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

as alien enemies.
Aug 14-29-The United States steamer
| Powhatan, Comdr. D. d. Porter, left Pensacola
in search of the Sumter on the 14tb, arriving
at Curacao on the Goth.
Aug 15.-The Department Of the Cumber.
land was constituted, embracing the States OF
Kentucky and Tennessee, and Brighten. Rob
crt Anderson was assigned to the command.
So much of the State of Kentucky as lay with
in 100 miles of the Ohio River had constituted
the Department of Kentucky under the COM
mand of Gen. Robert Anderson.
A boats crew from the United States steamer
| Resolute, while attempting to capture boat
| near Persimmon Point, Potomac River, was
fired into by party of Confederates, killing
three and wounding one of the crew. Confed-
| crates dispersed by few shell from the Reso-
| lutte and Reliance.
The United States Gunboats Tyler and
Conestoga chased two Confederate steamers
! under the batteries at New Madrid, Mo.
Aug. 15-16.-Ma. John Mcdonald, Sth Mo-,
with $50 men of his regiment, and Lieut..
Morgan and IL of the artillery, embarked on
| board of the steamer Hannibal City for st.
Genevieve, Mo-, arriving there at 1l:50 p. m.
on the 18TH The next day he caused the
branch of the Merchants Bank of st. Louis to
be opened and took from it box said to con-
tain $2S, 633 80 in coin, and $29,6S0 in cur
rency, which he brought to st. Louis and
turned over to Department Headquarters.
Aug. 16.-An expedition under the command
of Col. Frederick Hecker, oath H., was sent out
from Ironton, No. on the Fredericktown road,
also one on the Greenville road under COL AL
exander, 21st ILL.,, with instructions to form
conjunction at Brunot.
Aug. l6-17-Reconnoissance by the q. S.
| gunboat Lexington, Lieut.. r. n. Stemble, from
Cairo ILL.,, to Commerce and Cape Girardeau,
| Mo.
Aug. 16- 21.-Operations about Kirksville,
| A but
panies of the 10th Ill.,, left Macon City for
Kirksville, reaching there at p m. on the
| 18th. He reports that before his arrival COrpl
| Dix of Co. G, Sd Iowa, with few Home Guards,
was surrounded by large body of rebels and
after desperate resistance in which five OF the
enemy were killed, the Corporal was killed
and his detachment dispersed. The Corporal's
weapons were recovered from man named
Jackson, at whose house a squad of IA rebels
were found guarding an officer severely
wounded in the skirmish with Dix. They were
| fired upon and one killed, one wounded and
| three captured. The officer was too severely
wounded to be moved and was left on parole.
| Strong parties of observation were sent out
! daily by Gen. Hurlbut, meeting small bodies OF
rebels, and in the RECRUITERS which followed,
some casualties occurred.
Aug. 1.-THE Departments of Washington
| and Northeastern Virginia united into one TO
| which was annexed the Valley of the Shen-
andoah, the whole of Maryland and of Della
| ware and denominated the Department of the
| Potomac and Maj.-Gen. Mcclellan was assigned
| to command and directed to organize the troops
| under him into divisions and independent bril-
| gades. Gen. Mcclellan assumed command Aug.
| 90.
By direction of President Lincoln a commits
| sion was made out for Simon B. Buckner as
Brigadier- General of Volunteers to be placed
| in the hands of Gen. Anderson, and delivered
| to Gen. Buckner or not, at the discretion OF
Gen. Anderson.
Gen. Hurlbut reported to Gen. Pope that a
| train was fired upon as it left Palmyra, and
again at Hunnewell, Mo. One man Of the 10Th
| Ill. was killed and another wounded. The
train was halted and the rebels dispersed with
loss of five of their number killed. The Mayor
of Palmyra and authorities were notified that
| if the parties who fired on the train were not
delivered up to the military authorities within
| six days, contributions would be levied TO the
| amount of $4,000 on Marion County and So. 900
on the city of Palmyra.
The 5th No., U. S. R. c., was engaged in a
skirmish at Brunswick, Mo-. loss, one killed
and seven wounded.
Gen. John E. Wool, United States Army. su-
perseded Gen. Butler in command of the De-
partment of Virginia.
Aug. 1s.-Co. c, LIST N. Y. Cav, under COM
mand of Capt. William H. Boyd, went on q
scout down the Mount Vernon road to the vi
cinty of Accotink, Va. At Pohck Church, IL
miles from Alexandria, party of about 20
Confederate cavalry was met, and charged, and
scattered in ell directions. Union loss one
killed and two missing, two Confederates sup
posed to be wounded.
detachment Of the Cd Mass. engaged In a
skirmish at Sandy Hook, Nd.
Aug. 19.-Skirmish at Charleston, Mo-, be-
tween six companies of the 22d Ill.,, Col. Henry
Dougherty commanding, and Confederate
force under Col. J. III. Hunter Of Gen. NJ. JEFF
| Thompson's command. Union loss, one killed.
| seven wounded; Confederate, reported at -
killed, Is captured, wounded unknown. Col.
Hunter was placed under arrest by Gen.
Thompson for his conduct in this affair.
The Cd n. Z. Mo. was engaged in skirmish
at Klapsford No.
Aug 20.-Brig.- Gen. Richard C. Gatlin, Con-
federate States Army, was assigned to the COM
mand of the Department of North Carolina
and the coast defenses of that State.
The 18th Ohio engaged in skirmish at
Hawks Nest, w. Va; loss, two wounded and
| one missing.
The I'd w. Va. engaged in a skirmish at
Laurel Fork Creek, w. Va; loss, one killed and
one wounded.
An act passed by the Provisional Congress
providing for the defense of Missouri against
invasion by the United States and for the ad-
mission Of the State, upon conditions prescribed,
into tho Co-federacy.
train Of cars on the Pacific Railroad with
290 Home Guards under the command Of Col.
b. w. Grover, was fired on by concealed body
of men when near Lookout Station, Mo. Loss
three killed and five wounded.
Capt. r. ID. Noleman, with so men Of LIST I'll.
Cav, attacked an encampment OF mounted
rebels at a place called Fish Lake, five miles
east of Charleston, No., at daylight, capturing
SO prisoners, 81 horses with a number of rifles
and shotguns, together with accouterments and
ammunition.
Aug. 21.-Gen. B. F. Butter was, by order of
Gen. Wool, placed in command Of the volunteer
| forces in the Department of Virginia, exclusive
OF those at Fort Monroe
U. S. S. Tyler, Comdr. John Rodgers, attacked
| by Confederates at Commerce, Mo- Confed-
crates dispersed by two well-drected shells
from the Tyler
Brighten. Roswell s. Ripley was assigned to
command OF the Department Of South Carolina
| and the coast defenses of that State. On May
| 81 Brighten Beauregard, being relieved from
| duty In the State of South Carolina, rein.
| guished to Gov. Pickens the command of
| the State volunteer forces, and transferred to
| Col. T. II. Anderson the command of the Con-
| federate forces in Charleston Harbor and its
| vicinity.
Brig.-Gen. John B. Grayson was assigned to
| the command Of the Department of Middle and
| Eastern Florida and the coast defenses of the
same
Aug. 21-22.-The Cass County Homo Guard
| Cavalry engaged in skirmishes at Jonesboro,
| Mo-; loss, one wounded.
| Aug. 22-Commander z. n. Etembel, o. s.
| NAVY in command of the on boat TeYinptnn