort Sumter by Fed. iron-clad fleet under Admiral Dupont. Federal vessels retire after two hours' action; the Keokuk was sunk; other vessels slightly injured; loss of life small on either side. - 6-8; Gen. Copeland, with 3,000 Federal cavalry, on a scout in Loudon co., Ya., had small skirmishes with the enemy, and captured 60 prisoners and 100 horses. - 8. U. S. steamer Lovell and propeller Saxonia were captured 15 miles below Clarksville, Peun., by rebel Gen. Woodward, with 1,200 men. - U. S. armed transport George Washington destroyed in Coosaw river, near Port Royal, by a rebel battery. - Skirmish near New Hope Corners, N. C, by Gen. Spinola's Federal brigade, who were defeated by an entrenched rebel force, while marching to relieve Gen. Foster at Washington, N. C. - 10. Defeat of rebel Gen. Yan Dorn, commanding 15,000 men at Franklin, Tenn., by Gen. Granger's forces. Rebel loss, 300 killed and wounded. Federal, 100. - 12. Rebel ram Queen of the West ran aground in Grand Lake, La., and was set on fire and blown up by a shell from the gunboat Calhoun. Her officers and crew were captured. - 13. Skirmishing n«ar Suffolk, Va. A large rebel force engaged on Nansemond river, and driven off by Federal gunboats and Gen. Corcoran's troops. - 14. Federal gunboats on the Nansemond engaged the rebel forces on the banks, dispersing them. Federal loss, 6 killed, 18 wounded. - 15. Col. Evans routed 200 Indians 75 miles South of Daybreak, in Utah, killing 30. Federal loss, 8. - 16. 7 gunboats and 3 transports of Admiral Porter's fleet ran by the rebel batteries at Yicksburg, and formed a junction with Admiral Farragut, with loss of 1 transport. - 17. Severe battle at Yermilion Bayou, La. Gen. Banks' troops captured the rebel batteries and took 1,500 prisoners. - 18. Gen. Getty's Federal troops, in conjunction with gunboats on Nansemond river, N. C, under Lieut. Lamson, captured a rebel battery of 8 pieces, and 200 prisoners at the West Branch. - The siege of Washington, N. C, raised, after an investment of 3 weeks by a large Confedrate force. - Fayetteville, Ark., attacked by 3,000 rebels under Gen. Cabell, who were repulsed by 2,000 Federals under Colonel Harrison. - Severe fight on the Coldwater, near Hernando, Tenn. A Federal brigade under Col. Bryant, defeated rebel troops in a series of skirmishes. - 18, 19. Cols. Graham and Riley defeated rebel forces in several skirmishes on Cumberland river, Tenn., killing and wound. 40. - ^^15. Destruction of rebel steamer Queen of the West in Berwick's Bay, La., by U. S. gunboat Estrella. 90 of her crew captured, 30 lost. - 19, 20, 21. Sharp skirmishing on Nansemond river, N. C, and near Suffolk, Ya. - An expedition under Col. Graham returned to Louisville, Ky., after proceeding to the town of Celina, on the Cumberland, and destroying a large amount of rebel stores and 40 boats. GO rebels ki'led and wounded. Federal loss 4. - Capture of Fort Butte la Rose, Berw .ck's Bay La., by U. S. gunboats under Lieut. A. P.

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Cooke. 60 prisoners taken. Federal loss 2 killed 3 wounded. - 23. Battle at McMinnville, Tenu., Union troops under Gen. Reynolds and Col. Wilder. Rebels defeated, losing 300 prisoners and a large quantity of stores, - 24. 0 more Federal transports ran by the rebel batteries at Vicksburg. - A large rebel force attacked 1,0(J0 Virginia loyalists under Col. Latham at Beverly, Va. - 23-27. Gen. Eilet'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 vvere defeated ia an attack on the vessels, while returning, losing 10 killed, 20 wounded. Federal loss, 2 killed, 4 wounded. - 26. 'ihe rebel Gen. Marmaduke, with 3,000 men advanced on Cape Girardeau, where he was met by Federal troops under Gen. McNeil, and defeated with the loss of 40 killed and 200 wounded. - 27. A body of Texan rangers attacked 8 miles from Franklin, Tenn., by 700 Federal cavalry under Col. Watkins, of the 6th Kentucky, who defeated the rebels, capturing 200 prisoners. - The steamship Anglo-Saxon, from Liverpool, wrecked 4 miles off Cape Race. 360 passengers, 84 crew. Only 190 persons were saved. - 26. Battle at Fhilippa, W. Va,, Col. Mulligan. - 28. Capture of 4 companies Federals at Morgantown, W.Va. - 29. Capture of 2 companies of 106th New York at Fairmouut, W. Va., and destruction of railroad bridges on the Monongapola river, by rebels under Jackson and Imboden. 