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The Daily Dispatch: October 6, 1863., [Electronic resource] 2 0 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 11. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 1 1 Browse Search
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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 11. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), A narrative of Stuart's Raid in the rear of the Army of the Potomac. (search)
t, and he had already recommended him for promotion. Stuart, while at the ford at Sycamore Springs, already mentioned, sent a dispatch by Mr. Turner Doswell, to General R. E. Lee, giving him some account of his progress and of the important captures he had made. Mr. Doswell had to pass through the Federal lines, and he came near being taken prisoner. Stuart hurried on after reaching Charles City county, passed up on the north side of the Chickahominy, a distance of two miles, to Mr. Thomas Christian's residence; but although much fatigued, he did not draw rein. He had now accomplished much in obtaining information as to the location and strength of the Federal army, and was desirous of reaching the Confederate lines with all possible speed, and did not halt his column for rest until he reached the hospitable mansion of Judge Isaac H. Christian, in the vicinage of Charles City Courthouse. Here he and his staff were received in the most cordial manner and entertained in princely
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 17. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.14 (search)
. P. Frayser, J. H. Mc-Mullen, H. T. Amos, E. I. Brannan, J. H. Baker, and A. P. Sale. Photographing. At 6:10 o'clock the wagons crossed Lombardy street and entered Lee circle. Mighty cheers, and many rounds of them, greeted the people at the ropes. Near the derrick the head of the procession was halted, and the marshals and aids ranged themselves in line, and two photographers, stationed on the platform on the pedestal, took pictures of them and of the scene in general. Mr. Thomas Christian also photographed the crowd on Broad street. The girls at the ropes. The lively strains of Dixie had roused the enthusiasm of the people to a great pitch, and as Wagon No. I drew up to a point near the derrick the drawers of it received an ovation of cheers. The parade was now dismissed as to these and they were desired to move on and clear the way for the approach of the pullers of No. 2 wagon. Here one of the ropes of No. I was cut; but all the same several hundred men co
The Daily Dispatch: October 6, 1863., [Electronic resource], Bushwhackers. (search)
Bushwhackers. --The Knoxville (Atlanta) Register learns that the bushwhackers in East Tennessee have been brutally murdered — James Hurley and son, Thomas Christian, W. Garner, John Leatherwood, and Col. Wm. Jack, of Cooke county, and Jas. Evans, of Jefferson county. The notorious bushwhacker, Hart Duncan, who has been for some time the leader of a band of deserters and renegades in Smoky Mountains, recently went to Madisonville, in Monroe county, and robbed the defenceless men and women of jewelry, watches, etc.