Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 145, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 June 1913 — The CIVIL WAR [ARTICLE]

The CIVIL WAR

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK

June 7, 1863. Colonel Wilder of the mounted infantry returned to Murfreesboro, Tenn,, after breaking up a band of guerillas at Liberty, capturing all their horses and 62 men. Federal troops pursued the Confederates to Spring Hill, Tenn., the Federal lotfs being 50 men. The position of the Federal army along the south side of the Rappahannock was considerably strengthened. Indiana and Michigan were formed into a military district and Gen. O. B. Wilcox placed in command. June 8, 1863. Leading editors of New York city met to consider the “right and duties of the press as affected by the existence of Civil war.” They decided there was justification tor the inciting or abetting of treason or rebellion against the constitution, government of laws, but that the rights of the press to criticise, censure or condemn the acts of those In power in order to render them more efficient and faithful was not suspended. They also declared the suspension by military edict of papers fax, from the seat of war was not necessary or justifiable. The Thirty-seventh , and Thirtyeighth New York volunteers returned home and were given a great reception and a banquet. All sutlers of the Army of the Potomac hurried to Washington to obtain licenses, in accordance with an order Issued by General Hooker. Surgeon W. S, Wright of the Confederate army was found concealed in to house in St. Louis with Confederate mail, morphine, quinine and gold lace in his possession, and was tried as a spy and sentenced to be shot. A weekly paper called the Black Hawk Chronicle was started on the Federal fleet on the Mississippi river.

June 9,1863. A bloody cavalry battle was fought at Beverley’s Ford, Va., between the Federal General Pleasonton, Buford and Greeg, and the Confederate Gen. J. E. B. Stuart, In which the latter was driven back and Gen. Fitz Hugh Lee was severely wounded. General Carter’s forces crossed the Cumberland and drove the Confederates under Pegram out of Monticello. There was a lively skirmish at Triune, Tenn., between the Sixth Kentucky cavalry and a force of 500 Confederates. Two Confederate officers, Lawrence A. Williams, formerly of the United States army, and Lieut. Walter G. Peter, were detected In the Federal camp at Franklin, Tenn., and hanged as spies. * John Ross, chief of the Cherokee Indiana; called on President Lincoln and gave? assurances of the renewed lloyalty of the tribe. Between 20 and 30 men were killed and as many injured by the explosion >of a powder magazine in Fort Lyon. The principle of general emancipation was indorsed at a great “Uncondltional Union” meeting at Dover, Del.

June 10, 1863.

Enrolling officers were fired on near I Manville, Ind., one being killed and one fatally wounded. Troops were isent to the locality. The Confederate General Pemberton isent word to Richmond that he could Ihold Vicksburg against General Grant, «nd Grant said he could take the city at any time, but that to do it then would mean the sacrifice of a great many men. General Brooks was assigned to the command of the Department of the 'Monongahela and Major General Hancock assumed command of the Second •rmy corps. Three hundred Confederate prisoners were sent to Fortress Monroe to be exchanged. Three hundred paroled Federal solidlers passed through Louisville on tbfelr way to join their regiments in General Rosemans’ army. June 11, 1863. _ C. L. Vallandinghamwas nominated ffor governor of Ohio by the Demotcratlo convention. General Lee was reported to be (moving up the Rappahannock with his (entire army for the invasion of Pennsylvania. Governor Curtain called inIto consultation Generals Couch, IBchenck and Brooks. ! Mosby’s band crossed the Potomac Itnto Maryland, attacked part of the IBixth Michigan cavalry, burned a lot lot military stores and retired. Colonel Montgomery began a Fedferal invasion of Georgia from St Simon’s island, burning the town of Darien and capturing the schooner Pet with a cargo of cotton. The blockade runner Calypso was tcaptured by the U. S. S. Florida off ,TWilmington, 8. C. ■ At a great union meeting In Chicago William Kellogg administered to the (people an oath that never should the Iwar cease “while a rebel lived or a (foot of treasonable soil was to be Itound.” The Richmond Enquirer declared (there was fierce exasperation and jeaL iousy among the states of the Confederacy, but that the army was sound |and would fight to the last Ninety-seven Confederate prisoners.

mostly officers, who were being transferred from Fortress Monroe to Fort Delaware on the steamer Maple Leaf took possession of the vessel, ran it ashore near Cape Henry Light and escaped. Among them was a son of Captain Semmea. June 12,

General Forrest with 5,000 Confederate cavalry and two batteries made another attack on General Mitchell’s forces at Triune, Tenn. A grand review of Union troops was held in Nashville, Tenn. The enrolling commissioners were driven -out of White River township, Indiana, and Governor Morton issued a warning proclamation to the opponents of the draft A Confederate report said Vallindinghatn had gone to a southern port to get to Nassau, N. P. Gov. Richard Yates prorogued the Illinois legislature because of its sympathy with the Confederate cause. , General Couch took command of the department of the Susquehanna and summoned all men between the ages of eighteen and sixty to tom an army corps for the defense of Pennsylvania. The commissioner of pen sic is at Washington estimated that if th s war lasted another year the pensions would draw $7,000,000 a year from the national treasury. June 13, 1863.

General Hooker began the movement of his army northward fron the Rappahannock. Confederate Gen. N. B. Forrest was shot and severely wounded by Confederate Lieutenant Gould in a quarrel. Confederate cavalry captmed a trainload of Federal cavalry horses and lobted an express safe at Elizar bethtown, Ky. Federal Captain Hare of the mounted provost guard attacked Hine’s guerillas at Wilson's creek, Ky., killing four and capturing their equipment. Private John P. Woods of the Nineteenth Indiana volunteers was shot as a deserter. The Federal government received word of the capture and burning of a number of vessels off the Atlantic coast by the Confederate Privateer Clarence and others, and sewn war ships were sent in pursuit The Richmond Enquirer stated that all exchanges of prisoners had been stopped because of breech of the cartel by the Federal government The paper claimed an excess of prisoners In favor of the Confederate of 17,000. (Copyright 1913, by W. G. Chapman.)