Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1912-07-05


publishing mock "orEtion for Ameri-
cans" The day was celebrated with
great enthusiasm In the United
States
General Mcclellan issued an address
to the soldiers OF the Army of the
Potomac" capitulizing the events of
the recent campaign, and declaring
that they would yet enter the capital
of the Confederacy. The army at the
time was in full retreat down the
James river.
A body of Union troops under
Colonel Wood, accommodating near
Little Red river, Arkansas, shelled q
Confederate camp, drove out the Con-
federates, and captured a quantity OF
stores.
General Mcclellan ordered the ma
tional salute to be fired at noon at the
headquarters of each army corps, and
paraded the troops in the afternoon,
thanking them for the loyalty and
bravery of their recent service.
meeting was held in Springfield,
Mass, for the purpose of devising
means to meet President Lineolna
call for more troops, Appropriate res
olutions We're adopted.
The Union forces operating against
Vicksburg, Miss, celebrated the day
by bombarding the Confederate de-
fences until ten o'clock at night.
The British steamer Richard
o'Brien, laden with medicine and
general cargo, bound from Jamaica to
Matamoras, Texas, was run aground
and captured by the U. S. S. S. Rhode
Island. The Confederate gunboat
Teazer was captured in the James
river by the U. S. S. S. Maratanzas.
July S, 1852.
G. M, Irwin, in behalf of the citi.
zens of Lee county, Va, informed the
Confederate secretary of war that
General Mercer of the Confederate
army had issued orders impressing
twenty per cent. of the male slaves
throughout the state and inquired II
he was authorized to do so by the war
department. In reply to Mr.. Irwin the
secretary informed him that General
Mercer had not communicated with
the department in reference to i'm.
pressment of slaves, and that no au.
thority to make such improvement had
been granted
General Thompson of the Confeder
ate army issued proclamations to the
Inhabitants of Pamela and De Soto
counties, Mississippi, calling upon
them TO do the watching and picket.
ing duty which their knowledge of the
country peculiarly fitted them for"
The bombardment of vicksburg was
reopened at about eight O'Clock in the
evening. The Union fleet of gunboats
and mortar boats threw shot and
shell into the city for an hour.
The governors of Illinois, Indiana,
Vermont and Rhode Island issued
proclamations calling upon the citi.
zens of those states for their quotas
OF troops, under the call Of President
Lincoln for 100000 more men.
July 6, 1862.
The steamer Juniata, while aground
about four miles from Harrison's
landing, ON the James river, was fired
into by Confederates from the oppo.
site shore and one man wounded.
A fight took place at Grand Prairie,
near Aberdeen, Ark, between a body
of Union infantry under the command
of Colonel Spicey, and a superior
force of Confederates, resulting in the
rout Of the latter with great loss, ac
cording to report made TO the wa
department of the United States.
July z, 1862.
The steamer Emile, formerly the
William Seabrook. of Charlestown
S. c., was captured off Bulls Bay, S
c., by the u. S. S. S. Flag and the
bark Restless.
At New Orleans, the system OF dis
the poor of that city went into opera
tion.
The Confederate steamer
Adela was captured off Abaco by the
u. s. gunboat Quaker City.
The common council OF Buffalo, N.
Y, appropriated $4,000 for the pur-
pose OF raising new regiment, giving
SIS bounty for each recruit.
General Blrnside's army arrived at
the James river, in Virginia.
The b2t.le of Bayou Cache, Ark,
was fought by the National troops UNI
der Col. C. E. Hovey, and over 1000
Confederate troops, under command of
Albert Rust, resulting in the defeat of
the Confederates.
Copyright, 1912, by w. G. Chapman.)