OUR ARMY IN THE SOUTHWEST: OPERATIONS AT ISLAND NO. 10; The Operations on the Tennessee River (4/5/1862)

New York Times - Times Machine ^ | 4/5/1862

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DISPATCH FROM FLAG-OFFICER FOOTE.

CAIRO, April 4, 1862.

Hon. Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy:

This morning the Benton, Cincinnati and Pittsburgh, with three boats, opened and continued for more than an hour a fire on the rebel heavy floating battery at Island No. 10, when the latter, having received several shells from the rifles and mortars, out loose from her moorings and drifted two or three miles down the river.

The shells were thrown from the flotilla into different parts of the island, and into the rebel batteries lining the Tennessee shore. The return fire produced no effect on the squadron. No more men than were actually necessary to man the batteries were visible.

A.H. FOOTE, Flag-Officer.

CHICAGO, Friday, April 4.

A special to the Journal, dated Cairo, 4th, says;

A boat arrived from Island No. 10 last night. Firing was resumed on Thursday morning by the gunboats and mortars. One of our shells burst upon the rebel steamer Winchester, which set her on fire and burned her to the water's edge.

During the firing the rebels towed the floating battery up to a position, and tried to reach us with shot from her 32-pounder rifled guns, but the shot fell far short, and after a couple of hours' manoeuvering she was taken back to her old point.

Several shots were fired at the rebel transports by the National gunboats.

The rebels are erecting batteries all along the Tennessee shore to prevent the landing of the National troops from Missouri.

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Our Army in the Southwest: Operations at Island No. 10 – 2-3
News from Western Journals – 3-4
Important from Washington: Two New Military Departments Created – 4-5
From the Lower Potomac: Important Reconnoissance by Gen. Sickles Toward Fredricksburgh – 5-6
Editorial: The Rebel Army in the Southwest – 6
Hospitals on Thoroughfares-the Provision for the Wounded – 6
Editorial: The Army of the Union Complete – 6-7
The Monitor and Merrimac – 7
A Needless Sacrifice – 7
Editorial: Crampton on the Monroe Doctrine – 7
Emancipation of the Press – 7

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"Today" begins the Siege of Yorktown, the war's 92nd engagement and "Little Mac's" opportunity to show that he is indeed another Napoleon.

