Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-06-12
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CIVIL WAR
F YEARS AGO
THIS WEEK
May IL, 1858.

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Gen. John H. Morgan, with his force
Of Confederate cavalry, DEBATED body
OF National troops under Col. r. T.
Jacob in a stubborn fight of seven
hours in the vicinity OF Greasy Creek.
Ky. The loss as reported in the north
was: Confederates 100 killed and
wounded: F%ederals, % killed and
wounded.
Crystal Springs, Miss, on the New
Orleans and Jackson railroad, vas en-
tered and burned by a party Of Ma
tional cavalry.
c. L. Vallandigham's application for
a writ of habeas corpus vas brought
before a United States circuit court
at Cincinnati. and was denied.
May 70, 1863.
Confederate forces under General
Gregg, were attacked by the Union
army under General Mcpherson at
McRaymond, Miss, and driven from
their position in a stubborn engage
ment which achieved the Importance
Of a battle. The C~onfederates fell
slowly, leaving the Nationals in pos
session Of the field, but too shaken to
follow their advantage.
A force Of National troops under
Colonel Davis, First Texas cavalry,
left Sevieck's Ferry, ON the Amite
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along the Jackson railroad. They
struck the railroad at Hammond sta
ton, where they cut the telegraph
and burned the bridge.
A party Of sixty Confederate cavalry
was encountered by a heavy force Of
Nationals between WOODBURY. and
Franklin. KY, and put to flight.
S. L. Phelps, commanding the Ten
nessee division of the National fleet.
Mississippi squadron, took on board
his gunboats fifty-1ve men and horses
Of the First Western Tennessee caval-
~. under the command Of Colonel
Breckenridge, and landed them on the
east side Of the Tennessee river, send
ing the gunboats to cover all the land
ings above and below. Colonel Breck-
inridge dashed across the country to
Linden. surprised a Confederate force,
captured several officers and thirty
men, horses, army wagons, arms, etc,
burned the courthouse, containing a
quantity Of Confederate supplies, and
returned to the boats without cas-
ualty.
May 13, 1863.
The expeditionary force under Col
onel Davis, which had left Sevieck's
Ferry, La, the day before, in
an expedition along the Jackson rail-
road, encountered a force Of Confed-
crates and Choctaw Indians at Point
chatoula, La, which he dispersed, az
ter a sharp skirmish, in which seven
Indians were taken prisoners. Col
onel Davis destroyed the Confederate
camp at that place.
The English schooner Sea Bird was
captured by the gunboat De Soto.
A party of Confederate partisans at
tackled a Union train at South Union,
Ky, and did considerable mischief
before they were driven of.
The schooners A. T. Hoge and Won.
der were captured by the gunboat De
Soto, the former at Mobile bay and
the latter at Port Royal, s. C.
Yazoo City, Ark, was captured by
the feet Of Union gunboats under
Admiral Walker. The Confederate
troops evacuated the place, first de-
stroying three rams that were being
constructed there. Everything of
value in the navy yard, and a saw mill,
were destroyed by Lieutenant Walker,
property to the extent Of $2,00O,O 900
being demolished.
May IA, 1853.
Jackson, Miss, was captured by
the Union forces belonging to General
Grants command, after a fight Of over
three hours. Gen. Joseph E. H. John
son was In command of the Confed-
crates, who retreated toward the
north.
A detachment of the National ex-
peditionary force under Colonel Davis,
operating from Sevieck's Ferry, on
the Amite river, in Louisiana, destroy
ed the tannery, grist and saw mill, to-
gether with a steam engine at Ham
mond Station, on the Jackson railroad,
Louisiana.
A accommodating party Of National
troops, sent out from Fairfax Court
house, Va, encountered a small
force Of the Black Horse Confederate
cavalry Eve miles beyond Warrenton
Junction, and dispersed them, after a
brief skirmish. A. Masilla, a noncom-
blatant, near whose house the o
ter took place, was killed.
May is, 1868.
Colonel Davis, moving from
Sevieck's Ferry along the Jackson and
New Orleans railroad, in Louisiana.
encountered r force Of ~Confederates at
Camp Moore, and defeated them, with