The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-08-30
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CIVIL WAR
FIFTY YEARS AGO
THIS WEEK
August 2s, 1862.

August 20, 1862.
A fight took place near Madisonville,
KY, between Union force under
Lieutenant Colonel Foster and a large
body of Confederate irregulars, result
Ing in the retreat of the latter with
considerable loss, according to north
ern reports.
Col. Woodward's force of Confeder-
ate partisans still lettering about Fort
Donelson, which they had attacked on
the previous day, Colonel Lowe of the
Fifth Iowa cavalry went out to head
them off. In the skirmish that en-
sued the Nationals lost three men kill
ed and twenty wounded. The Confed-
crates withdrew, with the loss of their
light battery of artillery.
Brig. Gen. Lloyd Tilghman, in ac-
cordance with a special order issued
by General Bragg, assumed command
of "all abolition and Confederate of
fcers and soldiers In the vicinity of
Vicksburg, Miss, for the purpose of be-
ing exchanged or paroled," and order
So SASiA W ASPSl AA1IhCuiolCly at hCdu-
quarters at Jackson, Miss.
A large force of General Stuart's
Confederate cavalry, led by Fitz-Hugh
Lee, entered Manassas, Va, and after
scattering Union force posted there,
destroyed railroad train, several
buildings and large quantities of gov
eminent stores and other property.
The militia under Col. H. H. Sibley
advanced against the Sioux in Mime
sofa.
August 27, 1862.
The British schooner Anna Sophia
was captured by the United States
gunboat R. R. Cuyler. while endeavor-
ing to run the blockade at Whining
ton, s. C.
The draft was postponed In Phila-
delphia until September 15
James M. Graham, assistant adj
jutant general, sent the following de-
spatch from Leavenworth, Kan, to
the war department: Major Cham
pion Vaughan, of General Blunt's
staff !. marched with 1900 men
from Fort Scott, August II, and fol-
lowed the rebels as far north as Lone
Jack. The enemy declined an engage
ment and commenced retreat. They
were holly pursued by General Blunt,
and driven in utter confusion across
the Usage, with the loss of all their
transportation and equipments, be-
sides numerous arms, prisoners, etc.
1t is considered that the expedition
saved the Missouri towns and the
western border from devastation, be-
sides striking terror into the hearts
Of the enemy as far south as the
Arkansas lines. General Blunt's col
umn marched nearly three
hundred miles in six days."
A party of Confederate cavalry, I'M
der the command of Captain White,
entered Waterford, Va. early in the
morning, and captured a company of
the National cavalry under Captain
Means who escaped.
Battle Greek, Ala. was evacuated
by the Union army under General
Buell..
The battle Of Kettle Run, near Bris-
tow station, Virginia, was fought be-
tween the Union forces under Gener-
al Hooker and division of General
Jackscn's army, under Ewell. The en-
gagemant lasted all day, without de-
cisive results. The Confederates with
drew. at dusk, having accomplished
their purpose of holding Hooker at
the river.
August %, 1862.
The Twenty-third Kentucky in
fantry, under Colonel Mundy, was
roughly handled by the Confederate
cavalry force under General Forrest
In a fight near Readyville, Tenn.
General Schofild at ST. Louis issued
an order assessing 100000 against
the southern symrathisers in St.
Louis county, the money to be COL
ected without delay and used In cloth
Ing. arming, and subsisting the en-
rolled militia while In active service,
and in providing for the support of
such families of militiamen that might
be lets destitute.
A severe fight took place at point
six miles west of Centerville, Va,
between the National forces under
Generals Sigel and Mcdowell, and
the Confederates under the command
Of General Jackson. Jackson was
compelled to quit the field
City Point, on the James river. was
completely destroyed by the National
yunboat fleet under Commodore
Wilkes, in the hope Of putting a stop
to the practice of Confederate parti-
sans of firing on Union transports.
The gunboat attack was precipitated
by an attack from shore of Confed-
crate battery.
The Union troops occupied Herman
do, Miss
The secretary of the treasury of
the United States issued orders estab-
fishing regulations concerning in
ternal and coastwise commercial in
tercourse, with the purpose of pre-
venting the conveyance of arms, mu-
nitions of war, and other supplies to
the insurrectionary districts, and the
secretaries of war and the navy is
sued orders directing all officers of
the army and navy to render such aid
as might be necessary in carrying
out such regulations.
August 20, 1862.
The battle of Groveton, In the vicin-
ity of Bull Run, was fought between
two divisions of the Confederate army.
under Jackson and Longstreet, and
tho onfiro ITninn- arrnu ,,na-- D.