Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1912-04-17

Falmouth. opposite Fredericksburg.
Va. was occupied BY the Union forces
Their progress was valiantly disput-
ed by a small force of Confederates
thst made two distinct staLds. and
burned the briSge across the Kappa
hancock to Fredericksburg when they
were finally driven beyond the river
In the afternoon the town of Freder.
ieksburg surrendered under a flag OF
truce to Lieut.. Wood A meeting of
tie council declared sympathy with
the southern cause. and asserted that
surrender was made only under prom
Use that property would be protected.
Martial law was declared by the Con-
federate government in eastern Ten
nessee
Advertisement having been made in
the public press of North Carolina that
agents would be sent to borrow, pur-
chase. and. if necessary, impress" all
arms in the hands of private citizens.
Gov. Henry 7. Clark issued a procla.
nation 20 the people in which he warn
ed them that such agents need not be
obeyed, as they we're acting against
the state constitution, but urging the
citizens to surrender such arms as
they did not actually need.
The bombardment Of Forts Jackson
and st. Phillips, on the Mississippi riv-
er, below New Orleans, was COM
menced by the Federal fleet. under
Flag officer Farragut.
April 10, 1862.
The Union, force under General
Reno, which left Newburn, North Car
DINA, two days before, defeated a regi.
ment of Georgia militia and a sup
porting force at Camden, near Eliza
beth City. The National loss was IL
killed and 4S wounded. Colonel Haw-
kins of the New York Zouaves was
among the wounded
General Banks, in Western Virginia,
reported a sharp skjrmish brought on
by an attempt of the Confederates to
burn two bridges that his men were
guarding. He advised that he believ-
ed that Jackson, who had entered the
Shenandoah Valley to threaten Wash.
ington and prevent Mcdowell from
joining Mcclellan. had left the valley
for Yorktown.
The Confederate schooner Wave
was captured by the pilot boat G. w.
Blunt off the coast of South Carolina.
An expedition from the Union steam.
boat Crusader, sent into Edisto Island
to dispense Confederates who were
molesting the Federal cotton agent
fell into skirmish with two armed
bands. The Confederates gained the
advantage in each affair
The Petersburgh, Virginia, Express
criticised the requisition of slaves
from Prince George and Surry coun-
ties for the purpose of working on the
Williamsburg Notifications, on the
ground that taking the slaves away
from the fields threatened the crops
of that section, which were needed for
the army.
The advance of General Banks
Union forces, delayed by the Confed.
crates having burned many small
bridges in their late retreat, entered
Sparta, eight miles in front of New
Market, Virginia
The U. s. S. s. Huron captured the
Confederate schooner Glide of
Charlestown. The Glide. loaded with
cotton and rice, was attempting to run
the blockade, bound for Nassau.
The city council of Fredericksburg
notified General Augur that the Con.
federate forces had evacuated the
town, and no resistance would be
made to the entrance of Union troops
April 20, 1862.
The withdrawal of the Confederate
General Stohewall Jackson from the
Shenandoah Valley was confirmed by
scouts and prisoners at General
Banks' headquarters at New Market
Virginia. It was reported that he
emerged through the mountains, by
way of Harrisonburg, Stannardsville,
orange Court House and Gordonsville
Jackson, and by his movement into the
valley had held suspended Union
forces three mes as large as his own,
which the authorities at Washington,
in panic, had kept from joining Gen.
eral Mcclellan in the Peninsular expe.
dition
April 81, 1862.
The United States circuit court for
the middle district of Tennessee held
its first session since the secession of
the state. in the court room of the
capital at Nashville, Judge John Cat
ron Dresidfng
The provost marshals force at Rich.
mond. Virginia, arrested three watch
making citizens of Richmond on
charges of disloyalty The prisoners
were reported in the Richmond Dis
patch as defiant in their remarks,
saying they owed allegiance to the
United States alone, etc. All three
of them are virginians by birth"
General Milroy. at the head Of a
National accommodating force, over
took the rear guard of the Confederate
cavalry six miles west of the railroad
near Buffalo Gap. Augusta county,
Western Virginia. The rear guard es-
capped by fight. Milroy learned that
their main body had stopped for the
night before six miles beyond the Gap,
but finding that they were cut off by
Banks and Staunton, they had borne
southwest toward the James river.
The ship r. c. Files was captured
by the National feet while attempting
to run the blockade at Mobile, Ala
bama
The Federals regained Santa Fe,