Norwich bulletin., 1912-06-29
FOREIGN INTERVENTION IN The War
Runors Renewed Fifty Years Ago That England and France
Were Interpose for Confederates- Run Prisoner
Back Home in Putnam-How COL Harland Settled
Bath Question for the Eighth Connecticut Looking
for Mcclellan to Move on Richmond

dure. 1t contends that separation
is the only basis for peace. It denounc-
es Gen. Butler and his proclamation
in the strongest terms and says it is
enough to enlist the universal sym
patty for the South. Mr.. Beresford
Hope writes to the Times in favor of
meditation. He claims to have felt
the popular pulse in England and as
serts that great majority of the peo-
pie would far rather see the strife
terminated by the establishment of
the Southern Confederaey. The Man
chester guardian contends that the
time for England to interfere has not
yet come, If, indeed, it ever will. and
attaches little faith to the French re-
ports of negotiations
June rs. 1S62-At a meeting Of the
members of the bar yesterday after
noon, a committee of five, James A.
Hovey, jeremiah Halsey, H. H. Stark
weather. 2. B. Trumbull and George
Pratt, were appointed to devise and
carry as thought best to secure a new
Court House for Norwich.
Putnam Man Reaches Home.
June az, 1852. F. Wilkinson. Of
Putnam, who was taken prisoner at
Bull Run and has been in confinement
In the rebel prisons ever since. re-
turned home last Friday, and was
most enthusiastically welcomed at
| the depot by his townspeople who as
senbled to greet him. Mr.. Wikin-
son was a member Of Capt. Chester's
company, Second G. V.
A Washington report states that the
| forces under Gems, Fremont, Banks
and Mcdowell have been consolidated
Into one army called this Army of Vir-
ginia.
By an advertisement appearing In
the columns of the Bulletin, all SOL
| diers Of the Connecticut Volunteer
forces who are at home on furlough
and are able to return to their re-
| speetive commands are directed to
make immediate application to Lieut..
Col William A. Aiken, Quarter
master General. for transportation,
which will be furnished with instruc-
tiens where to report,
Sword For Capt. Branch Of the Eenth
June 20, 1862-CaptGin Joseph w
Branch of Co. F, Tenth regiment, was
last week presented by the men I'M
der his command, with a handsome
regulation swerd and sash. The com
pany was raised in this vicinity, most
Of the members being from Sprague
where Captain Branch belongs. They
are now at Newbern, N c.
Engagement at James Island.
In an engagement on James Island
near Charleston, S. c., the Unior
forces were repulsed after four hour,
of hard fighting, and with a loss O.
66S killed, wounded and missing. A
reconnaissance was made on the 18th
General Stevens with 1000 men. wa.
to make an attack at daybreak, whllt
General Wright and Colonel Williams
with 5000 more were to support him
Somehow the movement was delayed
an hour and as our troops rushed VI
a plain field, they were in broad day
and were met by a murderous fire o
grape. Two regiments only reached
the front-the Eighth Michigan AM
Seventy Ninth New York TIL,
Twenty Eighth Massachusetts brek,
and scattered, and the Forty Sixti
New York did little better. The frs
two shots the gunners from the guns
and some even penetrated the works
Other regimtnts failing to supper
them had to retire after holding tn
battery twenty minutes. Meantime
Colonel Williams, coming to their sup
port, was separated from the fort b,
a mash and exposed to a severe cross
fire from some rebel guns in the road
His troops, Thirteenth and Thir,
Rhode Island, fought nobly and me
some loss. For three quarters of al
hour not a gun was fired fFem tn
fort and the prompt presence of 30
men would have carried it; but the
were not there and the troops re
tired.