The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1892-10-27

WILLIAMSBURG, VA.
Operations in Kentucky, Tenn
essee, and Missouri.
Compiled from the Official Records Of the War

| Uompjled from the OTclal Records OF the w ar
Anril 28.-A detachment of "a men of tn o
| 10th Wis., under the command of Sergts W.
| Nelson, Co. /. and A. II. Makinson. Co. II,
while on duty guarding Paint Rock Bridge
were attacked Ivy Confederate cavalry, and
after a determined resistance, lasting upward OF
two hours repulsed the attack. The detach-
ment lost seven men wounded. Reported loss
of the Confederates six killed and many
| wounded
Brig Gen. John II. Forney, C. s. Army, was
assigned to command of the Department of
| Alabama and West Florida.
detachment of five ompanies OF cavalry
from Gen. John Popes command engaged in a
skirmish with the Confederate cavalry near
Monterey Tenn. killing five and capturing 10
| prisoners.
A detachment of the 4th Ohio Cav. lost one
man killed in a skrmsh ut Bolivar. Ala
detachment of the 9Th Mo. s. M. Cav. en-
gagged in a skirmish at Warsaw. Mo.
The steamer Oreto (afterward c. S. S. Flor
ida) arrived at Nassau. n. p.
Forts Jackson and st. Philip, La sur
rendered to Comd'r David ID. Porter, U. S. N.
Flag Officer J. K. Mitchell, G. S. n. not being
included in the negotiations for surrender of
the forts, and seeing that they were surrender
ing destroyed the g. s. s. Louisiana and after
ward surrendered the unarmed tenders @. W.
Burton and Lands to Comd'r Porter.
April ga detachment of the Odd Mass. on
picket were attacked by a body of cavalry near
Batcheder's Creek. N. c., and lost one man
| killed and three captured
| An expedition under Lieut. A. G. Rhnd on
the u. S steamer E. B. Hale-Lieut James H.
| Gills-aftcr sharp engagement captured and
destroyed Pineberry battery. mounting two
| 81 Founders, situated on GrimbalPs estate on
the north side of the Dawho River. Upon re-
turning down the river the Hale had sharp
| foil hat
waiting in ambush for her White Point
A skirmish took place near Cumberland Gap,
| Tenn, between a strong accommodating party
| from Brig Gen. George ". Morgan's command,
conducted by Brig Gems r. Carter and Col.
John F. De Courcy, U. S. Army, and the Con-
| Tolerate forces under Brig. Gen. Carter f.
Stevenson, G. s. Army. Union loss four men
wounded.
The Third Division, Army Of the Tennessee
| Mai Gen Lew Wallace. went on an expedition
| to Purdy, Tenn. The expedition was success
| full Two bridges on the Mobile and Ohio Rail.
road were destroyed; and one locomotive and
| the trainmen captured.
An expedition under Mai. Gen. o. NJ. Nit
chel, consisting of the Cd. 21st and 33d Ohio,
| 10th Wis, and Battery 4, 1st Mich. Art, occu-
pied Bridgeport, Ala. They succeeded in saw
| ing West Bridge near that place. guarded by
the Both and 10th Ga, who attempted to de-
stroy it upon Gen. Mitchels approach.
Iowa Cav. engaged in skirmish with the
| Confederate cavalry near Monterey, Tenn.
Union loss. one killed and four wounded; Con-
| fedcrate one killed.
A Confederate battery of three guns attacked
| the u s. S. Thomas Freeborn, Acting Masters
Mate J. J. Brice, temporarily commanding, near
| the mouth Of the Piankatank River, Va. The
| Freeborn silenced the battery
Reconnaissance by the U. s. s. Island Belle.
| and prize Steamer Eureka. under command of
Lieut.. Samuel Magaw, ofthe Piankatank River,
Va, and engagement with Confederate field
battery on its banks.
| April 3O.-The Armies of the Department of
Mississippi reorganzed. Maj Gems. Thomas,
Pope, and McClernand. respectively, assigned
to the right wing, left wing and reserve; MAJ.
| Gen. Buell. retaining command Of the army OF
| Tho Ohio, a"a Maj.-den. Grant assigned as Sec
ond in command.
