NEWS FROM WASHINGTON: Another Important Bulletin from Secretary Stanton; THE ADVANCE OF THE ARMY (3/14/1862)

New York Times - Times Machine ^ | 3/14/1862

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WAR DEPARTMENT,

WASHINGTON CITY, D.C., March 13, 1862.

Ordered, that Hon. JOSEPH HOLT, and Hon. ROBERT DALE OWEN be, and they are hereby, appointed a Special Committee to audit and adjust all contracts, orders and claims on the War Department, in respect to ordnance, arms and ammunition; their determination to be final and conclusive as respects this Department, on all questions touching the validity, execution and sum due, or to become due, upon such contracts, and upon all other questions arising between contractors and the Government upon said contracts.

Second -- The said Commission will proceed forthwith to investigate all claims and contracts in respect to ordnance, arms and ammunition in the War Department, or pending the settlement and final payment, and adjudicate the same. All persons interested in such contracts may appear in person, but not by attorney, before said Commissioners, and be heard respecting their claims, at such time and place as the Commissioners shall appoint. The Chief of Ordnance, and all other officers in the Department, will furnish such books and papers as the Commissioners may require. Major HUGNER, of the Ordnance Department, is specially assigned to aid and assist the Commissioners in their investigations. All claims that they may award in favor of shall be promptly paid. No application will be entertained by the Department respecting any claim or contract which they shall adjudge to be invalid.

Third -- If, in their investigation, they shall find reason to believe that any agent or employe of the War Department was directly or indirectly interested in any contract for ordnance, arms of ammunition, or received any consideration for its procurement, they shall give notice thereof to the claimant, and proceed to investigate and determine the fact;

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News from Washington: Another Important Bulletin from Secretary Stanton – 2-3
The Advance of the Army: The Latest Intelligence from the Vicinity of Manassas – 3-4
The Evacuation of Winchester: Retreat of the Rebels on the Strasburgh Road – 4
Important from Virginia: The Policy of the Rebel Retreat from Manassas – 4-5
The Naval Battle in Hampton Roads: Official Rebel Report of the Engagement – 5
The Battle of Pea Ridge: Further Interesting Particulars – 5-6
The Naval Engagements: An Account of the Two Engagements Written on Board the Minnesota – 6-7
Lieut. Worden’s Description of the Monitor – 7
The Battle in New-Mexico: A Desperate Day’s Fighting – 7
The Line of the Mississippi: Late and Important Intelligence from Memphis – 7
Editorial: The Military Plans of the Rebels – 7-8
Heroism of the Officers and Men of the Lost Ship Cumberland – 8
Is Burnside in Danger? – 8
Scarcity of Ammunition in Secessia – 8-9
A Steam Ram Wanted – 9
A Suggestion of Common Sense – 9
Coast Defence – 9
A Word for a Worthy Officer – 9

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"Today" Union Gen. Burnside lands in New Bern, North Carolina, the battle is the war's 88th engagement, the Union's 37th victory, making Union & Confederate victories equal, for the first time:

North Carolina 1861-'62 Engagements

Date	Engagement	Military Units	Losses	Victor
Aug 28	Hatteras Inlet, NC	Union NY 9th & 20th Infantry (Butler -935) plus 7 US Navy ships (including Harriet Lane & Pawnee) vs. Confederate NC 17th Infantry (Barron ~900)	Union 3-total (1 killed); Confederates 715-total (4 killed, 691 captured)	USA
Feb 6, 1862	Roanoke Island, NC	Union Dept of NC + Blockading Squagron (Burnside, Goldsborough ~10,000) & Confederate Wise Legion (Wise ~3,000)	Union 264-total (37-killed), Confederates 2,643-total (23 killed)	USA
Mar 14	New Bern, NC	Union Blockading Squadron (Bernside, Rowen ~11,000 +14 gunboats) & Confederate Dept of NC (Branch ~4,000)	Union 471 total (90-killed), Confederate 578 total (64- killed)	USA

This makes the war's total casualties over 46,500 including over 4,400 killed in action.

Summary of Civil War Engagements as of March 14, 1862:
Engagements in Confederate states:

State	Union Victories	Confederate Victories	Inconclusive	Total Engagements
South Carolina	1	1	1	3
Virginia	4	11	6	21
North Carolina	3	0	0	3
Florida	1	0	0	1
Louisiana	0	1	0	1
Tennessee	2	0	0	2
Arkansas	1	0	1	2
Total Engagements in CSA	12	13	8	33

Engagements in Union states/territories:

State	Union Victories	Confederate Victories	Inconclusive	Total Engagements
Maryland	1	0	1	2
West Virginia	9	2	2	13
Missouri	11	9	1	21
New Mexico	0	7	0	7
Kentucky	4	3	2	9
Oklahoma	0	3	0	3
Total Engagements in Union	25	24	6	55
Total Engagements to date	37	37	14	88