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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events, Diary from December 17, 1860 - April 30, 1864 (ed. Frank Moore), 1861, August (search)
ules it has been deemed necessary to establish, in order to insure and preserve the public peace, accompanied with the assurance that the civil law will remain in force, and the military authority only be used when civil law proves inadequate to maintain the public safety; and that any violation of the order will be followed by prompt punishment, regardless of persons or positions.--(Doc. 183.) This afternoon at St. Louis, Provost-marshal McKinstry suppressed the publication of the War Bulletin and the Missourian, two newspapers which had been shamelessly devoted to the publication of transparently false statements respecting military movements in Missouri. --St. Louis Democrat, August 15. General Fremont ordered a re-organization of the United States Reserve Corps,in St, Louis, to comprise five regiments of infantry, with a reserve of two companies to each two squadrons of cavalry, and two batteries of light artillery, the troops to be required to enlist for the war, subject
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 2., Chapter 2: civil and military operations in Missouri. (search)
call it the Battle of Oak Hill. and the death of Lyon, reached Fremont on the 13th of August. The secessionists in St. Louis were made jubilant and bold by it. This disposition was promptly met by the Commander-in-Chief. Martial law was declared, August 14, 1861. and General Mc-Kinstry was appointed Provost-Marshal. Some of the most active secessionists were arrested, and the publication of newspapers charged with disloyalty was suspended. Morning Herald, Evening Missourian, and War Bulletin. So tight was held the curb of restraint in the city that an outbreak was prevented. More free to act in the rural districts, the armed secessionists began again to distress the loyal people. In bands they moved over the country, plundering and destroying. Almost daily, collisions between them and the Home Guards occurred. One of the most severe of these conflicts took place at Charleston, west of Bird's Point, on the 19th, August. when three hundred Illinois Volunteers, under Colonel
William Tecumseh Sherman, Memoirs of General William T. Sherman ., volume 1, chapter 13 (search)
ransports loaded with prisoners of war destined for Vicksburg have been lying before Memphis for two days, but are now steaming up to resume their voyage. Our fort progresses well, but our guns are not yet mounted. The engineers are now shaping the banquette to receive platforms. I expect Captain Prime from Corinth in two or three days. I am, with great respect, yours, W. T. Sherman, Major-General commanding. headquarters Fifth division, Memphis, Tennessee, September 21, 1862. Editor Bulletin. sir: Your comments on the recent orders of Generals Halleck and McClellan afford the occasion appropriate for me to make public the fact that there is a law of Congress, as old as our Government itself, but reenacted on the 10th of April, 1806, and in force ever since. That law reads: All officers and soldiers are to behave themselves orderly in quarters and on the march; and whoever shall commit any waste or spoil, either in walks of trees, parks, warrens, fish-ponds, houses
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Poetry and Incidents., Volume 4. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 391 (search)
Winchester, Va., March 16.--The members of the Indiana regiment here publish daily a news-sheet called The Army Bulletin. We have received here a large and well-edited paper, published by a regiment at Leesburg, called The Advance Guard.
The Daily Dispatch: February 25, 1861., [Electronic resource], Opening of the French Legislature. (search)
Dispatch from Senator Clingman. --The Charlotte (N. C.) Bulletin has received the following dispatch from Senator Clingman: Washington, Feb. 18, 1861. Editor Bulletin: There is no chance whatever for Crittenden's proposition. North Carolina must secede or aid Lincoln in making war on the South. T. L. Clingman.
