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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events, Diary from December 17, 1860 - April 30, 1864 (ed. Frank Moore) 1 1 Browse Search
The Daily Dispatch: March 6, 1862., [Electronic resource] 1 1 Browse Search
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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events, Diary from December 17, 1860 - April 30, 1864 (ed. Frank Moore), 1862, March (search)
March 2. An engagement took place this day between the National gunboats Tyler and Lexington and a rebel battery at Pittsburgh, Tennessee, resulting in the defeat and total rout of the rebels, with a loss of five killed and missing and five wounded on the National side. The number of rebels killed was not known.--(Doc. 72.) Gen. Frederick W. Lander died in his camp, at Paw Paw, Western Virginia, this afternoon, from congestion of the brain, superinduced by the debilitating effects of the wound he received near Edwards's Ferry, in his reconnoissance the day after the fall of Col. Baker. The country loses, in the death of Gen. Lander, one of its bravest and most energetic officers, and one who had given the highest promise of valuable service in this its time of greatest need.--N. Y. Tribune, March 3. At Perryville, Md., a National color, the gift of Mrs. John D. Jones, of New York, was presented to the First battalion of the Eleventh regiment of United States infantr
The Daily Dispatch: March 6, 1862., [Electronic resource], Northern news (search)
icer. The death of Gen. Lander. Gen. Frederick W. Lander, whose death has already been announced, was one of the most popular officers in the Federal army; though the only point of his career which in other days directed public attention towards him, was his superintendence of the construction of the overland wagon road to Callfornia. The circumstances of his death are given in the following dispatch from Washington, dated March 2d: Gen. Lander died this afternoon, at Paw Paw, Western Virginia, between Romney and Winchester, from the debilitating effects of his wound received at Edwards's Ferry.--His body is on the way to this city, where his widow resides. Gen Lander had every attention which his old and well, tried friends around him could bestow. His death was somewhat sudden. It was not until 5 o'clock this evening that his wife received intelligence of his illness. General Shields succeeds General Lander in command. Gen. Banks's division. The Ne