The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1892-06-16

Aug accompanies B and F. 2Sth NY, were
engaged in a sBirmsh in Virginia, opposite
! Point of Rocks, Md.
| The bark Alyarado, of Boston, prize, cap
tured July 81, 1861, by the privateer jeff Davis
stranded near Fernandina Fla, while seeking
a harbor. and was abandoned by her crew
| The U. s. S. jamestown sent out boats, but find.
| ing the vessel could not be saved, set fire te
| her. and she was burned to the waters edge.
The LIST n. E. Mo. was engaged in skirmlsh
at Athens, Mo-; loss, 10 wounded.
| The L. S. S. Keystone State Comdr. q. ID
| Scott, arrived at the Island of st. Thomas IL
search of the Sumter.
| Semmes, c. S. n, left the Island of Trinidad
on the 9Th. She arrived at Cayenne, in French
| Guiana, on the 18th, and not being able to pro-
| cure supply of coal, left on the 10th for Surf
nam. in Dutch Guiana, where she arrived on
the 10Th and remained until the 3lst.
| Aug. Hampton, Va, was burned by order
of Gen. Magruder. The Old Dominion ORA
| goons under Capt. Phillips, one company Of
| cavalry under Capt. Goode and one company
| from York and one from Warwick were selected
| to carry out the orders. On arriving at Hamp-
| ton sharp skirmish ensued with the picket
| lasting half an hour, when the latter retreated,
| the Confederates losing one man wounded
| The town was then fired in many places and
| burned to the ground.
| Aug. T-10.-An expedition under the COM
mand of Mai. John Mcdonald, Sth Mo-, con-
sisting Of two companies Of, sth Mo-; +, goth
| I'D. left Cape Girardeau, Mo-, on Aug. and
| proceeded on board the steamer Lucia to
Prices Landing. The troops were landed and
marched to Gen. Prices residence-arrlvlng
| there at 2 a. m; surrounded the premises, and
at daylight entered the house, expecting to
| find Gen. Price at home, but he had not re-
turned from his camp said to be ii miles dis
1 49,. 4 = ..sr,.n,
and destroyed and some teams captured. The
expedition then proceeded to Commerce, Ben
ton, and Hamburg No., returning to Cape
| Girardeau on the 10th.
Aug. S-A detachment of the 10th n. Y.
were engaged in a skirmish at LovettsvIlle,
| Va.
Brig. Gen. q. S. Grant assumed command OF
the military District of IrontOn, Mo-, suppressed
| ing Col. B. Gratz Brown.
Lieut-Col L. r. S. Candy, q. S. Army, COM
handing Department of New Mexico, issued a
circular announcing the suspension of the writ
| of habeas corpus in that Department
The Secretary of the Navy appointed Board
consisting of Capts. Joseph Smith, Hiram
Paulding, and Comdr. c. II. Davis, to investi-
gate plans for ironclad steam batteries. This
Board recommended the Monitor, New Iron
sides and Galena types of vessels.
Aug 9.--The U. S. S. Union, Comdr. ]. f.
Goldsborough, destroyed the Confederate pri-
vateer York, Capt. T. L. Skinner, near Hatteras
Inlet, n. c., and recaptured the schooner Geo.
c. Baker. The Baker was prize to the U. 5. 5.
South Carolina, and was captured while en-
route North by the York on the sth.
BATTLE OF WILSON'S CREEK, MO.
Aug. l0.-Brig.- Gen. Nathaniel Lyon, q. s..
Army, commanding Army of the West; Brig
Gen. Ben McCulloch, c. S. Army, commanding
combined Confederate armies.
COMPOSITION OF ARMIES
Army of the West.
FIRST CoLUMN-Brig- Gen n Lyon, killed.
succeed ed by Maj S. d. Sturgis, 1st. Cav. First
Brigade--Mai. S. ID. Sturgis-Co's b, C, and d,
LIST Inf; Woods rife recruits two companies
Osterhaus's battalion, I'd Mo-; Woods company,
Cd Kan; Canfield's company, LIST Cav; +, I'd
Art. Second Brigade-Leut.-C Col. George l..
