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MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, AUGUST 6, 1962
PAGES 1 to 8
By DICK WEST
Washington - H'PP - The re
cent primary election in Lou
isiana was my signal to per
form another
g e nealogical
service of the
type rendered
last year
when I suc
cessfully ex
plained the
difference, as
well as the
con nection,
between the
Biddle Drexels and the Drex-
Biddles of Pennsylvania.
I shall now attempt to sort
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ORDERED TO MOVE On Aug. 9, 1862,
Maj. Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks was ordered
to move his forces "to the front". He re
ceived the order at Culpeper, Va., and
moved out. He was opposed to Thomas J.
(Stonewall) Jackson, who, by Aug. 9, had
his troops lined up near Cedar Mountain,
seven miles south of Culpeper. Jackson saw
In Bank's maneuver a chance to duplicate
his earlier success in the Shenandoah Valley
strike quickly, than turn to strike another
part of the Federal force. It was Banks,
however,- who struck first at Cedar Moun
tain. He broke the left side of Jackson's line
and rolled it back.- Jackson then pressed
A. P. Hill's Light Division into service and
the retreat stopped. The armies fought into
the night but no further advantage was
gained. The next day the armies faced each
other without action. On the night of Aug.
11-12, Jackson retreated in an effort to
draw Banks into a more vulnerable position.
Banks ignored the move. Despite early set
backs, Jackson actually won a victory of
sorts. Percentagewise, the North suffered
many more casualties than the South. Yet,
Jackson had failed to make Cedar Mountain
a major Confederate success. This drawing,
from the Library of Congress collection,
shows the action at Cedar Mountain. (UPI)
mand.
While he was directing his
rtillcry a Federal shell
sheared off his left arm and
mangled his left side.
In keeping with the custom
f the times which required
that a fatally wounded man
must be told that he would
a chaplain spoke to Wind-
"Lift up
The Battle of Cedar Mountain
By MERTON T. AKERS
UPI Correspondent
A Union staff officer rode
up to Maj. Gen. Nathaniel P.
Banks on August 9, 1862 and
delivered a verbal order.
The order was complicat
ed. To make sure he had it
right. Banks ordered it writ
ten down.
It read:
"General Banks to move to
the front immediately, as
sume command of all forces
in the front, deploy his skir
mishcrs if the enemy advan
ces, and attack him immedi
ately as he approaches and
be reinforced from here."
The order came from Maj.
Gen. John Pope, commander
of the new Union Army of
Virginia.
The order came to Banks
near Culpeper, Va., a small
town just east of the Blue
.Ridge Mountains and about
35 miles southwest of Man
a?sas Junction. Banks, a pol
tical general who was brave
and aggressive but unskilled
in warfare, led the advance
forces of Pope's army
bout 8,000 men which
was demonstrating toward
the Confederate communica
tions lines while the Army
of the Potomac was being
moved from near Richmond,
Va., back to the northern
Virginia area.
Opposed to Jackson
Banks was opposed by
Maj. Gen. Thomas J. (Stone
wall) Jackson with about 16,
000 men. Jackson apparently
sensed in Banks' southern
movement a chance to dup
licate his earlier succcssee in
the Shenandoah Valley
against Banks to strike
him quickly, rout him and
then turn on the other parts
of Pope's army which was
strung out for miles north of
Culpeper.
Jackson's men had won
the name of "fool cavalry"
in the Valley because they
marched as fast as horsemen
but on Aug. 7 and they
moved at a slow walk, their
march snarled by wagon
trains and criss-crossing units.
So it was 4 p.m. on Aug. 9
before Jackson was lined up
near Cedar Mountain, about
seven miles south of Culpep
er, ready to attack. Prelimin
ary skirmishing along the
lines had failed to develop
the strength of either side.
But Banks, instead of
Jackson, attacked first in
force. The bluccoats hit the
left side of the Confederate
line, enveloped it and rolled
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il- back in a spirited drive
Some of the Rebel units
broke in panic, including part
of the famous Stonewall brig
ade. Appeared Beaten
At this point in the battle
Jackson appeared to be beat
en a new experience for
him. But some of A. P. Hill
Light Division was entering
tne field and "Old Jack'
pressed them into service.
