The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1911-12-29

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rEpERATE COMMANDS AT PENSACOLA.
enemy's fire. General Bragg purposed
TO blow II M. Upon reflection he de-
citlai that the erect Of this action
upon his own troops would he din.
hcartcning and that the foe would 10
encouraged by H. Colonel villIpigue.
the gallant commander Of the post.
had been severely wounded the day
before. but nevertheless spent the EN-.
tire night In making repnirs which
would enable the fort to stay In nc.
ton.
Homes and Churches Ablaze.
Late In the afternoon the hospital In
the navy yard. which the Confedrr.
ntrs had abandoned. wns struck by
shells from Fort rickens General
Bragg claimed that the yellow iag WIS
flying and that the tiriag np", II was
q barburOus net. General i'rnvp nsV
mentioned the firing of hpi sli'i and
incendiary shells into IN" h",is", - me
villages Of Warrington nnd " 'nl'''y.
Many houses were struck ~
buildings fired were ~ -
churches. which were co. II
dfty other buildings Cu' !.
the Federal commander -. 80 ~
report that the 'hurlvs IL
lngcs were immediately 4
some Of the Confe,iprlf. in o., md
that II wns iml",ssi,,l" ~ ~ ." then.
At the same time Ia. n" l"r"' thai Int
shot and inrcnd'"ry I'll, were used
for the express purpose al setting tir'' To
the buildings IN the did tIi'cd States
navy yard. even rrgrr;;lap that NJ did
not have IN hand missiles that would
act with more certainty
Federal tire cras,d nc dark on the
23d from all tho batteries except the
mortars. which r"T,lnnrd to drop shots
In the cncmy's Tine until = o'clock In
the morning Ut the oath General
Bragg said that his gunners Hred about
1000 shells ut the FcdCrnis during tho
two days. and he estimated the num-
Der Of Federal shots hurled across tho
bny t. be nbout 5000, The Federals
lost seven men wounded and one killed.
Noted Officers Engaged at Pensacola.
Many Of the officers engaged In this
h0mbardment afterward reached dis
tinctiOn IN other fields Captains l.
G. Arnold. A. G. NJ Pennington. j. NJ.
Robertson and L. I. Langdon Of tho
artillery nfterward became noted gen.
erals On the Confederate side Cen
cral Bragg led the Confederate nrmy
IN the west for two years and won the
grcnt victory ut Chickamunga- The
second In command ut Pensacola, Cen
ernl Il, A. Anderson, became n bril-.
| liant leader IN the army 81 Robert u.
Leo Colonel Nillipigur recovered from
his wounds aud becnme major gen
| eral In the west. where he defended
the Mississippi river In 1852,
Some skirmishes In front OF WASH
ington and collisions between the op-
posing outposts In Missouri were the
other war events Of the week at home.
For the first time since the firing upon
Sumter seven months before. Europe
was startled by war news from this
side of the ocean. Late on the 2tth
a royal mail steamer from the Raha.
inns reached Southampton. bringing
word that United States warship
had outraged the British nag ny board.
ing the royal mail steamer Trent and
SELLING two passengers. This was the
famous Mason and Slideil affair. The
London Times received the dispatch
and reluctantly sent II to press for ito
issue Of the 9th. The news was too
| startling to be credited The 0fYlcers
Of the British government were In.
formed OF the dispatch. which was .
Reuter- telegram from Southampton.
hut refused to discuss the matter until
the Trent should arrive with full pnr-
tculars. This vessel was due On the