MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON
MONDAY. OCTOBER 1. 1962
Groups Enthused
y Multi-Purpose
tadium Proposal
Editor's note: The Jackson
County Court recently rec
ommended that the county
build a ball park, seating
between 2,500 and 3.000 and
costing about $78,000, with
an accent on youth. The Citi
zens' Multi-Purpose Stadium
committee has urged the
court to build a stadium, for
the use of all groups, with an
eventual seating capacity of
approximately 23,000. The
following article is the first
in a series of four, explaining
the multi-purpose stadium
program and the county court
proposal. John Weisbrod,
chairman of the committee,
prepared this installment.
Although the idea of the
multi-purpose stadium in
Jackson county is by no
means new, it has beer only
in the past three years that a
committee has been active in
seeking to have the idea be
come a reality. Much money
and many hours of volunteer
effort have gone into secur
ing facts, drawings and cost
estimates. Consultations have
been held with persons active
in the operation of such fa
cilities and with professional
groups and organizations
which would be expected to
use a stadium. Local organ
izations and groups, which
would feasibly use the facility
also have been contacted.
All were enthusiastic about
the possibility of such a plant
being built in the county. Not
one single group indicated
they would not use the park
if it were built.
Signatures Gathered
Petitions with more than
600 signatures were gathered
in a short time. Many draw
ings were made, with various
interested groups giving and
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taking, until a plan was com
pleted which satisfied all in
terests which would be ex
pected to use the stadium.
The proposal was submit
ted to the county court and
the members appeared inter
ested, although they said re
cently that they never had
seriously considered the multi-purpose
plan.
The court was invited to
meetings of the committee in
an endeavor to work out an
agreeable plan, but only
Ralph James, during his term
as a commissioner, attended.
Because of his belief in the
plan, James has continued to
attend meetings of the com
mittee, although not official
ly a member.
The committee requested
tnat the county court rec
ognize the Citizens Multi-Purpose
Stadium committee to
make discussion and planning
with various groups more ef
fective but the request was
ignored.
In a meeting with the court
and the budget committee it
was admitted that financing
was not a problem. The com
mittee requested allocation of
funds to be used in research
on the project but the request
was ignored, as was a request
for assistance in putting the
proposal on the ballot.
The court had told the com
mittee that it would build the
stadium if the people of the
county approved the idea in
a referendum but assistance
in the matter was not forth
coming when sought.
Freeway Link Proposed
The committee had pro
posed that the stadium be
built at the same time as the
freeway was being construct
ed, thus effecting a saving of
some $50,000 in cost of the
stadium.
The court and the budget
committee suggested that
backers of a single purpose
ball park and the multi-purpose
stadium get together to
iron out their differences and
the court agreed to attend the
meeting. A member of the
budget committee and repre
sentatives of both plans were
present but the court failed
to appear.
While agreeing that some
thing must be done with the
ball park situation on the
south edge of Medford, the
court has consistently refused
, to acquaint itself with the
facts or to make a study of
the multi-purpose plan before
j making a recommendation.
i Next: The economic aspect:
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WAR DRAMA UNFOLDING -While the
Confederates were invading Maryland in
the East, another war drama was unfolding
across Mississippi, Tennessee and Kentucky.
The Confederates were making a desperate
attempt to win back some of the territory
they had lost in these states. The Blue and
Grey clashed at Cornith, Miss., on Oct. 3,
1862. The battle lasted two days and was a
victory over the Union. Confederate forces
were forced back and Southern casualties
were high, yet, as the firing died out at
Cornith, another Southern force was knock
ing at the door of Louisville. This draw
ing, from the Library of Congress collection,
shows the battle at Cornith on Oct. 3, 1862.
The Battle for Mississippi
By MERTON T. AKERS '
UPI Correspondent
While the Confederates were
invading Maryland in the
East, another big war drama
unfolded across three states
in the West.
Here in Mississippi. Tennes
see and Kentucky, the Con
federates made a desperate
bid in the fall of 1862 to win
back the territory they had
lost since Forts Henry and
Donelson fell to Maj. Gen.
U. S. Grant in the spring and
to Union armies which had
pierced all the way into north
ern Mississippi.
The Confederates laid their
plans carefully late in the
summer. Two armies would
strike north into Tennessee
and then on into Kentucky,
even to the Ohio river if pos
sible. That would ease the
pressure on Tennessee, where
Nashville, the capital, was
held by the Federals. But first
they would try to knock out
the Union forces in Mississip
pi-
The South 's bid for a quick
victory nearly succeeded. At
one point its invasion lapped
at the Ohio river at Coving
ton, Ky., across from Cincin
nati. Other advance gray de
tachments drove close to Lou-
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But from those two high
points, the invasion ebbed
back into Tennessee where it
had started.
Campaign Splinters
The campaign against Un-i
ion forces in Mississippi splin
tered at Iuka and Corinth.
Both sides were suffering
from divided commands.
