The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-05-04

lnlreuCueu last IiSul, 81 tiioe We AdfO
been able to prevent the enemy from
working today, and kept his guns 81.
lent Same results at the batteries at
Hyam's Mills. Yorktown was shelled
by our gunboats and some of our
barges today. but without effect. There
has been good deal of firing from
the Yorktown land batteries"
Falmouth. opposite Fredericksburg,
Va, was occupied by the Union forces.
Their progress was valiantly disput-
ed by small force of Confederates
that made two distinct stands. and
burned the bridge across the Kappa
hammock to Fredericksburg when they
were finally driven beyond the river.
In the afternoon the town of Freder.
icksburg surrendered under flag Of
truce to Lieut.. Wood. A meeting OF
the council declared sympathy with
the southern cause, and asserted that
surrender was made only under prom
Use that property would be protected.
Martial law was declared by the Con-
federate government in eastern Ten
nessee.
Advertisement having been made in
the public press of North Carolina that
agents would be sent to borrow, pur-
chase, and, If necessary, impress" all
arms in the hands of private citizens,
Gov. Henry T. Clark issued procla-
nation to the people in which he warn
ed them that such agents need not be
obeyed, as they were acting against
the state constitution, but urging the
citizens to surrender such arms as
they did not actually need.
The bombardment of Forts Jackson
and ST. Phillips, on the Mississippi riv-
er, below New Orleans, was COM
menced by the Federal feet, under
Flag Officer Farragut.
April 10, 1852.
The Union force under General
Reno, which left Newburn, North Car
DINA, two days before, defeated regi-
ment of Georgia militia and a sup
porting force at Camden, near Eliza
beth City. The National loss was IL
killed and As wounded. Colonel Haw-
kins of the New York Zouaves was
among the wounded.
General Banks, in Western Virginia.
reported a sharp skirmish brought on
by an attempt Of the Confederates to
burn two bridges that his men were
guarding. He advised that he believ-
ed that Jackson, who had entered the
Shenandoah Valley to threaten Wash.
ington and prevent Mcdowell from
Joining Mcclellan, had left the valley
for Yorktown.
The Confederate schooner Wave
was captured by the pilot boat G. W..
Blunt OF the coast Of South Carolina.
An expedition from the Union steam
boat Crusader, sent into Edisto Island
to dispense Confederates who were
molesting the Federal cotton agent,
fell into skirmish with two armed
bands. The Confederates gained the
advantage in each affair.
The Petersburgh, Virginia, Express
criticised the requisition of slaves
from Prince George and Surry coun-
ties for the purpose of working on the
Williamsburg Notifications, on the
ground that taking the slaves away
from the fields threatened the crops
Of that section, which were needed for
the army.
The advance of General Banks
Union forces. delayed by the Confed-
crates having burned many small
bridges in their late retreat, entered
Sparta, eight miles in front of New
Market, Virginia.
The U. S. S. S. Huron captured the
Confederate schooner Glide off
Charlestown. The Glide, loaded with
cotton and rice. was attempting to run
the blockade, bound for Nassau.
The city council of Fredericksburg
notified General Augur that the Con.
federate forces had evacuated the
town, and no resistance would be
made to the entrance of Union troops.
April 20, 1862.
The withdrawal of the Confederate
General Stonewall Jackson from the
Shenandoah Valley was confirmed by
oSOteo oha "a tSOkkCIS at ucuol al
Banks headquarters at New Market
Virginia. 1t was reported that he
emerged through the mountains, by
way of Harrisonburg, Stannardsville,
Orange Court House and Gordonsville.
Jackson, and by his movement into the
valley had held suspended Union
forces three times as large as his own,
which the authorities at Washington,
in panic, had kept from joining Gen.
eral Mcclellan in the Peninsular expe-
dition.
April 81, 1862.
The United States circuit court for
the middle district of Tennessee held
its first session since the secession of
the state, in the court room of the
capital at Nashville, Judge John Cat
ron presiding.