The Schooner Maria, of Nassau, n P. loaded
| with salt and cigars, was captured by the U. s.
| S. Santiago de Cuba off Charleston, s. c.
May 1.-Skrmish at Rapidan Station, Va.
| detachment of the ODD Ohio. under Lieut.
| Bottsford, were engaged with detachment of
| the 9Th Va. Cav, under Leus.-Col. Henry Fitz-
hugh. on Camp Creek, in the Stone River Val
| ley, w. Va. Union loss, one man killed and 20
| wounded. Confederate, one killed four or five
seriously and eight or nine slightly wounded.
A detachment of the 23d Ohio lost one man
| killed and ID wounded in a skrmish at Clarks
Hollow, W. Va.
Capt John Jumper, Co. F, 18th Ohio in COM
mand of detachment of Union troops, about
| ITO strong 80 armed, was attacked by Col.
| John II. Morgan, Confederate army, near Pu-
| laski, Tenn, and after sharp skirmish, last
| ing two and half hours, surrendered his COM
Inand. Union loss one killed, one wounded,
and 107 captured.
New Orleans, La, occupied by the Union
forces under the command of Maj. Gen. Benja-
| min F. Butler.
May 1-2-The Third Division, Army of the
| Ohio Brig Gen. o. NJ Mitchell operating in
the vicinity of Athens. Mooresvile, Limestone
| Bridge, and Elk River, Ala, lost two men
| killed, three wounded, and 80 captured or miss
ing. The Confederatcs under the command of
! Col. John s. Scott. LIST La. Cav, lost four men
killed and five wounded.
Nav 2.-The Department of Kansas re-es-
tablshed to include the State of Arkansas, the
Indian Territory west OF Arkansas, and the
| Territories of Nebraska. Colorado, and Dakota.
Skirmish at Trevlian's Depot and Louisa
Courthouse, Va
Reconnaissance by the u. S. s. Anacostia,
Lieut.. o. c. Badger. of Mobjack Bay, Va, and
| the creeks and rivers connected Herewith.
The pickcts of Battery +, lst X. |. Art sta
toned about one mile from Deep Gully, OH the
Trenton Road, N. c.. were attacked by party
of Confederates and lost one man killed and
one wounded. bets NJ
A detachment OF the ISL 1uu. CaV- lOSb TWO
men wounded in skirmish at Litchfeld. Ark.
May 3.-Martiai law proclaimed and ex-
tended over the Counties of Lee, Wise, Buch-
anan. Mcdowell, and Wyoming, Va
A detachment of the 4th Ohio Cav. engaged
in a skirmish at Watkins Ferry, Ga. Loss,
one man killed and one wounded.
Tho railroad and county road bridges over
Lookout Creek Tenn, were destroyed by the
Confederates under the command OF Brighten.
| ID. Leadbetter c. S. Army.
A battalion of the I'd Mich. Cav, Capt. Rus
sell A. Alger, commanding. made reconnois-
sance, toward the Memphis and Charleston
railroad encountering the Confederates and
taking nine prisoners. No casualties.
The Cd Iowa Cav, under Lieut.-Col. Hatch,
proceeded to n point on the Memphis and
Charleston Railroad between huntsville and
Glendale, and destroyed the track by burning
the trestle work, bending the rail and destroy
ing the switches. Captured three wagons, 10
mules, and four prisoners.
The First Division, Army of the Mississippi,
while OIL recon n distance ut Pennington, Miss,
engaged the COnfederates, losing two men
killed and 12 wounded.
The command of Maj. Gen. Samuel X. Curtis,
U. S. Army, reached Batesville, Ark. at O. m.
slight skirmish occurred with loss OF one
man wounded on Union SIDE
May 4.-Yorktown. Va. was occupied by the
Union forces under the command OF Maj Lien.
George b. Mcclellan after siege beginning on