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Newspaper
Burlington Weekly Hawk
Location
Burlington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1863
Page
1
Rows of telegraphic dispatches recount Confederate resistance, refugee accounts, and Union military actions around Cairo and East Georgia. Reports note guerrilla activity near Memphis, canal progress, and troop movements as Union forces press battles along the Mississippi and Cumberland rivers.
The New York Herald recounts a late night clash near the Blackwater on the 28th with Union forces under Corcoran advancing to meet Rebels. Four Infantry battalions three regiments and cavalry pursued. Corcoran crossed paths amid fighting, with heavy losses reported: 94 killed and 80 wounded overall. Major Kroder of the 167th Pennsylvania wounded. Corcoran’s staff officer Darrow slightly hurt.
Washington items from January 30 to February 8 report a navy court inquiry into Galveston events with testimony of a rebel about 110 men landed from the Harriet Lane. Other notes mention Mare Island appropriations and Gen Hooker visiting Washington, while Federal forces engage Pryor near Blackwater river. A Ways and Means committee considers tax shifts on luxuries to ease paper duties and emancipation provisions. Col Wyndham returns from Warrenton with 80 captured arms destroyed. patrols found no enemy.
Acting Assistant Paymaster Frederick R Thompson reports from New London aboard the squadron off Galveston on January 10 1868. The fleet opened fire on the fort and encampments drawing fire from batteries while the Brooklyn Sciota and Harriet Lane engaged with parrotts shells and 30 pounders. The fleet plans renewed bombardment and mission to seize the harbor mouth fort.
A Newark Advertiser report from Beaufort North Carolina cites a private General letter saying on the 26th nearly the entire fleet left for Port Royal except one gunboat. About sixty large steamships carried roughly 70,000 soldiers with 150 gunboats loaded with artillery ammunition also sailing to join the naval fleet.
A Times letter from the Potomac army states Burnside has been offered a new Department embracing North and South Carolina with 80 days to decide on acceptance. Brigadier General Pratt of the Sixth Corps is named to command a division.
Fortress Monroe report says rebels crossed Backwater on Friday and General Peck's troops repelled them with loss. Union forces suffered about 40 killed and wounded as the rebels moved toward Franklin.
The debate covers using African descent volunteers in the U.S. Army, with Stevens and others proposing regiments and wages, while Pendleton and Dawes challenge such measures. Senate and House consider amendments, with Republicans arguing to sustain the Union and opponents warning of consequences to white troops and Southern states. Adjournments follow, amid talks of France in Mexico and constitutional protections.
February 3 dispatch from Port Hudson and Lancaster reports Gen. Roseeau ill in Lancaster causing several days of absence. A New Orleans letter notes on the prior Sunday the gunboat Easex reconnoitered Port Hudson within battery range but did not trigger fire. The Essex recovered a river torpedo containing at least one barrel of powder.
General Burnside arrived this morning to a warm welcome from the mayor. Thousands gathered to catch a glimpse as he spoke briefly after the reception declined due to season.
From Fortress Monroe on January 31 a flag of truce boat headed to City Point to bring about 100 prisoners held in Richmond. Col Ludlow just returned from City Point with plans for citizen prisoner exchanges and warnings about Jefferson Davis retaliation. Reports say the sinking vessel was the British ship Spit Fire, not Florida, with possible earlier naval pressure by Commodore Wilkes.
Dispatches from Havana state no reliable Florida information since May, with rumors tracing to a vessel passing Mazaguay Puerto Rico on the 12th. The Creole, arriving from New York, said Cayuga gunboat saw a steamer on fire and three other ships firing, linked to rebel vessels near Mantanez as Havana reported heavy firing.
New Orleans steamship Columbia arrives with dates to the 26th and reports quiet in the city. Rebels at Port Hudson strengthen works and forces as mortar vessels can offer limited help. In Texas no major news. Galveston blockades Harriet Lane, which may have escaped after the fight, though repairs are likely. New Orleans banks resist U S Treasury notes yet Banks remonstrate. Confederate notes rise and secession sentiment stays buoyant.
Richmond Dispatch reports early renewal of fighting at Vicksburg with 80 000 Yankee troops and 107 ships opposed by Confederates. Bombardment at Fort McAlister noted. Major R Saunders captured after Yankee crew betrayed his vessel. New York says Gen J E Johnston may command Middle Tennessee forces. British steamer again runs blockade into Charleston. Pinckney and Ball Island evacuees reported. Hilton Head vessels number forts and ironclad drills continue.
Gen Foster protests early naval movement disclosures while Elizabeth City sits under Federal control as a military post. Jeff Davis meets Governor Vance at Franklin Depot Va to demand adequate forces for NC protection. NC reports 80 000 Confederate troops in the field and seeks loyal local enlistments. Geo Foster supports such measures.
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