the 27th of May and 14th of June, in which portions of the enemy's works were taken. At last, on the 8th of July the commander. Major General Gardner, surrendered with 7,000 prisoners, 60 cannon, and 10,000 stand of arms.

MORGAN'S RAID.

JULY 8. Morgan, with 5,000 cavalry and 4 pieces of artillery, crossed the Ohio river into Harrison county, Indiana, and marched rapidly through the southern part of the State into Ohio, committing numerous depradations. On the 18th he was overtaken by the troops under Colonels Hobson and Judah, near Pomeroy, who captured all his artillery and 1,300 prisoners. With a mere fragment of his command he retreated to Columbiana county, where, on the 20th, he surrendered to General Shackleford.

JULY 17.-General Sherman attacked Jackson, Miss., routed Johnson and occupied the city. Large stores were captured, and also 40 locomotives, and all the rolling stock of the 3 rail

roads. General Ransom occupied Natchez. A large quantity of ammunition, 13 cannon, 2,000 head of cattle, and 4,000 hogsheads of sugar fell into his hands. A severe fight occurred on Elk creek, Ark., between General Blunt with 2,400 Union troops, and General Tooper, with 5,000 rebels, in which the former were victorious. Union loss 40, that of the rebels 184.

JULY 20.—A cavalry expedition sent out by General Foster, struck the Wilmington and Weldon railroad at Rocky Mount, N. C., burnt the long bridge over Tar river, tore up two miles of track, destroyed the depot, a large cotton factory, a valuable supply train, and 5,000 bales of rebel cotton. A cavalry force under Colonel Tolland, of the 34th Ohio mounted infantry, burned Wytheville, Va., after a severe fight, taking 3 cannon, 700 stand of arms, and 120 prisoners. Our loss was 65, including the brave Colonel Tolland; that of the rebels 75 killed and many wounded.

JULY 22.-Colonel Wilder, of Rosecrans' advance, shelled Chattanooga. Brashear City, La., recaptured by the Union

gunboat Sachem.

JULY 23.—A gallant fight occurred near Manassas Gap, in which 800 men of General Spinola's brigade, utterly routed twice their number of Georgia and North Carolina troops, with 17

cannon.

JULY 23.-Kentucky again invaded, A small detachment of Union troops at Richmond, under Colonel Sanders, badly cut up by 2,000 rebels under Colonel Pegram, and compelled to retreat

to Lexington. Kit Carson, with a part of the 1st New Mexico regiment, defeated the Navajoe Indians in a severe fight beyond Fort Canby.

JULY 31.-The Union forces in Kentucky, under Colonel Saunders, thoroughly routed the rebel troops under Scott and Pegram.

AUGUST, 1863.

AUGUST 2.—A severe though indecisive cavalry fight occurred at Culpeper, Va., between Buford and Stuart, in which 100 prisoners were captured by the Union troops.

AUGUST 17.-The rebels having collected an immense quantity of stores at Grenada, Mississippi, General Hurlbut sent out an expedition under the command of Lieut. Col. Phillips, of the 9th Illinois Mounted Infantry, to destroy them. Leaving Lagrange, Tenn., on the 13th, Col. Phillips attacked the rebel forces at Grenada, consisting of 2,000 men, under command of General Slimmer, and drove them in confusion from the place. He then destroyed all the ordnance and commissary stores, burnt the depot and machine shop, tore up the railroad track and destroyed 57 locomotives, and more than 400 cars.

AUGUST 20.-The town of Lawrence, Kansas, was surprised in the middle of the night by 300 guerillas, who had collected in Cass county, Mo., under the leadership of Quantrill. The town was set on fire and 182 buildings burned to the ground, and $2,000,000 worth of property destroyed. 191 persons were killed, many of whom were helpless women and children; 581 were wounded, many of them mortally. After the departure of the guerillas, the citizens organized under General James H. Lane and pursued them to their headquarters at Grand River, Mo., where they scattered in various directions. About 80 of the murderers were killed.

AUGUST 22.-Colonel Woodson's cavalry made a successful onslaught upon numerous guerilla bands in Arkansas, capturing Jeff. Thompson with his entire staff. General Blunt, with 4,500 men, attacked General Cooper, with 11,000 rebel troops, in the Indian Territory, and compelled him to retreat to Red River.

AUGUST 29.-The rebel army in Arkansas, under General Price, severely pushed by the Union forces under General Steele. Steele's advance, under General Davidson, drove 3,000 rebels, under Marmaduke, out of Brownsville, and across the Arkansas river.

SEPTEMBER, 1863.

SEPT. 1.-General Blunt defeated the rebel forces in Arkansas under Cooper and Cobell, and captured Fort Smith. The rebels evacuate Little Rock.

SEPT. 4.-Burnside occupied Knoxville, Tenn., and was hailed with delight by the inhabitants.

SEPT. 8.-A land and naval force under the command of General Franklin, made an attack on the rebel fortifications at Sabine City, Texas, but were repulsed with a loss of two small boats. SEPT. 9.-General Crittenden's Division of Rosecrans' army, entered Chattanooga.

