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The Daily Dispatch: May 23, 1863., [Electronic resource], Latest from the North. (search)
on Richmond to flank Rosecrans and compel him to abandon Murfreesboro'. From Mississippi.--Grant to Halleck, from Cayuga, Miss., says: "My forces will be as far advanced this evening along Fouron road. Gen. McClernand is bringing up the rear. I will attack the State capital to-day. "U. S. Grant, Maj.-Gen'l." From Memphis.--A dispatch says Grant has taken Jackson--Capitol burneGrant has taken Jackson--Capitol burned--5 to 10,000 mounted men near Okolona, threatening an advance in the direction of the Memphis railroad. A citizen just up from Jackson says the enemy evacuated Vicksburg on Saturday, marching on t Jackson. It is impossible that the movement from Vicksburg is to concentrate for a battle with Grant's army. The defeat of the rebels at Raymond is said to have been very disastrous to them. ississippi. He says the men and resources of the rebel army have been greatly exaggerated. Grant and Porter have issued congratulatory orders upon the taking of Port Gibson. There was a fi
The Daily Dispatch: May 23, 1863., [Electronic resource], Still Later from the North. (search)
hey comprised those of Gens. Churchill, Gist, and Walker. From Mississippi. Our news via Fredericksburg anticipates the news in the Herald with reference to the condition of affairs near Vicksburg. It says that the official reports of Gen. Grant's action at Jackson and the capture of that city, forwarded by Gen. Hurlburt from Memphis, merely mentions that "the Capitol was burned," but does not state by whom. It assumes not to know whether it was done by the troops of Gen. Grant, by thGen. Grant, by the rebels in retreating, or by accident. The meeting in Union Square. In a long editorial on the meeting in Union Square, the Herald says that none of the recognized leaders of the Democracy took an active part in its proceedings. They all had their convenient excuses for keeping in the back ground. They lacked the moral courage to face the music. Referring to the speech of McMasters on the occasion, it says: "They are the ravings of a madman; but when such revolutionary utterances a
The Daily Dispatch: May 23, 1863., [Electronic resource], Fate of a Deserter. (search)
Fate of a Deserter. --The Tennessee soldier who deserted from his regiment at Vicksburg some time since was afterwards hung by the Yankees. He reported that all our guns had been sent up the Yazoo, and that Quaker guns had been placed in their stead, where upon Gen. Grant sent down the Lancaster and Switzerland. Grant finding himself deceived, ordered the renegade Tennessean to be strung up, which was immediately done. Fate of a Deserter. --The Tennessee soldier who deserted from his regiment at Vicksburg some time since was afterwards hung by the Yankees. He reported that all our guns had been sent up the Yazoo, and that Quaker guns had been placed in their stead, where upon Gen. Grant sent down the Lancaster and Switzerland. Grant finding himself deceived, ordered the renegade Tennessean to be strung up, which was immediately done.
The Daily Dispatch: May 23, 1863., [Electronic resource], England and the Confederacy (search)
Arrival of prisoners --Capt. Grant, of co. H, 5th Moneg't, arrived in Richmond yesterday in charge of 49 prisoners from Jackson, Miss. They were Indiana and Illinois troops. In this lot of prisoners were two men, R. C. Perkins, of the 18th Mo. (U S) reg't, and J W Rose, of co I, 1st Tenn (U S) reg't. These men formerly belonged to our army — deserted, joined the Yankees and were captured and recognized. They were sent to Castle. Thunder for trial by Court Martial. Two Yankee officers, who were captured near Jackson, Miss., started to Richmond with the above lot, but when near Atlanta, Ga., succeeded in bribing two of the guard and made their escape, their custodians leaving with them.