BATTLE OF BULL RUN.

JULY 21.-The Army of the Potomac, 45,000 strong, under the command of Brigadier General McDowell, left its camp near Washington, July 17. The army was formed in five divisions. General Tyler commanded the 1st division, Colonel Hunter the 2d, Colonel Heintzelman the 3d, Colonel Runyon the 4th, and Colonel Miles the 5th. Colonel Runyon's division remained in the rear, between Centerville and Fairfax, and took no part in the battle. The enemy, in numbers about equal to the attacking force, occupied a position at Manassas naturally strong, and made doubly so by art. The battle was commenced on Sunday morning by the Union troops and was fought skilfully and bravely; the enemy were driven from a portion of their works, and the chances were decidedly in favor of the Federals; but the arrival of the rebel General Johnson with large reinforcements, turned the scale; at the same time a panic seized upon the troops, and they commenced a shameful and disorderly retreat towards Washington. The Federal loss was 481 killed, 104 wounded, and 1,216 missing. The rebel loss, according to General Beauregard, was 269 killed, and 1,483 wounded.

JULY 22.-General McClellan took command of the Army of the Potomac. Three Months Volunteers began to return home. JULY 24.-Fort Fillmore, New Mexico, treacherously surrendered to the enemy by Major Lynde, U. S. A. All the arms and supplies were delivered up, and the soldiers released on parole.

JULY 25.-General Rosecrans assumed command of the army in Western Virginia.

JULY 31.-City Council of Cincinnati appropriated $23,000 to aid in relieving the families of volunteers from Hamilton county, Ohio.

AUGUST, 1861.

AUG. 1.-The rebels retreated from- Harper's Ferry to Leesburg.

AUG. 2.-General Lyon defeated the Confederates at Dug Spring, Missouri. Union loss was 8 killed at 30 wounded. The vessels engaged in a contraband trade with the rebels of Virginia and North Carolina were destroyed in Pocomoke Sound AUG 3.-Congress passed a bill for raising $20,000,000 by direct taxation and the Confiscation bill.

AUG. 5.-Commodore Alden bombarded Galveston, Texas.
AUG. 6. The extra session of Congress closed.

AUG. 7.-The village of Hampton, Virginia, destroyed by the rebels. The privateer York burned by the U. S. Gunboat Union, crew taken prisoners.

BATTLE OF WILSON CREEK, MO.

AUG. 10.-General Lyon, with 5,000 Missouri, Iowa and Kansas troops, attacked a Confederate force double that of his own at Wilson Creek, near Springfield, Missouri. After a hard fight of six hours, General Lyon being killed, the Union troops, under the command of Colonel Sigel and Major Sturgis, retired to Springfield. The enemy did not pursue. Union loss was 223 killed, and 1,012 wounded and missing. General McCulloch, commanding the rebels, reported 265 killed, and 800 wounded. AUG. 12.-President Lincoln appointed the 30th of September as a fast day.

AUG. 14.-General Fremont declared martial law in St. Louis.

AUG. 15.-Jefferson Davis ordered all Northern men to leave the South in forty days.

AUG. 16.-General Wool took command at Fortress Monroe. AUG. 21.-Colonel Doherty with 300 Illinois troops, dispersed a rebel force at Charleston, Missouri. Union loss 1 killed and 6 wounded.

AUG. 26.-The 7th Ohio regiment, 900 strong, were surprised at Summerville, Virginia, while at breakfast, by the rebels, under General Floyd, but fought their way out, with a loss of 6 officers. The Hatteras expedition sailed.

AUG. 28.-Fort Clark, on the coast of North Carolina, captured.

AUG. 29.-Fort Hatteras surrendered to the Union forces. Rebel loss was 48 killed, 51 wounded, and 691 prisoners. The Federals lost none.

AUG. 30.-Fort Morgan, at Ocracoke Inlet, abandoned by the Confederates.

SEPTEMBER, 1861.

SEPT. 1.-Kentucky Legislature met. Union majority in the Senate, 16; in the House, 52. Fight at Boonville, Virginia; the rebels were defeated and the town destroyed. Union loss 6 wounded.

SEPT. 4.-Confederates under General Polk, took possession of Columbus, Kentucky. The rebels attempted to cross the Potomac at Great Falls, but were repulsed.

SEPT. 6.-General Grant took possession of Paducah, Ky.

BATTLE OF CARNIFEX FERRY.

SEPT. 10.-General Rosecrans with 4,500 troops, attacked the rebels under Floyd, in their intrenched camp at Gauley river, near Carnifex Ferry. After several hours' fighting, darkness put an end to the contest. During the night Floyd retreated, burning the bridge over Gauley river. The Federal loss was 15 killed and 70 wounded. A naval engagement took place on the Mississippi between the U. S. gunboats Conestoga and Lexington, and two Confederate boats, assisted by a battery at Lucas Bend. The battery was silenced, and the boats driven to Columbus.

SEPT. 11.-President Lincoln modified General Fremont's emancipation proclamation.

SEPT. 12.-Fight at Cheat Mountain. Colonel J. A. Washington, proprietor of Mount Vernen, was killed. Union loss, 9

killed and 12 wounded.

