The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-03-08
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CIVIL WAR
FIFTY YEARS AGO
THIS WEEK
March q, 1862,

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Andrew Johnson, recently appointed
provisional governor of Tennessee. be-
ga@ 10 organize the government of that
state. He had been waiting until his
nomination as Brigadier General by
the presideEt should be confirmed by
the senate, it being advisable that he
have specific military authority in the
work which he was 10 undertake. The
appointment was confirmed on the
morning of this day. 1t was intend
ed that Gen. Johnson should preside
over the government Of the state until
a regular government could be re-
organized.
The Richmond Dispatch printed
story Of man arriving from the south
on the fourth, who stated that 1.-The
whole country is in blaze of patriot
ic enthusiasm. The late reverses have
awakened a military spirit, which
throws into the shade the demonstra-
lions at the beginning of the war. The
whole population is offering itself en-
masse. Nothing like the universal
and fervid awakening of the people to
the exigencies of the time has occurred
since the beginning of the war Men
OF all ages are eager to unite in the
work Of driving back the foul invader
from our southern homes, and even
the women, If they could procure arms,
would buckle them on and hasten to
the fields. AS it is, the prayers of
mothers, wives, daughters, are sent mp
increasingly to heaven in behalf Of the
case, the cause, and the course, that
of old age, converting boys into vet
Grams, and the weak and timid into
heroes"
March 5, 1862.
John Ericsson's turreted ironclad
Monitor was delivered to the govern
ment for trial
An order was issued at Jackson,
Tenn, by the Confederate Gen. p G.
T. Beauregard assuming command of
the Confederate army Of the Missis-
sippi. The order declared that the
northern invader must be made to
atone" for the reverses experienced by
the southern arms.
The U. S. S. s. Water Witch, after
long chase off st. Andrews Bay, west
of Florida, oyerhauled and brought up
with the Confederate schooner William
Mallory, which surrendered after sew
eral shots had been fired at her. The
fo,.
any port that she could make through
the blockade. She was an extremely
fast sailor, having shown her heels
to the Water Witch for five hours.
A proclamation was issued by +. w.
Pickens, governor of South Carolina,
calling on the people to complete
their quota of five more regiments,
called for by the Confederate govern
ment.
The Confederate cavalry made a
demonstration against The National
picket line about Columbus, Ky, and
forced it to contract until it came
within touch of the gunboats.
Maj. Gen. Bragg of the Confederate
army issued an order from Jackson,
Miss, declaring Memphis to be under
martial law.
March 6, 1862.
John Ericsson's turreted ironclad
Monitor" sailed for Fortress Monroe.
President Lincoln's views on the
emancipation of the slaves were de
veloped in a message sent to congress.
Declaring his belief that emancipation
must be gradual and not sudden, Pres
ident Lincoln suggested that the house
and senate join in resolutions Offering
that the United States ought to CO.
operate with any state which may
adopt gradual adjustment of sla-
very, giving to such state pecuniary
aid, to be used by such state in its
discretion to compensate for the incon-
venience, public and private, produced
by such a change of system" The
president said that the war has been
an indispensable mean" for the pres
ervation of the Union, and declares
that the present proposition is offered
as something that promised great eff
uCleuCy tONdlQ CHUNG INC OIL uSSAS.
A squad of Van Aliens Union caval-
ry surprised and captured q Confeder-
ate picket near Bunker Hill, Va.
The congress of the Confederate
states passed a bill making it the duty
of every commanding officer in the
Confederate army to destroy cotton
and tobacco when there was danger
of its falling into the hands of the en-
envy. A clause providing for the COM
pensation of the owner of the proper
ty destroyed was stricken out.
Citizens of Charleston, South Caro-
lima, met to organize market Tor
the free distribution of necessaries to
the families OF soldiers, during the
war.
A squadron of the First Michigan
cavalry surprised and dispersed a
small company OF Confederate Cayal-
ry at Berryville, Va.