Virginia. Alexandria occupied by Federal troops. Colonel Ellsworth shot by Jackson; the murderer was instantly killed. Arlington Hights occupied by Union troops.

MAY 25.-Union troops destroyed seven bridges and five miles of railroad from Alexandria to Leesburg.

MAY 26.-Western Virginia gave a large majority in favor of the Union. The port of New Orleans was blockaded by the sloop of war Brooklyn. All postal service in the seceded States suspended.

MAY 31.-The steamers Freeborn and Anacosta engage the rebel batteries at Acquia Creek.

JUNE, 1861.

JUNE 1.-Lieutenant Tompkins, with 47 men, attacked the rebels at Fairfax Court House, killing Captain Marr and several others. Union loss two killed. The steamers Freeborn and Anacosto engage the batteries at Acquia Creek the second time. Skirmish at Williamsport, Maryland, between the rebels and a company of Home Guards.

JUNE 3.-Colonel Kelly defeated the rebels at Phillippi, Va., killing 15; Colonel Kelly was severely wounded. Hon. S. A. Douglas died at Chicago: General Beauregard arrived and assumed command of the Confederate forces at Manassas Junction, Va. The voluntary contributions in the Northern States to carry on the war amounted to over $32,000,000.

JUNE 6.-Harriet Lane attacked the batteries at Pig Point, near Fortress Monroe. A company of rebel cavalry, captured at Alexandria, Va., take the oath of allegiance.

BATTLE OF BIG BETHEL.

JUNE 10.-Three regiments of Union trcops, under the command of General Pierce, were defeated with a loss of 16 killed, among them Major Winthrop, and 41 wounded.

JUNE 11.-Skirmish at Romney, Va. Wheeling Convention

met.

JUNE 14.-Rebels evacuated Harper's Ferry, after destroying all available property; the armory machinery was taken to Richmond.

JUNE 15.-Brig Perry arrived at New York with the privateer Savannah, captured June 4th.

JUNE 17.-Wheeling Convention unanimously declared Western Virginia independent of the rebel portion of the State. A

train of cars with 275 Ohio volunteers, under the command of Colonel Schenck, was fired into from a masked battery near Vienna, Va.; 8 were killed and 12 wounded. General Lyon defeated the rebels at Boonville, Mo., with a loss of about 30 killed and 50 wounded; Union loss 2 killed and 9 wounded.

JUNE 10.-A skirmish took place at Cole Camp, Mo., between a body of secessionists and a company of Home Guards; the latter were defeated with a loss of 10 killed, 20 wounded and 30 prisoners. A detachment of U. S. Regulars captured a number of rebels with their arms and ammunition, at Liberty, Mo.

JUNE 20.-Union Convention elected Frank D. Pierpont Governor of Virginia. General McClellan assumed command in person of the army in Western Virginia.

JUNE 23.-Forty-eight locomotives belonging to the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, valued at $400,000, were destroyed by the rebels.

JUNE 24.-The U. S. gunboat Pawnee attacked the rebel battery at Mathias Point. A spy arrested at Washington with a full detail of the number of the troops and batteries, and the best plan of attack on the city.

JUNE 26.-The President acknowledged the Wheeling government of Virginia.

JUNE 27.-George P. Kane, Marshal of Baltimore police, ar rested by General Banks and sent to Fort McHenry. The steamers Pawnee, Resolute and Freeborn, made a second attack on the rebel battery at Mathias Point; Captain Ward, commanding the Federal force, was killed.

JUNE 29. The rebel privateer Sumter escaped from New Orleans. The rebels made a dash at Harper's Ferry, destroying several boats and a railroad bridge.

JULY, 1861.

JULY 2-General Patterson defeated the Confederates at Falling Water, Va.; Union loss 3 killed and 10 wounded.

JULY 3.-A rebel company of 94 men captured at Neosho, Missouri.

JULY 4.-Rebels seized the Louisville and Nashville Railroad. Congress met in extra session

BATTLE OF CARTHAGE, MO.

JULY 5.-Confederates were commanded by Governor Jackson, the Federal troops, numbering 1,600, by Colonel Sigel. Colonel Sigel retreated to Springfield; Union loss 13 killed and 31 wounded.

JULY 6.-General Fremont appointed to the command of the Western Department, consisting of the State of Illinois, and the States and territories west of the Mississippi, and east of the Rocky Mountains. Headquarters at St. Louis. 45 men belonging to the 3d Ohio regiment, cut their way through an ambuscade near Buchanan, Virginia.

JULY 10-Skirmish at Laurel Hill, Virginia, rebels defeated. Union loss, 2 killed and 2 wounded.

JULY 11.-The following Senators were expelled from the U. S. Senate: J. M. Mason, R. M. Hunter, of Virginia; T. L. Clingham and Thomas Bragg, of North Carolina; L. T. Wigfall and J. U. Hemphill, of Texas; C. B. Mitchell and W. K. Sebas tian, of Arkansas; and A. O. F. Nicholson, of Tennessee.

BATTLE OF RICH MOUNTAIN.

JULY 12. The Federal troops, under command of Colonel Rosecrans, defeated the enemy under Colonel Pegram. The rebels lost their wagons, guns, camp equipage, and about 800 prisoners, besides 150 killed and wounded.

JULY 13.-The Confederates under General Garnett were defeated at Carrick's Ford, Virginia. The rebel General Garnett was killed. Union loss was 2 killed and 10 wounded.

BATTLE OF SCREYTOWN, VA.-The Federals under Colonel Lowe, were defeated with a loss of 9 killed and 40 wounded and missing.

The rebel cav

JULY 15.-Skirmish at Bunker Hill, Virginia. alry under Colonel Stuart, made the attack, but were defeated.

JULY 16:-Skirmish at Millville, Missouri, and at Barboursville, Virginia. Tilgham, a negro, killed three of a rebel prize crew on the S. J. Warring, and brought the vessel into New York. President Lincoln authorized to call the militia and accept the services of 500,000 men.

FIGHT AT BLACKBURN FORD.

JULY 18.-The Federal troops under command of General Tyler made the attack, but after three hours' fighting were ordered back to Centerville; their loss was 19 killed and 64 wounded and missing. The Department of Maryland created, and General John A. Dix placed in command. Headquarters at Baltimore.

JULY 19.-General Banks superceded General Patterson. Headquarters in the field.

ULY 20.-The Confederate Congress met at Richmond.