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The Daily Dispatch: October 25, 1864., [Electronic resource], Negroes for sale. (search)
le, into the enemy's lines on Sunday. On his return, Butler sent him back into our lines upon his parole not to take up arms until such time as he shall be regularly exchanged. Butler's canal. This great work, for the completion of which Grant and the Yankee army and navy are waiting, drags slowly. The cutting through the neck of land known as Dutch gap is of itself a big job; but this done, but half of the work towards making the canal is, if we are correctly informed, accomplished. nights has been caused by the shelling of Confederate working parties on these works. Some little interference may have occurred, but, nevertheless, the work has gone on with a rapidity that not only astonished, but frightened the Yankees. Grant has protected himself by four lines of works, each stronger than the other, on our left and centre — most of his artillery resting in the background. It is said that a considerable force of Yankees were lately sent to City Point, and thence
The Daily Dispatch: October 25, 1864., [Electronic resource], Negroes for sale. (search)
nd wounded; among them Colonel Joseph Thorburn, commanding a division of Crook's command, killed; Colonel J. Howard Kitchen, commanding a brigade, wounded; Colonel R. G. McKenzie, commanding a brigade, wounded severely, but would not leave the field. I cannot yet give exact details. Many of our men, captured in the morning, have made their escape and are coming in. Ramseur, commanding a division in Early's army, died this morning. P. H. Sheridan, Major-General Commanding. Grant telegraphs Stanton of the fact of his having fired a shotted salute in honor of the victory, and says: Turning what bid fair to be a disaster into a glorious victory, stamps Sheridan, what I have always thought him, one of the ablest of generals. From Missouri. The Herald gives the following as the situation in Missouri: A dispatch from Jefferson City, Missouri, says that General Curtis was fighting the rebel General Price's advance all yesterday on the Little Blue rive
The Daily Dispatch: October 25, 1864., [Electronic resource], Negroes for sale. (search)
vagant lies, all of which they received as gospel, and all of which were to the same tune of taking Richmond and crushing the rebellion in ninety days. In all Yankeedom there were probably not a dozen persons who did not believe, last April, that Grant would take Richmond and crush the rebellion before the first of June. When deferred hope had sickened the heart, and even some Yankees had begun to think that, after all, the job of crushing the rebellion might not be accomplished, hope revived w The defeat of Early at Winchester came upon the back of Hood's defeat at Atlanta, and all Yankeedom became absolutely delirious with joy. The Valley was conquered, Staunton was to fall, Lynchburg was to be taken, Sheridan was to co-operate with Grant, Richmond was to surrender with Lee's whole army, and then the rebellion, so often overthrown, and so often rising, like the giant Antæus, stronger from its contact with the earth, was to be held aloft and stilted in the arms of the Yankee Hercul