The Raymer enterprise., 1913-06-26
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CIVIL WAR
FIFTY YEARS AGO
THIS WEEK
June 2,, 1858.

June 21, 1868.
Heavy fighting took place at Aide
Gap. Va, between federal cavalry un.
der Pleasonton and Stuart's Confed.
crate cavalry In which, after fierce
saber charges, the Confederates were
worsted. The losses were heavy on
both sides.
Confederate cavalry under John
Morgan crossed the Cumberland and
made raid In the vicinity Of
Carthage.
Nine hundred Confederates invaded
Indiana near Leavenworth and
marched to Paoli. burning the bridges
Of the Ohio & Mississippi railway.
Col. J. H. Holman of Missouri was
designated the first colonel of colored
troops.
Bishop Bayley advised the Roman
Catholics Of Washington to make no
resistance to the draft.
June %, 1868.
A party Of Confederates surprised
federal cavalry force near Fairfax.
Va, and killed three, including Mr..
Buckingham. the correspondent Of the
New York Herald.
Mrs. Matte Patterson OF Jackson.
Miss. was convicted Of being spy
and sentenced to life imprisonment at
Jeffersonville. Ind.
The Missouri state convention
passed unanimously resolution e1.
pelling Prince l.. Hudgins from the
state for disloyalty.
June %, 1863.
Part Of General Lees army reoccu
pied Chambersburg. the federal troops
under the command Of General Knipe
retiring before the enemy.
Pittsburgh was greatly alarmed by
the advance OF Lee. Business was en-
tlrely suspended and the citizens
Joined In the work OF surrounding the
city with trenches.
A thousand citizens OF Indiana es.
tablished themselves in a camp near
Bloomington. with pickets, for the
purpose Of resisting the enrolment.
June "a, 1863.
General Lee and his staff, together
with great part Of the Confederate
army, crossed the Potomac and seized
Shippensburg. Pa, which was evacu-
ated by the Federals.
General Rosecrans, advancing from
Murfreesboro, began the Tullahoma
campaign to drive the Confederate
General Bragg out Of middle Tennes-
see and across the Tennessee river.
The Confederates occupied McCon.
nellsburg In force after brisk fight
with the Twelfth Pennsylvania cav.
airy.
Admiral John A. Dahlgren succeed.
ed Admiral Du Pont in command Of
the Federal South Atlantic feet.
The Confederate General Joe John.
ston offered full pardon to all desert.
ers in his department who would re.
join their commands Immediately.
The United States gunboat Sumter
was run down and sunk of Cape
Henry.
June 25, 1863.
The remainder Of General Lees
army crossed the Potomac and the
Confederate advance continued to
Chambersburg.
Brigadier General Pleasanton was
promoted TO major general.
General Hunter. U. S. A., was re.
called from the command OF the De-
partment OF the South.
President Lincoln gave a brief audi.
ence to a committee from the Ohio
Democratic convention. headed by G.
W. Pendleton, and received the pro-
test against the governments pro-
ceedings against Vallandingham. The
Indian department received word that
10000 warlike Indians OF various
tribes were gathered at Fort Larned.
Kan, and the commissioner OF Indian
Affairs urged that they be enlisted to
keep them from causing trouble.
The St Louis Democrat said Cover.
nor Yates Of Illinois had offered the
secretary Of war 10000 men to repel
invasion.
Underwriters and merchants met In
Boston and offered $4,000 for the cap
ture OF the privateer Tacony.
June rs, 1868.
General Hooker took the Federal
army across the Potomac and he and
Lee prepared to fight O great battle
In either Maryland or Pennsylvania.
General Early occupied Gettysburg
with ten regiments Of Confederate In.
fantry and cavalry and artillery. Gov.
ernor Curtin OF Pennsylvania called
for 10000 volunteers.
Maj. Gen. w. s. Hancock was put
In command Of the Second corps, U.
s. A.. In place Of Gen. D. N. Crouch.
The crew Of the pirate Tacony. hav'
Ing burned that vessel to avoid cap