Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 110, No. 22, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 26, 1962 Page: 7 of 16
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P . ,j . t i-.r O.n
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Tr**> The M-
ma"-
HJ ya r« old on
[*;. ••• i.:. v«-r wry of
(lorpus Site of
Wackiest Battle
In Civil far
by \\ DON'ALU AI.LKI 1>
l,rt*M put it Ihi.s way:
If the hat tic didn't
Happen I'kartl) like thin
. . .It nhould have!
The >tory of how tin- I'. S.
Navy bombarded tin Itchcl*. al
Corpu- Chrinti with -hells full
of bourbon whi>key isn't in
NVai lH'jmrtiiH'nt record-, but it
is .-till told with a chuckb along
tbt Texas (auIf Cou.-t.
And if to legend is true, many
Civil Wiii buff- agie. t h i
booze bombardment in August
of lMtiJ «n probably the wuck
lest battle of th. war.
Kveii without th. firewater
fir. power it wa quite a fight.
Hrijf (Jen Hamilton I' He,,
. lit by th. Confedcra.y to look
over th. situati' ii after the bat
ti«-, reported the Federal gun-
boat- had fired between 400
and '>00 "xh.-t and .h< 1" into
the towi
11. al .i told hi a t . !<K-al
Rebel eoiisiiuuxb i. Maj A M
Hobby, led .i charg. through
grape and i an muter -hot to r<-
puK< a landing party Despite
the heavy fu>. th. general -aid,
Hobby'n men utood up to cheer
• v. ry time tfn ( >nfederate ean
noi fired u good «hot Amidst
the che# r . th. v r> h< .1 the land-
ing party
I'll Voil At . . .
Bastrop's l.dli Annual
Homecoming
AND
fz
I
N
• tii \\ < ,1 ST 2. and I
v. u during the Parade, *t the ( entrnnial
■:m Service, the Dance* and th. Boat Race—
irl f the thirr Big Day* we hop« veil v*il| rnjoy
Don't Fail to Visit us While
you are in town
I 00(1
Market
Ruth and "Red" Long
Mors will be mighty
felcome to . . .
Ilasirop's l.)th Annual
Homecoming
and
m
'P** *11 of you who come for the*e three big
^ ^ ' 'on and frolic will take in and enjov all of
,,,, t,i,vr bren planned for your niter-
Our
'°re will welcome a visit from you while
you arc in town
'riesenbeck's...
furniture company
S,Hin St. ttnx li 17 . I'lione < \ « .".I
Lane Acquitted oi
Piracy Charges
Novel,ib. r 27, lHCl-Ebe,. Lane
one of the pei-Hon, captured on
the prize vessel, the Knchan-
tr. -. wa> yesterday acquitted
of the charge of piracy.
H vv.t- tolerably clearly shown
that he wi.- not m sympathy
with the pirates, but um*! his
~k 111 "* navigator to deceive
the piratical crew; at night
turning the vi's>cI'h head north,
and in the day putting hi< eours-
< south again for Charleston.
Ibis mail, her pa-.age an ex
traordinarily lony one, and was
the cau-e of her being captured
by a I Hited States v. *sel off
Hattt ra -
I'nder the circumstances shown
an acquittal was a.-ked and
ieadily obtained from the jury.
The defendant i- a native of
Massachusetts The owners of
the v. --el, to whom sh. |>
aved by his conduct, ought to
reward him for it. The Week-
ly Telegraph.
But th. only death reported
in the batth were one man, a
"W. ai d a Ne .vfouiidland <l' g.
And p. rhaps the heaviest dam-
nj." t< the Federal gunboats
was cau.-i-d by a Rebel shot that
mis, d. a. ...rding t<> an article
!-y L<< ( Harby in Krank Les-
lie Weekly Magazine for Feb.
l i, 1^'tJ Thin article, published
mor. than 3(1 year after the
i.attu . is perhaps the first prin-
ted account of the unpreceden-
ted. /.any bombardment.
The Corpu- ('hristi Caller, on
\prii H, 1K«J2. printed a -ton
of the whiskey filled bombs.
Du -• bombs ar.-n't mentioned
in 'hi faded, handwritten re-
pert of th. t.att.i tha' are
t -w f ,..j in th. National Ar-
chiv. - in Washington, 1). C.
Hut Harbv say - the full story
didn t corn.- out until several
in . • after th. fighting ended.
V • .a! . th. battl. didn't al
:> r th. tactical -ituaMon much,
but t h< commander# on both
■ up - wet. poorii'-ted b.raus. of
lh. t par' in th. fra-a-
Tt.. ^ at Ki - d> ul- il t- bo11.-
•ard < . ■ r j Chris ti b.-< a us* the
*!., rt t w; on the Gulf of
Me\t<"' wa being u-ed as a
'•a • for bl'-< kadt runners.
