The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1893-03-30
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Compiled from the Official Records Of the War.

| Compiled from the Official Records Of the War.
Aug 17.-Capt w. E. Workman, Rock Creek
kentucky Home Guards, reports that his
command, consisting of detachments of Ken
lucky Home Guards, attacked a party of guer-
rillas near Mammoth Cave, KY, aud "killed
and capturet the entire gang, numbering 66,
together with their horses"
Col. Leonidas G. Houk, Sd Tenn. lUnion),
with parts of five companies of his req ment,
was attacked at London, Ky, by q cavalry force
under the command Of Col. John S. Scott, 1st
La. Cav, and was compelled to retreat to Cum
berland Gap. Union loss, four wounded and Il
captured or missing. Confederate. two killed
and four wounded.
The 18th Ky. tUnion) engaged in skirmish
at Flat Lick, Ky.
A detachment Of the 9th Ky. Cav. (Union)
under the command of Capt. James c. Martin,
encountered the ad vance guard of Maj-Gen. f..
Kirby Smiths command at Pine Mountain,
Tenn, aud was attacked and routed. and lost
one man wounded and IL captured or missing.
Maj .-Gen. James E b. Stuart e. :. Army,
assigned to the command of all the cavalry Of
the Army of Northern Virginia.
Lieut. j. I. Waring, with IL men OF the JEFF
| Davis Legion, made reconnaissance from
| White Oak Swamp, Va. to within mile of
| Forge Bridge, when further progress was
| checked by the presence OF the Union forces.
|
| and reported the movement of the Army. or
| the Potomac from Harrison's Landing.
| The y. S. S. Ellis, Midshipman B. II. Porter
destroyed the salt works at Swansborough,
NC.
Aug. 1s.-Capts. Dougherty, Gillian, and
| Napier, c. s. Army, with about 500 men, cap
| tured and burned two steamboats, the Ten
nessee River between Waggoner's and Walkers
Landing and attacked another, but failed to
| get It,
Ringgold battalion, Pa. Cav, engaged in
| skirmish at Huttonsville, w. Va, and lost two
men, killed.
| Five companies of tho fist Ohio. about $50
strong, and one small gun, under the command
of Col. Rodney Mason, were surrendered at
GAINESVILLE. Tenn. The Confederates were IN
der the command of Col. 7. q. Woodward,
| Kentucky Volunteers.
| detachment of the Cd N. Y Cav. engaged
! In q skirmish Rapidan Station Va.
| A detachment of Co. L. I'd Iii. Cav, engaged
| In skirmish at White Oak Ridge, No., aud
| lost one man, wounded.
Capt. Lynch, Of the 9th I'll. Cav. attacked q
| small band of Con federates on the Obion Rivor
| about six mile, from Dyersburg Tenn. taking
| all their horses, arms, and ammunition No
report of killed and wounded.
force of $50 men under the command of
| Lieut.-Col j. Eugene Duryes ed Nd. broke
| up the rebel signal station on Clark's Mount
| ain, Va.
| The q. s. 8. Satellite, Acting Master Amos
P. Foster, shelled the Confederates at Harri-
| sons Landing, James River, Va, for several
hours to prevent them from planting field
battery which they were trying to get Into
position.
Aug. 1s-19-The Army of Virginia (Union)
retired to the north bank of the Rappahannock
River
Aug. 16-25.-Operatons on the Rappahan-
| mock River On the 20th-Skirmisbes ut Rae
coon Ford, Stevensburg, Brandy Station, Rap
| pahannock Station, and near Kely's Ford.
| 21st-Skirmishes at Kelly's, Beverly Tor Cum
| ningham's,) and Freeman's Ford, etc. 22d-.
| Actions at Freeman's Ford and Hazel River.
23d-Engagement at Rappahannock Station,
| action at Beverly Ford. and skirmishes at
| Fants Ford. 23d and 24th-Actions III Sulphur
| Tor Warrenton) SprinRs Gath and 25th-Ac-
| tions at Waterloo Bridge. 25th-Skirmish at
Sulphur Springs. These affairs were all con-
nected with the defense of the Rappahannock
| line against the advance Of the Confederate
Army of Northern Virginia.
Aug. 19.-Tbe Department of tho Ohio Gre
ated, to be composed Of the States of Ohio Mich
igan, Indiana, Illinois. Wisconsin, aud Ken
lucky east Of the Tennessee River, including
Cumberland Gap and the troops operating in
that vicinity. Maj..Gen. II. g. Wright was
assigned to command.
Maj. James w. Paramore, Sd Ohio Cav, with
from Woodvile to Guutersvlle Ala. and vi.
cinity, returning on the Goth. Several prison.
ers were captured and . number of horses
mules and cattle seized.
detachment of the 9th Kan. Cav. engaged
In . skirmish at Clear Creek, Ark, and lost
four men, wounded.
landing party under Midshipman B. H.
Porter. from the u s. s. Ellis. destroyed Con.
| federate battery intended for ID guns on Dud-
ley's Island. N. c.. and burned the barracks.
Aug. l9-20.-Col John II. Morgan, I'd KY
Cav, with his own regiment, 100 strong. and a
| squadron Of Texas Rangers numbering about
l00 left Huntsville oil the 10Th, and on the Goth
| attacked tho guards Oh the Louisville & Nash
vile Railroad at Pilot Knob, Brakes Creek,
and Manscoe Creek, near Edge1eld junction.
killing two, wounding three, and capturing
five officers and 1853 men. Morgan reports that
he lost two of his best officers and three men.
Aug. 10 21.-Col. Albert J.. Lee with about
300 men Of his regiment, the 7th Kan. Cav,
| while on an expedition from Rienzi to Marietta
and Bay Springs, Miss, engaged the Conied-
crates in several skirmshcs. He destroyed d
| quantity OF camp equipage captured three
| horses, three guns and one saber. One Of his
men was MORALLY wounded by the accidental
| discharge OF pistol.
Aug. 2O.-Maj. ]. DeBaun, 9th La battalion,
Partisan Rangers. reports that he attacked and
| drove in the Union pickets at Baton Rouge La.
The Fifth Corps embarked at Newport News
and arrived at Aqua Creek on the 2lst; dis
embarked on the god. and proceeded by rail to
Falmouth and marched to Deep Creek, Va.
The Trans Mississippi Department divided
into district. as follows: The District of Texas
composed of the State of Texas and the Terri
tory of Administration: P. o. Hebert COM
manding. The District of Louisiana. composed
of all the State of Louisia west of the Missis-
sppi River-Maj. Gen. Richard Taylor COM
handing. The District of Arkansas, composed
of the States of Arkansas and Missouri and the
Indian country west thereof-Maj. Gen. T. q.
| Hindman commanding.
Aug. 20-22.-The Sioux Indians attacked
| Fort Ridgely, Ninn on the Goth and were re-
pulsed. On the 22d they returned with an in
| creased force and renewed the attack. and were
again repulsed. The fort was garrsoned by
detachments of Co.'S b and {, 9th Mimi, and
the Renville Rangers. The troops lost three
| men killed and Ii wounded.
Aug. 20-27-A force under the command of
Maj Lother Lppert. 18th Ill. Cav, consisting
| of attachments from that regiment, the LIST
Wis Cav. the gath Mo-, and one 12-pounder
howitzer engaged in scouting through Wayne,
6toddard, and Dunklin Counties, Mo. n q
Aug. 2L-Tbs Union land forces evacuated
] Dat>n Rouge, La. Gen. Butler reports that he