Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1913-06-06
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CIVIL WAR
FIFTY YEARS AGO
THIS WEEK
June I. 1863.

| June I, 1868.
Because steamships from New York
| to New Orleans had been charging ex-
| brilliantly for the transport of mail
| to the soldiers along the Mississippi,
| General Banks issued an order at
Port Hudson, La, forbidding such
| steamers from passing the quarantine
at New Orleans unless they were mail
steamers, or others transporting gov
eminent supplies
A quantity of Confederate stores
was destroyed and number OF ne
groes seizsd by Union expedition to
Tappahanflock, in Virginia.
A meeting of protest against the ar
! rest of the Hon G. L. Vallandigham
| of Ohio was held in Philadelphia
Charles J. Ingersol, one OF the speak
ers, counselled obedience to the laws
| and the constitutional authorities,
but resistance to any attempt to con-
| troll the election.
The Savannah Republican of date
published the following: "a good
deal of publicity has been given to
| the rumor that General Lee Is prepar-
| ing for a forward movement, from
which the newspapers in the United
| States infer that it is only a ruse to
| cover a demonstration in some other
| quarter, since they effect to believe
| that we would be more reticent if an
! advance were really in contemplation.
| The, month of June, on which we have
| this day entered, will unravel the mys-
! terry. In the meantime, the Confed-
crate army and people can we'll afford
I to possess their souls in patience, and
| to leave their cause in the hands of
| that kind Providence which has
guided us far through this bloody will
! derness."
| The bombardment Of Vicksburg was
tncessant through the day, from mid
! night until dusk Six thousand dol
lars was raised at meeting in Chi
cago, ILL.,, as funds for the supplies to
the wounded at Vicksburg.
The schooner Echo was captured
in the Gulf of Mexico by the U. S.
S. S. Sunfower.
A severe fight, which resulted in a
victory for the Confederates, occurred
at Clinton, La.
June 2, 1868.
The circulation of the newspapers,
the Chicago Times and the New York
| World, was prohibited in the Depart
ment of the Ohio by the general order
of Major General Burnside, their re
| peated expressions of disloyalty and
| incendiary sentiments" being "calcu-
| lated to exert pernicious and trea-
sonable influence" according to an
order.
At Nashville, Tenn, c. F. Jones was
arrested for writing reasonable cor
respondence to the Freeman's Jour-
nal, of New York.
F. H. Pierpont, governor of Vir-
ginia, issued a proclamation calling
upon the commandments of the state
| militia to hold their regiments in
readiness for the field at an hours
warning, as 1.-The enemies of their IL
berty and prosperity were again
threatening their homes"
West Point. Va, was evacuated by
the Union troops.
Tho city government of Portsmouth,
Va, was organized under Federal
supervision.
The Twenty-fourth New York re-
turned to Oswego from the war.
The ship Amazonian was captured
| in the South Atlantic by the Confed-
crate privateer Alabama.
June 8, 1868.
Colonel Fitzpatrick returned from an
expedition through the Confederate
country between the Rappahannock
and the James, which was entirely
successful.
The following resolution was
adopted at a meeting held in Sheffield,
England: That this meeting has
heard with profound regret of the
death of Lieut.. Gen. Thomas Jefferson
! Jackson. of the Confederate States OF
North America; man of pure and
upright mind, devoted as a citizen to
his duty. and cool and brave as a sol
der, able and energetic as leader,
of whom his opponents say he was
sincere and true and valiant. This
meeting resolves to transmit to his
widow it's deep and sincere condo
lence with her in her grief at the sad
bereavement, and with the great and
irreparable loss which the army OF
the Confederate States of America
have sustained by the death Of their
gallant comrade and general" 1t was
decided to request Mr.. Mason, Confed-
crate agent in London, to transmit
the resolution to Mrs. Jackson and
the troops lately commanded by their
gallant comrade and general.
( Admiral DUPONT ordered Lieutenant
Commander Bacon to proceed with
the Commodore MsDonough on an ex-
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