Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1913-05-30
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CIVIL WAR
FIFTY YEARS AGO
THIS WEEK
May IS, 1868.


petersburg railroad. Virginia.
A body Of Confederates crossed the
Cumberland river, near Fishing Creek,
driven back by the National troops
after brief skirmish.
An expedition from Germantown,
Miss, under Colonel McCrellis, at
tackled Confederate force at
Senatobia and drove them south of
the Tallahatchie river, with loss
OF six killed and three wounded.
General Banks was repulsed by the
Confederates at Port Hudson.
A cavalry escort conveyed C. L.
Vallandigham across the Confederate
lines near Murfreesboro. He had
been arrested on the fifth instant for
remarks criticising the administra-
lion, and advising the deposition of
King Lincoln for which he was ar
rested at his home in Canton, Ohio,
by order of General Burnside, and
sent to Fort Warren by a military tri-
bunal which went through a form of
a trial, there to be confined through
out the war. President Lincoln COM
muted the sentence and ordered him
sent into the Confederate lines.
May 20, 1863.
Col. J. T. Wilder, with his regiment
of mounted infantry, returned to Muir
freesboro, Tenn; from a reconnois-
sance in the direction of McMinnville,
in search of Colonel Breckenridge
command Of Confederate cavalry The
Confederates were encountered twelve
miles west of that place and driven
away, with slight loss in killed,
wounded and captured. A number of
Confederate soldiers home on fur
Tough were picked up on the way
back
Col F. NJ. Cornyn, with a strong
cavalry force, left Corinth, Miss, on
a raid into Alabama.
Miss HoZier. a young woman re-
siding few miles from Suffolk, Va,
was arrested while trying to reach
Richmond In the handle Of her para
sol were diagrams and papers giving
in detail the character and location
of all the National Notifications in the
vicinity of Suffolk, and the strength
of the forces leading them.
Mr.. Roebuck, M. p, made an adj
dress at Sheffield, England, in which
he was very violent against the Uni
ted States and demanded the recogni-
ton by The British government of the
southern states of America. The
meeting adopted resolutions in har-
nony with Mr.. Roebuck's views
Joseph E. Brown, Confederate gov
ernor of Georgia, issued the following
procle nation to the people of that
dispatch from Gen. Joseph K. John
son. stating that he is informed that
numbers of stragglers from the army
are reported going east through
Georgia, especially the northern part,
and requesting me to have them, Of
ficers as we'll as men, arrested and
sent back to jackson, employing for
that purpose associations of citizens
as well as state troops / therefore,
request all good citizens to be vigi-
liant and active in arresting all de-
serters, whether officers or men. !.
Prompt and energetic action is neces-
sary."
May 27, 1868.
The Confederate Notifications at
Port Hudson were again attacked by
the National forces, under General
Banks. After desperate and heroic
contest of eight hours. the Nationals
withdrew, unable to make Judgement.
In the first charge on the works
Captain Callioux and Lieutenant
Crowder, both colored officers, were
killed.
The United States gunboat Cincin-
natl was sunk by the Confederate
batteries at Vicksburg, Miss. Lieu
tenant Commander Bache gave the
following report of the occurrence to
Admiral Porter: IN obedience to
your order, the Cincinnati got under
way this morning at seven o'clock
and steamed slowly down until
abreast of where the mortars lie.
When we rounded to, the enemy fired
several shots from a gun called
eWhistling Dick but soon gave it up.
At half past eight, with full head of
steam, we stood for the position as
signed to us. The enemy fired rapid
ly. and from all their batteries. When
abreast of our pontoon, and rounding
to. ball entered the magazine, and
she commenced sinking rapidly.
Shortly after, the starboard tilier was
carried away Before and after this.
the enemy fred with great accuracy,
hitting us nearly every time. We
were especially annoyed by plunging
shots from the hills, and eight-inch
rifles and ten-inch smooth bore shots
did us much damage. The shots
went entirely through our protection
hay and wood. And now, finding
that the vessel would sink, ran her
upstream as near the right hand shore
as our damaged steering apparatus
would permit. About ten minutes be-
fore she sank. we ran close in shore,
got out one plank, and put the wound
ed ashore. We also got hawser
out to make fast to tree, and hold