Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-06-13
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CIVIL WAR
FIFTY YEARS AGO
THIS WEEK
May 20, 1862.

Vi TIC btutCg WIN uuluOAANy ~
perform all the functions OF that sta
ton and suspend the writ OF habea
corpus during the pleasure OF tn,
president, or until the loyal citizens o
the state re-established a loyal gov
eminent, in accordance with the Con
stitution of the United States.
Lieutenant Colonel Downey, whit
was sent to Wardensville, near Nor
held, Va, after guerrillas who had re
Gently overpowered company OF con
valescent wounded National soldiers
reported having killed the chief OF the
band and taken twelve prisoners.
A train OF seventeen wagons that
left Rolla, Mo-. was captured by par
tisan Confederate band twenty miles
out on the Springfield road. The
wagons and their contents were
burned, and the mules driven on.
Lieutenant Colonel West took pos
session OF Tucson, Ariz., for the United
States. The Confederate force guard
Ing the town retreated before over
balanced numbers, and the citizens
turned out to welcome the Union
troops.
Four Union gunboats bombarded
the Confederate works on Coles Is
land and Stone Inlet, s. c., compelling
the Confederates to abandon the IS
land, which they did after burning
the barracks.
General Shepley was made mayor OF
New Orleans by order OF General But
Ter until such time as the citizens
should elect to that office a loyal citi-
zen of the United States.
May Fl, 1862.
The second division OF General Hal
leck's Union army, advancing toward
Corinth, under command OF Gen.
Thomas A. Davies, defeated the Con-
federates in a battle at Phillips Creek,
Miss.
General Stoneman, in company with
Prof. Lowe, made balloon reconnois-
sance from Gaines Mills, Va, where,
from an altitude Of 500 feet, they
could see the city Of Richmond, and
forces OF Confederates in motion. Gen.
eral Mcclellan sent the following re-
port to the war department: Il have
just returned from Bottoms Bridge.
Have examined the country on the
other side, and made reconnaissance
on the heels Of the enemy, who prob
ably did not like the skirmish OF yes
terday. The bridge will be repaired
by tomorrow, and others built. All
the campo have advanced today"
Two mortars opened on Fort Pillow
at one o'clock and continued to fire
until six. The fire was returned at in
tervals. Deserters from Fort Pillow
reported that 1856 dead bodies had
been removed from the gunboats after |
the recent engagement with the
Union flotilla.
Colonel Sedgewick, with the First, |
Second and Twentieth Kentucky Ma |
tional regiments, made a reconnois-
sance in front Of Corinth to develop
the position and strength of the en-
envy. He returned after a two hours
scrimmage, in which he learned what
he wanted to know.
Recruiting Offices that had beeL
previously closed were reopened by
order Of the United States govern
ment.
Brig. Gen. /. P. Hatch, commanding
the cavalry in General Banks Union
had a skirmish with some OF
Canby's cavalry near Strasburg, Va.
May %, 1862.
An attempt by civil officers to ar
rest fugitive slaves in the city OF
was frustrated, after two
negroes had been taken, by the Sew.
enty-sixth New York. The soldiers
leveled their, muskets at the police
and carried the remainder OF the
slaves away with them.
The foreign consuls at Galveston,
Of Captain Eagle, on the
D. s. s. s. Santee, that he assign a
place where they would be safe in
he impending bombardment, received
he following reply: Let me assure
you, gentlemen, that no person can
ieplore more than myself the misery
hat would result from the lombard.
nent Of the town Of Galveston and
is fertilization, yet 1t is a duty that
will become necessary to enforce its .
It is not in my power to
i've you an assurance Of security dur
ng the bombardment, for it is impos- {
ible to tell what direction the shot
nd shell will take"
General Prentiss' troops, captured
{ the battle Of Pittsburg Landing, {
fiss- were paroled by the Confed- .
rates in Montgomery, Ala. 4
The Court of Impeachment for the !
urpose Of trying West H. Humphreys, 8
tie district judge Of the United n
tates for the Second district OF Ten
essee, on charges Of treason pre- a
snted by the house Of Representatives,
as organized in the senate chamber q
Washington, District Of COLUMBIA. Z
lay o. 1852. 5,
Colonel Kenly's Union command Of n
fantry and cavalry, in General
anks' department, was driven from h,