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The Daily Dispatch: May 27, 1864., [Electronic resource], The War news. (search)
ated or believed necessary, but they are here now, and will soon have an opportunity of retrieving their tardiness by acts of gallantry. Bukler's Reverse on the Southside — his falling back. The Herald contains a smoothed over account of Butler's defeat by Beauregard on Monday week We make the following extracts: Ominous silence had prevailed since two A M. It was now after four. The misty atmosphere gave a kind of terror to almost every object, and loomed up in unnatural proportitals this by their companions, but shells soon began to drop into some of these, and our most advanced hospitals were abandoned, but not until the wounded were removed. In the evening the order to fall back to a new position was given by Gen. Butler, and his column is now in an attitude to defy the whole power of Lee's army if it should he drive upon him. While the battle was going on, which I have above described, an attack was made on our rear guard in the direction of Petersburg.
The Daily Dispatch: May 27, 1864., [Electronic resource], The ancient boundaries of Virginia. (search)
defiantly down toward the Administration members, as he warms with the subject, he continued in the same strain. He is willing to go with his friends anywhere on that issue. Cannot a man say he is for peace, the saving of life and treasure? He is for peace. He is a Union man — a better Union man than anybody on the other side of the chamber — for he is a Peace Union man. If we can't have use Government, let us have two, and let them be splendid ones. He is a slaveholder, or was, till Ben. Butler stole all his slaves. His father was a slaveholder before him, and a good Christian; and when a man talks here of slavery being the sum of all villainies he calls him and his father villains, and he tells that man, whoever he may be, that he is a liar and scoundrel. The scene is a curious one. This man is standing in the House of Representatives of the United States, surrounded by the Democrats and the Border State men of what claims to be a layal opposition. He is talking the bold