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The Daily Dispatch: December 25, 1861., [Electronic resource], Runaway--twenty Doldars reward (search)
s confirmed by Congress. Congress has confirmed the following nominations made by the President, to take rank in the order in which they are named: Major-Generals. Braxton Bragg, September 12, 1861, Louisiana. Earl Van Dorn, September 19, Mississippi. Gustayus W. Smith, September 19, Kentucky. T. H. Holmes, October 7, North Carolina. W. J. Hardee, October 7, Georgia. Ben. Huger, October 7, South Carolina. Jas. Longstreet, October 7, Alabama. J. B. Magruder, October 7, Virginia. T. J. Jackson, October 7, Virginia. Mansfield Lovell, October 7, Maryland. E. K. Smith, October 11, Florida. Brigadier Generals. Jos. R. Anderson, September 3, 1861, Virginia. Simon B. Buckner, September 14, Kentucky. L. P. Walker, September 17, Alabama. A. G. Blanchard, September 21, Louisiana. Gabriel J. Rains, September 23, Kentucky. J. E. B. Stuart, September 24, Virginia. Lafayette McLaws, September 25, Geor
The Daily Dispatch: December 25, 1861., [Electronic resource], Ranaway.--$10 reward. (search)
The defences at Yorktown. While we have no means of ascertaining the actual intentions of the enemy, it is gratifying to have the assurance of the ability of the South to resist an attack upon one of the most important points yet threatened by the evasion. General Magruder, commanding the forces on the Peninsula, announces in a special order, dated the 19th of December, that after a minute and most rigid examination of the defensive works at Yorktown, he has entire confidence in their ability, when defended by the gallant soldiers of the Confederacy, to resist the most powerful attacks of the enemy, with any number of ships; and that the enemy cannot succeed in getting possession of our works under any circumstances whatever. The Commanding General therefore congratulates the troops on the prospect which the expected sailing of the enemy's fleet from Annapolis affords them of repulsing an insolent foe, whose object is to invade our land and destroy our homes. The order proceed