The Sisseton weekly standard., May 17, 1912, Image 6

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By Captiin GEORGE L. KILMEIt. Late
U. S. V.
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tion
The War fifty Years Ago
Battle on the Bank of York River Two Federal
Columns Start From Yorktown Toward Richmond.
"Stonewall" Jackson Wins a Slight Victory at Mc­
Dowell, In the Shenandoah Valley -Confederates
Hastily Evacuate Norfolk, Va., and the Ram Merri
mac Is Destroyed by Her Own Crew- Spirited Naval
Action on the Mississippi—Wooden Confederate Ships
Sink One Federal Ironclad an Drive Another Ashore.
HEN the Confederates sud­
denly
evacuated Yorktown
on May 4. 1802, the penin
aula campaign of the Aruiy
Potomac took on a new phase
move made by the Confederate
commander General J. E. Johnston
surprised his own government and the
southern people. It was expected of
him that he would keep the Federal
army at a safe distance from Rich
mond. After abandoning his strong po
sltlou on York river he could do so
by opposing it In open field. Me-
base was at Fortress Monroe,
100 miles from Richmond. The
river bounds the peninsula on
northwest and the James on the
southeast. With either river open to
Federal
warships McClellan could get
supplies by
water as he advanced to­
ward Richmond.
When the evacua-
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took pl: re It was expected iu.,
the rain
w~"
Merntuai wou.il make Federa
navigation of those streams hanardoiis
if
not Impossible. Johnston had alioii
60,000 troops when he "ran away'
from
Yorktown. McClellan had about
80,000
in the field. There were
more
march of
Richmond.
20.01XJ
Confederates within a day's
A general of Napoleonic boldness
might have marched out of Yorktown
and waited to get his enemy at a dis
advantage near at hand should he pur
sue too hastily and defeat him. In
point of fact, McClellan believed that
the evacuation was not a ruse of war.
And he started on a vigorous pursuit
by two routes. In doing so he violated
one of the great maxims of generalship
by dividing his army in the face of
the enemy.
Advance on Land and Water.
One column pushed forward at the
very heels of the Confederates and
brought them to bay at Williamsburg,
ten miles from the Yorktown lines
While two divisions of McClellun'x
army were battling there on May &
four divisions were loaded upon steam
transports to proceed up York river
MM seize a landing place at West
Point, near the month of the Pamun
key river, a navigable tributary of the
TOie tyipe had been within Confed
•r^ t$5ritdry and i^,lilk even been
w6pnnoiteNd by' tne Federals. A
hllfldlng rainstorm raged all day on
the
:0th. ^e i^val commander refus
ed to sail up the river to protect the
transports "ttntfl tbe storm passed.
Sany oa th* 6th the flotilla started
uuQ (wehed West Point without mis-
*t nightfall. The troops went
1
and
wsre
_j
attacked on the i«nk
river
eeriy on the 7th. Having
nwi to advance, the commander
the expedition, General W. a
held his ground and repulsed
thi attack. The Confederates retreat-
Two days later Franklin's column
the troops which had fought at
-, formed a Junction near
Wfct frgtot. Bmwltod,the army pro
~'chmond without en
-iu) op's' troops again nn
•&*1!* OMfpdjirate capital
Va.
lactam wt W
Marchn, 18Q8.
Qader oeMnifeMam
within leu miles of JacUsou's camp.
I In the mountains, tpirty miles west,
there were Federals led by Cieti
eral W. H. Milroy ami General II. C.
SchencU. On May 8 Jackson was on a
bill uear McDowell with aliout 0.000
men. He planned to capture the road
of retreat of the Federals, who were
shut in by hills, with only one avenue
of escape, the road north to Franklin.
I The question for S. 'iein was how
to get his force safely out of the
presence of foes which outnumbered
him. Jackson was believed to have
0,000 men at hand. Milroy wanted to
await attack, but Schenck thought his
best plan was to rake the initiative and
strike at Jackson, then^qulckiy retire
his force from the enemy's front. This
plan was carried out. Milroy leading
his brigade in a gallant manner up
the face of the hill.
The Confederates were sheltered by
natural formation of the ground and
by slight intrenchments. The battle
which ensued was fought at close
FEDERAL IRONCI.AD CINCINNATI, WHICH NARROWLY ESCAPED DESTRUCTION AT FORT PILLOW.
quarters. Both sides were plucky and
stubborn. After accomplishing his ob
ject Milroy fell back to the main camp
at McDowell. Early on the morning
of the 0th the whole force marched
away toward Franklin and was uot
seriously molested by the Confederates
The Ram Uerrimac Blown Up.
