The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1892-06-02
THE GREAT REBELLION.
Chronological Record of Operations
from May ii to July 5, 1851.
BALTIMORE OCCUPIED.
Evacuation Of Harper's Ferry
by the Rebel Forces.
ACTION AT PHILIPPL.
Advance Of Federal Troops
into Virginia.
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BALTIMORE OCCUPIED.
ACTION AT PHILIPPL.
Compiled from the Official Records of the War;
1861.

1861.
Nav IA mob in ST. Louis fired upon some
Home Guards in the northern part of the city.
The fire was returned by the troops; IL were
killed, two Of whom were soldiers.
Brig Gen. VIM. S. Harvey resumed command
of the Department of the West.
Nav l3-With the 9th Mass. and Sth n. Y.
and section of Cooks battery, Gen. Butler
marched into Baltimore from the Relay House
and took possession of Federal Hill. On the
18th Gen. Scott writes to him: Your hazard
Gus occupation of Baltimore was made without
my knowledge and of course without my APP
probation. 1t is Godsend that it was with
out conflict of arms"
Mai.-Gen. Mcclellan, e. s. Army. assumed
command of the Department of the Ohio.
Brig Gen Ben. McCuloch. c. s. Army, was
assigned to command in the Indian Territory.
Douglass II. Cooper was empowered by the
War Department, c. s., to raise among the
Choctaw and Chickasaw Indians a mounted
regiment to be commanded by himself.
May IA railroad train was seized at Har-
per's Ferry. Gen. Shriver, from Frederick,
Md, reported that all connections west via b.
& o. r. R. had been cut off since 6 q. m.
Ross Winans, of Baltimore. arrested at
the Relay House, Nd, by order OF Gen. Butler
and sent to Fort McHenry. He was liberated
Nav I6 on his written parole by Gen. Cadwala-
der. under instructions OF President Lincoln.
Nav 15-An order was issued by the Advis-
DRY Council of Virginia advising that polls be
opened on the 4th Thursday of May at the va
rious places of encampment for the purpose of
taking the votes upon the Ordinance of Seces-
sion of the qualified voters of the State who
sre in the military service.
Brig.-Gen. Joseph E. Johnston was assigned
TO the command of all troops near Harper
Ferry.
Maj.-Gen. George Cadwalader, Pennsylvania
militia, superseded Gen. Butler in command of
the Department of Annapolis.
An expedition consisting of Co. A. 1st Mo-,
Co. A. 5th Mo.-176 men-under the command
Of Capt Nelson Cole, left st. Louis on the night
Of the 18th and arrived at Potosi, Mo-, next
morning at o'clock. The town was sur
rounded, houses searched. and sc men who had
been active in prosecuting persons loyal to the
General Government were arrested. OF those
arrested AZ took the oath and were released,
and nine were sent to st. Louis as prisoners.
Two smelling furnaces were also visited and
100 pigs of lead captured. At the railroad de-
pot 325 pigs of lead were found and seized; also
6 quantity of wearing material partly manu-
featured into uniforms for disloyai troops. The
expedition returned to st. Louis at p. m.
May 16.-Commander John Rogers, u. S.
Navy, was ordered to report to Maj.-Gen. Nc
Cellan for the establishment of a naval arma-
ment on the Western rivers.
An order was issued by the War Department
relieving Gen. W. s. Harvey from command of
the Department Of the West and granting him
leave of absence.
May I9-l9-The United States steamer Mon
ticello, Capt. Henry Eagle, United States Navy,
fired on Confederate battery at Sewalls Point
There were no guns mounted in the battery at
the time but some were at once sent from Nor
folk, and were placed in position at p. N. on
the 18th. Soon after fire was again opened by
The steamer, which was returned and kept up
one and one-half hours when she withdrew ;
no casualties or material injury done the bat
terry.
May 2o.-ordinance of Secession adopted in
North Carolina
May 2L-Brig.- Gen. NJ L. Bonham, C. S.