30. Attack on the rebel forces at Williamsburg, Va., by Col. R. M. West's command. Rebels defeated. - A portion of Gen. Hooker's army crossed the Rappahannock, at Fredericksburg, Va. After slight resistance took possession of the riile pits below the city, and captured 500 prisoners. May 1. Attack on Van Dorn's rebel pickets by Federal cavalry under Col. Campbell, near Franklin, Tenn. 30 of the enemy killed and wounded, and 11 captured. - Skirmish near Suffolk, Va. yyth New York engaged. - Gen. Grant's army defeated Gen. Gibson's forces at Port Gibson, Miss. Rebel loss 1,500 in killed, wounded, and prisoners, and 5 pieces of artillery. - 2. Gen, Sedgwick's corps of the army of Virginia attacked the rebels works on the heights in the rear of Fredericksburg, and carried them after a desperate struggle, in which the Federal loss was over 2,000 in killed and wounded. - 2, 3. - Battle of Chancellorsville, Va. The army of Gen. Lee attacked the Federal forces in their entrenchments, and several sanguinary engagements, with varying results ensued. - 3. Skirmishing near Suffolk, Va. The 13th New Hampshire and 8Dth New York captured rebel rifle pits. - Gen. Mosby's rebel guerrilla cavalry attacked the federal forces at Warrentown Junction, Va., but were repulsed with severe loss by Gen. Stahl's cavalry. - Federal gunboats repulsed in attacking Haines' Bluff on the Mississippi. Several of the vessels badly damaged, and 80 of their men killed jmd wounded. - Capture of rebel batteries at Grand Gulf, Miss., by Federal gunboats under iVdmiral Porter. - 5. Riot at Dayton, Ohio, consequent on the arrest of C. L, Valandigham by military authority, charged with treason. The Journal oihce was destroyed and the telegraph lines broken before the riot was suppressed. - 2-7. Great Federal cavalry expedition within the rebel lines, from the Rappahannock to Gloucester Point, Va., on the south, and the Alleghany ridge on the west. Many bridges, an immense quantity of telegraph lines throughout the rout were destroyed, and many prisoners and 1,000 horses taken. The various corps encountered but slight resistance. - 6. Severe engagement between the forces of Gen. Grant and Bowen, at Clenton, Miss. Rebels defeated, - The army of the Potomac recrossed the Rappahannock, harrassed by the rebel sharpshooters and artillery at Banks' and U. S. Fords. - 7. Capture of 1,300 mounted Federal troops under Col. Streight near Rome, Ga. Col. Streight had made a forage of over 600 miles through the Confederate lines, destroying four millions of property, captured and paroled 1,000 men, taken 1,200 horses, etc. - 11. Death of rebel Gen. ''Stonewall" Jackson, from wounds received at the battle of Chancellorsville. - 12. Engagement at Raymond, Miss, - Raymond, Miss., captured by Gen. McPherson's forces. Federal loss, 51 killed, 1-81 wounded. Rebel loss, 75 killed, 250 wounded, 188 prisoners. - Skirmish between Franklin and Woodburn, Ky., on the railroad, between 60 mountel rebels and a Federal force. The latter victorious. - 14:. Gen. Johnson's army defeated near Jackson, Miss., by Federal troops under Gen. Grant. Rebel loss, 400 men, 17 pieces of 'artillery. - 15. Fight near Carrsville, S. Va., by 2 brigades of Gen. Peck's command and rebels. Federal loss, 7 killed, 25 wounded. Rebel, 25 killed, 100 wounded. - 15. A detachment of U. S. cavalry captured at Charleston, Ya., but were afterwards rescued by a force from Gen. Milroy's command, who also took 40 rebel prisoners. - Jackson, Miss., occupied by General Grant's army, on their way to invest Vicksburg. - 17. Rebel steamer Cuba, on her way to a southern port, was burnt, and her crew captured by U. S. steamer De Soto. - 16. Col. Breckinridge, with 55 loyal W. Tenn. cavalry, crossed from the Tennessee river to Linden, and attacked a superior rebel force, capturing 85 prisoners, and destroying their camp and stores. - 14, 15: Federal dispatch boats Emily and Arrow captured by rebels on the Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal, Ya. - 17. The town of Richmond, Clay CO., Mo., captured by rebel guerrillas, who captured two Federal companies stationed there. - 1 to 20. Great destruction of vessels on the American coast by rebel steamers Alabama and Florida. - 16. Battle of Baker's Creek, Miss. Gen. Pemberton's army defeated by Gen. Grant. Rebel loss, 4,000 men, 29 cannon. - 20. Rebel rifle pits on north side of Yicksburg captured by Gen. Steele. - Two rebel regiments attacked at Middletown, Tenn., by Federal cavalry under Gen. Stanley. The enemy routed, losing 8 killed, 90 prisoners, and 200 horses. - 21. Port Hudson, Miss., besieged by Federal army under Gen. Banks, after several sharp engagements with the enemy while marching from Baton Rouge. - 17. Gen. Pemberton's rebel army defeated at Big Black river, Miss,, with loss of 2,600 men, 17 cannon, by Gen. Grant. - 18. Yicksburg invested by Federal army. - 19. Skirmish near