Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-08-16

Union troops under tiie eommana az
Col. w. T. Harris and force Of Con
federate partisans under Colonel
Binfeld, resulting in the rout of the
Confederates, who lost twenty men
killed and nine taken prisoners.
General Pope was confronted near
the Rapidan by General Lee, and fell
back across the Rappahannock.
August is, 1862.
The U. S. gunboat Pocahontas, one
OF the blockading squadron off Charles
ton, S. c., proceeding up the Black
river on reconnaissance in search of a
Confederate steamer reported in the
river, found that the ConfederateR had
sunk the steamer. On her return "trip
the Pocahontas was fired into by
bands of irregulars, who fringed the
river for twenty miles. Owing to the
range no injury was done the vessel,
| although some men were wounded.
A body Of Confederate partisans un.
der Col. A. r. Johnson captured Hop
kinsville, Ky. A quantity Of ammuni-
ton and number. of rifles fell into
their hands Colonel Johnson gave
| notice that he had committed the seiz-
ure as Confederate soldier, and that
| il any southern man or his property
should be molested in consequence he
would retaliate on the Unj5n men OF
| the place.
A company of Confederate cavalry,
making rapid movement across the
Rapidan river near Crooked Run, Va.
captured Lieutenant Black and five
men of the national array.
| An expedition consisting of a num-
Der of Union gunboats, rams and
transports left Helena, Ark, and pro-
ceeded down the Mississippi.
The Richmond Examiner, editorially
discussing the approaching session of
the Confederate congress, said: sit
will be for congress to repair, as it
best can, the mischief done the public
service by a weak and impracticable
executive; to look at the reduction of
our forces in the field; the decay Of
military discipline; the decentralization
of our armies; and the jeopardy to
| which our cause has been put by
long course of trifiing conduct, child
ish pride of opinion, unworthy obsti-
macy, official obtuseness, conceit, def
ance of public opinion, imperiousness
and despotic affectation on the part
Of those intrusted with the execution
of the war;
The evacuation by the Union army
| of Harrison's Landing, on the James
river, where it had taken refuge after
the disasters of the Peninsula cam
paign, was completed.
| A national force was badly defeated
by partisans near Lone Jack, Mo. Y
August II, 1862.
| The office of the constitutional
Gazetteer, newspaper published at
Marysville, Kan, was demolished by
| party of National soldiers belonging
to Captain Bowen's company.
Archbishop Hughes delivered an i'm
portant patriotic sermon in St. Pat
rick's cathedral, New York city. After
reciting his course of action in Eu-
rope, he called upon the whole north
| to come out in its strength, for
volunteering to continue and for a
draft to be made" He said that if
| 100000 men were not enough, to call
out another 100000. ''The people
should insist on being drafted, and so
bring this unnatural strife to a close"
| by strength of might alone.
The Sioux war broke out in Mime
sofa: The Sioux Indians, angered by
| a breach of promise on the part of the
United States government, excited by
reports of war from the south, and
made frantic by their medicine men,
massacred 500 people at Acton. Meeker
county.
August Is, 1862.
The war department of the United
| States took steps to check the pollti-
| cal appointment of generals in the
army in the following order: Here
after no appointments of major gen.
erals or brigadiers will be given ex-
cept to officers of the regular army,
for meritorious and distinguished serv-
| ices during the war, or to volunteer
officer, who, by some successful
achievement in the field, shall have
displayed the military abilities re-
CURED for the duties of a general Off
Ger.
mo appointment to such grades
will be issued by the war department
till an examination is made to ascer-
| tain if there is any charge or evidence
against the character. conduct, or MT
ness of the appointee, and If there
should be any such charge or evidence
special report will be made to the
president
Col. Michael Corcoran of the Sixty
ninth New York, was appointed brig
adler general.
Bob Edwards, famous as partisan
fighter, was killed by party OF
Union troops sent out to punish
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