The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1892-07-28

| the I'd w. Va, 25th Ohio, and Bracken $
| Indiana Cavalry, under the command OF MaJ.
George Webster. made descent upon ana
| drove the Confederates from Huntcrsville, w.
| Va capturing q large quantity of stores, which
| were destroyed. Union loss one wounded ::
| Confederate, estimated at one killed and seven
| wounded.
Bowen's battalion Mo. Cav. lost one man
! wounded in skirmish at Hunnowell, Mo.
| Jan. 3-4.-Skirmishes at Bath, w. ". between
| the advance of Mai.-G Jacksons command
aud detachment OF the Both Ill.,, Cos. q and
| /, LIST Nd Cav, and a detachment of Battery +,
| 18th Art. Union loss. three killed, 10 captured
or missing; Confederate, four wounded.
| Jan. 4.-The advance of Gen. Jacksons COM
mand engaged in skirmishes at Slane's Cross
roads Great Cacapon Bridge, Sir Johns Run,
| and Alpine Depot, w. Va, with detachnents OF
Gen. Banks's command. Union loss, one man
| captured Confederate, four wounded.
| Reconnaissance by the u. S. s. Penguin up
the North Edisto River as far as Bears Bluff,
| where she shelle6 body of Confederate troops,
| causing them to retreat, landed a party. aud
| burned the surrounding houses, which had been
| occupied by Confederate pickets, and captured
| 100 bushels of corn. On returning down the
river engaged a body of troops near Kings
| House.
| The c. S. s. Sumter, Comdr. r. Semmes, ar
| rived at Cadiz, Spain, where she was locked
and received slight repairs.
| Jan. 5.-Gen. Jackson cannonaded Hancock,
Nd, for a short time his demand for the sur
render not having been acceded to by the officer
| in command.
Jan. 512.-Detachmen from the LIST Kan.
| Cav, under the command of Maj Merrick,
! Capts Merriman, UT, and Swoyer were en-
| ployed in operating in Johnson and Lafayette
Counties, Mo-, in search of Col. Elliott and his
| command of Confederates. On the 9th Capt.
Merriman met and engaged Elliott losing five
| men killed, one wounded, and two Missing, near
| Columbus Mo. Capt. Merriman learning that
| Elliott and his men used Columbus as place
! of rendezvous, burned the town.
| Jan. 6.-Brg. Gen. Schuyler Hamilton, o..
| S. Vols assumed command of the st. Lons Dis
trict, which included the country bounded by
| the Meramec, Missouri, aud Mississippi Rivers,
including the line of the railroad from Pacific
| to Rola as far as Lindsey's Station, and line
drawn through that point from the mouth OF
the Usage to the Meramec River.
Jan. six companies each from the 4th,
5th, 18th, and 9Th Ohio, 1st w. Va, and 18th
Ind, section of Daum's W. Va battery, three
companies 1st w. Va. Cav, the Washington and
Ringgold Cavalry, about 1000 strong. left
Romney for Blue Gap, W. Va, reaching Hang
ing Rock Pass about q. M, and ercounted the
Virginia Militia under Col. A. Monroe. A sharp
action ensued, when the militia fed, leaving
two pieces of artillery. their camp equipage,
etc, which was captured. Seven prisoners
were also captured, and seven dead found on
the field. No casualties ON Union side.
detachment of the I'd W. Va. Cav. lost two
men killed and one wounded in skirmish at
Jennie's Creek, Ky.
Reconnaissance by the U.SS Seneca and
Penguin mp the North Edisto and Dawho
Rivers s. c., as far as Legare's House. Dis
covered nine pieces of field artillery near
White Point
Reconnaissance by the Uss Essex. Lexing.
ton ard Tyler, under Flag Officer Foote, down
the Mississippi River to within range of the
Confederate batteries at Columbus, KY.
Jan. $50. B, Cd w. Va, engaged in Skin
mish On the Dry Fork of Cheat River, w. Va.
