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Memoirs of
Napoleon

This man caused the last
general European war.
His personal memoirs. written
By his secretary, Baron DE
Meneval. are fulI u the most
absorbing incidents. especially IN
view d the present great Euro
pezn struggle.
Isss hundred yesp ago. his snfki-
lions hask<d sheeC unxig<Ds IN So Of
blood. Fznes sicne. and~f his leader
chip. fought G<rnnny. ksssss. Austria.
Italy, snd Grsss bfissin--ssd zsss.
Rock Island Argus., 1914-06-20

unued tlicir weary way on To Little
Rock He was menaced with dangers
behind and before. Horses were with
out food and could not pull the guns
over the miry roads. and the. men
themselves took hold So they dragged
slowly on toward Little Rock. At
length May ?. foot sore. ragged and
half starved. they reached the city.
Desperate Fight With An Ironolad.
May 3. 1864, the Confederate ram
Albemnrle whipped Federal feet. yet
lost the stake she was fighting for. In
the hope OF worsting the Federal gun
boats and regaining control OF AIbe-
marie sound and Hatteras inlet she
steamed down the Roanoke from her
moorinSs at Plymouth. Three weeks
before the ram IN a maiden dash had
sunk the powerful wooden gunboat
Southfeld at one blow.
After the loss OF the SouthfieId Fed
eral commanders in Albemarle sound
10 longer doubted the destr :ctive pow
er OF the new ram, and a very ener-
getic correspondence took place be
tween the authorities at Washington,
Admiral s I. Lee Of the north Atlantic
squadron and the officers OF the North
Carolina fleet This correspondence
resulted in instructions on May
from Admlrn! Lee TO Captain Melanc-
thOn Smith that somehow or other the
Albemarle must be sunk or blown ND.
Smith had IN the Alhemarlc fleet the
double eBderS sIattHIcso'f. SasSacus
Rock Island Argus., 1914-06-20

dams men were quickly driven back
by mounted charge of the First Vir-
ginia. In the confusion of this melee
Stuart was shot from his saddle. He
died next day.
Hancock's Charge at Spottsylvania.
Lees line at Spottsylvania was about
four miles in length. extending along
the north. east and south facing of the
courthouse heights. and on the north
east presented an irregular angle. near
~ a mile wide at its base. On May II
Grant ordered an assault to be made at
o'clock the morning of the 18th. The
point chiefly aimed at in the attack
was to be made the salient angle of
Lees works.
To the corps OF General W. S. Han
cock was assigned the direct front of
the salient. where the ground was open
and exposed TO the enemy's view and
swept by the fire of mis- guns. Han
cocks column consisted of the divisions
of General Frank L. Barlow and Gen
eral D. B. Birney in the first line. sup
ported by General Gershom Mott and
General John Gibbon. in all six lines
deep. The ground was sloping upward
toward the Confederate lines. and when
about halfway up the slope the men
gave a hurrah and at one rush burst
through the abatis and into the
enemy's trenches held by General Ed
ward Johnson's division.
Johnson's regiments were drawn up
in the works and gave what opposition
they could. but Hancock's column over
whelmed them and captured nearly the
whole command. including their leader.
About 1000 men. twenty cannon and
several thousand muskets and thirty
flags also were among the prizes. The
surprise was complete disaster for
the Confederates, and the men who
were so fortunate as to escape fell back
to the second line, held by General
Rock Island Argus., 1914-06-20

.-e,5,. GEORGE L KILN1ER. Lzts u. ;. ".
-UTY years ago. April 30. the
Il last pitched battle OF the Red
river campaign was fought on
- the banks OF Saline river. Ar
ksns-s.
General Frederick Steele. with n
rsderaI force originally approxinatins
-5noo men. hsd made his way south
-r,-t from Little Rock. Ark. TO Cam
.ss,- On washita river. Some point I'm
Tauisians south OF Red river had been
~ destination until the expedition un-
5s- General y. 7. Banks. with which
bs We 70 cooperate. ended disastrous
q Apsi $
A.ter repulsing Banks advance the
cansederate commander in Louisiana.
General Kirby Smith. set out with
sODo OF the victorious troops TO re-
erforce another army then confronting
Steele In Arkansas. General Sterling
Pr.cs was Smiths lieutenant opposing
steele
Ted.rals Make q Hasty Retreat.
When Steele ascertained that Kirby
Smith with a large army was on the
way 20 Camden he prepared 70 re
t-sct northward- II was necessary to
make his way back to Little Rock with
al haste, II indeed there was vet time.
Camden IS on the southwest bank Of
The washita. On April - Steele's
whole army crossed this river and re-
treated north toward the Saline river
APRIL 30 II reached jenkins ferry. on
Rock Island Argus., 1914-06-20

