The National tribune., 1892-07-21

let, n. C.
Dec. -9-Reconnoissance, under Comdr
T. Drayton, U: S: n, by the gunboats Unadiila
Isaac Smith, Dale and Coast Survey steame
Vixen, of st. Helena Sound, S. c., and river
emptying into it.
Dec Gan expedition consisting of Gen
Meade's Brigade, with Kerns' battery and 1
squadro ron of cavalry under Maj. Jones, went t.
Gunnell's Farm, near GAINESVILLE, Va ant
brought in 81 wagon-loads of forage. Some
Secession citizens were arrested.
w. G. Brownlow arrested at Knoxville
Tenn, for treason on a warrant issued by the
Confederate States commissioner.
The British ship Cheshire, of Liverpool, was
captured by the U. S. S. Augusta off Savannah
Ga.
Dec. 6-7-Col. William E. Martin, 1st S. c
M't'd Militia, in obedience to orders of Gen
Lee, with small detachment proceeded te
Port Royal Ferry and Beaufort, S. c.. and
burned all the cotton found except such as the
| owners were engaged in removing.
Dec. Lieut.. r. II. Wyman, U. S. n, as.
sumed command of Potomac Flotilla.
The British schooner Eugenia Smith was
overhauled off the mouth of the Rio Grande
River Texas, by the U. S. S. Santiago de Cuba,
Comdr. Dan. B. Rdgely, and two Confederate
agents Mcssrs. J. W. Zacharie and T. S. Rogers
were seized. The vessel was allowed to pro-
| coed.
Col. E. B. Nichols, Tex Vols, superseded: Col.
Moore in command of the Military District OF
| Galveston, Tex.
The u S. S. New London, Lieut.. A. Reed,
exchanged shots with two Confederate steam
| ers in Mississippi Sound.
Dec. S.-An expedition sent by Maj. Gen. T.
]. Jackson to destroy Dam No. 5, Chesapeake
| & Ohio Canal, was repulsed by the Union forces,
| Co.'S ID, 18th Mass, and ID, LIST w. Va.
detachment of the 9Th Ohio lost one man
killed and two missing in skirmish near
Romney, w. Va.
detachment of the 1st Ky. Cav and the
35th Ohio engaged in a skirmish at Fishing
Creek, near Somerset, KY with a detachment
of cavalry of Zolicofer's command. Union
| loss one killed, one wounded and Is missing.
| Confederate, one wounded.
Mai Gen. L. Polk withdrew his tender of
resignation as au officer in the Confederate
army.
The bark Eben Dodge, of New Bedford.
Mass, was captured and burned by the {. s. S.
| Sumter
Dec. 9.-The 50th III. engaged in a skirmish
at Union Mills, Mo.
| An engagement took place between the Con-
| federate forces, under Col. Douglas II. Cooper,
and Indians, under Hopoeitheyh at Chusto-
Tslasah, ]. T.; Also called Bird Creek or High
Shoal The Confederate force was about 100
strong, and Col. Cooper estimated " the enemy"
at over 500, with a loss of at least 500 killed
and wounded. The Confederate loss was 10
killed and 81 wounded.
The schooner Delight and sloops Express and
! Osceola were captured by the q. S. S. New
London, in Mississippi Sound.
The L. S. s. Jacob Bell and Anacostia shelled
the Confederate force at Freestone Point, Poto-
mac River, Va. Alter driving the enemy back,
Lieut.. +. p. McCrea, U. S. N, landed with a
| party and burned four houses containing suit.
! lerS' stores, -four, etc.
Dec. 10.-Brig.-G Charles P. Stone, U. s.
Army, assumed military supervision of the
| Chesapeake & Ohio Canal.
By an act of the Provisional Congress Ken
lucky was admitted as member of the Con-
federate States of America.
Dec. IA detachment Of the 10Th Ind.
engaged in skirmish at Dam No. 4, Chesa-
Fcake & Ohio Canal.
The Confederate Congress passed an act for the
granting of bounty and furloughs to privates
and non commissioned officers in the Provis-
ional Army who revolunteered or re-enlisted
for three years or during the war at the xpira-
tion of their present term of service"
One company of the LIST and four companies
of the I'd III. Cav. engaged in skirmsh near
Bertrand, Mo-, with Capt. Chas. z. Prices COM
pany LIST Cav, NJ. S. G. Loss. one man killed.
Brig.-Gen. w. II. Carroll, C. S. Army, com.
manGer of the post Of Knoxville, proclaimed
martial law to exist in the City of Knoxville
and the surrounding country to the distance
city.
Reconnaissance by the U. S. gunboats Otta-
wa, Seneca, Pembina and Henry Andrew, under
Comdr. c. L. p. Rodgers, of the Notifications
on Vernon River and 0ssabaw Sound, Ga.
The schooner Sarah and Carolina was capt
ured by the U. S. S. Bienville, off the mouth of
the st. Johns River Fla.
Skirmish between the q. S. steamers Massa.
chusetts and New London and four Confederate
gunboat5 in Mississippi Sound.
The sloop Florida with Capt. Geo. !. Maize,
OF the c. S. Army, on board, WAS captured by
the U. S. S. South Carolina off Timbalier Light.
house, La.
and one wounded in skirmish at Greenbrier
River, w. Va.
A detachment of the 5th Ky. Cav (Union)
lost one man killed in q skirmish at Grady
vile, Ky.
A detachment of the Cd Ill. Cav. lost one
man killed in skirmish at Charleston, Mo.
The limits of the command of Gen. Bragg
Department of Alabama and West Florida)
extended to embrace Pascagoula Bay and
that portion Of Mississippi east Of the Pasca-
gouls River.
MAJ. Gen. Halleck levied an assessment of
$4,000 on persons known to be hostile to the
Union to be used for the support Of families
driven by the Confederates from southwestern
Missouri.
The ship Admiral was captured by the q. 8.
s. Alabama off Tybee Island, Ga.
Dec. 13.-Camp Allegheny, in Pocahontas
County, w, Va was attacked by Union force
under Col. James A. Jones, 25th Ohio, consist
ing OF 400 of the 25th Ohio, $50 Of the 9Th Ind,
$50 of the ID w. Va, 300 of the 18th Ind, 100
of the 32d Ohio and 80 Of Bracken's cavalry.
The Confederate troops under the command of
Col. L. johnson, 18th Ga. consisted of the 10Th
Ga, 25th, 31st and SD Va, Lee and Miller's
batteries, Hansbrough's battalion, and de-
tachment of cavalry under Lieut.. c. L. Dabney,
numbering about !, 200 effective men. Casual
ties-Union, 20 killed, 107 wounded, and 10
missing Confederate, 20 killed, IS wounded,
and % missing.
Maj.-Gen. Geo. B. Crittenden, C. S. Army,
directed TO proceed to Kentucky and assume
command of the forces commanded by Gen.
Zollicofer, including Carroll's Brigade and the
different posts established at Cumberland Gap
and other mountain passes.
The U. S. S. New London shelled the Con.
federate steamer Grey Cloud, near Deer Island,
Mississippi Sound.
Dec 14.-Brig. Gen. III. FL. Sibley assumed
command Of all the forces of the Confederate
States on the Rio Grande at and above Fort
Quitman and all in the Territory of New Mex
leo and Arizona, and announced that his COM
mand would be known aud designated as the
ARMY of New Mexico"
The U. S. S. Quaker City, Comdr ]. NJ.
Frailey, ordered by the Navy Department to
the West Indies in search of the G. S. S. Sum.
ter.
Dec. ia detachment of the Sd Ind. Cav,
Maj. George III. Chapman, captured the soop
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