While the siege of Yorktown by the
Federal Army of the Potomac under
General McClellan was in progress, in
April, 1802, the Confederates main
tained a force of 15,000 men at Nor
folk. In the language of military men
the movement of the Army of the Poto
mac up the peninsula from Yorktown
toward Richmond "turned" the Con
federate position at Norfolk, and It
had to be given up. On the night of
May 9 the Confederates under General
Benjamin Huger evacuated the place.
The year before the Federal authorities
had evacuated It, after destroying a
part of the old United States navy
yard and burning several warships at
the docks.
During their year of occupancy the
Confederates had utilized the resources
of the navy yard, It was here that
the famous Ironclad ram Merrlmac
was constructed. She was about to see
her finish close at hand. Qeneral Huger
burned the navy ^yard and all the ves
sels lying there. The Merrlmac at the
time was at anchor off Craney Island,
about Ave miles distant..
She was practically blockaded by
several Federal warships, including
the Monitor, which lay in Hampton
Roads close to the guns of Fortess
Monroe. Attempts to lighten the ram
so she could pass over the sand bar
at the mouth of James river failed, and
•he was In danger of defeat and cap
ture, provided she triad to cut her way
oat'past the Federal ships. Her com
mander at this time, Captain Joslah
Tatnall, wanted to make a dash for
freedom, but he was overruled by his
chief at Richmond. Just before day
light .on the 11th the UMrch was applied
to the magaslnee, and the pioneer iron
dad warship in American waters was
Mown into a shapeless wreck by her
own people.
Chttboat Battle Bear FortPillow.
Whlle Farragufs fleet was fighting
tts way up the Misslseippi river it New
Orleans In April. lMfc. *he federal
taacladi In the upper Mississippi were
—cMcally blockaded .sbme distance
above Vlcksborg. He Confederates
1
pcetWiiac tor trouble from the
-s weB aa Iran the south. Btet
was the farthest tooth which
•4m
the Federal ships on Ihe upper MIs-
1
sissippi could sail. At that point the
(Confederates had eight wooden rams,
Tl:e.v depended upon these ships to
I keep the vessels of the Federal fleet at
a safe distance above the fort.
I)aiiy a Federal mortar bout was
towed down the river within range of
the fort to throw shells at it. One of
the ironclads remained near by in or
der to protect the mortar vessel. Do
the 10th of May the mortar boat
reached her position at 5 a. m. The
ironclad Cincinnati was close by. At
tja. in. eight Confederate rams
steamed at full speed up the river to
capture the mortar boat. This was de
fended for a time with great spirit by
the crew, who fired the mortar eleven
times.
Danger was signaled to other Iron
clads up the river, and the Carondelec
started immediately to support the
Cincinnati, the ironclads Mound City.
Pittsburg and Benton following. The
Confederate rams were led by the
General Bragg. She in fide for the Cin
cinnati and was fired upon by both the
Carondelet and Mound City before she
could strike. When she struck she
knocked a great hole in the shell room
below the water line.
The Rams Spread Havoc.
At this time the Cincinnati started
to retreat then the ram General Price
struck her again, and finally the Gen
eral Sumter dealt her a blow which
sent her ashore in a sinking condition.
Meanwhile the Carondelet forged to
the front and opened with bow and
broadside guns upon the foremost
rams. Three of those had already
passed above her upstream. These
opened fire upon the ironclad, which
she returned with her stern guns, put
ting a shot into the General Sumter
I just forward of the wheelhouse. The
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Mound City,,which had como down the
river with the Carondelet, had been
badly rammed by the Van Dorn nnd
sank in shoal water. The upper deck
of the Carondelet was swept with
grnpeshot and fragments of broken
shell, but she stayed in the fight until
the rams took shelter under the guns
of Fort Pillow. The Federal ship cap
tains claimed that they could have cap
tured some of the rams, only they had
no means of towing them out of uc
tion. The steam power of the iron
clads was out of proportion to their
bulk and weight.
Farragut Forging Ahead.
