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The Daily Dispatch: April 24, 1862., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
se duty it shall be to confer with the Military Commander of the forces of the United States now threatening the occupation of the town; and that this conference be held whenever said Commandant shall ask a communication from these authorities. That the said committee shall inform the commander, that ins as the forces of the confederate States have evacuated the town, no resistance can or will be made to its occupation by the United States forces; but that these Municipal authorities expect and claim that adequate steps will be taken by the commander to insure protection to persons and property during such occupation, according to the recognized rules of civilized warfare. And that the said commander be further informed that the population of this town have been in the past, and are now, in conviction and sentiment, loyal to the existing Government of the State of Virginia, and of the Confederate States of America. From the Record. A copy Teste: G. F. Chew, C. C.
The Daily Dispatch: November 25, 1862., [Electronic resource], Affairs at Fredericksburg. (search)
n utter impossibility. I have convened the Council, which will remain in session, awaiting any further communication you may have to make. Very respectfully, your ob't servt, M. Slaughter,Major. A true copy from the original — Tests: G. F. Chew, C. C. This communication was sent across the river at 12 o'clock at night. About 3 A. M. the following communication was received: Headq'rs Right Grand Division, Camp near Falmouth, Nov. 21, 1862. The Mayor and Common Counwill not be I have also to say that there will be no firing upon the cars before 11 o'clock A. M. to-morrow. I am, gentlemen, Your obedient servant, R. V. Sumner, Brevet Major-General, U. S. A., Comd'g. A copy from the original — Tests. G. F. Chew, C. C. It is proper to add that a unanimous vote of the Council sanctioned the reply made by the Mayor, and that a large and deeply interested attendance of spectators testified, by their applause, their full measure of responsibilit
The Daily Dispatch: January 15, 1863., [Electronic resource], "Punch" on the war. (search)
l sufferings of this whole community, inflicted by the hands of the Abolition army; that we recognize in this liberality, and in these voluntary contributions to our necessities, the wide spread and universal feeling, that the cause in which we suffer is the common cause of a united people, and that the sympathy excited by our case of the feeling which binds the remotes perhaps of our Confederacy together, in the same determination to acquire our independence at whatever sacrifice of life or property; --that the sacrifices we have made have been cheerfully submitted to by our people, and that the results of the battle of the 13th of December, 1862, have gone very far to enable us to endure with patience the inflections of our enemy, whose insolence and vandalism were then and there so signally punished by our noble army. Resolved. That the editors of the Richmond papers be and they are hereby requested to publish the foregoing proceedings. Copies — Teste: G. F. Chew, C. C.