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Brig.), Second Division, Army of the Mississippi, In the Field, May 11, 1862. General: I have the honor to report for the information of tda and Confederate [Guards] Battalion, Camp near Corinth, Miss., May 11, 1862. Colonel: In obedience to instructions received on 9th instan Hdqrs. Florida and Confed. Guards Battalion, Corinth, Miss., May 11, 1862. Sir: I have the honor to report that on the 9th instant, in ment at Farmington, Miss., May 9. camp near Corinth, Miss., May 11, 1862. In the battle of Farmington, on the 9th instant, the Sixteen Hdqrs. Thirteenth Regt. La. Vols., C. S. A., Corinth, Miss., May 11, 1862. Captain: Herewith I have the honor to transmit to you the ac Hdqrs. Thirteenth Regiment Louisiana Vols., Corinth, Miss., May 11, 1862. Dear sir: On the 9th ultimo, at 2.30 p. m., Lieut. Col. A. Gon, Miss., May 9. Hdqrs. Fourth Brigade, Ruggles' Division, May 11, 1862. Captain: I beg leave to submit the following brief report of

May 10, 1862.--naval engagement at Plum point, near Fort Pillow, Tenn. Reports. No. 1.-Brig. Gen. William K. Strong, U. S. Army. No. 2.-Capt. J. E. Montgomery, C. S. Navy. No. 3.-Brig. Gen. M. Jeff. Thompson, Missouri State Guard. No. 1.-report of Brig. Gen. William K. Strong, U. S. Army. Cairo, May 11, 1862. The rebel gunboats and rams made an attack on our flotilla yesterday morning. Two of their gunboats were blown up and one sunk. The remainder returned with all possible haste to the protection of their guns at Pillow. Wm. K. Strong, Brigadier-General. Major-General Hallecbk. No. 2.-report of Capt. J. E. Montgomery, C. S. Navy. flag-boat little rebel, Fort Pillow, Tenn., May 12, 1862. Sir: I have the honor to report an engagement with the Federal gunboats at Plum Point Bend, 4 miles above Fort Pillow, May 10: Having previously arranged with my officers the order of attack, our boats left their moorings at 6 a. m., and proceeding up the

May 11, 1862.-affair at Cave City, Ky. Report of H. W. Stager, telegraph operator. Louisville, May 11, 1862. The rebel Col. John Morgan captured a passenger train on Louisville .ad Nashville Railroad at Cave City between 12 and 1 o'clock, taking two officers-Major Coffee, First Kentucky Cavalry, and other name not known-and 6 privates prisoners. He burned 45 freight cars and 4 passenger cars and blew up a locomotive. He released all the passengers, and they have returned to LouisvMay 11, 1862. The rebel Col. John Morgan captured a passenger train on Louisville .ad Nashville Railroad at Cave City between 12 and 1 o'clock, taking two officers-Major Coffee, First Kentucky Cavalry, and other name not known-and 6 privates prisoners. He burned 45 freight cars and 4 passenger cars and blew up a locomotive. He released all the passengers, and they have returned to Louisville. The train was bound for Nashville. His object was to capture the train from Nashville with rebel prisoners on board; but the train was intercepted and stopped before reaching Cave City, and returned to Nashville. H. W. Stager. A. Stager.

servant, J. F. Belton, Aide-de-Camp. headquarters Army of the West, Camp Churchill Clark, May 11, 1862--8.45 p. m. [General Beauregard:] General: Colonel Bradfute, in charge of my pickets, repo Respectfully, Earl Van Dorn, Major-General. Hdqrs. Fourth regiment Tennessee Volunteers, May 11, 1862. General Clark: The enemy are in large force in front of us this morning, and from the musFourth Regiment Tennessee Volunteers. headquarters Department of East Tennessee, Knoxville, May 11, 1862. Col. R. J. Morgan, Thirty-sixth Regiment Tennessee Volunteers: Colonel: I am directed by Savannah, Ga. Respectfully, your obedient servant, J. F. Belton, Aide-de-amp. Richmond, May 11, 1862. His Excellency the President of the Confederate States: sir: I address you as one deeply udge Fulton. David McCOMAS. Evermont Ward. G. D. Camden. headquarters near Clinton, La., May 11, 1862. Maj. Gen. Leonidas Polk, First Division, O. S. Army: Sir: I have the honor to report that

ou will have to deal only with individual secessionists. Report by telegraph and mail frequently and on receipt of this. James B. Fry, Chief of Staff. headquarters, May 8, 1862. Major-General Halleck: A furious beating of bass drums is kept up in the right and left corps. It can be heard a distance of 4 or 5 miles; of course betrays our position and progress, and ought to be suppressed. Bass drums are not used with field music in my command at all. D. C. Buell. headquarters, May 11, 1862. Major-General Halleck: The line which I am occupying is about 24 miles long, and leaves my old position where two of Thomas' divisions are quite retired and protected. It is desirable, I think, to have my whole force on that line, and if you approve I will move Crittenden over with the rest. He is now in rear of Thomas' troops. D. C. Buell. General orders, no. 26. Hdqrs. Department of the Mississippi, Monterey, Tenn., May 13, 1862. The following resolutions, passed by the Ge

