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The Daily Dispatch: September 20, 1861., [Electronic resource], Runaway (search)
em when over the town bursted in the air; had it fallen before bursting the effects probably would have been terrible; another fell in the river; another bursted over Thompson's camp, and the fourth fell below the camp. We learn from a Columbus correspondent that on Sunday the steam boat Grampus, commanded by the Capt. Marsh Miller, was fired into by the enemy's pickets; several balls passed through the pilot house, and two struck very near Captain Miller, but he and the rest escaped injury. em when over the town bursted in the air; had it fallen before bursting the effects probably would have been terrible; another fell in the river; another bursted over Thompson's camp, and the fourth fell below the camp. We learn from a Columbus correspondent that on Sunday the steam boat Grampus, commanded by the Capt. Marsh Miller, was fired into by the enemy's pickets; several balls passed through the pilot house, and two struck very near Captain Miller, but he and the rest escaped injury.
The Daily Dispatch: September 23, 1861., [Electronic resource], The Louisville Journal (search)
near the enemy as possible, and kept on steaming up the river. When within a mile and a half of the Lexington, he fired at her, the ball striking the gun-boat at the wheel-house. The Lexington now rounded to, showing her broadsides, when Captain Marsh Miller thought is best to go back. The Grampus, while coming down the river, pursued by the Lexington, was fired at from the Kentucky side, some of the rifle shots striking within a foot of Captains Warner and Marsh Miller, who were standing neaMarsh Miller, who were standing near the pilot-house. Captain Warner immediately fired at them, which scared them so that they took to the woods. Future Dependence. A Fairfax correspondent of the Rockingham Register furnishes the subjoined interesting item of news: A lady residing near this station, a few days since, gave birth to three children — all boys. All three are healthy and doing well. She has named them Johnston, Lee and Beauregard. Rockingham will have to go to work again. At this rate the Southern
The Daily Dispatch: October 15, 1861., [Electronic resource], Army of the Potomac (search)
ck, when the rain left, no demonstration had been made far wounded were being well cared for by the ladies of Pensacola. Another gun-boat fight.[correspondence of the Memphis Argus.] Camp Johnston, near Columbus, Monday, Oct. 7, 1861. Dear Argus: I have just time to give you ome facts of an attack by the Lincoln gunboats on Columbus this morning. At about, 10 o'clock heavy firing was heard round the bend, immediately back of Camp Jackson, and in about twenty minutes Commodore Marsh Miller's gun-boat (the Grampus) came flying round the point, closely pursued by our of the Lincoln gun-boats, throwing shell very rapidly. As soon as they arrived within ange, the upper batteries, composed of three or four thirty-twos end our rifled cannon, opened fire, but with what effect I have not ascertained. The gun-boats were in full view from the Kentucky shore We were to far from the upper batteries that we could not tell whether the shell from the gun-boats fell inside the breas
The Daily Dispatch: December 10, 1861., [Electronic resource], [Correspondence of the Dispatch.] (search)
out of sight, and when our informant left, they had not returned. It was supposed that the Federal gun-boats came down to get as near as possible and see whether we had any gun-boats. Commodore Hollins was in command of the gun-boats which went up, and was very anxious for an engagement with the enemy. Our gun-boats were said to be of a superior character to the Federal boats which came down, and it was expected would bring down a lot of coal barges on their return. Last Friday Capt. Marsh Miller, of the steamer Grampus, made another excursion up the river. He went up near to Bird's Point, tied his boat among some bushes, and seeing a lumber boat tied up some distance above, he and his engineer went up, cut it loose, and as it floated down the stream the Grampus took charge of it, and brought it safe to Columbus. The boat had $175,000 feet of lumber on board. Since the above was written, we learn from persons who left Columbus on Monday that Federal troops, which left Ca