hide Sorting

You can sort these results in two ways:

By entity
Chronological order for dates, alphabetical order for places and people.
By position
As the entities appear in the document.

You are currently sorting in ascending order. Sort in descending order.

hide Most Frequent Entities

The entities that appear most frequently in this document are shown below.

Entity Max. Freq Min. Freq
United States (United States) 40 0 Browse Search
Winfield Scott 30 2 Browse Search
Abraham Lincoln 20 0 Browse Search
Richardson 18 10 Browse Search
Bull Run, Va. (Virginia, United States) 14 0 Browse Search
P. P. Blair 12 0 Browse Search
M. M. Wise 11 1 Browse Search
Tennessee (Tennessee, United States) 10 0 Browse Search
West Virginia (West Virginia, United States) 10 0 Browse Search
Fortress Monroe (Virginia, United States) 10 0 Browse Search
View all entities in this document...

Browsing named entities in The Daily Dispatch: August 6, 1861., [Electronic resource].

Found 954 total hits in 501 results.

1 2 3 4 5 6 ...
June (search for this): article 1
Twenty-five dollars reward --Ascended from the farm of Mr. F. P. well one or two miles west of , about the last of June, without any cause whatever a ke negro man, came D. about 21 years of age, supposed to be five feet high, genteel figure, quite inter , ful of hair, large, full eyes, big mouth, good looking teeth, speak quick, but not almost affects an impedi in the high no particular mark remembered. He also posed to have hired himself to some of the companies near mena as a free boy, or may have left with one that have been kept away — I will pay reward of $25, if taken fifty if taken out of the State, and $ o if or this city and delivered to said that I can get him [--ts] E. N. Drewry.
E. N. Drewry (search for this): article 1
Twenty-five dollars reward --Ascended from the farm of Mr. F. P. well one or two miles west of , about the last of June, without any cause whatever a ke negro man, came D. about 21 years of age, supposed to be five feet high, genteel figure, quite inter , ful of hair, large, full eyes, big mouth, good looking teeth, speak quick, but not almost affects an impedi in the high no particular mark remembered. He also posed to have hired himself to some of the companies near mena as a free boy, or may have left with one that have been kept away — I will pay reward of $25, if taken fifty if taken out of the State, and $ o if or this city and delivered to said that I can get him [--ts] E. N. Drewry.
Elzey (search for this): article 1
tle of Manassas, published in the Richmond and other Southern papers, small mention is made of Col. Elzey (of Maryland,) and his brigade, which arrived upon the field in the nick of time, and, by a gays in a letter written the day after the fight: " I feel certain that the Brigade commanded by Col. Elzey, composed of the 10th and 13th Virginia Regiments, and the Maryland and East Tennessee Regimenofficial reports speak of these things." Lieut. Col. Reese, writing the same day, says: "Col. Elzey's 4th Brigade, composed of the 1st Maryland Regiment; the 3d Tennessee Volunteers, under Col. d at every point. Immediately after the Battle, General Beauregard meeting with our gallant Colonel Elzey, (late a Captain in the U. S. A,) who commanded the 4th Brigade, said to him on the battle-fSir, you are the Brucher of the day, and have turned the tide of the battle.' On the same day, Col. Elzey was commissioned by President Davis Brigadier General." K. [Our correspondent appends an
Vaughn (search for this): article 1
he above-named officer and his brigade played this important part in the late battle, the fact should be widely known. Letters have been received here from Col. Vaughn, Lieut. Col. Reese, and Capt. Parker, of the Third Tennessee Regiment, composing part of the brigade. They have been published in the Register, of this lace --e fight, they simply and modestly relate what occurred, and I merely reproduce their united and concurrent testimony as to the decisive charge referred to. Col. Vaughn, with brevity and extreme modesty, says in a letter written the day after the fight: " I feel certain that the Brigade commanded by Col. Elzey, composed of the ings." Lieut. Col. Reese, writing the same day, says: "Col. Elzey's 4th Brigade, composed of the 1st Maryland Regiment; the 3d Tennessee Volunteers, under Col. Vaughn, Lieut. Col. Reese, and Major Morgan, and the 10th Virginia Volunteers, and one battery of four pieces of artillery, arrived at Manassas at 11½ o'clock, and wer
Beauregard (search for this): article 1
nd the tenth Virginia, on our right, all abreast, charged bayonets up the height, and drove the enemy from the wood. When we reached the open field beyond, we opened upon their disordered and wavering ranks volleys of musketry. They turned and fled for their lives, throwing down their guns, knapsacks, and everything that would encumber their flight. The battle was fought and won. From that moment victory was ours. We drove the enemy from the field at every point. Immediately after the Battle, General Beauregard meeting with our gallant Colonel Elzey, (late a Captain in the U. S. A,) who commanded the 4th Brigade, said to him on the battle-field, 'Sir, you are the Brucher of the day, and have turned the tide of the battle.' On the same day, Col. Elzey was commissioned by President Davis Brigadier General." K. [Our correspondent appends an extract from a letter written by Captain Parker, a gallant young officer, bearing similar testimony. This was published yesterday.--Eps.]
