Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1912-08-16
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CIVIL WAR
FIFTY YEARS AGO
THIS WEEK
August ~, 1862.

August II, 1862.
General Burnside, commanding the
Ninth army corps of the Army Of the
Potomac, issued an order informing
his army that the seizure of the prop
erty Of Confederates, under the re-
cent order OF President Lincoln, based
on an act Of congress. would not be
tolerated unless made In the presence
and under authority of an officer.
The Prize steamer Ladona, captured
while epdeavoring to steal into the
Ogeechee river, Georgia, arrived at
Philadelphia.
Col John H. Morgan, with his force
of Confederate irregulars, captured
Gallatin, Tennessee, together with a
Union force under Colonel Boone, a
large quantity of supplies, railway
train laden with grain, a number OF
government horses, etc. In the eve
ming Colonel Miller, arriving from
Nashville with reinforcements for the
Union troops, fell upon Morgan's rear
guard, the main body of his force hav-
ing withdrawn, killing six and wound
ing number Of the partisans.
The Confederate congress voted
their thanks to Gen. Robert E. Lee
and the officers and men in his COM
mand for their late brilliant victory,
eliminating in the signal defeat Of
the combined forces of the enemy in
the two great battles of Manassas"
Stonewall Jackson, Confederate gen.
eral, detaching his army from General
Lees, began a raid down the Shenan-
doah valley.
August 13, 1862.
A collision occurred off Ragged
Point, on the Potomac, between the
steamers Peabody and West Point, in
which rs lives were lost. The West
Point was en- route to Washington
with convalescents from the army of
General Burnside.
Colonel Guitar with Union force
overlook the Confederate partisans
under Colonel Poindexter. at Yellow
Creek, Clinton county, Missouri, and
defeated them
The French bark Harriet Ralli was
released by the authorities of the
United States.
A battle was fought at Clarendon,
Arkansas, between General Hovey's
Union division and a part of Hind
mans Confederate force, which had
been sent forward from Little Rock
to check the advance of the nationals.
The conflict was savage through sew
eral hours. Hindman eventually with
drew, losing 700 prisoners. "a
An expedition consisting of the
Twenty-fourth Massachusetts, and
marine battery, under command Of
General Stevenson, embarking on
board the gunboats Wilson and Ellis
at Newbern, North Carolina, proceed
ed to Swansboro and destroyed the
Confederate salt works at that place.
General Pope, at Cedar Mountain,
Virginia, telegraphed General Halleck,
In Washington, at 7:30 in the morn
ing: "The enemy has retreated under
cover Of the night. His rear is now
crossing the Rapidan, toward Orange
Court House. Our cavalry and artil-
lery are in pursuit"
August II, 1862.
D. A. Mahoney, editor of the Du-
buque Herald, was arrested by the
United States marshal, charged with
discouraging enlistments.
A body of national troops out look
ing for cotton near Helena, Ark, en-
countered force of Confederate ir-
regulars, and came off narrowly.
General Pope, commanding the
Union army of Virginia, issued an or
der commanding officers and soldiers
of the army to abstain from entering
the houses, molesting the persons or
disturbing the property Of citizens, un-
der pain of speedy and severe punish
ment. Whatever provisions, forage or
other articles might be required for
the subsistence or use Of the troops
WOuiu De tdhSu pOSSeSSlOU VI, DuL OIiy
by an officer with authority.
The Confederate General Breckin-
ridge addressed a note to Col. H. e.
Paine, commanding United States
forces at Baton Rouge, La, complain
Ing that the Union troops in that vi
cinity had wantonly burned many pri-
vate houses; had taken or destroyed
much private property without COM
pensation; had seized and carried
away into Imprisonment, upon false
and frivolous pretexts. many unarmed
citizens, and that negro slaves were
being armed and organized to be en-
ployed against them. He informed
him that such acts were regarded as
In violation Of the usages Of civilized
warfare, and that, in the future, upon
any departure from those usages, che
would raise the black flag, and neither
give nor ask for quarter"
AUGUST is. 1862.