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10 6 AWT? sV-IhaWrClri-.- rWflS THK ' B - gTTn TIM" rT Unionists: By MERTON T. AKERS UPI Corraspondent 't know not what to ex pect when our many failures are to be remembered, yet will try to make a successful resistance. Confederate' President Jef- ferson Davis was writing to Varina, his wife, who was in Baleigh, N. C. This was on May 13, 1862. The day before he had ridden down the peninsula to see Gen. Joseph E. Johnston, who commanded the Confederate army which lay between Un ion Maj. Gen. George B. Mc Clellan's host of more than 100,000 troops and Richmond, Va., the C.S.A. capital. McClellan was marching up the peninsula, a neck of land between the James and York rivers which runs southeast from the capital to Chesa peake Bay. Yorktown, where General Washington had closed out the Revolution, had fallen to Mc Clellan. So had Williamsburg, an earlier capital of Virginia, after a battle. Walking wound ed from that fight still cram med the Richmond hospitals and overflowed into drawing rooms. Stragglers . slept in streets, in doorways, any where, much the same as their Union counterparts had in Washington after the battle of Bull Run (Manassas). Mrs. Davis had left Rich mond on May 10. Reception Interrupted The night before, one of her receptions in tile Confed erate White House had been Interrupted by a messenger with news that Federal gun boats were , coming up the James river. (Actually the gunboats were not on the way yet.) , Davis told her she must leave Richmond immediately with the children. "Always averse to flight, I entreated him to grant a lit tle delay, but he was firm," Mrs. Davis wrote. Many other Richmond resi dents preceded and followed Mrs. Davis. Prices for bag gage wagons doubled, then tripled under the heavy de mand. Only a few days earlier the President had been baptized privately In the Episcopal church. Davis had come from Baptist stock but Mrs. Davis urged him to join her church. He was bHptized with Col. Josiah Gorgas, Confederate chief of ordnance, at the Ex ecutive Mansion and confirm ed at St. Paul's church. . The Richmond Examiner found out about it and chided the President for taking time out for baptism while Rich mond was threatened. On May 11, Norfolk, Va., with its naval base which the Confederates had seized at the EDWARD BRANCHFIELD Foi State Representative REPUBLICAN Dedicated to Jackson County Interest! Pd. Pol. Ad. Sam B. Harbison Chm., 201 U.S. Natl. Bank Money tor the We make prompt, private cash loans (or any worthwhile need from auto repairs to paying off your old bills. And your one new monthly payment can be as much as 50 less that you're now paying. $25 TO$1500 CITY riBAOCD COMrPANT e 183 I. Main St. Phone: 482-31, Ashland , Ufa Iniuronc ovailablt on all loam ot low group rotei MONDAY, MAY 14. 1962 CIVIL Threaten start of the war and its big store of guns and munitions, was abandoned to the Union army and its garrison drawn back toward Richmond. President Lincoln was at Fortress Monroe, across the Bay, with Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton and Secre tary of Treasury Salmon P. Chase when Norfolk feH. ". . , you can image his delight when we told him Norfolk was ours . . ." Chase wrote. "Stanton soon came up . . . and was equally delight ed. He fairly hugged General (John E.) Wool (Fortress Mon roe commandant)." Loss of Norfolk doomed the Merrimac (Virginia), the ironclad which had fought the Monitor to a standoff only two months before. She drew too much water to go up the James in defense of Rich mond. That same day her crew ran her aground, set her afire and went up river to man the land batteries at Drewry's bluff, seven miles below Richmond. End of Vessel That was the end of the ves sel the South had depended on to break the Federal block ade. The Monitor, the Galena and three other ironclads steamed up the James and engaged the Confederate bat terles at Drewry's Bluff on May 15. , John B. Jones, diary-writing clerk in the Richmond war department, was depress ed: "The guns are heard dis tinctly in the city and yet there is no consternation man ifested by the people. If the enemy pass the obstructions, the city will be, it is true, very much at their mercy. They may shell us out of it, and this may occur any hour. South of the city the enemy have no forces, and we can find refuge there. I suppose the government would go to Lynchburg . . ." Despite the fact that the Confederates had been able to mount only five guns, the fire of the Union ironclads was ineffective because their guns . could not be elevated sufficiently to reach the Con federate artillery on the high bluffs which were manned by the Merrimac crew. After four hours of firing the .gunboats withdrew and Jones felt better. "Joyful tidings," he wrote, "the gunboats have been re pulsed! ... we breathe free ly .. ." The gunboats lost 13 killed and 14 wounded. The Confed erates reported "several" kill ed. Threat Remains But the threat of McClcl- lan's army remained; there was no agreement among Da vis, Johnston and Gen. Robert E. Lee, the President's mili tary adviser, on a plan to turn him back. ' Johnston's plan all along had been to mass before Rich mond all the army the C.S.A. could .rnuslcr and fight Mc Clellan there. Lee toll that Johnston should fight delay ing actions all along the pen insula and try to draw Mc Clellan Into a trap. Davis had overruled John ston In favor of Lee in a con ference in Richmond earlier. Johnston had taken the set back gracefully enough. "The belief that events on the Peninsula would soon compel the Confederate gov ernment to adopt my method of opposing the Federal army, reconciled mo somewhat to the necessity of obeying (he President's order," Johnston wrote. Events bore him out. Mc Clellan kept tlie pressure on. Johnston pulled hack his army in stages. By May 17, his lines were only seven miles south of Richmond, touching at WAR Richmond some points the earthworks erected in 1861 only three miles from the capital. Davis tried again to find out what Johnston intended to do. He sent Col. C. W. C. Lee, the general's son, with a carefully written letter. "As on all former occa sions," Davis wrote, "my de sign is to suggest, not to di