I -: s.!,IsiuE and Miami. the armed fe--
I ryboat Commodore Hull and the gun
J boats Whitehead and Ceres The tota'
! armament OF the feet was thirty two
I guns and twenty-three naval howit-
zers. ffty-five pieces in all.
I Admiral Lee thought the vessels
should approach the ram in double
| line with double enders ahead. The
! first two should attack the ram. one
on n side. and fire solid shot with
I heavy charges. Shells were TO be
/ thrown down the smOkestack OF the
ram. The shots. II was believed. would
loosen the armOr bolts and the con-
ctIssion would stun and demoralize her
crew shut up in the iron plated cham
ber. Also by rammin2 the admiral
thought she could be driven into shoal
water and beached. and finally, II all
else failed 10y mounting her low ends
and sinking her 10y dead weight.
Before the feet was ready 20 proceed
20 the attack the ram appeared again
on the scene as the acgressor. After
the capture OF Plymouth by the CoD-
fwRs aha the h dspersrdn ssns Of e hsf tss
consOrts in Roanoke river. the Abe
marie lay of Plymouth. on the 5th OF
May she steamed down the river to its
mouth. intending TO enter Albemarle
sound and get through 10 Sewbe-n.
Struck Amidships.
The coming OF the Afbemar!e was
no, unexpected by Captain Smith, who
lad arranged plan of action suited.
a. he thought. to the occasion. The
cODtending ships met about sixteen
miles from the rivers mouth. where
the souRd : four or i've miles wide.
The Mattabesett led the Federal feet
and the ram opened with her forward
guns and sent two we'll aimed shells
crashing into the upper works of her
foremost opponent The ram then
boldly dashed at her enemies to run
them down. but the Mattabesett veered
and escaped the blow. The Sassacus
followed the Matfabesett and was in
good position when the ram overran
the elusive mark TO give her broad
side Of solid shot Although fired at
very close quarters the missiles were
armless on the iron sides Of the ram.
The AIbernarle kept up fire and made
lavOc with the vulnerable wooden
coats. The TIlaneuvers OF the Mattabe- |
EFT and SasSacus soon brought the ram /
,etaeen them. Commander l.. a. Roe |
II the Sassacus ordered all steam on |
nd hacked Off TO secure headway. |
Then the valves were opened wide. the |
-essel fairly leaping under the impulse
4 the ioOseued engine wheels. The
am was also coming on and the Sas-
acus struck her amidships and sent
er stern deck several feet under
sater The shock was so severe that
be crew Of the ram believed their
esseI 10 be sinking and had 10 be
allied by their commander. Captain ].
Y. Cooke. ON board the Sassacus the
amage and alarm were greater than
n the ram. The moment the vessels
truck the ram sent n shot through the
assscus. piercing Esr boilers and e.
~ her with steam and boiling water.
Rock Island Argus., 1914-06-20

The vessels were so entnngled that
the forward movement OF the ram
wrenched the Sassacus loose and fair
ly hurled her or into the water The
Confederntes now attempted to board
the Sassacus. but the riflemen In the
rigging. who had not been disturbed
by the hull shots and the scalding
water below. opened a brisk fire and
Kept the boarders at bay during the
time the vessels were entangled.
The guns OF the Sassacus opened fire
on the ram the moment the smoke and
Rock Island Argus., 1914-06-20
At Spottsylvania
sycapt. GEORGE 1. KILrfER. Late y. .. :

