Show CIVIL WAR FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK I 1 7 april 20 1863 the union force forces under general banks occupied opelousas la and col cal thomas B E chickering of the forty third massachusetts was appointed military governor and provost marshal ma A brisk cavalry 1 skirmish lah took place near helena ky an engagement took place at patterson mo in which the national troops were badly worsted aad and driven from reeve station to a point seven mile east of patterson with wit a beavy loss in killed wounded and cute euto a Is rose la waa was captured by the national gunboats estrella Ee trella clifton arizona and calhoun after a engagement the gunboats gun boats approaching in the river 1 were out of eight sight of the fort behind a bend until they had arrived within a quarter of a mile of it the fire that burst from both idea sides aa as soon a as a they came around the bend was terrific added to that of the fort and the national gunboats was it beary heavy cross fire from Cone confederate gunboats across the river 1 preponderance of tit gun weight on the union kersels vei ver eela sels combined with better am ammunition and better practice drove the confederates from their fort after a brief interchange and the gunboats slipped up the river 1 oat out of harms barms way apri april 21 1863 captain laypool with seven men man of the fifth and sixth virginia crate cavalry were captured acar near Berr berryville va by a party of the second virginia national infantry and new york first cavalry gen it B mitchell commanding the union boites in nashville tenn la Is aued an order that all white persons over the age of eighteen year years residing within bis his command must either subscribe to the oath of allegiance or combatant noncombatant non a parole or go south april ao 22 1863 Tomp tompkinsville kinsville ky wae was visited by a party of at confederate part partisans leans who burned the courthouse and killed five union men two regiments mente of the first corps of the army of the potomac creasing crossing the river to port royal on pon captured a confederate arall and several the confederate steamer ellen was captured by a party of at union troops troop Is in a small bayou near courtableau Cour tableau lathe cargo of the steamer wave destroyed bythe by the confederates to te prevent her from falling into the hands of tho nationals was captured in the vicinity of bayou Coco due louisiana by an expeditionary force under gen real ml dwight A portion of at general national forces occupied mcminnville tenn three hundred confederates made a gallant stand against a force of union cavalry consisting of the third virginia with detachments of 11 bowans Ho utts and whites cavalry near strasburg va six gunboats and twelve bargas sue succeeded in passing the confederate bat bit teries at vicksburg Vicka burg during tho the night april 23 1863 lieutenant cushing with a party of at men belon belonging gir g to the national gun bort commodore barney with a small howitzer visited chuckatuck Chuck atuck va where he lie encountered and defeated forty confederate cavalrymen killing two and capturing three of thell horses fully equIp equipped pelL lieutenant curbing lost one man killed the british schooner st george waa was captured ott oft new inlet north caro una link by the Ni lonal steamer mount vernon the sloop justena wa wad captured off the little bahama bank by the gunboat tints april 24 1863 ala was occupied by the national forces under general dodge who drove the confederates under colonel chalmers from the place four confederate schooner schooners were cap captured turea off mobile by the oe do soto and two were taken by taif state bi of georgia off new now inlet north carolina colonel phillips encountered and defeated a party of confederates at weber falls ark the ship onelda oneida was captured and destroyed on the high seas by the con federate private privateer tr florida under the command of capan mallit one thousand thoua and virginia lories tortes guarding the town of beverly va one af 1 the extreme outposts ont posts of general roberts position in talley valley east of rich mch mountain were badly whipped by a body of confederates uner der imboden and jackson they were brought safely off under cover ol 01 night al after ter being severely pu vu p bed from to in the afternoon until dusk the federals wr were defeated in a skirmish at beverly va the confederates were defeated on the iron mountain road bear near SL st louis april 25 the united states gunboat wing ton and the ram monarch defeated the confederate hore shore bat lerie at duck dock river shoals on the ol 01 dennse en nse river heavy kat last ing ins several hourt the poor powder of tho confederates making good practice impossible and depriving the shot hot of any punch again decided the day two schooners from new now york with cargoes of at clothing and medicine were captured in bay virginia by the union steamers ate amera samuel samos and western world the ship dictator was captured and by the confederate steamer georgia on the high seas A detachment of union troops made a desperate resistance against a force of confederates at greenland gap va holding them off for nearly two houra hours and repulsion three savage charges with heavy losa lose it was reported in the north that the con federate killed and wounded outnumbered the entire union force an important debate took place in the english parliament in reference to the seizure of at british vessels b by american cruisers crul aare and other subjects ta growing out of the rebellion in america in the house of lords earl rus eel sell made an elaborate speech and in the house of commons mr roebuck a very declamatory one april 26 1863 the schooner clarita ta from havana to matamoras Mat amorae tex was by tie the steamer da do soto she proved to be the old revenue cutter john Y meson mason taken b the confederates ai at the outbreak of the war at Loul ville ky during the sale of a lot of at negroes at the courthouse the provost marshal noti notified fled the buyers that our of these put up for or ale onto were free under the provisions of the presidents proclamation the sale con coo inking the matter of af the four con tra bands dat was mas turned over to the district judge the seventy sixth ohio col IL C woods returned to millikens bend la from an expedition into mis 1113 sippi they visited the regions bordering on deer creek and destroy ed bushels of corn and thirty I 1 cotton gins and grist mills in use by the confederates the town of cape u garrisoned by a force of national troops under the command of gen john me mc nell neil was attacked by a strong body of confederates under general mar baduke the confederates were repulsed after a heavy engagement lasting several hotra Copy copyright richt 1911 by W a 0 chapman |