Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1913-06-27
June Fl, 1868.

OF the ohio Il Mississippi railway
Col. ]. H. Holman of Missouri
designated the first colonel Of cole ID
troops.
Bishop Bayley advised the Roman
Catholics of Washington to NIKE no
resistance to the draft. u
June %, 1868.
"A party of Confederatas rprised
a federal cavalry force neal Fairfax,
Va, and killed three, including Mr.
Buckingham, the corresponds { of the
New York Herald
| Mrs. Matte Patterson of JACKSON,
Miss, was convicted of being spy
and sentenced to life imprisonment at
Jacksonville, Ind
The Missouri state convention
passed unanimously a resolution ex-
polling Prince L. Hudgins from the
state for disloya1ty.
June %, 1868.
Part of General Lees army reoe u
pied Chambersburg, the federal troops
under the command of General Knipe
retiring before the enemy.
Pittsburgh was greatly alarmed by
the advance of Lee. Business vas en-
tirely suspended and the citizens
joined in the work of surrounding the
city with trenches.
"A thousand citizens of Indiana es-
tablished themselves in a camp hear
Bloomington, with pickets, for th9
purpose of resisting the enrolment.
June "a, 1868.
General Lee and his staff, together
with great part of the Confederate
army, crossed the Potomac and seized
Shippensburg, Pa, which was evacu.
ated by the Federals.
General Rosecrans, advancing from
Murfreesboro, began the Tullahoma
campaign to drive the Confederate
General Bragg out of middle Tonnes
see and across the Tennessee river
The Confederates occupied McCon-
.ellsburg in force after brisk fight
with the Twelfth Pennsylvania cav
airy.
Admiral John A. Dahlgren succeed
ed Admiral Du Pont in command of
the Federal South Atlantic feet.
The Confederate General Joe John
ston offered full pardon to all desert
ers in his department who would re-
join their commands Immediately.
The United States gunboat Sumter
was run down and sunk OF Cape
Henry.
June rs, 1868.
The remainder of GeneraIN Lees
army crossed the Potomac and the
Confederate advance continued to
Chambersburg.
Brigadier General Pleasanton was
promoted to major general. n
General Hunter, u. s. A., was re
called from the command of the DIP
partment of the South. "
President Lincoln gave brief audi
ence to committee from the Ohio
Democratic convention, headed by ca
w. Pendleton, and received the pre-
test against the governments pre-
ceedings against Vallandingham. Tn
Indian department received word the
10000 warlike Indians of varioJi
tribes were gathered at Fort Larneq
Kan, and the commissioner of Indic1.
affairs urged that they be enlisted
keep them from causing trouble.
The st. Louis Democrat said Cove
nor Yates of Illinois had offered t
secretary of war 10000 men to rfp
invasion. A.
Underwriters and merchants met
Boston and offered $4,000 for thea
ture of the privateer Tacony.
June &c. 1868.
General Hooker took the Fede
army across the Potomac and he
Lee prepared to fight great bat
in either Maryland or Pennsylv aiiiia.
General Early occupied Gettysburg
with ten regiments of Confederate IN
fantry and cavalry and artillery. GOV
ernor Curtin of Pennsylvania caiieo
for 10000 volunteers.
Mai Gen. w. S. Hancock was put
in command ofthe Second corps, u.
s. A.. in place of Gen. D. n. Crouch.
The crew of the pirate Tacony. hav-
ing burned that vessel to avoid cap
ture, entered the harbor of Portland,
Me-. and cut out the United states rev
enue cutter Caleb Gushing. They were
pursued and captured after blowing up
the Cushing.
The Confederate secretary of war
ordered all North Carolina regiments
to other states, owing to the growing
disaffection in North Carolina, and re-
placed them with regiments of Geor-
gia and South Carolina men.
The committee Of Ohio Democrats
submitted to President Lincoln writ
ten request for revocation Of the
sentence against Vallandingham.
Rear Admiral Andrew H. Foote died
a., Nyox.y York