The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-10-11
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CIVIL WAR
FIFTY YEARS AGO
THIS WEEK
October z, 1862.

October z, 1862.
Lexington, KY, was evacuated by
the Confederates under Gen. E. Kirby
Smith, who withdrew toward Cumber
lang Gap.
The monitor Nahant was success
fully launched at Boston, Mass.
A skirmish took place in the vicin
ity of Sibley's Landing between a
detachment of Union cavalry and the
partisan forces of Quantrel and Childs
in which the Confederates were de-
feated. Col. Childs was taken pris
| oner.
General Mcclellan issued an order
to the Army of the Potomac calling at
tention to the emancipation proclama
ton, pointing out the fact that the
execution of Federal laws was con
fined to the civil authorities, and that
the army was simply to sustain those
authorities.
A fight occurred at La Vergne
Tenn. between a Union force of $500
under General Palmer and a Confed
crate force under General Anderson
resulting in a defeat for the latter
who lost number of prisoners, camp
eQuipage, provisions, and munitions
The advance Of the National forces
under General George W. Morgan
reached Frankfort, KY.
The bark Wave and the brig Dun.
kirk were captured and destroyed at
sea by the Confederate privateer Ala
bama, Captain Semmes.
The Confederate steamer General
Ruck, or Blanche, which had run the
blockade with cargo of cotton, was
driven ashore by the United States
steamer Montgomery near Havana
Light, where she was burned by the
crew.
October 8, 1862.
The battle of Chaplin Hills, or Per.
ryville, KY, was fought between the
Union army under General Buell. and
the Confederates under General Bragg.
After fierce struggle of several
hours the Confederates withdrew. be-
hind Chaplin river, where Buell. was
contented to leave them unmolested.
The loss was heavy ON both sides. The
Union generals Jackson and Terrell
were killed
Seventeen National government
wagons, a number of suffers wagons,
and about $50 men of Gen. SilPs adj
| ha IF
Major Bradford. were captured in the
vicinity of Frankfort. KY. by the Con-
federate forces under Gen. E. Kirby
| Smith
| A force of IL Union cavalrymen
dashed into marlborough, London
| county, Virginia, and captured several
wagons loaded with bacon belonging
to the Confederates.
October 9, 1862
The time allowed for by Command
er Renshaw of the Union feet
off Galveston for the surrender of the
city having expired, the commander
proceeded to the city with a portion of
the fleet, took possession, hoisted the
Union flag over the courthouse, with
out opposition, the Confederates having
evacuated the place.
A fight took place in the vicinity of
Lawrenceburg, KY, between a Union
force and Gen. E. Kirby Smiths col
umn, in which the Confederates were
worsted after an engagement of five
hours.
A small body of General Siegers
force captured in Aldie, Va, over
40 Confederate prisoners, several loads
of bacon, and an ambulance.
The Ericsson ironclad battery Mon
tauk was launched at Greenpoint, l.. l.
The Confederates enforced the
southern conscriptoin act in West Vir-
ginia wherever they were in sufficient
strength. Every able-bodied man was
carried into the Confederate camps
from Kanawha county.
The Union boat Darlington, which
left Jacksonville, Fla, on the 9Th, re-
turned from an expedition up
the ST. Johns river. bringing the Con.
federate steamer General Milton,
which it had captured 200 miles up.
squad of Union cavalry was bad
ly whipped near Aldine, Va, by SUI
perior force of Confederates.
An expedition consisting of about
$500 Union cavalry, supported by a
battery Of artillery, which left camp
at Upton's Hills on the 9Th with a
purpose of destroying six locomo-
tives on the Orange and Alexandria
railway at Rappahannock Station, re
turned when it was learned that the
locomotives had been removed to
he ether side of the Rappahannock
October 10, 1862.
The rear guard of General Bragg's
Confederate army was captured, al
Harrodsburg, KY, by surprise. The
number of prisoners exceeded 1900
Lieutenant Colonel John Boyle of the
Ninth Kentucky cavalry commanded
the Union force that effected the sur.
! prise.
Governor Harris of Tennessee is
sued an order requiring the enroll
ment within thirty days of all per
sons between the ages Of eighteen
and fifty-five.
Cen. J. E b. Stuart's Confederate