Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1912-10-18

Frying ran SnOalS, Dy the OnlCcu
States gun5oat Memphis.
A skirmish occurred at Stanford,
KY, between the advance forces of
the Union army under General Buell.,
and the rear-guard of the Confeder-
ate army under General Bragg, re-
sulting in the retreat of the Confed-
crates, fourteen of whom were taken
prisoners.
Stanford was occupied by Union
forces.
October IS, 1862.
Governor Vance Of North Carolina,
in an appeal to the people Of his state
for support to the army, said: After
the most strenuous exertions on the
part of it's officers, the state finds it
impossible to clothe and shoe our sol
diers without again appealing to that
overfIowing fountain of generosity
the private contributions of the PEG
pie. A great lot of blankets might
yet be spared from private use, and
thousands could be made from car
pets on our parlor floors"
The bark Lamplighter, from New
York for Gibraltar, was captured by
the Confederate privateer Alabama
on the high seas and burned.
Gen. Mcclellan made a preliminary
report of the military operations I'M
der his charge since the evacuation of
Harrison's Landing, Virginia, after the
failure of his peninsular campaign.
Drafting men for the Federal army
commenced in Boston.
Forty men were drawn at Balti-
more to fill the city's quota.
The Union steamboat Hazel Dell
was captured by Confederates at
Caseyville, Kentucky
An expedition of armed boats from
the Federal blockade1s in front of
Alphabetical River Florida, proceed
ing up the river, took from her Con-
federate guards a schooner that was
loaded with cotton and prepared to
run the blockade The town of Apa-
lachicola was set on fire on the re-
turn trip by shells sent in reply to
an artillery attack from her defenses.
Two Confederate schooners were
burned on Taylor's Bayou, at Sabine
Pass, Texas, by an expedition from the
steamer Kensington, of the blockad-
ing squadron.
October is, 1862.
The steamer Emile was boarded by
a gang of guerillas at Portland, Maine,
and plundered of all her stores.
The United States sloop of war
Ticonderoga was launched at the
Brooklyn navy yard.
A reconnaissance was made by part
of the army of the Potomac from
Humphreys division, supported by
Gen. Porter, crossed the Potomac at
Blackford's Ford and advanced on
Shepardstown. He was met by a
strong force OF the Confederates,
who opened heavy fire on him, and
drove him back. The purpose of the
reconnaissance, which was TO locate
the enemy, had been accomplished.
The steamer John H. Dickey, ply
ing between st. Louis, Missouri, and
Memphis, Tennessee, was attacked by
a band of Confederate partisans near
Pemicot Bayou, but escaped.
A reconnaissance under Gen. Han
cock, of the Union army, left Bolivar
Heights early in the morning and
proceeded towards Charlestown, Vir-
ginia. When mile and half from
the town the Confederates opened fire
on the Federal column with five
pieces which was responded to by
two batteries. The Confederates with
drew to the hills beyond the town,
and the National force entered. The
Confederate guns were we'll served,
but their shells failed to explode, ow-
ing to the poor powder with which
they were charged.
The draft commenced in every coun-
ty in Pennsylvania, without undue ex-
element
October II, 1862.
Gen. John H. Morgan's Confederate
force, comprising about three thou
sand cavalry and SO pieces of artil-
lery, defeated a heavy Union force
near Lexington, Kentucky. The Ma
tionals lost a number in killed, wound
ed and prisoners.
A band of partisans under Quantrell
entered Shawnee, Kansas, and COM
pIetely sacked it, burning thirteen
houses and killing three men. Six
miles south of the town they overlook
two teams loaded with goods, which
they seized, after killing one of the
drivers and seriously wounding the
others.
The common council of Boston STOP
ped the drafting in that place by vot-
ing to raise the bounty for enlistment
to 5000.
A Union force under Acting Master
Croker of the U. S. S. Kensington,
landed at Sabine City, Texas, and drove
away a party of Confederates, burn
ing their encampment.
A skirmish occurred in Thorough
fare Gap, between a Union force I'M
der Gen Stahel and force of Confed-
crates, who withdrew upon Haymarket
There were draft riots in several
places in Pennsylvania during the day.
At Berkly, Luzerne county, five men