rect, recognizing the impossi bility of anyone to decide in advance; and reposing confi dently as well on your ability as your zeal, it is my wish to leave with you the fullest powers to exercise your judg ment. Colonel Lee will com municate freely with you and bear to me any information and reply you may intrust to him." Johnston, as frosty a man as Davis, told Colonel Lee nothing. The capital was getting ap prehensive, too, and clerk Jones did something about it. He wrote a letter to Davis, "stating what I have every reason to believe would be the consequences of the aban. donmenl of Richmond. There would be demoralization and even insubordination in t h e Army. Better die here!" The legislature had also passed resolutions calling upon the C.S. government to defend Richmond at all haz ards,, relieving the Confeder ate authorities, in advance, for any damage sustained. The stage was nearly set for a back-to-the-wall defense of Richmond. By May's end it would start. SOC Student Elected To Summer Program Ashland - Roland Reed, a Southern Oregon college edu cation major with his major interest in the field of psy chology, has been selected to attend the . summer work study program for Mental Health, Mental Retardation, and Juvenile Rehabilitation at the University of Oregon this summer, James Armson, as sistant professor of psycholo gy, has announced. According to Armson, Reed, a first term junior from Oak ridge, was chosen as one of 40 out of more than 200 ap plicants. Internships are jointly sponsored by the Western In terstate Commission for Higher Education, the Uni versity of Oregon Summer Session, the Oregon state board of control, and the Washington slate department of Institutions. Reed Is a graduate of Glide High school near Roseburg. Branchfield Group Discusses Plans The committee for Ed Branchfield for slate repre sentative discussed coverage of the county to acquaint ev-; eryone with Branchfield's name when It met recently during a noon luncheon meet ing at Ping's restaurant. , Mrs. Eve Nye, of the Re publican central committee, I and G. W. Kcllington, Branch-! field's law partner, were spe cial guests, The committee consists of . Sam B. Harbison as chair- man, Eugene F. Burrill, sec-! rotary; Boyd Budge, trcas-' urer; William McCorklc, pub licity; and Archie Fries, Ash-: land, Glenn Smith, Ruch, Doris Reed, Applcgale, Lou ' Cranston, Medford, William Starzlngcr, Rosue River, and Edith Hong, Medford. PREDICT VISIT Manila rUTi- Diplomatic sources predicted Saturday President Diosdado Macapa gal would go ahead with his planned state visit to Wash ington next month if Presi dent Kennedy used his per sonal touch lo smooth over hurt Philippine feelings. DEMOCRATS ATTENTION! I ft . w. E. MORFiJtON MOVE ON CAPITAL The Union forces along with his military advisor, Gen. Rob were moving up the Tidewater Peninsula ert E. Lee, who believed that a guerrilla toward Richmond in early May, 1862. They type warfare should be employed. In this had taken Yorktown and Williamsburg and sketch, from the Library of Congress col were moving toward the capital of the Con- lection, Union soldiers are fired on by Vir- federacy. Gen. Joseph E. Johnston planned ginia farmers to mass the Confederate Army in front of neuver. It was Richmond, but he was overruled by Presi dent Jefferson Davis. Instead, Davis went After Manicure, Pooch Proudly Preiented Paws Like human fingernails. dogs' claws, too, become long when not worn down by fre quent earth-digging or run ning on an abrasive surface. The little dog with the funny name, Here Tis, spent most of hs time indoors on a soft rug. Therefore, there was no possibility of wear on ever-lengthening claws, so at about the age of 6 months it became necessary to take him for a manicure and a pedi cure. The first time the nails were clipped the dog was nervous; so much so he shiv ered and shook for an hour after the ordeal was over. He a. ted almost disappointed that the operation didn t hurt, so he just felt sorry for him self. The second lime the nails had to be trimmed the dog gave every indication of en joying the entire procedure. He even attempted to lick the hand of the operator just to show him there were no hard feelings. It was the third time the nails had to be trimmed that the dog displayed a manner ism that puzzled his owners and delighted the children. The children were in school and for the first time did not accompany the dog to the vet's. 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The dog, as usual re sponded, tickled to have the family all together again. The first excitement of the homecoming over, the dog held up his right foot as if he were willing to shake hands. The children obliged. Then Tis held up his other front paw, holding it there for the children to see and admire. The children quickly per ceived what they believed the obvious reason for the gesture. They both yelled at once, "Look, mother, Tis wants us to see how nice his nails look." It seemed that was the rea son, for several times that evening the little dog display ed first one foot then the other with a seeming gesture of extreme pride in his per sonal appearance. Like a child with a new pair of shiny shoes, Tis seemed proud. HEADS OFBL Corvallis - IUPD - Robera Marsh of Oregon City was elected president of Oregon's Future Business Leaders of America Saturday as the group ended a twojday con vention at Oregon State Uni versity. . $110 .$150 .$180 "Ticket by Mail" Service MEDFORD 772-6779 POLLS TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON during the peninsular ma done by Civil War artist Soviets To Inspect Northwest Dams Washington-IUPD-A group of 12 Soviet hydroelectric pow er specialists will inspect at least five Columbia river dams during the week of May 20. The Russians, arriving in New York on May 17, are scheduled to go to. Washing ton state after a quick visit here. They will visit the Seattle World's Fair and at least the Rocky Reach, Wanapum, Priest Rapids, John Day and The Dalles dams.. They also are slated to visit the Swift Dam., It was understood the group also might visit Grand Coulee. BLACWJM-IS TUBtUSS TUBtTIPt MOUNTED FREE AND WHITEWALLS CLEANED! TAKE MONTHS TO PAY! 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