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27.-Scouting expedition under Gen. Stahl left Fairfax Court House, Va.-Fighting near Kingston, N. C.-Stoneman's cavalry expedition left Warrenton Junction, Va.-U. S. sloop of war Preble destroyed by fire.

28. Skirmish near Kingston, N. C., continued.-Stoneman's cavalry crossed the Rappahannock at Kelly's Ford.

29.-The Rappahannock crossed by Gen. Hooker at Kelly's Ford in the advance upon Fredericksburg.-Attack on the rebel batteries at Grand Gulf, Miss., by Porter's fleet, which was considerably damaged, and many wounded and 20 killed.-Haines's Bluff, near Vicksburg, bombarded.-Orange Springs reached by Gen. Stoneman's cavalry.-Louisa Court House, Va., reached by Stoneman's cavalry in the night.-Ship Oneida destroyed by the Florida. The bark Henrietta also destroyed.

30. Fast day in the United States.-Chancellorville, Va., occupied by Gen. Hooker's army.-Withdrawal of the rebel Gen. Longstreet's army from the south side of the James River commenced.-Cavalry fight at Dayton's Gap, Ala.-Gen. Grant's army landed at Bruinsburg, Miss., near Port Gibson.

MAY.

1. Battle of Chancellorsville commenced.-Cavalry engagement at Blountsville, Ala.-Battle of Thompson's Hills, Miss., or Port Gibson. 11,000 rebels defeated and many prisoners taken.-Port Gibson occupied.

2.-Battle of Chancellorsville continued. Union forces under Hooker repulsed with heavy loss on both sides. -Stonewall Jackson mortally wounded.-Big Black River, Miss., reached by our forces.-Col. Grierson's cavalry force reached Baton Rouge, La., from Tenn.

3.—Battle of Chancellorsville, Va., continued. The Chancellor mansion shelled and burned by the rebels.-Gen. Berry killed.—Attack upon Fredericksburg by Gen. Sedgwick. Storming of Mary's Hill.-Fight near Suffolk, Va.-Fighting near Warrenton Junction, Va.-Capture of Grand Gulf, Miss., by Admiral Porter's fleet.-Louisa Court House, Columbia, Goochland, Beaver Dam, Ashland and Hanover Court-House, Va., reached by our cavalry. Capture of Col. Streight's Union cavalry, near Rome, Ga.

4.-Panic in Richmond, Va., on the approach of Stoneman's cavalry; they went within two miles of that city. He reached Chickahominy Bridge. -Meadow Bridge, on the Chickahominy, destroyed by Col. Kilpatrick.Schooner Juniper, blockade-runner captured.

5.-C. L. Vallandigham arrested at Dayton, for treason.-Riot and attempt to rescue him at Dayton.-Retreat of the army of the Potomac from

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Chancellorsville, across the Rappahannock.-The Gov. of Miss. called on the people of the State to arouse for its defence.

6.-Trial of Vallandigham at Cincinnati commenced.-Gen. Hooker issued an address to his army, in respect to the battles at Chancellorsville.— Severe battle at Clinton, Miss.-Steamer Eugenie captured off Mobile Bay, by a Union gunboat.-Battle of Fourteen-Mile Creek, near Vicksburg.

7.-President Lincoln and Gen. Halleck visited the army of the Potomac at Falmouth, Va.-Arrival of Col. Kilpatrick at Gloucester Point, Va., from a ride around Lee's army.-Death of Gen. Whipple.—Trial of Vallandigham concluded.-West Point, Va., occupied by our forces.-Bridges, etc., near White House, Va., destroyed by our troops.-Gen. Lee issued a congratulatory address to his army.-Steamer Cherokee captured off Charleston, S. C.

8.-Proclamation of President Lincoln in relation to the draft, defining the duties of persons of foreign birth.-Gen. T. F. Meagher resigned his commission.-Gen. Banks reached Alexandria, La., having captured in his expedition 2,000 prisoners, 20 pieces of artillery, 2 transports, and a large amount of property.

9.-Rebel guerrillas attacked at Horseshoe Bend, on the Cumberland River, Tenn.-Schooner Sea Lion captured off Mobile Bay.

10.-Death of Stonewall Jackson,

12.-Union victory at Raymond, Miss.

13. The rebels defeated at Mississippi Spring, Miss.-Gen. Joe Johnston arrived at Jackson, Miss.-A large amount of rebel property destroyed at Yazoo City.-Schooner A. I. Hodge captured.-Ship Crown Point burned by the privateer Florida.

