The National tribune., 1893-01-26

The advance of Blrneys Brigade, OF kear-
ny's Division, Third Corps engaged in .
skirmish at Jordans Ford. White Oak Swamp,
Va, with a portion of Mahones Brigade, of
| Huger's Division.
| Skrmish on the James River road near
| Willis Church, Va, between the Sd Pa. Cav,
| detachments of Batteries c and d, Pa. Art,
! and the Sd Va Cav. and LIST n. c. Cav. Casual
| ties: Union--no separate report; Confederates
IA wounded lone officer mortality and two
| officers and As men captured or missing
Skirmish on the Williamsburg road near
| Fair Oaks Station, Va, between the advance of
| Magruders Corps and skirmishers of Summers
command.
Engagement at Peach Orchard, also called
Aliens Farm, near Fair Oaks Station. Union
troops-Second Corps Confederate troops
| Magruder's Corps. Casualties: Union troops
| no separate report; Observation-Disclosures
| Brigade, of Joues's Division, lost three men
killed and p wounded.
Acting Master David Stearns U. s. n, with
an armed boats crew of seven men, while
| in pursuit of sloop-rigged vessel in Crystal
| River, Fla, was captured by party of Con-
| federates. Stearns was killed.
June 29-30-Detachmen of the LIST VT Cav,
LIST Me. Cav, and 1st Mich. Cav, Hampton's
battery, the 5th Conn, and the 10th Pa, made
a reconnaissance from Front Royal to Luray,
| Va When near Luray on the 3Oth the cavalry
was engaged in a skirmish, losing one killed,
| one wounded, and two captured
June 29-July 6-Bombardment each day
! Except July A. of the Vieksburg batteries by
the q. S. mortar fotilla, under Comd'r ID. ID.
| Porter, L. s. n.
June 30-Battle of Glendale, also called Nell
sons Farm, Charles City Cross roads, New
Market Road Frazier's Farm, and Willis
Church. Union Troops-Sedgwcks Division.
Second Corps; Rockers and kearny's Divis-
| ions. Third Corps; McCalls Division, Fifth
| niric with,
Confederate Troops - Longstreet's. a. p.
| Hills and Huger's Divisions. S!ocum's Di-
vision engaged and held in check Huger's
Division at Brackets. on the right The other
| troops were engaged in the battle Of Glendale
proper. Casualties, Union-No separate re-
port The losses reported separately of the
| Confederate troops are as follows: Longstreet's
| Division-Kemper's Anderson's, Pickett's and
! Wilcox's Brigades. 229 killed, 1,056 wounded,
| 1913 missing; total LAS. The losses of A. 2.
| Hills Division, I'd S. G. Rifles and 9th S. c.. of
| Anderson's Brigade, and Pryors and Feather
stons Brigades, of Longstreets Division, aggre-
eating $500, are not reported separately for
| this battle.
Slocum's Division, of the Sixth Corps, posted
on the extreme right of the Union line at
the battle of Glendale, engaged and held in
check Huger's Division at Brackets, Va. There
are no separate reports of Union losses. Ma
| homes and Armistead's Brigades lost % killed
and So wounded
Engagement at White Oak Swamp Bridge.
Union troops, Richardson's Division, Second
| Corps; Smiths Division Sixth Corps Con-
federate troops Jaekson's Corps and d. Fl.
Hills Division. No separate reports of casu-
alties
Engagement at Turkey Bridge or Malvern
| Cliff Union troops, Warren's Brigade, of Sykes's
Division, Fifth Corps; 18th U. s., and 30
pieces of artillery. and the gunboats on
James River. Confederate troops, Walkers and
| Daniels Brigades, and Branchs, Brem's, and
French's batteries, of Holiness Division. Casu-
alties: Union, no separate report Confederate,
| two killed. 81 wounded total, 3d.
A detachment of the Sd Pa. Cav. and Battery
| NJ, 9Th U. S. Art, while holding Jones or Forge
Bridge, on the Chickahominy River, Va, were
fired upon by the Stuart Horse Artillery.