Virginia Engagements. 1861 - 1862 to date

Date	Engagement	Military Units	Losses	Victor
May 18-19	Sewell's Point, VA	Union naval squadron vs Confederate shore artillery	10 total	inconclusive
May 29- June 1	Aquila Creek, VA	Union naval squadron vs Confederate shore artillery	10 total	inconclusive
June 1	Fairfax Court House, VA	detachments from CSA & USA armies	8 on each side, 1 each killed	inconclusive
June 1	Arlington Mills, VA	detachments from USA ( ~200 McDowell) & CSA (~9 Bonham) armies	Union 2-total (1 killed); CSA 1 wounded	inconclusive
June 10	Big Bethel, VA	Union (Butler) -3,500, CSA (Magruder) -1,400	Union 71-total (18-killed); CSA: 10-total (1-killed)	CSA (CSA outnumbered)
June 15	Hooe's Ferry (near Mathias Point) VA	Union schooner Christina Keen; CSA Farmer's Fork Grays	none -- Christina Keen captured and burned	CSA
June 17	Vienna, VA	Detachments from both Union & CSA armies	Union: 12-total (8 killed); CSA: none reported	CSA
June 27	Matthias' Point, VA	Union gunboats ~50 vs. Confed garrison ~500	Union: 1-killed, 4-wounded; CSA none	CSA
July 18	Blackburn's Ford, VA (pre-Manassas)	Union Department of NE Virginia (McDowell, Richardson) -3,000 vs. Confederate Army of VA (Beauregard, Longstreet) -5,100	Union: 83-total; CSA 70-total	CSA
July 21	Bull Run/Manassas, VA	Union Department of NE Virginia (McDowell, Patterson) -54,000 (18,000 engaged) vs. Confederate Army of VA (Beauregard, Longstreet) -34,000 (18,000 engaged)	Union: 2,708-total (481-killed); CSA 1,897-total (387-killed)	CSA
Aug 7	CSA burned Hampton, VA	Union (Butler) vs. Confederate Cavalry (Magruder)	Union unknown; Confederates unknown	CSA
Aug 8	skirmish at Lovettsville, VA	Union vs. Confederate	Union unknown; Confederates 6-total	USA
Aug 25	Mason's Hill, VA	Union (Lowe's observation balloon) vs. Confederate Army NVA (Longstreet, Stuart)	Union unknown; Confederates unknown	USA
Aug 31	Munson's Hill, VA	Union Army of the Potomac vs. Confederate Dept of Northern VA	Union 5-total; Confederates unknown	USA
Sep 3	Bailey's Cross Roads, VA	Union & Confederat detachments	Union 8-total; Confederates none	CSA
Sep 11	Lewinsville, VA (McLean, Fairfax County)	Union 79th NY Highlanders (Stephens ~1,800) & Confederate 1st & 13th VA (JEB Stuart ~400)	Union 12-total (3-killed); Confederates none	CSA (CSA outnumbered)
Oct 21	Ball's Bluff, VA	Union MA, NY, MI, MN & CA Infantry, RI Artillery (Stone -1,720) & Confederate VA & MS Infantry, VA cavalry & artillery (Evans -1,709)	Union 1,002-total, including Lt. Oliver Wendell Holmes (223-killed including US Senator Edward Baker R-OR)), Confederates 155-total (36-killed)	CSA
Nov 26	Skirmish at Hunter's Mills, VA	Union 3rd PA Cavalry (Bell ~94) & Confederate 1st NC Cavalry (Ransome ~120)	Union 33-total (1-killed), Confederates unknown 0?	CSA
Dec 20	Drainsville, VA	Union Pennsylvania Volunteers (Ord ~5,000) & Confederate VA, KY & NC Volunteers (Stuart ~4,000)	Union 71-total (?-killed), Confederates 230-total (?-killed)	USA (1st larger Union victory in VA)
Jan 3, 1862	Cockpit Point, VA	Union gun boats (Wyman ) & Confederate shore battery (French ~50)	none	Inconclusive
Mar 8-9	Hampton Roads, VA	Union Navy (Marsten, Worden, USS Monitor +11 ships) & Confederate Navy (Buchanan, Jones CSS Virginia +5 ships)	Union 369 total (261 killed, 7 ships sunk), Confederate 24 total (7- killed)	Inconclusive (Strategic USA)
Mar 23	Kernstown, VA	Union Army of Potomac V Corps (Kimball ~9,000) & Confederate Stonewall Division (Jackson ~4,200)	Union 590 total (118-killed), Confederate 718 total (80- killed)	USA tactical, CSA strategoc
April 5 - May 4	Yorktown, VA	Union Army of the Potomac (McClellan ~103,000) & Confederate Army (Magruder, JE Johnson ~72,000)	Union 182-total (unkn-killed), Confederate 300-total (unkn killed)	Inconclusive, Confederates retreated

Summary of Civil War Engagements as of April 5, 1862:
Engagements in Confederate states:

State	Union Victories	Confederate Victories	Inconclusive	Total Engagements
South Carolina	1	1	1	3
Virginia	5	11	7	23
North Carolina	3	0	0	3
Florida	1	0	0	1
Louisiana	0	1	0	1
Tennessee	2	0	0	2
Arkansas	1	0	1	2
Total Engagements in CSA	13	13	9	35

Engagements in Union states/territories:

State	Union Victories	Confederate Victories	Inconclusive	Total Engagements
Maryland	1	0	1	2
West Virginia	9	2	2	13
Missouri	11	9	1	21
New Mexico	2	7	0	9
Kentucky	4	3	2	9
Oklahoma	0	3	0	3
Total Engagements in Union	27	24	6	57
Total Engagements to date	40	37	15	92