The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1912-04-12
e
CIVIL WAR
FIFTY YEARS AGO
THIS WEEK
March IS, 1862.

Seminole and Norwich, under com
mand Of Captain Gillis. senior officer.
proceeded up Wilmington river. Geor-
gia, to the Skidaway Confederate bat.
teries, which partly destroyed
by a concentrated fire from the three
ships. The Confederates on defense,
including a body of cavalry, were driv-
en- out by the heavy firing. The Fed
erals landed and completed the de.
struction begun by their fire. The
dwellings at the batteries were left.
but were burned by the ~Confederates
after the withdrawal of the Union
sailors.
The common council Of Nashville,
Tennessee, directed by provisional
Governor Johnson to subscribe to the
oath Of allegiance to the United
States, refused by a vote OF 16 to /,
to do So. maintaining that it had not
been contemplated that they should
take such an oath. The n who did
not refuse to take the oath declared
that he would subscribe to 1t and re-
sign at nee.
Washington, North Carolina, was
visited by Lieutenant Murray In the
y. S. 8. S. Louisiana, who reported
that underlying an apparent acQuies-
cence Of the people Of the town In
the neighborhood in the permitting of
the building of gunboats and the con-
struction of batteries to repel the ap-
proach OF the Federals, was a deep
rooted affection for the old Union"
The people of the town and the neigh
borhood were not heard on the point.
March 2e, 1862.
Quantrell's Independent force Of
Confederate cavalry fell on Warrens-
burgh, Missouri. and were prevented
from taking the town only by a des-
perate defense on the part OF the
Missouri cavalry in garrison. under
Major Foster. The Union position
was saved by a thick plank fence be-
hind which the Missourians found
shelter. Major Foster and his broth
or were wounded in the fight. and
eleven Federals killed or wounded.
The Confederate loss was slightly
heavier. owing to their exposure in
making the attack.
Four companies OF Missouri state
militia had their baptism in the night
at Humonsville, Missouri. when a
band OF Confederates attacked and
gave them a touch of war. The fight
was exciting for a few minutes. but
beyond a few wounded was without
tangible consequences.
A party of Ohio cavalry under Cap.
tain Hastings encountered a company
OF Confederate cavalry under Captains
McHenry and Bledsoe in a brisk Skin.
m1sh near McMinnville, Tennessee.
The C~onfederates withdrew,
General Curtis. in command Of the
Federal army Of the southwest, issued
the following order: Charles Nor.
ton, Hamilton Kennedy and Alexander
Davis, colored men. formerly slaves,
employed in the rebel service, and
taken as contraband Of war, are here.
ny confiscated. and, not being needed
for the public service, are permitted
to pass the pickets of this command
northward. without let or hindrance,
and are forever emancipated from the
service OF masters who allowed them
to aid in their efforts to break up the
government and the laws of our coun.
try"
March ~, 1862.
The market for rotten eggs opened
strong in Burlington. N. J., when 1t be.
came known that the Rev. Samuel
Aaron. a Baptist preacher, intended to
deliver an abolition lecture in the
evening. A large crowd, fully supplied
with the ammunition, was present al
the hall, and soon found occasion tc
use them. The minister was removed
from the hall. via the alley, where hit
appearance created a marked sensa
ton among the habitues.
The Petersburg Express of date stat
ed that wood was as scarce as gooc
coffee in the city. and asked the farm
ers and railroads to relieve the dis
tress. Brooms were pronounced 9
luxury, and the growing of broom corr
advised. Leather had become ss
scarce that hickory splits were recon-
mended as a substitute in harnesses
Merchants and others having old tes
chests were requested to turn then
over to the Confederate authorize.
for the lead that was in them. It wa.
suggested that there is also a larg,
quantity Of lead on the various iro1
ratings about the city which the own
ers could spare"
A Confederate battery shelled tn,
Union camp at Strasburgh, Va.
General Hooker's soldiers were re