A detachment of the 10th Iowa engaged in q
killed, two nortally and 10 severely wounded.
The detachment was ambuscaded By body of
rebels estimated at 70 or 90 strong.
Detachments of the 1st aud Cd Mo. Cav, LIST
Iowa Cav, and 4th company Ohio Indept. Cav,
about 500 strong attacked a force of Confed-
crates under Col. Pondexter, estimated at from
1000 to 1900 strong at Roan's an-yard, Sill
Creek, and routed them Union loss, eight
killed and % wounded. Confederate estimated
at five killed ii were taken prisoners.
The U. s. S. Tuscarora, Comdr. T. A. NJ.
Craven. arrived at southampton, England,
with the intention of awaiting the egress of
the c. S. s. Nashville, which was then in that
port This attempt by one belligorent to block
AIDE another III neutral port caused great in
dignation in England, and in order to allay the
irritation of public feeling, both vessels were
ordered by the authorities to leave within a
specified time.
The q. s. steamers Thomas Frceborn. Island
Belle and Satellite bombarded the Virginia
shore in the vicinity of Aqua Creek without
he fire being returned by the Confederate bat
teries.
The U.S.S Ellen. Acting Master VIM Budd,
shelled party of Confederates near the mouth
of Port Royal Creek, S. c.
Jan. COMPANY II, 9Th Mich, lost one
man killed in a skrmish near Pohick Run,
Va.
JAM 1O--The Union forces evacuated Rom
ney, w. Va, and the place was Immediately
occupied by Gen. Jackson's forces Gen Lor-
ins's three brigades, with IL pieces of artillery
were left at Romney for the Winter. Gen.
Jackson reports his entire loss in the expedi
ton which resulted in occupation of Romney
at four killed and % wounded.
Mai Gen. Earl Van Dorm and Brig. Gen.
Sam Jones relieved from duty in tho Depart
ment of Northern Virginia, and directed 10 re-
port to the Secretary OF War at Richmond, Va.
Engagement at Middle Creek, near Prestons-
burg, KY, between the Union forces under
the command of COL James A. Garfield and the
Confederate forces of Gen. Humphrey Marshall.
The Union forces consisted of the 14th and 22d
KY, 10th and AID Ohio. The Confederates,
29th and 54th Va, Willams's 9th KY, Simms's
M'td battalion, and Jeifress's battery. Union
loss two killed and 25 wounded. Confederate,
IL killed and Is wounded.
An expedition consisting of the 18th, 10th,
18th, 9th, 29th 30th. 31st aud 4sth H.,
Schwartz's and Dressers batteries Carm ichael's,
OHarnetts, Dollin's and Stewards cavalry
companies and detachment of the 4th Ill.
Cav, numbering 1892 Inf, LOCI Cav, and 139
Art, under the command of Brig. Gen. John
A. McClernand, U. s. Army, left Cairo, Ill,
under orders to penetrate into the interior of
Kentucky in the neighborhood of Columbus
and toward Mayfeld and Camp Beauregard.
The expedition returned on the 21st.
That part OF the State of Louisiana north of
Red River, the Indian Territory west of Ar
souri,, excepting therefrom the tract of country
east of the Saint Frap bordering on the
Mississippi River from the mouth of the Saint
Francis to Scott County, Mo. (Which tract will
remain in the district of Maj. Gen. Polk, con-
stituted the Trans Mississippi District of De-
partmcnt No. 2, and MAJ. Gen. Earl Van Dorm
assigned to the command. He was directed to
repair to Bowling Green, KY, aud report for
duty to Gen. A. s. Johnston, commanding De-
partment No. 2. lie assumed command on the
Goth.
Jan. 1O-12-Lieut. W. T. Truxtun, U. S. ~,
with "a seamen and marines and 131 soldiers
Cos and X, 45th Pa made reconnois-
sance in boats up the South Edsto River, S. C.,
visiting Ba;ley's and Edisto Islands, finding
many fine plantations abandoned, and the
negroes approprating the property.