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FOREST GROVE PRESS. FOREST GROVE. OREGOiN. THURSDAY. APRIL 3. 1913. Forest Grove Steam Laundry Wood, The War Fifty Years Ago Confederate Activities South of James River— General James Longstreet Seat to Petersburg by General Lee. Confederate Attempt to Recover Suffolk, Va., and Plymouth. Washington and Newbern, N. C.— Lieu tenant W. B. Cushing’s Early Boat Adventures-—The Confederates Building Ironclads In North Carolina. Attack on Newbern and Siege of Washington— A Ferryboat Serving as a Federal Warship. Coal, Cold Storage and Ice. fiv Cao iin CEO. I. KILMER. Late U. V V. MERTZ & LATTA I Cor. 5th Ave. ami 2nd St., Forest Grove, by Federal*, prevented the completion N midwinter 18t!3 a revival of long of tin* vessels, but the *ume firms se dormant activities by the Confed cretly made contracts to build war erates in the coast n*giou south ships in the interior, upon the shores o f the lower James river indl of navigable streams. oated a new |silley. From the time I of the withdrawal of the Federal army A Second Merrimac Ram. of the I’otomae and General A. E. This time fifty years ago one of the litirnside's North Carolina forces to most formidable of these ships was un northern Virginia in the summer of der coustruction at a point near Ed ISliJ there had been no formidable ward’s Ferry, on the Itoanoke river. armies of either side In the whole dis She was Inter known as the ram Albe trict. marle. The iron for the machinery lie fore abandoning the pennlsula In and armor of the ram was picked up August, 1862, tieneral McClellan de at shops and furms all over the coun tached one division from the Fourth try between Wilmington and Rich corps o f the Army of the Potomac ami mond. The project was looked upon sent It to sQiitlien.tteru Virginia. Its ns a chimera in the brain of Command commander, tieneral John J. Peck, was er J. W. Cooke, whose zeal in her con soon placed at the head of the district struction under great difficulties was around Suffolk, with headquarters at almost fanatical. that |x>rt on the river Kunsemond. In spite o f the secrecy with which General Peek’s force numbered about the work was enrried on by Cooke’s as il.Otkl men. sistants, the Federals soon learned of At that dale the Confederates had n the second Merrimac which was to be. force on the llluekwater river, a stream Suspicion, if nothing more definite, Ore. J* W. F. HARTRAMPH Feed Mill will run every day in the week. Wholesale and Retail Bran,Shorts, Rolled Oats, Ground Oats, Ground Wheat, Cracked Wheat, Cracked Corn, Whole Wheat and Corn, Middlings and several kinds o f Hard Wheat Flour, Sack Twine and Sacks, Hay and Vetch Seed. Give us a call when in need. lnd Phone 5Ux Forest Grove, Ore S. A. WALKER H. I.IDYAKD WALKER & LIDYARD SHOEMAKERS a twelve pounder rifle and a 100 pound er rille and had proved a match for the best gunboats in the Confederate “ mosquito fleet’’ by running down and sinking its tiugsblp, tbe Sea Bird, in buttle in February, 1863. Flusser took her for his flagship. The object of Confederate enterprise south of James river in the spring of 1803 was to recover all that had been lost the year before. Plymouth, on Roanoke river; Washington, on Tar river, and Newbern, on the Neuse, were tbe principal |>ort towns inviting recapture. Washington lies about thir ty tulles south of Plymouth, with no water connection except by circuitous route through two rivers and Pamlico ami A lbem arle sounds. New Berne is ! thirty-six m iles south of Washington, j but has shorter w ater connection with , that imint than has Plymouth. The Federal» controlled the waters j in the spring of 1803, but the Confed erates controlled railroads running from the great military centers of both Virginia and North Carolina to within reasonable marching distance of all three places. We arfc prepared to do the very best o f all kind o f shoe work. UP-TO-DATE MACHINERY Special attention given to crippled feet. Copyright by the Review of Reviews Company. W M . W EITZEL GENERAT, J G FOSTER. U S A . AND GENERAL D H HILL, C. S. A., OPPOSING COMMANDERS AT WASHINGTON, N. C. west of Suffolk nud emptying into A1 bomarle sound. General J. J. Petti Tinning and Plumbing, Sheet grew was Confederate commander on tin? Rlnrkwater, and lii^ opponents be Metal Work and Re lieved that be could muster 15.IMK) men. Suffolk is less than twenty miles from pair Shop. North Carolina, and south of the state line the Confederates were in almost undisputed contrid of inland territory wldeh Included streams navigable for North First Avenue, between Main ami small gunboats and some bodies of wa “ A ” Streets; phone 863. ter which would tloat an Ironclad. The Confederates had the advantage of holding interior lines and connec tions direct from Petersburg, on James river, and Richmond. They drew sup plies from the region for their army around Richmond anil moved troops back and forth, now to defend Rich mond and again to operate in North Carolina. f From the preparing of the food to the serving, ab so lu te cleanliness and painstaking care is observ ed by the Forest Grove Oyster House Everything to Eat O ysters and Shellfish a Specialty. Open Day and Night ED. BOOS, Proprietor r BUTTER WRAPPER PRINTING at the FOREST GROVE PRESS 100 for $1.25 250 for $1.75 500 for $2.25 caused Lieutenant Commander C. W. Flusser to Investigate tlie demand for old iron bolts and liars along the Itoan oke river. Flusser was at least an other Cushing. He was senior officer oil Albermarle sound in Admiral Lee’s squadron mid was to tie among the first victims o f the future ram. Flus ser. learned that the new ram wus pat terned after the old Merrimac and might prove as formidable. As Is often the case, Flusser's Infor mation was not promptly acted upon or the monster would have been de stroyed