Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1912-03-22

Killed by the Confederates.
washington, N. c., was entered by
a Federal force under General Burn
side. The Union soldiers landed from
gunboats, and marched through the
streets with banners and band, ex-
pecting to arouse Union enthusiasm.
The few people who had remained in
the town We're silent spectators Of the
scene.
March %, 1852.
Provisional Governor Johnson adj
dressed a meeting of mixed Union
and southern sympathizers at Nash
vile. He presented the northern view
OF the war for the benefit of his south
ern hearers in such calm and dis
passionate manner that he made a
considerable impression on secession
lists, who had been with him in poll
tics before the outbreak of the war.
A day OF long range artillery firing
between Confederate and National
batteries at Cumberland Gap resulted
IN no casualties. A national recon
naissance in force left Camp Cumber-
land Ford the day before. and moved
| up to Cumberland Gap in the after
noon, hating when they began to feel
the enemy's pickets. In the morning
the Union soldiers opened the noise
| with skirmish line, which called
| down the artillery practice of the Con-
federate batteries. The Union battery
soon replied, and the firing continued
until night, without result, as the bat
teries were not within range of each
other.
The Sixth Kansas fell in with
Quantrell near Independence, Mo-,
and forced him to withdraw, after a
severe fight, in which the Federals
lost three killed and the Confederates
seven. The Confederates destroyed
the bridge across the Little Blue
river
A reconnaissance of the Sixty-flrst
New York, passing down the railroad
from Manassas toward Warrenton,
Va, were fired upon by detachment
OF Stuart's cavalry. The infantry at
tackled with vigor, and the cavalry
made off. No damage was dono on
either side.
March 20, 1862.
/ In an engagement of dimension near
Winchester, the Federal forces under
General Shields, reinforced by Colonel
Donelly with General Williams first
brigade, defeated force of five thou
sand infantry and seventeen guns I'M
der General Jackson The fight, which
had been begun on the night before,
with the advantage with the southern
ers, was renewed in the morning, and
swung back and forth until late in the
afternoon, when the Federal rein
forcement determined the issue of the
DAY. General Jackson withdrew with
out loss of prisoners or discipline
The loss was heavy on both sides. The
Confederates lost $40 killed, wound
ed and missing, and the Federals sos.
The prize schooner Cora, laden with
cotton, which escaped from ApaIaehi-
cola few days before, was brought to
Key West by crew from the u. s.
gunboat Pinola, Lieutenant Crosby
commanding. The Cora gave the
Pinola an exciting chase for more
than two hours, and did not heave to
until shells began to pop between her
masts. She had on board 208 bales
of cotton.
Moorhead City, N. c.. was occupied
by Union force under General Parke
of General Burnside's force. The
town was deserted of Confederates.
A squad passed over to Fort Macon
with flag of truce to demand a sur
render, but the southerners refusing
to give up, the squad returned, and
General Burnside ordered an invest
ment of the place.
A national force raided the Con-
federate pork market at Nicholas
Landing, Tenn, and made off with
1900 pounds of fresh pork and $4,000
pounds Of cured hams and shoulders.
March "a, 1862.
Postmaster General Blair of the
United States strapped tighter the
muzzie that had recently been put on
the northern newspapers by the taxi
ing over by the war Office of all tele-
graph lines and the censorship of
news dispatches. TIE following no.
tice was issued to postmasters
throughout the Union: "The secre-
tary of war now regulates the trans
mission of information by telegraph,
affecting the conduct of the war, in
order to prevent the communication
of such information to the rebels. 1t
is also thought necessary by the Sec
Rotary to put restrictions on the pub
location of facts of this character,
howsoever derived, and the aid of
this department is requested for this
purpose. You will. therefore, notify