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The Daily Dispatch: August 3, 1861., [Electronic resource], $100 reward (search)
begged my friend for God's sake to give it to him; for that he himself had called upon a soldier from New York for water when his column was in retreat, and though it was at the risk of his life, he ran to the trench and brought it. How Col. Corcoran was captured. The war correspondent of the Charleston Mercury relates the following: Of individual experience there were scarcely room to speak. One lad, Oakley, from Alabama, taken prisoner, was tied; but when the enemy was fightihim, and started to his friends on the way. On an officer's prospecting, he went up towards him, and, when near enough, he ordered him to surrender; the officer did so, and young Oakley bore him in triumph in to headquarters. He proved to be Col. Corcoran. Capt. Kemper, the Artilleryman. A letter from the battle-field, published in the Charleston Mercury, mentions the fact that Capt. Kemper was taken prisoner during the fight. It happened in this way: Early in the day, when th
The Daily Dispatch: August 7, 1861., [Electronic resource], Capt. Thomas F. Meagher (search)
Capt. Thomas F. Meagher --The New York Tribune is responsible for saying that, when Captain Thomas Meagher, of Corcoran's regiment, had reached Centreville, with his retreating men, he made this declaration, in the presence of a number of witnesses: "Boys, they've licked us handsomely; we must run back to Fort Corcoran, and, mind what I say, the Southern Confederacy ought to be recognized to-morrow; they have beaten us, and are entitled to it !"
The Daily Dispatch: August 12, 1861., [Electronic resource], Assault and Battery. (search)
Letter from an Irish prisoner. --The following letter, written by a prisoner, who was a member of Col. Corcoran's (69th) New York Regiment, to his brother in Augusta, Ga., coincides in sentiment with statements made by other prisoners: New Alms Hospital, Richmond, Va., July 30, 1861 Dear Pat --I wrote you a few lines last week, which a gentleman either posted or took on with him, as he resided near Augusta. I know you were surprised to hear that I was in Richmond, wounded; b by Scott. There were eight regiments on the field whose time was up, but could not get home. But, worse than all, they left the dead and wounded on the field, and never sent a flag of truce in to know how or what would become of us. It is Colonel Corcoran I blame for keeping us. He is now a prisoner here. Many is the heavy curse he got from wounded and dying men. I wish you could send a letter to my wife; poor creature. Probably she thinks me dead. She lives at 212 West 26th street. Direct
The Daily Dispatch: August 13, 1861., [Electronic resource], England and the North. (search)
ashington, Saturday, Aug. 3, 1861. Dear Sir: In reply to your note of yesterday, I beg to state I have not seen Col. Corcoran; but I was informed he was in Richmond and prisoner of war, and treated with the courtesy due to his distinguished ch hold intercourse with any of the prisoners; and several attempts, which I made at considerable personal risk, to see Col. Corcoran and other friends or acquaintances, proved ineffectual. While at the headquarters at Manassas, when the arrest of Col. Corcoran was reported with considerable feelings of exultation, Gen. Beauregard at once exclaimed, "This is the same Colonel who refused to turn out his regiment in honor of the Prince of Wales" I was assured that Colonel Corcoran, though, asColonel Corcoran, though, as usual, in very feeble health, was tolerably comfortable, and I should not be at all surprised to hear that he has been permitted to be at large in Richmond upon his parole. At any rate. I can assure you and the numerous other friends of the gallan
The Daily Dispatch: August 15, 1861., [Electronic resource], Exchange of prisoners. (search)
F. Meagher, of the New York 69th, were at the National Monday night. They are said to be quite solicitous that something should be immediately done by the Government, looking to an exchange of prisoners with the Confederates, to the end that Col. Corcoran may be liberated. It must be remembered, however, that we have as prisoner no military man of the rank of Col. Corcoran. Gen. McClellan must win a victory before our Government can begin to exchange prisoners man for man and rank for rank. F. Meagher, of the New York 69th, were at the National Monday night. They are said to be quite solicitous that something should be immediately done by the Government, looking to an exchange of prisoners with the Confederates, to the end that Col. Corcoran may be liberated. It must be remembered, however, that we have as prisoner no military man of the rank of Col. Corcoran. Gen. McClellan must win a victory before our Government can begin to exchange prisoners man for man and rank for rank.
