Litchfield enquirer., 1863-01-08
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CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE
From ike Hm tford Ceurant.

| D1UI OF THE PRINCIPAL BATTLES AED STEAMSHIPS Du
 RING THE YEAR 1862.
 January lst General Stevens, with 58f n.n, shelled and destroyed q rebel fort at : ,rl kdyal ferry.
 I Fort rickens opened fire upon Pensacola Fla Town of N arlington destroyed ty fire. 4 2d Brifisl, st-al, sui,.,uat RinaIdu lett Prov incelown with the rebel commissioners Maso and slldell.
 3d. ,Unlcil troops tnek possession sf tisevac II.uaied city ot Big I;etIicl, Va.
 4th Engagement al Eustonsvie. Va.; rebel. lett;ie with i,ss oi oD kliles! and wounded S1S00G worth of stores. guns ammunition, &c eaI,n'ed. ;ati.lol, OH Bath and We're twice -repu!sed.
 GfI., Private Lanein hinig for matd-r-4frsi eXecutioh l., hanging ill the army of the Polo niic.
 1ih Engagement at Painsville, Kv.. under Col Gaifel,i Rebes routed with Joss of 2I kllie,i Federal loss 5.
 G0e0 Rebels attacked the 9th Connecticut 1 mean Hurcu. k Md; loss small on both sides. i The rebels destroyed the telegraph aud railroad
 eth. Col. bunlllng. with il Sill,:l force of the | 5ih Chiu. attacked the retrls 2,00a Strong at | Blue Gap. Eebels roufe'i with loss of h killed, 20 taken prison Is, and two pieces ul .cahnOh capture,l. 9th. skl,mish at Patrick Run. Va. Rebels :beaien; less 2 killed and l wounded Union loss killed. | ll,ln and l2th. The Burnside Expedition sae. from Eortre s Momroe l 18th. Simon Cameron. Secretary of War, re sighed, and L. NJ. Stan,on appointed his sue c.ssor.
 l4th Prorellor City of New York" of the Burnside exre.litiun. wrecked; hr,.e lives lost.
 l5th Rtb'l light ship ,sH the l!arbur uf Wll- minaton, N. C.. destroyed and burnt by part of the crew of the U. $. Steamer Mt. Vernon.
 l7th. Gen. Burnside's expedition arrived at Hatteras.
 Cedar Keys. Florida, capt, red by the Union forces.
 r 18th. Great Battle at Mill Spring. Ky. Un- ionsts under Gen. Schuepf'; rebels under Gen. Zollicofer R bels defeated and ran. leaving all their stores. a,nmunitloi,. Gsc behind Its.b- tl l,ss l5 killed. lf wounded aud 50 taken prisoners. Z,llicuHrr Was killed. Union loss 39 killed aud l27 wounded.
 23d. ihe secund stuue Beet was sunk in Charleston harbor. | 2Sth. Fifty of the New York 37th. under | Lieut.. Col. Burke. surprised d party of Texan rangers at tine head of isenont -Bay of the rebels were killed and taken prisoner. Naval engagement near Fort Pulaski hetweeu Cart Rodgers (Union) and Com. Tatnal.
 29h. Mason and Sdel landed at Soutlamp- ton. England.
 aGtii.' The eroncl.d galrboat Alonitor lasucAed al Grperpoint, N. '.
 3lst Queen Victoria issued q proclamation dcclurne England neutral.
 February Fort Henry. Tenn. captured hy Con- Foote. 5000 rehels run away, and 60, { TiI,iG,nI ,Eun ri il,I ana 10 woundd. Union loss 3 killed and g uunded. go others were scaloed to deaih by al, accident on board of the U. 5. sunAoat Es- sex. The rebels evacuated Roinnry. Va. 7th and Sth Gen. Burnside ub'ained great V ctorIes at Roanoke Island. Fl zabelh c,y. a nd Edenton. x c. Uni6u loss. 50 killed, .222 wounded re! ell loss 90 killed less th,u l0O W unded and 2,525 taken p,i"n ITS.
 Bowling Green. Telpl., evacuated by the reb- els
 18th and 18th. Fort Donaldson besipgea and captured y Gen. Grant, after severn fr.15 m, c,pns &ncn the o@hsnitt it5st 800 killed, 400 WTaIitiea HH and l3 3G0 taktp pris,A-is. Betweeh two and three millions of dollais worth of property. war materials &c.. captured. R,.bel Gen.rais Floyd and Pillow atd during the night.
 On the 18th Gen. Lander broke up the le1el camps at Bloomington Gap Va.
 18th Town of Tmon. N. C. attacked by Uhion guubuats and taraed. aUl. Rebels ,fl.d li,lm tlalksv;lle, Tena. and the town taken by Cam F"te. 2lst Severe battle at Wave d.. New M tXi CO., Unlun loss 2GU killed anu wounded r,b,l los much greater.
 2ad Nashville Te,p,. occupied by Uuion forces.
 24th Gen. Curtis took posses>ion of Favatts vile. Ak. with large number of prisonris md quantities of baggage. &c Part of the town Mas buried ly the rebels before they left. x Union Army under Maj Gen. Hanks crossed the Potomac at tlarpers Ferry. 18th. Union troops under Gul. NJ ,rgan, at tackled the rebels under Jeff lhompspn. near Binds Point Mo. Rebels routed 40 taken prisoners with SIX cannon Union loss kiled and , wounded.
 March list. Rehel pirate steamer Nashville ran the tilockad. at Wilmington, N. c.
 ad Evacuation ot Columbus. Ky, by the
 3d. New Madrid invested by Gen Pope Atl, Biig. Gen. Andrew Jackson appointed military governor of Tenh. 9th, Another skHniish near Patrick. Va, be- l tween u laliy sf Texan r;sigtrs and q Union .comrany; CAson loss 5 killed and wounded i; |
 rei,pl loss unknuwH.
 ReLel G.s Beaaregarl tuck command of the confederate army ill the Waffle. of the Alissis sippi.
 6ia President Iipcelp seat message to Congress upon the emancipation of slaves. :. l Army of the Potomac commenced to advance upon Manassas. 1,h aisd Slh. Battle of Pea Rilse. Ark, total rout of tue .reh,a Union loss 2l2 killed. 926 wounded and IA missing rebel loss 100 kill.d 2,5Oo wounded and GOO taken pliso ners. Rebel General Ben Mccu To h killed.
 T,pvn of Leestsurgh taken Ly Ua,on fo,ces under Ioi. Geaty.
 Fort sClnch, and the towns of FernaIdina and St Mary taken by Com. Dupont, s,h, Army.of tue Potomac divided into corps q 0,mee.
 Naval engagement in Hampton Roads. Iron clad rehel steamer Mp,liinac attacked and des. t.oyed Union vessels Cumberland aud Congress I Union Llss2 250.
 9th. The first naval engagement between iron >r... . l