The Daily Dispatch: August 19, 1861., [Electronic resource], Subscriptions to the Dispatch. (search)
Louis, August 14 --Provost Marshal McKinstry has issued a proclamation calling upon all good citizens to obey the rules it has been deemed necessary to establish, in order to insure and preserve the public peace. The civil law will remain in force, and military authority only be used when the civil law proves inadequate to maintain the public safety. Any violation of this order will be followed by prompt punishment, regardless of persons or positions. The Evening Missourian and Bulletin, two secession papers, have been suppressed. The reports that Gen. Hardee is marching on Pilot Knob, and of the destruction of the bridges on the Iron Mountain Railroad, prove to be false. The houses of two prominent Secessionists were searched to day, by order of the Provost Marshal, but nothing of a rebellious character was found in them. General Freemont has ordered the re-organization of the United States Reserve Corps in St. Louis, to comprise five regiments of infantry,
The Daily Dispatch: March 4, 1862., [Electronic resource], Note of the War (search)
reliable and trustworthy man, arrived in that city from Biloxi, having left there on the 17th. He says that before leaving, he could distinctly, with the aid of his glass, count sixty-five of the enemy's vessels in the neighborhood of Ship Island — He also stated that the enemy had been industriously at work, for several days past, landing large bodies of troops on Bratton Island and the Chandeleurs. Outrages in Missouri. Hon. J. H. Brown, of Texas, in his army newspaper, the War Bulletin, published in the camp of McCulloch's division, gives the following samples of Federal outrages in Missouri: Will the God of '76--of Washington, Sumter, Marion, and Moultrie — vouchsafe His blessing to the infidel ruffians who are now ravaging Missouri with fire and sword, stealing like Murrellites, murdering unarmed men, brutally insulting helpless women, and performing deeds of blood and violence known only to savage life? Persons farther South can form no adequate idea of thousands
The Daily Dispatch: April 18, 1862., [Electronic resource], Late from the North. (search)
The Canal across the Peninsula. St. Louis, April 9. --General Pope's official report says: "The canal cut across the peninsula at New Madrid, through which the steamers and several barges were taken, is twelve miles long, through heavy timber, which had to be sawed off by hand four feet under water. The idea of this laborious under taking originated with Gen. Schuyler Hamilton, and the work performed by Col. Bissall's Missouri engineering regiment. Remarkable War Bulletin — the way the Yankee Masses are Humbugged. War Department, Washington, April 9th, 1862. First. That at the meridian of Sunday next, sitter the receipt of this order, at the head of every regiment in the armies of the United States, there shall be offered by its Chaplain, a prayer giving thanks to the Lord of Hosts for the recent manifestation of His power in the overthrow of the rebels and traitors, and invoking the continuance of His aid in delivering this nation, by the arms
The Daily Dispatch: may 1, 1862., [Electronic resource], article 23 (search)
Death of General Smith. Pittsburg Landing, April 27. Hon. E. M. Stanion, Secretary of War: Major-General C. F. Smith died at four P. M. on the 15th. His remains have been sent to St. Louis, where they will be buried with military honors. He is a great loss to this army. I have not directed military honors to be paid to his memory here, but wait your order. The enemy has been strongly reinforced since the last battle. H. W. Halleck, Major General. [official War Bulletin] War Department, April 27, 1862. Order directing military honors to be paid to the memory of Major-General C. F. Smith. This department has learned with deep regret that the gallant Major-General C. F. Smith, whose patriotic valor and military skill was signally exhibited at the capture of Fort Donelson, died at Savannah, in Tennesses, at the hour 4 o'clock P. M., on the 25th of this month, and it is ordered that the customers honors be paid to his memory. Edwin M. Stanton
The Daily Dispatch: December 23, 1863., [Electronic resource], From East Tennessee. (search)
out of Chattanooga by General Bragg, and who swam the river and joined the Yankees and remained with Crittenden's command opposite Chattanooga during the shelling of the place, and who was quite officious in his efforts in their favor, was stripped of everything. It is stated that he went in a great rage to Gen. Rosecrans, after the destruction of his property, and demanded a pass to come South, saying that he would not remain with men who had destroyed everything he possessed, and desired to come South, knowing that he would be hung, and wanted the matter quickly over. We believe the pass was refused. The Yankees fitted up a press the Rebel was compelled to leave at Chattanooga, and with some type on which our War Bulletin was printed were printing their orders, papers, &c. The Western and Atlantic depot was used as a Commissary depot, and the Bank of Chattanooga as a Provost Marshal's office. The residence of A. C. Van Epps, was occupied as headquarters by Gen. Thomas.
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