Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1912-05-31

Roila, for inadvertant remarks in a
| political speech. 1t was suspected
that he was endeavoring to obtain
votes of sympathizers with secession.
The English iron steamer Cambria
arrived at Philadelphia, having been
captured by the u. S. S. S. Huron
after chase of FIVE hours off Charles.
town, S. C, She was from Liverpool
for Charlestown, TIA Nassau, with
rifles, liquor and saltpeter.
General Stonewan jackson, contin.
uing his demonstrations in the Shen.
andoah, advanced as far north as Har.
per's Ferry, which place he threat,
ened for several hours during the day.
The Confederates we're driven out
OF Front Royal, Va, by Union bri.
gade, which made surprise attack
early in the morning. The Confed.
crates retreated without quantities of
stores and transportation they were
guarding in the town.
Thirteen members of the Eleventh
PENNSYLVANIA volunteer cavalry were
captured near Zuni. Va.
May 81, 1862.
A body Of Illinois militia was at.
tackled and stampeded by force OF
Indians and Confederates near Neosho,
Mo. They reached Mount Vernon with
a loss OF only two killed and three
wounded, where they found a portion
of the Tenth Illinois cavalry. The en-.
envy, commanded by Colonel Coffee
and Major Thomas Wright, took a
number of guns, oyercoats, ammuni.
ton, camp equipage, and fifty horses
that fell behind.
The schooner Cora was captured OF
| the Charlestown bar by the u. S. S. s.
Keystone State. The gunboat Kenne
bee arrived at Baton Rouge, La, with
force of Federal troops.
General Butler, commanding the de.
partment of the Gulf, issued an order
for the hanging of six Confederate
soldiers charged with having violated
their paroles.
| Part of General Banks command
advanced beyond Martinsburgh, Va. A
reconnaissance in force was made at
Winton, N. C., by General Viele of the
National army.
There was a sharp skirmish on the
/ Greenville road, eight miles above
Washington, N. c.. in which the Fed,
eraI force was left with the advan.
tage.
At noon the main body of the Con.
federate army defending Richmond,
under General Joseph Johnston, al
tackled the left wing of the Federal
army at the Seven Pines and FAN
Oaks, and desperate battle ensued
in which the National forces were
steadily pressed back. At night the
! Confederates occupied the tents OF
the Fourth corps. The situation was
| regarded as critical for the Army OF
the Potomac, on its way to capture
Richmond.
June 1, 1862.
The struggle between McClellan's
Union army, campaigning against Rich
mead. and the Confederates. was re
surned in the morning at Fair Oaks
Va. The Confederates were finally
defeated and compelled to Withdraw
toward Richmond.
General Fremont's advance brigade
looking for the Confederate general,
Stonewall Jackson, whose forces had
bea1 operating in the Shenandoah, oc.
cupfed Strasburg without meeting re.
sistance. A midnight reconnaissance
| developed the enemy's rear guard, ana
geti1ed with a small loss.
The Union expedition sent out from
CoTinth by General Pope on the 2Sth
Of May returned to that place after
destroying stretches of the Mobile and
Ohio railroad, burning railroad train
| loaded with Confederate supplies. de.
stroying ten thousand stands OF small
arms and three pieces of artillery, and
capturing two thousand prisoners, who
were released on parole.
The Confederate Notifications at
Pig Point, Va, and the barracks in
the vicinity were destroyed
The Union forces under command
of Brigadier General Wright, which
succeeded in penetrating from Edisto
Inlet to Seabrook's point. S. c.. on
! thS otSlb udu Il series OF SkIrmlS0es
with the Confederate pickets in the
vicinity and compelled them to retreat
June 2, 1862.
Jaeksonport, Ark, was visited by a
Confederate gunboat which destroyed
the wharf-boat and all the cotton and
moiasses to be found, after Smelling
tho camp-ground recently deserted by
| the Ninth Illinois cavalry.
Mass meetings were held at Mem.
phig, Tenn, at which resolutions were
adopted against surrendering the city
to the Federal forces. Although the
city had already sent seventy-two com
panies into the field, every man capa
/ bic of bearing arms was called upon
to repair to the defense of Fort VII.
! low. A committee was appointed to
! collect men, money and arms.
/ Two boats belonging to the United
States bark Kingfisher were captured
by a body of Confederates as they