The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-02-24

| ooteIoly al lue udu0S OF the OQlOu
artillery. which opened IRE with shell
and caused the destruction of the Ho-
tel Wager and several houses. The
firing was precipitated by a misunder-
standing over flag of truce that the
Confederates displayed on the shore
Of the town. Perceiving the nag,
Major Geary, In command of the
Union force, sent over boat, which
was fired upon by Confederate sharp
shooters who were concealed in
houses on shore and had not seen the
| flag Of truce. Major Geary thereupon
ordered his artillery to open on the
town. After the bombardment had
ceased, the Confederates displayed
another flag, but the Union command
er would not respond to 1t.
The Confederate General Johnson
anticipating an advance of the Union
army, began tte evacuation of Man
assas.
Fort Church and st. Mary. Ca, and
Fernandina, Fla, were taken by the
Dupont expedition.
February 8, 1862.
Roanoke island. North Carolina,
with all its defenses, was captured by
the combined naval and military force
Of the United States, under Commo-
dore Goldsborough and General Burn
side. The expedition had entered Ro-
anoke inlet the previous morning, en-
gaging the Confederate gunboats and
two batteries, Forts Barlow and
Blanchard, on the Croatan river side
Of the island. The barracks In Fort
Blanchard were set afire but no other
considerable damage was inflicted on
either side.
Early in the morning the Union
land forces advanced in three col
umns against Fort Barlow. General
Porter, commanding the center, moved
down road; General Reno moved
through the swamps to take the en-
envy In the right flank, and General
Parke moved through the swamp on the
other flank. Both flanking parties are
rived simultaneously, just in time to
relieve tie central column from Sc
we're pressure. The works were taken
by assault Of the two fanking col
umns.
The Confederate squadron engaged
the naval force again In the morning.
but soon after the fall Of Fort Barlow
the entire island, together with Fort
Foster on the mainland, was surren-
dered. Three thousand prisoners, six |
batteries and quantities of stores were
taken. The Union forces lost thirty |
i've killed and two hundred wounded. |
Captain Smith, of the Fifth Virginia |
cavalry surprised a squadron of
jenkins Confederate cavalry on Linn |
creek, Logan county. Virginia, and |
took them prisoners, after handling |
them roughly.
February 9, 1862.
Brigadier General Charles p. Stone |
of the Union army was arrested in |
Washington at o'clock In the morn
ing by posse of the provost mar
shal's force and sent to Fort La Fay
cite, New York harbor. He was
charged with misbehavior at the bat
tie Of Balls Bluff; with holding cor
with the enemy before
and after the battle Of Balls Bluff,
and Of receiving Confederate officers
In his tent; with treacherously per
hitting the enemy to build q fort or
strong work without molestation
under his guns since the battle of
Balls Bluff, and Of treacherous de-
sign to expose his force to capture
and destruction by the enemy under
pretense of orders for a movement
from the commanding general, which
orders had not been issued.
Because he had irrupted upon q pri-
vate meeting in the chambers of the
war department in the search for
news, Doctor Ives, correspondent Of
The New York Herald, was ordered
under arrest by Secretary Stanton,
charged with being spy and with
the rules and regulations of
he war department.
Captain David Glasgow Farragut
was appointed to the west gulf block
aiding squadron.
Ericsson's Monitor, recent addi-
ion to the Union navy, and consid-
cred by naval constructors generally
o be ridiculous freak, appeared in
Hampton road as the Merrimac was
'eturning to destroy the remnant Of
he Union feet, and put the iron-clad
o flight after a heavy engagement at
lose range. The Monitor was con-
'eded to have saved the national yes
els from destruction.
february 10, 1862.
The naval force connected with