The Elbert County tribune., 1912-12-27
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CIVIL WAR
FIFTY YEARS AGO
THIS WEEK
December 2s, 1852.

PresidentJe1ersonD Davis issued pro-
clamation declaring General Butler, re-
Gently relieved of command of the De-
partment of the Gulf. to be felon and
deserving Of capital punishment, and
ordering that he should no longer be
considered or treated merely as a pub
lie enemy Of the Confederate States,
but an outlaw and common enemy to
mankind
The Confederate schooner Pelican,
with a cargo OF eighty-two bales OF
cotton, ran the blockade at Mobile,
Ala.
Mai p. Graham and Lieut.. E. T.
Dorton, both OF the Fifteenth Arkansas
Confederate cavalry. being convinced
OF the wickedness and folly of
secession. respectfully requested alike
the privilege of returning peacefully
to their allegiance and their homes
in the north.
A trusty negro saved a squadron of
the Eighth Pennsylvania cavalry from
being captured by party of Confed-
crates, who had planned to cross the
Rappahannock fourteen miles below
Oas @OhWoyt Nosr anu btiLb tntiu
The negro, who got wind OF the
scheme from other blacks, informed
the National soldiers, and the attempt
was abandoned when the Confederates
found their plan was discovered.
The National forces moved from
Romney, Va, and took possession of
Winchester.
December "a, 1862.
In promulgating President Lincoln 8
preliminary proclamation OF emancip-
alton of the slaves, General Banks.
commanding the Department of the
Gulf, issued an address to the people
of Louisiana in order to correct mis-
understanding and Misrepresentation
concerning the purpose of the eman-
cipation.
In public letter written December
"a, 1860. given ou. on this date,
Alexander H. Stephens, vice president
of the Confederate States of America.
said: While l hope for the best, l
am prepared for the worst. The cleo
tion of Mr. Lincoln. / am well per
suaded, is owing much more to the
divisions of the Democratic party and
the disastrous personal strifes among
its leaders at Baltimore and Charles
town, than to any fixed determination
on the part of a majority of the people
warfare against Southern institutions.
4. ! can but believe that there
Is still enough patriotism In the land
north as well as south. to save the
present Union under the existing con.
stitution, with all its guarantees and
obligations, II the great heart of the
nation can be touched and aroused
All that is wanting is little time and
patriotic forbearance."
The advance guard OF the Confeder-
ate General Morgan's advancing
column had brush near Munfords.
Vile, KY, with the Second Michigan
cavalry.
A portion OF the Eleventh Penn.
sylvania cavalry had lively skirmish
on the Blackwater river. near Franklin
with a Confederate cavalry squadron
and infantry company
A detachment OF General Sherman q
expeditionary command. under Gen M
l.. Smith, destroyed a section of the
vicksburg and Texas railway, about
ten miles west of Vicksburg. and
burned the station at Delhi and Dallas,
December Is, 1862.
General Morgan's advance guard
came upon force of Union cavalry
nndnr Gnlnpn1 af 80 ho vx<,1
near Munfordsville, KY, and fell back
IN the main column with loss OF
nine killed. twenty-five wounded, and
five prisoners.
The Confederate schooner Break
O. Day, with cargo of cotton, ran the
blockade at Mobile, Ala.
Colonel Shank. In command of the
Twelfth Kentucky Federal cavalry, at
tackled General Morgan's rear guard
at Bear Wallow, KY, and punished
shem severely before he could be driven
men,
In a skirmish Morgans advance
guard drove of the Second Michigan
at Bacon creek. near Munforcsville
KY, capturing twenty men and two
officers.
December 2e, 1862.
Thirty-eight Indians were hanged al
Mankato. Mimi. for participation in
the late massacres in that state.
President Jefferson Davis delivered
an extended address on the subject
of secession before the legislature OF
Mississippi. assembled at Jackson.
Major Stevens, of the Fourteenth
Kentucky cavalry, with one hundred
and fifty men, who had been ordered
to find large band of Confederate
irregulars in the eastern part OF
Powell county, Kentucky. after travel
ing all night over obscure and dang