Show WAR FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK jun june 3 1862 maj alaj gen robert E lee was as signed to the command of the con federate army before richmond uen gen eral johnson having been compelled by a wound to withdraw from the field general lee in a brief address to his soldiers eold lers informed them that tha the army bad had made its last retreat and that henceforth every roans mans hatchw watchword ord must be victory or death general hooker of the union army made a reconnaissance in force on williamsburg va reaching a point of richmond the confederates in the way were not numerous the picket pickets fled at the approach p of the large union force A letter was published in the rich mond despatch Dds patch said to have been found in general tent at atu th battle of fair oaks it detailed a plan for the occupation of the southern states ri ater the war the sentence een tence of death pronounced by general duller butler on six persons at new brivins Or Ivins la for having baying violated their parole was commuted by him lie sentenced centen ced them to be confined at bard labor on ship island during the pleasure plea fure of the united baates of or america june 4 1862 major general II li alleck of the union force at corinth reported that general genera I 1 pope with forty thousand men w was as thirty miles south of florence ala ind and pushing the enemy hard that he bad ten thousand prisoners and deserters from the enemy and fifteen thousand hous anil stands of small arms cap c ap lured also that be he bad had captured olo M ida locomotives fort pillow otherwise called fort vim bright right on the mississippi near ilmi aphis wad was evacuated by the coated aerates after the occupation of the federal troop troops the lulon union gunboats steamed directly to mem meta aphis president jeff telf davis threatened re tall atlon in the case of maj alaj W van who had been arrested at new now orleans for aiding the cs es capo cape of a scoundrel and a spy brig gen J T boyle assumed command of the union forces in kentucky nith fill headquarters in louisville 4 fight occurred near jasper tenn between a body of union troops under the command of general negley and a large force at 01 confederate cavalry under general adams which resulted in a defeat ol 01 the confederates sixteen hi tildred of general pien pren union troops captured by the confederates in tb fiort day s tight fight at shiloh arrived arrivo cl at nashville tenn un no der parole from the confederate gov eminent june 5 1862 the twenty fourth while on a c e on the pac tollus road near washington N C ft as attacked from ambush by kl 0 confederate regiment and roughly ban han died losing seven men killed and several wounded the volunteer teer recruiting bervice service in tho the united states discontinued by general orders of april p was restored the confederate artillery opened ope nedon on the federal forces at new now bridge on the chickahominy in virginia in an attempt to prevent them froni rebuilding he the bridge for the postage passage of general army their fire wa waa 11 returned by the union artillery an anil they were cre compelled to t withdraw after an artillery duel duet lasting two hours A heavy storm which bad had lasted for two days raised the river to an unprecedented height first D C constable con stable U 8 N was complimented by president an ant 1 promoted to the grade of captain for conspicuous ednice la in command of tha the gunboat E A ste tetia ted which led tho the anlon attack on fort vort darling in the james Jame judge dirch birch who as arrested at holla tolla If mo ito for expressing disloyal die loyal een men ti ment ments was wa released rele aged from arrest and paroled iab the understanding that be wa was to report whenever required james trabue one of the prom anent mr merchant of louisville ky wee was arrested by the united states military authorities tor for refusing to take the oath ot of allo allegiance glance two regiment regiments of uie Pennsyl roundhead regiment on jamee james island 8 C were cut off by the con fide ratel but ut after a harp sharp ight wex were rescued by the eighth lighth the united states gunboat and mor tar fleet arrived before alem bis tenn ahne et I 1 1832 i at III clock in the morill morning ng the aijalon fleet before memphis engaged ard the t confederate fleet of eight ram tam aad gunboats gun boate boats and after a two hours fight even seven ot of tho the confederate craft were either captured or destroyed adibe at the conclusion of the battle tho the mayor of surrendered the city Cle general Fr premont emonts army reached va at two a clock la in the afternoon and drove out the rear guard of general jacksons army at foor our the first new jeney jersey airy alry otter driving the enemy through the tillage village fel fellippo LIpto an to ambuscade and colonel NInd inah bam im its lt commander waa was captured cap capt ared the regiment sustained a heavy los 