Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-05-15
May I, 1858.

the Confederates under Gen. John s.
Bowen. BY defeating their enemy,
the Federal forces gained a foothold
in the advance to the investment OF
'icksburg, which had deiied all move
ments against it.
A force of Confederates was de-
feated at Monticello. KY, by a heavy
force of Nationals, under Gen. Samuel
P. Carter.
The schooner Wanderer, while en-
d%eavoring to run the blockade Of VIII
mington, N. c., was captured by the
National steamer Sacramento.
A skirmish took place at La Grange.
Ark. between a detachment of the
Third Iowa cavalry and a strong force
of Confederate horsemen, with the re-
suit of the defeat of the Unionists
with heavy loss.
A fight took place at the South Quay
bridge, near Suffolk, Va. The
Confederates withdrew after a stub
born and bloody contest of two hours.
] The two full armies of the north
and south in Virginia Unanswered for
n of the monstrous conflicts that
marked the various attempts of the
National forces to drive the Confed-
crates out of Virginia, and open the
way to Richmond. The armies were
commanded by Generals Hooker and
Lee.
May 2, 1863.
The battle of Charlottesville, Va,
between the huge armies of the north
ginia and Richmond, began. and
lasted throughout the day, with the
advantage resting with General Lee.
The fighting was s%tupendous on both
sides.
General Marmaduke's Confederate
raid into Missouri, checked when he
was repulsed in his attack on Port
Girardeau, was forced to n conclusion
when General Mcneil, who had been
in pursuit since April 26, came up with
the Confederate force at Chalk Bluff
and drove 1t across the river into
Arkansas.
A Union cavalry force. under Col
| onel Grierson, arrived at Baton Rouge,
| La, after a raid of fifteen days
through. Mississippi. They destroyed
bridges, camps. e%quipages, took pris-
oners, seized horses, and obtained an
amount Of important information con-
corning the disposition and our
of the C~onfederates. \. few desultory
skirmishes were fought with irregu-
lars.
A reconnaissance in force was made
to the Nansemond river, Virginia, by
a large body of Union troops under
General Getty, supported by the gun
boat Smith Briggs. The ~Confederates
were found in heavy force, and an
artillery engagement vas kept up all
day, but without material results.
The Confederate General Jackson
was MORALLY wounded by his
troops, when returning from a eco
noissance beyond the lines at Chancel-
louisville, Va.
May 8, 1863.
The National army Of the Potomac,
engaged with the C~onfederates under
Lee in the battle of Charlottesville,
were driven from their position and
compelled to fall back at the end Of
a terrific struggle, lasting all day. 1t
was the second day Of the fight.
Fifteen hundred Union soldiers I'm.
der the command o. Colonel Streight.
which left Nashville, Tenn, on the
eleventh of April for a raid into Ala
bama and Georgia, were captured near
Gadsden, Ala, by a body Of Confeder-
ate troops under General Forrest.
The Catholic bishop of Iowa, in a
sermon delivered at Dubuque, threat
ened members Of his congregation
who had joined the Knights Of the
Golden Circle with accommodation
IL they refused to leave the society
within two weeks.
The British schooner Emma Amelia
was captured at st. Andrews bay by
the National steamer Roebuck.
Grand Gulf, Miss, made untenable
b. General Grants victory at Port
Gibson, was abandoned by the Confed-
crates. The magazines were blown up
and the guns spiked by the Confed-
crates before they left. Admiral
Porter occupied tho place with a Ma
tional force.
The ship Sea Lark was captured
and burned by the Confederate priy-
ateer Alabama in the South Atlantic.
Colonel Montgomery, in command
Of a detachment of negro troops, re
turned to Beaufort from a three days
raid up the Combahee river. Georgia,
In which he burned the town Of
Asheppo, destroyed two million dol.
lars worth Of Confederate planters
property, and seized eight hundred
slaves.
Copyright. 1918. by ". q. Chapman.)