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Show f WEEKLY REFLEX i 1 It Happened 118 Years Ago DAVIS NEWS JOURNAL, NORTH DAVIS LEADER, JULY 22, 1982 One of the overlooked of the Civil War otien wan the last Confederate advance to Washington. Itx climax came in (he vccond week of July, Ilk years ago, coni-paign- x by then the at the South was ALTHOUGH situation practically hopeless, with Grant at the gales of Ruh-monGen. JuM tarty began a counter-attacagainst Gen. David Hunter (controversial because of his burning and wanton destruction in the Valley) in June. h With 12.000 men. Early won a tenet of battles and moved from Lynchburg north through the Valley, through Lexington, Staunton, Harrisonburg, Woodstock, Winchester and Martinsburg into Mary hind. In Maryland he turned right to- ward the national capital, through Frederick. Rockville and Silver Spring. DIRINfi THAT advance Gen. Early sent a party of troops to burn Chambcrsburg . Penn., in retaliation for Gen. Hunters destructive cam- paign in the Valley (if money were not donated to compensate for valley losses and it wasn't), this was costly strategy, That fall, Gen. Phil Sheridan literally devested the whole valley, a massive re- taliation. Early reached Tort Stevens and Washington's outskirts on July II, IBM, but not with all his troops. Heavy Union reinforcements were then arriving. 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 all-o- ctlort hat night Early decided to We withdraw, and remarked: haven't taken Washington but we've scared Abe Lincoln like I Hell." One of his offers answered: "Yes, but when the Yankee line moved against us this afternoon I think some other people were scared blue...' He referred to Confederate weakness in numbers. "That's true," Early laughed, in but it wont appear history! SO THE last Confederate army to cross the Potomac withdrew over that over on the 4th and encamped at Leesburg. Less than a year later the war w as over. Only months la ter, Gen Sheridan decisively defeated Gen, I arlymthe Val- ley, after replacing Hunter, Histones seldom describe that terrible burn-ou- t campaign in the valley, which left women 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 Ik. lie was born in England in 1747 and became a driving sea captain. hard-vailin- WIIIIE SAILING English sips he once flogged a man so badly he later died, On another occasion his crew mutinied I lobago) and he killed one of the men with his sword. After the mutiny he fled to Frederi- cksburg. Virginia, where his brother liv ed. and that is w hen he adopted the name Jones. In the Revolutionary W ar he proved a brilliant sea fighter, sailing mostly from Brest. France, against English shipattacked the I nglish coast on at least two occasions. look many pne shops HUT MkDF luin famous ami a celebrity in Pans ranee was also at wat with lint, uni and America He last visited America in Ih and though an American citizen, he rteler-reto live in Pans He died in that cm alter a brief period ol seivm wiihilie Russian Navy. It was only in PKJj lhal his cotlm w as located and his remains brought to the t.S. and reburied at nn.ipo-It- s where he is remembered as one ol the countrv s legendary naval heroes ping, He 1 d I JP' ' a ' l s xz As ' ' According to Brian Taylor, playing against Danny Ainge is exciting, but playing in competition is still better. pre-olymp- ic Kfw MMestona Brian Taylor made noise with his his high scoring at of Davis, but didnt expect someone from the small-tow- n Kaysville to be picked to play in Olympic-styl- e competition. But, to his surprise, hes packing his bags. Keith Duncan Reflex Sports F ormer Davis High basketplayer, 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 nation s premier amateur athletes will gather for a fortnight competition which inof Olympic-styl- e cludes basketball. This is the biggest thrill Ive eperienced for a yet, said Brain while preparing 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 Fesfintival will eventually unfurl some of the such as Names ever. talent est Stuart UCLAs Georgetowns Pat Ewing,of Witchita State. Gray, 1 Greg Dreiling Steve Woodside Other top players include of Oregon St., Stanfords Johnny (6-1A.C. Green Rogers, Dukes Mark Allerie, Sinec. Scott and BYUs State of Oregon most of the sumbeen has playing Taylor Provo. ' mer, either close to home or in never been a dull Even though there has with such players monent while practicing ball ic 7-- 0) as Danny Ainge in Provo, Brian says the trip and playing in Indiana will probably top it all. Youd be nuts if you couldnt 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 wasnt 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 ('would they pick anyone from a small place like Kaysville. But later my mother called me aside and told me Id been selected. I 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 an Olympic team nomination. "This is a prepatory thing. All the important people will have their eyes glued on it, said Taylor. I |