The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1892-11-17
PENINSULA, VA.
Compiled from the Official Records OF the War

May ia Union foraging party were at
| tackled near Gaincs's Crossroads. Va, by a de-
tachment of the I'd Va Cav Col. Thomas T.
Munford, commanding and repulsed with a
| loss of two men wounded.
A detachment of the 2Sth Pa. lost one man
| killed aud IA taken prisoners, three OF whom
were wounded in skirmish with the I'd Va.
Cav. at Linden, Va.
Maj. Gen. Thomas ]. Jackson's command
moved from Mcdowell, Va, crossing the Shen-
andoah Mountains irto the Shenandoah Val
ley to operate against Maj.-Gen Banks, who
| was at this time in position in the neighbor
| hood of Strasburg Va.
The U. s. S. Galena, Monitor, Naugatuck,
Aroostook, and Port Royal, under Comdr. John
Rodgers. attacked the Confederate batteries at
Drewry's Bluff, James River, Va, commanded
by Comdr. Ebenezer Farrand, {. 5. ~, and
manned by the officers and crews of the c. s. S.
| Virginia. Patrick Henry, and jamestown and
| few companies of soldiers under Ma jor Angus
tus Drewry. The engagement lasted three hours
and 90 minutes when the fleet retired down
| the river. Union casualties, IL killed, 22
wounded, the Galena greatly damaged, tho
shot passing through and through her, and the
Naugatuck disabled by the bursting OF one OF
her own guns. Confederate casualties, killed
and S wounded.
A detachment of the 9th W. Va. engaged in
| skirmish at Ravenswood, w. Va
The 81 N. Y. Cav, 18th and 25th Mass, and
detachment e guns Sd N. Y. Art. under the
command of Col Thomas J. c. Amory, were
attacked at Trenton Bridge, N. g. Union loss,
four wounded and five missing.
Two battalioMs Cd Mich. Cav. under Capt.
Campbell, with one battalion I'd Iowa Cav.
under Mai. Coon, made a reconnaissance to-
ward and near the Memphis and Charleston
railroad, in which they had slight skirnlish
with no casualties
COL Daniels with 300 mon of his regiment,
the 1st Wis. Cav, attacked and routed body
of men supposed to be of the command of Col.
letters at Chalk Bluff, Ark. He reports his
loss as one killed and eight wounded tone NOR
tally. The rebel loss is stated TO be ] killed
and II wounded.
Co. d. 1st Iowa Cav, lost three men killed
and one wounded in skirmish near Butler,
Mo.
Col Joseph J. Cook, c. s. Army, commanding
at Galveston, Tex, reports that the schooner
Sam Houston was fired upon from south bat
terry. when she Withdrew to her anchorage near
the U. S. vessel bockading the port.
Detachments composed of men of the 1st Mo-
Cav. and Mo. State militia while scouts
from Independence, Mo-. toward Little Blue
killed three rebels and lost one man wounded.
They returned to camp on the 18th.
May 15-16.-The "a Md. lost three men cap
tured or missing while operating in the vicinity
of PolOcksville and Young's Crossroads, y. c.
May 15-l7.-The 23th, Bath, and 9th Ohio
lost 90 men killed, 50 wounded, and 81 captured
missing in actions at Wolf Creek and in the
vicinity of Princeton, W. Va. The Confederate
forces under the command of Brig Gen.
Humphrey Marshall, consisted of the 54th and
29th Va, 9Th KY, Dunn's battalion, Bradley's
Mid KY. Rifles, and Jefress's Va. battery,
about 9, 200 strong Their loss was two killed
and IA wounded.
May lG.-Capt William A. Long, OF Co. A,
Mo. State militia, with ii men of his company,
while escorting the mail from Pleasant I'LL to
Independence. Mo-. were fired upon about a
mile south of Blue River from ambuscade,
and lost one man killed and six wounded.
In an affair at Grand Gulf, Miss, the Union
forces lost one man killed and two wounded.
May 16-20-Col. Edward Daniels with $50
men of his regiment-thc LIST Wis.-and one
piece of artillery, pursued and broke up band
of rebels in Dunklin County, Mo. He also cap
tured the steamboat Daniel Miller at Horners-
vile, Mo-, taking 80 prisoners. Col. Daniel
Lewis of the Mo. State Guards, and one private
killed. and three wounded.
May l7.-Maj. Gen. Irwin Mcdowell ordered
to move upon Richmond in cooperation with
Maj. Gen. Mcclellan.
The 55lh H., Sth Mo-, and Battery ], 1st H.
Art, OF the First Brigade Fifth Division, Army
Of the Tennessee, in the advance upon Corintb,
Miss. became engaged at Russel's House, near
that place. Union loss, IA killed and SO
wounded.
foragng party from the Second Brigade,
Osterhaus's Division, Army Of the Southwest
was fired upon on Little Red River, about nine
miles below Camp Musquito. Ark, by a party of
rebels from the opposite bank. Seven men
were reported missing and supposed to be
killed. Five wagons and "a mules were also
lost
Expedition Of The U. S. S. Currituck, under
Lieut.. Alexander Murray, up the Pamunkey
River, Va, accompanied by the transport Seth
Low with detachment OF troops under Maj.
6. l.. Willard 10Th Inf. and Capt. Romeyn B.
Ayres, 5th Art, causing the Confederates to
destroy two steamers and ID schoorCrs.
May 17-18.-Reconnoissance by the U. s. S.
Hnnchback and Shawshecn under command
OF Acting Lieut.. Z. r. Colhoun up the Mcher-
rim River, Y. c., about II miles, where a de-
serted earthwork with five embrasures was
found and the river INSTRUCTED by schooner
with chain across and trees and logs chained
together Captured the schooner 6. H. Smoot
May lS.-A detachment of the 18th n. Y. Cav
encountered two companies of Confederate
cavalry, aud drove them through Woodstock
Va.
The surrender of vicksburg, Miss, was de-
mandrd by Maj. Gen. b. F. Butler, L. s. Army
and Flag Officer ID. G. Farragut u. S. Navy
and refused by Brighten. NJ. l.. Smith, G. S.
Army.
The Fifth and Sixth Corps constituted. to J.
commanded respectively by Brig Gen. Fitz-
John Porter and Maj Gen. VIM. B. Franklin.
May IS ia reconnaissance WAS made on
the 18th by Capt James w. Forsyth, 18th Inf,
toward Old Church, Va. On the 18th, with an
escort of three companies Of the 9th Cav, the