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The Daily Dispatch: January 31, 1865., [Electronic resource], Invasion of the North. (search)
ary stores. Our casualties prove smaller than at first reported. They foot up thus: Twelve officers and one hundred and seven men killed; forty-five officers and four hundred and ninety-five men wounded. [Signed] U. S. Grant, Lieutenant-General. New York, January 24. --The steamer S. R. Spaulding has arrived from Fort Fisher with dates to the 22d instant. --She brings four hundred and forty-five wounded soldiers. She reports that a number of our gunboats have gone up Cape Fear river, and were engaged in shelling the woods on both sides to dislodge the enemy. Retaliation on Confederate prisoners. In the Yankee Senate, on Tuesday, the following resolution was offered, among others, by Charles Sumner: Resolved, That the United States, filled with grief and the deepest sympathy for the cherished citizens who, as officers and soldiers, have become the victims of heaven-defying outrages, hereby declare their solemn deliberation to put an end to this great
The Daily Dispatch: February 4, 1865., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
hern people was always a fallacy, as regards the chief part of the population, and could only apply to a desperate few. Like all other combatants, both ancient and modern, the Southern people, as a nation, will stop fighting when they are well whipped. Porter's report of the evacuation of Fort Caswell and other Works near Wilmington. Admiral Porter, in his usual style,--not a very dignified one,--sends the Washington Naval Department an, account of the evacuation of the forts on Cape Fear river after the fall of Fort Fisher. There were, according to his account, eighty-three guns found in them. In his report, he says: We have found here, in each fort, an Armstrong gun, with the "broad arrow" on it, and the name "Sir William Arm strong" marked in full on the trunnions. As the British Government claims the exclusive right to use these guns, it would be interesting to know how they came into forts held by the Southern rebels.--I find that immense quantities of provisions
The Daily Dispatch: February 7, 1865., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
e been destroyed: Walnut street, four houses; Orange street, ten houses; St. Gall street, fourteen houses; West Broad street, thirty houses. On Congress, Montgomery, Pine, Broughton, Tubby and St. Gall streets, over one hundred buildings must have been destroyed.--This is but a rough estimate. It will be several days before the entire damage can be ascertained. Miscellaneous. The quota of New York State, under the new draft, has been reduced 25 per cent. Accounts from Cape Fear river say that, on Sunday last, the gunboats of Admiral Porter's fleet were pushing up that stream towards some of the upper rebel works, which it was supposed they would attack. Our Havana correspondence states that Mr. Zuluetta, one of the Cuban millionaires, has been sentenced to be banished from that island on charge of being implicated in the slave trade with Colonel Arguelles, who, it will be remembered, was extradited from this country a short time ago on the demand of the Cuban a
The Daily Dispatch: February 27, 1865., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
It passed all these dangers in safety, and sailed on to a point about two miles above the fort, where it met the ebb tide. This at first, aided by the wind, sent it across the river, where it grounded, immediately in the rear of Hoke's lines at Sugar Loaf. The rebels, of course, considered themselves flanked by our most formidable vessel, and, fearing a joint front and rear attack, concluded to run. The following is Porter's official report: United States Flagship Malvern, Cape Fear River, February 19th, 1865. Sir: I have the honor to report the surrender or evacuation of Fort Anderson. General Schofield advanced from Smithville, with eight thousand men, on the 17th instant. At the same time I attacked the works by water, placing the monitor Montauk close to the works, and enfilading them with the Pawtucket, Lenape, Unadilla and Pequot, the tide and wind not allowing more vessels to get under fire. The fort answered pretty briskly, but quieted down by sunset
The Daily Dispatch: February 28, 1865., [Electronic resource], Proclamation by the President, appointing a day of fasting, humiliation and prayer, with thanksgiving. (search)
We have received copies of New York papers of the 24th instant (Friday). Gold, 199 3 4. Fall of Wilmington, North Carolina--official announcement. The following official announcement of the fall of Wilmington, North Carolina, is published in the Northern papers: Washington, February 24.--The Navy Department has just received the following, dated United States flagship Malvern, Cape Fear river, February 22, via Fort Monroe, February 24, 9 A. M.: "To Hon, Gideon Welles,"Secretary of the Navy: "I have the honor to inform you that Wilmington is in possession of our troops. "David D. Porter, "Rear Admiral." A National salute is now being fired, by order of the War Department, in honor of the glorious news from Wilmington. From the South--Mobile the Mexicans and Confederates. The Yankee papers contain a good many dispatches from the Southwest. We copy some of them: It is rumored and believed that General Hurlbut is preparing to est
