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Edward Porter Alexander, Military memoirs of a Confederate: a critical narrative, Chapter 19 : battle of Chickamauga (search)
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 24. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), An important Dispatch. (search)
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 28. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Very complete roll [from the Richmond , A., Dispatch, September 16th , 1900 .] (search)
The Daily Dispatch: November 3, 1860., [Electronic resource], English view of the late Royal visit. (search)
The Daily Dispatch: January 21, 1861., [Electronic resource], The National crisis. (search)
The Daily Dispatch: January 22, 1861., [Electronic resource], Financial condition of South Carolina . (search)
General Assembly of Virginia.extra session.Senate Saturday Jan. 26, 1861.
Called to order at the usual hour, Mr. Brannon in the Chair.
Prayer by the Rev. C. H. Read, of the Presbyterian Church.
A communication from the House was read, announcing the passage of sundry bills, and an amendment to the bill for the relief of Ro. Y. Overby, which was agreed to.
Reports of Committees.--The following bills were reported from the appropriated committees; A bill to incorporate the Fayette Oil and Coal Co.; a bill to incorporate the Hughes' Creek Oil and Coal Company; a bill to incorporate the Ambler Oil and Coal Company; a bill for the voluntary enslavement of Fanny Mathews and child, without compensation to the State.
Several bills coming up on their passage were laid on the table, and others were ordered to be engrossed and read a third time.
Mr. Nash proposed to amend the first section of the bill amending the charter of the Bank of the Commonwealth.
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General Assembly of Virginia.[Extra session.]
Senate. Tuesday, Jan. 29, 1861.
Called to order at 12 o'clock--Mr. Brannon in the Chair.
Prayer by the Rev. J. A. Duncan, of the Broad Street Methodist Church.
A communication from the House announced the passage of numerous bills; among them the House bill, which had previously passed the Senate, appropriating one million of dollars for the defence of the State, with an amendment providing that $50,000 of the amount be expended in the erection of three arsenals, viz: one at some point on the Baltimore and Ohio, or Northwestern Virginia Railroad; one at some point near the Great Kanawha River, and another in the great valley at or near Winchester, for the defence of the Western and Northwestern frontier and Valley.
Mr. Thomas, of Fairfax, wished to amend by providing for the establishment of an arsenal at Alexandria.
Mr. Lynch desired one also at Lynchburg.
The Chair decided that the bill could not be