Andrews-1st Mo-; Co.'s B and Z, I'd Inf. !;
Lothrop's company of recruits; Morine's COM
pany of recruits; 1st No.; DuBois's light bat
terry. Third Brigade-Col. George w. Detzler-
LIST Kan; 1st and I'd Kan; 1st Iowa; Wrights
and Switzler's Mo. Home Guard Cavalry.
SECOND CoLuMN-Col. Franz Sigel, Sd No. !;
Sd and 5th Mo-; /, LIST Cav. G, I'd Dragons (;
one battery Backof's No. Art.
Combined Confederate Armies.
Missouri STATE GUARDs-Maj.-Ge Gen. Ster-
ling Price; Gems. Rainss and Clark's Brigades,
Mo. Cav. Gems. Stacks McBride's, and Par
sons's Brigades, Mo. Inf, and Guibor's Art.
ARKANSAS STATE TRooPs-Brig.-G Gen. n. B.
Pearce-1st Cav, Sd, 4th, and 9Th Inf; Wood
ruff's battery.
McCULLocH's BRIGADE-Brig.- Gen. Ben
McCuloch-1st and I'd Ark. MED Rifles;
McRae's Ark. Battalion; Sd La; Greer's Tex.
STRENGTH OF ARMIES
Army OF the West.
;,o .nd An
"My forces are now nearly as follows, which /
make up from recollection, not having returns
for some time past in consequence of the troops
having been scattered around in the vicinity Of
Springfield: First Brigade (Sturgisl, 50; Second
Brigade (SigeD, 1920; Third Brigade [An-
drews) 1854; Fourth Brigade (Deitzler), g.
300; total, $685." Gen. Fremont, in his tele-
graphic report Of the battle, dated Aug. 10,
says: Our force 5000 including 1000 Home
Guards"
Combined Confederate Armies.
On July Is Gen. Polk, in memorandum,
gives McCulloch's strength 1900; Gen.
Pearce, $500; Gen. Price. 1000 Gen. Nc
Bride, 1900. Total, 1890. Gen. McCulloch,
in his official report, says: "My effective force
was $500 infantry, 10 pieces of artillery, and
5000 horsemen armed with hintlock muskets,
rifles, and shotguns. There were other horse.
men with the army who were entirely I'M
armed"
CASUALTIES
ARMY OF THE WEsr-223 killed, 721
wounded, and 29l missing. Total 1926.
CoMBIy-ED CONFEDERATE ARMIES - Mis-
souri, State Guards, l56 killed. 5I7 wounded :;
Arkansas State Troops, SO killed, 113 wounded,
four missing. McCulloch's Brigade SO killed,
27o wounded, nine missing. Total, 257 killed,
906 wounded, 13 missing. Gen. McCulloch, in
his report, says: Our loss was 265 killed, 800
wounded, and 90 missing" This battle was
also called Oak Hills or Springfield.
The designation of the six mounted regi-
ments Of the Regular Army changed a. fol-
lows: LIST Dragons TO lst Cav, Cd Dragons to
% Cav, Mounted Rifemen to 81 Cav, 1st Cav.
TO 4th Cav, % Cav. to 9th Cav, Sd Cav. to 9th
Cav.
A detachment Of Home Guards-about 20 on
duty-was attacked at Potosi, No., by about
$50 mounted men Of Gen. NJ. JEFF Tbompson's
command. The Home Guards lost five men
wounded, captured several horses, aud wounded
FIVE rebels.
Landing party from the q. s. S. Resolute I;
broke up Confederate depot for receiving re-
cruts aud supplies near the mouth of Macho-
doc Creek, Va.
Aug. I1.-Brig.- Con. John b. Floyd assumed
command Of the forces intended to operate In
the Kanawha Valley, w. Va, and the country
adjacent thereto.
Schooner Louisa chased ashore by the q. g.
wrecked while attempting to enter the Cape
Fear River, n. G.
Ang. ii or 12.-Gcn. NJ. JEFF. Thompson re-
ports that charge was made into Hamburg,
40, and the Home Guards attacked, killed
one murtally wounded FIVE and seriously