Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-07-31
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CIVIL WAR
FIFTY YEARS AGO
THIS WEEK
July 20, 1862.

July 20, 1862.
Major General Pope, accompanied by
his staff, left Washington for the head
quarters of the army in the field. Be-
fore his departure he orderd that
passes to the lines of his forces should
not be granted to others than those
having official business there.
The English brig Napier was cap
trued by the U. S. S. S. Mystic while en-
deavoring to run the blockade of Will
mington, N. G.
The citizens of Mount Stirling, KY,
succeeded in driving off a party of if
regulars with a loss reported of rs
in killed, wounded and taken pris-
oners.
A Union force defeated band of
partisans near Bollingers Mills, Mo.
General Pope and his staff arrived
at Warrenton, Va, at noon, creating
great CONSERVATION among the seces-
sionists, nearly all of whom had taken
Confederate oaths of allegiance, and
insisted that General Pope dared not
carry out the intentions declared in
his proclamation.
Colonel Lloyd of the Sixth Ohio cav
airy. pursuant Of General Pope's or
ders, arrested all the male inhabitants
of Luray, Va, and lodged them in the
court house preparatory to giving them
the oath of allegiance.
The Confederate batteries at Gene
sis Point, on Ogeechee river, were
shelled by the national gunboats.
Russellyille, KY, was captured by a
band of Confederate partisans, the
home guard being unable to drive off
their attack
A detachment of Union cavalry I'M
der Captain Dollin attacked a force of
Confederate cavalry near Brownsville,
KY, capturing so Of them. The Con-
federates, reinforced, captured 20 men
and IA horses.
July 80, 1862.
John H. Morgan of the Confederate
army, reported to Major General E.
Kirby Smith, commanding the Confed-
crate forces in eastern Tennessee, the
result of his recent raid with irregu-
lar troops. Leaving Knoxville, Tenn.
on the Fourth OF July, with 900 men,
he captured II towns, destroying the
national stores in each, dispersed
1900 home guards, paroled 1920 regu-
lars, and returned on the 18th with
1900 men, having travelled 1000 miles
in "a days. The entire loss in killed.
wounded and missing was less than
100.
The bells contributed to the Confed.
crate government by the churches,
planters and others to be made into
cannon, and seized in New Orleans by
General Butler, were sold at auction in
Boston.
John R. Lee, acting master of the
U. S. S. S. E. B. Hale, assembled Todd
Creek, Georgia, with party and de-
stroyed Confederate salt works that
was in successful operation
An attempt to capture the tug Ach-
lilies, lying off Harrisons Landing, on
the James river, by a body Of Con-
1ederates, was frustrated.
A body of guerrillas under Jos
Thompson entered Paris, Ky, cut down
the flag pole, took the sheriff and the
clerks of the circuit and county courts
prisoners, forced the keys to the Jail
Srom the jailer and liberated prisoners,
obtained such indictments of citizens
as they desired from the clerk Of the
circuit court, helped themselves to
goods in the stores, took supper with
the citizens, and left after dark. They
were followed and slightly punished by
q party of the Ninth Pennsylvania cav
airy.
JuIy 81, 1862.
The secretary Of war OF the United
States issued an order revoking all
furloughs and leaves Of absence from
the army except those granted by the
department, on Monday, the 18th Of
August, and ordering all officers capa-
bic of service to join their regiments
forthwith under penalty Of dismissal
from the service or court-martial. On
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