The Elbert County tribune., 1912-11-29
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CIVIL WAR
FIFTY YEARS AGO
THIS WEEK
November rs, 1862.

miles below Helena, Ark. 1t was
fired on by regiment of infantry,
supported by a piece of artillery. The
heavier armament of the gunboat pre-
vailed. and the Confederates withdrew
into the woods: whereupon Captain
Shirk of the gunboat led ashore
party of sailors and captured twenty
contraband negroes and sixteen bales
of cotton.
A body of Confederate cavalry en-
tered Poolsville. Nd. at daylight. seix-
ed the government telegraph officers.
paroled them. and then permitted
them to telegraph to the authorities
at Washington an account of what had
happened
Colonel Dodge. with two battalions
OF National mounted rifles, and one
howitzer. had a spirited engagement
with Confederates at Zuni, on the
Blackwater river, Virginia. The Con-
federates, without artillery arms, with
drew.
Henderson. Tenn, was captured by
Confederate cavalry. who burned the
railroad station and made captive a
company Of Union soldiers.
The Confederate partisan leader
Burke was killed at Sheperdstown,
Md. by party from the Second Mas
sachussetts regiment.
A party of Confederate irregulars
that had been making trouble in Craw-
ford county, Nd, were overtaken and
dispersed in the Huzza river country
by band of volunteers, who had or
n ha .f
November 26, 1862.
The Second Virginia Union volunteer
cavalry defeated force of their form
er neighbors in fight at Cold Knob
Mountain, Va, taking prisoner nearly
one hundred of them.
Early in the morning a party of Con-
federate partisans rode into Urbana,
Md. seven miles southeast of Fred
erick They made a descent on the
store of Thomas A. Smith, the post
master. robbed his place, and then
compelled Smith and a young man
named Harris to mount horses and
ride with them as prisoners. Smith.
taking advantage of the darkness. put
spurs to his horse and made of, where
upon the captors shot the other
through the body to prevent his do
ing the same, and left him for dead
In the road.
A successful reconnaissance was
made by detachment of Union troops,
under the command of General Geary,
from Harpcr's Ferry along the Shenan-
doah to the vicinity of Berryville,
Va They captured a number of pris-
oners, destroyed a Confederate cloth
factory valued at more than 100000,
and obtained some valuable informa-
tion concerning the number and posi-
tion of the Confederate forces.
The Seventh Illinois cavalry attack
ed force Of Confederate troops en-
camped near Summerville. Miss, and
captured twenty-eight of their number,
including captain and two lieuten-
ants. with their horses, arms, and
equipage.
November 27, se2.
Colonel Kirk. commanding the Fifth
brigade of General Sills division, in
reconnaissance from Nashville to-
ward LaVergne. Tenn, came upon
large force of Confederate irregulars
who gave him great trouble before he
finally pushed them beyond La vergne.
They had small battery of artillery,
with which they succeeded In max
ing of.
A Union cavalry force, $500 strong,
under the command OF Brig Gen. c. C.
Washburne, left Helena, Ark. on an
expedition into Mississippi.
Political prisoners were released
from Fort Warren, In Boston harbor
At Louisville, KY, the Union General
Boyle issued the following order:
"All commanding officers serving in
this district are ordered not to per-
NIT negroes or slaves to enter the
camps. and all officers and privates
are forbidden to interfere or inter
meddle with the slaves in any way"
The schooner Mary E. Mangum,
while entering the port of Roseau,
Dominica, was fired into by the Con-
federate privateer Alabama, but re-
ceived no damage.
The United States forces evacuated
Rienzi. Miss. carrying away all the
government stores and property. The
movement was made in anticipation OF
an attack upon Corinth by the Confed-
crates. who were reported to be ad-
vancing in two columns from the south
and east. to converge on Corinth.
November 20, 1862.
The battle of Cane Hill, Ark, was
fought between the Union forces un-
der General Blunt, and the Confed-
crates under General Marmaduke. The
Confederates withdrew at the end of
the battle, but without disadvantage,
having held the Union lines from gain
ing their object.