'I . Confederal y's major har-
b w.-r. ^eal.-d iff by Fed
• ' i g-.M-oat- in n any cases,
!■ ;l ' -i j. , < hnsti, it. th. bend
f !1. |' -xa c u t and le- -
.'oi' mi'u from M. \ o.
ot a major port So f.i-t,
w-draft sneaked ou!
^hallovv iay and raced
isuallv t" lluvii'a, to
ha
HASTHf)!' (TKXAS) ADVERTISER. Jl'LY 26, 1962
t hit it
VI ft, !
ha 11 < <
f it.
brtny
}>l M* t
i a i.y ?m « sup-
One -hell, he says, Jiit a
warehouse full of animal hides
mattering the skins. A run
ning Rebel saw the flying hides
and yelled, "They're shooting
goat skins at us."
In another part of town, a
man lay bedridden with rheu
mat ism. lie had refused to a!
low to be moved to the civilian
camp outside town, saving he1
preferred death to the pain of '
being carried on a stretcher.
As he lay in an upstairs bed-
room of a house, a shell .smash-
ed through the wall a few f,.,.t
from his bed. The man bound
ed up, scrambled down the
-tail-, and ran full speed all
the way to the civilian camp.
It' said his rheumatism never
troubled him again.
An exploding shell .alp.d
one Texan, but the man recov-
ered.
The 17th was a Sunday and
th. battle stopped. Hut the
'hooting r. umed again on Mon- i
day.
At one point, the Federal-
landed a party with a cannon
on a beach at the north end of
th. city. However, Ware's
Cavalry and Hobby's soldiers
i.eat off the landing party I'vt
It K Jones' Confederal. Com-
pany wa killed He was the
only man who died in the bat
tie.
Hobby was grazed on the
head by a bullet.
After th. bombardment lifted,
th.- Rebels saw a number of
the Federal shells hadn't ex-
ploded.
At. old settler eyed a shell in
his field covetously, but f.ar-
f i! y He could certainly use
th. h. H's powder for his rifle,
but he was afraid to tinker with
th. ;it exploded bomb.
The an old Negro handymar
named Joe happened by The
ettI. r sent Joe into t he fie .s
to opei the bomb and ire' th.
pow der.
Hut when Joe returned n<
was carrying bourbon whiskey.
The -• ttler could aK. list the
bourbor . Hut he wa highly
.-!■;< iou- of Yankee.- and 'heir
tucks. The liquor miyht be
po, .1? o: \gain J> . . . am.
' . e. ...j; H. " ' '
S". , ri a arg. draug *
Joe smacked his hp as hi
drar k T:.< . C;g htl; h<
tott. red off t- -pread •1 ■ w ■ ■ rci
of th< bourbon bombs.
Whet t: • news g ' .! •!
th. ' < W .1 Ijlllt. a s, ;i I I
all. 1(1 shells full of wi -.key
were found.
Hut the explanation of hew
th. w hisk. \ came to b. i th.
diets- didn t come until overall
days later
Aftei
ter and eggs from a farmer.
On the day of hi.- capture,
Kittr. dge came ashore L*. miles
south of Corpus Christi near
a salt works on Laguna Madre.
A detachment of Ware's Caval-
ry, tipped by a farmer, was
waiting when the Yankee com
mander came ashore. Kittredge
and seven men with him were
made prisoners. Capt. John
Ireland captured Kittredge.
The prisoners were brought
to Corpus Christi where Hobby
treated Kittredge and his men
with courtesy until they were
exchanged.
In a report, Bee wrote Kitt-
redge had been "an honorable
enemy and as such he is entitled
to the consideration due to his
situation by the terma of civ-
ilized warfare."
One evening Hobby t>nd Kitt-
redge were having dinne.- to-
gether. The Confederate offi-
i cer's tale of the bourbon caused
the Yankee to laugh gleefully.
He explained the whiskey was
his. A barrel of his bourbon
had been stolen and he had su-
spected it was hidden aboard
his ship. Hut he couldn't find
where <t had been hidden.
Men coming off watch on the
, ship smelled more like they were
returning from a tavern,
i Now Kittredge realized the
Yankee crew, looking for a
place to hide the stolen whiskey,
i had come upon cannon shells
stored on the ship. They'd
opened the shells, poured out
the powder, and had simply
tapped the booze bombs. But
they hadn't finished all the
bourbon before the battle.
Feeling as blue as their uni-
forms, but not daring to speak
up, the sailors had been forced
I to shoot their whiskey into
• enemy town.
Or so the story goes.
—Texas Parade
drew .
hii«r Adln.t
ritgut order,
redg., listed
t. nan!, lieu
and captain.
ipiv r
out. .