The big Union army more
than 100,000 men which
had been assembled in Missis
sippi after the battle of Shi
loh, was broken up in July
when Maj. Gen. Henry W.
Hallcck was called to Wash
ington as overall commander.
Grant retained the Army
of the Tennessee, which was
posted from Memphis south
to Corinth.
Maj. Gen. Don Carlos Buell
took his Army of the Ohio
east to threaten Chattanooga,
Tenn., a key point on the Ten
nessee, river.
Gen. P. G. T. Beauregard,
Confederate commander aft
er Shiloh, was succeeded by
Gen. Braxton Bragg when
Beauregard displeased Presi
dent Jefferson Davis.
Bragg and Buell were the
opponents who raced north
across Tennessee and Ken
tucky in the fall of '62 and
then retraced their steps in
opposite roles.
The opponents in the Mis
sissippi end of the Confeder
ate offensive were Maj. Gen.
William S. Rosecrans for the
Union and Maj. Gens. Earl
Van Dora and Sterling Price
for the South.
Price pushed his 17,000 men
into Iuka, Miss., a small town
on the Memphis & Chatta
nooga railroad about 20 miles
east of Corinth and near the
Alabama border.
Grant planned to snap up
Price at Iuka before Van Dorn
could arrive from the south.
Hosccrans commanded one
wing from Grant and Maj.
Gen. E. O. C. Ord the other.
Met Confederates
Late on Sept. 19, 1862,
Rosecrans, advancing on Iuka
from the south with about
9,000 men, ran into the Con
federates outside of town.
The fighting lasted two
hours until dark and was ex
tremely heavy. At times units
fought hand-to-hand.
By some trick of acoustics,
Ord, a few miles away, heard
.no firing he was supposed
to attack on that signal and
did not get into the fight. The
next day he marched into
Iuka with his bands playing.
But Price had abandoned
the field overnight to join Van
Dorn and the battle was over
when Ord arrived.
Casualties were heavy con
sidering the members en
gaged. Rosecrans lost 782
144 killed, 5B8 wounded and
40 missing to Price's 1,516-
263 killed, 692 wounded and
561 missing.
Rosecrans now moved his
command northwest to Cor
inth where he strengthened
'.he fortifications.
Van Dorn and Price moved
in on Corinth with 22.000 men
late in September. Rosecrans
opposed them with about 21,
000 troops.
The battle of Corinth start
ed early on Oct. 3 and lasted
two days.
Van Dorn's first attack hit
two Federal divisions outside
the Inner defenses. The blue
coats fought stubbornly but
had to fall back behind the
fortifications.
Price then sent his divisions
against the Union center about
1 p.m.
The Federals waited until
the Confederates broke out of
a woods and advanced over
an open field. When they
reached point blank range the
Erderals poured in a deadly
P-e. including artillery from
entrenched positions on the
left.
Price's men retreated, re
formed and tried again, but
were repulsed.
Federals Sent Running
The third charge sent some
Federals running but the line
held until fighting died out
at nightfall.
Van Dorn felt ho had the
battle won and that another
thrust would bring victory.
it was 9 a.m. before the
Confederates attacked on Oct.
4. They hit first on the Fed
eral right. Again Price's troops
lea tne attack, broke through
and penetrated into the town
of Corinth, fightinc n 1 o n n
streets and around houses. I
Rosecrans saw the break
and rode among his panicked
troops. His hat was shot away.
His hair streamed in the wind.
He "fought like a private
with the flat of his sword and
fairly drove them to stand,"
Whilelaw Reid, a war corre
spondent wrote. "Then came
a quick rally which his mag
nificent bearing inspired . . .
and the charging column was
speedily swept back outside
the entrenchments."
At the same time the Con
federates also hit the Federal
left. They stormed Battery
Robinette, an entrenched ar
tillery position, and some of
the foremost ranks spilled
over the top of the works but
were driven out by a bayonet
charge.
Back in the woods they re
formed and, led by Col. W. P.
Rogers of the 2nd Texas, they
swarmed over the works de
spite heavy losses. Colonel
Rogers carried a flag to the
top of the rampart. A Union
drummer boy picked him off
with a single revolver shot.
His men raced on, about 100
reaching the Corinth public
square. But then they were
beaten back into the woods.
Retreat Ordered
That was enough for Van
Dorn. Soon after 7 p.m. he
ordered a retreat.
After the battle Rosecrans
rode passed a wounded Ar
kansas lieutenant.
"General, you licked us
good," the lieutenant said,
'but we gave you the best we
had on the ranch."
At Battery Robinette, Rose
crans paused and said to his
men there:
I take off my hat in the
presence of men as brave as
these."
Union casualties were: 355 i
killed; 1,841 wounded, 324
missing. The Confederate loss-
were 473 killed; 1.997
wounded and 1,763 missing.
But as the firing died out
at Corinth this day of 94 de
gree heat, Braxton Bragg was
knocking at the door of Louis
ville and there was something
akin to panic along the Ohio.
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