The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1912-03-01
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CIVIL WAR
FIFTY YEARS AGO
THIS WEEK
February II, 1862.

the warning against apathy and conf
dence in providence on the part OF
southerners which the Richmond
Courier lately expressed in a strong
editorial. From the beginning Of the
war to the present time. the constant
cry Of the people Of the south has
been, God and the British are on our
side That cry has seemed to satisfy
too many of those whose lives and all
have been at stake that we would
triumph without proper energy Of u
own. The first new that is looked
for in the morning paper is The lat
est foreign intelligence, We put
our trust in God and the British.
The disaster at Fishing Creek and
the equally fatal result at Fort He nry
may begin to open our yes to the
fact that God and the British will not
help US until we learn to help our
selves. This defeat may also serve
to teach us that which every great
general has found out before he has
fought many battles, that individual
bravery is valueless against organized
drill and discipline.
The Sawyer gun at Newport News
burst while being fired, killing two
men and injuring several.
Or. Luther V. Bell, medical director
to General Hooker's division of the
Federal army. died in camp, near
Budd's ferry, Maryland.
February II, 1862.
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a footing in Missouri with his small
Confederate force against the opera
tons of the Federals under Fremont,
Hunter. and Halleck, was obliged to
abandon Springfield and fall back to-
ward Ozark and Wilson creek. For
al of transportation facilities, he
was forced to leave behind him some
military stores and equipments, that
fell into the hands of Gen. Curtis, who
occupied Springfield with a Federal
force after Gen. Price had left.
The Confederate states undertook
to build a railroad from Danville, Va.
and Greensborough, n. c. The con
gress passed an act and President Da-
Wis approved it. providing for the con-
struction Of the road as a military
necessity.
A Union expedition under command
Of Col. Reggin returned to Fort Henry
from the country along the Tennessee
river, They brought with them stores
seized at Paris, Tennessee, and re-
ported having found the tents and
camp eCuipage used by the Confed
crate troops who had evacuated Fort
Henry.
February 10. 1862.
The convention for the purpose of
drawing a constitution for the new
state of West Virginia, meeting at
Wheeling, western Virginia, declared
against admitting negroes within the
boundaries of the state, by the adop-
ton of the following article of the sec
ton on the fundamental provisions of
the constitution: mo slave or free
persons Of color shall come into this
state for permanent residence after
this constitution goes into operation"
In the United States senate Mr.. Da-
Wis introduced a series of res olutions,
concerning the Constitution Of the
United States and the secession of the
southern states, stating that it is the
duty Of the United States to suppress
the Rebellion, to carry the sword in
n hand and the olive branch in the
other, and to restore the states as they
were before the war"
Springfield, Mo-, evacuated during
the night by Gen. Price. was occupied
by the uLion forces under Gen. Cur
tbs. The Federal troops advanced in
line Of battle at three o'clock in the
morning, but found the place deserted.
Over six hundred Confederate sick
were left behind.
February IA, 1862.
Earl Russell, answering a question
by the Earl of Stanhope in the British
House of Lords concerning the block.
ing of the entrances to Charlestown
harbor by the sinking of stone laden
hulks, expressed the complaisance of
England in the matter. England
would have protested against the per-
manent destruction of n harbor, Rus
sell returned TO Stanhope'S specific
complaint, but the American govern.
ment had sunk the vessels as a war
measure, and the obstruction would be
removed as soon as peace was estab-
lished. Ihere a been a hope in
some quarters that the stone fleets
would become the basis of another in.
ternational misunderstanding.
Edwin NJ. Stanton, secretary OF war
for the United States. issued an order