The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1911-11-07

0ENERAL JEFF IdOMESON, ". .. A., COrS-
FEDERATE LEADER AT FkEDERICKToWN.
MO
eral Fremont pronounced Frederick
town lone Of the most admirably con-
Quoted engagements of the war" The
net result was that for a considerable
period the Swamp Fox" ceased to
trouble this section of Missouri.
Affair at Romney.
A third action of some Importance
during this week was fought at Rom
ney, in what is now West Virginia.
There had been two previous affairs at
this point. Colonel Lew Wallace being
the Union commander in the first and
General B. F. Kelly in the second. The
present affair was also conducted by
Kelly and in numbers engaged was the
most considera BILE of the three. At this
time Kelly was guarding the Baltimore
and Chic railroad. Learning that there
was a considerable force of Confeder-
ates at Romney. he advanced against
them with about $500 troops from New
Creek station. The southerners, under
Colonel Monroe. were encamped few
miles from Romney. On the afternoon
of Oct. 26 the two forces came to-
gether. the battle raging for two hours.
| In the end the Federals scored COM
plete victory, capturing the three guns
| from the enemy, a considerable guam
| tity of supplies and several prisoners.
| In this action the losses were reported
as follows: Union. two killed, thirteen
wounded: Confederates. twenty killed.
fifteen wounded.
At Camp Wildcat. in eastern Ken
lucky. portions of General Zollicoffer's
/ command made three fierce assaults on
number of Ohio. Indiana and Ken
lucky troops under General Schoepf
and were repulsed each time This oc-
Cured on Oct. Fl and was the first
engagement of any considerable i'm
portance in this part Of Kentucky.
| Fight Near Lincoln's Birthplace.
Other skirmishes Of the week oc-
CURED at Hodgensville. KY. near
where Abraham Lincoln was born,
West Liberty. Mo-, where the Union
loss was reported at two wounded, and
that Of the Confederates fifteen killed
and twenty wounded; Saratoga. KY.
where there were thirteen Confeder.
ates killed. seventeen wounded and
forty-four missing; Spring Hill. Mo-.
Plattsburg, Mo-. reporting eight in
surgents killed and twelve prisoners
and Cromwell. Ky. where the Con
federates lost two killed and five
wounded. There were also two nava
actions Near Charleston a blockade
runner from Liverpool was captured
unloaded and destroyed by the Flag
and the steamer Louisiana demol
ished a schooner at Swans Bug creek
Chincoteague Inlet, running into tn,
Potomact On Oct. % navigation wa
definitely closed In the Potomac. TIL,
most important naval event of thu
week was the fitting out of the famous
Dupont or Port Royal expedition.
At this time Messrs. Mason and Sli
, dell, the Confederate ENJOYS, were il
Cuba, waiting to take a British shil
to st. Thomas. having shortly befor
escaped the Federal blockade a
! Charleston.
!. Other events of note were the vot
OF the cabinet to relieve General Ere
mont on Oct. % and the issuance Q
the order on the oath. and the CON
! pletion Of the electric overland tele
graph from Missouri to San Francisco
the first message sent being as TO
; lows:
"The Pacific to the Atlantic send
greeting May both oceans be dry b
fore q foot Of all the land that lie
between them belongs to any otne