NN May 81 1854, the Infantry OF
the army under Grant was
W gathering around Spottsyl-
vania Court House, Va, where
General r. e. Lee had taken position
to block the pathway to Richmond.
During the night General P. III. Sheri
dan put his whole cavalry force in
motion to move past Lees army and
march on the enemy's capital. Sheri-
dan was new to his command. which
consisted of three divisions under Gen.
erals d. Mem. Gregg. James II. VIII
son and a. T. A. Torbert. Gregg was
an experienced cavalryman. Torbert
had served in infantry. Wilson had
served on engineer duty.
The Confederate pickets reported the
new Federal movement promptly. and
very soon General J. E B. Stnart's
horsemen were under orders to follow
Stuarts corps was composed OF two
divisions. led by Generals Wade Hamp-
ton and Fitzhugh Lee. nephew OF Gen
eral II. z. Lee.
The 1rst halt OF Sheridan's gave Stu
art time 70 plan q movement to inter
cept his march. Leaving a brigade to
follow up the raiders. Stuart and Fitz-
hugh Lee. with two brigades. started
on shorter road to Richmond and
one that must bring them across Sheli-
dams path.
May II Stuart took a position at Vel
low Tavern. i've miles north of Rich
mond. with two brigades placed across
the road at right angles. Two cannon
swept the roadway. and others com
manded the field from N hill I'm fha
rear. Sheridan attacked with two di-
visions at once and carried the hill at
n rush. taking the guns. Seeing the
disaster. Stuart gailoped to the point
With hundred men about him. Sheri
Rock Island Argus., 1914-06-20
pane,ns at sertin's Zoo.

What would one of the largest or tne
cities of the United States tnink Q. so-
inc our 70 the zoo and dancing there
unfi, O'Clock In the morning? Yet this
is nothing unusual in Berlin. There
one goes to the zoo TO see the animals
If one chooses. but also to dine and to
dance The zoo Is really a very de-
lightfpi rendezvous for dining. espe-
cialiy in summer: the music there Ia
notably good.-Spur,
Rock Island Argus., 1914-06-20
The War Fifty Years Ago

ast Pitched Battle of the Red River Campaien---Re-
suit OF Reverse to General Banks Federal Army on
April 8---Federals In Arkansas Forced TO Retreat
From Camden to Little Rock---Fight For a Crossing
on Saline River-Confederates Repulsed---Confeder-
ate Ram Albemarle Ridden Down by Wooden Fed
eral Ship---Three Hour Gun Duel--- Retreat of
the Ram, Disabled by Gunfire.
Rock Island Argus., 1914-06-20
Wilderness Campaign
sy Capt. GEORGE L kILr1ER. Late U. s ".
.HE contest In the Wilderness
was decided about g o'clock on
III the morning OF May G, 1864.
second day and Virtually last


day OF the battle. II was decided In
favor of the Confederates by the ar
rival OF General James Longstreet's
corps on the center OF General Robert
f. Lees line, where the columns OF
the Federal army under General W. 8.
Hancock had broken through and dis
rupted the Confederate right wing.
That point was Parser's store. on the
Orange plank road. Hancock was
pressing toward IL. and he had driven
out from their breastwOrks the Con
federnte troops OF General 4. i. Hill.
The troops OF the Confederate left
wing. under General II. $. Ewell. were
on the north side of the road and. with
cannon planted on high ground com
manding the road. were trying 20 stay
Hancock's advance.
But these men Of Ewell's Were al
ready engaged on their own front.
Along the ridge between the plank
road ard the turnpike. two miles north.
the Federal troops OF General g. *.
Warren and General John sedgwick
Rock Island Argus., 1914-06-20
Johnston Loses Resaca.

The Confederate position at Resaca,
although naturally strong by nature.
had the fatal weakness of u river at
the back of the army defending 1t.
Once the Federals should put across
the river force strong enough to hold
the ground Resaca would be complete
iy invested. This feat was actually
accomplished by division led by the
one armed Irish soldier, General Thom-
as W. Sweeny.
General Sweeny first crossed the
Oostenaula the afternoon of the l4th
md with small force covered the
work of building a pontoon bridge at
Lays ferry, point below Resaca.
Sweeny crossed his whole division over
the bridge and was followed by Kill
patrick's cavalry. which made wide
detour. sweeping the country clear OF
Confederates. Fitzpatrick was wounded
In this movement.
The brilliant affair of Sweeny at the
crossing of the Oosteuaula again placed
Johnston at disadvantage. 1t was a
repetition of the experience which had
forced him TO retreat from Dalton,
With the Federals on the east bank of
the Oostenaula the Confederate rear
al Sdiuouu WAS III uduSer. DurluS tu0
night of the 18th. while the Federals
were sleeping soundly as preparation
for desperate work on the morrow.
Johnston drew his entire army from
the lines around Resaca and next morn
ing when Sherman's men marched for
ward they found the Confederate In
trenchment empty.
From Resaca Johnston retreated If
teen miles to Adairsviile. which place
he fortified. Sherman halted around
Resaca to repair the bridges leading
southward. which Johnston had burned
behind him, and 10 open up the railroad
back to Dalton. Before he had marched
five miles south of Resaca the trains
were in the town loaded with ammuni-
tion and other army supplies.
Rock Island Argus., 1914-06-20
Bloody Angle.

