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The Daily Dispatch: June 5, 1862., [Electronic resource], Banks retreat. (search)
ry. The main armies have usually been kept in the field, ready to be moved at the will of the commander. The siege of Sebastopol was not an example to the contrary, although it seems to have given rise to the present "art of war." According the only Russian army in the Crimes, at Alma. a few days after their landing. In their retreat they passed entirely by Sebastopol, which was altogether defenceless on the land side.--To the amazement of the Russians, the allies passed entirely by it whole proceeding wrong. According to him, if the Allies had stationed a force at Simpheropol, about twenty miles from Sebastopol, where all the roads of the Crimes meet, before passing in a single road to Sebastopol, they would have cut off the latSebastopol, they would have cut off the latter from all supplies by land, while with their large fleet they could have kept off all supplies by water. As their supply of troops was unlimited, they could then, with the main army, have taken possession of the passes that led into the Crimes, a
The Daily Dispatch: August 2, 1862., [Electronic resource], McClellan's Lessees. (search)
s of the last of June and 1st of July, from disease or straggling off and perishing in the swamps. Thus we account for the whole eighty thousand, and thus it appears that when we their entire loss in the last- named battles, at between 40,000 and 50,000, we did not miss the mark very far. This loss we believe to be unparallel in the history of any modern besieging army. The French did not sustain the fourth part of it in the siege of the allies did not sustain a greater in the of Sebastopol. When we take these facts into consideration, and add to them that the army which has undergone this tremendous loss has abandoned a line of entrenchments unequalled in strength. and is now twenty-five miles off from the lately beleaguered city, whereas it was before only five we stand in utter amazement at the impudence which claims a victory. Still more are we astounded at the effrontery which supports a man who can tell soldiers thus beaten and demoralized they have earned the right
The Daily Dispatch: March 10, 1863., [Electronic resource], Progress of the war. (search)
the New Jersey Central, which is not designated as exclusively for transportation over the New York line. There are claims by the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore railroad for $36,119 not yet adjusted. The coming attack on Charleston — the Chances of taking it. A correspondent of the New York Herald, writing about the coming attack on Charleston, says that Congressman and others are bringing a great pressure to bear upon the authorities to make an immediate attack on this "Sebastopol of America."He admits that the defences of Charleston are much stronger than those around Richmond against which the "Union forces have been led in vain."The ships, he thinks, are the main if not the only hope of a successful attack. Of them he says: It is safe to assume that one-half or two-thirds will be crippled before the walls of Sumter are passed; and then what other batteries await them? Wooden vessels cannot go up to the city, and we must rely upon iron clads to open the wa
The Daily Dispatch: September 24, 1863., [Electronic resource], Latest from Europe. (search)
an army larger than could be raised by any Power in Europe, with the single exception, perhaps, of Russia." It ought to have added that no army in Europe ever has been so often or so completely flogged; but for such an addition it substitutes the following: "This army is splendidly disciplined and equipped, and is armed with the best and most effective weapons. It has seen service during several campaigns, and fought and won battles, compared to which Austerlitz, Waterloo, Solferino, and Sebastopol were mere child's play!" Prodigious!!! Where these mighty battles were fought, and where they were won, is a mystery.--Certainly not on this continent, nor since the beginning of this war. Within that time, and upon that arena, it has usually been the fortune of that army to be flogged whenever it came in contact with the Confederates. We are, however, not surprised at the enthusiasm of the Herald when we reflect that in the same article it calls the captures of Hilton Head and New Orlea
The Daily Dispatch: January 27, 1864., [Electronic resource], Meeting of the next Congress. (search)
t Charleston, if taken at all, cannot be taken by sea. And to whom belongs the credit of the most successful and magnificent defence of fortifications against ships that history records? Who, for six months, with limited means and resources, has set the whole power of the United States at defiance, and beaten back the most powerful naval armament that the world has ever seen? Who is it that has rivalled the fame of Todleben, and made the defence of Charleston as wonderful as that of Sebastopol? And why is it that Congress does not utter that name, and give it formally the thanks which every man in the nation speaks, and which such exalted genius and devotion deserve? We know not why. But if Congress would atone for its many absurdities and short-comings, if it would cleanse and purify those lips which have discoursed so much faction and folly, let it utter with its dying breath — Beauregard! During the past sombre year, the only star of success that has shone with steady
The Daily Dispatch: January 4, 1865., [Electronic resource], Our Wilmington correspondence. (search)
s, and which consisted, it was supposed, chiefly of transports, was found to be composed of over fifty ships of war, including two monitors, several armored vessels, and a large proportion of heavily-armed frigates and sloops. This formidable fleet stood in at 11 o'clock yesterday morning, and at twenty minutes to one, it opened a furious fire upon Fort Fisher, the principal work at the mouth of the Cape Fear. An English naval officer who was with Sir Charles Napier in the Baltic, and at Sebastopol, says the fire exceeded anything he had ever seen. It was maintained with unabated vigor until half-past 5, when the fleet drew off. The enemy's shot averaged thirty to the minute, being nine thousand for the five hours he engaged the fort. The space above the fort was filled with white puffs of smoke from bursting shells, many of which were of frightful size. Some of these monster projectiles passed entirely over the fort and fell in the river beyond.--And this, too, notwithstanding th
The Daily Dispatch: January 6, 1865., [Electronic resource], article 3 (search)
Our Wilmington correspondent states that an English officer who was with Sir Charles Napier in the Baltic, and who was also at Sebastopol, says that the fire of the Federal fleet upon Fort Fisher on the 24th ultimo exceeded anything he had ever seen. But fearful as this bombardment was, it was a mere prelude to the infernal fire of Christmas day.--From ten in the morning till six in the evening, there was "such a rain of shot and shell as never before fell upon any spot of earth since gunpowder was invented." And yet the fort remained uninjured, and not a dozen men were killed. Colonel Lamb and his brave garrison have covered themselves with immortal renown; the former not more by the heroical fortitude of his defence than by the signal forethought, judgment and energy by which he was prepared for the terrific collision. If all our fortifications had been in such hands, the Confederacy would be spared many a humiliating page in its history. If anything is now clearly de
The Daily Dispatch: February 25, 1865., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
somersets they have executed, we have no opportunity of ascertaining. The hot-bed of the rebellion in their hands, the original nest of vipers crushed, the impregnable Sumter fallen! All these, in staring capitals, we had seen in the mind's eye before they appeared in Federal journals, and are by this time accustomed to the contemplation. We can therefore endure with philosophy the extravagant jubilations of the Northern newspapers. Nor are we without sources of consolation and pride. Sebastopol became immortal by holding out eleven months against the combined powers of England and France. Charleston held out four years, and fell, at last, not by the superior strength of the enemy, but because our own military blunders permitted him to make strategic combinations which rendered the evacuation of Charleston inevitable. The defenders of Charleston have lost all but honor. Sumter, in its grim ruins, is a monument of Southern valor and endurance, which may well challenge the ad
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