Baxter Springs news., 1912-08-08
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CIVIL WAR
FIFTY YEARS AGO
THIS WEEK
July 20, 1852.

us SIAN, lett washington lot the uohu-
quarters Of the army In the field. Be
fore his departure he orderd that
passes to the lines of his forces should
not be granted to others than those
having Official business there.
The citizens Of Mount Stirling. KY.
succeeded in driving on party OF ir-
regulars with. loss reported OF 70
in killed, wounded and taken pris-
oners.
A Union force defeated q band OF
partisans near Bollingers Mills, Mo.
General Pope and his stan arrived
ut Warrenton. Va, at noon, creating
great CONSERVATION among the seces-
sionists, nearly all of whom had taken
Confederate oaths Of allegiance, and
insisted that General Pope dared not
carry out the. intentions declared In
his proclamation.
Colonel Lloyd Of the Sixth Ohio cav
airy, pursuant of General Pope's or
ders, arrested all the male inhabitants
OF Luray, Va, and lodged them in the
court house preparatory to giving them
the oath of allegiance.
The Confederate batteries at Gene
sis Point, on Ogeechee river, were
shelled by the national gunboats.
Russellville, KY, was captured BY q
band of Confederate partisans, the
home guard being unable to drive on
their attack.
A detachment of Union cavalry un-
der Captain Dollin attacked force OF
Confederate cavalry near Brownsville.
KY, capturing so Of them. The Con-
federates, reinforced, captured % men
and IA horses.
July 80, 1852.
John H. Morgan OF the Confederate
army, reported to Major General e.
Kirby Smith, commanding the Confed-
crate forces in eastern Tennessee, the
result OF his recent raid with irregu-
lar troops. Leaving Knoxville. Tenn,
on the Fourth Of July. with 300 men,
he captured IL towns, destroying the
national stores in each, dispersed
l.5OO home guards, paroled 1,200 regu-
lars. and returned on the 2Sth with
1900 men, having travelled 1000 miles
In "a days. The entire loss in killed,
wounded and missing was less than
100.
- The bells contributed to the Confed.
crate government by the churches,
planters and others to be made Into
cannon, and seized in New Orleans BY
General Butler, were sold at auction In
Boston.
A body Of guerrillas under Joe
Thompson entered Paris, KY. cut down
the flag pole. took the sherlh and the
clerks of the circuit and county courts
prisoners, forced the keys to the jail
from the jailer and liberated prisoners,
obtained such indictments Of citizens
as they desired from the clerk Of the
circuit court, helped themselves to
goods in the stores, took supper with
the citizens, and left after dark. They
were followed and slightly punished by
a party Of the Ninth Pennsylvania cav
airy.
July 81, 1862.
The secretary Of war Of the United
States issued an order revoking all
furloughs and leaves Of absence from
the army except those granted by the
department, on Monday, the 18th Of
August, and ordering all officers capa-
BILE Of service to join their regiments
forthwith under penalty OF dismissal
from the service or court-martial.- On
Monday, August 10, the order warned,
each regiment and corps would be
mustered, the absentees would be
marked, and II incorporating within As
houFs, would be dismissed from the
service or treated as deserters.
The Confederate steamer Memphis
was captured by the United States
gunboat Magnolia, she having run the
blockade Of Charleston. 8. c.. on the
night Of the 27th.
August I, 1852.
Confederate batteries at CogginB
Point, opposite to Harrison's land
ing. Virginia, opened FIRE on the Union
army under General Mcclellan and the
Federal feet. The batteries were 81
fenced after q brisk fire Of two hours,
Irregulars under the Confederate
leader Dunn attacked Canton. Mo-,
killed william Craig, owner Of ware
house in which rifles were stored,
took possession Of the rifles and plum
dered all the stores IN the place.
The obtaining Of substitutes through
the medium Of agents for service IN
the Confederate army was strictly
prohibited by order Of the Confederate
General Winder.
Six hundred Union troops crossed
the James river at Harrison's Land
ing and destroyed All the houses OF
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