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The Daily Dispatch: August 3, 1863., [Electronic resource], The Yankees in North Carolina. (search)
foil us in taking the Fredericksburg route; but, finding our army did not advance, concentrated his army at Culpeper, and fortified the banks of the Rapidan. Vicksburg advices to the 26th say that Gen. Herron's division has gone to participate in the attack on Mobile. Mississippi is virtually abandoned by the rebel forces. The removal of slaves from Mississippi to Georgia and Alabama has been so great that the Governors of those States have issued proclamations for bidding it. Gen. Gilmore, (commanding near Charleston,) in an official dispatch, states his whole loss from the 10th to the 18th ult, at 665 killed and wounded, and 350 missing. Pegram's forces have been defeated in another attempt to destroy the railroad bridge at Paris, Ky. They were subsequently encountered at Lancaster, and again defeated; and nearly one hundred prisoners captured. At last advices the rebels were hastily retreating towards the Cumberland river. Nassau advices state that two rebel s
The Daily Dispatch: August 6, 1863., [Electronic resource], Later from the North. (search)
est reduced. Advices from Charleston to the 29th ult., received in New York by the transport Belvidere, state that Gen. Gilmore had succeeded in creating a long line of batteries within 250 yards of Fort Wagner. He had also mounted three heavy s assault of the 19th of July upon Fort Wagner. Our losses since that time have not averaged more than four per day. General Gilmore has now fourteen Parrott guns and mortars in position on Morris's island. For the present, the idea of taking Fort e sand of which that work is composed; the breach made by one shall being soon filled up by the explosion of another. Gen. Gilmore is confident that with his heavy siege guns he can breach Fort Sumter. The 10th Connecticut regiment occupies the, Eldridge, from Port Royal, S. C., July 31st, reached here last evening. The siege of Fort Wagner still continued. Gen. Gilmore has mounted a number of 200 pounder siege guns within one mile of Fort Sumter. He is confident of reducing both Sumte
The Daily Dispatch: August 10, 1863., [Electronic resource], The Peninsula. (search)
my were found to have taken their position in the houses of the town, both public and private, besides leaving a force in reserve on the street. Nevertheless, Capt. Gilmore led his command forward with great gallantry, charging through a heavy fire. I regret to state here that the Second Virginia cavalry did not behave so well, berous at these buildings, and here Col. Toland fell, pierced through the vitals while in the act of urging his men forward and disposition of his forces. Capt. Gilmore pressed forward towards the depot, where he found the enemy in small force, but strongly posted with two pieces of artillery. Lieutenant Abraham, of Capt. GilCapt. Gilmore's company, with a detatchment of the Thirty-fourth regiment, charged upon the guns, shot down the gunners just as they were preparing to fire their second shot, and captured both pieces. The Thirty-fourth was deployed through the town in the meantime, fighting and capturing. The soldiers, and even some of the women, fired fr
The Daily Dispatch: August 11, 1863., [Electronic resource], Progress of the war. (search)
te, and then by whole broadsides.--From about the centre of the island the siege battery of General Gilmore, with its powerful rifle-guns, was also contributing largely to the fury of the bombardment progressing all the morning with the same perseverance on the part of Admiral Dahlgren and General Gilmore; and further, that the work of to day was but a repetition of that of yesterday and the dayys. The constant bombardment now progressing is, I learn, mainly to conceal the erection, by Gen. Gilmore, of a masked battery within five hundred yards of Fort Wagner, and also to protect his troopsntire success. Fort Wagner is already a sightless mass of sand, and with the boring shell of Gen. Gilmore a strong effort will be made to penetrate its magazine and put a summary and to the vile concattempt should fall-there is "no such word as fail" in the vocabulary of Admiral Dahlgren and Gen. Gilmore. Yankee Description of the defences of Savannah. The New South, a Yankee sheet publi
The Daily Dispatch: August 12, 1863., [Electronic resource], article 19 (search)
ext points of attack; but it is far more likely that such troops as can be spared will be sent to Meade in Virginia, and Gilmore before Charleston, whilst, perhaps, those that were drawn from Rosecrans will be returned to him. The war on the lor for the present, and if Meade does not advance, and is not attacked, popular interest will centre on Charleston, where Gilmore is struggling to overcome the manifold difficulties which beset him on every side, and which are even now taxing his engrleston is necessarily dependent upon the success of operations on land. If this be true, and if it be also true that Gen. Gilmore has suffered a loss of one third of his force, it is at least a matter of doubt whether Charleston can be taken at allGen. Gilmore has suffered a loss of one third of his force, it is at least a matter of doubt whether Charleston can be taken at all. Certain it is this result can only be attained by a much larger army than is now under the command of Gen. Gilmore.
