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The Daily Dispatch: April 28, 1863., [Electronic resource], The powder mills in the Confederate States. (search)
ockade of the seaports of the South was immediately commenced, through which the principal ingredient of gunpowder (saltpetre) had to be largely sucked in. At this juncture it seemed advisable to President Davis to instruct to Colonel Raince, formerly an officer of the United States army, the responsibility of planning and building a large Government mill for the manufacture of gunpowder. For this post Colonel Raines possessed eminent qualifications. He had been professor of chemistry at West Point, and for some years, since leaving the army, he had been at the head of some large iron works at Newburg, on the Hudson. Augusta, in Georgia, was selected as the site of the intended mill, and never, both as regards the person and the situation pitched upon, was happier sagacity evinced by the President.--Following, so far as he was acquainted with it, the plan upon which the gunpowder mill at Waltham Abboy, belonging to the English Government, is built, Colonel Raines proceeded to constr
The Daily Dispatch: May 22, 1863., [Electronic resource], Later from the North. (search)
es in wagons and railroad trains, bridges, roads, and depots, worth over a million dollars, fought rebel pickets, killed and captured two, and lost two commissioned officers and thirty- three privates." The rebel accounts of the landing at West Point are "significant admissions, and show not only the value, but necessity of gaining and keeping a foothold at West Point." In front of Hooker's army the rebels are throwing up formidable earthworks to the left and rear of Fredericksburg — pWest Point." In front of Hooker's army the rebels are throwing up formidable earthworks to the left and rear of Fredericksburg — preparing to resist a second advance. The Pennsylvania militia, with the consent of Gov. Curtin, are to take the place of every available soldier around Washington, Baltimore, and the railroads of Virginia and Maryland, who are to be sent to Gen. Hooker. The Herald's special correspondent, from the south side of Big Black, on the 3d, gives details of the capture of Port Gibson, and a fight at Thompson's Hill's; and says the rebels have been driven north of Big Black. From Europe. E
The Daily Dispatch: May 27, 1863., [Electronic resource], Yankee outrages in New Kent. (search)
Yankee outrages in New Kent. On Saturday afternoon last, between 5 and 6 o'clock, a portion of the command of Gen. Wise, consisting of artillery and infantry, went down in New Kent county as far as the York river. A few miles below West Point they fired on a Federal mail boat that was passing, striking her some two or three times--one shell exploding on her decks. What injury was inflicted is not known, but considerable confusion was created on board. The fire was not returned. Later in the evening the enemy's gunboats came down the river from West Point, and, after shelling the woods in the neighborhood and finding that our troops had retired, their crews landed, and, in a spirit of vindictive retaliation, burned the residences of three gentlemen in the neighborhood. The sufferers were Messrs. E. B. Lacy, W. T. Blassingham, and — Drake — the latter overseer on the farm of Mr. James Woodhouse, of this city. None of the parties upon whom these injuries were inflicted sav
The Daily Dispatch: June 4, 1863., [Electronic resource], The arrest of Miss Hozier at Norfolk. (search)
upon which was an extremely minute description of our forces, with the exact number at each point, the best modes of entrance and exit, by which certain captured could be made. Localities were marked down, fortifications traced and enumerated. The number of Monitors and gunboats in the locality were spoken of, and it was asserted that; the Union forces at Suffolk would shortly abandon that place and fall back within a short distance of Norfolk. The movement of troops in the vicinity of West Point was given in considerable detail. A drawing of the country accompanied the letter. The roads, streams, &c., were marked with great precision. Everything was mentioned with great accuracy and very minutely. The information would have been of untold value to the rebels, and it seems extremely strange how so much could be obtained so correctly by the abetlors of our enemies. There are other parties implicated along with Miss Hozier. Two of them have also been arrested. One is Mrs.
The Daily Dispatch: June 8, 1863., [Electronic resource], Mr. Arnold Harris (search)
tional wrong to a worthy and honorable gentleman, Major Arnold Harris, in identifying him with Captain Arnold Harris, who is accused, on ex parte evidence, of being the author of the capture of Major Reid Sounders's dispatches. Major Arnold Harris is not a "Pennsylvania politician," being a native of Tennessee and the husband of a Tennessee lady, (daughter of the late General Armstrong, the companion-in-arms of Andrew Jackson, and former proprietor of the Washington Union) He graduated at West Point, and after serving for some years with credit in the old army, he resigned his commission and became one of the most successful merchants of New Orleans, where he has always stood high in the community as a gentleman and a liberal and public-spirited citizens. A few years ago, Major Harris, having accumulated a handsome fortune in business, left New Orleans and settled with his family in Washington city, where he had removed in order to superintend the education of his children. His arre
The Daily Dispatch: June 9, 1863., [Electronic resource], Progress of the war. (search)
the requisition of Governor Shorter, on the charge of their arming negroes, is the flimsiest possible excuse, and was based on the following: A member of the 734 Indiana captured a silver-mounted carbine from one of Roddy's officers, and presented it to Lieutenant Colonel Walker. The Colonel's servant carried it along with his other things, and from this the charge originated on which they refuse to exchange the officers of that brigade. Miscellaneous. The annual examination at West Point commences on the 3d inst. The literary exercises occupy six hours a day, followed each after-mortar practice, and or artillery drills, artillery. The Vice President of the United States has received a draft on London for a sum which amounts to over six hundred dollars, given as a free will offering to the cause of emancipation by the colored women of the British colony of Victoria, to be applied to the benefit of the freedmen at and about Beaufort, S. C. The donors had previously sen
The Daily Dispatch: June 7, 1864., [Electronic resource], article 2 (search)
enfiladed them on the left, while the 8th Arkansas engaged them on the right. The latter regiment being very much exposed, and being compelled to charge the enemy, lost very heavily.--Their loss was 18 killed, 63 wounded, and two missing. The loss of the other regiments was very small--two hundred and fifty covering the entire loss of the division. Among the captured Yankees is one Major McKim, who says he resided at Marietta several years ago. When the war broke out he was living at West Point, Miss. Bates's division were heavily engaged yesterday evening on the left — their loss was very heavy.--Lewis's Kentucky and Finley's Florida brigades lost 72 killed, 350 wounded, and 56 missing. They charged the enemy in their breastworks and were repulsed. A letter from New Hope Church, dated the 31st, says: Our lines are very nearly the same this morning that they have been for several days. The sick and wounded have all been sent to the rear. If Gen. Johnston can g
The Daily Dispatch: October 4, 1864., [Electronic resource], The position in Georgia. (search)
The position in Georgia. The latest Georgia papers contain some news about the two armies in Georgia, from which we condense the following: Our army occupies a new position. The front rests on and across the West Point road at Palmetto, and the left down the Chattahoochee, near Campbellton. Some letter writers think General Hood intends to move towards Blue mountain, so as to threaten Sherman's rear and compel him to give up Atlanta or force him to attack us in our fortifications. If Hood does not keep Sherman occupied it is very evident that the latter will occupy his time in making raids. The flag-of-truce armistice is to be extended five days longer. About twenty-five hundred refugees have come South and three thousand have gone North. Some of the citizens have determined to remain in Atlanta until forced out by the bayonet. Nearly all the young men left in Atlanta have chosen to go North or have gone to work in Yankee shops. All those who have e
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