The National tribune., 1893-02-16

and captured large number OF sick and
wounded soldiers in hospital at that place and
lot of commissary and hospital stores.
July IS 24-Brig.- Gen. n. b. Forrest.with his
cavalry brigade. left his camp at Mountain Creek,
10 miles from McAinnville. Tenn, on the 18th.
on a Reconnaissance On the 10Th he entered
Lebanon, remaining there until the morning OF
the 21st when he moved to the vicinity OF
Nashville, Tenn, destroyed three bridges, cap
turing some 80 men Of the Cd KY. killing two,
and wounding one. and also destroyed large
amount of stores at Antioch Depot. He reports
that he did not lose single man killed or
wounded on the ex petition.
July ia mixed command Of Union troops,
under Brig Gen. Green Clay Smith. U. s..
Army, engaged in a skirmish at Paris. KY,
with Brig Gen. John II. Morgan's command.
Morgan reports two men missing. No report Of
Union casualties.
raid was made on Brownsville, Tenn. by
q band of guerrillas
July 19-20.-The I'd N. Y. Cav. left Fredcr-
icksburg, Va, on the evening of the 18th and
reached Beaver Dam Station early next morn
ing, broke up the Virginia Central Railroad
for several miles. burned the depot, and cut
telegraph communication. They lost one man
wounded during the march.
July 19-23.-A detachment of the 14th Mo-
3. M. Cav. went on a scout through Polk aud
Dallas Counties, Mo. They arrested q number
of pefsons-releasing some on parole, and sent
the rest to Springfield. One man Of the COM
mand was accidentally wounded.
July 20.-Cos and G., 18th BIO. 8. NJ. Cav.
on duty at Grecnvlle, No. were surprised and
driven from their camp with loss of two men
killed and five wounded.
The 9th Kan. Cav. engaged In o skirmsh at
Taberville, Mo.
Maj Gen. Samuel r. Curtis reports that his
advance attacked and drove the enemys pick
cts at Cal ness Landing. Ark, killing one man.
Lieut. Col. Robert II. g. Minty, Sd Mich.
Cav, reports that Co. II. on picket at Hatchie
Bottom, Miss, was cut off at 2 a. m.
July 21.-The Confederate Army Of the Mis-
sissippi Maj. Gen. w. J. Hardee commanding
was ordered to be transferred from Northern
Mississippi to Chattanooga, Tenn.
Maj.Gen Sterling Price, C. 8. Army, as
sumed command of the District of Tennessee
which comprised Nortn western Alabama and
all that portion of the State of Mississippi north
Of the 32d parallel latitude and east of the
Pearl River and of the line of the Mississippi
Central Railroad from Jackson to Grand juno
ton.
Luray, Va, occupied by the Union forces
under command of Col William r. Lloyd, con-
sisting Of the I'D Pa, 86th ". Y. one section Of
Dieckman's battery, the 9Th Ohio Cav. and 4th
N. Y. Mounted Rifles.
The Confederate steamer Reliance, cargo 243
bales Of Sea Island cotton, was captured by the
q. s. s. Huntsville in latitude 26' north, longi-
tude ITO west.
The U. s. transport sallie Wood, carrying
the mails, and about 35 sick and wounded SOL
diers from Vicksburg, Miss, was sunk and
burned by Confederate battery Of four guns
on the Mississippi River near Island No. 81.
All on board were captured except four.
July 21-22.-The U. 8. s. Western World and
armed tug Treaty proceeded on an expedition
up the coast of South Carolina north of Winyah
Row nd Haot nuod To- no. ~ .oik
works. While engaged on this work they were
attacked by party of Confederates, who
wounded ono man. The Confederates were
kept off by few shell from the guuboats.
July GA detachment of the Sd Iowa Cav.
was attacked by Joe POrter's command at
Florida, Mo-, and was compelled to retreat, after
fighting one hour Union loss, 26 killed
wounded and missing.
The forces under Mai. Gen. Dix constituted
the Seventh; those under Maj.-Gen. Wool the
Eighth, and those under Maj. Gen. Burnside
belonging to the Department of North Carolina
the Ninth Corps. respectively.
The designation In General Orders, No. 1875
Headquarters Army Of the Potomac, of the
forces commanded by Brig.-Gens. Porter and
Franklin as the Fifth and Sixth Corps con-
frmed by the War Department.
Capt. Taylor. 4th Pa. Cav, while visiting his
pickets near Westover, Va, was fred upon by
a concealed party of four FIVE and slightly
wounded. The party escaped.
A reconnaissance was made from Luray, Va,
to Columbia Bridge by six companies Of the
I'D Pa, four companies of the 9Th Ohio Cav
and a section of the 18th N. Y battery, all
under the command of Lieut.-Col. Gust A.
Muhleck.
reconnaissance was made from Luray, Va,
to White House Ford by four companie of the
6Sth N. Y, four companies of the Attn N. Y. Cav,
and the two howitzers, all under the command
of Lieut.. Col. Ferries Nazer few shots were
exchanged with the rebel cavalry at the ford.
The Bath (Va.) Cav, Capt. A. G. McCbss-
ney, stationed at Verdon, Va, were attacked
by Union force and their camp captured and
destroyed.
The U.Ss Essex Commodore VIM D. Porter,
and steam ram Queen of the West, Lieut. Col
Alfred w. Ellet, U.S.A.. attacked the Confed-
crate ram Arkansas. Lieut. Isaac N. Brown,
under the Vicksburg batteries, while the gun
boats Benton, Louisville and Cincinnati at
tackled the upper batteries at Vcksburz and
FIVE mortar boats, under Comdr. VIM. B. Rem
shaw attacked the batteries from below Vicks-
burg. The Queen of the West was badly dam
aged and was barely able to get back up the
river She had no casualties. The Essex had
one killed and three wounded. She continued
below Vicksburg. The Arkansas was consider
ably damaged, but not seriously. She had six
men killed and six wounded.
The U. 8. gunboats Katahdln and Kennebec,
In passing up by Grand Gulf, Miss, engaged
two Confederate batteries at that place for half
an hour and silenced them. Union casualties,
one man wounded.