Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-03-28
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CIVIL WAR
FIFTY YEARS AGO
THIS WEEK

the Confederates, was occupied by the
National forces. The southerners had
destroyed most Of the works before
they left, and such stores as they
could not take with them. Bridges
were burnt and railroad track torn
up, but the huts where the troops
were quartered were not demolished.
President Jefferson Davis issued an
order suspending from their COM
mands Generals Floyd and Pillow un'
til they should give a more satisfac'
tory account Of the loss of Forts Hen
ry and Donelson. with a part Of the
Confederate garrison. The order In
timated that the entire army might
have been saved by evacuation, and
criticised the conduct of the two CON-
handing officers in turning over their
commands to subordlnates.
A party OF sailors from the U. g. s.
S. Pocahontas. landing near Bruins
wick Ca, to obtain fresh beef, was
fred upon by body OF Confederates
as they pulled back to the ship and
three of their number killed. They
were saved from heavier loss and pos.
sible capture by the fire OF the gun
boat Mohican.
General Grant was presented with
a beautiful sword by officers of his
command at Fort Henry. He had ap-
piled to General Halleck TO be re-
lieved from his command because Of
sights and friction.
President Lincoln assumed actively
the functions Of commander-in-chiet
Of the northern armies, issuing orders
for the formation Of army corps in
the Army OF the Potomac, and affect
ing the commands Of several Union
generals.
Colonel Geary, accommodating beyond
Manassas, found the country devastat-
ed by the retreating Confederates. A
burial party visited Balls Bluff and
buried bodies OF Union soldiers that
had lain exposed since the preceding
October.
March IL, 1862.
The First Nebraska and q part OF
Curtiss Iowa cavalry. under Col. w.
". Lowe. attacked 600 Confederates
AT Paris, Tenn, and defeated them,
occupying the town. They subsequent.
" retreated. having learned that
heavy force OF Confederates was on
the way.
The Federal troops occupied Win.
chester, Va. during the day. A strong
work a mile outside the town was
found 10 have been evacuated the
night before by General Jackson
There was no resistance, beyond two
slight skirmishes.
Sergeant Wade, with a squad OF
Carolina Light Dragons, in a daring
raid I'D to the Union lines, captured
Lieutenant William T. Baum OF
Hooker's stan and field telegrapher'
Mr.. Gregg. The capture was made
one mile from the Evansport batteries.
A petition from Kentucky asking
the senate to keep it's hands on eman'
cipation and attend to preserving the
Union was presented in the senate by
Mr.. Davis.
Berryville, Va. was occupied by
the Union forces under General COR
man. There was no resistance, but
the Federal column was annoyed Dy
Ashby's Confederate cavalry.
Jacksonville, Fla, was occupied Dy
the national forces.
March 10, 1852.
Six companies OF the Twenty-second
New York, in camp at Newport News
made a reconnaissance along the VIII
Transport road, near the James river
At the junction Of the Big Bethel road
crossing they encountered a large
company Of Confederates. The Con-
federates withdrew after briei
sklrmish, finding themselves out
numbered.
A foraging party Of Union cavalry
fell in with a party Of Ashbys cavalry
near Winchester, Va, and was driven
back into the Union lines. The Tor
age which they had gathered before
the appearance OF the Confederate
cavalry was brought on safely.
General Banks. Federal, at Wincnes
ter, Va, issued orders prohibitint
depredations of all kinds, and deeply
regretting that officers, in some cases
from mistaken view, either tolerat'
or encourage" such a course.
General Halleck, at st. Louis, MO-
issued an order assuming command o
the department Of the Mississippi
which included the departments o
Kansas and Missouri. the department
of Ohio, and all forces operating II
the Mississippi basin.
A battalion Of the Fifth Ohio cav
airy made q daring raid OF 20 mile
into Confederate territory IN Ten
nessee and destroyed a bridge on tn
Mobile and Ohio railroad 20 mile
from jackson, Tenn. The cavalry
which was commanded by Ma
Charles s. Hayes, narrowly escape
from a body Of Confederate caviar
that appeared after the bridge was a
stroyed.
Lieutenant Colonel Bennett OF tn
Fifty.hrst Pennsylvania, Lieutenan
pTav of the Forty-siXth New fori