Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1862-04-27
4 nr,.. necera d One .Th,ra Of lses


Fan, mOn.hs, or about one-tbird of 1852 has
,o~ au,le passed away. These four months
h.vs been alled NTH rapid succession Of stir
,,,s sveo,s. Il csanot fail to be intssesting
ana ips.ruc.iye 70 take brief survey Of the
mora important events that have occurred since
,he ooening OF the present year
1rhs nav year began with the defeat OF the
..h.ls and the capture of their Notifications at
Por, Royal Ferry, South Carolina On the 9th
os jspuary, the rebel army under HuMrHAEr
M.a,a.II. at Prestunburg, Kentucky, was rout-
"A Nv and fied from the Union force under Col.
G.ay,rIp. And ten days thereafser' on she
larb ~ the same month, the Union army under
csns,ai THomAs obtained decided victory In
ne h..tle of Somerset or Mill Springs, over
n. tcbels commanded by ZoLLlcoFgER and
CnrrrrnsRs, In which ZoLLIcoETER was killed
and the rebel iutrencbmeuts, artillery, etc cap
tureds
Februsry uas still more crowded With iDPor'
tan, sven.s. On the 9Th, Fort Henry was cap
sured. ana two days after. followed the taking
Of Roanoke Island with Eve forts and two
.houaand Eve hundred rebels and the dsssruc-
tIon of tke rebel aotila in Albemarle Sound'
b, General BuRNsIDE and Commodore Coins
.,aouuh. On the 18th of February, the rebel
force 4. Bloomington Gap, Virginia, was de-
fes.ed BY General LANDER, and on the next Day
Bovline Green, Kentucky, was evacuated by
ths COafedefAtes, Who had boasted that 1t was
". swestetn Sebastopol" The day following
the l5sh, was sigualed by the surrender oi Fots
Doaelsen to the Union army under Generals
GRASr and hcGEKR=.sD, Who took fourteen
thousand prisoners Of war, twenty thousand
stand1o arms and large amount OF artillery
and military stores. Numerous other impor-
,aut events occurred during the latter part OF
February, among which was the occupation OF
Nashville, Tennessee, on the 23d, By the Fed
eral trOops. fs1 n l5l-
On the Sd Of March the rebels evacuated
THAR strongly fortified posltiOn on the Missis-
aim. 4. Columbus, Kentucky, before tho ad-
vance Of Commodore FOoTE's aotilla; and on
the 7tb, one month before the daughter at Pitts
bur0. occurred ths terrible battle at Pea Ridge,
ArEansas. In which, with heavy losses on both
sldes, the Union forces, under Generals CURTIS
. nd s,sxI. maintained their ground, and as at
pitssbdrs. forced the enemy to retreat from the
ala On Sunday, the 9Th of March, the rebels
,vseue.sd the fortified position they had SO long |
,eN AZ Manassas on the same day, occurred
he celebrated sea-hgbt of Hampton Roads, in
,hlch the. Monitor and Msrrimac played SO con.
uicnOus . part, and the latter was forced to re-
ire fsom the contest; on the l4tb, the rebels
yscuated New Madrid, on the Mississippi
nd on Sunday, the 23d, occurred the battle Of
in which the rebels under JAcxsOE,
n,rn and LoEesrREET, we're defeated and put
, airht By the Union forces under Generals
aiaIDs and BANKS.
We now come to the events Of April On
undsy and Monday, the 9Th and 9Th, the des-
,rate and bloody battle of Shiloh or Pitts
urg, was fought: and on the last named Jay,
land No. 10, on the Mississippi, fell into the
ana, Of Commodore FoorE and General PoFE,
i.h = lAtRs number Of prisoners of var and an
umsuse Quantity Of arms, ammunition. guns,
snspot.s, military stores, etc. Since the first
esk IN April. our Mississippi aOtilla. aided BY
I.nd force on the Arkansas eide, has been pre-
.rine isr . siege and reduction Of Fort Pillow
4 two armies on or near the Tennessee have I
zen preparing TO confront each in another dead ,
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contest to rival that at Pittsburg the siege :
Yorktown has been progressing with frequent !
furnishes and bombaFdments between the op-
,sine forces our Generals have been driving Q
Q rebels from, and occupying various points
Eastern Virginia, especially along the Rap .
and General Mitchell has been TAX q
z pOssession Of various important posts in
orthsrn Alabama and threatening Western
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