The Daily Dispatch: March 9, 1865., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
orgetown. The rebel cavalry made a charge on them in the streets, but were gallantly repulsed, with a loss of several killed and wounded and some prisoners. Our loss was one man killed, belonging to the navy. Admiral Dahlgren's flagship Harvest Moon, on her way down, was sunk by a torpedo. All hands were saved excepting the ward room steward. From Wilmington. A dispatch from Fortress Monroe, dated the 4th, says: Admiral Porter arrived here yesterday afternoon from Cape Fear river, and proceeded hence to Washington. The steamer Cumberland arrived here this morning from Wilmington, North Carolina, which place she left on the 2d instant with about four hundred Union prisoners, captured by our forces at the taking of Wilmington. The report of a portion of General Sherman's army having reached Wilmington proves to have been incorrect. General Terry, when last heard from, had advanced with a portion of our forces some ten miles from Wilmington, but nothing
The Daily Dispatch: March 10, 1865., [Electronic resource], article 2 (search)
he Union prisoners returning through Wilmington. General Orders No. 1 announce that General J. M. Schofield assumes command of the District of North Carolina, headquarters in the field. Other general orders announce the appointment of provost-marshals, post commanders, etc. Special Orders No. 18 assign Brigadier-General Joseph R. Hawley to the command of the District of Wilmington, "which will embrace all the territory under military control in rear of the army operating from Cape Fear river as a base. General Hawley will be responsible for the protection of the depot at Wilmington, Cape Fear harbor, and the line of railroad in rear of the army. He will also perform the duties of provost-marshal-general for the district under his command." Provost-marshals are authorized to administer the oath to such persons as desire to take it, and "loyal" persons will be permitted to carry on their business; everything to be governed by the same rules and regulations as have been
The Daily Dispatch: March 13, 1865., [Electronic resource], One thousand Dollars reward. (search)
th their conception. The line of which Goldsboro' would be the great centre is already flanked by Schofield's possession of this point and Newbern. Moreover, intelligence is at hand as I write that Sherman's advance has already reached the Cape Fear river, sixty miles above this point. His movements have, as usual, been altogether too rapid to admit of the contemplated concentration. [The writer had not heard of that little whipping Bragg gave the Newbern force last week.] Another hundred and twenty-five miles by the main travel road through Cheraw. His cavalry are almost certainly in Fayetteville by this time, and the infantry in close proximity. Supplies will await him at that point should he touch it, sent up the Cape Fear river by Schofield. The Yankees captured Georgetown, South Carolina, a little town on the coast, and in the official report of it the naval commander says: I have directed Commander Creighton to proceed carefully up Black river, and ha
The Daily Dispatch: March 20, 1865., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
ome artillery firing yesterday afternoon, the result or nature of which I have not learned. General Sherman has been heard from at Fayetteville, North Carolina, and was all right. That is about one hundred miles from Wilmington, up the Cape Fear river, and about the same distance southwest from Goldsboro'. Saturday morning, some gentlemen arrived here from Connecticut, commissioned to take the vote of the soldiers from that State, at this point, for their State and Congressional elecear mentioning them. Miscellaneous. Lincoln has been suffering with a severe attack of influenza for several days. He was confined to his bed on Thursday. The United States transport steamer Thorn was blown up by a torpedo in Cape Fear river, just below Fort Anderson, on the afternoon of the 4th instant, and sunk in mid channel within two minutes afterwards, the crew barely escaping with their lives. General Washburne has thrown the entire District of West Tennessee open to
The Daily Dispatch: March 23, 1865., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
no fighting has occurred in North Carolina since Sunday; and, from all we can learn, it appears that Sherman has attempted no advance since his check on hat day. General Hardee's victory, on the 16th instant, was a very important and, as regards the enemy, a most bloody affair. General Johnston telegraphs that, in that battle, the Confederate loss was four hundred and fifty, while that of the enemy was three thousand three hundred. The fight took place at Avertsboro', on the Cape Fear river, half way between Raleigh and Fayetteville. General Johnston's defeat of the enemy last Sunday, the 19th instant, occurred at Bentonsville, near the Neuse river. By these facts, we are informed that Sherman has been pushing towards Raleigh in two columns--one moving due north from Fayetteville, the other northwest from Newbern. General Hardee fought the former, General Johnston the latter. News from Fort Warren. A returned prisoner, who left Fort Warren on the 13th instant,
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