But the success had been too great
for Hancock's men. The whole column
had poured over the enemy's trenches
into the angle and were packed in a
line twenty deep, broken in formation.
The whole of EwelPs corps had been
put under arms before daylight to meet
this assault and but for the absence Of
artillery would doubtless have done So
As 1t was, the uusket firing was not
rapid enough to tell upon the vast
numbers in the charging line. How
ever, Gordons reserve division was in
line. and when Barlow's men finally
halted at the second Confederate in
trenchment Gordon advanced and en
gagged them. finally forcing his way to
the old breastworks of johnson. while
Barlow occupied the outer side
The battle of the angle from this
time on until nightfall was at very
close quarters and on parts of the line
at arms length. Ha~cock posted his
cannon about 800 yards from the point
of the salient and kept up a fire over
the works into the angle. Guns were
run up TO the intrenchments so as TO
rake the inner line down the sides OF
the angle.
Marching on Atlanta.
In comparison with the CORY scenes
then passing in the Wilderness cam
paign in Virginia. Resaca was not
great battle, Yet victory in fighting on
that field destroyed for the second
time within a week the barrier erected
by the Confederate general. Joseph r.
Johnston. TO oppose General W. J.
Sharrnan.9 advance Atlanta
Johnston first confronted sherman at
Dalton and was forcos 90 retreat from
his position .by a dank movement ef-
Rock Island Argus., 1914-06-20

| fected by Sherman across Rocky Face
ridge, which shielded the Federal coll
umnS from the eyes Of the enesay
while marching around the flank to
strike the Confederate rear. Sherman's
advance under General j. =. McPher-
son burst through the Aountains into
the valley around Resaca on May 8.
and Johnston speedily sent two di.
visions to Resaca to hold McPherson
of until re-enforcements marching up
from the south could reach there ana
prepare for defense. Johnston held on
at Dait6n until the 18th, then ffarcned
south. leaving a rear guard under Gen.
erai Joseph Wheeler at Dalton. Gen.
erai o. o. Howard's Federal corps FOL.
lowed in Johnston's pathway of re-
treat, and the corps of General George
FL. Thomas, General j. NJ. SchOfeld
and Fighting Joe" Hooker passed
through the mountains on the route
taken by Mcpherson.
When Sberman's army at last closed
in around Resaca the right wing com.
prising the bulk of the force was sep
arated from the left wing under How
ard. Howard moved up last, having
to fight with Wheeler for the right of
way.
Johnston discovered the plight of the
Federal left wing, there being wide
gap between Howard's corps and the
rest of the army on the morning of the
14th. Promptly sending General j. b.
Hoods corps forward into the gap. he
drove Howard back and turned the
flank of Sherman's army. Hooker
quickly marched to the succor of How
ard. saved his artillery from capture
and intrenched for the night
Early on May Is 1t occurred TO both
Sherman and Johnston to advance
their columns over the same ground.
Sherman to tighten the tolls he was
weaving around Resaca and Johnston
to shake off the threatening grip of the
foe. Sherman sent forward Hooker to
clear Hood out of the way of Howard
in order to concentrate the line, and
Hood. an equally vigorous fighter,
out to push Hooker from the
field
Hoods front had been strongly In
trenched. and Hookers columns were
met at the outset with staggering
fire, but pressed forward over the first
line of works, cheering wildly at their
success.
Rock Island Argus., 1914-06-20

