The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-08-02

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dent Davis of the Confederate States
issued an order that General Pope
and officers serving under him were
not to be considered as soldiers, and
not to be given the privileges of pris-
oners Of war if taken, but confined
closely as long as the order of General
Pope was in effect. Threats of retrib-
utive execution of hostages were also
made in the order.
August 2, 1862.
A woman named Belle Boyd. who
had been acting as a mail carrier for
the Confederates from points along
the Potomac and within the lines OF
the Union army, to Richmond, and
who had functioned presumably as a
spy, was captured neal Warrenton,
Va, and sent to the Old Capitol pris
on at Washington.
General Butler transmitted to the
secretary of "a copies of a CORE
spondence between himself and Cen
eral Phelps in relation to the military
employment of the negroes Of Lou
isiana.
A band Of C~onfederates attacked q
company of national troops at Ozark,
Mo-, at daylight, but failed of a sur
prise, Captain Birch Of the Union
troops having been apprised of the at
tack and withdrawn his troops from
their camp to the brush. Here they
were called upon the surrender, but
put up such a stiff resistance that the
C~onfederates withdrew.
The bark Harriet Ralli, the first
French vessel captured since the com
mencement of the war, arrived at New
York from New Orleans, where she
had been seized by General Butler a
short time before the city was occu-
pied by the Union forces.
The Norfolk, Va, Union newspaper
was suppressed for publishing a bur
lesque proclamation calculated to
bring Commodore Goldsborough into
ridicule.
A sharp fight took place at Orange
Court House, Va, between a recon
noitering party Of Union troops under
1the command of General Crawford
and a force of Confederates, in which
the Union troops were successful in
driving the enemy, after they had suf-
fered a loss Of four men killed and six
teen wounded.
August 8, 1862.
General Sherman, commanding the
United States forces at Memphis, is
sued an order directing all ~able-bodied
negroes who might apply for work
on Fort Pickering or other govern
ment work to be received and en-
ployed by the proper officer in charge.
Such would be supplied with rations,
necessary clothing, and tobacco. An
account was to be opened with each
individual, and his wages charged with
the clothing and tobacco furnished,
but no wages were to be paid until
the courts should have decided wheth-
CIR the negroes were slave or free.
The British steamer Columbia, with
a cargo of twelve Armstrong guns and
equipments, several thousand Enfield
rifles and various other munitions OF
war, was captured off the Bahamas
after a chase Of several hours by the
U. S. 8. Santiago de Cuba.
The town of Alexandria, Mo, was
pillaged by q band of Confederate par
tisans.
The schooner Aquilla was captured
by the United States gunboat Huron
while attempting to run the blockade
off Charleston, S. C..
A reconnofsance was made by q
force of Union troops, under the com
mand Of Colonel Averill, from the
James River to within fourteen miles
of Petersburg, Va. When about five
miles from Cox's river they encoun-
tered the Thirteenth Virginia cavalry
of the enemy. which broke before a
determined charge made by the supe-
rior Federal force. Reforming at
their camp two miles beyond, the Con-
federates were once more driven, leav-
ing behind them much Of their camp
equipment and stores, which the
Union troops gathered together and
burned.
August 4, 1862.
An important debate took place in
the English house of lords on the
propriety of recognizing the southern
Confederacy.
Governor Sprague of Rhode Island
issued an order calling on the colored
citizens of that state to enlist in the
Sixth Rhode Island negro regiment.
then forming.
A skirmish took place near Sparta,
Tenn, between a small party of Union
troops under Col. Wynkoop and a force
of C~onfederates, in which the Nation
ais we're defeated after a hard hours
fight.
The Union fleet before Port Royal
was greatly disturbed in expectation
of the Confederate ran Georgia.
An order directing that a draft OF
300, 900 militia be Immediately called
into the service of the United States,
to serve nine months, or unless soon
er discharged" was issued by the war
department Of the United States.
In order to provide for the suffering
poor of New Orleans, Gen. Butler, in
command of the Union occupation, Is
sued an order assessing the secession
lists of the city who had subscribed to
the defense fund raised when the Ma.
tional army was threatening, and the
cotton brokers who counseled the
planters not to bring their staple to
market. The amount assessed was
more than $500, 900.
A fight took place on the White riv-
or Missouri 40 miles from Enrsyfh