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/ FOIifciST GROVE PRESS, FOREST GROVE. OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 6, 1913. Forest Grove = = ^ xs= Steam Laundry Wood, Coal, Cold Storage and Ice. MERTZ & LATTA Cor. 5th Ave. and 2nd S t., Forest Grove, Ore. W. F. HARTRAMPH Feed Mill will run every day in the week. W holesale and Retail Bran,Shorts, Rolled Oats, Ground Oats, Ground Wheat, (’racked Wheat, Cracked Corn, Whole Wheat and Corn, Middlings and several kinds of Hard Wheat Flour, Sack Twine and Sacks, Hay and Vetch Seed. Give us a call when in need, ln d Phone 50x F o res t Grove, Ore his men. F orrest charged twice upon the fence, but the Federals m aintained th eir ground with firm courage. F inal ly this force was overcome, an d F or rest pushed on to the railroad In Co burn's rear, charging up a steep slope held by C obu rn’s Infantry. In this charge F o rrest's line suffered heavily under the galling Federal fire. ' The Desperate Struggle at Thompson's Station, Tennessee. last rush carried Forrest, with his es Confederate Cavalry Captures a Federal Brigade. cort, up to the Federal comm ander, and the fiery southern fighter dem anded General Forrest's Troopers Surround Their Foe. su rren der a t the point of the pistol. Federals Surrender In a Mass— Colonel John S. Coburn had ju s t learned th a t his men Mosby’s Famous Band Kidnaps a Federal General. were without cartridges, and he told them to fix br.yonets an d drive F orrest Bold Night Foray Into the Heart of a Big Camp. from the slope. But F orrest's men General E. H. Stoughton Surprised While Asleep. were sw a rm in g in all directions and Van Dorn closing down upon the posi tion. which w as already u n d er fire of B y C a p t a i n C EO . L. K I L M E R . Late U. S. V. lines bidden behind those convenient bis guns, he having passed beyond the \ U K story of th e fight around hills, w aiting for th e foe to walk Into station in triu m p h a n t pursuit, it w as Van |)orn got word the for Coburn su rren der or a frightful th e little fa rm e rs’ depot known th e tr a p as T hompson's Station. In cen night of th e 4th of C oburn's Intended massnere, and he surrendered. tral T ennessee, on March 5, trip to Spring Hill, and before d a y T he fight had lusted five hours. F o r 1803. reads like a page In th e history light of tbe 5th bis squ adrons nod bat rest held th e road in C oburn's rear. of some Irregular w arfare. A Federal teries w ere posted along tbe ridge to H is troops and those with Van Dorn column of 1.900 men sta rte d ou t early tb e right ami left and in the re a r of to head off and tight th e enemy. T heir tb e gap a t T hom pson's Station. Co C onfederate opponents were also out burn ap proached cautiously, sending early, and, a fte r giving th e Federals his cavalry and guns, with in fan try all th e lighting they cared to sta n d up supports, to the knojls which overlook against, inn .died them en nmsse to ed th e narro w valley. H e Intended to establish him self in the g a p a n d w ait I.lbliy prison. T h e C onfederate lenders In this bold for re-enforcem ents, tb e b etter to swoop were not novices In th e a r t of cope w ith Van Dorn. war. although G eneral Forrest, the Federal Retreat Ordered. real hero of the masterly exploit, had While th e Federals were pushing for come up from the class of fa r m e r sol diers. F o rrest's chief In th e affair a t w ard for van tag e ground. Van D orn’s T hom pson ’s Station, General Carl Van guns opened upon them . U ndaunted, Horn, w as an ex-offleer of the United C oburn's men rushed for tb e battery S tates reg ular arm y, trained nt W est and w ere within 150 y ard s of It when Point. Ills during strateg y In th e w ar th e troopers In gray, dism ounted and In biding, sp ran g fo rw a rd and m et the had already won him fame. Van Horn had ju s t joined th e Con resolute fellows w ith a hot Are from federate arm y In T ennessee from Mis tlielr carbines. At th e end of h a lf an sissippi with 4.500 troopers, th e men hour's struggle th e Federals retired, who had figured In tils last previous hut th e incident g a v e Coburn’s E ig ht exploit, th e cap tu re of G ran t's military eenth Ohio b atte ry tim e to unlitnber supply depot nt Holly Springs. Miss., for action on a knoll fifty feet above on 1 >ec. 20. 1802. With F orrest rode the th e valley. Three guns opened fiercely rem nant of the brigade which fought so upon th e Confederates, who began to desperately a t the a tt a c k on F o rt Don- show them selves boldly over th e field. While th e firing w as hottest a t tbe elson a month before, about GOO sabers. station. Colonel C oburn's scouts re A Negro Gives the Alarm. ported n body of C onfederate cavalry T h e day preceding the fight nt T h om p moving around Ills left on a crossroad. son's Stntion the Federal brigade of Being convinced t h a t be had stirred up @ by Review o f Reviews company. Colonel Joh n Coburn, comprising the a hornets' nest, th e luckless colonel G EN ER A L E. H. STOUGHTON, V. 3. A., V ICTIM T hirty third and Eighty-fifth Indiana, ordered th e force to re tre a t from the of mosuy ' s foray . the T w en ty -third Wisconsin, the Nine station before the line w as outflanked teenth Michigan in fantry and the Ninth T he cavalry and artillery which should were all mounted, an d th ere w ere no P ennsylvania cavalry, marched from have covered th e w ith d raw al of the re-enforcements in sight to save the day for the Federals. C oburn’s men fought heroically and m ade the enemy pay dearly for his success. The Fed- ' eral loss in killed and wounded was 295 men and officers, while the Con federates lost 358 killed an d wounded, including nine officers, am ong them a colonel and a m ajor killed. Coburn surrendered 1,150 uuwouuded men. The War Fifty Years Ago T Mosby’s Night Riders at Work. T he night of March 7, 