'He personally sent Brig
Gen. Lawrence O' B r y a n
Branch's brigade into action.
Branch wrote in his journ-
al four days later:
"General Jackfon came to
me and told me his left was
beaten and broken, and the
enemy was turning him and
he wished me to advance. I
was already in line of battle
and instantly gave the order,
forward March,' I had not
gone 100 yards before we
met the celebrated Stonewall
Brigade utterly routed and
fleeing as fast as they could
run. (Actually it was a regi
ment rather than a brigad
fleeing.)
"After proceeding a short
distante farther we met the
enemy pursuing. My brigade
opened upon them and quick
ly drove the enemy back . .
On the other side Union
Brig. Gen. Samuel W. Craw
ford reported:
"Onward these (Union)
regiments charged, driving
the enemy's infantry back
through the wood beyond . .
But the reserves of the enemy
were at once brought up and
thrown upon the broken
ranks ... the support I look
ed for did not arrive, and my
gallant men, broken, decimat
ed by that fearful fire, that
unequal contest, fell back
again
Under Full Moon
The battle went on far into
the night under a full moon
but neither side gained fur
ther advantage. The next day
found the armies facing each
other without action. Banks
had been reinforced over
night but seemed willing to
let events rest where they
were. Jackson, too, was con
tent to remain on the battle
field and glean it for small
arms.
"God blessed our arm
with victory," Jackson mes
saged to Lee.
Banks sent the same sort
of victory message to Wash
ington.
Actually Jackson had won
a victory of sorts but had
fumbled a big one when he
had a 2 to 1 advantage over
Banks.
On the night of Aug. 11-12
he retreated south behind th
Rapidan river, attempting to
lure Banks into another vul
ncrable position but Banks
ignored the bait.
Union casualties wer
heavy in relation to the num
ber engaged. Killed number
ed 314; wounded 1.445: miss
ing 534 (400 of them prison
crs); total 2.353.
Confederate casualties
killed 231: wounded 1,107
total 1.338. Banks' losses
were almost 30 per cent of
8,030 engaged, Jackson's only
about 6 per cent.
But buried In the cold cas
ualty figures were two battle
deaths which symbolized the
way Civil War soldiers died.
Promising Officer Killed
Among the Confederate
dead was a promising lieuten
ant of Jackson's. Brig. Gen.
Charles Sidney Winder, 32,
Marylander and West Point
er who had shown much mill
tary ability in the Shenando
ah and at the Seven Days
battles.
Winder was ill the day of
Cedar Mountain, but left his
ambulance to go to the front
to lead Jackson's old com-
West Attempts To Sort Out, Label
Louisiana, Non-Louisiana Longs
Weil
out and label the Longs.
It would perhaps be well
to begin this ta?k by scper
ating the Louisiana Longs
from the non Louisiana
Longs. This will help t h e
reader to keep them straight
in his mind.
Since the founding of the
republic, there have been a
total of 15 Longs in Congress,
plus a Longfellow, a Long
necker, a Longworlh and a
Longyear.
Longs with appendages,
however, are not germane to
this study and the reader is
advised not to let them mud
dy the water.
Of the 15 short Longs,
there have been 11 non-Louisiana
Longs and 4 Louisiana
Longs. Next year, if all goes
according to form, the Louisi
ana Longs will get No. 5.
Non-Louisiana Longs in
clude two present members
General," he said
your head to God."
"I do. Winder replied, 1
do lift it up to Him."
A young staff officer went
to the rear with Winder.
, . he asked me how the
battle was going," the officer,
McHenry Howard, reported,
'and seemed gratified by my
reply . . .
. . we stopped in a grove
and at sundown, with my
arm around his neck and sup
porting his head, he expired,
so quietly that I could scrace-
ly mark the exact time of his
death."
Both Lee and Jackson
mourned Winder's death and
wrote eulogies into their re
ports.
But across the way in a
Union camp another officer
died without benefit of dis
patches.
