Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1912-06-28
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CIVIL WAR
FIFTY YEARS AGO
THIS WEEK

federate army, at Jackson, Miss, is
sued an order assuming the command
over the Department of louisiana -
and recommending that all persons
living within eight miles of the Mis-
sissippi river remove their families
and servants to the interior, as it was
the intention to defend the department
to the last extremity"
President Lincoln visited West
Point, N. Y.
Captain Jocknick Of the Third New
York cavalry made successful recon
noissance from Washington, N. c., to
Tranter's Creek.
Maj. Gen. J. G. Hindman of the Con-
federate army issued proclamation
to the people of Arkansas calling on
them to assist him in preventing Gen
eral Curtis from joining the Union
feet on the Mississippi river.
June IS, 1862.
General Hooker's division OF the
Army of the Potomac, advancing to
occupy a new position on the Chick
ahominy, was attacked at Oak Grove
by the Confederates, who contested
the ground with him for seven hours
before finally giving way. General
Hooker's loss was over two hundred
in killed and wounded.
Having learned ths day before from
eight contrabands picked up at sea in
an open boat from Little River Inlet,
S. c., that two schooners were prepar-
ing to run the blockade with cargoes
Of cotton and turpentine, which was
already stored in the warehouse next
the wharf, Captain Gibson of the U.
s. S. S. Monticello sent Lfeutenants
Braine and Bunce to destroy the
schooners and the stores. The work
was accomplished without difficulty,
the town having been deserted by its
inhabitants and there being no guard
at the wharf.
dered that "all the property in New
Orleans belonging to Gen. d. E. Twiggs
and Of his minor son, the income OF
which he has received, and under the
charge of his agent, H. w. Palfrey,
Esq, consisting Of real estate, bonds,
notes Of hand, treasury notes of the
United States, slaves, household fur
niture, ETC., is hereby sequestrated, to
be held to await the action of the
United States government"
The Union ram fleet arrived off
Vicksburg, Miss, and communicated
witt 10 ont n
ing the Union gunboats.
A train of cars on the Memphis and
Ohio laden with company Of Union
troops, was captured by a body OF
Confederate cavalry, who killed ten
of the soldiers.
June &c, 1862.
The battle of Mechanicsville was
fought between McClelIan's army in
campaign against Richmond and the
Confederate defenders of their capital.
The fight, beginning at noon with long
range artillery fire, waXed into con-
test as fierce as any preceding 1t in
the war, and continued until night,
when the Confederates withdrew, but
not until they had inflicted damages
that deprived the National troops OF
victory At Beaver Dam creek the
Confederates were terribly repulsed
by General McCalIs division of Gen.
F'itz John POrter's corps.
West. H. Humphreys, convicted OF
having acted as Judge under the Con-
federate government, was impeached
by the senate Of the United States.
The Union mortar fleet on the Mis-
sissippi, under Commodore Porter,
works at Vicksburg. The lombard
ment lasted for three hours, without
result.
The National forces under Generals
Banks, Mcdowell and Fremont, which
General Stonewall Jackson had kept
occupied by his campaign in the Shen-
andoah, were organized into the army
of the Virginia and placed under the
command of General Pope.
Lieut.. Col Alfred w. w. Ellet, COM
handing Union ram f1otilla on the
Mississippi, took two rams and started
up the Yazoo river to capture three
Confederate gunboats. The Confed-
crates set fire to their vessels and let
them go down on him, driving him
from the river to save his own craft
from destruction.
Nine vessels Of the gunboat feet,
under command Of Captain Rodgers.
entered the Appomatox river for the
purpose Of discovering the condition
of the river When six miles from its
mouth they were fired upon by the
Confederates, who held out for an
hour against the combined fire of the
fleet The vessels discovered that the
river had been blocked a mile above
by sunken hulks.
June 27, 1862.
The battle of Gaines Mills, Va, one
of the seven days battles" was
fought McClellan's advance toward
Richmond was severely checked by it.
The work of cutting off Vicksburg
by means Of canal severing loop OF
the Mississippi was begun under the
supervision of General Williams OF
the Union army.
The bombardment of Vicksburg by
the Union fleet was resumed.