1803, w as mnde memorable in th e camps of the arm y around Washington by one ot Colonel Ja c k Mosby's boldest exploits. H aving been chased up and down the country nt a pace not to his liking by Colonel Sir Percy Wyndhnra’s First New Jersey cavalry, the hold Virginia partisan decided to raid Federal head q u a rte rs at F airfax Court House and carry the active E nglishm an to Rich mond. Stealing past the Federal cavalry pickets by a circuitous ride und er the guidance of a deserter. Mosby and his band of tw enty-nine troopers struck the Federal guards on th e road Just outside the village. T he few sentinels who challenged the s tra n g e rs w ere appeased with the ready an sw er, “ F ifth New York caval ry.” One a f t e r a n o th e r the guards both ou and off duty surrendered at the point of the pistol and even thought th eir captors were comrades playing a practical Joke. The desert er, who knew the lines thoroughly, was sent a f t e r Colonel W yndham, but th a t officer happened to be in Wash Ington. In roaming nliont the hostile lines Mosby’s followers had picked up several prisoners, one of whom said th a t he w as a guard nt the h eadqn ar ters of G eneral E. II Stoughton, com m an der of the In fan try outposts. WM. WEITZEL 1 inning and Plumbing, Sheet Metal Worh and Re pair Shop. Capture a General In Bed. N o rth F irst Avenue, betw een Main ami “ A ” S tr e e ts ; phone 863. Copyright by Review of Reviews company. C OL O NE L JO H N SURVEYOR All kinds of survey ing and maping. Subdivisions a spec ialty. H. B GLA1SYF.R, Hoffman & Allen Bld’jf Phone 8tX> Forest Grove, Ore. UNDERTAKING Embalming and Funeral Directing FOREST GROVE UNDERTAKING CO. J. S. Buxton. Manager Phone No. 642 Fores! Grove. Or. 1 / h u i t m 8. MOSBV F ran klin sou th w ard under Instructions from the com m anding general to go as far as Spring Hill and see " w h a t Is In our front." T he country ahead of the column w as broken by long swells and ridges f>0 to 2o0 foot high, and th e ou t look from any point did not extend t>e yotul half a mile to ttie south L ate in th e day the enemy was met In a lively skirmish, th e fact reported hack to h ead qu arters and th e column placed In position for a night attack Early on the 5th a negro brought word to Colonel Coburn th at Van Dorn was inarching to attack F ranklin and had already passed Spring Hill to the n o rth ward This news w as also sent hack to h ead q u arters w ithout bringing a modification of C oburn's orders to go AND SOME O F H IS BAND. in fantry left the field and were seen no more In the fig h t Coburn accused the officers of these commands of de serting him In his extremity. The Federal retreat w as the signal for a dash from Van Dorn's center upon th e station P a rt s of three bri gades charged the station, but were fought off by C oburn's ineu. The Con federates had no bayonets and hut for th e assistance of the artillery, which raked Coburn's line lengthwise, would have been beaten from the field. Co- h u m ordered Ills officers to make a stan d on a ridge In rear of the stntion and fight to the Inst. Rapid Fire With Carbines. While the fight was on at the stntion Forrest saw with his keen soldier's eye to S p r i n g I l l l l . th at there w as not room for Ids brigade T h ere being no enemy In sight at 8 In th a t narrow, crowded valley and gal • ’clock a m , Coburn sent his cavalry loped his men around the Federal left to s.-our the country, and the Infantry to strike th e force defending the stn marched forward. As the column ad tlon In th e rear This was the lx*dy of vanced It stirred up th e skirm ishers of horsemen which had alarmed Coburn the enemy, who slowly retired and re Forrest's leading regiment o|>ened rapid fused battle At Thom pson's Station fire with carbines upon Coburn's hat the pike leading to Spring Hill and the tery, which was moving to ground In railroad pass through a gap In a low th e rear, an d drove It back tow ard range of hills covered with cedars and Franklin. Two of F orrest's guns also having steep bluffs .lust In advance opened upon th e retreating line. of the station C oburn's cavalry dls Meanwhile part of Coburn's command lodged some Confederate skirmishers, and h looked for the moment as though changed front and took a position be hind a stone fence which lay directly the enemy would not stan d for battle In the path of Format. Dismounting But F orrest and Yau Dorti had th - lr Falling to get the p articu lar colonel he wanted, Mosby decided to ta k e a general instead. With half a dozen tru sty fellows he stole up to the win dow of the general’s house, aroused the in m a te s an d stated th a t he bore a dis patch for tbe commander. A staff officer came to the door and w as seiz ed w ithout ceremony. H e led th e way to the room where the general lay asleep. T h e noise of enterin g made by the Intruders aroused him, and. tu rn Ing to face them , he saw a brace of re volvers pointing nt his head. "General, get np, dress quick. You are my prts oner,” said Mosby. “ W h a t? ” ” My nam e Is Mosby S tu a r t’s caval ry are In possession of th is camp, and Stonewall Jackson betw een you and th e arm y .” " I s Fttzhugh Lee here?” “ Yes.” “T hen ta k e me to him; we were classm ates.” Thoroughly deceived, Stoughton of fered no resistance, and the night rid ers galloped a w ay with th eir prisoner from the midst of several thousand arm ed men who stood nt his call. The daring capture hnd l>een effected with In a few hours' rtdesif Washington. Xloshy had cut the telegraph lines which connected the Federal camps. No alarm was sent to outlying troops, sn d the raiders passed unchallenged betw een large camps of Federals. even close enough to h ear the calls of the sentinels on guard Riding on to Cul peper Court House. Mosby turned his prisoner over to his chief. 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