14.-Jackson, Miss., taken by General Grant. Resignation of Gen. Thos. F. Meagher accepted.-Schooner Sea Bird captured.-Clinton, Miss., occupied by our troops.

15.-Capture of a company of U. S. cavalry at Charlestown, Md.-Destruction of rebel stores at York River, Va.-Fight at Carrsville, Va.— Jackson, Miss.; evacuation of by Union troops commenced.—British brigantine and blockade-runner Cornet captured.-Ship Byzantium burned by the privateer Tacony.

16.-Capture of the cavalry taken by the rebels at Charlestown, Md.— Rebels under Gen. Pemberton defeated at Edward's Station, Miss.—Great battle at Baker's Creek, near Vicksburg, called the battle of Champion's Hill.-Engagement at Berry's Ferry, Va.

17.—Blockade-runner steamer Cuba pursued and destroyed, and schooner Hunter captured.-Battle of Big Black River Bridge, Miss.

18.-Vallandigham sentenced to confinement in Fort Warren.-Union

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victory on the Big Black River, Miss.-Capture of Haines' Bluff, near Vicksburg, by Admiral Porter.-Schooner Isabel destroyed off Mobile Bay.— Schooner Ripple captured off Mobile Bay.

19.—Gen. Meagher took leave of his troops.-Richmond, Mo., sacked by guerrillas. - Vicksburg fortifications assaulted. - Blockade-runner steamer Union captured.

20.-Vicksburg invested.-Steamer Stono, late United States gunboat Isaac Smith, destroyed off Charleston.-Bark Goodspeed destroyed by the Tacony.

21.-Assault on the rebel works at Vicksburg, Miss. Our forces repulsed with severe loss.

22.-The sentence of Vallandigham changed to banishment to the Confederacy.-Blockade-runner Eagle captured. — Assault on Vicksburg continued.-Battle at Gum Swamp, N. C.-Engagement at Port Hudson Plains.

23.-Battle at Gum Swamp, N. C., continued.-Junction of Gen. Banks' forces with those of Gen. Augur at Bayou Sara.

24.--Capture of schooners Gen. Prim and Rapid and sloops Jaue, Adeline and Bright.

27.-Presentation of Kearney medals to the Third army corps.-Rebels defeated at Florence, Ala.-Attack on Port Hudson commenced.-Union gunboat Cincinnati sunk by rebel batteries at Vicksburg.

28.-Attack on Port Hudson continued. Our forces repulsed.-Blockaderunner Victoria captured.

29.-Skirmish near Thoroughfare Gap, Va.-Gen. Kilpatrick left Yorktown on a raid up the Peninsula.

30.-Attack on a train of cars near Catlett's Station, Va., by Moseby's rebel cavalry.-Moseby's force defeated near Greenwich, Va.-Train of cars destroyed near Kettle Run, Va.

31.-Skirmishing near Monticello, Ky.-Schooner Echo captured.

JUNE.

1.-James Island evacuated by the Union troops.

2.-Gen. Burnside suppressed the circulation of the New York World and Chicago Times in his department.

3. Great peace meeting in New York.-Gen. Lee broke up camp at Fredericksburg, Va.

4. Our force at Franklin, Tenn., attacked.-Gen. Burnside revoked his order suppressing the New York World and Chicago Times, by order of the President.-Brisk fight at Sataria, on the Yazoo.

6.-Bark Whistling Wind destroyed by a privateer.-Rebels attacked

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Milliken's Bend and Young's Point, near Vicksburg, but were repulsed.— Shawneetown, Kan., destroyed by guerrillas.

7.-Battle of Milliken's Bend concluded.

9. Severe cavalry engagement at Brandy Station, Va., on the Rappahannock. The rebels driven from Monticello, Ky.- Departments of the Monongahela and Susquehanna created.-Execution of two spies by Gen. Rosecrans.

10. The draft in Indiana resisted.-Engagement near Monticello, Ky.— Lake Providence attacked by rebels and successfully defended by negro troops.-The Havelock sunk off Charleston bar.

11.-C. L. Vallandigham nominated for Governor of Ohio.-Darien, Ga., destroyed by our forces.-The Herald destroyed by Union gunboats, off Charleston harbor.-Steamer Calypso captured.-Gen. Halleck directed the garrison at Martinsburg and Winchester, Va., to retire to Harper's Ferry.— Triune, Ten., attacked by the rebels.

