The National tribune., 1892-10-06

Hampton Roads, Va. from Norfolk. They
remained in the Roads the greater part Of tht
| day and captured three vessels of the U.
| Quartermaster's Department.
The adyance-guar of Gen. o. NJ. Mitchers
| command, consisting of Turchin's Brigade
Kennetts Cavalry, and Simonsons battery,
occupied Huntsville, Ala, at q. m. The
city was taken by surprise. About 200 prisoners
10 locomotives, and large number Of passen.
ger and freight-cars were captured.
The AID Ind. engaged the Sth Tenn. Cav. al
Wartrace. in Bedford County, Tenn. Union
loss, five killed and 3S wounded; Confederate
three killed and eight wounded.
Flag Officer Foote, U. S. n, arrived with his
squadron at New Madrid, Mo.
Lieut.-Col. c. T. Moss with detachment OF
the Goth Ind, so strong, and Co.'s d and K,
rebels under the command Of Capt. Ebert ).
Feaster near Shiloh, No., killing seven. wound
ing seven, and capturing eight.
April 12-Mai-Gen. N. p. Banks, q. 8.
Army, assumed command Of the Department OF
the Shenandoah.
Detachments of the 25th, 32d, and 18th Ohio.
cd ". Va, one gun of Hyman's battery, and
one company 1st w. Va. Cav, engaged in a
skirmish near Monterey, Va. The 18th Ohio
lost three men. badly wounded.
Capt. John II. Showalter. with a part of his
command, Co. A, 9th w. Va, assisted by the
Boothsyille Home Guards, made n raid from
Fairmont to Valley River and Boothsville,
Marion County, w. Va, dispensing some re-
cruiting parties sent out by the Governor OF
Virginia 10 raise companies for Confederate
service in the western Counties Of Virginia.
The Departments of Norfolk and the PENN
sula embraced within the limits of the opera
tons of the Army of Northern Virginia, and
Gen. Joseph f. Johnston was authorized to dl-
rect all military and naval operations in these
Departments.
Two scouts, under Capts. Levi Chase and
William E. Leffingwell, of the LIST Iowa Cav,
returned to Butler, Mo-, with 49 prisoners,
having captured them on the Marias-des.
Cygues and Elk Fork Rivers. Mo.
Comdr. Raphael Semmes C. s. N, with nine
Confederate naval officers, left the c. s. S. Sum-
ter at Gibraltar, and proceeded to Liverpool,
England, not having been able to obtain coal
and repairs for the Sumter at Gibraltar. She
was afterward sold, and became the blockade
runner Gibraltar.
April 13-The 103d n. Y. was attacked at
Gillett's Farm, Pebbly Run, n. c.. by the Cd
n. c. Cav. After brisk skirmish the Confcd-
crates were repulsed, losing two men killed.
seven wounded, and five captured. Among the
captured was Col. w. G. Robinson. Union loss,
one killed and three wounded.
Mai.-Gen. David Hunter, q. S. Army. order
ed the emancipation of slaves at Fort Pulaski
and on Cocl1spur Island Ga.
A detachment of the 4th III. Cav, 100 strong,
and the brigade of Gen. S. S. Fry, destroyed
the Bear Creek Bridge and about 500 feet of
trestle work on the Charleston & Memphis
Railroad.
The oath H., of the Eighth Brigade, Third
Division, Army of the Ohio tMitchel), occupied
Decatur Ala.
Two companies of Thielemann's battalion.
Illinois Cavalry, under Maj. Thielemann and
Capt Marschner. made reconnoissances on the
Corinth Miss and Purdy (Tenn.) roads from
Pittsburg Landing, Tenn.
Flag Officer A. III. Foote, with the u. S. gum
beats Benton, Carondeiet, Cincinnati, Cairo,
Pittsburg, st. Louis, and Mound City, engaged
five Confederate gunboats In the Mississippi
River, about so miles above Fort Pillow, Tenn,
and chased them under the guns Of the latter
fort, which opened upon the Federal vessels,
without doing them any injury.
