Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1864-02-17
A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE TIMES,
Chronology of the War, etc,

chronology OF the War, etc.
1s62-DEc. Rebel forts on the Talle-
hatchie captured. =. Cavalry skirmish near
Charlestown, Va. rebels routed, killed,
Is wounded.
Dec. 2.-Abbeville, Miss. captured, reb-
els running away. =. Rebels routed near
Franklin, Va. Cavalry skirmish at King
George c. H., Va. two Union companies
defeated
Dec. 3.-Princeton, KY, occupied by u
mon troops. :. Sklrmlshing near Oxford,
Miss, ; 20 rebels killed and wounded, and
90 captured.
boats off Port Royal on the Rappahannock
and rebel batteries behind the town; no dam
age to the boats. Winchester, Va, sur
rendered to Union troops. =. Rebel camp
broken up near Tuscumbia, Ala, and 20 ia
ken prisoners " Fight at Water Valley
Miss. 800 rebels taken.
Dec NEAR Coffeeville, Miss, 1000 T.
Mon cavalry defeated by rebel infantry; T.
Mon loss about 100. Rebels defeated in
an attack on two Union regiments at Helena,
Ark. 80 rebels taken, killed
Dec. 6-Skirmish near Lebanon, Tennes-
see; rebels retreat.
Dec. Steamer Ariel captured off Cuba
by the pirate Alabama. but released on a
e-<t
where Gems Blunt and Heron defeated the
rebels under Hindman and Marmaduke T.
Mon loss, 1l4S.
Dec. 9-Rebeis try TO capture forage
train near La Nergne, Tenn, but are driven
off. :. Steamboat Lake City burnt by guer-
rlllas at COncordia, Ark; in retaliation, the
DE Soto burned ~ houses in the town.
Skirmish near Brentville, Tenn; rebels fly,
leaving their guns.
Dec Io-Fight between Union gunboats
and rebel shore batteries above Port Royal,
Va. two rebel schooners taken and the reb-
el batteries silenced. :. Rebels capture Ply
mouth, n. G., and partly burn the place
Dec ll-Gen. Burnside begins to cross
the Rappahannock at fredericksburg the
town b0mbarded. . Gunboat Cairo sunk
by a torpedo in the Yazoo river; crew all
saved.
Dec. I2-Burnside's army occupy Freder
icksburg. Skirnish near Corinth, Miss;
rebels defeated, with IL killed and so woun-
ded, 40 prisoners; Union loss, 3. =. Union
reconnaissance to the Blackwater, Va; an
artillery fight, and rebels driven back, when
the Unionists returned to Suffolk Stu
art S rebel cavalry dash into Dumfries, cap
ture 80 men, and cut the wires between
Burnside's army and Washington . .
Skirlnish IA miles from Newbern; rebels
driven off. Rebel salt and saltpeter works
at Ielville, Ark, destroyed. Union cayal-
ry dash upon Franklin, Tenn, drive out the
rebels, destroy grist mills and retire with loss
Of one man.
Dee l3-Battle of Fredericksburg I'm
ion loss, 1873 killed, 9l05 wounded, 207S
missing. JEFF. Davis reviews Bragg $ ar
my at Murfreesboro, Tenn, =. Rebels sur
prised near Tuscumbia, Ala 20 taken
Union loss, killed, II wounded. Fight
at Southwest Creek, n. C.. rebels routed
a number of prisoners and one cannon taken
Dec. 14-Battle near Kinston; defeat of
the rebels under Gen, Evans; 400 prisoners
and battery taken and the town occupied
Union picket guard Of % captured at
Helena, Ark, by guerrillas. Rebel raid
into Poolesville party of the Scott Nine
Hundred captured.
Dec. 15-Advance of the Banks expedi-
tion arrives at New Orleans.
Dec. l6-Gen. Burnside retreats across the
command of the Department of the Gulf
1900 rebels near New Haven, KY,
surprised and taken without resistance. :. ..
Artillery fight across the Neuse, near
Whitehall, n c.; rebels retire
Dec. 17-Baton Rouge, La, occupied by
Union troops. Fight near Goldsboro, \.
c.; Gen. Foster destroys the railroad bridge
and retires
Dec. lS-Rebels seize Lexington, Kentuo-
Ky. -. Commerce, Miss, burnt in retallia-
ton for guerrillas firing upon steamers =
Stuart cavalry capture supply train near
Occoquan, Va.
Dec. I9-Col; Dickey' scouting party re-
turn to Oxford, Miss, after an absence of
six days, during which they marched 220
miles, worked two days at the Mobile and O.
hio railroad, of which they destroyed thirty
four miles, captured $50 prisoners, and a
large amount of stores, without having man
killed, wounded or captured. :. Stuart's
cavalry overtaken and II of the stolen wag
ons recaptured. the others destroyed
Dec 2O-Holly Springs, Miss, sacked by
Van Dorm rebels; Union garrison surren-
dered Skirmish near Hall Town, Virgi
MIA . Trenton and Humboldt, Tenn. cap
tured by Forests guerrillas; depots and
government stores burned. Sherman
army, in 100 transports embark at Memphis
for Vicksburg.
Dec. 2l-Skirmish near Nashville :. A
fight on Wolf River, Miss; rebels repulsed,
losing % killed, 80 wounded and 20 prison
ers; 300 or more of wounded were taken off
by their friends.
Dec. 22-Skirmish at Isle of Wight C. III.
Va; Unionists driven off
Dec 23-Union forces take possession of
Winchester, Va
Dec. 24-Union troops destroy a section
of the Texas railway, 10 miles west OF vieks-
burg, burning two stations. Sklrmlsh
near Munfordville, Ka. rebels retreat.
Dec 25-Skirmish at Bacon Greek. KY:
Unionists forced to retreat, loss So
Dec. 26-Gen. Sherman expedition dis
embark in the Yazoo. 3S Indians execu-
ted at Mankota, Min, for numbering some
whites Rosecrans begins to move to-