Winchester, Ya. Gen. Milroy's cavalry defeated a rebel force, killing 6 and taking 7 prisoners. - 22. Gen. Grant's army repulsed with heavy loss in an attempt to storm the rebel fortifications at Yicksburg. - 24. Gen. Schofield superseded Gen. Curtis in command of . the Department of Missouri. - 200 of Gen.Ellett's marine brigade, on the Mississippi, landed 6 miles above Austria, where they engaged and defeated a superior rebel force. Federal loss, 2 killed, 19 wounded. Rebel loss, 5 killed, 3 prisoners. The town of Austria was burned. - 25-27. Federal gunboats under Lieut. Walker, after capturing Haine's Bluff, ascended to Yazoo City, Miss., and destroyed 3 rebel steamers and a ram of large dimensions not finished, and destroyed the rebel navy yard and all the naval stores. - 26. Destruction of the U. S. gunboat Cincinnati by the rebel batteries at Yicksburg, and about 35 of her crew killed and wounded. - - 27. Col. Cornyn's Federal command defeated the troops of Gen. Roddy at Florence, Ala., capturing 100 soldiers, 400 mules, and 300 negroes, and destroying much rebel property. - 22, 23. Gen. Foster's troops engaged and defeated the rebels at Gum Swamp, N. C, capturing 165 prisoners, with military stores. Federal loss, 2 killed, 6 wounded. - 29. Gen. Banks^ army repulsed with severe loss in assaulting rebel fortifications at Port Hudson, Miss. - 30. Rebel Col. Mosby, with 200 cavalry, after destroying a government train at Catlett's station, Ya., was overtaken near Greenwich by Col. Maur, of 7th Michigan cavalry, with New York and Yermont troops, and dispersed, with the loss of their cannon. Federal loss, 17 killed and wounded. - A train of 16 cars from Alexandria, Ya., was destroyed by rebel guerrillas near Warrenton Junction. - 31. Successful raid of Col. Kilpatrick's Fed. cavalry from Yorktown to Urbana, Ya., bringing in 1,000 negroes and 300 horses. June 4th. - Simultaneous attacks on the Federal garrisons at Franklin and

Triune, Teim., which were repulsed in both instances with severe loss to the rebels. - Col. Wilder's Federal mounted infantry broke up a rebel carnp at Liberty, Tenn., capturing 62 men and all their horses. - General Kimball's Federal troops defeated Gen. W. Adam's command at Sataria, on the Yazoo river, capturing 100 prisoners. - 6. Reconnoissance across the Rappahannock by the Federal 6th army corps, who engaged the rebels in their rifle-pits, capturing 150. Federal loss, 35 in killed and wounded. - 7. Fight at Miliiken's Bend, Miss. Rebel Gen. M'Cullough, with 2,500 men, attacked 8 negro regiments and 23d Iowa. Heavy loss on both sides. Rebels defeated. - 9. Severe cavalrj^ engagement at Beverly Ford, on the Rappahannock river, Va., in which Gen. Buford's Federal troops defeated Gen. Stuart's comm^and, with heavy loss on both sides. - Gen. Carter's Federal troops defeated Gen. Pegram's army at Moiiticello, Tenn, - 12. The U. S. 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 Maryland and Pennsylvania. - 13-20. Forced march of the Federal army from the Rappahannock to Frederick, Md., io which many lives were lost from heat and exhaustion. - 14. Assault on Port Hudson by Gen. Banks' forces, in which they were repulsed with heavy loss. - Capture of Winchester, Va., by rebel troops. Defeat of Gen. Milroy's army, who lost 2,000 men and all his artillery and stores. - 15. President Lincoln, by proclamation, called for 100,000 men for 6 months from the States of Pennsylvania, Maryland, W. Virginia, and Ohio, to resist invasion. - Rebel troops entered Chambersburg, Pa. - 17. Severe cavalry engagement near Aldie, Loudon CO., Va., in which the rebels were defeated with loss, and 85 taken prisoners. - Capture of rebel iron-clad ram Fingal or Atlanta, by monitors Weehawken and Patapsco, in Warsaw Sound, S. C. 180 prisoners taken. - 20. New \oYk packet ship Isaac Webb captured by rebel steamer' Tacony, and released on bond. - 21. Gen. Pleasanton's cavalry engaged the rebel cavalry near Middleburg,Va. The Federals were victorious, capturing 80 prisoners, and kiilinp; or wounding 150. - 22, 23. 12 fishmg vessels destroyed off Martha's Vineyard, Mass., by rebel steamer Tacony. - 23. (^ol. S. H. Saunders arrived at Boston, Ky., with his command, after a Successful raid into E. Tennessee, having destroyed the railroads and bridges in many places, and captured several cannon, 1,000 stand of arms, and 500 prisoners. - 24, Col. Hoover's mounted infantry defeated the rebels at Hoover's Gap, Tenn., routing them with heavy loss. Federal loss, 45 killed and wounded. - Gen. Wiilick's Federal brigade defeated the rebels at Liberty Gap, Tenn. Federal loss, 50. The fight renewed next