An expedition. under the command of Brig
Gen. James II. Carleton, U. S. Army, started
from southern California for northwestern
Texas and New Mexico.
april 3-l5.-Reconnoissance by the q. S. S.
Jacob Bell. Satellite, Island Belle, Resolute,
Reliance. and Piedmontese, under command of
Lieut.. E. p. McCrea, up the Rappahannock
River, Va, as far as Tappabannock, destroy
ing the barracks for 5000 men at Fort Lowry,
and other property, and capturing two schoon-
ers and sloop.
A detachment of the Sd n. IT. and some ma.
rines from the L. S. gunboat Pocahontas made
q reconnaissance, under cover of the gnnb0at,
OF Seabrook Island, S. c.. covering ground to
within a mile of the village of Rockville.
Lieut.-Col. c. T. Moss, with Co.'S d and K, LIST
Iowa Cav, and $50 State Militia, under Capt.
J. ]. Gravely, engaged skirmishing witt, band
OF Jayhawkers near Monteyallo, Mo-, killing
and wounding number. The LIST Iowa Cav.
lost two men killed and four wounded
detachment of 30 men of the 1st Iowa Cav,
under the command of Lieut. G. w. Nash, at.
tackled QuantrilPs band on the Santa Fe road,
IL miles from Independence. Mo. Gen. Totten,
commanding district, reports that he killed
four, wounded four and captured five.
A detachment Of the 9th Kan. Cav. lost one
man wounded in skirmish at Diamond Grove,
No.
Opening of the bombardment Of Fort Pillow.
Tenn, by seven mortar boats, under Capt.
Henry E. Maynadier, of the 10th u s. Inf
The bombardment was kept up each day until
June 5, with the exception Of 15 days. assisted
frequently by the gunboats of Flag Officer
Foote'S feet
April 15-Capt. Robert F. Dyer, with his Co.
c. 1st BE. Cav, made a reconnaissance from
Warrenton Junction to the Rappahannock
River Va.
Lieut. Winter and % privates, Co. 1; Capt.
Wilson, Commissary, one pioneer and one OFF,
GERS servant, total, 81 men, were drowned
while crossing the Shenandoah River at Berry's
Ferry, Va.
The 4th Ill. Cav. lost one man wounded in q
skirmish at Pea Ridge Tenn.
The troops under the command Of Gen. John
Pope ordered to Pittsburg Landing, Tenn. A
sufficient number were to be left ON the Missis-
sippi River to act in conjunction with Flag
Officer Foote. U. S. Navy.
Mai Van Dorn's forces, in the Trans
Mississippi District. ordered to proceed to
Memphis, Tenn.
A detachment of the 9th Kan. Cav engaged
In skirmish at Lost Creek, do.
The Confederates having evacuated Albu-
querque, New Mexico, were pursued by the
overtakeD at Peralta, when spirited skirmish
cnsued. The Confederate loss was six killed,
three wounded, and % captured. Union loss,
one killed and three wounded. Previous to this
atia'r a train of seven wagons loaded with sup
plies and mountain howitzer, escorted by
Lieutenant and 80 men, were captured by the
Union forces. The pursuit was continued until
the 10th, when the Confederates abandoned a
portion of their wagon train, SO wagons and
supplies, and fled into the mountains. The
Union forces returned TO Fort Craig on the 22d.
Co.'S and ID, LIST CAL Cav, lost three men
killed and two wounded in skirmish at
Picacho Pass. Ariz.
The schooner Success formerly the privateer
Dixie uas captured Off Georgetown, S. c., by
the U. s. s. Keystone State. Her cargo con-
sisted Of 100 bales Of cotton 234 barrels of spir-
its of turpentiue, 40 bushels of peanuts and
1900 pounds Of rice.
April l6.-Maj. r. c. Anthony, 1st r. ]. Cav,
with detachment of his regiment made