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The Seat of War in Tennessee – 2-3
War in the West: Present Position of Affairs in Kentucky – 3
Later from Port Royal: The Wonderful Changes Effected at Hilton Head – 3-4
The Negro Question at the West – 4-6
The British and American Navies: Their Relative Strength and Effectiveness – 6-7
Arrival of the Connecticut: News from the Gulf, Tybee Island, and Port Royal – 9, 11
The Charleston Conflagration: Full Particulars from the Charleston Papers of Saturday – 10-11
Reported Fight at New-Orleans: Four Rebel Regiments and Three Gunboats Sent Down from Columbus – 11
Water Depths at Ship Island and in Mississippi Sound – 12
Improvements in Central Park – 13
News from Washington: A Reconnoissance from General Heintzelman’s Division – 13-14
Important from Kentucky: The National Troops Crossing Green River – 14-15
Important from Missouri: Movements of the National Troops to Cut off Gen. Price – 15
Important from New-Mexico: Organization of the Territorial Militia – 15
Editorial: Prospects of the Rebellion-Condition and Feelings of the South – 15
Editorial: Popular Passion in England-Demagogueism of the Tory Party – 15-16
Editorial: The Medical Department of the Army – 16
Editorial: The Charleston Conflagration – 17
Fourteenth Aldermanic District* – 17

*Mr. Ruggles came in third.

I'm behind the times -- on December 13, 1861 there was an engagement in West Virginia, considered inconclusive but a Union withdrawal helped mark the future boundary of West Virginia & Virginia:

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
Oct 16	Bolivar Heights, WVA (near Harpers Ferry)	Union Infantry (Banks, Geary ~100) & Confederate Militia, Cavalry (Ashby ~700)	Union 13-total (4-killed), Confederates 10-total (1-killed)	USA (USA outnumbered)
Dec 13	Camp Allegheny, WVA	Union Brigade (Millford ~2,000) & Confederate Brigade (Johnson ~1,200)	Union 137-total (?-killed), Confederates 147-total (20-killed)	inconclusive

This was the war's 68th engagement:

Summary of Civil War Engagements as of December 13, 1861:
Engagements in Confederate states:

State	Union Victories	Confederate Victories	Inconclusive	Total Engagements
South Carolina	1	1	1	3
Virginia	3	11	4	18
North Carolina	1	0	0	1
Florida	1	0	0	1
Louisiana	0	1	0	1
Total Engagements in CSA	6	13	5	24

Engagements in Union states/territories:

State	Union Victories	Confederate Victories	Inconclusive	Total Engagements
Maryland	1	0	0	1
West Virginia	9	2	2	13
Missouri	9	9	1	19
New Mexico	0	5	0	5
Kentucky	2	2	0	4
Oklahoma	0	2	0	2
Total Engagements in Union	21	20	3	44
Total Engagements to date	27	33	8	68

And, bringing us back up to date: on December 17, 1861 a battle at Rowlett's Station, Kentucky, also classified as inconclusive, but this time Union forces remained on the field after Confederates withdrew:

Kentucky 1861 Engagements

Date	Engagement	Military Units	Losses	Victor
Sep 19	Barbourville, KY	Union KY Home Guard (Black ~300) & Confederate Dept 2 (Zollicoffer ~800)	Union 15-total (1-killed); Confederates 7-total (7-killed)	CSA
Oct 21	Camp Wildcat, KY (near Cumberland Gap)	Union IN & KY Infantry, KY Cavalry (Schoepf ~7,000) & Confederate TN Infantry (Zollicoffer ~5,700)	Union 25-total (5-killed), Confederates 53-total (11-killed)	USA
Nov 8-9	Big Sandy-ivy Mountain, KY	Union: Dept of Ohio (Nelson ~5.500) & Confederate 5th Kentucky (Williams, ~1,010)	Union 62-total (12-killed), Confederates 235-total (41-killed)	USA
Nov 20	Skirmish at Brownsville, KY	Union Dept of Cumberland (~115) & Confederate Cavalry (Morgan ~200)	Union 14-total (6-killed), Confederates 1-total (1-killed)	CSA
Dec 17	Rowlett's Station, KY	Union 32nd Indiana (Willich ~500) & Confederate 8th Texas Cavalry, 1st Ark. (Terry ~1,350)	Union 46-total (13-killed), Confederates 91-total (33-killed, including Terry)	inconclusive (outnumbered Union forces held the field)

This brings the war's total to date to 69 engagements, still 33 Confederate victories, 27 Union victories, 9 inconclusive:

Summary of Civil War Engagements as of December 17, 1861:
Engagements in Confederate states:

State	Union Victories	Confederate Victories	Inconclusive	Total Engagements
South Carolina	1	1	1	3
Virginia	3	11	4	18
North Carolina	1	0	0	1
Florida	1	0	0	1
Louisiana	0	1	0	1
Total Engagements in CSA	6	13	5	24

Engagements in Union states/territories:

State	Union Victories	Confederate Victories	Inconclusive	Total Engagements
Maryland	1	0	0	1
West Virginia	9	2	2	13
Missouri	9	9	1	19
New Mexico	0	5	0	5
Kentucky	2	2	1	5
Oklahoma	0	2	0	2
Total Engagements in Union	21	20	4	45
Total Engagements to date	27	33	9	69