The National tribune., 1892-08-18

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Third Corps to consist of three divisions, and
| to be commanded by Brig Gen S. p. Hcintzel-
| man.-Fourth Corps to consist of three d.
| visions, and to be commaldefby Brig. Gen. T..
d. Keyes.-2. That the divisions now com
manded by the officers above assigned to tho
commands of army corps shah be embraced in
| and form part of their respective corps.-3 The
forces left for the defense Of Washingto will
be placed in command of Rrig Gen. James S.
Wadsworth, who shall also be Military Gov
ernor of the District of Cosumbia-4 That
| this order be executed with such promptness
and dispatch as not tohdelay the commence
ment of the operations already directed to be
undertaken by the Army Of the Potomac-5. A
| Fifth Army Corps, to be commanded by Maj
Gen. N. P. Banks, will be formed from his own
and Gen. Shelds's Qate Gen. Landers) Divis-
ions.
Col. John W. Geary, 2sth Pa, occupied Lees
burg, Va, and declared martial law.
The c. S. S. Virginia formerly the Merri-
mac, Flag Officer franklin Buchanan, accom-
panied by the gunboats Patrick Henry, James
town, Teazer Beaufort, and Raleigh, together
with the Confederate batteries on ScwelPs
Point, attacked the Union feet in Hampton
Roads, Va, and the shore batteries at Newport
News. The u. S. S. Cumberland and Congress
were destroyed, and transport steamer and
schooner sunk, and schooner captured. Con-
federate loss, seven killed and II wounded.
Union loss, 2S1 killed. wounded, and missing.
COL Thomas NJ. Jones, 9th Miss, assigned to
command at Pensacola, Fla
The British schooner Henry Travers, of Mas
sau, N. p, was captured by the U. S. S. Bohio in
Lat. $50 N. and Long. go w.
Capt. John III. Morgan, Kentucky Confeder-
ate cavalry, in company of Lieut. COL Robert
c. Wood. .jr.. and small party of men entered
the Union lines near Nashville, Tenn captur-
ing number of prisoners. The party was
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dispersed, and number of the prisoners liberia
ted. Union loss, one man wounded and nine
missing
The Confederate forces under Brighten.
John B. Floyd occupied Chattanooga, Tenn.
Gen. w. It. Sherman's Division embarked at
Paducah, KY, arriving at Fort Henry, March
8, and Savannah. Tenn, on the 18th.
March s-9.-Woods battalion Mo. Cav. and a
detachment of Sd Iowa Cav. engaged in scout
ing and breaking IN rebel camps in the neigh
borhood of Rolla, Mo.
March "a detachment of the list N. Y. Cav.
lost one man killed in skirmish at Sangster's
Station, Va.
The U. s. S. Anacostia sheled the Confeder-
ate batteries at Cockpit and Shipping Points,
Va, for an hour without reply, when a party
landed and found the works abandoned. The
steamer George Page had been destroyed by
the rebels before leaving.
Engagement between the u. S. s. Monitor,
Lieut.. John l.. Worden, and the C. S. S. Vir-
ginia. Lieut.. Catesby ap Z. Jones, in Hamp-
ton Roads. Va. Casualties: Union, three
wounded; Confederate, none.
The u. S. S. Mohican, Pocahontas and Po-
tomska, under Comdr. S. w. Godon. made a
reconnaissance of the Confederate Notifications
on st. Simons and Jekyl Islands, Ga, and
finding them abandoned took possession. The
same vessels then proceeded to Brunswick, Ga,
and landed party ON the 10th without oppo-
sition and hoisted the Union flag.
Maj.-Gen. E. K. Smith, c. S. Army, assumed
command in East Tennessee.
Col. John s. Scott, LIST La. Cav, reports that
detachment of his regiment, 40 men, under
the command of Capt. G. A. Scott, of Co. E,
met body of Union cavalry on Granny
Whites Pike near Nashville, Tenn. aud en-
gagged them. His loss was one man killed and
one mOrtally wounded.
An expedition under the command of Brig
Gen. Lewis Wallace, u. s. Army, left Savannah,
Tenn, conveyed by the U. S. s. Lexington, for
the purpose of injuring the railway commun.
cation north of Purdy. The expedition was
successful, returning to Crump's Landing on the
14th The 5th Ohio Cav. under Maj. Charles
S. Hayes, destroyed bridge and trestle work
on the Mobile & Ohio Railroad over Beach
Creek.
Companies and F, 4th Mo-, and D. Bowen's
battalion Mo. Cav, engaged in skirmish at
Mountain Grove, Mo. Loss, three men
wounded.
detachment of Krekels battalion Mo. Cav.
engaged in skirmish on Big Creek, Mo.
March 10-The schooner Floride was cap.
tured by the U. S. S. James L. Davis in lat.
go N. and long $40 w.
detachment of the LIST Iowa Cav. lost one
man killed and four wounded in skirmsh in
La Fsyette County Mo.
Co. A, Bonneville battalion, of Missouri State
Militia Cav, lost 12 men captured while on a
scout in Saline County. Mo.
March 1.-THE President issued the follow
ing order:
Maj Gen. Mcclellan having personally taken
the field at the head Of the Army of the Poto.
mac until otherwise ordered he is relieved
from the command of the other military de-
partments, he retaining command of the De.
partment Of the Potomac. Ordered further.
That the two departments now under the re-
spective commands of Gems. Halleck and
Hunter, together with SO much Of that under
Gen. Buell. as lies west of north and south
line indefinitely drawn through Knoxville,
Tenn, be consolidated and designated the De-
partment of the Mississippi, and that until
otherwise ordered Maj.-Gen Halleck have
command of said department. Ordered also,
That the country west of the Department of
the Potomac and east of the Department of the
Mississippi be q military department. to be
called the Mountain Department, and that the
same be commanded by Maj Gen. Fremont.
That all the commanders of departments, after
the receipt Of this order by them respectively,
report severally and directly to the Secretary
of War, and that prompt, full, and frequent
reports will be expected of all and each of
them.
The Confederates evacuated Winchester,
Va. about 5 p. m.
The 18th Ind. lost one man wounded in q
skirmish at Stephenson's Station, near Win
chester. Va
An armed boat. under Asst Surg. A. G.
Rhoads, on a foraging expedition from the
U. s. s. Pocahontas, was fred upon by party
Of about SO Confederates near Brunswick, Ga;
two men were killed and seven wounded. Capt.
Balch, of the Pocahontas Immediately pulled in,
in his gig and lowed the boat out, while the
Mohican and Potomska drove the Confederates
off with few shell.
The u. s. s. Pocahontas and Potomska, under
Lieut. George B. Balch, made reconnaissance
up Turtle River, Ga.
Comdr. c. r. p. Rodgers. u S. N, landed
under flag of truce at st. Augustine. Fla.
The town had been evacuated the preceding
night by two companies of Florida troops.
The u. S. s. Tyler. Lieut.. William Gwin.
conveying 40 transports with portion of Brig
Gen. e. F. Smiths army on board. arrived at
Savannah Tenn. The same evening the Tyler,
with Gen. Smith and staff on board. made
reconnaissance of the Tennessee River as high
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detachment of Curtis's Horse Uowa Cav.),
SD Ind. and Battery ], LIST Mo. L. Art, were
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