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James Redpath, The Public Life of Captain John Brown 1,857 43 Browse Search
Horace Greeley, The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-65: its Causes, Incidents, and Results: Intended to exhibit especially its moral and political phases with the drift and progress of American opinion respecting human slavery from 1776 to the close of the War for the Union. Volume I. 250 2 Browse Search
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 242 6 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 16. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 138 2 Browse Search
Francis Jackson Garrison, William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879; the story of his life told by his children: volume 3 129 1 Browse Search
Wendell Phillips, Theodore C. Pease, Speeches, Lectures and Letters of Wendell Phillips: Volume 1 126 0 Browse Search
Mary Thacher Higginson, Thomas Wentworth Higginson: the story of his life 116 2 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 13. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 116 6 Browse Search
Maj. Jed. Hotchkiss, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 3, Virginia (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 114 0 Browse Search
Lydia Maria Child, Letters of Lydia Maria Child (ed. John Greenleaf Whittier, Wendell Phillips, Harriet Winslow Sewall) 89 3 Browse Search
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iment returned from a scouting expedition, having been out some four days, the expedition being under the command of Col. Chas. C. Dodge. This expedition was accompanied by the battery attached to our regiment, consisting of two brass . This party of mounted men reached Zuni, Va., on the Blackwater river, about twenty-five miles from Suffolk, last evening about 9 o'clock, when they were bred into by a party of rebel infantry from the opposite side of the river, wounding one of our men named Brown, belonging to troop D, and occasioning a general stir throughout the battalion. The fire of the rebels was promptly returned by our men, and the howitzers batching forth their shower of grape and canister among the rebels, caused them to feel for their hiding places, not, however, until they had lost several of their men. After we had fired several rounds we returned to our camp, satisfied with one night's exploit. The troops at this place are now under command of Major General Peek,
The Code of Virginia, (edition of 1860,) chapter 190, page 783, treats of offences against the sovereignty of the State. The first section of this act defines treason, declares how the offence is to be proved, and affixes the punishment of death. The second section relates to misprison of treason, and affixes the punishment. The third section relates to attempting or instigating others to establish a usurped Government within the limits of this Commonwealth. Under this act, John Brown and his associates in crime were indicted tried, convicted, and executed. I am informed, and believe it to be true, that General Jackson captured quite a number of men raised for the Lincolns army in Northwestern Virginia, with the approbation and under the authority of the usurped Government which has been inaugurated in that section of the State. Many of the men so captured are native Virginians, and all of them are citizens, owing allegiance to the lawful Government of the State.
ittee on Finance. Mr. Hill, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to which was referred a resolution inquiring to what extent the military authorities have the right to put restrictions upon the facilities of citizens in traveling, and the transportation of private property, introduced by Mr. Lewis, reported that the committee had previously considered the subject matter of the resolution, and reported thereon, and asked to be discharged from the further consideration of the same. Mr. Brown from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported a bill authorizing the appointment of three Naval Storekeepers, with an annual salary, each, of $1,700. Passed. A House bill to provide shoes for the army. [Authorizes the detailing of two thousand shoemakers to make shoes for the army. Soldiers detailed to receive pay for extra duty, and thirty five cents per pair for shoes, in addition to their regular pay and rations] Passed. A House bill to establish places of rendezvous for the