Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-03-27
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CIVIL WAR
FIFTY YEARS AGO
THIS WEEK
March rs. 1862.

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proceeded up Wilmington river. Geor-
gia, to the Skidaway Confederate bat
teries, which were partly destroyed
by a concentrated fire from the three
ships. The Confederates on defense.
including a body of cavalry. were driv-
en- out by the heavy firing. The Fed
erals landed and completed the de-
struction begun by their fire. The
dwellings at the batteries were left,
but were burned by the Confederates
after the withdrawal of the Union
sailors.
The common council of Nashville,
Tennessee. directed by provisional
Governor Johnson to subscribe to the
oath of allegiance to the United
States. refused by a vote of Is to /,
to do so, maintaining that it had not
been contemplated that they should
take such an oath. The one who did
not refuse to take the oath declared
that he would subscribe to 1t and re-
sign at once
washington, North Carolina. was
visited by Lieutenant Murray in the
u. S. S. S. Louisiana, who reported
that underlying an apparent acquies-
cence Of the people of the town in
the neighborhood in the permitting of
the building of gunroats and the con-
strustion of batteries to lcpel the ap-
proach of the Federals, was a deep
rooted affection for the old Union"
The people of the town and the neigh
borhood were not heard on the point.
March %, 1862
Quantrells independent force of
Confederate cavalry fell on Warrens-
burgh. Missouri and were prevented
from taking the town only by des-
perate defense on the part of the
Missouri cavalry in garrison, under
Major Foster. The Union position
was saved by thick plank fence be-
hind which the Missourians found
shelter. Major Foster and his broth
er were wounded in the fight, and
eleven Federals killed or wounded.
The Confederate loss was slightly
heavier, owing to their exposure in
making the attack.
Four companies Of Missouri state
militia had their baptism in the night
at fIumonsviile, Missouri, when a
band of Confederates attacked and
gave them a touch of war. The fight
was exciting for a few minutes. but
beyond = few wounded was without
tangible consequences.
A llarty o. Ohio cavalry under Cap
tain Hastings encountered a company
of Confederate cavalry under Captains
McHenry and Bledsoe in brisk Skin
mish near McMinnville, Tennessee.
The Confederates withdrew.
General Curtis, in command of the
Federal army of the southwest, issued
the following order: Charles Nor
ton, Hamilton Kennedy and Alexander
Davis, colored men. formerly slaves.
employed in the rebel service, and
taken as contraband of war, are here.
by conffscated, and, not being needed
for the public service, are permitted
to pass the pickets of this command
northward, without let or hindrance.
and are forever emancipated from the
service of masters who allowed them
to aid in their efforts to break np the
government and the laws of our coun-
try"
March 27, 1862.
The market for rotten eggs opened
strong in Burlington, N. J.. when it be-
came known that the Rev. Samuel
Aaron. Baptist preacher. intended to
deliver an abolition lecture in the
evening. A large crowd, fully supplied
with the ammunition, was present at
the hail. and soon found occasion to
use them. The minister was removed
from the hall, via the alley, where his
appearance created a marked sensa-
ton among the habitues
The Petersburg Express of date stat
ed that wood was as scarce as good
coffee in the city, and asked the farm
ers and railroads to relieve the dis
tress. Brooms were pronounced a
luxury. and the growing of broom corn
adrised. Leather had become so
scarce that hickory splits were recon-
mended as a substitute in harnesses.
Merchants and others having old tea
chests We're requested to turn them
over to the Confederate authorities
for the lead that was in them 1t was
suggested that there is also a large
quantity of lead on the various iron
ratings about the city which the own
ers could spare.
The board of provost marshals of
New Orleans issued an order prohibit
ing gambling in the values of Con-
federate greenbacks. and declaring
that all such traffic, as tending to
create distrust in values in the mind
of the people should be treated as an
act of disioyalty to the Confederate
government
A Confederate battery shelied the
Union camp at Strasburgh. Va.
General Hooker's soldiers were re-
moving the guns from abandoned
Confederate batteries on the Lower
Potomac.
Big Bethel, Va. deserted by the
Confederates. was occupied by party
of Federal soldiers from Hooker's
command.
The First New Jersey cavalry got
the best of a company of Texas ran
gers near Dumfries, Va, capturing
nine of them.
March %. 1852.
Morgan's Confederate cavalry cap
tured train on the Louisville &
Nashville. taking Capt Curran Pope
of Kentucky.
A body of Texas troops, moving on