Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1912-05-24
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CIVIL WAR
FIFTY YEARS AGO
THIS WEEK

peT1ofm all the functions or tnaC Sta-
ton and suspend the writ of habeas
corpus during the pleasure of the
president, or until the loyal citizens of
the state re-established loyal gov
eminent, in accordance with the Con-
stitution of the United States.
Lieutenant Colonel Downey, who
was sent to Wardensville, near Nor
field, Va, after guerrillas who had re-
Gently overpowered company OF con-
valescent wounded National soldiers,
reported having killed the chief of the
band and taken twelve prisoners.
A train of seventeen wagons that
left Rolla, Mo, was captured by par
tisan Confederate band twenty miles
out on the Springfield road. The
wagons and their contents were
burned, and the mules driven on.
Lieutenant Colonel West took pos
session of Tucson, Ariz., for the United
States. The Confederate force guard
ing the town retreated before over
balanced numbers, and the citizens
turned out to welcome the Union
troops.
Four Union gunboats bombarded
the Confederate works on Coles Is
land and Stone Inlet, S. c., compelling
the Confederates to abandon the is
land. which they did after burning
the barracks.
General Shepley was made mayor of
New Orleans by order of General But
lnr
should elect to that Office a loyal citi-
zen of the United States.
May 81, 1862.
The second division OF General kIaI-
leck's Union army, advancing toward
Corinth, under command OF Gen.
Thomas A. Davies, defeated the Con-
federates in battle at Philips Creek.
Miss.
General Stoneman, in company with
Prof. Lowe, made balloon reconnois-
sance from Gaines Mills, Va, where,
from an altitude of 500 feet, they
could see the city of Richmond, and
forces of Confederates in motion. Gen
eral Mcclellan sent the following re-
POAA " lAO Oil AEpdA bAnCIls 4 nave
just returned from Bottoms Bridge.
Have examined the country on the
other side, and made a reconnaissance
on the heels of the enemy, who prob
ably did not like the skirmish of yes
terday. The bridge will be repaired
by tomorrow, and others built. All
the camps have advanced today"
Two mortars opened on Fort Pillow
at lone o'clock and continued to fire
until six. The fire was returned at in
tervals. Deserters from Fort Pillow
reported that 1856 dead bodies had
been removed from the gunboats after
the recent engagement with the
Union fiotilla.
Colonel Sedgewick, with the First,
Second and Twentieth Kentucky Ma
tional regiments, made a reconnois-
sance in front of Corinth to develop
the position and strength of the en-
envy. He returned after a two hours
scrimmage, in which he learned what
he wanted to know.
Recruiting offices that had been
previously closed were reopened by
order of the United States govern
ment
Brig. Gen. /. P. Hatch, commanding
the cavalry in General Banks Union
division, had skirmish with some of
Canbys cavalry near Strasburg, Va.
May %, 1852.
An attempt by civil officers to ar
rest fugitive slaves in the city OF
Washington was frustrated, after two
negroes had been taken, by the Sew
enty-sixth New York. The soldiers
leveled their muskets at the police
and carried the remainder Of the
slaves away with them.
The foreign consuls at Galveston,
requesting of Captain Eagle, on the
U. s. s. S. Santee, that he assign a
place where they would be safe in
the impending bombardment, received
the following reply: Let me assure
you, gentlemen, that no person can
deplore more than myself the misery
that would result from the lombard
ment of the town of Galveston and
its fertilization, yet 1t is duty that
will become necessary to enforce its
surrender. 1t is not in my power to
give you an assurance of security dur
ing the bombardment, for it is impos-
sible to tell what direction the shot
and shell will take"
General Prentiss' troops, captured
at the battle of Pittsburg Landing,
Miss, were paroled by the Confed-
crates in Montgomery, Ala.
The Court of Impeachment for the
purpose of trying West Fl. Humphreys,
late district Judge of the United
States for the Second district Of Ten
nessee, on charges Of treason pre-
scented by the house of Representatives
was organized in the senate chamber
at Washington, District of Columbia.
May %, 1862.
Colonel Kenly's Union command OF
infantry and cavalry, in General
Banks department, was driven from
Front Royal by the Confederates with