The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1892-10-20
men on seabrook's Island. sc. Union casual.

| ton S. c., with 100 bales of cotton, ETC., on
board, was captured by the U. S. S. Huron.
The Confederate schooner Wave, of Charles.
ten. S. c.. was captured by the U. S. S. g. w.
| Blunt, off Georgetown, s. c. She had on board
80 bales of cotton.
A detachment Of the 4th Iowa Cav lost one
killed and one wounded in skirmish at Tai
bots Ferry, White River, Ark.
| april 20.-The schooner r. c. Files OF Mobile,
Ala, loaded with cotton, was captured by the
u. S. S. kanawha, off Mobile.
Fleet Capt. III. III. Bell, U. S. n, with the u.
S. gunboats Pinola, Lieut.. Peirce Crosby, and
Itaska Lieut.. C. Ii. B. Caldwell. succeeded in
breaking the distractions across the Mississippi
| River, under heavy fire from Forts Jackson
and st. Philip, thus opening passage way for
Flag Officer Farragut's feet
April 21.-Shirmish at Monterey, Va.
The Army of the Mississippi, Gen. John
| Pope arrived at Pittsburg Landing Tenn.
The u. S. S. Tyler, Lieut.. VIM. Gwin, on a
reconnaissance up the Tennessee River to Flor.
ence, Ala. captured the Confederate transport
steamer Alfred Robb.
Capt. d. b. Harris, Chief Engineer, was
directed by Gen. Beauregard to make a careful
reconnaissance of the bluffs at or about Vicks-
| burg with view to the construction of deiens-
| i've works in that locality.
detachment of the 9th Ill. Cav. lost one
man killed in skirmish at Pocahontas, Mo.
April 2-Franklin's Division of AIcDowell's
| (First) Corps arrived at Yorktown, Va.
Harrisonburg and Luray, Va, occupied by
Gen. Banks's command. Several sharp Skin
mishes took place during the day. Union loss,
| three men captured.
! Maj William A. wager, C. s. Army, reports
the capture of two Union lanches in Arkansas
! Bay, Tex.
| April 23.-Scouting parties from Gen. Mil
roy's command, at different times. attacked
parties of infantry and cavalry 10 miles beyond
Shenandoah Mountain, killed one Lieutenant,
| two men, and captured one man Of the Church
vile cavalry; also captured a Lieutenant of
| the 31st Va. No loss on Union side.
squad OF % men of Firey'S and Shaw IS
companies of cavalry were attacked on Grass
Lick between Lost River aud Cacapon, and
| lost three men killed.
A detachment of the ith Ohio Cav. lost one
man killed and one captured in skirmish at
| Bridgeport, Ala.
The surrender of Fort Macon, n. c., demanded
! by Gen. Burnside. Col. Moses J. White, &. S.
army. commanding, refused to accede to the de-
mand.
The schooner w. c. Bee. loaded with cotton,
was captured by the U. S. S. Santiago de Cuba
in latitude 2S0 N. longitude 10 w.
April 23-2i-The Chesapeake and Albemarle
Canal was thoroughly INSTRUCTED at its mouth
in North Carolina by the U. S. S. j. L. Lock-
wood, Whitehead, and Gen. Putnam, under
Lieut. C. w. Flusser.
April 24.-Skirmish near Harrisonburg Va
The 4th Iii. Cav. was engaged in skirmish
on the Corinth Miss road.
detachment of the 4th Ohio Cav. lost one
man captured in skirmsh on the Shelbyville
road, Tenn.
The sth Mo- was engaged in skirmish at
Lick Creek, Tenn.
The 18th Ill. lost one man killed and two
wounded in a skirmish at Tuscumbia, Ala.
! The blockade-runner Thomas l.. Wragg for
merly C.S.S Nashville), loaded with arms aud
munitions of war, ran.into Wilmington n c.
Flag Officer ID. g. Farragut, U. S. N, attacked
and passed Forts Jackson and st. Philip, La.
at the same time engaging the Confederat
fleet The Federal feet consisted of the L. S. S.