August 1st, 1861 AD (search for this): article 1
Correspondence of the Richmond Dispatch, Honer to whom Honor is due. Knoxville, Tenn., Aug. 1, 1861. In the numerous accounts of the Battle of Manassas, published in the Richmond and other Southern papers, small mention is made of Col. Elzey (of Maryland,) and his brigade, which arrived upon the field in the nick of time, and, by a gallant charge, decided the fortunes of the day. A Northern paper justly says: "It is the last conflict of the day that decides the victory and defeat" If it can be shown that the above-named officer and his brigade played this important part in the late battle, the fact should be widely known. Letters have been received here from Col. Vaughn, Lieut. Col. Reese, and Capt. Parker, of the Third Tennessee Regiment, composing part of the brigade. They have been published in the Register, of this lace --coples of which I send you, in verification of the extracts I propose to make. As gallant soldiers and actors in the closing scenes of the fight
Morgan (search for this): article 1
extreme modesty, says in a letter written the day after the fight: " I feel certain that the Brigade commanded by Col. Elzey, composed of the 10th and 13th Virginia Regiments, and the Maryland and East Tennessee Regiments, turned the scale in our favor. But let official reports speak of these things." Lieut. Col. Reese, writing the same day, says: "Col. Elzey's 4th Brigade, composed of the 1st Maryland Regiment; the 3d Tennessee Volunteers, under Col. Vaughn, Lieut. Col. Reese, and Major Morgan, and the 10th Virginia Volunteers, and one battery of four pieces of artillery, arrived at Manassas at 11½ o'clock, and were marched to the left wing at a double quick march. The fighting ground of the extreme left was seven miles from Manassas Junction, and our brigade was marched at a quick and double quick march for the whole distance. The Yankee, posted on a height, protected by a dense wood, poured upon our advancing columns a well-directed fire of musketry, and their batteries, po
Davis (search for this): article 1
d the tenth Virginia, on our right, all abreast, charged bayonets up the height, and drove the enemy from the wood. When we reached the open field beyond, we opened upon their disordered and wavering ranks volleys of musketry. They turned and fled for their lives, throwing down their guns, knapsacks, and everything that would encumber their flight. The battle was fought and won. From that moment victory was ours. We drove the enemy from the field at every point. Immediately after the Battle, General Beauregard meeting with our gallant Colonel Elzey, (late a Captain in the U. S. A,) who commanded the 4th Brigade, said to him on the battle-field, 'Sir, you are the Brucher of the day, and have turned the tide of the battle.' On the same day, Col. Elzey was commissioned by President Davis Brigadier General." K. [Our correspondent appends an extract from a letter written by Captain Parker, a gallant young officer, bearing similar testimony. This was published yesterday.--Eps.]
Reese (search for this): article 1
fficer and his brigade played this important part in the late battle, the fact should be widely known. Letters have been received here from Col. Vaughn, Lieut. Col. Reese, and Capt. Parker, of the Third Tennessee Regiment, composing part of the brigade. They have been published in the Register, of this lace --coples of which 13th Virginia Regiments, and the Maryland and East Tennessee Regiments, turned the scale in our favor. But let official reports speak of these things." Lieut. Col. Reese, writing the same day, says: "Col. Elzey's 4th Brigade, composed of the 1st Maryland Regiment; the 3d Tennessee Volunteers, under Col. Vaughn, Lieut. Col. RLieut. Col. Reese, and Major Morgan, and the 10th Virginia Volunteers, and one battery of four pieces of artillery, arrived at Manassas at 11½ o'clock, and were marched to the left wing at a double quick march. The fighting ground of the extreme left was seven miles from Manassas Junction, and our brigade was marched at a quick and double quic
Goodman Parker (search for this): article 1
e victory and defeat" If it can be shown that the above-named officer and his brigade played this important part in the late battle, the fact should be widely known. Letters have been received here from Col. Vaughn, Lieut. Col. Reese, and Capt. Parker, of the Third Tennessee Regiment, composing part of the brigade. They have been published in the Register, of this lace --coples of which I send you, in verification of the extracts I propose to make. As gallant soldiers and actors in the cle, General Beauregard meeting with our gallant Colonel Elzey, (late a Captain in the U. S. A,) who commanded the 4th Brigade, said to him on the battle-field, 'Sir, you are the Brucher of the day, and have turned the tide of the battle.' On the same day, Col. Elzey was commissioned by President Davis Brigadier General." K. [Our correspondent appends an extract from a letter written by Captain Parker, a gallant young officer, bearing similar testimony. This was published yesterday.--Eps.]
1 2 3 4 5 6 ...