| Show we CIVIL WAR FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK april 13 1863 the national transport steamer Es cort with re ammunition and supplies for general foster foater bottled up lit at washington N C ran thy the confederate batteries on oil tho the pam bilco river and succeeded in deac reaching hing her destination A detachment of national troops under command of colonel eleventh pennsylvania cavalry attacked a body of confederate troops in tho the vicinity of suffolk va after a sharp skirmish the unionists were compelled to withdraw behind b breastworks in the afternoon the same party heavily ro re enforced sallied forth again and drove the ene enemy my with considerable loss losa general furnside Durn side in command of the department of at tho the ohio issued an order threatening with death any who should be convicted of aiding within his lines the enemy the order aroused the bitter antagonism of 0 clement L 1 and did much to make many people 0 bed with the extra constitutional methods oi ethoda adopted by tho the adminis tra uon or its agents i april 14 1863 the confederate works on the bayou tache louisiana were attacked by the national forces under generals banks and emory B mory and tho the conceder Con feder fedon ates driven out after a desperate resistance si gi of several hours tile the con federate gunboats gun boats diana hart and queen of the west were also destroyed the two former were vere burned by their crow crew to prevent them falling into the hands of the federals and the last was attacked and set afire by the united states gunboats gun boats calhoun El astralla Es and arizona tho the united states gunboat west end lying in tho the nansemond Nans omond river tour miles below suffolk va was wag attacked tacked nt by a confederate batte battery and badly damaged seven ot of her crew were killed or wounded general foster escaped from washington N C where he had been surrounded by confederates in the steamer E scort escort which ran the confederate blockade of at batteries on the pam alco river ilver the united states gunboats gun boats commodore barney mount washington mid and stepping Rg stories stones attached atta clied and a h erata battery on an the nansemond river virginia the fight lasted four hours april 15 16 1863 franklin st marys parish louisiana iana was occupied by the national forces under general banks the siege agege of washington N C was raised the confederate forces which had bad invested the town for three weeks left suddenly general foster who had bad been hemmed up in the place and who escaped the night before on the steamer escort was in newborn organizing an expedition for the relle relief f of the place when the news of the confederates withdrawal reached him A detachment of two hundred of the thirty ninth mounted kentucky in fantry colonel dills made a forced march on pikesville ky and after a sharp tight fight captured seventeen confederate officers and sixty one privates at the same time eight scouts from the command of it gen julian whito captured a captain and twelve privates in breathitt county fighting was continue don the nansemond be river and its vicinity where two engagements between ate batteries and union gunboats gun boats had bad taken place the he previous day A battalion of cavalry arrived in now new york city from san francisco cal colonel evans with w alth a force of national troops attacked and defeated a war party of indians indiana seventy miles 80 south nth of great salt lake utah killing thirty of them april 16 1863 1 A fleet of eight national gunboats gun boats and several transports under the cam command of admiral porter passed the confederate batteries at vicksburg at night without any material damage except the loss by fire ot at one ot at the transports laden with commissary commissar stores and forage and joined grants army at A party of indians indiana attacked eight soldiers at medalia thirty miles from aiom mankato mancato Man kato minn killing one and wounding two besides killing ta boy and two men belonging to the settlement the british steamer gertrude was captured off harbor island by the national gunboat vanderbilt while on her way from nassau to the blockaded coast of the confederate states aall 17 1863 brig bilt gen daniel A donelson a nephew of andrew jackson and commander md of th the confederate department of east easi tennessee died near knoxville the confederate schooner Alabdi alabama ma was wa captured off mobile by the na steamer susquehanna while endeavoring deavo ring to run the blockade A large detachment of the ninety ninth and one hundred and thirtieth new york had bada a successful skir wit ha on fe d a mt es at a t south quay road near suffolk va succeeding in killing and wounding a considerable number tho the nationals nala bad two killed and three wounded cot col H B grierson in command of a strong force of union enfant lert left 1 the age tenn nn oil 0 a raid through state S of A sis sippi tylnn wrin lah tok place panco on noar bear crock creek tennessee RIS between kweon a party of nation under gen beneral rat didgo and crate the se 8 resulting ng in tho luo withdrawal of latter captain P cameron of tho the ninth illinois i cavalry avas killed A dontot lon tot of national troops gunj un der general grover rover encountered A p large arbe for orce of 0 confederates at dacou Vernill sand jon 14 a ad drove thom from broux their position with artillery firo april 4 iau the Then confederate federate side wheel st at johnda john was captured capture wilile while endeavoring to rua nia the blockade into capo cape ItOm romagne alne inlet by tho the notional national steamer stettin A of sab babine I 1 no pass tex was wag made by a party from tho the national gunboats gun boats caiyu cayu cayuga ga and now new london on landing near tho the light house they were fired fir ed on by concealed confederates captain mcdarmont Mc Dormont ot at the cayuga being killed hilled and hla his crow crew of civo men being captured captain n reed eed of 0 the new london was wan wounded together with four of his bla men fayetteville ark garrisoned by a force ot of national troops under colonel harrlson haison was attacked iy ay b y a strong body of confederates for six elx hours the fight raged in front of tho the town tho confederates were vera compelled eventually to withdraw being able to do no more than wear themselves ou out t against the national forces 1 april 19 1863 A force of nationals consi consisting stin g of three regiments of 0 infantry and ono 01 of cavalry from memphis tenn on a expedition sea sawo flawed for two days with a detachment abol 0 ot blythen blythes Bly thos thes confederate cavalry about nonconnah Non connah tenn tho the first fight oca oc 1 burred on the on the nor n 1 I nid of the the confederates w word r driven across the coldwater river debug te re enforced tho the confederate advanced and the unionists teu fel 1 baell bach to hernando where they in turn tura r re enforced and moved out again tha last fight continuing until sundown A resulted in a draw major general le dix in a dispatch the war department said 1 I deem I 1 ita due to the forces at suffolk to notice briefly their gallant conduct during tho the last six days on tuesday gen eral pecks right was attacked and the en advance was gallantly met by colonel fosters light troops driving him hack back to the line of his bla pickets andersons Ander sona division was en at the same time on the water front with four gunboats gun boats and batteries and suffered materially on wednesday a confederate battery of 0 twenty rifled guns effe c i bally ell encyl aud aix aa smith drilea an armed quart ermag tors ter boat was repulsed repeated attempts hayo have been made on our lines but have all been tolled foiled the storming of the battery near the mouth of the nansemond rid by general getty and the gunboats gun boats under lieutenant lamson of the navy and the capture of six guns guna and two hun dred prisoners closes close the opera operations tim of six days against th the e la larga rad I 1 force very satisfactorily the eighty aty ninth new york and eighth Connect li cut were the storming party copyright Coby right 1813 1913 by W 0 chapman C bap nian |
