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The Daily Dispatch: December 30, 1861., [Electronic resource], Late Southern news. (search)
ankees, proves how fortunate it was that that gallant and sagacious patriot, Gen. Evans, determined to defend it against Yankee invasion, instead of quietly surrendering it, as, it is understood, he had previously been ordered to do. We take the following paragraph from the Leesburg correspondence of the Memphis Appeal: It seems to be the determination now to hold Leesburg at all hazards. Fortifications are being erected in proper places. The topography of Leesburg, as surveyed by Lieut. Duval, of the Confederate army, is found to be difficult of fortifying, showing my mistake in stating it as easy, in a previous letter.--However, the work has commenced in good earnest, and in a short time we may have the pleasure of setting down Leesburg as one of the invulnerable places. No movement of the Yankees is noticeable opposite here, of a hostile character. Our pickets on the river report all quiet. Some visiting between ours and the enemy's pickets occur occasionally, which is a