Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-12-29
GENERAL JEFF THOMPSON, O. s. ~, Oon-
FEDERATE LEADER AT FREDERICKTowH.

aENERAL JEFF THOMSON, O. s. A., Oon-
FEpERATE LEADER AT FREDERICKTowH.
MO.
town zone of the most admirably con-
Quoted engagements of the war" The
net result was that for 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 ana
General r. +. Kelly in the second The
| present affair was also conducted by
Kelly and in numbers engaged was the
most considerable of the three. At this
time Kelly was guarding the Baltimore
| and Ohio 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, considerable guam
tity Of supplies and several prisoners.
In this action the losses We're reported
as follows: Union, two killed, thirteen
wounded: Confederates. twenty killed.
| fifteen wounded.
| At Camp Wildcat. in eastern Ken
lucky, portions of General Zollicofrer'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. 81 and was the tirst
engagement of any considerable inn
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, ana
| that of the Confederates fifteen killed
and twenty wounded; Saratoga, Ky,
| where there were thirteen Confeder-
ates killed. seventeen wounded ana
| forty-four missing; Spring Hill. Mo-;
| Plattsburg. Mo-, reporting eight i'll
surgents killed and twelve prisoners,
and Cromwell. Ky. where the Con-
federates lost two killed and five
wounded. There We're also two naval
l .-,i. III 6n
runner from Liverpool was captured,
| unloaded and destroyed by the Flag,
and the steamer Louisiana demol-
| ished schooner at Swans Bug creek,
Chincoteague inlet, running into the
Potomac On Oct. % navigation was
definitely closed in the Potomac. The
most important naval event OF the
week was the fitting out of the famous
Dupont or Port Royal expedition
At this time Messrs. Mason and Sh-
dell, the Confederate ENJOYS, were IN
Cuba, waiting to take a British ship
! to St Thomas, having shortly before
escaped the Federal blockade at
Charleston.
Other events of note were the vOte
of the cabinet to relieve General Ere
mont on Oct % and the issuance Of
the order on the oath. and the COM
pletion of the electric overland tele-
graph from Missouri to San Francisco,
the first message sent being as fol-
lows:
'sThe Pacific to the Atlantic sends
greeting. May both oceans b DRY BE-
fore foot of all the land that lee
between them belongs to any other
than . untted countxy."