The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1912-03-29
Quoted by the Union army

on the MISSISSIPPI IlNeF, and retreat
down the river. He was finally
.dislodged by a heavy battery placed
close to his works on the night OF the
18th by General Pope.
General Mcclellan, in an address to
the Army of the Potomac, explained
the inaction in which he had held
them, stating that he was waiting IN
til they should have become a perfect
fighting machine. Telling them that
they had her arrived at that state, he
assured them that he would soon put
them face to face with their enemy,
and that the Army OF the Potomac
would proceed at once to crush the
Rebellion.
The forces operating under General
Burnside and Commodore Goldsbor-
ough on the North Carolina coast
fought a battle with the Confederates
under General Lawrence OBJ. Branch
near Newbern. North Carolina. The
army was landed two days before the
battle, and marched along the railroad
until it developed the Confederate bat.
teries. The fleet was prevented from
full cooperation by sunken vessels
and cheveaux de fris placed in the
river. The batteries We're carried by
storm; the last one after a particular
ly hard fight. The C~onfederates re-
treated, leaving a number Of heavy
guns and stores in the possession OF
the Federal force.
March IS, 1862.
Gunboats in the Potomac engaged
in gun practice on a number of Con-
federate batteries guarding the river.
In the morning the Island Belle en-
tered Acquia creek and opened on the
hill battery at the mouth of that
stream. The battery replied. After
an hour or two of firing, in which
neither side was hit, the Island Belle
withdrew. Later in the day the Yam
kee and the Ancostia engaged a field
battery at Boyd's Hole for two hours,
without result on either side. Pay
ing a visit to the Washington navy
yard for more ammunition, the Yam
kee returned to Acquia creek and en-
gagged the hill battery, assisted by the
Anacostia. One little bit of cabinet
work was knocked off the Island Belle.
So far as was known, no other dam
age was done during the day.
A naval expedition composed OF
five g%unboats, under Flag Officer
Foote, left Cairo at seven o'clock and
proceeded down the river to Hick-
man, Kentucky, where an %unsuccess-
full attempt was made to capture some
mounted pickets on the bluffs.
A Federal accommodating party from
Quantico Creek occupied Dumfries
Virginia. The Confederates had with
drawn from the town, leaving some
small quantities of ammunition which
was found by the Federals.
March Is, 1862.
General Garfield defeated a body OF
C~onfederates entrenched on the sum
NIT of the Cumberland mountains. in
eastern Tennessee. The national
troops, numbering six hundred. left
their camp on the morning of the
l4th and started for Pound Gap, 81
miles away. The distance was cover
ed in something less than two days.
The Confederates were taken entirely
by surprise and were able to offer lit.
tie resistance. Quantities OF tents,
stores and ammunition were captured,
and 800 squirrel rifles. All that could
not be carried back on the shoulders
of the Federals was destroyed before
the column returned.
A battalion from the Fourth Illinois
fell in with a company OF Confederate
suffered a severe drubbing before
they finally drove them of. The Fed
erals ultimately retained the field, but
with the loss of four men.
Martial law was declared in San
Francisco. California, by General
Wright, commander OF the Depart
ment Of the Pacific. Major Hiram
shall.
The Times. of Nashville, Tennessee
suspended publication because OF the
restrictions placed upon free speech
by Governor Johnson, recently ap
pointed by President Lincoln as pro
v~isional governor Of the state.
The bark Glen, which had beer
blockaded in Beaufort, North Carolina
for a number of months by the Fed
eral blockading squadron. was burned
by the Co%nfederates, who feared she
would be captured by the fleet.
March II, 1862.
The United States gunboat Cimerol
was launched at %Bordentown. New
Jersey.
A petition was presented in con