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Second Invasion of the North MCDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON MONDAY. JUNE 17. 11(3 ' Br MERTON T. AKERS ' UPI Corraspondant "The railroad stations were crowded with an excited peo ple - men, women and chil-dren-with trunks, boxes, bun dles; packages tied up in bed blankets and quilts; moun tains of baggage, tumbling in to the cars, rushing here and there in r a n t i c manner; shouting, screaming, as it the Rebels were about to dash into town and lay it in ashes." That was Harrisburg, Pa., on June IS, 1863 as described by Charles Carleton Coffin, war correspondent of the Bos ton Journal. The Rebels were coming the whole Army of Northern Virginia-but none of Gen. Robert E. Lee's men was close to Harrisburg. In fact, on this day, advance Confederate cavalry units were just cross- 4-H Club News Kniitan Kittens The last meeting of the Knitten Kittens 4-H club was called to order by president Carolee Kuest. We were reminded to take our cottage cheese and coffee can lids to the meetings. We discussed whether or not we should have our pot luck dinners any more. - Mrs. Morris Frink told us our requirements for our fair projects. She also took a count of how many will be going to 4-H Summer school this year. Marsha Wilson, Reporter. Milk Pail Wranglars The meeting of the Milk Pail Wranglers 4-H club was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Summors. Mr. Cahail demonstrated how to clip and groom our animals. We were briefed on the spring dairy show that was held last month. He gave us a test on the parts of the cow. We were given instructions how to make calf halters and are to bring them to our next meeting. Our assistant leader, Walter Herzog, brought a show halter to show the first year kids what to get. The meeting was adjourned. Our next meeting will beheld at the Walter Herzog home. Louise Herzog, Reporter.- ; Clover Cooking The Clover , Cooking and Sewing 4-H club met at Mrs. Glenn Lowe's home June 6. Plans for the next meeting were made and it was decid ed to hold it again at Mrs. Lowe's home June 18. Refreshments were served, Beverly Geigle, , . Reporter, . , for the fair. We then watched a demonstration on how to wrap the sheep in blankets in preparation for the fair. Marcia Sample, Reporter. Smart Cookies The 13th meeting of the Smart Cookies 4-H club was called to order June 10 at the home of Mrs. W. R. Florey by President Kayrn Ricks. Shuree Davis led the 4-H pledge and Alice Minger led the salute to the flag. The discussion was about a slumber party and it was de cided to have one July 11 tit the home of Kayrn Ricks. Verna Rempert and Shuree Davis will do a demonstration at our next meeting, June 24, at the home of Mrs. Florey. Alice Menger, Reporter. Lake Creek Rancheros The Lake Creek Rancheros 4-H Horse club were guests at the Double D register quarter horse ranch near Eagle Point where we viewed Brown King, their senior sire Guests were the Antelope Horse club and they judged the ranch's stock while they were there. Laura May Noble, Lake Creek, and Linda Gib son, Antelope, were the jun ior leader speakers for the meeting. Linda Armitage, Reporter. Rueh Woolies The meeting of the Ruch Woolies 4-H club was held June 11 at 2 p.m. at the home of Mrs. George W. Sample. We discussed the. 4-H sum mer school and then prepared The Wardrobe Antelope Livestock The Antelope Livestock 4-H club held a meeting Sat urday, June -8, at 8:15 p.m in the home of Mrs. Bill Hub bard. Under old business, Gary Hansen told about the Lost river field trip held recently. Under new business, Ron Anderson discussed the fat lamb show which is to be held June 21 and 22 at the County fairgrounds. Ron also asked the members to set a date for the beef judging. Mrs. Hubbard asked the dairy members to judge dairy animals. Mrs. Lathrop also talked about the spring fat lamb show. Mrs. Bohnert told the members how much a hog should weigh by the time of the fair. Then the members decided to have the next meeting July 11, at the home of Ron An derson. The meeting will con sist of beef and sheep judg ing. The meeting was adjourned and the dairy club met for a few minutes following. Re freshments were then served. Kathy Britchard, Reporter ing the Potomac into Mary land on Lee's second invasion of the North. Coffin noted a change in sentiment in Pennsylvania since Lee had first invaaea in 1862. Drive the enemy from our soil," was the battle cry in 62, Coffin wrote. But in '63 it was, "Where shall we bide our goods?" - Swarming Dowa Valley Lee's Confederates were swarming down the Shenan doah Valley, the corridor west of the Blue Ridge moun tains which leads straight in to the heart of western Mary land and central Pennsyl vania. ' ; . Confederate cavalry screen ed the passes of the Blue Ridge. Federal cavalry, try ing to unmask Lee s move ments, probed the country east of the mountains. Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker, commanding the Union Army of the Potomac, knew Lee's army was moving but how far it had gone and where it was headed remained a mys tery. He suspected an inva sion. He sent his newly reor ganized cavalry corps, which had fought the hitherto supe rior gray horsemen to a standstill at Brandy Station, Va., on June 9, to find out what was happening. The Union cavalry clashed first with the Rebel troopers on June 17 at Aldie, Va., in the western part of the state between the Bull Run and Blue Ridge mountains. The Confederates fought off the Federal , attacks most of the day and then withdrew. On the same day the 1st Rhode Island Cavalry was al most annihilated at Middle burg, south of Aldie, by three brigades of Confederate cavalry. Only the colonel, Al fred N. Duffie, and 31 others were able to cut their way out. He reported a loss of 268 men but many of them even tually straggled back. Four days later at Upper- ville, Va., north of Middle- burg, the Federal cavalry with some infantry drove the Confederate troopers back into Ashby's Gap in the Blue Ridge but failed to break the screen on the right flank of the invading Rebels. Federal losses in the caval ry battles were 613; Confed erate, 510. . while the cavalry was fighting east of the moun tains, forward forces of the Army of Northern Virginia were pushing toward Win chester, Va., near the foot of the Shenandoah Valley. Poiiibly a Feini Despite these cavalry jabs, Hooker still was unable to tell for sure where Lee's army was and could not be certain the movement in the Valley was the main column or a feint. On June 13 Federal forces INVASION BEGUN - On June 15, 1863, Harrisburg, Pa., was described this way: "The railroad stations were crowded with excited people . . . with trunks, boxes and bundles, packages tied in bed blankets . . . mountains of baggage tumbling into the cars." People were rushing around as it the rebels were about to "dash into town were driven from Berry ville, ( there was anything the army and make it ashes." The rebels were coming . . , Lee's invasion of the North had begun, but they were still no where near Harris burg. This drawing, from the Library of Congress collection, shows a Union League march to rally the people of the North against the invasion. (UPI) SEEKS EMPLOYEES London - IUFD - A building firm, apparently seeking dis criminating employees, today posted an advertising sign for "Site Personnel." , Va., about 10 miles northeast of Winchester. . Then the Confederate van guard under Lt. Gen. Richard S. Swell moved on Winches ter. Ewejl enveloped the town and then attacked. Maj. Gen. Robert H. Mil- roy, called the "liray sagie" because his hair was silver ing, commanded the Union forces, about 9,000 men. He had been ordered earlier to fall back toward Harper's Ferry at the Junction of the Shenandoah and - Potomac Rivers. Believing he could hold Winchester against what he thought Was only a small Confederate force, he remain ed. Milroy's decision played in to Ewell's hands. He sent his cavalry looping around Win chester to Martinsburg, well above Winchester and north west of Harper's Ferry. Ewell opened artillery fire on Milroy's forces late in June 14. The Union defense was weak and that night Mll roy held a council of war. There it was determined to spike the guns, burn the sup ply trains and retreat.' His force left Winchester about 1 a.m. on June 15. But Ewell had anticipated the move and had troops posted across the line of retreat. The armies clashed about 3:30 a.m. four miles north of Winchester. The Union force fought briefly and then broke up into several columns try ing to escape. Milroy lost about half of his troops, most of them prisoners. The rest limped into Harper's Ferry. News that Winchester and Martinsburg had been lost arrived in Washington late on June 15. President Lincoln telegraphed Hooker asking if commander could do about the disasters, and adding: "If the head of Lee's army is at Martinsburg and the tail of it on the Plank Road be tween Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville, the animal must be very slim somewhere. Could you not break him?" Moving Cautiously Hooker couldn't but he now knew where at least some of Lee's army was and he was moving his troops- but cautiously. He proposed to Lincoln that he march his army south and capture Rich mond while Lee was going north. Lincoln vetoed that. Lee's army, not Richmond, was Hooker s objective, Lin coln said. Anyway, Washing ton might fall prey to Lee if Hooker moved on Richmond. A 5 IstJaStiP-I. WASTES ,-. 4. ft ;' i-ya, ., brutes . , . The wagons were part of (the Union) train which (Brig. Gen. Albert G.) Jenkins cavalry had pursued from Berryville . . . Near the corner of Main and Queen Streets one of the horses dropped dead of exhaustion A provost officer halted the teamsters at gunpoint and sent them on toward Harris burg at a slower pace since the Confederates still were about 20 miles behind. ". , , About eleven at night (the Confederates) reached the southern e nd of the town. Some six or eight were sent forward into town to recon noiter, and about two hun dred more were detailed to make a rapid charge after the smaii force, and those were soon followed by the balance of the command-about two thousand in all . . ." The next day the Rebel cavalry rode about 10 miles Caledonia Iron Works which belonged to Thaddeui Stev ens, Pennsylvania congress man, abolitionist and leader of the Radical Republicans. Stevens escaped ahead of the Confederates. The cavalry took about 40 horses and mules and later burned the iron mill. On June 17, Jenkins or dered the Chambersburg merN chants to open their stores and sell the Confederates east of Chambersburg to the whatever goods they wanted. Lincoln called on Pennsyl vania and neighboring states for 120.000 militia to repel the invaders. About 50,000 responded and were organ ized in Harrisburg and Pittsburgh. Chambersburg was one of the first towns the Confeder ates hit in Pennsylvania. Ja cob Hoke, a Chambersburg dry goods merchant, describ ed his home town on June 15: "Early in the morning farmers residing in the south ern portion of our country, began to pass through the town and on down the Harris burg Pike with their stock and valuables . . . 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