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The Daily Dispatch: June 26, 1861., [Electronic resource], Billy Wilson — the Pet of the ladies. (search)
vert the dreadful calamity.--The sneers and mockings that were out to be indulged in in regard to Southern chivalry, have been changed to anxious doubts and gloomy forebodings. The most boastful champion of Northern prowess feels that there is a foe before him worthy of his steel; and no amount of sectional self-esteem can disguise the terrible fact, that when the legions of the North and South meet in the shock of war, such deeds will be done as when "Greek fought Greek" upon the plans of Macedon. The military skill of the Confederate leaders makes itself apparent in every move.--Their caution, their deliberation, their energy and thorough preparation, are too palpable to be denied; to talk of starving them into subjection is to argue a gross ignorance of the quiet, yet vigorous pre-arrangements commenced while the world was yet laughingly incredulous of an appeal to arms. The gigantic scale upon which the Commander in-Chief of the Federal forces has gathered in the military r