Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-01-07


ed. The French defeated by the Mexican
ut Puebla.
30. General Grant crossed the Mississippi
at Bruinsburg, below Grand Gulf, anC
marched Immediately upon Port Gibson
The enemy evacuated Grand Gulf and fcl
back upon Port Gibson. Gen. Sherman
with troops and gunboats, made an attack
upon Haines's Bluff to divert the enemy'i
attention from Grant, and Immediately fell
back and hastened to join the main column
below Vicksburg. National thanksgiving
day appointed by the President.
MAY.
l. Battle Of Port Gibson; enemy 1000
strong under Bowen, defeated by Gen.
Grant Rebel loss 1l5O men and four pieces
ofartillery. Enemy retreated toward Vicks-
burg.
2. Battle of Charlottesville led by Hook
er; terrible slaughter.
! 4. Gen. Stoneman's famous cavalry raid,
in which he reached within five miles of
Richmond. al
8. Arrest of Mr.. vallandigham, at Day
ton, Ohio.
g. Defeat Of the Army of the Potomac
under Hooker; it crosses the Rappahan-
mock; losses, 10000 killed and wounded.
s. President Lincoln issued proclama-
tion deciding that persons who declared
their intentions" were amenable to the
draft, if found in the United States within
sixty days subsequently,.
10. Death of Stonewall Jackson, near
Charlottesville, Va.
II. Raymond, Mississippi, taken by Nc
PhersOn's corps Of Grants army, after a
battle of two hours. Rebel loss 500.
IL. Vallandigham sentenced to banish-
ment to the rebel States. The privateer
Florida burns the n. Y. ship Crown Point,
off Pernambuco; loss $4,000.
IA. Jackson, Mississippi, the ''back door"
to Vicksburg, captured by Logan's and Os-
terhauss divisions of Grants army. Rebel
| loss 400 men.
Is. Bloody battle of Bakers Creek (or
Champion Hill), in which Pemberton's en-
tire Vicksburg amy engaged the advancing
army of General Grant. Enemy signally
defeated, with loss of 1000 men and twenty
nine pieces of artillery.
II. Battle of Black River Bridge, in which
Pemberton was again defeated by Grant
and forced to take refuge in his entrench-
ments. Enemys loss 2600 men and seven
teen pieces of artillery.
| l8. Vicksburg invested by the victorious
army of Grant, and the siege OF Nicksburg
begins. On the same day, Gen. Steele car
ried the enemy's rifle pits north of the city,
I and the ''base" of Grants army was restor-
ed to the Mississippi above Vicksburg.
90 Revelations made Of great rebel
project to invade Maryland and Pennsyl-
vania. Surrender of Puebla by the Mex
leans to the French invaders.
23 Yazoo City taken by a naval eXpedi
ton under Commander Wake; three steam
ers, a gunboat, and much other valuable
rebel property destroyed.
a. Gen. Banks invests Port Hudson, and
i tha cipOp of that nlacp hppinS
| q. Desperate battle at Port Hudson
| Federal loss large.
81. Heavy bombardment of Vicksburg !;
lcapture of twelve rebels with 100000 per-
tcussion caps; the rebel General Johnston
moving toward Jackson, Miss.
4 JUNE.
l. President Juarez and his cabinet evac-
uate the City of Mexico; the leaders of the
Church party offer their allegiance to the
French Emperor.
b 9. A peace Convention" held in New
York; resolutions adopted denying the
fright of the Administration to use military
coercion against States.
| 4. Gen. Kimball leads an expedition up
the YaZoo river.
7. Fight at Milliken's Bend; victory saw
ed by negro troops.
s. 'Vicksburg invested by General Grant.
The French army enter the City of MeXi-
co.
8. The conscription in Indiana resisted; {;
provost marshal and detective killed.
hThe rebels take Winchester. Retreat OF
Gen. Milroy.
| IL. Vallandigham nominated for Cover
nor of Ohio.-Gov. Yates prorogues" the
Legislature of Illinois; the Legislature sac
quiesces." organization Of the
Invalid Corps.
Il. Gov. Curtin, of Pennsylvania, calls
! for troops to meet an expected invasion of
his State; great excitement at Harrisburg
| 13. Lees army marching northward.
A. Gen. Hunter leaves Hilton Head, hav-
| ing been relieved by Gen. Gilmore.
| 15 President Lincoln calls for 100000
militia men from the States, to serve for six
months.-A portion of Lees army march
ing on Hagerstown; rebels also in Mercers-
burg.
l6. Great exodus of the citizens of Har-
risburg.
II. The rebels evacuate Chambersburg.-
Rebel artillery enter Cumberland, Mary
| land.
Is. Messrs. Lindsay and Roebuck have an
audience with Napoleon to intefere in the
= American war ;s-the Emperor declares a
restoration of the Union impossible.
10. The rebels at McConnellsburg, Pa
Rebel infantry, 10000 stropg IN. Hagers-
20. Fight between the forces of General
,Pleasanton and General Stuart at Middle
burg, Va; defeat of Stuart.-The Florida
burns the bark Goodspeed and Byzantine,
of New York.
q. Successful cavalry engagement, led
lby Gen. Pleasanton, at Upperville, Virgin
ia, against the forces of General Stuart.
%. The privateer "Florida No. 2" or Ia.
lcony appears among the New England fish
ermen off Chatham, and burns a number of
their vessels. 1900 rebel troops in Mary
land.
30. New York troops ordered to Balti-
more in anticipation of a rebel raid on that
city. The Florida burns the schooner
Wanderer.
a. Four members of the Illinois legisla-
ture meet in the State House and enter the
form of an adjournment on the journals.
26. Death of Admiral Foote at the Astol
House.S
q. The armed revenue cutter Caleb Cush.
ing stolen from Portland, Me-, by rebels
citizens embark on the steamers Chesa'
ipeake and Forest City, which sail after the
cutter; the cutter is met, brief engage
ment follows, when the cutter is blown
up.
within ten miles of Alexandria, and NOV
ing on the Washington railroad.
H& JULY.
I. The Army of the Potomac in motiol