The National tribune., 1892-09-15
CASE4LT[ES.

CASUALTIES.
UNION ARMY.-Six officers and liz men
killed, q officers and 423 men wounded, and
22 men captured Or missing; total $40.
CONFEDERATE ARMY.-A summary of casu-
alties. signed by Brig.-Gen. Garnett, shows
three officers and 50 men killed. nine officers
and l53 men wounded, and nine officers and
149 men missing; total, 361. return COM
piled from the official reports in the Confeder-
ate Archives Office gives so killed, SO wound
ed and 1858 missing; total, us.
Gen. John G. Parke, L. S. Army, made de-
mand for the surrender of Fort Macon, n. G.,
which was refused by Col. NJ. ]. White, c. S.
Army, commanding. and steps were at once
taken to invest the works and preparations
made for besieging the place.
A accommodating party from the Z. S. steam
ers Penguin and Henry Andrew were fired
upon near Smyrna Fla, and Lieut.. +. A. Budd
and Acting Master S. w. Mather, L. 5. Navy,
ann six men were killed and six wounded.
The Confederate forces consisted of a detach-
ment from the Sd Fla. and Capt. Owens lndpt.
Co. Cav.
A detachment of 200 men, of the 9TH ILL.,,
while on an expedition from Port Pleasant to
Little River, Mo-, were attacked, and lost two
men killed and two wounded.
March 24.-Maj. Gen Theophilus Fl. Holmes,
c. S. Army, superseded Brig Gen Joseph K.
Anderson in command Of the Department OF
North Carolina.
A detachment of the 4th Ohio Cav. lost three
men, captured in skirmish at Camp jackson,
Tenn
The 1st Iowa Cav. while scouting in st. Clair
and Henry Counties, Mo-, encountered several
bands of bushwhackers, capturing % prisoners,
number OF horses, mules and arms. Ihey
also had some brisk skirmishing (25th) III the
hills of the Usage near Monaghan Springs IN
which two of the enemy were wounded fatally
and three severely. Three of the LIST Iowa
were slightly wounded.
The q. S. gunboats Tyler and Lexington
exchanged shots with two Confederate batteries
in the vicinity of Eastport, Miss.
March 25-The 62d Ohio engaged in skirm-
ish at Mount Jackson, Va.
The 4th Ohio Cav, under command OF Col.
John Kennett, detachments of the 24th and 37th
H. and Simonsen's battery left Murfree5-
bOrO, Tenn, on tour OF reconnaissance.
They visited She!byville, Tullahoma, Man
chester, and McMnnyile, Tenn. The infantry
and artillery remained at ShebyVille, the cav
| airy going to the other places in the order
named A few Confederate soldiers at home Oh
fur!ough were captured, and a slight skirmish
took place at Manchester OF the 9th. The
command returned to Aurtreesboro on the 2Sth.
No loss reported.
The Yacht America, sunk in the st. Johns
River Fla, by the Confederates was raised by
Acting Master VIM. Budd U. S. Navy, the Com
niander OF q. S. S. Ellen.
Lieut.. Mortimer Nicely, 9th Iowa Cav, with
20 men, made reconnaissance from Fort
Henry, Tenn, to Agnews Ferry.
The schooner jesse j. Cox, of Mobile, cargo
cotton and turpentine, was captured by the U.
S. S. Cayuga, off Mobile, Ala.
Engagement of one hour and 90 minutes be-
tween the t. S. gunboat New London, and the
c. S. gunboats Oregon and Pamlco. near Pass
Christian, Miss. The c. s. gunboats retreated
into Lake Pontchartrain
The L. S. s. Seminole, Norwich. and Wyan-
dotte under Comir. John p. ellis, made
comnoissance up Wilmington River. Ga, to the
Confederate battery on Skiddaway island,
which they found deserted and the guns re-
nlnved They l.stravpd the works.