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The Daily Dispatch: may 3, 1862., [Electronic resource], article 13 (search)
was blockade the river below the fort. Pillow, without defending ourselves from the of we say that the blockade has been established and feeble effort only was made to do so. Having thus denied our own statement that the fort was about to fall, and that had been below on the river we may add that neither of these desideratum are likely to be obtained, and that event of the siege thus for, confirm the maxim that "possession is nine points in the law," and force the conclusion that Commodore Foote's suit has verged into the slow process of chancery. Yesterday at noon Capt. Maynandier received order to fire a shell every minute during the afternoon at Fort Pillow. This was scarcely begun, when it met with a quick re from the rebels. They have battery of the heavies guns, half way up the bluff, from which they can discover over the intervening woods the smoke of our mortars and gunboats, and obtain a good range. They threw some shell, but generally solid shot. Both were d
The Daily Dispatch: may 3, 1862., [Electronic resource], Late from the North. (search)
e captured and are now in camp. One of the prisoners, Robert Vaughan, was formerly, foreman in the office of the Louisville, Democrat. We had one man wounded and none killed. Our forces are in capital spirits. The prisoners say the enemy have upwards of eighty thousand men at Corinth, and will fight, and that they are busy entrenching and mounting large guns. The bombardment of Fort Wright. Washington, April 29, 1862. --The Navy Department has received dispatch from Commodore Foote, dated last evening. His fleet was still in front of Fort Wright, and prosecuting the siege completely but effectively. Cairo April 29, 1862--The De Solo arrived here this afternoon from the filed. She brings us news of importance and reports no change or movements. The bombardment was kept up by the mortars at long intervals. Chicago, April 29, 1862.--The rebel strength Wright is stated by intelligent deserters at 8,000 men, under General who has not been superseded as r