Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1912-02-09


tel Wager and several houses. The
firing was precipitated by misunder-
standing over flag of truce that the
Confederates displayed on the shore
of the town. Perceiving the flag,
Major Geary, in command of the
Union force, sent over a boat, which
was fired upon by Confederate sharp
shooters who were concealed in
houses on shore and had not seen the
flag of truce. Major Geary thereupon
ordered his artillery to open on the
town. After the bombardment had
ceased, the Confederates displayed
another flag, but the Union command
er would not respond to it.
The Confederate General Johnson
anticipating an advance of the Union
army, began the evacuation of Man
| assas.
Fort Church and st. Mary, Ca, and
Fernandina, Fla, were taken by the
| Dupont expedition.
February 8, 1862.
Roanoke island, North Carolina,
with all it's defenses, was captured by
the combined naval and military force
Of the United States, under Commo-
dore Goldsborough and General Burn
side The expedition had entered Ro-
anoke inlet the previous morning, en-
gaging the Confederate gunboats and
two batteries, Forts Barlow and
Blanchard, on the Croatan river side
of the island. The barracks in Fort
Blanchard were set afire but no other
considerable damage was inflicted on
either side
| Early in the morning the Union
land forces advanced in three col
umns against Fort Barlow. General
Porter, commanding the center, moved
down a road; General Reno moved
through the swamps to take the en-
envy in the right flank, and General
Parke moved through the swamp on the
other flank. Both fanking parties are
rived simultaneously, just in time to
relieve the central column from Sc
we're pressure. The works were taken
by assault of the two danking col
! umns.
The Confederate squadron engaged
the naval force again in the morning,
but soon after the fall of Fort Barlow
the entire island, together with Fort
| Foster on the mainland, was surren-
dered Three thousand prisoners, six
batteries and quantities Of stores were
taken. The Union forces lost thirty
| Ia hun
Captain Smith of the Fifth Virginia
| cavalry surprised squadron of
Jenkins Confederate cavalry on Linn
creek, Logan county, Virginia, and
took them prisoners, after handling
them roughly.
February 9, 1862.
Brigadier General Charles P. Stone
of the Union army was arrested in
Washington at o'clock in the morn
| ing by a posse of the provost mar
shal's force and sent to Fort La Fay
cite, New York harbor. He was
charged with misbehavior at the bat
tie of Balls Bluff; with holding cor
respondence with the enemy before
and after the battle of Balls Bluff,
and of receiving Confederate officers
in his tent; with treacherously per-
hitting the enemy to build a fort or
strong work without molestation
under his guns since the battle OF
Balls Bluff, and of treacherous de-
sign to expose his force to capture
and destruction by the enemy under
pretense of orders for movement
from the commanding general, which
orders had not been issued.
Because he had irrupted upon a pri-
vate meeting in the chambers Of the
war department in the search for
news, Doctor Ives, correspondent OF
the New York Herald, was ordered
under arrest by Secretary Stanton,
charged with being a spy and with
violating the rules and regulations Of
the war department.
Captain David Glasgow Farragut
was appointed to the west gulf block
| aiding squadron.
| Ericsson's Monitor, a recent addf-
ton to the Union navy, and consid-
cred by naval constructors generally
| to be ridiculous freak, appeared in
| Hampton road as the Merrimac was
returning to destroy the remnant of
| the Union fleet, and put the iron-clad
| to flight after a heavy engagement at
close range. The Monitor was con-
coded to have saved the national yes
| sells from destruction.
February 10, 1862.
The naval force connected with
General Burnside's expedition against
Roanoke island, which had lately sue
ceeded in capturing the island, de-
stroyed the efficiency of the Confeder-
| ate fleet, which had escaped capture
or destruction on the day when the
| island fell into the hands of the Union
forces. Commander Rowan, with four
teen vessels, following the Confeder-
ate squadron, came up with 1t on
Cobb's point at 6 o'clock in the morn
ing and attacked. Five of the Con-
| fodarota yaccalc wera beached and