The National tribune., 1893-02-16
VIRGINIA AND MISSOURI.
Naval Operations About Vicks-
burg-Engageme with
the G. s. Steamer
Arkansas.
Compiled from the Official Records Of the WARY

| Compiled from the Official Records Of the War
July 14-Maj. William T. Campbell, 9Th
| Kan. Cav, with 200 men Of his reg iment, was
| sent from Grand River to rcconnoiter the posi-
| tion of the enemy south of the Arkansas River.
| Col. William Weer, with 600 mounted men OF
his command, followed and overlook Maj.
| Campbell at Fort Gibson, /. T. The enemy
! was discovered next day in considerable force
on the opposite side of the river, three miles
| from Fort Gibson, and an exchange of shots
took place. Union loss one man slightly
| wounded.
Co. F. 4th Iowa Cav, lost one man killed,
three wounded. and one missing in skirmish
| near Helena, Ark.
| Skirmish at Mackville. KY, between the
! Home Guards and Morgan's command. Con-
federate loss, one wounded and two captured.
Skirlnish at Bstesville. Ark.
July 15.-The c. 8. ram Arkansas, Lieut..
Isaac N. Brown, descending the Yazoo River,
Miss, met the u s. gun boats Carondelet Tyler
and ram Queen of the West. After q running
fight of about an hour, she drove the Caronde-
let ashore completely disabled. She then
chased the Tyler and Queen of the West out Of
the Yazoo River into the Mississippi. engaged
and ran through the feet of Flag Officer Far
ragut, consisting OF the U. s. steamers Hartford,
Iroquois Oneida, Richmond, Wissahickon,
Sciota, Winona and Pinola, the feet of Flag
Officer Charles II. Davis, consisting of the Ben
ton, Gen. Bragg, Louisville, Cincinnati Essex,
Cairo Sumter and six mortar boats, and the
ram feet of Lieut. Col. Alfred w. Elet, U. s..
A., consisting OF the Queen of the West, Lam
CASTER MingOe and Switzerland, and arrived
safely under the Vicksburg batteries, causing
the destruction of the U. 8. mortar schooner
Sidney G. Jones, which was aground short
distance below Vicksburg. The same night,
L. Qan% lad kxy
the ram Sumter, ran down past the Vicksbnrg
batteries, attempting to destroy the Arkar sas
rs he passed. At the same time the Benton,
Louisville, Cincinnati and four mortar boats
attacked the upper batteries for one hour, and
the u. s. s. Westfeld. Comdr William B. Rem
shaw Commanding mortar division), and NOR
tar vessels John Griffith, Henry James, 0. II.
Lee, Orvetta and Sarah Bruen bOmbarded the
lower batteries. Casualties in Union fleets lex
elusive of Eliot ram feet not known, Is killed,
52 wounded, and 10 missing. Casualties on the
Arkansas, 12 killed and "a wounded.
An expedition sent to Fayetteville. Ark,
from Springfield, Mo-, commanded by Maj.
Miller, 81 Wis. Cav, consisting of one section
of Dayidson's battery and $50 mounted rife
men and cavalry detachments from the 81
Wis, Sd No. S. NJ, and 10th Ill.,. attacked
the combined forces of Rains, Coffee, Hunter,
Hawthorne and Tracy, eight miles southwest
of that town, and routed them completely.
Pursuit was continued to Cane Hill. No re-
ports of casualties.
Capt. Harris s. Greene 9th Kan. Cav, with
one company of whites and so Cherokee In
dams, captured at Park Hill, (the residence Of
John Ross, Chief of The Cherokee Indians,)
Lieut-Col. w. P. Ross. Maj. Thomas Pegg,
and nine other officers of Col. Drew's Con feder-
ate regiment and brought them to Headquar-
ters of Col. William Weer, commanding In
dian expedition Grand River, /. T.
A detachment of the 1st Mich. Cav. engaged
in skirmish at Orange Courthouse, Va.