ire when he arrived, and gave guarantee of a resolution that promised success, in case daylight, remaining to us, he had been advanced to the attack of Fort Magruder, and those works which the enemy evacuated to us during the night, and which he was the first to enter at daylight. I have the honor, sir, to be your obedient servant, P. Kearney, Brigadier-General Commanding Third Division Heintzelman's Corps. McClellan's tribute to his troops. camp, 19 miles from Williamsburgh, May 11, 1862. Hon. E. M. Stanton, Secretary of War: Without waiting further for official reports, which have not yet reached me, I wish to bear testimony to the splendid conduct of Hooker's and Kearney's divisions, under command of Gen. Heintzelman, in the battle of Williamsburgh. Their bearing was worthy of veterans. Hooker's division for hours gallantly withstood the attack of greatly superior numbers, with very heavy loss. Kearney's division arrived in time to restore the fortunes of the day,

f debarkation, which they reached at a little after eight o'clock. Gen. Viele at once entered upon the discharge of his duties. His first act was to issue the following, which was freely posted and circulated throughout the town: Norfolk, May 11, 1862. The occupancy of the cities of Norfolk and Portsmouth is for the protection of the public laws and the maintenance of the public laws of the United States. Private associations and domestic quiet will not be disturbed, but violations of obecome of the Merrimac? If the troops should reach the city and the Merrimac should go back to shell them, what will be the course of the Monitor and our fleet? Will they not follow the Merrimac and give her a fire in the rear? Norfolk, Sunday, May 11, 1862. Here I am in the city of Norfolk, over which floats the flag of the Union from the cupola of the Custom-House, which has been repossessed and reoccupied by the Government. From the masts of five noble vessels-of-war, ranged around the

y of destroying her, and particularly whether any, and what disposition could have been made of the vessel, have found as follows: The court, having heard the statement read submitted by Flag-Officer Tatnall, was cleared for deliberation, and, after mature consideration, adopted the following report: The court, after a full and careful examination and investigation of the evidence connected with the destruction by fire of the confederate States Steamer Virginia, on the morning of May eleventh, 1862, near Craney Island, respectfully report that it was effected by the order and under the supervision of Flag-Officer Tatnall, after her draft had been reduced to twenty feet six inches, and on the representations of the pilots that in consequence of recent prevalent westerly winds, she could not be taken with a draft of eighteen feet as high as Westover, near Harrison's Bar, in James River, (whither he designed to take her,) which they previously stated they could do. 1. The destruc

officers and men behaved admirably, and with transportation and forage we could move on to-morrow. I respectfully request that instructions may be given to send up forage and transportation immediately, as me are entirely tied down for want of them. Gen. Sedgwick's infantry has arrived. The killed and wounded amount to nearly a hundred. A more detailed report will be given as soon as possible. Very respectfully, W. B. Franklin, Brig.-Gen. camp 19 miles from Williamsburg, May 11, 1862. Hon. E. M. Stanton, Secretary of War, Fortress Monroe: Without waiting for further official reports which have not yet reached me, I wish to bear testimony to the splendid conduct of Hooker's and Kearny's divisions, under command of Gen. Heintzelman, in the battle of Williamsburg. Their bearing was worthy of veterans. Hooker's division for hours gallantly withstood the attack of greatly superior numbers, with very heavy loss. Kearny's arrived in time to restore the fortunes of the

demonstrations checked the aggressive attitude of the Confederates on the Kentucky and Tennessee borders, and of the Southern sympathizers in Missouri. Before he was transferred out of the West in November, 1861, Fremont had raised an army of fifty-six thousand men, and was already advancing upon an expedition down the Mississippi. Losses: Union 4 wounded. Confed. 2 killed, 1 wounded. May 10, 1862: Norfolk and Portsmouth, Va. Occupied by Union forces under Gen. Wool. May 11, 1862: Confederate Ram Virginia destroyed in Hampton Roads by her commander, to prevent capture. May 15, 1862: Fort Darling, James River, Va. Union, Gunboats Galena, Port Royal, Naugatuck, Monitor, and Aroostook. Confed. Garrison in Fort Darling. Losses: Union 12 killed, 14 wounded. Confed. 7 killed, 8 wounded. May 15, 1862: Chalk bluffs, Mo. Union, 1st Wis. Cav. Confed., Col. Jeffers' command. Losses: Union 2 killed, 5 wounded. Confed. 11 killed, 17 wound