The National tribune., 1892-11-10
THE GREAT REBELLION.
Chronological Record of Operations
from May Z to IA, 1852.
WEST POINT, VA.
Operations in Kentucky, Tenn
essee, and Missouri.
MCDOWELL, VA.
Occupation Of Norfolk and
Portsmouth, Va.
Compiled from the Official Records OF the war.

COMPILED from the Official Records Of the War
Nav 7-Firey's P II. B. Cav, and de-
tachmcnt of the 81 p III. B., under Lieut.. Col
Stephen w. Downey, engaged in sklrmlsh al
and near WardeDsville. WA, with Capt. 1ohn
Umbaughs command, killing the Captain and
three of his men, wounding five and capturing
10.
The Confederates having attacked and
driven in the Union pickets near Coiumoia
Bridge Va, Col. Robert S. Foster, 18th mo-,
with his regiment, and Go, Il, LIST Vt. Cav:
Capt Conger was ordered out to engage and
drive the enemy from his position. At Somer-
vile Nights, Va, a sharp skirmish occurred
with the 9TH La, Col. Hayes, the Union forces
losing three killed, five wounded and q MISS
ing.
ENGAGEMENTS At WEST POINT, VA.
The 9th Me-. 18th and goth Mass; 10th, 18th,
9th, 3lst 32d, and AID n. Y: 95th and seth
Pa; 1;h Mich: LIST, I'd, Sd, and 4th n. j., ana
Batteries A, Mass. Art, F, LIST n. Y. Art. 4, N
J. Art, and ID, Cd U. S. Art, of Gen. William
b. Franklin's Division, engaged Brig Gen.
William II. G. Writings Division, of Maj Gen.
Gustavus w. Smiths Corps, Army of Northern
Virginia, between Barhamsville and Ethan s
Landing. opposite West Point, Va The Texas
Brigade Brighten. John B. Hood, consisting
of the 18th Ca, LIST. 4th and sth Tex, sup
ported by the Hampton Legion and 18th Ca,
under Col. Wade Hampton, bore the brunt oil
the contest. Anderson's Tennessee Brigade
was held in reserve. Union loss, 40 Killed.
ITO wounded, and Is captured or missing;
Confederate loss, eight killed and 33 wounded.
Co. c. 9th n. Y. left Roanoke Island, n. e.,
on the 18th, on board the gunboat Shawsheen Tor
the purpose of destroying some stores at a
place about eight miles south OF Gatesvllle, N
c. The force landed on the morning OF the
.i.elas, fhn NH ant
of the expedition. On their return to the gun.
boat, they were attacked by a small body OF
cavalry, but soon repulsed them.
Stewards battalion, Ill. Cav, lost two men
wounded in skirmish at Purdy, Tenn.
A detachment of the I'd Ohio Cav. lost one
man killed and three captured or missing in
skirmish al Ho4sr creek, Mo.
May 7-S.-Maj. Robert Morris, jr, in CON-
nand of squadron of the 9Th Pa. Cav, made
reconnaissance from Yorktown, Va, TO Null
berry Point James River, Va.
ENGAGEMENT NEAR MCDOWELL, VA.
May s.-Brig Gen. Robert II. Milroy, Z. S.
Army, commanding Union forces. Brighten.
Edward Johnson, G. s. Army, commanding
Confederate forces
COMPOSITION OF ARMIES
Union Army.
EiIroy's Brigade-3d w. Va, 25th, 32d and
18th Ohio Schenck's Brigsde-S2d Ohio. Ar
tillery-12th Ohio battery.
Confederate Army.
Army of the Valley District. Second Bri-
gade-2lst. 42d, 4sth Va, aud LIST Va battalion.
Third Brigsde-loth, 23d, and 9th Va.
Army of the Northwest-l2th Ga 25th, 31st,
4&th, SD and 56th Va,
STRENGTH OF ARMIES
Gen Scbenck reports the entire Union force
engaged rs follows: Milroy's Brigade, 1,76S
.tnn4 If he q lsR
There is no data in the official records from
which can be prepared u statement Of the
strength Of the Confederate forces.
CASUALTIES
Union army-26 killed, 227 wounded and
three missing; total 256.
Confederate srmy-75 killed and 423
wounded; total, 49s Also called Bull Pasture
Mountain, Va.
Msj.-Geu. William W. Loring assigned to
the command Of the Department of South
western Virginia, embracing the commands
of Brig Gems. Heth and Humphrey Marshall
The L. :. S. susquebanns, Monitor, Nauga-
tuck, Dacotah, Seminole and San JRcinto
under Capt james L. LardneT, by direction of
Flag Officer Goldsborough, engaged the Con-
federate batteries on Sewells Point, Va. The
c. s s. Virginia, Tor Merrimac,) Flag Officer
Istnall, came ont into Hampton Roads from
Norfolk, but took 10 part in the engagement.
detachment Of the oath Ohio Cav. en-
gagged IN a sklrmish at Athens, Ala.
The First and Second Divisions of the Army
OF the Mississippi Pope, with a strong cavalry
force, made reconnaissance to near Corinth,
Miss. Loss, two men killed, eight wounded,
and cue missing.
detachment Of the % Iowa Cav lost one
man killed aud three wounded in a skirmish
near Glendale, Miss.
The master OF the stesmtug J. B. White de.
serted from the Confederates at Norfolk and
brought his vessel into Hampton Roads and de-
hvered her up 10 Gen. John Z. Wool, u. S. A.
The L. :. 3 G2ieDa, Aroostook, and Port
Royal, under Comdr. John Rodgers proceeded
up James River, Va, engaged and silenced the
SonIederste battery Fort Boykin1 at Rock
wharf then engaged and passed the battery
ttort huger) al Hardin's Bluff, and drove the
Z. 9. ;. Jamestown and Patrick Henry I'D the
river. Casualties. Union, none; Confederate,
three wounded in Fort Hnger
May 52L-Maj. Benjamin NJ Skinner. 9th
W. Va, With detachment of his regiment, was
engaged scouting through Roane and Clay
Counties, w. Va He left camp on Elk River,
OF the 9Th, and on the 2lst was directed 10 re.
port for duty with his command at Charleston,
kauawhs County, w. Va.
May 9.-The I'd X. l., 95th Pa, detachment
OF the 9th q. b. Cav, and Batteries a, b, L,
and NJ. % U. S. Art. engaged the Confederates
near Slatersvilie, Va. Union loss three killed
snG three wounded.
detachment Of 20 men of the 55th Ohio,
under the command of Lieut.. r. F. Patrick, on
duty as the picket-guare on the Mcdowell
Road near Mcdowell, Va, was attacked by
rebel cavalry aud forced to retreat, losing six
men captured, one of whom was wounded
MAJ Gen. Mcclellan authorized by the Presi-
dent 70 suspend the corps organization in his
army aud adopt sny other be saw fit until fur
Their orders.
Norfolk, Var was evacuated by the Confed-
crate forces.
MaJ.-Gen. David Hunter. u. s. army ordered
the emancipation OF slaves in Florida, Georgia,
and South Carolina, and authorized the arminp
OF all able-bodied negroes in lose States.
detachment of Col. Innes's Engineers and
Mechanics. two squadrons of the Sd Ohio Cav,
detachment of loo infantry, 77th Pa, and
18th Ind, were attacked by the Confederates