Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1912-04-26
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CIVIL WAR
FIFTY YEARS AGO
THIS WEEK

bacco from the Tennessee river since
the beginning of the war arrived at
Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, having left
Nashville the week before.
Picket killing and diminishing was
reported from the front OF Lees Mills,
Virginia.
The Confederate congress formally
adjourned, to meet again In August.
The Richmond Wing was sarcastlc
about their departure from the city
IN the presence of the threatened adj
vance by Mcclellan, abiding to them
as stampeders, and asserting they had
taken canal boats as a means of fight
as being safer than railroads.
The National Steamer Yankee pass
ed the distractions in the Rappahan-
mock below fredericksburg and as
cended that place.
The Federal steamer Anacostia, on
her way down stream, was fired into
by infantry near Lowry's Point The
enemy was driven off by the vessels
guns. Colonel Donelly, of General
Banks force, made a reconnaissance in
the direction of Harrisonburg. Vir-
ginia. Being fired upon by Confed-
crate skirmishers, he deployed his
force, six companies of cavalry sup
ported by regiment of infantry and
battery, and advanced The Confed-
crates retreated to the town after the
first fire, being heavily outnumbered
Joining their command, they were
withdrawing in the direction of Cor
louisville, when they fell in with the
Ohio cavalry forming the right wing,
and lost seven men captured. Colonel
Donelly thereupon occupied the town
The larger part of General Popes
army joined General Halleck at Pitts
burg Landing.
April 20, 1862.
A party of National infantry dis
patched from Romney, Va, in search
OF guerrillas, was attacked by a squad
Of Confederates at Grass Lick, near
Wash River. The National troops lost
three killed, but finally drove back the
enemy, who took refuge in a house
The infantry waited for a cavalry re-
enforcement before attacking the
house. Union cavalry coming up un-
der the command of Lieut.. Col.
Downey, the Confederates withdrew
before the superior force, taking with
them their wounded. Col. Downey
burned the house and pursued, taking
five prisoners.
A sensation was created in the Mas
sachusetts House Of Representatives
by the reading of a resolution passed
by the Maryland legislature, and sign
ed by Gov Bradford, appropriatine
$1,000 for the relief of the families of
the men killed and disabled in the at
tack on the Sixth Massachusetts, by a
mob of southern sympathizers in Bal
timore, on April 10, 1851. The read
Ing of the resolution met with hearty
applause. The resolution was referred
to the Committee on Federal Rela-
tons
April "a, 1862.
A United States gunboat shelled the
Confederate works in front of York
town. Driven from her first position
at the mouth Of Wormsley creek by
the reply of the enemy, she withdrew
to point three miles from Yorktown
and continued to drop shells within
the works. No response was made to
her later fire, it doing no damage.
Desultory firing was kept up by the
National batteries all along the line
to interfere with Confederate at
tempts to strengthen their works
The u. S. S. S. Eunice was sunk in
collision with the Commodore Perry
at Ashland, KY. No lives were lost
A accommodating party under Gen. A.
J. Smith. operating out os pittsburg,
attacked and drove a small detach-
ment of Confederate pickets and sur
prised force of Confederates at Pea
Ridge, who retreated, leaving tents,
equipage, and private baggage in the
! hands OF the enemy.
Colonel Croker and Major Cassidy
of the Ninety-third New York were
taken prisoners by the Confederates
near Yorktown, Va
General Banks advance guard, un-
der Colonel Donnelly, penetrated nine
miles beyond Harrisonburgh, Va,
where three prisoners were taken, one
of whom claimed to be from the Tenth
Virginia, which regiment was thought
! to be on the Rappahannock
A body of National cavalry from
Forsyth, Mo-, destroyed the Confeder-
ate saltpetre works near Yellville,
Ark, after sharp fight with the
guarding force
The National fleet, under Flag OFF,
Ger Foote, having bombarded for five
days Forts Jackson and ST. Phillips,
guarding the mouth of the Mississippi,
! passed them and proceeded to the re-
! duction of New Orleans.
April IS, 1862.
Fort Macon, N. c. was reduced by
bombardment by the joint forces of
/ General Burnside and Commodore