The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-01-10


boat expedition. Com. slcllvaeon CAP.
tures Apalachicola, Fla.
4. The departments Of ne Shenea-
doah General Banl0 and Rappahan-
mock General Nc Dowell) created. The
Oarondelet passes the batteries ri Island
No 10, in the night
8. Commencement OF IN attack upon
the enemy's works, near Yorktown, Vlr-
ginla, BY a detachment from the Army
Of the Potomac.
6. Shipping Point, on the Potomac, Ia
ken by our forces The rebels under
Beauregard and johnson attack Buell.
and Grant at Pistsburg Landing Tennes-
see.
z. General Pope crosses 10 the Ten
nessee shore Of the Mississippi The
rebels evacuate Island No. 10. The bat-
tie Of Pittsburg Landing renewed. The
rebels defeated. Union loss, ], 735 killed,
1882 wounded, and 1886 taken prison
ers; among the latter General Prensiss.
The rebel loss, including Generals A. s.
Johnston, killed. and GLADDEN., Bushrod
johnson, and Hindman, wounded,
amounting to 1,72S killed. S0l2 wound
ed, and 959 taken prisoners according
| 10 Beauregard.
8. General Pope captures three gener-
ais, 5000 prisoners, 100 siege guns, &c,
at Island No. 10
9. Evacuation Of Jacksonville, Fla, by
the Union troops. Consumption bill
passes the rebel Congress.
10. The President recommended thanks-
giving for the recent victories. The
House concurs in the bill approprialing
thirteen millions for iron clads and %
complete the Stevens battery.
IL. The bill abolishing slavery ia Go
District passes the House The Aegsi :
mac makes her second appearance and
captures three small vessels In Hampton
Roads. General Mitchell takes Hunts
vile, Ala, with two hundred prisoners,
fifteen locomotives, &c. Two thousand
rebels captured at Stevens, Alabama, by
Col silL Fort Pulaski, Savannah, I'M
conditionally surrenders to Gen. Sher-
man. Three hundred and sixty prison
ers, including Col. Olmsted, taken.
II. The rebels, one Thousand strong
attack Milroy, at Monterey, aud are re-
pulsed. One hundred and fifty rebels
make a sortie from Fort Macon, Georgia
and attack four companies of Union
troops, but are repulsed.
10. M. MERCER, the French Minister al
Norfolk, visits Richmond. General Hun
ter confscates and frees the slaves a
Fort Pulaski and Cockspur Island.
II. Com. Foote begins the attack or
Fort Pillow.
10. Over 40 privates and several Off
GERS of the 18th Pennsylvania Regimen
(Col. Bohlen) accidentally drowned a
Castlemsn's Ferry on the Shenandoah.
16. The President signs the bill abolish
ing slavery in the District Of Columbia
Battle Of Lees Mills, near Yorktown
The enemy defeated wi til a loss of 500
Union loss 125.
H. Gen. Banks Occupies Mt. Jackson
and New Market Arrival Of Parsoi
Brownlow in Philadelphia. Gen. Me
Dowell occupies Falmouth, Va.
10. The rebels attack General Smith
division before Yorktown aud are repuls
ed Union loss 164. The special Sen
ate committee report on the abandonment
Of the Government navy yards and cen
sure the Buchanan Administration. Sur
render of Fredericksburg'to Gen Anger
Of McDOwell's division
10. General Harvey, Of Wisconsin
drowned az Savannah Tenn. Fredo
ricksburg, Va, occupied by General Ne
Dowell. General Reno with 1000 troop
attacks an equal number Of the enemy a
Elizabeth City, and rOuts them with
loss Of 60; Federal loss so. Our mortar
attack the New Orleans forts
81. Adjournment of the rebel Congress
%. The House Military COMMITTEES re
port in favor Of irOn-clad forts and vef
sells for national defence. The "Frenc
/ lady" (Thomas) attempts TO escape froi
Fort Lafayette.
20. The cotton planters met In conven
ton at Selma, Ala, and resolved TO re
strict their cotton crop. Surrender {
Fort Macon, Ga, 10 Gen, Sherman Fou
hundred prisoners, including Col Ohm
sied, paroled. The New Orleans fort
) silenced; the city taken, and N reb'
gunboats destroyed; Union loss lli
four hundred rebel prisoners lalsen Th
rebels destroyed from eight 10 Zen gIi.la
dollars worth Of shipping, cotton
4 70. The President visits tho As.,|
war steamer GIssen2i
= "a. Capture Of the privateef ilsl
= near the Hole in the Waifnby %
. ted States steamer Mercedila.
20 General Mitchell defeats Kirb
Smith at Bridgeport, Ala. The rohl
, loss was G3 killed, a number WOUNDED
and 800 prisoners.
30 The General War Committee /,
. port on the rebel atrocities az Manassa
: General Mitchell's campaign closes wit
. the capture Of Bridgeport Alabama.
MAY.
J. L. General Low.i Wallace occupii
D Purdy, Tenn. -Four hundred Germans
Louisiana regiment desert TO Gcneri
= Halleek's army. General Butler issus
Q probation and assumes command Of Ne
= Orleans
= 2. The rebels open Oh as az Yorktow
/. with a heavy columbiad, which burst
n killing many Of their troops hIails e.
= tended TO New Orleans. General Cam
|. ron yindicates his conduct a. sccsotal
n Of War.
4 8. Rebels evacuate Yorktown, Glol
o cester, aud Mulberry and James,
: Islands, leaving ammunition, camp equil
age, and over one hundred guns benin
,e Arrival OF General Charles H. Smiths y
mains al Philadelphia
If A. Battle Of Williamsburg. Union 10
!. 800 killed and 200 wounded. 200 rebe
left dead On thu field Rebel Ganera