The National tribune., 1892-11-10

River near Bethel, Tenn. Union loss, fou
killed, three wounded and 80 captured. Con
tolerate. five killed and seven wounded.
Flag Officer Charles III. Davis, U. s. N, as
sumed command of the Mississippi squadron
relieving Flag Officer A. H. Foote, u. S. n.
The U. S. S. Iroquos, Commander James
Palmer took possession of Baton Rouge. La.
and the arsenal at that place.
May 9-12.-The Confederates, under the com
mand of Col. Thomas NJ. Jones, eth Miss.
about 1880 r. M on the 9th, evacuated thu
forts, Navy yard. and the position at and neal
Pensacola Fla, and set fire to all the public
buildings, camp-tents, and every other com
bustible thing from the Navy-yard to For
McRee Fire was at once opened by Brig.
| Gen. Lewis g. Arnold, in command on Santa
Rosa Island, and as soon as possible he trans
ported his men across the bay and took posses
sion of Forts Barrancas and McRee Barranca
| Barracks, and the Navy-yard He found For
| Barrancas but little injured, and Barrancas Bar
racks not at all. Fort Mckee was seriously
damaged, the Marine Hospital destroyed. and
several storehouses in the Navy-yard burned
On the 10Th he took military possession of the
| town of Pensacola.
May 1O-The Esd Ohio and detachment OF
the ID w. Va. Cav. were engaged at Giles
urthouse. w. Va, with a part of the First
and Second Brigades of Gen. Heths command
| Union loss two killed, four wounded, and nine
captured or missing. Confederates, First Bri.
gade, one killed, one MORALLY, and three
slightly wounded; Second Brigade, two
| wounded.
Norfolk and Portsmouth, Va, were occupied
by the Union forces under Maj.-Gen. Wool
The taking of Norfolk caused the destruction
of the C. S. S. Virginia (Merrimac), which was
! blown up by her crew off Craney Island about
5 o'clock on the morning of the 11th. The
workshops, storehouses, and other buildings in
! the Navy-yard were found in ruins, having
| been set on fire by the Confederates. The dry
dock was also partially destroyed.
Co. E, Sd Mich. Cav, while on picket duty
| before Pennington, Miss, had brisk skirmish
with detachments of the 10th and 22d Ala,
under Col. Joseph Wheeler. Union loss one
man taken prisoner and several slightly
wounded. Confederate, none.
Maj. Burton, with six companies Sd Mich.
| Cav. and 9TH Ill. Cav, was sent a recOnuois-
sance toward Sharp's Mill, Miss. While return
| ing he was fired upon by Gen. Buford's pickets
through mistake and had one man killed.
| Skirmish at Lambs Ferry, Ala.
Col Edward Daniels with six squadrons Of
his regiment. the 1st Wis. Cav, engaged in a
skirmish with Col VIM. G. Pheelan's command,
I'd Mo-, LIST Div. NJ S. G., near Bloomfield, Mo-
He reports that he killed one, captured IL
prisoners, q quantity of horses, oxen, camp
eouipage, arms and ammunition.
The Confederate gunboats General Bragg,
General Sterling Price, General Earl Van DORM
General NJ. jeff Thompson, General Beaure-
gard, Sumter, Col. Lowell, and Little Rebel
(fagship), under Capt. ]. L. Montgomery,
attacked the Federal fleet under Flag Officer
Charles II. Davis, U. S. n, at Plum Point
Bend, Mississippi River, near Fort Pillow,
Tenn. The Federal feet consisted of the u. S.
S. Benton, Cincinnati, Carondelet, Mound City,
Pittsburg, st. Louis, and Cairo. and one NOR
tar boat. After an engagement of about one
hour, the Confederate feet retreatei below
Fort Pillow. The Cincinnati and Mound City
sank from injuries received in the fight. Union
casualties, four wounded; Confederate, two
killed aud one wounded.
May l0-l2.-Scouting parties from Brig
Gen. Robert c. Schenck's command lost two
men killed and two captured or missing in
skirmisbes near Franklin, W. Va.
