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Show i ! WEEKLY REFLEX-DA- VIS It Happened 118 Years Age NEWS JOURNAL, NORTH DAVIS LEADER, JULY 22, 1982 One of the overlooked campaigns of the Civil War often was the last Confederate advance to Washington. Its climax came in the second week of July, 18 years ago. 1 by then the situation at the South was ALTHOUGH practically hopeless, with Grant at the gates of Richmond, Gen. Jubal Early began a counter-attacagainst Gen. David Hunter (controversial because of his burning and wanton destruction in the Shenandoah Valley) in June. With 12,000 men, Early won a series of battles and moved from Lynchburg north through the Valley, through Lexington, Staunton, Harrisonburg. Woodstock, Winchester and Martinsburg into Maryland. In Maryland he turned right tok ward the national capital, Rockville through Frederick, and Silver Spring. DURING THAT advance Gen. Early sent a party of troops to burn Chambersburg, Penn., in retaliation for Gen. Hunter's destructive cam- paign in the Valley (if money were not donated to compensate for valley losses and it wasn't). This was costly According to Brian Taylor, playing against Danny Ainge competition is still better. is exciting, but playing in pre-olymp- strategy. That fall, Gen. Phil Sheridan literally devasted the whole valley, a massive retaliation. Early reached Fort Stevens and Washingtons outskirts on July 11. 1864, but not with all his troops. Heavy Union reinforcements were then arriv ing. On he 12th the Confederate Army was in view of the city, at full strength, in line, one day too late. EARLY REALIZED he was now heavily outnumbered, that the fortifications were quite stong; the timely arrival of the Sixth Corps, the troops of Generals H.G. Wright and W.H. Emory, prevented a Confederate attack. Union forces instead attacked on the 12th and were repulsed though it was not an effort. That night Early decided to withdraw . and remarked: We haven't taken Washington but weve scared Abe Lincoln like laughed, "but it wont appear in history! SO THE last Confederate army to cross the Potomac withdrew over that river on the 14th and encamped at Leesburg. Less than a year later the war was over. Only months la Hell. One of his offers other people were scared blue..." He referred to Confederate weakness in numbers. Thats true," Early and children helpless and starving that last winter of the war. Perhaps its just as well. John Paul Jones Born On July 18 The birthday anniversary of John Paul, who took the name Jones later in life, is July 18. He was born in England in 1747 and became a driving sea captain. hard-sailin- France, against fnglish sions, took many pn. , hops. THAT MAPI him '.mums ranee and a celebrity in I.o. ' was also at vv.u w bntam) isited and America. He I. America in PS aiu Hough : icfer- an American citieii red to live in Pot ilter a He died in that . brief period of seivu, a ith the Russian Navy It w.r only in 1905 that his coffin w., OCalcd and his remains hto'ig u to the U.S. and rebuned at knn.tpo-li- s wheie he is icmcmbered as one of the country s legen-darnaval heroes. WHILE SAILING English sips he once flogged a man so badly he later died. On another occasion his crew mutinied (Tobago) and he killed one of the men with his sword. After the mutiny he fled to Fredericksburg. Virginia, where his brother lived, and that is w hen he adopted the name Jones. In the Revolutionary War he proved a brilliant sea fighter, sailing mostly from Brest. ic Mew Milestone Brian Taylor made noise with his his high scoring at Davis, but didnt expect someone from the small-tow- n of Kaysville to be picked to play in Olympic-styl- e But, to his surprise, hes packing his bags. Keith Duncan Reflex Sports F ormer Davis High basketball player, Brian Taylor, has reached several milestones in his young career, but the best yet occured last week when he was named as one of six graduated prep seniors to play for the West team in the 1982 National Sports Festival in Indianapolis, Indiana. Nearly 5,000 of this nations premier amateur athletes will gather for a fortnight competition which inof Olympic-styl- e cludes basketball. This is the biggest thrill Ive eperienced yet, said Brain while preparing for a Wednesday flight. Im very excited about being selected to play. Coaching the West team will ironically be University of Utahs Jerry Pimm, who to the pulled all the stops recruiting Taylor Utes this past spring. The basketball portion of this years Festival will eventually unfurl some of the fintalent ever. Names such as est Georgetowns Pat Ewing, UCLAs Stuart Gray, 1 Greg Dreiling of Witchita State. Other top players include Steve Woodside of Oregon St., Stanfords Johnny Rogers, Dukes Mark Allerie, A.C. Green of Oregon State and BYUs Scott Sinec. Taylor has been playing most of the summer, either close to home or in Provo. Even though there has never been a dull monent while practicing with such players ic 7-- (6-1- 0) competition. as Danny Ainge in Provo, Brian says the trip and playing in Indiana will probably top it all. Youd be nuts if you couldn't get excited about playing with and against some of the name players who will be there. Im super excited about it. While in Indianapolis, Taylor will see the top U.S. amateur athletes in swimming, track and field, boxing, gymnastics, figure skating and the works. Most of the Olympic events will participate. The festival began in 1978 in Colorado Springs. Amateur athletes consider the annual festival a big deal. Although it is not a qualification event, it attracts a great deal of attention and presents the opportunity for the best to compete against the best. Taylor, who begins practice at BYU on Sept. 1, said he couldnt have been more excited when he found hed been named to the team. I know I wasn't supposed to tell anyone about it at first. Then one afternoon I walked in the house with a friend and my mother told me Coach (Frank) Arnold had called. I asked her if Id been selected and she said no. That figures I said. Why Avould they pick anyone from a small place like Kaysville. But later my mother called me aside and told me Id been selected. 1 went ape and the first one I told was my brother Todd, said Brian. Taylor believes that a good showing in the tournament might help his chances for This is a an Olympic team nomination. prepatory thing. All the important people said will have their eyes glued on it, Taylor. CLEARFIELD PAINT & CLASS mt&m ship- ping. He attacked th, English coast on at Ic.iM uv, occa- ! : all-o- answered: Yes, but when the Yankee line moved against us this afternoon I think some ter, Gen. Sheridan decisively defeated Gen. Early in the Valley, after replacing Hunter. Histories seldom describe that terrible burn-ou- t campaign in the valley, which left women v v |