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THURSDAY. JUNE 22, 1961
One Hundred Years Ago
THE CIVIL WAR
By WILLIAM 11. MeHENRY
The Civil War had really
started by the second week in
June of 1861. There was fighting
in Virginia and in Missouri. In
between, Kentucky was a bul
wark against both sides because
of its stand for neutrality.
In Benton County, Missouri,
there was a clash between a
Home Guard (said to number
700) and a group of 400 well
armed Secessionists under Col.
Rainwater. According to the
eastern papapers, the fight oc
curred while the Home Guard
was in camp about eighteen
miles north-east of Warsaw. The
secessionists attacked the sleep
ing Home Guard, killed 25,
wounded 72, and drove the re
mainder from the camp. The
Southerners had eight killed,
and “they hauled eight wagon
loads of their wounded away.”
Missouri inhabitants were
fighting their personal wars as
they chose sides. Nearly every
town had its own small war. In
Booneville a reporter asked the
Mayor of the town “Why he had
a handkerchief around his neck
in the boiling sun?” The Mayor
didn’t answer, but a bystander
did. It seems that one of these
disagreements, so common to
the times, had caused a “shoot
ing affray, in which the Mayor
participated.”
Women's Nursing Corps
formed: June 14 the Secretary
of War issued an order for the
substitution of women for men
as nurses in the general hospi
tals wherever it can be effected.
Said the papers: “No woman
will be received unless they are
above the age of 30 and fur
nished with certificates of good
character and capacity. Miss
Dorothy L. Dix has been ap
pointed superintendent of the
women nurses and has sole au
thority.”
Battle of Big Bethe, June 10:
Union soldiers from Ft. Monroe
took a walk up towards York
town. They ran into Confederate
troops who put up a scrap. The
Union men retreated, leaving a
few dead. Prisoners were taken
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by both sides. There had been
' some talk that “Any rebel cap
tured would be treated as a
traitor.” Not so. Both sides had
prisoners, the captured Confed
erates were treated as prisoners
of war, causing the Richmond
I papers to exult that the seces
sionists were being treated as
soldiers, not as rebels.
Later a commission was set up
to exchange prisoners . . . man
for man, with a rating scale in
which officer s according to
rank, were worth so many en
listed men. The system would
| work until the latter months of
the war.
Boonville, Missouri, saw a bat
tle between the two sides on
June 17. Young Brig. General
Lyon led the Union forces in a
struggle to save Missouri for the
Union.
Secession had a new face!
Now the world was to see a part
of a state secede from a seceded
state! West Virginia seceded
from Virginia . . .or, if you wish
to put it another was, “West Vir
ginia remained loyal to the
Union.”
Call it what you will, tne west
ernmost counties of Virginia did
not approve of secession from
the Union, and on June 11, the
new state of West Virginia was
born.
In that part of Virginia east
of the Alleghenies, the people
were becoming almost solidly for
the South, with Unionists either
changing their faith, or moving
away. In West Virginia, the
trend was reversed. The papers
said: “There were strong Union
sermons delivered in the
churches yesterday. A day of
fasting was decreed. Dissenters
from Union faith were invited
to leave.”
There were reports that a
leading Virginia Unionist, the
Hon. John S. Carlisle, was “. . .
the leading spirit in the Union
movement ... he is closeted
with prominent men perfecting
a scheme of operations.” Other
reports said that the Federal
government had sent “2,000
Maynard rifles to western Vir
ginia for the encouragement of
the Union movement.”
And over in England, the Lon
don Times commented on the
Civil War in America: “They
fight. willing, but with unwilling
hands. They like the hand to
strike . . . they swing the in
struments of death, but a
mysterious" power averts the
stroke, or blunts the edge. Are
they in earnest, or are they
playing at war?”
The Nation could still laugh.
In Cincinnati the body of a
drowned man was found in the
Ohio River, but no relative would
come forward to claim the body
for burial. Then the papers an
nounced that the dead man had
$275 in gold on his person. Im
mediately a long line of “in
consolate relatives” came for
ward to claim the body! Grim,
yes, but the Nation would be
come used to even a grimmer
sort of humor during the next
four years.
MT. OLIVE SINGING
SET FOR FRIDAY
The Mt. Olive Methodist
Church’s monthly singing will
be held at 8 p.m. Friday, it has
been announced.
Gene Willingham will be in
charge. The church is located
five miles north of Cloudland.
