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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events, Diary from December 17, 1860 - April 30, 1864 (ed. Frank Moore), 1862, May (search)
e Netherlands in New Orleans one hundred and sixty kegs, each containing five thousand dollars in specie.--(Doc. 33.) General Wool, with five thousand men, landed at Willoughby's Point, in Hampton Roads, and immediately marched upon Norfolk, Va. At five miles from Norfolk he was met by a delegation of citizens, who formally surrendered the city into his hands. It was immediately occupied, and Gen. Viele made Military Governor.--(Doc. 11.) A meeting of the citizens was held at Bay River, N. C., for the purpose of forming a company of Union Home Guards. F. B. Silverthorn was chosen President, and Mathias Powers Secretary. Mr. Francis T. Riggs offered the following resolution, which was passed by the meeting: Resolved, That if any of our company betrays the trust reposed in him, by giving aid to or revealing any of the operations of this company to any rebels, without instruction to do so from the proper authorities, he or they shall be immediately apprehended, and dealt wi
The Daily Dispatch: December 1, 1862., [Electronic resource], Capture of Yankees. (search)
Another Federal gunboat captured. Raleigh Nov. 29. --The State Journal has the following, dated Kingston, 28th: "I have just been informed that Lieutenant Whitford, of Capt. John N. Whitford's Partisan Rangers, captured a Yankee gunboat yesterday, on Bay river, in Craven county, burning the boat and taking the crew prisoners. The crew consisted of 23 white men and 20 negroes. All quiet below Kingston. [This is apparently not a repetition of the account of the capture of a Yankee gunboat, telegraphed from Wilmington, Friday night. That boat was captured on the 26th, in Onslow county, Capt. Newkirk's cavalry, and the crew escaped.]
The Daily Dispatch: December 2, 1862., [Electronic resource], Eastern North Carolina. (search)
Eastern North Carolina. Recent advices from Goldsboro', N. C., state that seventy five Yankee prisoners, who were captured at Bay River arrived in that town on Saturday, for Richmond, and that it was rumored that party others were on their way for the name point, number of refugees came up to Goldsboro' from by a flag of truce on Thursday. Among was John E Morris, who was dispossessed of the house about 9 o'clock at night and an Abolition put in possession. On remonstrating against treatment he was told by the Provost Marshal that he had as well sleep in the street as the soldier who were fighting for their country. He then visited Gov. Stanley to obtains redress, who said he could do nothing for him, as he would not take the path of allegiance; whereupon he told his bogus that as he had taken his negroes and he might now have his head. The refugees of that there are 10,000 negroes in and around Newbern, and that they are dying at the rate of News daily. The number
The Daily Dispatch: December 3, 1862., [Electronic resource], Capture of gunboats in North Carolina--interesting description of the affair. (search)
Capture of gunboats in North Carolina--interesting description of the affair. The "terrible" gunboats are meeting with disaster after disaster, It is clear that they cannot operate in narrow rivers, whose banks are inhabited by bold and determined men. Two cases have occurred in North Carolina. In one, Capt. Newkirk's cavalry, with a place of artillery, captured an iron steamer in New river, N. C, and in the other, Capt. Whitford's Rangers captured a gunboat and her entire crew in Bay river, N. C. Of the first capture, a correspondent of the Wilmington (N. C.) Journal gives an interesting account. The steamer entered New river, in Onslow county, on the morning of the 24th ult. The letter says: Her arrival was duly noticed and promptly reported by Capt. Ward's pickets to the proper authority, when Capt Newkirk, with a detachment of the Rebel Rangers, together with Lieut. Latham with one piece of the Kennedy Artillery, proceeded to the mouth of New river to pay her their r