Newbern progress., 1863-01-21

loyal masters.
| g. The rebel steamers Merrlmac, James
town, and Yorktown attack our fleet IN Hanp,
ton roads, destroying the trigate congress ana
sinking the slooP -of-war Cumberland.
g.. The Monitor attacks and drives OF the
rebel IRON clad feet.
10. Lee appointed rebel commanderih. .chief
| II. Manassas occupied by the Union army
Commodore Dupont captures ST. Augustine
Florida, and Fort Maricn.
-. The rebels driven from their works near
Paris, Tenn. Earl Russell, IN letter TO LORD
Lyons, acknowledges the blockade effective
of war prohibiting persons IN the military and
naval service from returning fugitive slaves.
IA. Gen. Burnside captures Newbern, and
from thirty to fifty cannon. Commodore Du-
pont occupies Brunswick, Ga
Is. Commodore Foote's tiotilla leaves Cairo
to attack Island No. 10. Newborn occupied
by Commodore Rowan, and tie batteries on
the Neuse captured.
| 1s. $50 Union troops attack and defeat 1000
rebels near Salem, Ark. Gov johnson offers
complete amnesty to all Tennesseans who
reaffirm their allegiance Jefferson Davis, in
a message to the rebel Congress, recommends
the violation of the parole. The rebel House
of Congress passes bill declaring free trade
| to the world. Gen. Garfield routs 5000 rebels
at Pond Gap, in the Cumberland mountains.
| 81 Burnside captures Beaufort.
%. 5000 troops under Gen. Shields defeat
the combined forces of jackson, Smith and
Longstreet, ID, 900 strong, at Winchester, driv-
ing them to Strasburg.<
% Santa Fe, New Mexico, captured by
rebel Texans. Washington, N. c., occupied
by Commander Rowan's forces.
26. Pulaski invested by Gen. Sherman.
%. Battle of Pigeon Rancho, New Mexico,
between thirteen hundred Union troops under
Col. Hough, and eleven hundred Texans.
81. Gen. Butler takes command of the De-
partment of the South.
AMI,
2. Gen. Banks drives the rebel Jackson from
Strasburg Va.
8. The Senate passes the bill abolishing
S,asIy III Tue s1. ~ Gou T,a '"
4 IT, donar,n,onts IF tho Sbaaando.b fca,
p.nL1 I'D P.nnab.nnoot 0Con NDoroun
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~ 'e' paSJ passeS aa ,ne a. ae,-.,.as ,hs.a saaan
,re ,eseIe ~ Haanto' Poads Genera W;tcham
taLes Hmntsv,IIe Alabama Fort Pulaski Sa.
Sherman.
-. The rebels, 1000 strong, attack Miroy,
at Monterey, and are repulsed.
13. General Hunter contiscates and frees
the slaves at Fort Pulaski and Cockspur Is
land.
IA Com, Foote begins the attack on Fort
Plllew.
, H. ihe fresluent signs tne Oil aoolsning
c sissery IN tme District OF COLUMBIA. Battle
dofasted N'iiS' near horheo"n. l ne e1ssS-s
IS The rebels attack General Smiths divi-
sion before Yorktown. and ere repulsed. The
special Senate committee report on the aban-
ment of the Government navy yards, and cen>
sure the Buchanan Administration.
49, General Reno, with 1000 troops, attack
an equal number of the enemy at Elizabeth
City, and routs them. Our mortars attack the
New Orleans forts.
81. Adjournment of the rebel congress-
% The House Military Committee report in
favor of iron clad forts and vessels for national
defense.
25. Surrender of Fort Macon, Georgia, to
Gen. Sherman The New Orleans forts ST.
fenced, the city taken, and eleven rebel gun
boats destroyed. The rebels destroy from
eight to len million dollars worth of shipping,
cotton, &c. Death Of Gen. c. F. Smith
29. Gen. Mitchell defeats Kirby Smith at
Bridgeport, Ala.
May.
l.. oen. % nutleI ISSUES d prociallatlon ana as
sue,ieS S eoiiiGahu ~ vi Ne% "Iieans'
G. q. oen cameron 'i''uica'es his cohduct as
secretary OF war
o. , hepeis evacuate 1orktowh' gloucester
ana MulRerry ana jamestown iSiands, leaving |
camp equ'paSe' ana over one
hundreo guns oenna.