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The Daily Dispatch: August 1, 1861., [Electronic resource], Americans in Paris. (search)
Capt. Thomas F. Meagher, we are credibly informed, has undergone a complete conversion. A gentleman who has been upon a visit to Rio, happened to be in Washington on the memorable 21st, and conversed with a Roman Catholic clergyman, who had then just parted with Mr. Meagher. The latter is represented as stating that he had never seen nor heard of such determined bravery — nor did he believe it was equalled in history — as that manifested by the Southern troops. They were evidently actuated by a love of liberty, felt that they were defending their liberties, deserved liberty, and rather than fight again against them, he would volunteer in their cause. Our informant states, in addition, that the telegram which represents the Sixty-ninth Regiment as ready and willing to re-enlist, is totally false. Of all the "Grand Army," this regiment bore itself the most gallantly at Manassas; but it is satisfied. Its members have been shamefully mislead and deluded, and they return home to