The Garibadi regiment goth N. ~ and
one company of cavalry were attached near
Middletown, Va, by three columns Of Con-
federate cavalry supported by infantry. Union
loss two wounded and four missing.
Co. B. Cd Cal. Cav, lost one man wounded In
q skirmish at Apache Pass, Ariz.
Four companies Of McLin's cd Tenn. Cav.
(Confcderate were surprised and routed at
Wallace's Crossroads, Tenn, by Brig.-Gen.
Spears's command. Gen. George w. Morgan,
U. s. Army, commanding at Cumberland Gap,
reports Confederate loss at 10 killed and Is
prisoners. The Confederate reports give the
loss as one man wounded and four or Ave
captured.
July 16.-The British schooner Agnes. cargo
cotton and rosn, was captured by the o. s. 8.
Huntsville in latitude $50 N, longitude TO w.
Reconnaissance were made from Westover,
of the 5th q. s. Cav. and squadron of the 4th
Pa. Cav. on the Long Bridge Road. Cavalry
pickets and some infantry of the enemy were
discovered, resulting in slight skirmishes.
Maj. Gen. III. w. Halleck relinquished the
immediate command OF the troops in the De-
partment of the Mississippi.
The District of West Tennessee. Maj. Con.
Grant commanding, was extended to include
tho Districts of Cairo and Mississippi. that part
of the State of Mississippi occupied by the
Union troops and that part of Alabama which
might be occupied by the troops of his particu-
lar command, including the forces known a.
the Army of the Mississippi.
Maj. Gen. Theophius II. Holmes. C. s. Army
assigned to the command of the Trans. Missis.
sippi Department..
July i7.-Maj. Gen. q. 8. Grant assumed
command of all the troops embraced in the
Army of the Tennessee the Army of the Mis-
sissippi, and the Districts of Mississippi and
Cairo.
Cynthiana, KY, was captured by tho Con.
federate forces under command Of Brig Gen.
John III. Morgan. The Union forces consisted
of detachments Of the 7th Ky. Cav, 18th KY,
and Home Guards, amounting in the aggregate
to about $40 men. Union loss, II killed and
81 wounded. Gen. Morgan reports the capture
of 400 prisoners. and his loss at eight men killed
and 90 wounded.
small band. 80 or 40 guerrilIas. attacked,
wounded one ana CapJur6u Blk teaUSterS at the
Stock Pasture fields four miles west Of Column
bia. The same party attacked q scout of 10
men from Gen. Negley's command, eight miles
west of Mount Pleasant, Tenn, and wounded
three of them.
Maj. d. II. Hill, G. s. Army. assigned to
the command of the Department of North Car
oina.
The LIST VT. Cav. engaged In skirmish near
Gordonsville Va.
The U. S. S. New London, Lieut.. Abner
Read, accompanied by the armed steam tender
Grey Cloud, proceeded to Pascag0ula, La, to
dislodge o party Of Confederates said to be
there. Not finding them, the two vessels pro-
ceeded up Pascagoula River and sent lanch
ashore to cut the telegraph wires which WAS
fired upon by Confederates, wounding seven
men. The Confederates were dispersed by
few shell from the vessels
July 1S.-Ths Department Of East Tennessee
(Confederate) extended to include that part of
the Safe of Georgia which is north Of tho rail-
road leading from Augusta via Atlanta to West
Point and so much of North Carolina as Is west
Of the Blue Ridge Mountains in that State.
Department No. 2, or Western Department |
(Confederate) extended to embrace all Of Mis- |
sissippi, East Louisiana, and West Florida.
Maj. John Y. Choppers command, consisting |
of his battalion, of MerrlPs Horse. and Rogers |
battalion, 18th Mo- s. NJ. Cav, encountered Por- |
ter's forces. conjoned with Dunns, near Mem
phs, Mo-, and fought and routed them after