The 9Th Pa. Cav. engaged in skirmish near
New Kent Court house, Va.
The U. s. s. Galena, Comd'r John Rodgers,
with Gen. G. B. Mcclellan on board, and Aroos-
took, Lieut. J. G. Beaumont shelled the Con-
federates on James River above Carter's
Wharf for four hours, from to 9 p. m.
Battery F. 1st Mich. Art, lost one man killed
in a skrmish at Henderson. KY.
The 1st Ga. Cav. under Maj. 4. r. Harper,
congratulated by Gen. E. Kirby Smith for
"promptness, zeal and gallantry in
the pursuit and engagement of the enemy
beyond Powell River" Tenn.
The steamboat White Cloud of the White
River Expedition was fired upon by guerri'as
at Adams Bluff, Ark, and one man Of the 43d
| Ind. was killed and six wounded.
Mai. w. L. Duck worth, 1st Tenn. Cav. (C).
| with detachment of his regiment attacked a
wagon train en- route to Memphis. Tenn, at
| Rising Sun. The train was guarded by de-
tachment of the 57th Ohio. A severe skirmish
ensued, and the attacking party was repulsed
with loss of mine killed and Is wounded"
Union loss, three wounded and ~ missing
June 30-July 1.-The y. s. S. Sycamore,
Lieut.. a. ]. Drake. accompanied by two boats
crews, under Acting Volunteer Lieut.. VIM. b.
Eaton, from q. S. S. Ethan Allen, proceeded of
Tampa, Fla, and demanded the surrender of
the town. Receiving refusal. she bombarded
the town for one hour the first day and two
hours the second day, then steamed out of the
bay. Confederate battery manned by Pear
sons and Chambers's companies of Florida vol.
unteers) on shore returned the fire the frs!
day, but their shot fell short.
July battle of Malvern Hill, sometimes
called Crews or Poindexter's Farm. Union
troops-Army of the Potomac; Confederate
troops-Army of Northern Virginia. Casual
ties There are no separate returns of losses oil
Union troops. The losses reported separately
of the Confederate troops are as follows: jack
sons Corps, 66 killed. 449 wounded and two
missing; total, SIT. d. III. HIPS Division
156 killed, 703 wounded and 80 missing; total
$50. Magruders Corps 1.l4S killed, wounded
and missing. Huger's Division, las killed
722 wounded, and go missing total, l,137
Ranson's Brigade, of Holiness Division, TEN.
porarily attached to Huger's Division, 60 kill.
ed, 354 wounded, and 76 missing; total, 449
Grand total, 4,1G0. The losses of Fulkerson's
and Trimbles Brigades, of Jackson's Corps; G.
B. Anderson's and Garland's Brigades, of ID. II
Hills Division, and Barksdale's Brigade, Of
Magrnder's Corps, for this battle are not re-
ported separately. These brgades lost during
the Seven Days battles 1850 killed, wounded
and missing A. z. HIPS and Longstreet's Di
visions were held in reserve and not engaged
The British schooner William of Liverpool
cargo cotton. was captured by the U. S. S. De
soto in Sabine Lake, La.
The u. S. S. Galepa Comdr. John Rodgers
shelled the Confederates for two hours above
Carriers Wharf James River, Va.
Detachmcnts Of the I'd, llth. and 18th Mo
S. NJ. Cav. engaged in skirmish at Cherry
Grove, Schuyler Co., Mo-, with Joe Porter's anC
Bill Dunn's bands killing about IL and som'
90 or % wounded" Union loss, three wounded
Six companies of the LIST w. Va. were am
; buscaded near Fort Furnace, Powell's Big For
Valley, Va. and lost two wounded.
The 4th III. Cav, supported by Mortons bat
terry and the Ash Ohio, engaged in a skirmisl
near Holly Springs, Miss. The cavalry lost on
man killed and three wounded.
Col p. II. Sheridan, I'd Mich. Cav, with hi
own regiment and the2d Iowa Cav, WAS attacked
{ near Bonneville, Miss, by Confederate force
under Gen. James X. Chalmers, and after a
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