On May 12 Farragut's warships cov
ered the landing of 1,400 Federal troops
at Baton Rouge, La., the capital of
the state. This incident marked .the
second stage of the opening of the
Mississippi river. Farragut's orders,
which also applied to General But
ler's land troops, who were to co
operate with the navy, looked to the
capture of all the Confederate land
defenses on the river and the ultimate
occupation of Jackson, Miss., the state
capital, lying east of Vlcksburg. The
navy had halted below only long
enough to destroy the Confederate fleet
after pksslng the forts covering New
Orleans. The last Confederate ship to
go down was the Governor Moore,
which was beached by Captain Kennon,
her commander, six miles above the
forts. The Moore fought successively
five Federal vessels, four of which be
longed to the leading division of the
fighting squadron led by Captain Theo
dore Bailey. Bailey's flagship, the
Cayuga, came out of the flght carrying
forty-two shot holes In her hull. With
the Moore in flames and wrecked on
the beach the last enemy afloat had
been disposed of.
In spite of the wounds of his ship,
Bailey steamed on toward New Or
leans at the head of his division and,
after running past the rams, gunboats
and batteries, captured the post at
Chalmette. below the city, with a regi
ment of soldiers and all the guns.
Farragut accorded to Bailey the
honor of demanding the surrender of
New Orleans. It was refused. The
fleet remained Ih front of the city until
General Butler had landed a force of
troops and proclaimed martial law. It
then continued up the river, reaching
Baton Rouge on the 12th. This point
remained the northern limit of Federal
land occupation along the river for
many inonths, although the navy con
tinued to make demonstrations ag»in«f
the Confederate fortifications farther
upstream.
POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
Notices Under This Heading- Are
$10.00—Payable Strictly in Ad
vance.
For State Senator.
I hereby announce that I am a
candidate for the office of state
senator from Roberts county, sub
ject to the will of the voters, at
the primary ejection to be held
on the 4th day of June. 1912.
A. II. DAIIL,
Vernon, S. D.
For State Senator.
I hereby announce that 1 ajn
a candidate for State 'Senator,
subject to the decision of the
republican voters at the primar
ies to be held June 4, 1912.
ANDREW MARVICK.
For Representative
I hereby announce my candi
dacy for the nomination to the
office of Representative from
Roberw County, South Dakota,
subject to the will of the repub
lican voters at the primary elec
tion to be held on the first Tues
day in June 1912.
Very Respectfully,
H. M. PELLBAUM.
For Representative.
I hereby announce that I am a
candidate for the office of repre
keulative from Roberts county,
snl jfot to the will ol the repub
lie an voters at the primary elec
tion to be held on the 4th day of
June, 1912.
ALFRED N-ELSON.
Peever, S. D.
For Representative.
I hereby announce that I am a
candidate for the office of repre
sentative from Roberts county,
subject to the will of the repub
lican voters at the primary ejec
tion to be hold on the 4th day
of June. 1912.
ANDREW PETERSON,
Summit, S.D.
For Commissioner, 1st District.
I hereby announce that. 1 am
a candidate for re-election to the
office of County Commissioner
for the 1st Commissioner district
of Roberts county, subject to the
will of the republican voters at
the primary election to be held on
the first Tuesday in June 1912.
M. L. SATURN.
For County Treasurer.
I hereby announce myself as a
republican candidate for the of
fice of County Treasurer of Rob
erts coufliy, subject 1o the will of
the voters at tlid primary election
to be held on the firarf. Tuesday
in June, 1912.
IV ER J. JOHNSON.
For County Auditor.
I hereby announce myself as a
republican candidate for the
office of Auditor of Roberts
county, subject to the will of the
legal voters at the primaries to
be held in thecounty on the first
Tuesday in June, 1912.
be held
of
O. E. LIEN.
For Clerk of Court.
I hereby announce myself as
a
republican candidate for the of
fice of Clerk of Court, of Rob
erts county, .subject to the. will of
the voters at the primary elec
tion to be held on June 4, 1912.
ARTHUR O. OLSiON.
ifeii ftsIVir Clerk of Court.
I hereby announce myself as a
republican candidate for the of
fice
of Clerk of Court of Roberta
eoontjy,
subject to the will of
voter*
at
the
the
primary election
to
on the first Tuesday in
Jnne.1912.
D. P. STEVENS.
For Clerk of Courts
I hereby announce myself as a,
reuiblican candidate for the of
fice of clerk of ooutrs of Roberta
county, subject to the will of the
voters at the primary election to
be held on the first Tuesday in
June, 1912. If elected I will per
sonally attend to the duties of
the office. Sincerely,
A. L.CASEY,'
Peever, S. I
For Register of Dtfeds.
I hereby announce myself as
ft republican candidate for Reg
ister
Deeds
ty, S.
of Roberts coun­
D., subject
to the will of
voters at the primaries to
be heM on Jane 4, 1918.
1, NELSON WILCOX.
For State Representative.
Baing a candidate for represen
tative to the state legislature, I
respectfully solicit the support of
the republican voters of Roberts
county at the coming June pri
maries.
