Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1865-01-18

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Admiral Wilkes suspended from the M.
w.
.. Battle Of the Wilderness commenced
Death of General Hays. General Bu,lor's
ioroes advance up the James river. Skir.
mish at Ihoroughiare gap, Va.
o. Battle OF the Wilderness continued.
wounded.
Z, Advance Of Grants army to SPOTS
ylvapia Codrt House, General Thoma.
occupies Tunnel hill. Ga.
o. Battle Of Spottsylvania Court House
commenced. Engagement at Mill Creek
gap, Va. 0'esN
9. Battle of Spottsylyania Court Houso
continued. General Sedgwick killed -
Butler lands a, Burmuda landing. drjyi,, ,
a portion of BeOuregard's forces undesS ?
mn. Railroad between Richmond and
Petersburg cut. - anu
~. Battle ofSpottsylvania Court House
continued. Sheridan turns Lees rirbt
! reaches his rear, and crosses the Soulb
/ Anna river
II: Battle of Spottsylvania Court House
ontlnaed with less yigor. Sheridan pen.
etrates the hrst and second defensive lines
of Richmond.
II. Battle of Spoltsylyania Court Uopse
confined FIVE miles below. Sheridan on
camps at walnut grove and Gaines mills.
10. butIer advances toward Petersburc,
Virginia Grants army advances by tie
lett flank. Sheridan at Bottoms bridge.
IL FIRST line of rebel works at Peters
burg, Virginia, carried by General Baldy
smith. Fighting continued in the army
OF the Potomac. Sherman's advance en-
cages the enemy near Re.aea, Ga.
10. Battle of Resaca, Georgia, The reb-
els beaten and in retreat. Success of the
rebels ever Sigel at Newmarket, Va.
IL Success Of liarlz. Raid on the Dan.
vile Railroad.
10. Continued fighting between Grants
and Lees armies. Another draft announ-
ced July !. Publication of the bogus
draft PROCLAMATION.
~, General Sherman's advance at Kins-
ton and CaSville, Ga. ...
~ Another movement by the left flank
by General Grant. General Hunter pla.
ced in command in West Virginia.
u. Bowling Green, Virginia, occupied
by General Hancock
%. Sherman occupies Rome. Ga.
70 Grant advances 10 the North Anna
river.
"a. Battle Of Dallas, Georgia, commen-
ced
&c. Battle of Dallas continued. Grant
crosses the North Anna river.
% Battle of Dallas continued. Sheri-
dan occupies Hanoverton, Va.
2S. Battle OF Dallas concluded. The en-
emy driven back. Fighting on Grants
front.
20. Night attack on Sherman repulsed.
80. Continued engagements between
Grants and Lees forces. Attack on But. !
ler's lines repulsed. Smith occupies White
House. Va.
81. Attack on Shermans left repulsed |
His advance near Marietta, Ca Sheridan
defeats Fitz Hugh Lee at Cold Harbor. -
Fremont and Cochrane nominated for
President and Vice President.
JUNE.
]. Battle OF Cold Uarbor, Virginia.
Burnside's advance near Mcchanicsyile,
Virginia. Steamer Pocahontas sunk at
sea.
2. Sherman's cavalry in possession of
A llatoona Pass, Ga.
3. Battle of the Chickahominy. The
5lockader Water Witch captured by the
rebels in Warsaw Sound.
General Sherman thirteen miles from
Marietta, ga.
5. Repulse OF the rebels at Cold Har-
Dor. Battle OF Piedmont, West Virginia
The rebels before Sherman evacuate their
position.
6. Assault at midnight on Burnside's
corps ropulsed. Gen. Sherman's army
move toward Marietta, Georgia, General
Hunter pursues the rebels through Staun-
ton, West Virginia
7. General Sheridan crosses the Pamun-
key. Assembling of the National Repub-
licau Convention at Baltimore.
s. Nomination Of Abraham Lincoln and
Andrew johnson by the Republican Con-
gention for President and Vice President
of the United States. Capture OF Mount
Sterling, Kentucky. by the rebel John
Morgan,
g. General Shermau's cavalry develop
.he position of the enemy in q line along
he hills from Kenesaw to Lost mountain.
Sheridan's cavalry start on a raid. Nor
ysn's guerlllas whipped at Moant Sterling,
Kentucky.
10. Lexington, KY, entered by Nor
yan's forces-attack on Cynthiana, Ky,
commenced. General Sturgis' expedition
defeated by the rebels at Guntown, Miss.
General Hunters army advances from
Staupton, Virginia. Gen, Kautz charges
The rebel works at Fetersbnrgh and car
ties them but afterwards wthdraws.
IL. Cynthiana, Ky, captured by John
Morgan Movement OF Grants army TO
The south side of Richmond commenced.
General Smiths corps marches 10 White
House and embarks for Bermuda Hun
irels. Crossing of the Chickahominy,
at Trevillian Station near
The rebels driven from their
earthsorks.
IL. Gov. Letcher's house burned by
troops.
Is. Gen. Sheridan destroys the railroad
from Trevillian Station TO Lorraine Court
House. near Richmond.
15. General Smith assaults and carries
The principle line Of the enemy before {
Petersburg. Macmillan arrives in Mexl- {
20. io sllEI 8aI f3lsla