The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1892-07-14

| Ue u. - o. SeHeCd, Lieut.. Ddulcf humCu
accompanied by the Pembina and Curlew
made reconnaissance up Beaufort River, S. G..
! as far as the town of Beaufort, which wa.
| found deserted by the white inhabitants; the
| negroes remaining committing excuses and
destroying property.
Nov. 10.-The U. S. S. Dawn engaged Con.
federate battery of three guns near Boyd's Hole
Potomac River Va.
Brig -Gen. a. G. Wright, U. S. Army, accom-.
panied by Capt Gilmore, of the Engineers. with
| an escort composed of five companies of the 18th
| Conn.,, went from Hilton Head to Braddock' &
| Point, S. c., returning on the following day.
| They found three 2i-pdr. guns, and one 10-inch
| Colnmbiad in the batteries, with some balls,
| grape and canister, scattered on the beach
outside the parapet, with indications that the
| place had been abandoned in great haste.
The 9th w. Va, organizing at Guyandotte.
w. Va, were surprised by Confederate cavalry
under Col. John n. Clarkson. Adj't J. G.
Wheeler, who reported the affair, estimated the
loss at 10 or ~ killed and 90 or 80 wounded
and 20 captured. The Confederates retreated
from the place the next morning, upon the
arrival of zoe men of the 5th w. Va. and the
| Home Guards of Lawrence County, Ohio. The
Home Guards set fire to the town, and q
large portion of it, in value, was burned.
Skirmish near Bristol between Union men
| of East Tennessee and the Confederates.
Nov. 10-1l.-Detachment of the I'd Ky.
and the 11th Ohio engaged in skirmishing at
Blake's Farm, Cotton Hill, w. Va. Loss, two
killed, one wounded and six missing, all of the
18th Ohio.
Nov. Infringement of the U. s. S. Thomas
Freeborn, Lieut.. Samuel Magaw, u. S. N, with
Confederate battery of feldpieces on the
Virginia shore nearly opposite Maryland
Point, Potomac River.
scouting party sent out by Gen. Magruder
was fired on near New Market Bridge (near
Fort Monroe). Va, and one man of the Sd Va.
Cav. wounded.
Col. Danville Leadbetter, Provisional Army.
Confederate States, assigned to the command
of the troops to be stationed for the protection
of the railroads between Bristol and Chatta-
nooga, Tenn.
Maj.-Gen. g. b. Crittenden. Provisional Army,
Confederate States, assigned to command of
| troops at and in vicinity of Cumberland Gap,
Tenn.
Companies A, B. and H, 9TH Kan. Cav, we're
engaged in action at Little Blue, Mo-, and lost
nine killed and 30 wounded.
Nov. IA reconnaissance under the COM
mand Of Brig. Gen. S. p. Heintzelman was
made to Pohick Church and the Occoquan
River, Va. The troops composing the expedi-
ton were the 4th Me-, 37th n. Y, 10th, 61st,
SD, and 105th Pa, Cd, Sd, aud 9Th Mich, three
companies LIST n. Y. Cav, Batteries E. LIST r. l.,
and 6, I'd Art. Regulars. Casualties three
Cav.
Co. II, 10th, and Co. A, 18th Ohio, engaged in
skirmish on Laurel Creek, W. Va. Loss one
killed and four wounded-one MORALLY.
President Davis requested aj.-Gen. Leoni.
das Polk to postpone his resignation as Major
General in the Provisional Army of the Con-
federate States, rendered on the 9Th.
The British steamer Finga, under Comdr. ].
ID. Bulloch. Special Agent Of the Confederate
NAVY Depar abroad loadad with largo
cargo of military and naval supplies. ran the
blockade into Savannah, Ga. The Fingal was
afterwards converted into the Confederate
ironclad Atlanta.
The U. S. bark W. G. Anderson, Acting Vol
Lieut.. w. c. Rogers. captured the c. S. priva-
teer schooner Beauregard, Capt. Gilbert S. Hay.
Nov. 13.-Brig.-G Samuel G. French, G. S.
Army, superseded Brig Gen. ]. r. Trimble in
command of the batteries and defenses at
Evansport, Va.
Two vedettes of an ambuscading force sent
out by Gen. Magruder approached the position
of the Georgia Legion, and after short parley
turned and rode off at full speed. Fire was
opened upon them without orders. and in the
effort to cause the fire to cease Maj. Bagley was
killed, Capt. S. K. Morris and one private
wounded, and Col. Thomas S. Garnett's horse
shot under him.
The Ringgold Battalion, Pa. Cav, engaged
in a skirmsh near Romney, w. Va, and lost
one killed, one wounded, and one captured.
Brig. Gen. w. I. Sherman relieved from duty
in Kentucky and ordered to report to Mai. Gen.
III. w. Halleck for duty in the Department of
the Missouri.
Nov. I3-15.-Capt. II. P. Hawkins with his
independent company-Missouri Cavalry
visited Doniphan, No., and went within six
miles Of the State line and returned to Patter-
son. No., 10 miles north Of Greenville, on the
18th. He reports the capture of the lieutenant
in command of the pickets at Doniphan.
Nov. 13-1s.-Col. Dodge, commanding post
and Wright Counties by detachment of %
men Of Capt. S. n. Woods Rangers under Serg't
Aylesworth. -Four of the party, under Sergt
Adams, while attempting to arrest a notorious
rebel named Pitcocks, were resisted by Is armed
men, and sharp contest ensued, resulting in
the killing of nine aud capture of six. Sergt
Adams was wounded. The detachment brought
in IL prisoners.
Nov. IA Confederate battery at Cockpit
Point, Va, opened fire upon schooner be-
Gained opposite the mouth of Mattawoman
Creek. The crew of the schooner deserted her,
when she was boarded by party of Confed-
crates and set on fire. A detachment from the
LIST Mass, under Capt. Edward A. Wild, extin.
guished the fire and towed the schooner beyond
the reach of danger.
An expedition under the command of Brig.
Gen. Henry II. Lockwood. u. S. Army, was
sent through Accomac and Northampton Coun-
ties, Eastern Shore of Virginia Gen. Dix, in
command Of the Department issued a proca-
nation to the people, to be published by Gen.
Lockwood, stating that the object of the adj
vance of his troops is to maintain authority of
the Government to protect the people, and
restore commerce to its original channel. The
troops met no opposition. On the night of the
18th a force of Confederates said to be $500
strong, disbanded, and on the 22d Gen. Lock-
wood reported his arrival at Drummondtown
with the major portion of his command, and
that his advance troops were well on their way
TO Eastville. He also reported the capture of
seven 6-pdr. iron guns, limited number of
small-arms, and three officers of the Confederate
army. Gen. Lock wood remained in occupation
with portion Of his troops Trade was soon
reopened, lights on the coast re-established, and
postal arrangements and civil authority re.
stored.
Engagement of the q. s. Coast Survey
steamer Corwin Lieut.. T. s. Phelps, u. S. N.
with the c. S. S. Curlew, at Hatteras Inlet,
NC.
Company F. 18th Ohio, engaged scouting
party Of Confederate cavalry on the road from
Fayetteville TO Raleigh, w. Va. Col. ST. George
Croghan, c. S. Army, was MORALLY wounded.
Skirmish near McCoy's Mill, w. Va. Union
troops engaged, 9TH and 18th Ohio.
Nov. l5.-Order issued by Brig Gen. T. w.
Sherman changing the names of Fort Walker
to Fort Welles, and Fort Beauregard to Fort
Seward.
Brig Gen. D. c. Buell., Q. S. Army, assumed
command Of the Department of the Ohio.
The Union men of East Tennessee in camp