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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 1. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 220 (search)
sponding feeling pervaded the hearts of the men. All the way out through Marshall the utmost enthusiasm was awakened by the appearance of the soldiers. They had not known them to be coming, but they divined at once their mission, and the most joyful excitement was everywhere exhibited. Owing to the alarming reports of the night before, rumors that Southern troops were approaching, we found crowds at every stopping place, who cheered the trains as they passed, with wild vehemence. At Glen Easton we found a company of twenty-five or thirty-eight riflemen, and further on passed another company of them numbering perhaps forty, all marching towards Cameron, which they heard was to be attacked and burnt by State troops. At Cameron we found a crowd assembled of some three hundred, perhaps, who insisted in standing out in a pelting rain and cheering the soldiers nearly all the time they were there. The report of the advance of Southern troops had been received the night before, and a
The Daily Dispatch: March 29, 1861., [Electronic resource], Federal Office-Holders in Virginia. (search)
Federal Office-Holders in Virginia. --It is stated that Isaac Chesley, of Wheeling, has been appointed mail agent on the Hempfield Railroad; Harry Hardin, of Ritchietown, and Thos. Wilson, of Glen Easton, route agents on Baltimore Road, between Wheeling and Cumberland, and Philip Kuhn agent on the river route between Wheeling and Parkersburg.--John Terrell has been appointed postmaster at Triadelphia, and Dr. Roberts at Morgantown. It is denied that Mr. Crook, the mail agent on the Orange and Alexandria Railroad, appointed by Mr. Lincoln, intends to resign.--The Charlottesville Republican, noticing the reported resignation of Crook, says, that no committee waited on Mr. Crook on his passage through Charlottesville. He was permitted to pass unmolested. But that evening a telegram was sent to Lynchburg with the request that Mr. Crook be informed that he had better not pass Charlottesville on another trip, if he consulted his personal safety. This, we suppose, was done, and hen
The Daily Dispatch: June 3, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
party blas. It has a letter from a correspondent who describes in glowing style the reception of the troops at every stoppage. We make the following extracts from the letter. Scenes on the Route. All the way out through Marshall the utmost enthusiasm was awakened by the appearance of the soldiers. Owing to the alarming reports of the night before, rumors that Southern troops were approaching, we found crowds at every stopping place, who cheered the trains as they passed. At Glen Easton we found a company of 25 or 30 riflemen, and further on passed another company of them, numbering perhaps in all marching towards Cameron, which they heard was to be attacked and burst by State troops. At Cameron we found a crowd assembled of some 300, perhaps, who insisted on standing out in a parting rain and cheering the soldiers nearly all the time they were there. The report of the advance of Southern troops had been received the night before, and a hundred riflemen had been under