Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1866-01-24

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fore Fort Fisher. Furious attack on the
fort. t.'g
Dec. 25-Attack on Fort Fisher renewed
Three brigades of Union infantry landed
two and half miles above the fort. They
are repulsed and re-embark.
Dec 26-Ensign Blume cuts loose and
takes out from Galveston harbor the block
ade-running schooner Sallie :. The block
ade runner Julia, with 450 bales of cotton
captured by the gunboat Acacia A dis
patch from Hood reports his army south of
the Tennessee.
Dec. 2S-Reconstruction meeting at Sa-
yannah, under the presidency of the mayor.
The governor is requested to call State
convention. Hoods rear guard crosses
the Tennessee River at Bainbridge.
JANUARY l., IS65-Explosion of the bulk
head of the Dutch Gap Canal Loss of the
U. 5. Sloop-of- San Jacinto off the coast
of Florida. 6g.BJ sd3 10 aoftalurog j.
JAN 5--Gen. Grierson arrives at Nicks-
| burg, having destroyed on his raid 20 miles
of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad, and 80
miles of the Mississippi Central, and cap
tured 600 prisoners and / 900 contrabandsi
Jan. 65-Sherman crosses the Savannah
River. y railroad train captured by que
rillase near Lebanon junction. . Bands of
| guerillas roaming through Northwestern
Kentucky, occupy Owensboro', Hawesville,
/ Davenport, and Henderson, hEs idG19sH
Jan. 7--Attack by 1000 Indians, on jules
burg. Colorado Territory; l9 soldiers and
citizens killed, and much property robbed
and destroyed. The Indians driven off by
100 of our soldiers. id5 os vjasvfs uI9s3 tui
Jan. S--Butler removed from the COM
maad of the Army of the James. Ord
temporarily assumes the position. !. Francis
| glow II Il.
on a second peace mission ARRIVAL of many
transports with a large number Of troops. at
Beaufort, N. c.. The steamer Venango
captured and burned by guerillas near Skip
with Landing, on the Mississippi. I'D =,
}, Ian. sI1-Meeting in New York, to furn-
| ish aid to the people of Savannah. Bever-
| ly. w. Va, captured by detachment of
| Early's rebel army. About 200 Union sol
diers captured. ) F.P.i Blair, Sr, arrives
| in Richmond ssnsdys ed3 stu0ates ,IseHy
Jan. l3-More than fifty gunboats ap-
pear off Fort Fisher and shell the woods.
Second attack upon the fort .siao7
Jan. 1.-THE 18th and 18th corps of
Sherman army proceed, on transports, to
Beaufort, S. G. 81 r 80 .gr51 7-a 81, fo
Jan. 15-Capture of Fort Fisher. $500
earthworks, south of the Fort on Federal
Point, captured. Union loss. 691 The
rebel works at Pocotalico occupied by Blair
| Jan. l6-F. p. Blair, Sem, returns to
| Washington. Forts Caswell and Campell,
| n. c., evacuated by the rebels, and blown
up. The rebels also blow up the pirate
steamers Tallahassee and Chickamauga
| Jan. 1.-THE monitor Patapsco sunk off
| Charleston by rebel torpedo. About go of
the officers and crew drowned. Military
| Convention of the Adjudant Generalso of the
| loyal States, at Columbus.
| Jan. lS-Two blockade-runners captured
| by Admiral Porter. 200 of FORESTS caval-
| ry defeated 10 miles from Columbus, KY +
| Jan. 20-F. Z. Blair leaves Washington
again for Richmond.
Jan. 2l-Ihe appointment OF a command
erin nchiefprovided for by therebel congress.
| Jan. 24-Four rebel iron clad vessels in
| the James River pass Fort Brady. One of
| them blown up and destroyed, and another
| disabled. General holiday in Louisiana to
celebrate abolition of slavery in La, Nd,
| Tenn, and Mo.
Jan. 25-Meeting at Savannah to thank
| New York and Boston for the supplies of
| food and clothing. Address by the Mayor.
:. Gen. Lee issues a call for arms. .
Jan. 26-DeDate in the rebel House of
Representatives on enlisting negroes. Gun
| boat Dai-C Ching destroyed in the Combahee
River. s
Jan. 27-Return of f. p Blair, Sr., from
his peace mission to Richmond. Bailey,
the Lake Erie pirate, surrendered by Canada.
| Jan. 29-,Rebel House of Representatives
passes bill for employment of negroes.
| Jan. 30.- The rebel Vice President,
Alex H. Stephens. Senator r. NJ. L. Hun
ter, and Judge Cambell, come as peace
commissioners within Grants lines. The
left wing of Sherman army, under Slocum,
arrives at Sisters Ferry, on the Savannah
River, so miles above Savannah. ufa
Jan. 31-The Constitutional Amendment
adopted by the House of Representatives
ll9 yeas, so nays. . Lee approved by the
Senate of the Confederate Congress, as Gen.
in Chief of the armies of the Confederate
States. iii ss TO BE CONTINUED. ~.
Mrs. Patterson, daughter Of President