Tuesday, 7 March 1865
In North Carolina, a portion of Major General John McAllister Schofield's Union army under Major General Jacob D. Cox began moving from Wilmington to a better supply base at New Bern. New Bern was even a more advantageous command post to supply the army of Major General William T. Sherman, and a large force under General Cox was established there. Federals learned that General Joseph E. Johnston was sending Confederate troops to General Braxton Bragg at Kinston on the Neuse River. Meanwhile, General Sherman's Union troops began entering North Carolina from the south. They skirmish at Rockingham and Southwest Creek, North Carolina.
Federal troops skirmish with Indians eighty miles west of Fort Larned, Kansas, as the natives attack a wagon train but are driven off. Fighting also occurred at Elyton, Alabama, and Flint Hill, Virginia.
President Abraham Lincoln issues several orders allowing citizens in the "insurrectionary states" to sell their goods to Treasury-appointed agents within Federal military lines.
Union soldiers scout from Glasgow to the Perche Hills, Missouri, in Howard and Boone Counties, in search of guerrillas. The Federals use a local to point out the homes of suspected partisans, killing any they run into; burning their homes along the way. The Federals complain that too many locals house and feed these marauders, which makes it more difficult to suppress their actions. The Yankees report chasing a guerrilla band for 2 days in their sight, but were never able to overtake them.
Federal operations about Licking, Missouri, where the Yankees report that just about everyday, they kill and wound guerrillas, capturing horses, guns, food and supplies.
Major General Sterling Price, CSA, is assigned to the command of the Missouri Division of Infantry, and Brigadier General Mosby M. Parsons, CSA, is assigned to the command of Parson's Missouri Brigade.
Union Brigadier General Benjamin Alvord is relieved from the command of the District of Oregon.
A skirmish occurs near Flint Hill, Virginia, with partisan guerrillas dressed in Union garb, and again with loss of Yankee life.
Lieutenant Commander Edward Hooker, commanding a naval squadron consisting of the USS Commodore Read, Yankee, Delaware, and Heliotrope, joined with an Army unit in conducting a raid at Hamilton's Crossing on the Rappahannock River six miles below Fredericksburg. Hooker reported that the expedition succeeded in "...burning and destroying the railroad bridge, the depot, and a portion of the track...; also the telegraph line was cut and the telegraphic apparatus brought away. A train of twenty-eight cars, eighteen of them being principally loaded with tobacco, and an army wagon train were also captured and burned. A considerable number of mules were captured and some thirty or forty prisoners taken. A mail containing a quantity of valuable information was secured." Throughout the War, rivers were avenues of strength for the North--highways of destruction to the South--which enabled warships and joint expeditions to thrust deep into the heart of the Confederacy.
Rear Admiral David D. Porter testified before Congress this morning. He had arrived in Washington the day after the Inaugural, having left his flagship off North Carolina on the 3rd. He scorched the congressional walls with some seagoing comments on Generals Nathaniel Banks and Benjamin "Spoons" Butler. He then left town for City Point to direct the operations of the James River Squadron in coordination with Hiram U. Grant's final assault on Robert E. Lee's lines.
In North Carolina, a portion of Major General John McAllister Schofield's Union army under Major General Jacob D. Cox began moving from Wilmington to a better supply base at New Bern. New Bern was even a more advantageous command post to supply the army of Major General William T. Sherman, and a large force under General Cox was established there. Federals learned that General Joseph E. Johnston was sending Confederate troops to General Braxton Bragg at Kinston on the Neuse River. Meanwhile, General Sherman's Union troops began entering North Carolina from the south. They skirmish at Rockingham and Southwest Creek, North Carolina.
Federal troops skirmish with Indians eighty miles west of Fort Larned, Kansas, as the natives attack a wagon train but are driven off. Fighting also occurred at Elyton, Alabama, and Flint Hill, Virginia.
President Abraham Lincoln issues several orders allowing citizens in the "insurrectionary states" to sell their goods to Treasury-appointed agents within Federal military lines.
Union soldiers scout from Glasgow to the Perche Hills, Missouri, in Howard and Boone Counties, in search of guerrillas. The Federals use a local to point out the homes of suspected partisans, killing any they run into; burning their homes along the way. The Federals complain that too many locals house and feed these marauders, which makes it more difficult to suppress their actions. The Yankees report chasing a guerrilla band for 2 days in their sight, but were never able to overtake them.
Federal operations about Licking, Missouri, where the Yankees report that just about everyday, they kill and wound guerrillas, capturing horses, guns, food and supplies.
Major General Sterling Price, CSA, is assigned to the command of the Missouri Division of Infantry, and Brigadier General Mosby M. Parsons, CSA, is assigned to the command of Parson's Missouri Brigade.
Union Brigadier General Benjamin Alvord is relieved from the command of the District of Oregon.
A skirmish occurs near Flint Hill, Virginia, with partisan guerrillas dressed in Union garb, and again with loss of Yankee life.
Lieutenant Commander Edward Hooker, commanding a naval squadron consisting of the USS Commodore Read, Yankee, Delaware, and Heliotrope, joined with an Army unit in conducting a raid at Hamilton's Crossing on the Rappahannock River six miles below Fredericksburg. Hooker reported that the expedition succeeded in "...burning and destroying the railroad bridge, the depot, and a portion of the track...; also the telegraph line was cut and the telegraphic apparatus brought away. A train of twenty-eight cars, eighteen of them being principally loaded with tobacco, and an army wagon train were also captured and burned. A considerable number of mules were captured and some thirty or forty prisoners taken. A mail containing a quantity of valuable information was secured." Throughout the War, rivers were avenues of strength for the North--highways of destruction to the South--which enabled warships and joint expeditions to thrust deep into the heart of the Confederacy.
Rear Admiral David D. Porter testified before Congress this morning. He had arrived in Washington the day after the Inaugural, having left his flagship off North Carolina on the 3rd. He scorched the congressional walls with some seagoing comments on Generals Nathaniel Banks and Benjamin "Spoons" Butler. He then left town for City Point to direct the operations of the James River Squadron in coordination with Hiram U. Grant's final assault on Robert E. Lee's lines.
