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The Daily Dispatch: September 11, 1861., [Electronic resource], Runaway (search)
perior numbers on our side, we will state that at Bethel there were on our side one North Carolina regiment, about 120 Howitzers, and four companies of Virginia infantry, numbering in all 1,160 men, of whom not 800 were engaged, while the Yankees, according to Buttler's own report, brought six regiments into the field — that is to say, at least 5,000 men — that there are now, in this city, prisoners representing thirty-eight regiments engaged in the battle of Mannassa, all of which attacked Johnston's force, never numbering 15,000 men — and that they were assisted by ten thousand regulars. But there is no use in boasting. The thing will be tried over again, and then we shall see where the manhood lies. We ask only one favor, and that is, that McClellan will not boast of overwhelming numbers before he sets out and then attempt to cover the shame of defeat by lying as McDowell did. At Bethel a company of North Carolina infantry jumped over the breastwork and tried to charge the Y<
The Daily Dispatch: September 11, 1861., [Electronic resource], Runaway (search)
ay suit your convenience, and oblige. Your obedient servants. Saml'l J Harrison, John Enders, W. M. Sutton, W P Mayo, Thos B Bigger, R M Smith, David J Burr, J H Montague, O P Baldwin, J Adair Pleasants, Jas. R Chamberlayne, Wm P Munford, Thos. Johnston, J B Ferguson, J C Smyth, Wm S Triplett. Richmond, 9th September, 1861. Richmond, Sept. 9th, 1861. Gentlemen: I did deliver a Lecture to the citizens of Lynchburg, upon the Battle of Manassas Plains, in aid of the Soldiers' Re you think it will, I will be pleased to deliver it on Friday evening next. Respectfully, your obedient servant. L. W Spratt. To Messrs. Samuel J. Harrison, W. M. Sutton, W. P. Mayo, David J. Burr, C. P. Baldwin, James R. Chamberlayne. Thomas Johnston, J. C. Smyth, John Enders, Thomas B. Bigger, R. M. Smith, J. H. Montague, J. Adair Pleasants, W. P. Munford, J. B. Ferguson, W. S. Triplett. The Lecture alluded to in the foregoing correspondence will be delivered in the Lecture-room of Dr. Dunc
The Daily Dispatch: September 11, 1861., [Electronic resource], Concessions of weakness. (search)
made — that of Mr. Faulkner, for example — simply to have an offset against the Confederates, for the security of the Abolitionist Ely. Other arrests — that of Mr. Johnston, for instance — because he happens to be a nephew of Gen. Johnston, of the Confederate army. It is supposed that near relationship will make Gen. Johnston feeGen. Johnston, of the Confederate army. It is supposed that near relationship will make Gen. Johnston feel, even when the military arm of Lincoln cannot reach himself. Others are arrested in order to extort money; the object being confiscation. The arrest of women is surely the last confession of weakness. Miss Maria J. Windle got a slender living by, writing letters from Washington for the Southern press. She is a clever woman, sGen. Johnston feel, even when the military arm of Lincoln cannot reach himself. Others are arrested in order to extort money; the object being confiscation. The arrest of women is surely the last confession of weakness. Miss Maria J. Windle got a slender living by, writing letters from Washington for the Southern press. She is a clever woman, smart and showy, and her sympathies, it seems, are with the South. For this she is arrested. Mrs. Philip Philips is the talented and lovely wife of Colonel Philips, formerly of the Charleston bar, subsequently of the bar of Mobile, and lastly of the Washington bar. A man of talents, he served Alabama in the Congress of the United