The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-03-29
The
CIVIL WAR
FIFTY YEARS AGO
THIS WEEK
February II, 1862.

february II, 1862.
The Nashville American seconded
he warning against apathy and conf
lence In providence on the part OF
,o%utherners which the Richmond
lately expressed in a strong
From the beginning OF the
var TO the present time the constant
cry uf the people of the south has
been, God and the British are on our
slde.' That cry has seemed TO satisfy
too many OF those whose lives and all
nave been at stake that we would
without proper energy Of our
own. The first news 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 Henry
may begin to open our eyes 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
genera 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.
DR.. Luther V. Bell, medical director
20 General Hooker's division Of the
Federal army, died in camp, near
Budd's ferry, Maryland.
February IL, 1862.
Gen. Price, who had long maintained
a footing in Missouri with his small
Confederate force against the opera
tions of the Federals under Fremont,
Hunter, and Halleck, was obliged to
abandon Springfield and fall back to-
ward Ozark and Wilson creek. Fer
want 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 a left.
The Confederate states undertook
to build a railroad from Danville, Va,
and Greensborcugh, 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 equipage used by the Confed'
crate troops who had evacuated Fort
Henry.
February 13, 1862.
The convention for the purpose o.
drawing a constitution for the new
state Of West Virginia, meeting a
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 o
the constitution: mo slave or free
persons of color shall come into thi'
state 1or permanent residence afte
this constitution goes into operation.
In the United States senate Mr.. Da
Wis introduced a series of resolutions
concerning the Constitution Of tn
United States and the secession OF tn
southern states, stating that it is tn
duty of the United States to suppress
the Rebellion, to carry the sword i
one hand and the olive branch in til
other. and to restore the states as the
were before the war"
Bowling Green. KY, suffered fro1
an extensive fire. Several large e.
Establishments were destroyed. The Coz
federate soldiers under Gems. Johnso
and Hardee finally succeeded in pu
ting out the flames, under the pc
sonal direction of Gems. Johnson an
Hardee.
Springfield, Mo-, evacuated durir
the night by Gen. Price. was occupie
= by the urion forces under Gen. Gu
, tbs. The Federal troops advanced
line Of battle at three o'clock in II
morning, but found the place deserte
Over six hundred Confederate sit
were left behind.
= An expedition under Lieut.. Villa
4 n. letters, u. s.. N, from the mou
of North River, nea Edenton, y. (
proceeded to the mouth Of the Che
apeake and Albamarle canal and bloc
ed it by sinking and burning t7
Schooners.
February IA, 1862.
n Earl Russell, answering a questi
,e by the Earl of Stanhope in the Britt
IN House Of Lords concerning the bloc
DR. ing Of the entrances to Charleston
lg harbor by the sinking Of stone lad
er hulks, expressed the complaisance
10 England in the matter. Engla
a would have protested against the p
W. manent destruction of any harbor. R
a sell returned to Stanhope's speci
vs. complaint, but the American COVE
rs ment had sunk the vessels as a "
d measure, and the obstruction would
IL removed as soon as peace was est
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