Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-11-22
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CIVIL WAR
FIFTY YEARS AGO
THIS WEEK
November is, 1862.

lenn., between force of Union
troops under Colonel Hawkins, and a
Dody OF Confederates, resulting in a
retreat of the latter, who left a num-
per OF wounded on the field.
Lleutenant-Colonel John Mix. with
force of the Third New York caval-
~, went from Newbern, N. c.. on a
reconnaissance Cd the Dover road to-
ward kinston. At Cove Creek they
encountered the Tenth regiment of
North Carolina Confederate infantry.
and large portion of the Second
cavalry, who, after spirited engage
ment, retreated from the field, leaving
number of arms, blankets, and other
equipments.
Falmouth, Va, was occupied by the
advance column Of the Army of the
Potomac, on its advance toward Fred
erlcksburg, where the entire Confed-
crate force was awaiting them.
The British schooners Ariel and
Ann Maria were captured off Little
Run, S. c., by the United States gun
boat Monticello, under command of
Captain Braine.
November 10, 1862.
Colonel Dodge, Of the New York
Mounted Rifles, made a descent on a
body of Confederaates at Blackwater.
Va, and dispersed them, capturing
numbers of tents, rifles and other i'm
plements of war.
James A. Seldom was appointed sec
rotary of war for the Confederate
states, to succeed G. w. Randolph,
resigned.
A skirmish took place near WaIlen's
Creek, KY, between small force of
the Harlem county State Guard and
body of Confederate irregulars, in
which the later were routed with the
loss of all their horses and camp
equipage.
The Confederate privateer Alabama,
which had been bottled up in the har-
Dor of Martinique, succeeded in escap-
ng.
November 20, 1862.
Colonel Carlin's expedition, which
had been patroling the country be-
tween Nashville and Clarksville,
Tenn, returned to the former place
this evening, having captured forty
three Confederates, eighteen horses,
twenty mules, and one hundred mus
kets.
Just before daybreak party OF Con-
federate cavalry made a sudden de-
scent on the Union pickets stationed at
Bull Run Bridge, Va, and captured
three of their number.
Both Warrenton and Leesburg were
occupied by the Confederate cavalry.
November Fl, 1862.
General Patrick, provost marshal of
the Army of the Potomac, crossed
the Rappahannock to Fredericksburg
under a flag of truce, conveying to
he Confederate authorities of the city
letter from Major-General Sumner,
commanding right grand division of
the army, demanding its surrender.
A sharp skirmish took place at
Bayou Bontouca, near Fort Pike, La,
between a small detachment of Union
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of the Thirty-drst Massachusetts, and
a band of Confederate partisans, under
Captain Evans. After savage fight
lasting an hour, the Confederates with
drew.
Charles A. Davis, a chaplain in the
army Of the United States, was ex-
PEELED from the Methodist conference
of Virginia by that body in session at
Petersburg.
Salem. Va, was occupied by the
Con:ederates.
November q, 1862.
A party of National troops, consist
ng of detachments from the COM
panies of the Fourth New York caval-
nv, under Captain Hawkins, had
skirmish with body of Confederates
near Winchester Va, and succeeded
n capturing four men and thirty
horses.
Maior-General Sumner, commanding
the right division Of the Army OF
the Potomac in front of Fredericks-
burg, Va. in reply to communication
from the mayor of the town praying