Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-08-23
August 20, 1862.

| E. Kirby Smith, Confederate general
commanding in eastern Tennessee, is
sued the following address to the citi-
zens of Knox county: Finding that
you have been deceived by the misrep-
resentAtions of our enemies, and have
/ been induced by them not only to
leave sour homes, but also to resort
to the cowardly practice of bush
whack}ng, / now promise you that, If
you will return quietly to your homes
and le:!d orderly live, you will not be
your rights.
eff, IN the contrary, you persist IN
firing upon my soldiers from the
woods, you will be hung when you
are caught, and your houses and
properly will be destroyed"
The Union army under General
Pope reached tho Rappahannock river
in it's retreat from the Rapidan, close
| ly followed by the Confederate army
under Lee. At Brandy station the
| Confederate advance overlook the
Union rear, and there was severe,
but brief, engagement.
A detachment of the Fiftieth m
diana, attacked by portion CT Col
| onel Morgan's Confederate irregulars,
at Edgfield Junction, succeeded in
keeping off their assailants, who
! eventually withdrew.
There was lively fight between a
force of national troops, under Colonel
Price, and a body of irregulars that
! fired on them from ambush. The
Federals charged and routed the guer-
rillas, after sharp fight in. which
four Union men were killed and three
wounded. The Confederate lost one
killed and four captured.
August Fl, 1862.
President Davis OF the Confederacy
issued an order directing that Major
| General Hunter and Brigadier-General
| Phelps, because of their activity in or
ganizing and drilling negroes to fight
against the Confederate soldiers,
should no longer be treated as public
enemies of the Confederate States,
but as outlaws, and that in the event
Of the capture Of either of them, or OF
any other commissioned officer of the
United States employed in drilling or
organizing, or instructing slaves with
| a view TO their armed service in war,
he should not be regarded as a pris-
oner of war, but held in close confine-
ment for execution as a felon at such
time and place as President Davis
might order.
The Union army under General
Pope and the Confederate army under
Lee faced each other across the Rap
pahannock An attempt by the Con-
federates to cross at Kelly's Ford was
| frustrated by General Reno.
The Union pickets on Pinckney
Island, near Hilton Head, South Caro-
lima. were attacked by force OF Con-
federates and lost three killed, three
wounded and thirty-two taken prison
ers.
! Col. John H. Morgan, at the head of
his force of Confederate cavalry, de-
feated a large force of Union troops
under Gen. r. w. Johnson at Gallatin,
Tennessee.
In a vigorous speech before a war
meeting held st st. Louis, Governor
Gamble of Missouri advocated extreme
measures against the citizens OF the
state who were friendly toward the
Confederate government. He recon-
mended the determination Of all guer-
rillas in the state: the expulsion OF all
non-combatants who denounced the
Federal government, and the collec-
ton of all broken bonds given by
rebels" to keep the peace.
August %, 1862.
Two bridges on the Marietta and
Cincinnati railroad, east of Loveland,
Ohio. were burned. It was supposed by
Confederate sympathizers