PAVING PROJECT
NOW UNDERWAY
Paving of the Harrison-Alpine |
Road is underway.
The J. E. Jordan Construction
Company of Marietta, contrac
tor, has moved equipment into
the area and begun the work.
The $150,000 project is fi
nanced by the Rural Roads Au
thority of the state and includes
3.7 miles. When completed, the
entire route between Menlo and
Lyerly will be paved.
County VFW Group
To Attend Meeting
A delegation of Chattooga
Countians will attend the Geor
gia convention of the Veterans
of Foreign Wars in Macon this
week-end.
Commander Lambert Jones, of
the Mason-McCauley Post, will
head the group. State VFW
Adjutant James H. Floyd of
Trion also will be among those
on hand.
Others from Chattooga to at
tend are: Holland Taylor, James
McDonald, Stanley Greenwood,
Julian Henderson, Harry Far
row, Reno Gardner, Jim Tedder,
Lester Parker, D. P. Henley,
Jimmy Bush and Dan Edwards.
Mrs. Henley will attend the VFW
Auxiliary meeting.
Lieut. Gov. Garland Byrd and
former Gov. Marvin Griffin will
both speak on Sunday. The elec
tion of officers will be another
highlight of the Sunday meeting.
WORK PROGRESSES
ON RESIDENCE OF
COUNTY SHERIFF
Much of the exterior work on
the new sheriff’s residence is
completed, including the roof
ing.
However, little of tne interior
work has been done, County
Commissioner John Jones noted
this week.
Chattooga Public Works Camp
prisoners work on the project in
between times they are involved
in road work, the commissioner
noted, and no timetable has
been set for completion.
The residence is located ad
jacent to the new jail on the
site of the old jail building.
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By GLENN McCULLOUGII
Up in Rabun County, tucked
between the lofty peaks of
Rabun Bald and Standing In
dian, lies an unspoiled region of
perfectly delightful open valley,
deep forest, gushing streams,
mountains, magnificent water
falls and rambling lakes. What
a wonderful way to escape the
dull routine and the bustling
crowds!
What a tranquilizing effect!
That is Rabun, the old Chero
kee country—with twisting trails
and safe motor roads (making
many waterfalls, high cliffs and
peaks accessible) and where
azaleas literally cover the area
like clouds of color, recalling
the festivals of the primitive
Indians.
The creek banks and cover,
the hill tops, the cliffs, the
draughs are on the verge of a
riot—of laurel blooms, with their
soft, restful hues of pink.
That is Rabun, the high coun
try, delightful and healthful and
invigorating mountain air and
chilly sleep - wooing nights.
There’s the famed Tallulah
Gorge, surpassed in beauty and
depth only by the Grand Can
yon.
That is Rabun, one of the
finest fishing areas in the coun
try. There are many fishing I
camps along the shores of the |
! five lakes, and mountain streams
provide excellent trout fishing.
Lake Burton, for instance,
abounds in beautiful, big trout.
There is good fishing for rain
bow and brown. Trout are con
sistently taken from Burton
weighing up to eight pounds
All game fish are in good sup
ply in Burton, including yellow
perch, but the perch are stunted '
and small. Valleye have been in- |
traduced in Burton and large I
brown trout have been stocked,
in addition to the native fish.
And the trout fishing is good
the year around Best lures
are deep-running spoons and
spinners, fished slowly.
Bass are aitting well now and
will continue through the
month. Then they’ll be at it
again in the fall.
At Lake Rabun, just below
Burton, one of the largest trout
ever caught in Georgia—a 12>/ 2
pound brown in 1959. Bass
fishing is also good in Rabun,
but crappie fishing is only fair.
That is Rabun County, home
also to Lakes Nacoochee, Talllu
lah and Tugalo—all surrounded
by high mountains and all have
excellent facilities for motor
boating and rowing. Motor boats
may be rented by the hour or
day and a number of larger
boats are available for charter I
There are many areas with
picnicking facilities and there is I
a wide selection of choice res- |
taurants nearby.
The rock hound will have a
field day. An abundance of all I
common rocks and minerals may
be found in Rabun and several j
of the more rare minerals as |
well.
Houses are available for riding i
over the trails which crisscross |
the mountains banked with rho- j
dedendron, which blooms in i
July, laurel, fern and myriads of 1
other wild flowers.
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surroundings of Rabun. Your
neighborhood service station;
dealer win assist you in select-1
ing the best route to Rabun,
shortcut to a new zest for living. \
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