He was the youngest lieu
tenant of the 1st New Jersey
Cavalry, Alanson Auslon. He
was hit by an artillery shell
and one leg almost severed at
the thigh.
Oh, chaplain, if I could
only pray," the youngster told
Chaplain Henry R. Pyne, as
he lay on a stretcher ready for
amputation.
As the chaplain prayed
with him, Austin's leg was re
in o v e d with Confederate
shells hitting the fence behind
which the surgeons worked.
"As his life ebbed away.
Payne wrote, "his mind
wandered ... he feebly waved
his arm, and gave some or
ders, as If still on the field.
"Then, with a half-articu
late cry of 'the Star Spangled
Banner,' his voice was hushed
in death."
of the Senate, Edward V.
of Missouri and Oren E. of
Hawaii. The only Louisiana
Long currently in Con
gress is Sen, Russell B.
As is widely known. Rus
sell B. is the son of the late
Huey P., the only Louisiana
Long to serve both as gov
ernor and senator. In addi
tion to that, Huey P. was call
ed "Kingfish."
Less widely known is the
fact that Russell B.'s mother
also once served in the Sen
ate. Although she was Huey
P.'s wife, she was not called
"Queenfish." Her name is
Ro.e M.
Rose M. never served as
governor, which may have
been an oversight on some
one's part.
The olher Louisiana Long
to serve as governor was
Earl K., brother of Huey P.
uncle of Russell B. and brolh
er-in-law of Rose M.
The olher Louisiana
Long to serve in Congress
was George S., brother of
Huey P. and Earl K uncle
of Russell B etc.. who
served in the House until
his death.
When the next Congress
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Thompson Charged
With Store Robbery
Eugene - Donald Martin
Thompson, 39, formerly of
Klamatli rails, was arraigneo 1 convencs in january- House
in Lane county circuit court membership presumably will
Friday on a secret indictment
charging him with armed rob
bery. Thompson was found inno
cent in Jackson county earli
er this year of the 1959 Labor
Day week end holdup of the
Safeway store in Medford. He
was first convicted and sen
tenced to life imprisonment,
but successfully appealed his
case to the state supreme
court.
He is scheduled to be tried
in Contra Costa county, Cali
fornia, Sept. 12 for armed
robcry there. He was out on
$5,000 bail and had been mak
ing his home in Dallas, Ore.,
where he was arrested Thurs
day. He posted $2,000 bail on
the Lane county charge.
The recent indictment
charges him with the armed
robbery of a Safeway store
near Eugene on Aug. 2, 1959.
The store was robbed of $5,-
ISO.
He is scheduled to enter a
plea to the recent charge Aug.
10 in Lane county. Medtord
Attorney Robert Duncan, who
represented Thompson in his
second trial in Medford, is
expected to represent him at
the Friday proceedings.
again include a Louisiana
Long, this time Gillis W.,
cousin of Huey P., Russell
B., and Earl K-, and cousin-in-law
of Rose M.
Gillis W. won the Demo
cratic primary contest last
week. Since there aren't
many Republican Longs in
Louisiana, or Republican any
thing for that matter, Gillis
W. appears a cinch for elec
tion in November.
Meanwhile, the ranks of
the non-Louisiana Longs are
in jeopardy. Oren E. plans
to retire at the end of the
year and Edward V. faces a
fight for reelection.
OSU Thai Student
Charged With Murder
Corvallis - UIPH - A 26-year-old
Oregon State university
student from Thailand, Dam
rongsak Sirimungkia, was in
dicted by the Benton County
Grand jury late Friday for
first degree murder of the
girl he came over here to
marry.
She was Suvana Pakasuta,
26. also a Thai student at
OSU. She refused to carry out
marriage plans made for
them by their parents, he ex
plained to police, after call
ing them to her apartment
last June 22.
Manchester, England - IUPI1 -Newlweds
David and Dorothy
Holland are going to honey
moon in Spain with 13 other
persons including her parents,
relatives and friend?.
"The holiday was arranged
for all of us before we had our
honeymoon details fixed," the
bride said, "so we decided to
stay In the party."
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