Army, was assigned to command on the,"Alex-
andria Line"
Col. John B. Magruder, Prov. Army of Va,
was assigned to command at Yorktown.
Gen. VIM. S. Harvey, O. S. Army, and Gen.
Sterling Price, commanding Missouri State
Guard, agreed upon plan for the maintenance
Of peace and avoidance of conflicts between the
Federal and State Governments. Gen. Price
pledged the whole power of the State to main
tain order among the people, and Gen. Harvey
declared that, this object being thus assured,
there would be no occasion to make further
military movements. They mutually enioined
upon the people Of the State TO attend to their
civil business, and expressed the hope that the
unquiet elements, which had threatened so scri
ously to disturb the peace would soon sub
side
Under ordinance passed by the Arkansas Con-
vention May II the delegates of that State 20
the Provisional Congress ceded to the Confed
crate States Fort Smith and the arsenal at Lit
tie Rock.
May o2-The Department of Virginia to con.
sist Of Fort Monroe and 60 miles around the
same was constituted, and Brig Gen, b. F.
Butler ASSIGNED IN corurnand
May 23.-Col Phelps with the Ist Vt. mill
Tia, made a reconnaissance to and entered
Hampton, Va, remaining but short time
Hampton Bridge was fired by the Confederates
on the approach Of the Union forces. but the
fire was extinguished by the soldiers, assisted
by the citizens.
Brighten. Benjamin Huger. Va. Vols. WAS
assigned 10 command at Norfolk, Va
May pa general advance of the Union
army was made into Virginia, and Arlington
Heights and Alexandria were occupied. The
9Th, 28th. and Goth " Y; one connanv of ID
Cav, section Of +, Sd Art; as pioneers of the I4tb
n. Y, crossed by the Aqueduct Bridge The
LIST Mich, 9Th, 18th. 18th n. Y; 3D. Sd, 4th n. J..
two companies I'd Cav; Owens d. c. Cav. and
two sections T. Sd Art, by the Long Bridge
The 18th NY Fire Zouaves) was convened by
steamer TO Alexandria. The movement acres.
the Long Bridge commenced at 2 a. m. the
18th \. Y. leading. Col. C. p. Stone in com.
mand OF the District Volunteers took posses.
sion OF the Virginia end OF the bridge befor.
any alarm was given. lie Immediately pushed
forward strong pickets on the different roads
The 18th n. Y. was landed on the wharf al
Alexandria under the guns of the Pawnee. and
were joined by the list Mich. and detachment
OF T. Sd Art. They met with no opposition IN
the occupation Of Alexandria, the rebel in.
fantry escaping On the Orange and Alexandra
halIway. Capt Balls company of Virgins
cavalry, 90 strong, were captured. Col. Ellis.
WORTH iltn N Y, was assassnated at the
Marshall House after the troops had taker
possession.
May 26-The blockade of the mort NJ Nau
Orleans, La, was established by the BROOKLYN
Commander Charles II. Poor. and of Mobile
Ala, by the Powhatan, Commander ID. ID
Porter
May 26 3o-Information having been re
ceived that two bridges on the B. & O. r. R
near Pennington Station had been burned
and that the rebels were preparing to destro,
the lines between Grafton, Wheeling and Par
kersburg, Col. Kelley, LIST W. Va. in obedi
enee to orders, started from Wheeling. w. Va.
on the morning of the, 9th reached the burned
bridges, repaired them, and on the Both oacu
pied Grafton, the rebels having evacuated tn,
place on the 26th. Col. Irvine, 10th Ohio fol
lowed Col. Kelley. Col Steedmau, 18th Ohio
occupied Parkersburg on the 9th, advancin.
Toward Grafton via North western r. r.. ant
succeeded in opening that road.
may H.-Brig.-Ge Irwin Mcdowell. II. 6
hfiny. was assigned to command and the De
partment OF Northeastern Virginia was consti
tuten, EN- attracting all that part of Virginia cas-
Oh the AAegany Mountains and north of Jane