12.-Gov. Curtin, of Penn., issued a proclamation calling for volunteers to repel the anticipated invasion of that State by the rebels.-Gen. Couch assumed command of the Department of the Susquehanna.-President Lincoln addressed a letter to Erastus Corning and others, in relation to the arrest of Vallandigham, &c.—Gen. Hunter left the Department of the South. —Gen. Q. A. Gilmore assumed command.-Brisk engagement between Union batteries on Folly Island and the rebel batteries on Morris Island, Charleston harbor.

13.-Town of Eunice, near Vicksburg, destroyed by our gunboats.Union forces under Gen. Milroy at Winchester, Va., attacked by rebel Gen. Ewell's corps, and its armament and a large part of its garrison captured.— The army of the Potomac fell back towards Washington.

14.-Perryville and Martinsburg, Va., occupied by the rebels.—The army of the Potomac march for Maryland in pursuit of Lee.-Port Hudson assaulted; our forcès repulsed with heavy loss.-Gen. Rosecrans commenced a forward movement.

15.-The President called for 100,000 volunteers to repel the invasion of Pennsylvania.-Gov. Curtin, of Penn., called on the people of the State to enroll for its defence.—Chambersburg, Penn., occupied by the rebels.—Gen. Milroy's shattered command is pursued and engaged in a severe battle.

16.-Harper's Ferry reached by the remaining forces of Milroy's army.— Gov. Curtin appealed to the people, of Philadelphia to arm.-Gov. Parker, of N. J., called for volunteers to repel the invasion of Pennsylvania.—Harper's Ferry invested and attacked. Our forces retired to Maryland Heights and shelled the rebels out. -Brig Umpire captured by the Tacony.-Gen. Meagher tendered the hospitalities of New York city.

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17. Great excitement in the North over the invasion of Penn.Spirited cavalry engagement at Aldie, Va.-Draft in Ohio resisted.-Capture of the rebel iron-clad steamer Atlanta, late the Fingal, near Savannah. 19. Skirmish at Orleans, Ind.

20. Ship Isaac Webb captured and bonded by the Tacony.-Frederick, Md., occupied by the rebels.

21.-Great cavalry engagement near Middleburg and Upperville, Va.~ The rebels driven from Frederick, Md.

22.-Millerstown, eight miles from Gettysburg, Penn., occupied by the rebels.-Greencastle reoccupied by the rebels. The portion of Ewell's corps which had not yet arrived in Penn. crossed the Potomac and moved up the valley. The rebels driven from Cumberland, Md.--Brashear City, La., captured by the rebels.

23.-Chambersburg, Penn., reoccupied by the rebels.-Skirmishing between portions of the Union and rebel forces in Maryland.

24-Shippensburg and Hagerstown reached by a portion of the rebel army. Severe and successful skirmish of Gen. Rosecrans' army at Hoover's Gap, Tenn.-The rebels driven from Liberty Gap, near Murfreesboro'.— Heavy skirmishing near Murfreesboro', Tenn.-The main body of Lee's army entered Maryland, crossing the Potomac at Shepperdstown and Williamsport.

25.-Fairfax Court House, Va., occupied by the rebels.-Skirmish at Marysville, Penn., near Harrisburg.-Another engagement at Liberty Gap, Tenn.—An expedition left West Point, Va., for the interior.-Destruction of one of the rebel forts at Vicksburg by the explosion of one of our mines. -Ship Constitution captured by the privateer Georgia.-The Union army crossed the Potomac at Edwards' Ferry:-Gen. Rosecrans resumed his march.

26.-Gettysburg, Penn., occupied by the rebels.-Gov. Curtin issued another proclamation to the people of Penn.-Rebel privateer Archer (with the crew of the Tacony) entered Portland harbor, and captured the revenue cutter Caleb Cushing.-White House, Va., occupied by our troops. -Death of Com. Foote.-Gen. W. F. Lee captured.

27.—The advance of Gen. Rosecrans' army arrived at Manchester, Tenn. -Kingston, Penn., occupied by the rebels.-York, Penu., also occupied.— Chambersburg, Penn., occupied by the division of the rebel army under Gens. Longstreet and Hill.-The whole rebel army consisting of 90,000 infantry, upward of 10,000 cavalry and 4,000 or 5,000 artillery are in Md. and Penn.

28.-Gen. Hooker relieved of the command of the army of the Potomac and Gen. Meade appointed in his place.-Bridge over the Susquehanna at Columbia, Penn., burned.-Mechanicsburg surrendered to the rebels.