the Saline Steele had escaped from
Camden. but he was not in time 10
escape Kirby Smith. Part Of Steeie's
Command had already crossed the Sa-
line when the Confederate army over
took them. led by Smith ia person.
There followed a desperate battle.
fought on a field Of mud. for the con
troll OF the crossing at Jenkins ferry.
For a fortnight the Federal troops
had sustained running fight. harnss-
ed at every step, their supply trains
captured and every conceivable hard
ship forced upon them At the Saline
they turned for one desperate struG-
gle They were wet from drenchlng
rains and hungry from days Of fast
ing. The ground was a qGsgmire into
which they sank knee deep.
Steele prepared 20 resist a large
force The bad condition Of the roads
and heavy rain falling. combined with
darkness. prevented the main army
from crossing during the night A pom
toon bridge had been laid and q part
of the force passed over. The remain.
der halted IN bottom lands west OF the
stream. General Frederick SalOmon's
division lay two miles back from the
river. its Hae resting upon water mt
both hanks
Battle Of Jenkins Ferry.
At daylight on the goth rain still !
fell in torrents. Although expecting /
an easy victory, the Confederates open
ed the attack under cover OF a ruse.
body Of them dressed IN blue drove
tock OF sheep toward the river. assum-
Ing that the hungry Federals would
welcome the forage psrty as belong
ing TO their OWE camp. But the men
On the OutpOsts were not easily de
eeived- They opened fire Hnd brought
ne eneE5v 20 the front 81 swarms.
he first onslaught was repulsed. 81!
nough SaiOmOn's men were driven
back 2oo yards.
General Prices attack fell upon the
ongade of General :. A. Rice. one
after another. fighting heroically. his
Tour regiments were forced back. t.
support Rice General SalOmOn sent
.or~ard Colonel AdOiph Engieinann's Z /
nI-Sade- Lost ground was recovered.
Nearness. hunger and the enormous !
e''as were forgotten by the Federsls In !
ueir logged determination 20 hold their 8
sTound- There was a sting IN the ,
.aake's tail. even though hunting his =
hoe
kepulsef 90 front. tile Confederate y
'Fossed the river Oh the flank and ;
med 70 establish batteries 10 eufiade q
saiomon's line fn the swampy bottom r
Ni1- 4 creek three or four feet deep s
Isn In front % the battery. and into h
ne swollen current EEglemann's Forty y
-Ha Illinois plunged. swimming across q
y awe away the gunners. The Sc Y
,-a Kansas. cOiOred. emulated the val r
= of their white comrades. and the v
'aemy Was driven on. d
~ noon the CODfederates gave up , %
e hight and withdrew. They had left | 81
.-r@riy 800 men on that bloody field. ! ;
.-eele. lost LlGO. Steeie's force con J IL
Alma record., 1914-02-12
lincoln's Famous Bodyguard Will
Violin Of Which lie Was
So Fond

less to say, he did not sleep wink
all night But he did not suspect that
Lincoln was in the same wakeful con
dition.
In the morning the colonel was sur
prised TO hear a knock at his door.
Going to open it, he found, to his sur
prise, that his caller was Lincoln.
Colonel" said the president, yes
terday | was harsh and unkind to you
and have been unable all night to
sleep; come with me-"
And they both called upon Stanton,
and Lincoln saw that the permit was
given TO the colonel.
And here are some more stories.
new in the sense that they have never
before appeared In print:
Alma record., 1914-02-12
SECRET OF KEEPING BUTTER
Should Be Packed In Clean, Well
Glazed Crooks-Exoeilent Brlne
Formula Is Given.

The great secret of keeping butter
is to have It good at first and keep
II cold
Pack In clean, well-glazed crooks
glass vessels are preferred which have
been scalded two or three times with
boiling salt water and then rinsed In
ice-cold water.
Pack solid within one inch Of the
top, then cover with half-inch Of fine
wet salt, cover with clean muslin
cloth, wrung out of cold water. Cover
with an extra cloth, then thick brown
paper. tie tight, and place crooks In
icehouse or cool, dry, well-aired eel.
lar. Icehouse Is much the best The
following Is an excellent brine to keep
butter in:
Water, three pints; salt, one pint;
boil 1t until the scum rises, then add
the beaten whites Of two eggs and
let all boil together. removing the
scum carefully, as 1t rises. Pour over
the crock of butter when cold; the
brine should cover the butter fully
one inch. Cover with muslin cloth
and heavy brown paper and store In
icehouse or cold cellar. This brine
will keep the butter sweet for one
yc<-' or more.