The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1912-10-11

Macon, Ga. They had been travelling
for seventeen nights, enduring many
hardships.
October II, 1862.
A body of Texas Rangers under Col
| onel Giddings was defeated In a
brisk fight near Helena, Ark, by de-
| tachment of the Fourth Iowa cavalry.
| Colonel Giddings was taken prisoner.
The ship Manchester, from New
York to Liverpool, laden with grain
| and cotton, was captured on the high
seas by the Confederate privateer
Alabama, and burned
| A force of three hundred Union
cavalry, under Col. McReynolds, de-
scended on the, Confederate Colonel
| Imboden's camp, near Cacapon Bridge,
about II miles from Winchester, Va,
| and captured one major one lieuten-
ant, twenty-five privates, thirty-three
mules, eight horses, one thousand
| blankets, two brass cannon, five
| wagons, and Colonel Imboden's pri-
vate papers.
The Confederate gunboats Palmetto
| State, built at Charlestown through
| the efforts of the women of South
Carolina, was formally named and
| dedicated.
The schooner Elmira Cornelius was
! captured by the u. S. S. s. Restless
while trying to run the blockade at
Bulls Bay, South Carolina. Her cap
tain ran her in shore, but she was
got off.
Rumors of peace began to be moot
ed. The Richmond Enquirer of date
said: There are prospects of an
early peace, which conclusion is
| founded on the results of the battles
in Virginia and Maryland, and the
campaign now progressing. The bat
| tie of Antietam was, to the Federal
forces, the most terrible defeat of the
| war"
Fifty Confederate wagons loaded
| with ammunition were captured in
Kentucky by Union cavalry.
A train of wagons, two pieces of ar
tillery, and $50 Confederates, were
taken by a large Union force near
Versailles, Kentucky.
The British schooner Revere, car
rying military stores, was captured off
Cape Fear, N. C.
October IL, 1862.
The Confederate general, j. E. B.
Stuart's cavalry, which had passed
around the Union army under Gen.
eral Mcclellan, made good its escape
across the Potomac at Whites Ford,
near the mouth of the Monocacy river.
During the day General Pleasanton,
with 800 cavalry, harassed the Con-
federate rear, and engaged them in a
loss on either side.
Considerable excitement was Gre
ated in Gainesville, Tex, by the dis
covery of secret organization Of
Unionists, whose object was said to
be to kill the secessionists, after
which they were to remove to Mis-
souri,, taking with them whatever
property they could carry, and burn
the remainder. The militia was called
out, and arrested 20 persons supposed
to belong to the organization, two OF
whom were Immediately hanged.
October 10, 1862.
A successful reconnaissance was
made by force of Union troops I'M
der General Stahel, in the vicinity of
Paris and Leesburg, Va. More than
hundred prisoners were taken and
paroled, important information was
obtained, and the command returned
to headquarters at Centerville with
out losing man.
The Sixth Missouri returned to
camp at Sedalia, Mo-, after a success
full raid on several bands of parti-
sans who had been making trouble in
the vicinity. The partisans were tenn
porarily dispersed.
The expedition to Jacksonville, Fla,
returned to Hilton Head, s. c., and
announced the complete success of
the adventure. The Confederate forti-
fication at st. Johns bluff was cap
tured, and a Confederate steamer.
The Confederate Congress passed
an act authorizing President Davis to
suspend the writ of habeas corpus in
certain cases.
The Confederate house passed bill
making the penalty death for any
Union soldier who might have in his
possession, or endeavor to pass, coun-
terfeit Confederate currency.
The ship Tonawanda of Philadel-
phia from Liverpool, captured by the
Confederate privateer steamer Ala
bama on the ninth, was released and
allowed to proceed on her way, there
being no manner of providing for the
considerable number of women and
children captured on hoard of her.
Copyright, 1912. by W G. Chapman)
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