Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1913-01-24
January "a, 1868.

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January "a, 1868.
| General Dodge, commanding the Ma
tional military district of Corinth
Mississippi, reported that the Confed
crates were putting TO death many o:
the inhabitants of his district, for the
only reason that they were loyal to
| the National government He gave the
names of several who had been hang
ed, others who had been hunted down
by bloodhounds, and of others whose
houses had been burned down over
their heads.
The steamer Warsaw, while on her
way to Memphis, was fired into by a
Confederate battery of two guns, on
Island Number 81, on the Mississippi
river.
Brigadier General Daniel S. Donel.
son was appointed to the command OF
the Confederate department of the
East Tennessee, in place of e. Kirby
| Smith.
January IS, 1863.
The organization, of the First regi.
ment of North Carolina Colored vol.
unteers was completed, and the regi-
ment sent on an expedition to the
coast of Georgia. 1t was composed of
$50 men, Differed by white men. All
it's recruits were volunteers.
| A party of Confederate cavalry at
| tackled a National train on the Nash
vile and Chattanooga railroad, nine
miles below Nashville, captured and
paroled fifty men. and made an at
| tempt to burn the cars, but National
reinforcements arriving from differ
ent points, they left, after partially
destroying two platform cars.
/ A battalion of Col. Mix's New York
| cavalry surprised and captured an i'm
portant Confederate picket post on
the road from Newberne to Kingston,
North Carolina, taking nine Confeder-
ate soldiers, with their arms and &C
coutrements.
| The Union General Palmer lost two
killed and nine wounded in fight
with Confederates near Woodbury.,
| Tenn.
The president relieved Gen. Burn
| side, at his own request, from com
mand in the Army of the Potomac,
and appointed him to a station in the
west.
| Gen. Joseph Hooker was made COM
mander of the Army of the Potomac.
T Cborr,or oP Ohi0 ir,troducod in
| the senate of the United States the
National bank bill, proposing the es-
adjustment of one uniform circula-
ton, of equal value throughout the
country, upon the foundation of ma
tional credit, combined with private
capital.
January &c, 1868.
Major-General'Jo Joseph Hooker super
ceded Gen. Burnside in command OF
the Federal Army of the Potomac.
At Vicksburg, Miss, the gunboat
Chillicothe was engaged in Smelling
the Confederate lower batteries, with
out return.
The Bark Golden Rule, belonging to
the Panama railroad company, was
overhauled by the Confederate pri'
vateer Alabama, fifty miles south OF
! st. Domingo, and burned, her cap
tain being unable to satisfy Captain
| Semmes of the Alabama that the car
go belonged to neutrals. The cap
| tain of the Golden Rule was treated
ri he
ate, but the mates and crew were
| placed in irons.
General Palmer's division Of Grants
Federal army fell in with seven re-
| giments of Confederates at Woodbury.
Tenn, and defeated them, after a
sharp skirmish. One hundred pris.
oners were taken.
The Confederate congress debated a
resolution introduced by Mr.. Crock
EFT of Kentucky, outlining terms on
which peace would be concluded with
| the north The debate becoming de-
sultory, Mr.. Foote of Tennessee pro-
posed plan to disjoin the northwest
ern states from ths union and form
with them a military league, often
s.ve and defensive. Mr.. Foote an.
nounced again his intention of intro
ducing enlarged resolutions covering
peace proposals.
Governor Vance of North Carolina
issued an order commanding the sol
diers of that state who were illegal
| ly absent from their regiments in the
! Confederate army to return to their
posts of duty on or before the tenth
of February under pain of being tried
and, on conviction, exc .uted for de-
rartion.
Copyright. 1918, by w. G. Chapman)