Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1912-01-19

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Dor The appropriation also included
the following for 1862: $4,000 each
for Forts Knox. Hog Island, Winthrop,
New Bedford. and Adams, at New
| port.
The United States steamer Connec-
ticut oyerhauled and seized a schoon-
er OF Juniper Inlet, on the Florida
coast, which proved to be the Emma,
that had run the blockade at Apalachi-
cola the previous November She
had been at Havana with cargo of
cotton. The captain denied all knowl-
edge of the intentions of the owners.
but the vessel was made a prize on
the strength of papers found in her.
Navigation on the Mississippi was
entirely suspended by gorge of ice
that formed twenty miles below st.
Louis.
One hundred and fifty prisoners, re-
leased by the Confederates from the
hospital in Richmond were brought
to Fortress Monroe by DR.. Higgin-
botham. They had all been wounded,
and were convalescent
A number of Confederate officers,
prisoners at Fortress Monroe, were
returned under flag of truce.
Cedar Keys, Florida, was captured
by the Federals.
January 10, 1862.
John Tyler, sometime president of
the United States, died at Richmond,
Va, aged II. Until the climax in the
secession movement he had been liv-
ing on his plantation near Hampton,
Va. The crisis had brought him ~ut
Of his retirement Like many other
Virginians, he had endeavored to
avert disruption of the Union and to
restore peace between the north and
south. When his state finally Sc
coded, he had gone with it, and at his
death his interests and sympathies
were with the southern cause.
Captain Phelps of the United gtates
gunboat Conistoga engaged a wooded
point in the Tennessee river, a short
distance below Fort Henry, in a spir-
tied manner. A number of trees were
entirely destroyed Captain Phelps
was in the belief that the wooded
point concealed Confederate battery.
He had come from Cairo for the pur-
pose Of ascertaining the enemy's
strength. The Conistoga suffered no
injuries.
Captains Murdoch and Webster re-
turned to Cairo from an expedition to
Bloomfield, Mo-, where they had cap
tured small Confederate force and o
number of officers.
January 10, 1862.
The Confederate force under Gen. F.
X, Zollicoffer and the Federals under
Gen George H. Thomas We're heavily
engaged throughout the day near
Mills Springs, KY The Confederates
attacked with zest at half-past five in
the morning, and had an initial adj
vantage. AS the day grew the Union
lines stiffened and succeeded In driv-
ing the Confederates from the field
late in the afternoon. During the night
the Confederates withdrew from their
trenches and fell back across the Cum
berland river. General Zollicoffer
was killed in the engagement. The
Confederates lost $50 prisoners, ten
guns, 100 wagons, ammunition, stores
and hospital supplies.
The Confederate blockade runner
Lizzie Weston was taken by the u. s.
gunboat Itasca off Apalachicola, Fla.
She was trying to get out of her home
port with 293 bales Of cotton, bound
for Jamaica, when she was ever
hauled and brought to by the Federal
gunboat. She was sent to Phila-
delphia in charge of prize crew.
Colonel Williams regiment of Penn
sylvania cavalry passed through Mum
louisville, KY, on their way to their
station on Green river. Their mounts
were in poor condition.
January 20, 1852.
In the pursuit and capture of the
schooner Wilder, Confederate block
ade runner, at Mobile, Ala, crews of
the blockading squadron came into
sharp contact with a band of Confed-
crate scouts ashore. The schooner
was sent aground ty her captain,
Ward, three miles below Fort Morgan.
in an effort to escape the Union gum
boats, which we're chasing her. Crews
from the gunboats went aboard the
schooner in launches and began TAX
ing off her contraband cargo. When
they were so engaged Captain Cottrili
appeared with his company of scouts
and opened fire. The sailors were
driven into their launches and back
upon the gunboats, which shelled the
shore. Captain Cottrill stood his
ground until night, however, when
darkness permitted the Federal YES
sells to drag on the stranded schooner.
The secretary of war of the United
States ordered the appointment of two