SEPT. 17.-Accident on the Ohio and Mississippi railroad, near Huron, Indiana. About 100 of the 19th Illinois regiment were killed or wounded. Skirmish between the 3d Iowa regiment and a band of Confederates at Blue Mills, Missouri. The Federal troops were compelled to fall back, but receiving reinforcements, rallied, when the rebels retreated. Union loss, 12 killed and 85 wounded.

SEPT. 18.-Colonel Frank Blair arrested by order of General Fremont. Maryland Legislature closed by Provost Marshal. Secession members sent to Fort McHenry.

SEPT. 19.-Governor Morehead, Rueben Merrit, and M. A. Barr, arrested in Louisville, Kentucky, for treason.

BATTLE OF LEXINGTON, MO.

SEPT. 20.-Colonel Mulligan, with 2,460 men, occupying the town of Lexington, Missouri, was attacked by a greatly superior force of the enemy, and after four days was compelled to surrender. During the siege the whole Union loss was 39 killed and 120 wounded.

SEPT. 21. John C. Breckinridge fled from Frankfort, Kentucky, and joined the rebels. General Lane defeated a rebel force at Papinsville, Missouri. Federal loss 17 killed.

OCTOBER, 1861.

OCT. 1.-The propeller Faany captured by the rebels at Chio

amacomico.

OT 2-Fight at Chapmanville, Virginia. between Colonel Enyartz, Kentucky volunteers, and a party of Confederates. The latter were defeated and 47 of them taken prisoners. Union less 4 killed and 8 wounded.

OCT. 3.-General Reynolds made an armed reconnoisance of the enemy's position at Greenbriar. After driving in the rebel pickets and capturing three cannon, General Reynolds returned to Cheat Mountain, having lost 8 killed and 32 wounded. The Confederates evacuated Lexington, Missouri.

OCT. 4.-A large force of rebels under Colonel Barlow attacked the 20th Indiana regiment in their camp at Chicamacomico. The Federals retreated, leaving the wounded in the hands of the enemy.

OCT. 5.-The steamer Montieello shelled the rebels under Bartow, and drove them to their boats.

OCT. 6.-Fight at Flemington, Kentucky, between the Home Guard and a band of rebels. The latter were defeated.

OCT 7.-The rebel iron-clad steamer, Merrimac, made its first appearance within sight of Fortress Monroe.

OCT. 9.-Confederates made an attack on Santa Rosa Island, but were defeated. Union loss was 13 killed and 21 wounded. Colonel Geary, with 400 Pennsylvania troops, crossed the Poto mac at Harper's Ferry, and captured 21,000 bushels of wheat. OCT. 11.-Rebel steamer Theodore escaped from Charleston, South Carolina, with Mason and Slidell on board.

OCT. 15.-Jeff. Thompson, with a force of 600 men, captured a guard of 50, stationed at Big River Bridge, near Potosi, Mis souri, and destroyed the bridge.

OCT. 16.-A small Union force under Major White recaptured Lexington, Missouri.

OCT. 21.-Fight at Fredericktown, Missouri. The Confeder ates defeated. Union loss 6 killed and about 60 wounded.

BATTLE OF BALL'S BLUFF.

Oct. 21.-Union forces engaged numbered 1,900, commanded by Colonel Baker. General Stone failed to cross the Potomac to support Colonel Baker. After a severe fight, in which Colonel Baker was killed, the Federals retreated. Union loss was 223 killed, 266 wounded, and 455 prisoners, including 100 wounded.

BATTLE OF WILD CAT, KY.

OCT. 21.-General Zollicoffer, with 6,000 Confederates, at

tacked the Unionists at Camp Wild Cat, Laurel county, Ken tucky, and was repulsed by the forces under General Schoep. Union loss 4 killed and 21 wounded.

OCT. 22.-Skirmish at Buffalo Mills, Missouri. Rebels lost 17 killed and 90 prisoners.

OCT. 25.-General Kelley defeated the enemy, at Romney, Virginia.

OCT, 26.-Gallant charge of Major Zagoni, with 150 of Frement's body guard on a large force of rebels near Springfield, Missouri. The enemy was routed with a-loss of 106 killed and 27 prisoners. Union loss 52 killed and wounded.

OCT. 26.-General Lane captured a rebel transportation train near Butler, Missouri.

OCT. 29.-The second naval expedition, consisting of 80 vessels, and 15,000 men, sailed from Fortress Monroe. The naval force was commanded by Commodore Dupont; the land forces were commanded by General Sherman.

Nov. 1.-General Scott resigned as commander-in-chief of the armies of the United States. General McClellan was appointed in his place. General Benham defeated the rebels at Gauley Bridge, Virginia.

Nov. 2.-General Hunter superceded John C. Fremont in the command of the Western Department. The Confederate schooner Bermuda ran the blockade at Savannah.

PORT ROYAL.

Nov. 7.-The naval and military forces under the commandof Commodore Dupont and General Sherman, captured Forts Walker and Beauregard, at Port Royal entrance. They also took possession of the town of Beaufort and Hilton Island. The Union loss was 8 killed and 25 wounded.

BATTLE OF BELMONT.

General Grant, with a force of 2,800, attacked a rebel camp at Belmont, Missouri, driving the enemy out and destroying the camp, and taking a quantity of arms; but reinforcements arriving at Columbus, the Federals were compelled to retreat; their loss was 84 killed, 288 wounded, and 235 missing.

Nov. 8.-Five rebel boats made an attack on Fort Hatteras, but were repulsed.