The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1912-02-09
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CIVIL WAR
FIFTY YEARS AGO
THIS WEE
January Fl. 1862.

ing OF nearly Il thousand men. IeIt
Cairo ten days ago and penetrated to
a point within a mile and a half OF
the Confederate defenses about Co
lumbus. The Confederates, seeing the
enemy IN such force. expected n
prepared for an attack. The Union
force withdrew, after ascertaining the
position. extent and strength OF the
Confederate defenses. The expedition
resulted in the acquisition Of valua'
BILE information concerning roads that
were not marked on the maps In the
possession Of the Federal officers. as
we'll as a knowledge of the Confeder-
ate position.
Adjutant-General Harding reported
the number of citizens Of Missouri
that had enlisted in the Union army
for three years at 33,SS2.
Lieutenant Ammen. commanding
the United States %gunboat Seneca. re-
ported to Commodore Dupont that
the negroes in the n~eighborhood OF
Port Royal. South Carolina. which
was in the hands of the Federal army
and navy. were anxious to be fur.
nished with guns.
January %, 1862.
The Memphis Argus published the
following: We are every day called
Upon to publish the farcical freaks Of
the Federal Legislation which trans
pire in the Lincoln congress. as a part
of the extraordinary history Of the
times. We notice . .
a bill which one Mr.. Hutchins. Of
Ohio. has announced he will soon in.
troduce into the lower house of that
august body. The measure very
humane!y proposes that the enlight-
ened and Christian north shall as
sumo complete control over the lgno-
rant and barbarous south. reducing all
her states to the condition of a terri
torial or provincial government, and
then Immediately abolish slavery
PLY for the south. the issue is not
now one of legislation. but Of the
sword. not of the ballot, but of the
%bayonet.'
Marble Nash Taylor, loyal provis-
iOnal governor of North Carolina,
made the arrival of General Burnside
an occasion to issue a proclamation
from Hatteras, North Carolina, con-
graduating the people of the state on
their ~deliverance from thraldom by
the "invincible arms of the republic"
calling upon them to cooperate with
the army in restoring their rights, so
recently lost, and appointing the god
of February as tho day on which the
ordinances of the provisional conven,
tion of November IS should be sub
mitted to the people for ratification
He also called for an election of
United States congressman for the
same day, to fll the vacancies then
existing in the representation OF
North Carolina in that body.
January %, 1862. -.
Major-General Halleck, command.
ing the department of the Missouri
threw into jail citizens of st, Louis
who ~endeavcred, by legal process. tc
escape his general order No. "a. under
which sympathizers of the south were
obliged to pay assessments for the
benefit of the southwestern fugitives
Samuel Engler, a prominent merchant
refusing to pay his assessment. sui
fered a seizure of his property to the
extent Of his assessment and a pen
atty of twenty-five per cen added
Upon an attempt to cover the prop
erty by %replevin, both he and his at
tOrney were seized and thrown into
the military prison, and subsequently
expelled the Union lines. with orders
not to return without special permits
sion. General Halleck justified his
action under the plea of martial law
A force of n hundred Confederate
cavalry entered ~Blandville. Kentucky
and carried off the books and record:
Of the county. The captain of the
band assured the citizens that an,
who had suffered at the hands of the
Union soldiers or who should be made
to suffer, would be reimbursed out O
levies on Union sympatbizers,
The Confederate steamer Calhoun
was captured off the southwest pass o
the Mississippi river by one, of tn,
b%lockading squadron The Confeder
ates deserted the vessel after firm;
her. but the fire was extinguishcd b,
the Union sailors and the steame
taken off.
A stone feet was sunk by the Fed
erals in the channels of C~harlestowl
t harbor to further block the entrance
10 the port.
, January "a. 1862.
. A large meeting in honor of the lat
General Zollicoffer. killed in the ba,
tie at Mill Springs, Ky. on Januar.
, 10, was held in The ST Charles he