The Daily Dispatch: August 24, 1861., [Electronic resource], Five Dollars reward (search)
others, had arrived. I was determined to see them if possible. I went to the Surgeon-General and told him I was a Northern lady, and that I had friends there that I would like to see. He gave me permission. I saw Captain Ricketts and Col. Wilcox, Major Potter, Captain Jones, and several others whose names I cannot now remember. They all seemed to be doing well. I know from good authority that our wounded men are not very well treated. I tried (but unsuccessfully) to see Mr. Ely and Col. Corcoran. I believe they are retained as hostages for Col. Thomas, or the "French lady." Richmond is very dull, and there is a universal complaint of hard times, and a great deal of complaint against being compelled to fight. They are drafting all the men capable of bearing arms. If any of the Savannah prisoners are executed, they will hang ten for every one. I believe they will do as they say. I was liberated and sent to Norfolk, in company with twenty-three others. When we arrived at Norfo
The Daily Dispatch: August 27, 1861., [Electronic resource], Ten dollars reward. (search)
second to that of the Frenchman, and then he has a natural comparativeness which induces him to love the battle for its own sake. We find the rice in the British wars, and conspicuously in all the continental strifes. Hitherto the Irishmen at home have only been attracted to our shores by tiding shoremen of humble origin growing rich here, official countries, &. In the course of a few months news of a different character will affect them. The heroic valor of such as there who composed Corcoran's regiment cannot be look upon the Irish mind at home. It must excite their id did that of General Shields in the Mexican war. Their passion for military glory, fanned by the tremendous proportions, of the great war in which their compatriots are engaged, will empty Ireland of many a thousand. It is to our interest to encourage this, and hence we should rejoice to see the gallant Irish given their full shape of the appointments in the army; for a mere reliable or soldierly race is not to
The Daily Dispatch: September 6, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 2 (search)
l of Washington city. The Times says: He was on the point of leaving for the South, having telegraphed to his wife in Washington to meet him at New York. He was held a prisoner at Norwich till Saturday night, when a dispatch came ordering his removal to Fort Lafayette, and he was carried there immediately. Mr. Reynolds has passed the summer at Norwich, his native city, but has been, it is alleged, in correspondence with Secessionists at Mobile, and his wife (a piece of the banker. Corcoran) has been in Washington, where she has been open in talking for the South. "the wish father to the thought." The New York Herald of Tuesday morning, publishes a dispatch from Washington announcing that intelligence of the death of President Jeff. Davis had been received from Richmond, via Louisville. Also, that the rebel flags were displayed at half-mast near Washington. Really, it seems as if the Herald and its correspondents are envious lest some one else will bear off the pal
The Daily Dispatch: September 7, 1861., [Electronic resource], $100 reward. (search)
y seasons, but which is now, like all other city real estate, entirely unavailable. Secret and Solemn. The New York Leader, in a personal sketch of Colonel Corcoran, makes the following curious assertions, probably referring to the secret Irish Society known as the "Emmet Monument Association," or "Phœnix Brigade:" "This is neither the place nor the time to speak of another army as formidable in numbers and at least as well drilled as that to-day under McClellan, in which Col. Corcoran also holds a post of high command. It is an army scattered through the chief cities of the Union, and having powerful ramifications through a distant island. met. Should the evil destiny of England lead her to take part against the Union in the present war, then, but not until then, will this invisible army, in which Corcoran holds a General's commission, swarm forth into daylight and activity, only asking arms and transport ships from our Government to give full employment within sig
The Daily Dispatch: September 9, 1861., [Electronic resource], Lead mine in Alabama. (search)
ption of the Joseph, which was taken by the privateer Savannah. The captain and mates of the Glen were detained as prisoners at Richmond. The Captain of the Mary Alice is almost direct from Charleston. He reports that the force there does not exceed 4,000 men, and that they apprehended an attack from the recent naval expedition to the North Carolina coast. Congressman Ely is still at Richmond, and has to take his turn in cooking and carrying water for the prisoners. Colonel Corcoran, of the Sixty-ninth New York Regiment, was lately put in irons for several hours, for refusing to answer to his name on the roll. Butter at Richmond is worth 50 cents per pound, ham 30 cents, and coffee 45 cents per pound. Captain Darns made a reconnaissance yesterday in the direction of Rock river, and captured two of the mounted "Worth Guards." The reported death of President Davis. The Baltimore Exchange, of Thursday, thus alludes to the last grand sensation canard
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