The Van Buren press., 1912-04-13

pied by the national fOrceS undeT Geh-
eral Mitchell early in the morning. The
Union soldiers made a forced march
of eighteen hours and surprised the
town
The Confederate ironclad Merrimac
appeared in Hampton Roads again
with six smaller craft, returning to
shelter after brief maneuyers, which
resulted in the capture OF several
small Union craft
There was skirmishing in the vicin-
ity cf Yorktown during the day.
General Halleck arrived before Cor
inth and superseded General Grant.
April t2, 1862.
The Nassau On. P) Guardian, for
the encouragement Of "the trade that
has recently grown up, and which, II
fostered. may attain much wider pro
portions printed list OF vessels that
had arrived there after passing the
blockade of the southern ports. The
paper mentioned that the arrivals
from the Southern states were more
numerous than those from the North
ern states, where the trade was free
Of blockade.
Negro soldiers who had served in
the Confederate garrison al Fort
Pulaski were declared confscated, and
set free, in a feneral order issued by
General Hunter, U. S. A.
Lowrys Point batteries on the Rap
pahannock, Virginia, were evacuated
by the Confederates
General Mitchell, who had taken
Huntsville, Alabama, from the Confed-
crates the day before, seized and held
hundred miles Of the Charlestown
& Memphis railroad
Quantrell the partisan fighter oper
ating in Missouri narrowly escaped
capture by a body Of Union soldiers
sent against him. The national troops
came up with his band near the Little
Blue river, killed five, and took seven
teen. Quantrell whose horse was
shot under him, escaped by swimming
across the river.
The Union picket line near Monte
rey, Virginia was driven two miles by
Confederate attack. Several com.
panies coming to the support of the
pickets, lively skirmish ensued, with
out permanent advantage to either
side.
The U. S. revenue steamer Reliance
arrived at Baltimore with four cap
tured Confederate sloops
April t3, 1852.
A force Of four thousand National
soldiers left Pittsburg Landing IN five
transports and proceeded up the Ten
nessee river, accompanied by the gun.
boats Tyler and Lexington. Landing
near Eastport, Miss, they proceeded
to Bear Creek bridge, where they de.
stroyed two railroad bridges on the
Mobile and Ohio, The bridges were
guarded by cavalry force OF 100 Con.
federates, who escaped
The U. S. S. S. Hercules, Lieut..
Thomas S. DUNCAN, captured the Con
federate sloop Velma A large mail,
part OF which was addressed to per.
sons in Baltimore, was taken. 1t was
found that the Velma had cleared
from Pokomoke Sound, Va, on the
eastern side OF the bay, IN loyal ter.
ritory, but that she had discharged
her cargo In the Wicomico river with.
in the boundaries Of belligerent Vir.
ginia The master OF the vessel de.
clared himself a Confederate, assert.
ing that "he would rot in prison be-
fore he would take the oath Of allegi.
ance
The Union gunboat flotilla under
Commodore Foote, on It's way down
the Mississippi to Fort Pillow, was at.
tackled by Ave Confederate gunboats
at Needhams Cutoff, forty-hye miles
below New Madrid. The Confederates
were compelled to retire before su.
perior force,
Lieutenant Shoemaker Of Company
II, Fourth Ohio cavalry, reconnoiter.
ing fifteen miles west OF Decatur, Ala,
came upon a small company OF Con.
federate cavalry, who fed TO a swamp,
whore they left their horses and
plunged into the thicket
Major General Halleck, IN a dis.
patch from Plttsburg Landing to Sec.
rotary stanton, recommended that Gen.
eral Sherman be promoted to a major.
gonoralship for his services at the bat.
Tie on the 9Th and 7th OF April at
pit,sburg Landing HalecK made no
mention Of Grant I'm his message com
mcndlng sherman, whom he credited
with having saved the fortunes OF the
day on the 9Th, and contributed large,
ly to the glorious victory Of the 7th,'
April "a, 1862.
The Union Potomac notilla made a
raid up the Rappahannock river as
far as urban., four miles below Fred
oricksburg, An attempt 10 land at
Urbana was frustrated by Confod
DaqIcs In rifle pits, The evacuated
batteries at Lowrys Point were
shoDled by the entire fleet, driving out
the pickets who had been left as care
takers. The boats crews landed and
burned two hundred shantIes, used by
the Conlcderates as quarters Tappa
hammock two miles above, was cap
turcd by the discharge Of n blank
cartridge, and n flag run up over the
largest house IN town, there being no
public building appropriate for the
purpose Learning Of a threat to haul
the nag down az soon nv the feet
should pass on, the commander mott
fed that II that happened he would
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