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The Daily Dispatch: April 24, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
music down the road to wards Ashland Furnace. It was rumored that they were falling on the borders of Pennsylvania, where they would encamp and await further reinforcements and orders. The troops were deficient in food, having nothing but crackers. About one-half were unarmed, but carried blankets. Later from Annapolis. Annapolis,April 21, noon.--The U. States frigate Constitution and steamer Maryland, are now anchored off the harbor. Col. Butler has 1,500 of the 1,800 Massachusetts troops under his command, on board the Constitution. They are armed with Minnie muskets, cutlasses and revolvers. Four field pieces were on the Maryland's decks. Before the Constitution was towed out it was apprehended she would ground. The officers of the Elkridge railroad disabled their engines, while the citizens were ready to tear up the track, in order to prevent Col. Butler from using it. When the Constitution left her wharf, the gates of the yard were thrown open, and the
The Daily Dispatch: April 24, 1861., [Electronic resource], Progress of the war. (search)
we received the following dispatch from our correspondent at Annapolis: Annapolis, April 21, 9 P. M.--This morning the steamer Maryland (the immense railroad ferry best at Havre Grace) came into this port, having on board eight hundred Massachusetts troops, commanded by Col. Butler, en route for Washington. The steamer landed her troops at the Naval Academy, and the frigate Constitution is now being towed out of the river for the purpose of taking the troops to Washington. Anot country for troops to concentrate here. We received the following last evening from our Annapolis correspondent: Annapolis,April 21. The steamer Maryland arrived here this morning, having on board Col. Butler and eight hundred Massachusetts troops, en route for Washington. The steamer is now lying alongside of the U. S. Ship Constitution, at the Naval Academy, and all the gates leading from the city to the yard are locked, and additional watchmen guarding the entrances. The Co
The Daily Dispatch: April 24, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 4 (search)
turned against Virginia; but that in her hour of peril they would rush to her rescue. And how have they redeemed that promise and fulfilled that pledge? By leading the way in the monstrous wickedness of that war upon our homes and firesides which the Black Republican pirate at Washington has begun. When we heard the report that these wretches had been cut to pieces in Maryland, we hoped most devoutly that it was true. We would prefer the annihilation of that regiment even to that of Massachusetts soldiers. A man can't help being born on Cape Cod or "down East," but he can help enjoying your hospitality and then trying to cut your throat. The Seventh Regiment knows the way to Richmond. Let them come here once more, and, for their city's sake and their own, they shall have such a reception as they deserve. One more illustration is furnished by the conservative press. But yesterday denouncing the sectional government of Lincoln as one which the South could not and would not