Litchfield enquirer., 1864-01-07
WHOLE NO. ao1e


 l officers, captured. LA 9th, Riot against negroes in Detroit; houses burned and many lives lost i Death of Mrs. Blaneinas Dudley, founder of the Dudley Observatory, at Albany ! 1th, Return of a successful expedition under Colonel Phelps, into Northumberland and LAn- easter counties, Va.; large quantity of stores ] captured. 1 Russell's rebel cavalry completely routed near Murfrsesboro, Tenn. with loss of SO kill. ed and 80 wounded.
 9th, The rebel guerilla Moseby made clear ing ont of Fairfax Court House, and captured the provost marshal and Gen. Stoughton.
 Capture of the British prize steamer Doure, oil Cape Fear, with APO bales of cotton, by the gunboat Quaker City
 10th, Joseph A. Gilmore for Governor, and the whole Republican ticket elected in New Hampshire
 Proclamation by the President granting par don to all deserters who shall return to their regiments before April lst .f
 Marriage of the Prince of Wales l llth, The rebels attacked Newbern, N. O., and were repused, 1 12th, Arrisal of Gen. Wool in Hartford l Brilliant Union cavalry engagement; Gen. Averi's command, 2000 strong lcross the Rap- pahannock and utterly rout the forces of Gen. Stuart 18th, Passage of peace resolutions in the New Jersey legislature, 38 to 13 Seventy five Vermont cavalry captured at Drainsvills''
 Lieut.. Graham of the 16th N r., murdered and robbed in his hote! in New York
 20th, Col. Halls brigade whipped ten regi- ments of rebels near Murfreesboro Tenn
 23d, A large body of rebels took Danvills, Ky
 2 24th. The Union ram Lancaster sunk while attempting to run the batteries at Vicksburg 25th, Lieut. Col. Bloodgood surrendered his command of 800 to the rebel Gen. Forrest near Franklin, Tenn., after feeble resistance
 2Gth, The voters of West Virginia ratified the constitution of their new State.
 18th: Williamsburg, Va, attacked ; the! reb- els repulsed
 The rebels driven from Danville, Ky, by Gen. Gilmore
 sch, Issue ofa proclamation by President Lincoln. Setting apart Thursday, April 30th, as day of fasting, humiliation and prayer.-e z April lst, Jas.,.Y. Smith for Gov. and the entire Union ticket elected ia R.I. Great bread liot in Richmond; 5000 wo- men broke into government and private stores and helped themselves.
 4th, Capture of rebel scouting party at ! Catiett $ Station, Va. 9th, Conn. State Election; Gov. Bucking- ham and the Union ticket reelected Admiral Farragut seized and destroyed l0,- 900 sacks of corn at Bayou Sara, La.
 7th, Return to Murfreesboro' Tenn, of Gen. Stanley's scouting party, after capturing 50 prisoners aud 300 horses Brilliant cavalry dashsnear NsshvillesbyEthe Union Gen. Mitchell, who broke up a srebel canp on the Lebanon pike Slh, Eunboat reconnaissance in Charleston harbor; the Nahant disabled and Keokuk sunk
 10th, The whole force of the rebel Van Dorn attacked Gen. Granger at Franklin, Tenn, and were,repulscd with severe loss 1ltb, Tbe rebel blockade runner Stonewall Jackson, burned while attempting to enter Charleston harbor. 12th, Destruction of the ram Queen of the West, captured by the rebels, on Grand Lake, La
 14th, Defeat of the rebels at Irish Bend, La. the 18th and 25th Conn. regiments in the fight
 l6th, Gen. Foster, who had been besisged at Washington, N. O., runs the rebel block ade in the Pamlico river in the steamer Es- cort, which was riddled with shet. It was Q gallant achievement.
 Capture of the prize steamer Gertrude off Harbor Island by the U. s. steamer Wander bilt.
 Admiral Porter, with a fleet of iron clads, run the rebel batteries at Vicksburg 18th, Col. Evans attacked and routed 200 Indians, 70 miles south of Daybreak, Utah. /
 5000 rebels attacked Fayetteville, Ark, guarded by 2000 Union soldiers, and were re- pulsed with considerable loss.
 Resistance of copperheads in Brown CO.,, Ind, to the lawful authorities a military force rendered all quiet
 Defeat of Biythe's rebel cavalry near Mem. phis, Tenn. rebel loss 40
 l9lh, A rebel battery of six guns and the 44th Alabama regiment captured by the 89th New York and 8th CoAn. regiments, on the Nausamond rivers.
 22d, Large capture oe rebel stores at Medi- na, Ky. go rebels killed.
 Death of A s Beckwith, Esq, gentleman of large philanthropy in Hartford
 22d Six gunboats and two bargss ran tho rebel batteries at Vicksburg.
 23d, McMinville, Tenn, taken by the Union forces Mrs. Gen. John Morgan among the prisoners great destruction of bridges and other property
 Tuscumbia, Ala, captured by the rebel fc1- ces under Gen. Dodge.
 18th, 5000 rebels repulsed from Cape Gi- rardeau, Mo.
 27th, Brilliant exploit near Franklin, Tenn; 250 Union cavalry captured l28 rebels.
 18th, Loss of the steamship Anglo Saxon off Cape Race in a fog 237 lives, out of total of 445. lost
 3),b, Fast day set apart by the President.
 Effectual rout of II ,000 rebels and capture of Pt. Gibson by Gen. Grant
 May 1st, The army of the Potomac, undep General Hooker, advancing.
 2d, Arrival at Baton Rouge, La., of900 oav- airy under Col Grierscn, from successful raid through the entire length of Mississippi.
 Sd, Victory of Unionists in sharp cavalry fight near Warrenton. Va Gen. Hooker took possession of Fredericks- blrg Capture of Grand Gulf, Miss, by Rear Ad. miral Porter Sinking of Q Union tug boat opposite Vieks- burg, and six newspaper correspondents cap tured 4th, Successful reconnoissances and skir- mishes near Suffolk, Va. a general skedaddle | among ths rebels Great battle between Gems. Hooker and Lee at Charlottesville, near Fredericksburg; the Union army beaten and forced to recross the Rappabannock, with loss estimated at lO.- 1 600 killed, wounded and missing.
 9th, Clement L. Valiandigham arrested fer