Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-08-02
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CIVIL WAR
FIFTY YEARS AGO
THIS WEEK


| his staff, left Washington for the head
quarters of the army in the field. Be-
! fore his departure he orderd that
| passes to the lines Of his forces should
not be granted to others than those
having official business there.
| The English brig Napier was cap
trued by the U. S. S. S. Mystic while en-.
deavoring to run the blockade of Will
mington, N. c.
The citizens of Mount Stirling, KY,
succeeded in driving off party of ir-
regulars with a loss reported of rs
| in killed, wounded and taken pris-
oners
A Union force defeated a band Of
partisans near Bollingers Mills, Mo.
General Pope and his staff arrived
at Warrent0n. Va, at noon creating
great CONSERVATION among the seces-
sionists, nearly all of whom had taken
Confederate oaths of allegiance, and
insisted that General Pope dared not
carry out the intentions declared in
his proclamation.
Colonel Lloyd of the Sixth Ohio cav
airy, pursuant of General Pope's or
ders, arrested all the male inhabitants
Of Luray, Va, and lodged them in the
court house preparatory to giving them
the oath of allegiance.
The Confederate batteries at Gene
sis Point, on Ogeechee river, were
shelled by the national gunboats.
Russellville, KY, was captured by a
band of Confederate partisans, the
home guard being unable to drive off
their attack.
A detachment of Union cavalry I'M
der Captain Dollin attacked force of
Confederate cavalry near Brownsville,
KY, capturing SO of them. The Con-
federates, reinforced, captured 20 men
and Ii horses.
July 80, 1862.
John H. Morgan Of the Confederate
army, reported to Major General E.
Kirby Smith, commanding the Confed-
crate forces in eastern Tennessee, the
result of his recent raid with irregu-
lar troops. Leaving Knoxville, Tenn,
on the Fourth of July, with 900 men,
he captured IL towns, destroying the
national stores in each, dispersed
1900 home guards, paroled 1920 regu-
lars, and returned on the 28th with
1920 men, having travelled 1000 miles
in "a days. The entire loss in killed,
wounded and missing was less than
100.
The bells contributed to the Confed
crate government by the churches,
planters and others to be made into
cannon, and seized in New Orleans by
General Butler, were sold at auction in
Boston.
John R. Lee, acting master of the
u. S. S. S. E. 3. Hale, ascended Todd
Creek, Georgia, with party and de-
stroyed a Confederate salt works that
was in successful operation
An attempt to capture the tug Ach-
lilies, lying off Harrison's Landing, on
the James river, by a body of Con-
federates, was frustrated.
A body Of guerrillas under Joe
Thompson entered Raris, KY, cut down
the flag pole, took the sheriff and the
clerks of the circuit and county courts
prisoners, forced the keys to the Jail
from the jailer and liberated prisoners,
obtained such indictments of citizens
as they desired from the clerk of the
circuit court, helped themselves to
goods in the stores, took supper with
the citizens, and left after dark. They
were followed and slightly punished by
party of the Ninth Pennsylvania cav
airy.
July 81, 1862.
The secretary Of war Of the United
States issued an order revoking all
furloughs and leaves of absence from
the army except those granted by the
department, on Monday, the 18th of
August, and ordering all officers capa-
bic of service to join their regiments
forthwith under penalty of dismissal
from the service or court-martial. On
Monday, August 10, the order warned,
each regiment and corps would be
mustered, the absentees would be
marked, and if not appearing within 48
hours, would be dismissed from the
service or treated as deserters
Several vessels from the mortar fleet
that had been operating on the Mis-
sissippi under command of Commodore
Porter arrived at Fortress Monroe
The Confederate steamer Memphis
was captured by the United States
gunboat Magnolia, she having run the
blockade of Charleston, s. c., on the
night of the 9th.
August 1, 1862.
Confederate batteries at Coggin's
Point, opposite to Harrison's land
ing, Virginia, opened fire on the Union
army under General Mcclellan and the
Federal fleet. The batteries were si-
fenced after brisk fire of two hours,
Members of the First regiment,
South Carolina volunteers, regiment
formed among the slaves when Gen
eral Hunters Federal army obtained
q foothold on South Carolina, were de-
clared forever free.
Irregulars under the Confederate
leader Dunn attacked Canton. Mo-,