Far
kltt
liou-
C h r i
li. (1
refer
and <
was '
and ti
it I'avid <>
d on- J W
variously a
ef.ant commander,
t. "al off Corpus
■ ( oiifedeiat- r<
h rn a Lt. Kitt
• id. h ;' t i-dg# The
Yai ► .• .- snip- v ith-
th side loo«ed around
the time honored prac-
th. military filed re-
f.'-de rat
town remain ed in Con-
hand and the blockade
• tii ..ii. Hut K ttedg. sent
■ a r> t • 11 of th> destruct:oi
.vas promoted to commo-
> bat
tv
h
•i hi-
garri
if. d.
t hi
>rk
I1
P. -p
f i.
m. n < a
in 1*4■
M. x at
a far
N a v a
statun
of H
■aptured
Ut the
.. rpu-
n The
defens
c ".me
. • < .. n
niped Hi
before
i am
| an
ih re, Harby
j ported beating
I i and disablitig a
ship. And Gen. H
t •. Confederal.
• roi. charj;. M«j
am- Co! Hobby.
>ev .-ra! day .at
i captured Ihirr.
jad. I" had bee: hi
i* ashore ' > hurt a
Hobby r. -
the attack-
least one
e w rot. of
ommander'-
Hobby 11.
K ittredg.
.: th. block
custom to
d buy but-
You are Invited to ... .
Bastrop's 15th Annual
HOMECOMING
Thurs. - Fri. - Sat. - August 2-3-4
For three big days of thrills, excitement and Western Fun,
you can't beat Bastrop at Homecoming time. A beautiful
parade, an impressive Memorial Service, exciting rodeo
shows, dances and a thrilling boat race ... all await
vou here
and while you're in town, come by to see us — be glad
to see you !
Gahan's Department Store
ip
100
d. -
I,. away came t
fend th< tow?
Rep. I ' a\ the Rebel en
placed two is pounder* and a
Ipounder to defend the town.
\ I. ger.d ay th« T .vm Ms-
t. i the matching cannon used
! Sam 11 us ton at >an Jacinto,
wcr< also in the defer,-. Kilt
t'sr aren't mentioned in
fficia! paper-
\ hi 1 i. Kitt rclg. sailed
th. bay ui .le a flag of
and a k.-.i t" b. allow
t Home bonding
(' h > i that !i.
th
int.
:ti PC
to
( or-
t
't
Kilt
hour
t !
. iuvi rnm. i t
hed th< Con
ecogniz. tin
in I'* sic. si
ii \ tmilding
t r.dge git v.
tu removi
and ne i
low I The;
building ■
\. Fe.iera
llged t. th
Ma, II bio.
d. I at. didr
«, goV( I Ml
couldn't o\.
I.on. ~-'ai
Whel. upon
. kelel- 4s
omei and c
irnbatat "1 fr<
ic\ *d .. about tl
I .v.. da\ hit. t
ilihoat?. satle
hi pu t'hn -ti
i, Siicheni, 1
i . l . em Il
and th.
Italia. I
n< i mi api.
"Surrendi i
The < on*. >i< i at. r< plied w it li
cannon hot Harhy ay the
hot wa poorlv aimed and me
.d th. boat But tl" shell
the -urface and
bra \
ito
th.
Iv. n
gun
Hell
1 P
ley wen
and the
g four
lit i ak. • and t ht
11 mounted with
a^ked Kitt redg
ricocheted on
, i a bed into th. '-Hch. nl at tin
waterlin. Tho disabh*l the
v, , and forced it to With
draw
\,iothci boat wa
at. i hit.
Th.
I.cfor.
Th.
oc< urt .
lit i.el
til. 1
fir.
del al
- hot
rwplii
th. Vaii-e. gunboat* h
lit
nil
WELCDME
Ilasirop's l.'illi Annual
Homecoming
AND
Thursday. Friday and Saturday. Aug. 2. 3 & \
AND TO BASTROP'S BEAUTIFUL NEW
TR0PICANA MOTEL
New Highway 71
Phone CA 9-2526
Swir. : ,mg pool playground for the kiddies, comfortable rooms, new
i id ;ttractive, completely air-conditioned TV, and every convenience
\c •:.. ike your stay a comfortable one. We will look forward to taking
can ' you should you need accomodations for the weekend. If not we
will i • glad to have you drop by anyway. We hope y u will have a
7r '.me during oui three-day celebration.
DARRELL and FAYE TUCK
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Standifer, Amy S. Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 110, No. 22, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 26, 1962, newspaper, July 26, 1962; Bastrop, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth237906/m1/7/?rotate=270: accessed July 10, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Bastrop Public Library.