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Important from the Tennessee: A Rumor of Another Great Battle in Progress – 2
Operations Down the Mississippi: Only Occasional Shots from the Mortars against Fort Wright – 2
News from Fortress Monroe: Arrival of a Party of National Wounded from the Elizabeth City Battle Field – 2-3
Department of the Shenandoah: Jackson Located Near Stannardsville – 3
Operation Below New-Orleans: Bombardment of Fort Jackson by the National Flotilla – 3
Department of the Rappahannock: Good Order Among the National Troops – 3-4
Our Army Before Yorktown: The Plans of Gen. McClellan – 4-5
News from Washington: Valuable Additions to the Relics of the Washington Family – 5
Editorial: The Great Battle-Fields and the Advantages They Give Us – 6
Editorial: The Superiority of British Military Discipline – 6-7
Active Operations Begun Against the Defences of New-Orleans – 7
The Soldiers’ Sanitary Commission – 7
Serious Railroad Accident: A Passenger Car of the Through Train to Washington Smashed Up – 7

Union actions to take New Orleans, Louisiana, are in progress, no casualties reported:

Louisiana 1861 - '62 Engagements

Date	Engagement	Military Units	Losses	Victor
Oct 12	Head of the Passes, Louisiana	Union Navy Blockading Squadron , (Pope 5-ships) & Confederate "Mosquito Fleet" (Hollins 10 boats & fire rafts)	none 4 ships damaged	CSA (Union surprised routed)
April 16-28	Forts Jackson & St. Philip, LA	Union W. Gulf Squadron (Farragut), Confederate Dept #1 (Duncan)	Union 229-total, Confederate 782-total	USA
April 25 - May 1	New Orleans, LA	Union W. Gulf Blockading Squadron (Farragut, "Beast" Butler ~5,000), Confederate Dept #1 (Lovell)	None	USA

This brings total engagements so far to 102, 60 in Union states & territories, of which the Union won 47, Confederates 42, 15 inconclusive:

Summary of Civil War Engagements as of April 26, 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	4	1	0	5
Florida	1	0	0	1
Louisiana	2	1	0	3
Tennessee	3	1	0	4
Arkansas	1	0	1	2
Georgia	1	0	0	1
Total Engagements in CSA	18	15	9	42

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	4	8	0	12
Kentucky	4	3	2	9
Oklahoma	0	3	0	3
Total Engagements in Union	29	25	6	60
Total Engagements to date	47	40	15	102