May lI-Msi. Duffie. Of the Harris Light
Cavalry, captured Lieutenant and 10 men on
the Bowling Green Road near Fredericksburg,
Va.
The 2sth Ohio engaged in q skirmish at
Princeton, W. Va.
Col. John II. Morgan, c. S. Army captured
q passenger train on the L. and n. r. T. at
Cave City, Ky, taking two officers and six
privates prisoners. He burned 45 freight cars,
four passenger cars and blew up locomotive.
A detachment Of TIE 4th Ohio Cav. lost two
men captured or missing in a skirmish at
Pulaski, Tenn.
Capt Thomas G. McClelland and 10 men of
the Sd Ill. Cav. were accidentally drowned in
crossing White River, Ark.
Msj.-Gen. J. S. Roaue, C. s. Army, directed
TO assume command of the forces for the de-
Tense of the State of Arkansas.
May IA detachment of the I'd W. .Va
Cav. lost one man killed, one wounded aud
one captured or missing in q skirmish at Lew.
isburg w. Va.
Skirmish at Monterey, Va.
One battalion of the I'd Mich. Cav. under
Capt. Campbell and one battalion I'd Iowa
Cav under Maj. Hepburn, encountered the
Confederate pickets near Pennington, Miss,
and drove them some distance in the direction
of Corinth.
Gen. Samuel r. Curtis was instructed to as.
sumo direction of affairs in Arkansas upon
reaching Little Rock, as Military Governor.
May 12-16-Recon noissance by the Z. S. 8.
Hunchback and Shawsheen, under command
of Acting Lieut. E. Il. Colhoun, up the Cho-
wan River, n. c., as far as Fort billiard, Just
below the mouth of the Blackwater River.
May l3-An officer and six men Of the 1st
\. J. Cav, in charge of captured soop, were
fired upon while endeavoring to take tho vessel
to Falmouth, Va, and two of the men were
badly wounded. The 1st Pa. Cav came to the
rescue and drove the Confederates from the
river banks.
The stn Pa. Cav. lost one man wounded in a
skirmish at Baltimore Crossroads, near New
Kent Courthouse, Va.
The Confederate steam tug Planter was
brought out of Charleston Harbor, S. c., by
Robert Smalls {colored) and delivered up to the
senior Q. S. Naval Officer off Charleston.
The U. S. S. Gsena. Monitor, Naugatuck,
Aroostook and Port Royal, under Comdr John
Rodgers. arrived at City Point, Va.
Col. Elliott, with his brigade, consisting of
the Cd Iowa Cav, I'd Mich. Cav, Sd Mich Cav,
and section of PowelPs battery made recon-
nossance TO the front of Pennington toward
Corinth and to the Memphis and Charleston
railroad upon two roads to the left of Farming
ton. The pickets were driven in about half
mile upon the left OF Corinth road and several
Parrott shells were fired, scattering the pickets
out Of sight. The object of the reconnaissance
being accomplished, the command returned
with no casualties.
Natchez Miss. wac surrendered to Comdr.
James S. Palmer. u. S. s. Iroquois
May l3-l.-Rogersyiie Ala, was occupied
by Gen James S. Neeley's command, of Gen.
o. NJ. Mitcbel's Division, consisting of the
79th Pa, 5th Ky. Cav, detachment OF the 7th
Pa. Cav, and Battery b, LIST Ohio Art. A slight
skirmish took place at Lambs Ferry. Union
loss one man wounded.
May 1.-THE CID Ohio engaged in a skirmish
at Gaiues's Crossroads, Va.
A detachment of the 5th Ohio Cav lost six
men captured or missing in q skirmish at
Fayetteville, Tenn.
Brighten ". S. Rosecrans directed to report
in person TO Maj ..Gen. Haleck He was as
signed May 90 TO command of the Right Wing,
Army of the Mississippi.
raid was made on the Mobile & Ohio Rail-