before completion. When at last tills was thought of the water was A division of Confederates led by General J. J. Pettigrew had attacked Newbern on March 14 without suc- i cess. The move appeared to be a feint to cover a more formidable operation against Washington, conducted by Gen eral I). H. Hill. Pettigrew marched from Newbern to Washington, which was garrisoned by only 1,200 Federal*. The troops for this campaign had marched from Goldsborough, fifty-sev en miles distant. The Federal commander of the de partment, General J. G. Foster, kept his headquarers at Newbern. Hear ing of the Confederate move on Wash ington, he started by water to re-en- foree the slender garrison and direct the defense. His vessel ran aground in Tar river and delayed the expedition until it was too late to forestall Hill. Hill's force surrounded the town on March 30 nud during the next three days planted batteries on the river bank at different points to repel the advance of Federal gunboats. With the nld o f gunboat fire Foster's ship got through the blockade of batteries, and the genera! was able to prepare a strong defense. General Hill was not enthualstic in this particular crisis. He delayed at- tack until the Federal position was O f Forest Grove, Oregon Conducted on Economic and Business Principles. The Home Company That Has M ade Good. Insure Your Business or Dwelling in The Bankers &c Merchants G ILTNER’S ROCERY Phone Main 701 South Main Street, Forest Grove, Ore. 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Fisleral vessels of all kinds, but of limited size, patrolled (lie waters. They belonged to the north Atlantic squad ron. which extended its activities to the Virginia waters contiguous Thus tile same force that is. the same ships and officers operated on Imtli sides of the line. Into this field, ripe for adventure, the daring sailor. l ieutenant William It Cushing. Iiad been sent in the fall of tsivj Ills iH-st exploits were around Wilmington. N C . anil on the Nanse mend Tills time fifty years ago he commanded a flotilla comprising four small guntsiats. which was hastily dispatched to the N’anseniotid river by Admiral S P. I.ee, commanding the north Atlantic squadron. The louts were sent to aid General Peck In checking a movement o f Confederates from the line o f the Blaekwater against Suffolk. Cusliing and Ids colleague In the work. 1 ientenant It It I.nnison. had to contend with Confederates no whit less dating and resourceful than them selves Xmong these were Lieutenant John Tavlor Wood and John V Uenll. Iloth of these sailors later gave star tling accounts of themselves. Beall losing Ills life In the prosecution o f a partisan warfare Although Confederate enterprise was held In check by siq>erior |*>wer, It was not stltlcd. Before General Burn side's forces captured New U>rn and Lliznbetli Cltv in IStSi North Carolina shipbuilder* at these |ioint* had made contract* to construct three gun ho« U nud Ironclads for the Confederate navy, The occupation o f the region ttnriatinn The Bankers & Merchants Mutual Fire Association Neat Printing Siege of Washington, N. C. 1st Ave. N., near Main St. Absolutely Safe and Reliable longstreet’s Big Enterprise. Up to this date fifty years ago the two principal armies contending for the mastery In Virginia hud never met withofit General James Longstreet’s presence on the Confederate side. From Bull Run to Fredericksburg Longstrect's brigade or divisions or corps had given hard blows to some opposing unit in the Army o f the Po tomac. In February, 18153, two divi sions of the corps which he then com manded disappeared from Lee’s win ter quarters on the Rappahannock. Rumors spread throughout the north placed Longstreet at various points other than where he was. Kentucky and Tennessee were said to be in dan ger of invasion by his renowned leg ions. Not until ho was heard from south of James river In March could it in* supposed that Lee had spared his “old warhouse" for any project not bearing directly on his own campaign in northern Virginia. Tbe fact was that Lee supposed that Hooker would transfer his army from the Rappahannock to the James river and try to attack Richmond on the “ south side’’ route. He sent Long- street to Petersburg to prepare to meet such move. When Longstreet learned that the region to the south of him was fat in army supplies he ordered the troops to make a general advance and get possession of them. POWER Cheapest and Best Copyright by the Review of Reviews Company. I'll E U S B COMMODORE TERRY, ARMORED FERRYBOAT. CON 81’ ICL’O l’S IN NOKTU CAROLINA. low. and the gunboats equal to the loo strong to be carried by assault. ta*k could not ascend Roanoke river Some of Foster's warships and troops i far enough to reach iter. had lasMi sent to the Georgia coast) Just before the Confederates began An Armored Ferryboat. their activities, and these were recalled, j One of the vessels used by Lieuten I.leutenent Flusser nlso sent some of ant Flusser fqr daring scouting excur his best gunboats from Albemarle sions in shallow North Carolina wa sound Into Tar river. ters was the converted ferryboat Com tieneral Hill kept General Longstreet modore Perry. This vessel had been Informed of the situation at Washing bought by the Federal government in ton. and his chief finally recalled him New York to serve lu blockading the to aid In a siege of Suffolk Hill would Atlantic coast ports. Being o f light have been compelled to abandon the draft, she could steam up the *ba!k>w siege o f Washington anyway within inlet* and river* of North Carolina. a few day*. Foster planned an attack The old ferrylioat could fight as well on the rear o f the besieging lines as skim the water. She was armed simultaneous with a gunboat advance Kith four nlue inch smoothbore guns, »i Tar river. I — W ashington-Oregon Corporation.