Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-11-15

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four heavy guns
November IS. 1861.
General Paine left Paducah. KY,
with the Fortieih and Forty -arst Till
nois and marched toward Columbus 10
anticipate the erenIy IL obtaining pos
session Of -four mills at LoyeusviIie.
Information had come to Psdacah that
l.SO0 Confederates under Il Clay
King were already on the way to Lev
ettsvilie. The Union column arrived
at the mills without encountering the
enemy All the -four was seized and
the machinery OF the mill pun out OF
use.
4 foraging party of 81 men from the
fhirtieth New Hampshire was trapped
and captured at Doolin's farm. near
Upton Hills. Va. The detachment.
which belonged to Gen. Reyes bri-
gade. went to the farm to draw off
/ forage they had collected there the
day before. Farmer Doolin invited
them In to dinner They accepted.
Arms were stacked and eight men left
outside TO watch. Doolin sent word
70 a neighboring farm by a servant.
Two hundred Confederates shortly APP
pearod. and had no trouble in capiur-
ing the Yankees.
Fifty wagons and 200 oxen. en- train
on the way to Sedalia. Mo-, were cap
tured by the Coufederates.
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general Of Ohio. issued an appe... for
more men to fill Ohio's complement
| OF regiments
| General Patterson, at an entertain
ment given by the Philadelphia City
troop. cleared his reputation of impu-
tations that lay against it because Of
/ his conduct ct the battle OF Bull Run.
Flour was quoted at SIC a barrel
In Vicksburg. Miss.
November IL, 1861.
The y. s. gunboat Connecticut took
the British schooner Adelaide OF Mas.
sau and brought her into Key West.
A body of Confederates on the
way TO join Prices army in Missouri
was attacked by the Third Missouri
calvary near Palmyra and routed. The
wounded and 16 prisoners.
A party of Union troops recaptured
nearly all of the wagons and cattle
that had been seized the day before
by the Confederates near Pleasant
Hill. Missouri
The Wild Cat brigade. under General
Schoefp. reached Crab Orchard. KY.
after forced march of four days in
retreat.
| panic prevailed In Charlestown, in
duced by hysteria over the capture of
Port Royal The citizens of the place
had been secure in the belief that
Charlestown was impregnable. The
experience of their neighboring town
threw them into an uncomfortable
uncertainty.
Lieut. George W. Snyder OF the u.
S. Engineers, first assistant to Gen
eral Barnard In the construction Of
the forts along the Potomac. died at
Washington of typhoid fever He had
rendered brilliant service to the gov
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elcy of the Twelfth New York, but
the government could rot spare him.
November 10. 1861.
The schooners Georgia and Georgi
ana, arriving at Baltimore, brought re-
ports from the counties OF Virginia on
the east coast of Chesapeake bay Gen
Dix's recent proclamation of support
of the civil authorities and the estab
lishment of federal protection had
been well received. Four thousand
men were preparing to go into the
counties to make the proclamation
good
A convention of delegates from As
counties of North Carolina met at Hat
teras. declared provisional state gov.
eminent. repudiated the act OF seces-
sion passed by the legislature, and re-
affirmed the Loyalty of the state to the
constitution
The Confederate congress met at
Richmond, Six states were repre-
scented: Mississippi. North Carolina.
Tennessee. Georgia. Alabama and Vir-
ginia.
One hundred and fifty Confederates
were captured by Union cavalry near
Warrensburg, Mo.
party of the Fourteenth New
York. on picket duty. was attacked By
Confederate cavalry. They fell back
on reinforcementS. returned. and de-
feated the enemy in a sharp skirmish.
Capt. A. II. Foote was appointed flag
officer of the feet attached to the west
ern military department His rank
equaled that of a major general In the
army The appointment settled many
vexed questions of authority.
jeff Thompson boarded the Platte
City with 200 men at Prices landing,
! Mo, ransacked the vessel for papers,
and hanged two men as spies.
A State Sovereignty convention met
ut Russellville. Logan county. Ken
lucky Ninety-six counties were rep
/ resented An ordinance Of secession
was passed. George w Johnson was
elected provisional governor. and
! Bowling Green was chosen as capital.
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