THE GREAT REBELLION: No Further Movements of the Army at Washington; The Navigation of the Potomac Unobstructed; The Campaign in Missouri and Kentucky (10/3/1861)

A train with 200 troops left Alexandria yesterday afternoon for the purpose of obtaining wood at Edsell's Hill. While the cars were loading, some of the troops proceeded over the hill toward Springfield Station, when they were fired on by the rebels, and three of their number wounded. The entire party, with the exception of two who became detached and were taken prisoners, returned to Alexandria, having fully succeeded in the object of their expedition.

The Pusey arrived this evening, and reports that five or six vessels of the Potomac flotilla are lying near the Maryland shore, within view of the rebel battery at Freestone Point. The remainder of our vessels are off Aquia Creek, from which the privateer George Page has recently made repeated unsuccessful attempts to emerge.

Numerous small craft, loaded with supplies, were passed by the Pusey. They were bound for Washington.

There has been no firing by the rebels since last Thursday, nor can any signs of life be seen at Freestone Point.

The Potomac is certainly not now closed by the enemy. Our merchants are daily receiving goods from the North, by way of the river.

A letter from the Ex-President of the Republic of Switzerland, who is now a member of the Federal Council, says:

"We watch here with great solicitude the progress of the secession war, (Sonderbundskrieg,) a war which if not successfully checked by the patriots of the South, may assume a most formidable aspect.

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Welcome to today’s Sonderbundskrieg thread.

The Great Rebellion: No Further Movements of the Army at Washington – 2
An Important Arrest: W.H. Russell, L.L.D., Apprehended for Hunting on Sunday – 2
The Campaign in Kentucky – 2-3
The Campaign in Missouri – 3-4
Dr. Russell Back Again – 4
Important Report from Cairo – 4
The Cherokee Secession – 4
Southern Items from Louisville – 4
A Colored Secessionist – 4
Editorial: The Preparation in Missouri – 4-5
Editorial: National Prisoners at the South – 5
The Weather and the War – 5
Newspaper Correspondents-Enterprise and Pluck – 5-6
Rebel Intercourse with the North – 6
The Potomac Open – 6
Editorial: The Disaster to the Great Eastern – 6
Why Louisville was Not Captured – 6
Reports from Cairo – 6

On October 3, 1861 there was a battle at Greenbrier River, West Virginia, the 11th in West Virginia, the war's 54th, by my count.
The outcome is considered "inconclusived" even though the larger Union force was ordered away at the battle's end.
There were 95 casualties, including 14 dead, bringing the war's totals to nearly 15,300 casualties, including over 1,900 killed.

As of October 3, 1861:

West Virginia 1861 Engagements

Date	Engagement	Military Units	Losses	Victor
June 3	Philippi, WVA	Union Dept of Ohio (McClellan) -3,000, CSA infantry (Porterfield) -800	Union 4, CSA 26 (killed or wounded)	USA
July 2	Hoke's Run, WVA	Union Army of the Shenandoah (2 brigades, Patterson) -8,000 vs. Confederate Army of the Shenandoah (1 brigade, Stonewall Jackson) - 4,000	Union: 70-total (3-killed); CSA 23-total ( 9-killed)	USA
July 8	Laurel Hill, WVA	Union Dept of Ohio vs. Confederate Army of the Northwest	Union: 8-total; CSA unknown	USA
July 11	Rich Mountain, WVA	Union Department of the Ohio (McClellan & Rosecrans) -7,000 vs. Confederate Army (Pegram & Garnett) -1,300	Union: 46-total; CSA 300-total	USA
July 12	Barboursville, WVA	Union 2nd Kentucky vs. Confederate rangers & locals	Union: 16-total; CSA 1-total	USA
July 13	Corrick's Ford, WVA	Union Department of the Ohio (McClellan & Rosecrans) -20,000 vs. Confederate Army (Garnett) -4,500	Union: 53-total; CSA 620-total CSA Gen. Garnett killed	USA
July 17	Scary Creek, WVA	Union Department of the Ohio (Cox) -1,000 vs. Confederate Army of the Kanawha (Wise & George S. Patton) -800	Union: 51-total; CSA 10-total including Patton wounded	CSA (CSA outnumbered)
Aug 26	Kessler's Cross Lanes, WVA	Union Dept of Ohio (Tyler ~1,000) vs. Confederate infantry (Floyd ~2,000)	Union 73-total (15 killed); Confederates 40-total	CSA
Sep 10	Carnifax Ferry, WVA	Union Dept of Ohio (Rosecrans ~5,000) & Confederat Army of Kanawha (Floyd ~2,000)	Union 158-total (17 killed); Confederates 32 total (2?-killed)	USA
Sep 12-15	Cheat Mountain, WVA	Union Ohio, Indiana & WVA regiments (Reynolds ~3,000) & Confederate Virginia, Tennessee & Arkansas regiments (RE Lee ~5,000)	Union 88-total (10-killed); Confederates 120-total (~100? -killed)	USA (USA outnumbered)
Oct 3	Greenbrier River, WVA	Union OH, MI, IN Infantry + Light Artillery (Reynolds ~5,000) & Confederate VA, GA & AR Infantry (HR Jackson ~1,800)	Union 43-total (8-killed); Confederates 52-total (6-killed)	Inconclusive

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