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The Daily Dispatch: June 18, 1861., [Electronic resource], An excellent suggestion. (search)
An excellent suggestion. We publish with pleasure the following admirable letter, admirable in word and deed, and trust that its suggestions may be carried out with the promptness and liberality of the writer, the receipt of whose handsome contribution we have before acknowledged: Norfolk, June 13, 1861. Editors Richmond Dispatch:Gents: I see by your issue of this date that the widowed mother of the gallant Wyatt, slain in the battle of Bethel Church, is a resident of your city. The result of inquiries made by me this afternoon, leads me to believe that she looked to his exertions for the stay and support of her latter days. If such be the case, I trust that Virginians will not permit the mother of such a son to need the comforts of life. A sufficient number of us will, I hope, become sons to her, so far at least as to place her above the frowns of fortune. To effect this object, I respectfully suggest that you write and publish an article setting forth the c
The Daily Dispatch: June 18, 1861., [Electronic resource], Rev. Dr. Tyng. (search)
Correspondence of the Richmond Dispatch.spirit of '76 in old Halifax. Richmond, June 13, 1861. Having a son in the Black Walnut Dragoons, from Halifax county, stationed at Yorktown, I went down on the 4th of June to see him and other friends. I found the troops without tents or baggage wagons. On the fifth, I left for the purpose of procuring these articles and other supplies for them. On application to the Quartermaster for tent cloth, I was told it could not be furnished, as the employees of Government could make up their supplies as fast as obtained. I then went on to Halifax, reaching Black Walnut midday on Saturday. Of a few persons met with at the P. O. that afternoon, donations of some $400 to $500 were obtained. Rev. Mr. Harding, pastor of the Presbyterian Church in the neighborhood, kindly invited me to be present at his church next day, the only place in the neighborhood at which preaching was to be had on that day. Friends went to work among those assembled.