Hartford flagship Brooklyn, Richmond. Pen
| sacola, Mississippi, Cayuga, Oneida, Varuna,
| katabdiu, kineo, Wissahickon, Sciota Iro.
| quOis, Pinola, kennebec, Itasca, Winona, and
| Portsmouth. The Kennebec, Itasca, and
Wlnona failed TO pass the forts; the Ports
mouth being sailing vessel did not attempt to
! pass. At the same time, the forts were bonn
| Darded by the mortar fiOtiila under Comdr. ID.
ID. Porter, consisting OF 19 mortar and five gum
boats. The Confederate feet consisted of the
c. S. S. Louisiana (fagship) McRse Manassas,
Gov. Moore, Gen. Quitmap, and an armed
lanch, and the unarmed steamers Phoenix, w.
Burton, Lands, Mozier, Belle Algcrine, Star,
and Music, used as tenders and in towing fire.
RATS, ali under Comdr. J. X Mitchell, c. S. N.
and the following Mississippi River defense
gunboats: Warrior, Stonewall Jackson. Reso-
lutte, Defiance Gen. Lowell, and Il. J. Brecken-
ridge. under Capt. John A. Stephenson. Casual
ties in the Union feet. 81 killed and 147
wounded. The L. S. s. Varuna was sunk by
the c. S. S. Gov Moore Lieut. Beverly Kennon.
Casualties in killed and wounded in the Con-
federate feet not known. The ram Manassas,
and gunboats Gov. Moore, Resolute, and War
rlOr were run ashore and destroyed by their
crews TO prevent capture the Gen. Quitman,
Stonewall Jackson, Gen. Lowell, X. ]. Breckin-
ridge, Mozier, Music Belle Algerine, Star. and
Phoenix were destroyed by the fire of the
Federal feet.
April ga party from the 1st n. J. Cav. out
on boat from Aqua, Va. surprised cavalry
| picket on the Rappahannock, killed one, NOR
tally wounded another, and captured five.
The 4th Ohio Cav. lost two men captured in
a skirmish at Tuscumbia, Ala.
The 10Th Ohio and 9Th Mo. were engaged in
skirmish on the Corinth Miss road
Flag Officer Farragut, N, with the US.
steamers Hartford, Pensacola, Brooklyn, Mis-
sissippi, Cayuga. Iroquois, Sciota, Oneida, Ka-
| tahdin, and Pinola, engaged, silenced and
passed the Confederate batteries at Chalmette,
| La. The same evening he arrived with his
| feet off New Orleans, La. and demanded the
surrender of the city, capturing number of
| steamers. His arrival caused the Confederates
TO destroy the unfinished ironclad Mississippi,
said to be the most formidable vessel in the
world. and vast quantity of other property.
Detachments of Co.'s b and X, LIST Iowa
Cav, attacked a band of Jsyhawkers on the
Usage, near MonaPan Springs, No., killing one,
wounding one and capturing eight.
The I'd \. NJ. militia surrendered at Soeorro
| Y. NJ, to Confederate force under COL III. G..
Mcneil, Texas cavalry.
| The blockade runner Ella Marley, of Nassau,
| n. T., loaded with arms and munitions of war;
was captured by the U.S.S. Santiago de Cuba in
lat. 260 10 N, long. 760 So w.
April ga detachment of Battery F, Pa. L.
Art, and the 46th Pa. engaged in skirmish at
the Gordonsville and Keezletown Crossroads
| Va. Loss, one man killed.
Fort Macon, y. c.
Fort Macon, n. c., armament and garrison
was surrendered to the Union forces under the
command of BrigGen. John G. Parke o. S.
army, and Comdr. Samuel Lockwood u. S.
Navy. The siege operations commenced March
| %, and everything being IN readiness fire was
| opened by the land and naval forces on the
morning Of the 25tb. the naval forces with
| drawing, owing TO the roughness of the sea-
after fighting an hour and quarter. The land
| batteries kept at work until late in the after
noon when white flag was displayed, causing
the fire TO cease, and proposition for the sur.
render was submitted and accepted. The land
/ forces engaged consisted of the 4th and bat.
| Batteries !, Sd n. Y. Art. and c, LIST U. S. Art
Naval forces The L. S. S. Daylight, State Of
Georgia, Chippewa, and Gemsbok. Casualties
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