Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1913-06-06

Joseph A Gilmore, inaugurated gov
ernor Of New Hampshire, SAID IN his
inaugural speech: "In such CON
test as that in which we are now IN
yolved, / am unable to discriminate
between the support of the govern
ment and the support Of the Natlonai
administration"
Major General Stahl sent the fol-
lowing dispatch to the war depart
ment from his headquarters at FAR
| fax Court House: "All is quiet along
our lines and in front, on the Orange
and Alexandria railroad. This morn
ing. when the relief passed. the
pickets were attacked by guerrilla
on Sawyers road. Colonel Gray
started in pusuit. When he
| passed Frying Pan his rearguard was
| attacked by about one hundred rebels
who were concealed in thick woods.
Colonel Gray charged the rebels, VINO
| fed in great haste. He followed them
up to Aide, and captured
| their surgeon"
A Union EXPEDITION from York
town, Va, proceeded to Walkerstown
and Aylett's landing, where the iron
| foundry, machine shops, cotton mills,
| lumber yards, and four government
| warehouses, containing large quaint
| ties of corn and grain, were burned;
also a large mill owned by Colonel
| Aylett, of the Confederate army, with
| six thousand bushels of grain. A
| great number of barns containing
stores were burned en- route.
Confederates attacking the National
garrison at Fort Franklin, Tenn.
were prevented from capturing the
town and completely routing the
enemy by the timely arrival Of heavy
| re-enforcements of brigade of in
| fantry sent by General Granger. The
Nationals were driven into their de-
| lenses and were being hard pressed
| when the help arrived. A Confeder-
ate attack made simultaneously on
| Triune was not SO successful.
The Nationals won a fight at Sar-
| toria, Miss.
General Burnside's order suppress
| ing the Chicago Times was sup
pressed.
Simmsport, on the Atchafala river,
| Louisiana, was destroyed by a Union
ram.
There was heavy cavalry skirmish-
ing about Manassas, Va.
June 5, 1886.
Contrabands in the vicinity of SUI
folk, Va, having signified their in
| tention Of serving the United States
as armed soldiers, orders were issued
| by General Peck ito recruit a COM
pany Of colored troops, subject to no
molestation in removing those re-
cruited to the place Of rendezvous, at
Craney island"
| A squadron of the Sixth New York
cavalry on an expedition from York
town, Va, to Warwick river, sue
ceeded in destroying twenty-three
boats and one schooner belonging to
| the Confederates.
Brig. Gen. Alexander P. Stewart
Of the Confederates, having been pro-
noted to the rank of major general,
assumed command of General Har
| dee's corps, at Wartrace, Tenn.
| The steamer Isaac Smith, which
was captured by the Confederates on
the first of February last, was sunk
while trying to run the blockade of
Charleston,'S c., by the National gun
boat Wissahickon.
The Confederate privateer Alabama
sunk the ship Talisman on the high
| seas.
| The second division of the Sixth
army corps, National volunteers, I'M
der Gen. A P. Howe, crossed the
Rappahannock, in a reconnaissance,
at Deep Run. The Confederate pick
cts and sharpshooters made some re-
sistance, and there was some brisk
skirmishing after the division had
crossed. The Confederate rifle pits
were carried, and over thirty pris-
| oners captured. The Union loss was
six killed, among them Captain Cross
Of the engineers, and thirty-fve
wounded
June 6, 1868.
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