W. E. RAYMOND
Summiit, S. D.
For Register of Deeds.
I hereby announce myself aa
a candidate for nomination for
the office of Register of Deeds
of Roberts County, subject
the will of the republican vot
ers at the primaries to be held
on June 4th, 1912, and prom
ise if nominated and elected to
give the duties of the office my
personal attention and to execute
them to the best of my ability.
Very Respectfully,
PRANK W. MURRAY.
For Register of Deeds.
I hereby announce myself as a
candidate for the office of Regis
ter of Deeds of Roberts County,
S. D., subject to the will of th
republican voters at the prim
aries to be,held on June 4,1912
J. O. SWENUMSON,
Peever, S. D.
For Sheriff.
I desire to announce to the peo
ple of our county that I am a
candidate for the office of sher
iff of Roberts County, subject to
the will of the voters at the re
publican primary election to be
hel'd on the first Tuesday in Jun
1912.
Respectfully.
FRANK HICKS.
For Sheriff.
I hereby announce myself as a
candidate for Sheriff of Roberts
County on the Republican ticket,
subject to the will of the legal
voters at the primaries to be held
on Tuesday, .June 4th, 1912.
John S. Swanson who has been
the efferent Sheriff of Roberts
County for the past three years
retires from office on Dec. 31st,
1912.
I have served under him tai the
capacity of Deputy Sheriff, so
feel competent to manage the of
fice, and should I be nominated
and elected I will faitfully ful
fill the duties of the office as
they come to me in a buiisness
like manner.
Respectfully,
ORVTLLE A. JOHNSON,
White Rook S.
For Sheriff,
I hereby announce myself as a
eaiididate for sheriff of Roberts
County on the republican ticket,
*ub$ecti to the will of the vot-'
era at the primary election to be
held on the first Tuesday in
June. 1912. W. D. WILSON.
For Sheriff.
I hereby announce myself as a
candidate for sheriff of Roberts
eminty on the republican ticket,
•abject to the will of the legal
voters at the primaries to be held
on the first Tuesday in June
1912. ERNEST A. NYBERG,
Corona, S. D.
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date in this part of South Dako
ta. We guarantee our work to
give entire satisfaction.
Fos Sheriff.
I hereby announce myself as
a candidate for sheriff of Rob
erte county on the republican tic
Ket, subject l-o the will of the le
gal voters at the primaries to
iui!
1M2,
J. L. MINDER
V.r imct, S. u.
For Coroner.
I hereby announce myself as
candidate for coroner of Roberts
county on the republican ticket
subject to the will of the legal
voters at the primaries to be held
iQi 9
Tuesday
in June,
1912. Dr. l\ :I BROW.V
For States Attorney.
I hereby announce my candi
dacy for the nomination to the of
"ice of state's attorney of Rob
erts county, South Dakota sub
ject to the will of the republi
can voters at the primary electioi
to be held the first Tuesday in
June, 1912.
PRANK R. McKENNA.
For Staiteg Attorney.
To The Voters of Robert*
County.
I do hereby announce that I
am a republican candidate for
States Attorney, subject, to your
approval at the June primary.
stand allied with no political
machine or clique, but wholly up
on my own merits a ad the pri
mary law. If nominated and
elected, I will ijciisige the
duties of the office impartially.
Yours Respectfully,
THOMAS MANI.
For County Judge.
I hereby announce myself as a
republican candidate for the of
fice of County Judge of Roberts
county, South Dakota, subject
to the will of the voters at the
primary election to be held on
the first Tuesday in June, 1912.
Respectfully,
HAL M. KNIGHT.
For County Judge.
I announce myself as a repub
lican. candidate for the office of
County Judge for Roberts Coun
ty, subject to the wiU of the vot
ers at ithe Primaries, to be held
on the first Tuesdf .y in Jutfft
1912.
J. W. BARRINGTON.
For County Judge.
To the people of Roberts County:
I desire to amnounce that I atn
a oamdidate for re
"election to the
office of County Judge, subject
to tithe choice of the republican
voters at the June, 1912, primary.
B. J. TURNER.
For Superintendent Of Schools.
I hereby announce that I am a
opndidate for re "election to the
office of County Superintendent
°c Schools of Roberts County,
subject to'the wiill of the voter
at the Republican Primary Elec
tion to be held June 4th, 1912.
hope for the suppotr of all those
who believe that by my admini
stration of the duties of this of
fice during my persent term, I
merit the customary second term.
Sincerely,
BONNIE ANDREWS.
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