Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1912-03-22
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CIVIL WAR
FIFTY YEARS AGO
THIS WEEK
March Is, 1862.


~eesels. The Nashville had recently
been dismissed from the harbor of
plymouth. England, and slipped into
beaufort through the same careful
guard.
The ship Emily st. Pierre, ostensibly
bonnd for st. Johns, N. B., but which
showed no colors, was captured by
tbo blockading squadron OFF Charles
ton, S. G..
Colonel Dwight, with portion OF
the First regiment Of the Excelsior
brigade made reconnaissance be-
tween Dumfriers and Fredericksburg,
Va. One small company of Confeder-
ate pickets were driven in, but sec
ond force that was encountered was
NOT molested. Colonel Dwight's men
found a deserted camp and helped
themselves.
Acquia Creek was evacuated by the
Confederates during the night. Pre-
yious to leaving the Confederates
burned the wharves and town.
General Pope, commanding the
Union position at New Madrid, trap
ped a Confederate gunboat in front
of a masked battery and sunk it, He
had previously permitted four of them
to pass the first battery, which left
them between two.
March 10, 1862.
General Lowell, C. S. A., issued the
following order at New Orleans:
thereafter no exemptions from mill
tary service duty will be allowed per-
manently, except in case of minors or
persons physically unable to do serv-
ice. Applications for the release of
those at work for the government
must be made to this department in
the form of certificates from the own
ers or foremen of the shops, when an
order will be issued to the command
ing officer of the camp to which the
applicant belongs to grant fur
Tough of a certain number of days,
which can only be renewed by a sub
sequent certificate and order from
these headquarters"
Some bridge builders captured by
rail on the Louisville & Nashville rail-
road, having been released, returned
to Louisville, Ky.
The Ninety-seventh regiment of New
York volunteers, under command of
Col. Charles Wheelock, passed
through New York city for the front.
The Ninety-seventh was practically a
private regiment, having been organ
lied by Colonel Wheelocks at consid-
cradle personal expenses. He paid more
than $4,000 out of his own pocket, much
Of which went to the families of the
men enlisted for their support while
the heads of the families were gone.
March 20, 1862.
Governor Curtin of Pennsylvania is
sued a general order complimenting
the Fifty-frst Pennsylvania for gal
lantry at the action at Newbern, N.
O., and at Roanoke. The regiment,
which did not acquire great distinc-
ton in the engagement at Bull Run
early in the war, was held to have re-
deemed its reputation, and the names
or the two latest battles were ordered
embroidered on the regimental battle
nag, where no mention was made of
Bull Run,
Loyal citizens of Jacksonville, Fla,
met and protested against the action
o. the convention that had declared
rlorlda in secession from the United
states OF America, asserting that no
state had a right to secede, and de-
ciarlng they were deprived by the con-
senuon of their rights as citizens of |
me United States.
Inc meeting was encouraged by a |
PROCLAMATION issued the same day by |
seueral General Sherman. in which |
me general stated that the troops of |
.ne united States had come to pro-
ect loyal citizens and their property, |
anu enable them to resuscitate their |
sV'efnment, and promised that all 10y
= PERSONS returning to their homes |
~, p4u taxing up their usual course of |
~. would be protected in their con-
~sutlonal rights. The sole desire |
u intention of the government was
,.,.ii MAINTAIN the integrity of the Con-
Nf~t
saIutlon and laws, and reclaim the
1.a'es revolving from the national al
dition, - o0po.ou9 Con-
March 81, 1862.
retty warfare continued in Mis-
s0uri' An expedition of Union SOL
Urs under Captain Stevens, on the
y, way 10 Indian Creek, near Keitsville,
t ao, was informed that band of Con-
1erates had planned to meet at a
v ve.tain house that night. Captain Ste
us Us surprising the place early in the
. .ua captured nineteen prisoners
Hn l'ooO pounds of bacon that was in
t sed Tor the Confederate army.
ra- "g the prisoners were three of the |
oo1 so new military departments were
Instructed - One of them comprised
ING country that might be occu-
n" py General Butler, with head
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