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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
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Foi
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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 .
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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. The children's mother
look him and they returned
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FOR STATE SENATOR
JACKSON COUNTY
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Alfred R. Waud. (UPI)
Small Worlds
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By LYNN M. W ATKINS v
(Register and Tribune
Syndicate 1962)
before the children were
home from school.
When they arrived natur
ally, the children were excit
ed to know how Tis perform
ed at the manicure parlor.
They rushed into the house
and began the daily welcom
ing act. 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
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"Ticket by Mail" Service
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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.
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Bid for FS Timber
Mcdford Corporation was
high bidder last week for 8.
360,000 board feet of national
forest timber in the Lodge
pole area, Butte Falls Ranger
district, Rogue River National
forest.
C. E. Brown, forest super
visor, said the high bid to
taled $109,970, compared to
the forest service appraised
price of $109,502.
Next high bidder in the
oral auction for the timber
was Fir-Ply, Inc., Medford.
Other bidders were Kogap
Manufacturing company, Olson-Lawyer
Lumber, Inc., and
Steve. O. Wilson.
The timber in the unit con
sisted of 5,400,000 board feet
of Douglas-fir bid in at $16.90
per thousand board feet, 360,
000 board feet of pines bid
in at $15.50 per thousand
board feet, and 2,600,000
board feet of white fir and
other species bid in at $5.05
per thousand board feet.
PILGRIMS JAM FATIMA
Fatima, Portugal - IUPD -Francisco
Cardinal Roberti,
prefect of the Vatican Apos
tolic Tribunal, celebrated sol
emn high mass Sunday on the
apron of the famed Fatima
Basilica. More than half a
million pilgrims packed the
sanctuary and the adjoining
grounds on this annual pil
grimage day.
VOTE FOR
(or
Floyd R. McCabe
COUNTY COMMISSIONER
For Boys Camps
For Fair Wages & Salaries
For Sound Management
ot County Business -
For No Discrimination
in County Employment
Pd. Pol. Adv. Floyd R. McCabe
for County Commissioner, Butte
Falls, Oregon.
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