1011 general bayard bubie engaged the enemy with bla his brigade and drove them croul their A position capturing their camp the confederate continued their retreat june 7 1882 on the chickahominy river the co con federates opened fire on the pickets of general union force but without effect T the he parts paris constitutional published an article to show the impossibility sib lilt y of the south being conquered and maintaining that mediation alone would succeed in putting an end to a war disastrous dieas troug to the interests of hu 1111 inanity william mumford a citizen of new orleans was hanged in that city by order of 0 f general butler for an overt act of treason in pulling down the united states flag from the mint la in the missouri convention a bill for the gradual emancipation of the slaves is submitted and defeated by a vote of fifty to to nineteen memphis tenn was formally taken possession of by the union forces in name 1 I the or of the united states by col rol 0 J fitch commanding the indiana brigade the tho schooner rowena formerly tho the garibaldi ran into stone inlet 9 8 C not knowing it to be in possession or of the national forces and was captured by toe the gunboat pawnee tho the confederate batteries batt erlea at chat tano oga tenn were silenced by the artillery a rt illerY of general negley a command after a bombardment of three hours june 8 1862 A reconnoitering party under lieutenant alonse ilonse of the tenth V irginia Irgin la union re resl ament ment captured three bush whackers that had been doing mis chief against the union army in western virginia general premont attacked stonewall jackson j A ck a on seven miles beyond harrison burgh va near union church or cross keis kes at S 8 30 in tho the morning Jac jackson rn withdrew from his position after several hours of lighting fighting general turner ashby of the confederate ie federate cavalry wag was burled buried at charlottesville lottes ville va judge swayne of memphis tenn refused to open the criminal crI mInnI court in hat that city after receiving an order from col cal G 11 fitch commanding united cates forces himself to the hearing and of such cases only as were not based on the recognition of the right of a state to secede from the anion or on the presumption of the tile establishment of the so called southern confederacy or recognizing the same A small force orco of union troops while on a the vicinity of new market a captured a crate spy ally named hance who had been engaged in carrying information from the union army to the confederate headquarters in richmond A was made under cover of the union gunboats gun boats by a body of at national troops under colonel morrow on james island S C the union forces drove the confederates for two miles and were wore at one time within three milea of the tb e cita of at charlestown Charlet Charles town and in full ale view w of fort sumter the object of the recon nol sance accomplished the troops fell back to their former position los log ing and paren wounded june 9 1862 general jackson too close pressed la in hie his retreat from the shenandoah doan turned on tho the advance body ot of gen eral Pr emonts union army under gen eral shields near fort republic va and drove them back upon the main force having checked the union army be continued his retreat the senate ot of the united stated states re solved itself into a high court or of im peach ment for the trial of judge humphreys of tennessee for treason but were postponed until the the house bill prohibiting elavery slavery in the territories waa as passed secretary alls addre addressed sied a long communication communization to the senate on the construction of armored ships general II li alleck nt at corinth sent the following dispatch to the war depart ment the enemy has fallen fifty miles from here by railroad and nearly seventy by wagon wagan road gen oen oral eral pope estimates the rebel loss from casualties pr knera and defer deser tion at over twenty thousand and general huell buell at between twenty and thirty thousand A peron person who was as employed in the confederate commissary department aya says they bad had one hundred and twenty thousand men in corinth and that now hey they cannot mutter muster over eighty thousand some of the fresh graves on the road hare bays been opened and found full of arms many stany of at the prisoners beg not it be exchanged 1 saying bey they purposely iely allowed showed themi selves to a taken himself retreat ed from baldwin on saturday afternoon to okolona iniss MI brie brig gen D 11 birney having been tried by court martial and honorably acquitted of the charge charges against him assumed reassumed re command of bis his brigade by order of general kearny commanding division dir lalon the house of representatives ol 01 the tb united states celled called for information concerning tho the formation by beneral hunter of a regiment of negro eol gol diers copyright by W a 0 chapmn |