SEPT. 10.-General Burnside captured Cumberland Gap, with 2,000 prisoners and 14 pieces of artillery, under the command of Major General Frazer. General Steele took possession of Little Rock, Ark.

CHICKAMAUGA.

Sept. 19.—The battle was commenced by General Bragg in the morning and continued all day.-At night both armies occupied nearly the same position that they did in the morning. On the next day the battle was renewed by the rebels and lasted until dark. The Union army was defeated and driven back to Chattanooga. The Federal loss was about 1,800 killed and 9,500 wounded, and 2,500 prisoners.

OCTOBER, 1863.

OCT. 9.-Wheeler's rebel cavalry, which had come north of the Tennessee river, for the purpose of cutting Rosecrans' communications, was defeated with considerable loss, at Farmington, Tenn., and again near Shelbyville.

OCT. 20.-The Departments of the Cumberland and Mississippi were consolidated and placed under the command of General Grant. General Rosecrans removed and General Thomas appointed in his place.

NOVEMBER, 1863-CHATTANOOGA,

Nov. 25.-The rebel army under Bragg was badly whipped near Chattanooga, losing about 6,000 prisoners, and 52 guns. The Union loss was between 3,000 and 4,000 in killed and wounded.

DECEMBER, 1863.

DEC. 4.-General Longstreet commenced the siege of Knoxville, November 17th. On the 29th there was a severe fight, in which the Confederates were defeated. This, with the defeat of Bragg, at Chattanooga, compelled Longstreet to raise the siege. He retreated toward Virginia, pursued by Burnside's forces; while another army under General Foster, started from Cumberland Gap to cut off their retreat.

FEBRUARY, 1864.

FEB. 1.-The Union outposts near Newburn were attacked by a strong force and fell back in good order, with but little loss. FEB. 9.-A large number of prisoners, including Colonel Streight, escaped from Libby Prison, Richmond.

FEB. 15.-General W. T. Sherman, with his command, arrived at Meridian, Miss., on his great raid into the heart of the enemy's country. After accomplishing his object in destroying railroads and stores, he returned to Vicksburg with immense booty.

FEB. 20. The advance into Florida of the Union forces, about 5,000 strong, under General Seymour, was repulsed near Olustee, with a loss of 1,200. Rebel loss about the same.

FEB. 22.-A heavy reconnoitering force sent out from Chattanooga by General Grant, met and defeated the enemy at Tunnel Hill,

MARCH, 1864.

MARCH 8.-General Grant was formally presented, by the President, with his commission as Lieutenant General, and on the 12th was assigned to the command of the armies of the the United States.

MARCH 15.-The Union forces under General A. J. Smith, captured Fort De Russey, La., on Red river, with 325 prisoners, 12 pieces of artillery, 2,000 barrels of powder, with an immense amount of ammunition and stores.

March 25.—About 5,000 rebels under Forrester, captured Paducah, Ky., and fired the place. Union loss, 12 killed and 40 wounded; rebel loss, 150 killed

MARCH 28.-The 54th Illinois regiment attacked by Coles county copperheads, at Charleston, Ill.

APRIL, 1864.

APRIL 8.-The advance of General Banks' expedition up Red river, under the direction of General Stone, was repulsed near Shreveport, La. ; but on the following day our men defeated the enemy. Our loss was about 2,000 and the enemy's the same.

APRIL 12.—General Forrest overpowered the Union forces at Fort Pillow, compelled them to surrender, and immediately after commenced an indescriminate massacre of our wounded soldiers, both colored and white-not excepting women and children who had taken refuge in the fort.

APRIL 17 and 18.-At Plymouth, N. C., the rebel ram and a battery sunk three Union gunboats.

APRIL 23.—The Governors of Ohio, Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin and Indiana offer to raise for the General Government 85,000 men for one hundred days.

APRIL 26.-Goverment accept service of one hundred day men, and appropriated $20,000,000 for their payment.

MAY, 1864.

MAY 5.-Draft ordered in Massachusetts, New Jersey, Ohio, Minnesota, Kentucky and Maryland.

MAY 6.-General Grant crossed the Rapidan, and Lee fell back toward Richmond.

MAY 7.-Grant still advances driving Lee's forces before him. MAY 8. Sherman occupied Dalton.

MAY 9.-After 3 days' hard fighting Lee's forces retreated, leaving 3,000 killed and 10,000 wounded on the field, in possession of the Union army.

BATTLE AT SPOTTSYLVANIA COURT HOUSE.

MAY 12.-Union troops victorious. They capture 4,000 prisoners and 25 pieces of artillery.

MAY 13.-General Sheridan, with cavalry, reached the rear of the enemy, near Hanover Junction, breaking two railroads, capturing several locomotives, and destroying Lee's depot for sup plies at Beaver Dam, containg over 1,000,000 rations.

MAY 15.-Sherman forced Johnson to evacuate Resaca, after two days' fighting.

MAY 23-Army of the Potomac flanked the rebels, under Lee, and forced them to evacuate their fortifications near Spott