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The Daily Dispatch: may 21, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 5 (search)
Correspondence of the Richmond Dispatch.Commendable Heroism of a Charlotte lady. Richmond, May 18th, 1861. The following soul-stirring message, sent by a lady of Charlotte to her husband, who is a member of the Charlotte Troop, that marched from that county on Thursday last, breathes a spirit of such lofty and self-sacrificing patriotism, and affords an example so worthy of imitation to others of her sex, who are similarly situated, that I deem it my duty to send it to your paper for publication. Your correspondent, who is himself a member of the same company, having been unavoidably detained at home for a day or two after his comrades had set out on their journey to this place, called upon the lady in question (whose husband is one of his most cherished friends) on the evening previous to his departure to join his company, for the purpose of taking leave of her, and of ascertaining if she had any special communication to send by him to her husband. Being too much overpowe
The Daily Dispatch: may 21, 1861., [Electronic resource], English Views of the American war (search)
Correspondence of the Richmond Dispatch.Montgomery county. Christiansburg, May 18, 1861. In this gallant old county the war feeling is still up, and finds our people united in resistance to the dogmas of the old Ape at Washington. Two more companies are getting ready to offer their services to the State, and I am glad to say both will be commanded by efficient and popular officers. Capt. Jas. P. Hammet has a company of sixty at Central depot, and Captain E. Fowlkes, at this place, has fifty-six men, who are ready and willing to serve as defenders of Virginia's honor. These two companies, with the three already in the field, will put our number up to 375 good and true men in the service. Double this number can be obtained whenever there is necessity, or whenever there is a call. We have an efficient mounted police for home protection, under the command of Captain A. J. Lucas, numbering 100 good and true men; and I think in this company of old men, 75 good soldiers wo