FROM GEN. M’CLELLAN’S ARMY: The Weather Fine and the Roads Rapidly Improving; Another Surprise of the Rebels at Ashland (6/18/1862)

The War Department has dispatches from Gen. MCCLELLAN's headquarters, dated 4 o'clock this afternoon. No especial movement had taken place. The weather was very fine, and the roads were improving rapidly. Our cavalry yesterday paid another visit to Ashland surprised a party of rebels a that point, and drove them off, and captured some property.

Several guerrilla parties are still hovering in the rear of our army. On Saturday and Sunday a small party were prowling around the country on the opposite side of the Pamunkey, their object being to await an opportunity to destroy the shipping at this point. Another party were at Chares City Courthouse on Saturday, and to-day are reported to be in the neighborhood of Williamsburgh.

Ten of the most prominent citizens remaining on this side of the Chickahominy have been arrested They undoubtedly gave the information upon which the rebels have operated on our rear during the past few days. The rebels made an attempt to drive in our pickets in front of Gen. HEINTZELMAN, for the purpose of ascertaining our force and position. A few were wounded on both sides, but none are known to have been killed.

An order was issued to-day, by Gen. MCCLELLAN, extending the department of Gen.DIX so as to include Yorktown, Gloucester, Williamsburgh and West Point.

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From Gen. M’Clellan’s Army: The Weather Fine and the Roads Rapidly Improving – 2
The Capture of Chattanooga: Gen. Negley’s Official Report – 2
From Gen. Fremont’s Army: Jackson Believed to be Reinforced by 12,000 Men – 2-3
News from Washington: Secessionists Still Employed in the Government Departments – 4-5
Editorial: The Admission of Western Virginia – 5-6
Editorial: Aid for Suffering Rebels – 6
How We Would Have Charleston Taken – 6
A Public Servant Well Abused – 6
The Recent Action at Drury’s Bluff – 6-7
Still in the Dark about Beauregard’s Army – 7

Two new engagements -- Secessionville, Charleston, South Carolina (CSA victory) and St. Charles, Arkansas (USA victory) -- bring the total engagements to 122.
Of those, for the first time, the number fought in Confederate states equals the number fought in the Union, at 61 each.

South Carolina 1861 Engagements

Date	Engagement	Military Units	Losses	Victor
April 12-14	Fort Sumter, SC	Confederate artillery (Beauregard), Union garrison (Anderson)	None	CSA
April 15	Evacuation of Fort Sumter, SC	Union garrison	Two Union soldiers killed, four wounded by accidental explosion	N.A.
Nov 3-7	Port Royal, SC	Union: Blockading Squadron (DuPont, TW Sherman -12,653 77 vessels) & Confederate SC Dept (RE Lee, Frazier -3,077 4 gunboats)	Union 31-total (8-killed), Confederates 63-total (11-killed)	USA
June 16	Secessionville, Charleston, SC	Union Dept of the South (Benham ~6,000), Confederate SC 2nd District (Evans ~2,000)	Union 685-total (100?-killed), Confederates 204-total (30?-killed)	CSA (CSA outnumbered)

Arkansas 1862 Engagements

Date	Engagement	Military Units	Losses	Victor
Feb 17	Little Sugar Creek, AR	Union Army of the Southwest (Curtis ~2,000) & Confederate Army of AR (McCullough ~2,000)	Union 33-total (13-killed), Confederates 250-total (23-killed)	Inconclusive
Mar 6-8	Pea Ridge, AR	Union Army of Southwest (Curtis, Sigel ~10,500)& Confederate Army of the West (Van Dorn, Price, McCulloch, Pike ~16,500)	Union 1,384 total (203 killed), Confederate 2,000 total (unknown killed)	USA (Union outnumbered)
May 19	Whitney's Lane, AR	Union Dept of the SW (Curtis, Steele ~30,000), Confederate Trans-Mississippi (Roane ~1,200)	Union 51-total (unkwn-killed), Confederates 10-total (unkwn-killed)	USA
June 17	St. Charles, AR	Union 4-river boats, 46th Ind Inf (Fitch, Kitty-WIA ~1,000), Confederate AR 29th Inf (Fry-POW)	Union 160-total (58-killed), Confederates 40-total (8-killed)	USA

Summary of Civil War Engagements as of June 18, 1862:
Engagements in Confederate states:

State	Union Victories	Confederate Victories	Inconclusive	Total Engagements
South Carolina	1	2	1	4
Virginia	6	18	10	34
North Carolina	5	1	0	6
Florida	1	0	0	1
Louisiana	2	1	0	3
Tennessee	5	2	0	7
Arkansas	3	0	1	4
Georgia	1	0	0	1
Mississippi	1	0	0	1
Total Engagements in CSA	25	24	12	61

Engagements in Union states/territories:

State	Union Victories	Confederate Victories	Inconclusive	Total Engagements
Maryland	1	0	1	2
West Virginia	9	3	2	14
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	26	6	61
Total Engagements to date	54	50	18	122

These bring the war's total casualties to-date to about 102,000 including over 12,000 killed in action, by my count.

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