Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1912-02-16
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CIVIL WAR
FIFTY YEARS AGO
THIS WEEK
February II, 1862.

February II, 1862.
The Nashville American seconded
the warning against apathy and conf
denee in providence on the part of
son:herners which the Richmond
Courier lately expressed in a strong
editorial. "From the beginning of the
war to the present. time the constant
cry of the people of the south has
been, God and the British are on our
side That cry has seemed to satisfy
too many of those whose lives and ali
have been at stake that we would
triumph without proper energy of our
own. The first news that is looked
for in the morning paper is The lat
est foreign intelligence, We put
our trust in God and the British.
The disaster at Fishing Creek and
the equally fatal result at Fort Henry
may begin to open our eyes to the
fact that God and the British will not
help us until we learn to help our
selves. This defeat may also serve
TO teach us that which every great
general has found out before he has
fought many battles, that individual
bravery is valueless against organized
drill and discipline. :"
The Sawyer gun at Newport News
burst while being fred, killing two
men and injuring several.
DIR. Luther v. Bell, medical director
20 General Hooker's division of the
Federal army, died in camp, near
Budd's ferry, Maryland.
February IL, 1862.
Gen. Price, who had long maintained
"a footing in Missouri with his small
Confederate force against the opera
tons of the Federals under Fremont,
Hunter, and Halleck, was obliged to
abandon Springfield and fall back to-
ward Ozark and Wilson creek. FIR
want Of transportation facilities, he
was forced to leave behind him some
military stores and equipments, that
fell into the hands of Gen. Curtis. who
occupied Springfield with a Federal
force after Gen. Price had left.
The Confederate states undertook
to build railroad from Danville, Va,
and Greensborough, N. G. The con-
gress passed an act and President Da-
Wis approved it, providing for the con-
struction of the road as a military
necessity.
A Union expedition under command
of Col. Reggin returned to Fort Henry
from the country along the Tennessee
river. They brought with them stores
seized at Paris, Tennessee, and re-
ported having found the tents and
camp equipage used by the Confed.
crate troops who had evacuated Fort
Henry.
February 10, 1862.
The convention for the purpose Of
drawing constitution for the new
state of West Virginia. meeting at
Wheeling, western Virginia. declared
against admitting negroes within the
boundaries OF the state, by the adop-
ton of the following article of the sec
ton on the fundamental provisions of
she constitution: mo slave or free
persons of color shall come into this
state for permanent residence after
this constitution goes into operation"
In the United States senate Mr.. Da.
Wis introduced a series of resolutions.
concerning the Constitution of the
United States and the secession of the
southern states, stating chat it is the
duty of the United States to suppress
the Rebellion, to carry the sword in
one hand and the olive branch in the
other, and to restore the states as they
were before the war"
Bowling Green. KY, suffered from
an extensive fire. Several large es-
adjustments were destroyed. The Con-
gesderate soldiers under Gems. Johnson
and Hardee finally succeeded in put
ting out the flames, under the per-
sonal direction of Gems. Johnson and
Har6ee.
Springfield, Mo-, evacuated during
the night by Gen. Price, was occupied
by the union forces under Gen Cur
It's. The Federal troops advanced IN
itlne OF battle at three o'clock in the
morning, but found the place deserted.
Over six hundred Confederate sick
were left behind.
An expedition under Lieut.. William
N. LETTERS, U. 8. N. from the mouth
North River, near Edenton, N. c.,
proceeded to the mouth Of the Ches-
apeake and Albamarle canal and block
ed it by sinking and burning two
schooners.
February IA, 1862.
&arl Russell, answering question
by the Earl of Stanhope in the British
House of Lords concerning the block
ing of the entrances to Charlestown
harbor by the sinking of stone laden
shulks. expressed the complaisance of
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