The Daily Dispatch: August 25, 1863., [Electronic resource], Affairs at Charleston. (search)
to them whatever, knowing full well that we did not recognize them as prisoners of war, and that we had refused to do so, or even to recognize a flag of truce-accompanied by a white officer commanding a negro regiment. Last week, however, Gen. Gilmore addressed a note to Gen. Beauregard, of a most objectionable character, charging him with bad faith in not having sent back the negro prisoners, and making a demand for them, threatening, at the same time, to put in execution the retaliatory p labor on the public works a rebel for every negro sold or detained in slavery. I learn that Gen. Beauregard has made a very dignified and severe reply to this most impudent demand, showing the want of good faith to be entirely on the part of Gen. Gilmore, who could not plead ignorance either of President Davis's proclamation or the act of the Confederate Congress on this subject. The negro prisoners will most certainly not be given up, and the issue is therefore directly made on this point be
The Daily Dispatch: August 25, 1863., [Electronic resource], From the lower Valley. (search)
The struggle for Charleston. --The demand made by the enemy for the surrender of Morris Island and Sumter, with the threat that he would shell Charleston in four hours, is rather encouraging than otherwise to us. It shows that he was tired of taking Wagner, and sought to leap to a conclusion over the difficulties which stood in the way of the regular approach to it. It is a good sign that those obstacles are still such as to be dreaded, and, if possible, avoided. Nevertheless, Gen. Gilmore will be held to the straight road — the taking of our batteries and the clearing of Charleston harbor in military style before he reaches the city, and then — he must fight in and through that. The throwing of a few shells into the city by way of showing what he could do availed the Federal General nothing. It was a barbarous act, utterly unjustifiable under the usages of civilized war. It endangered the lives of a few women and children, but had no effect upon the stern determination of
The Daily Dispatch: September 23, 1863., [Electronic resource], Secretary Seward's circular--British opinion of his position and Arguments. (search)
tleman lately from the Valley furnishes us with some information from that section. On Saturday evening last three men, dressed in Confederate uniform, visited Strasburg, in Shenandoah county, and mingled with some of our conscript gatherers at that point, passing themselves off as Confederate solders. During the night they disappeared, but the next day 180 Yankee cavalry dashed into the place, under command of Capt. Bailey, and captured the conscript gatherers and some four or five of Major Gilmore's battalion, who were en route for Winchester to bring out some of our sick who had been left at that point. Among Bailey's men were recognized the three individuals who had the evening before passed themselves off as Confederate soldiers. On Tuesday last a detachment of Capt. Baylor's company, 12th Virginia cavalry, and a detachment of Capt. Blackford's company of independent rangers, had a fight with two companies of the enemy at Smithfield, in Jefferson county. Our men succeede
The Daily Dispatch: October 5, 1863., [Electronic resource], From Northern Virginia. (search)
. Passengers by the Central train were unable to furnish even a rumor from the army of Gen. Lee, from which it is reasonable to infer that no military movements looking to active operations are in progress. From the Valley we learn that Major Gilmore's battalion made a raid in Jefferson and Clarke counties in the early part of last week. The Yankees at Charlestown, becoming alarmed, left the place during Tuesday night, and our men entered the same night, and at last accounts were still tlestown, becoming alarmed, left the place during Tuesday night, and our men entered the same night, and at last accounts were still there. Charlestown is eight miles from Harper's Ferry. The last accounts we had from the latter point represented the Federal force there to be about 6,000. They have been sent off, however, to strengthen Rosecrans or Meade. When at Charlestown Major Gilmore is but five miles from the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. We hope to hear that he has tapped that road.
The Daily Dispatch: October 13, 1863., [Electronic resource], Further Foreign news. (search)
From Charleston. Charleston, Oct. 12. --A small boat, containing two Yankee soldiers, was captured early yesterday morning in the harbor, between Fort Sumter and the city. They were probably reconnoitering, but professed to be bearers of dispatches from Gilmore to Dahlgren, and to have mistaken Fort Sumter's light for that of the Ironsides. The firing was more rapid than usual yesterday morning. [Second Dispatch.] Charleston, Oct. 12. --The firing to-day has been slower. A fifteen-inch shell was exploded to-day by some boys near Gen. Ripley's headquarters, killing two negroes and two boys, and wounding others.
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