The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1893-03-16

Gordonsvillc Va.
A detachment Of the 18th III. Cav. attacked
and dispersed guerrilla band at Salisbury,
Tenn. capturing the Captain, with q horses,
mules and etuipments. The ferry-boat at
Simon's was Q ,troyed and that at Holton's
brought to Bolivar, Tenn.
The 47th Ind. engaged in skirmish at
Browns Plantation, Miss.
Detachments of the Sd Ky. Cav and LIST
Tenn. Cav, 10S men, engaged It's Confederates
near Undertook, Tenn, FIVE a. M; continued
the contest for four hours. Seven Confederates
were found killed. numbers wounded, and 81
taken prisoners. Union loss three killed.
A detachment of the LIST Ky. Cav. (Union)
engaged in askirmish near Williamsport, Tenn.
Aug. 12.-The Confederate sloop Blossom,
cargo wheat, was captured by the q. s. s. Re-
lance in the Potomac River.
A detachment of the 18th Mo. 9. M. Cav.
lost one man wounded in a skirmish on the
road between Stockton and Humansville, Mo.
Confederate loss, five killed and . number
wounded.
A detachment of the oath Mo-. near Van
Buren,, Carter County, No., surprised party
of six rebels, killed two and captured three
They also captured seven horses and Confed-
crate mail.
A detachment of the 2sth Ky. stationed at
Gallatin. Tenn. were captured by Col. John Ell.
Morgan, G. s. Army, who destroyed the rail-
road and bridges and trestle in that vicinity.
About 125 men were captured.
Expeditions were sent out from Camp Gam
BILE, Mo-, in search of guerrillas. On the 14th
a camp of about so was surprised and the men
driven out One expedition out four days snc-
cecded in capturing 40 prisoners and recaptur-
ing the Asst Surgeon of the 1st No. 8. NJ and
two cavalrymen who had been taken prisoners
on the 14th.
Aug. 12-14.-Expedition from Fort Leaven-
worth, Kan, under the command of Lieut.
Col. John r. Burris, 10th Kan, consisting of
Co. L, LIST U. s.; A, and F, 9th Kan. Cav.
Fort Leavenworth Post battery, detachments
Sd Wis. Cav, 9th Kan. Cav, reached 1ndepen-
dence, Mo-, at 5 p. m. on the 18th and found
that the Confederates, who had captured the
place on the l1th, had fallen back in the direc-
tion of Lexington. They returned to Kansas
City on the 14th. No casualties
Aug. 12-18-Operations of the o. 8. vessels
Corypheus, Sachem and armed tenders Rein
deer and Belle Italia, under Acting Volunteer
Lieut.. ]. w. Kittredge, at Corpus Christi, Tex.
They captured the Con federate schooner Break
er, caused the Confederates to destroy the
schooner Elma. sloop Hannah and the Steamer
Alb.
Aug. ia skirmish took place between
guerrilla band and 18 Home Guards about eight
miles southeast of Medon. Tenn. One Union
man killed.
Col John F. Miller's command, consisting of
detachments of the 10Th Pa, 69th Ohio, 18th
Mich, and 18th Ind battery, engaged in a Skin
mish with Col. John II. Morgan's Con federate
cavalry brigade at Galatin, Tenn. Union loss
-ons killed, and three wounded: Confederate
loss said to be not less than 30.
The 9TH Tenn. (Union) engaged In skir-
mish at Huntsville. Scott County, Tenn.
Brig. John Buford, U. s. Army, COM
manding Cavalry Brigade. Second Corps, Army
of Virginia, made o reconnaissance toward
Orange Courthouse Va. His skirmishers en-
gagged and drove the pickets of the enemy.
Preliminary orders issued for the movement
of the Army of Northern Virginia from the
Peninsula. Maj.-Gen. Longstreet, with his
command, was ordered to Gordonsvile, and
Brig. Gen. Hood, with his command, to Hanover
Junction, Va.
The Confederate schooner Troy, OF Sabine,
Texas, cargo cotton, was captured by the q. s.
s. Kensington off Sabine Pass, Tex.
Aug. 1314.-A detachment Of the 2Sth Ohio
engaged in skirmishing at Blue Stone. w. Va.
Aug lex petition of the U. 8. 8. Poca-
hontas, accompanied by the armed tug Treaty,
up the Black River, s. c.. to capture the Con-
federae steamer Nina, said to be SO miles above
Georgetown. After ascending the river Is
miles it was learned that the Ninas machinery
had been taken out 80 the expedition returned
down the river, engaging Confederate rif1emen
for 90 miles. Casualties-Union. one wounded:
Confederate, two wounded.
sons battery, and the Andrew County Militia
engaged in skirmish near Barry, Mo. Union
loss, two killed and seven wounded.
Maj T. II. Kennedy, Of Brig. Gen. James 8.
Negey's staff, in command of an expedition
against guerrillas, attacked Wiliams's band
eight miles south of Mount Pleasant, Tenn,
killing two and taking several prisoners.
Col. Charles A. Hickman, 9th N. j., with one
squadron of cavalry and about 100 infantry
went on reconnaissance from Newport to
Swansborough. N. c., returning on the 18th.
Aug. 14-l5-The Third and Fifth Corps,
Army of the Potomac, moved from Harrison's
Landing for Aqua Creek. Va.
Aug. 14-17.-Expediton from Ozark to For
syth, Mo-, penetrated the country for several
envy in number. Three prisoners were cap
tured. The command consisted of two COM
panies 37th ILL.,, two companies 18th Mo. s. NJ.
Cav, and one gun, F, LIST Mo. Art.
Aug. 14-19-The Union cavalry under the
command of Brig Gen. Alfred Pleasonton, q. s.
Army, were engaged in covering tho movement
of the Army of the Potomac from Harrison's
Landing to Williamsburg. Va.
Aug. ia detachment of the 9Th III. Cav.
engaged in a skrmish at Clarendon, Ark.
Gen. Braxton Bragg, G. 8, Army, resumed
command of the Army Of the Mississippi at
Chattanooga. Tenn.
Aug. 15-16-Acting Master Nelson Provost,
U. .. navy, Win detachment OF Slx men OF
the crew Of the q. 8. gunboat Anacostia and
25 men of the 9th N. Y, made an expedition
from Fredericksburg to Port Royal, Va, on
the steamboat Cooper's Point. At Port Royal
they captured Is men en- route to Richmond to
join the Confederate Army, and destroyed sew
oral small boats and canal-bo used to ferry
persons across the river.
President for Day.
EDITOR NATIONAL TIBUNER: The following,
clipped from the Courier des Etats- Unis few
years ago, answers ono of Hugh ]. Edwards's