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The Daily Dispatch: may 21, 1861., [Electronic resource], Mr. Janney and the Berkeley meeting. (search)
no authority from the Secretary of War to retain him, and his discharge meets with the approval of our most judicious residents. There is to be a large concentration of troops here immediately, and it is thought their destination will be Harper's Ferry. What a deserter says. Chambersburg, Pa., May 18. --A deserter from Harper's Ferry, named Stanley, from Ohio originally, states that but twelve pieces of cannon, all told, were there on Thursday night. The Confederate troops on FHarper's Ferry, named Stanley, from Ohio originally, states that but twelve pieces of cannon, all told, were there on Thursday night. The Confederate troops on Friday visited a Maryland farmer three miles below the Ferry, killed seven hogs and drove off 3 head of cattle in open daylight. They have also committed similar depredations on the Maryland side for ten miles above the Ferry. These acts are of daily occurrence. Unionists who have been driven out of Virginia arrive here daily. Sorrowful scenes of wrongs and outrages are related by many. Stanley represented that there were about four thousand troops there, not more than one-half of whom were
The Daily Dispatch: may 21, 1861., [Electronic resource], The Germans of the South. (search)
A determined spirit. --Among the Mississippi troops, which left for Harper's Ferry on Saturday, we met with one gentleman who has had the misfortune to lose his right arm from near the elbow, but who, although rejected as unfit for service, has determined to follow his State troops, and take part with them in whatever conflict they may be engaged. He fought gallantly throughout the Mexican war, and declares that he is yet man enough for any half dozen of Lincoln's mintons — the aim of his rifle being as unerring as it ever was. He pays his own expenses, and is ready to sacrifice all he possesses — a considerable fortune — in driving back the invaders from our soil.--Lynchburg Re
The Daily Dispatch: may 21, 1861., [Electronic resource], Edwin Deleon. (search)
A Brilliant March. We doubt whether the history of war shows a finer specimen of military ardor than the splendid march over the mountains of our force at Harper's Ferry when told that the enemy was at Shepherdstown. Eleven miles in two hours and a half, over a mountain country, through a terrific thunder and hail storm, in search of an enemy, certainly shows that the spirit is willing and the flesh is not weak. We venture to predict that whenever cur unerring riflemen do get sight of a foe, they will make a mark not only upon the living target, but deep, indelible and beautiful, upon the page of history.
The Daily Dispatch: may 21, 1861., [Electronic resource], English Views of the American war (search)
wants to fight, and probably any plan for wearing out the South by a long blockade,--without fighting, would be received with general dissatisfaction. On the other hand, the South is no less eager for the fray. The Virginians, proud and impetuous, and chafing under the reproaches of the Secessionists, have met the Proclamation of Mr. Lincoln, not only by immediate secession, but by acts of warfare which seem not unpremeditated. No sooner had the Ordinance of Secession passed than Harper's Ferry, the scene of John Brown's luckless exploit, was attacked by a strong force of Virginians. For the credit of the Federal officer in command, we may say that he did not surrender or go over to the enemy. The place is on the banks of the Potomac, and the other side of the river is in Maryland. The garrison destroyed the Arsenal, arms and munitions of war, and escaped across the river, continuing their retreat, it appears, till they gained the more friendly region of Pennsylvania. But a