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The Daily Dispatch: February 5, 1861., [Electronic resource] 2 0 Browse Search
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 1. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.) 2 0 Browse Search
The writings of John Greenleaf Whittier, Volume 6. (ed. John Greenleaf Whittier) 2 0 Browse Search
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The Daily Dispatch: January 3, 1861., [Electronic resource], Army intelligence. (search)
d one thousand miles, and spent 140 days on the road. This is one of the most lengthy military journeys recorded. It is not generally known that the longest march of infantry ever accomplished was successfully completed about a year ago by an American regiment — the gallant old Sixth--which left Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, for California, a distance of 2,800 miles, and was 190 days on the road, of which 162 were actually passed in marching. This march was nearly twice the length of that of Hannibal's troops, going from Italy to Spain, and more than twice as long as that of Xenophon's ten thousand, and much longer than Napoleon's perilous journey to Moscow. The Sixth suffered severely all the way. At Carson Valley the snow fell for three days, and at the end of that time lay on the ground eighteen inches deep. More recently several companies of a fine regiment passed over seventeen days without meeting water, being thus thrown on the scanty supply of their wallets. The fatigue a
The Daily Dispatch: January 3, 1861., [Electronic resource], Speech of U. S. Senator Benjamin on the Crisis. (search)
has been sanctified by one of the most glorious of them all. It was on this day, eighty-three years ago, that Washington, having extricated himself the night before from his perilous position in Trenton, made a flank march of twelve miles, fell upon the rear of the British army at Princeton, gained another glorious victory, and completely changed the face of affairs. It was a great exploit, worthy of any commander that ever lived, rivalled only by the march of the Consul Nero, when he left Hannibal in the lurch on the Vulturous, and fell upon and destroyed the recruits which his brother was bringing to his army. A flank march, in the face of an enemy in position, says Napoleon, is the most dangerous operation in war. Such a march brought on the rout of Frederick the Great at Kolin, of the Russians at Austerlitz, of Marmont at Salamanca. This operation, delicate as it is, Washington conducted with the most entire success, in the face of an enemy more than doubly as strong as he was,
The Daily Dispatch: January 5, 1861., [Electronic resource], Negro Hiring, 1861. (search)
in their devotion to the cause of the South. Gen. August, of your city, after spending a few days here, has gone on to Baltimore. Hamlin has certainly negro blood in his veins. I have seen a letter from a gentleman of high character in New Hampshire, giving the pedigree of Hamlin. His grandfather was a mulatto, and commanded a mixed company of negroes and Indians during the Revolution. He pocketed the pay of his company, sold the wine and other luxuries provided for the sick, and left the army in disgrace. One of Hamlin's uncles, or great uncles, was named Africa. There is a legend in the family to the effect that when Hannibal was an infant, in the cradle, his nurse overheard one of the relatives, who was the a gazing at the baby, exclaim, "For God's sake! will this d — d black blood never get out of the veins of our family." Members of Congress who served with Hamlin, when he was in the House, say they always knew he had a streak of negro in him. This is pleasant. Zed.
The Daily Dispatch: February 11, 1861., [Electronic resource], As elephant in a Pet. (search)
of the approach of one of these fits, by striking one of the employees of the menagerie a violent blow on the head with his trunk. He was about to repeat it, but the man scrambled out of the way in time to prevent a repetition of it. Since then Hannibal refuses concessions and compromises, and stands alone in moody and sullen silence, except when much excited. In one of his paroxysms he twisted his trunk around an from support and broke it into two or three pieces, and at the same time removed some of the wood work within reach. Hannibal is not the performing elephant, and his condition now is attributed to the fact that he had little or no exercise for some months. He is entirely secured by means of a large chain, and visitors cannot approach sufficiently near him to admit of his doing any harm. Some years ago the slephut Columbus, while similarly troubled, killed his keeper at the menagerie, in Walnut street, above Eighth, and did considerable damage to the interior of the build
The Daily Dispatch: June 29, 1861., [Electronic resource], Military Maxises of Napoleon. (search)
out spies; to seize the letters in the mails, translate and make an abstract of their contents, in short, to answer all the inquiries of the General-in-Chief on his arrival with the whole army;--such are the duties which come within the sphere of a good General of an advanced post. Commanders-in-Chief are to be guided by their own experience or genius. Tactics, evolutions, the science of the engineer and the artillery officers, may be learned from treaties, but generalship is acquired only by experience and the study of the campaigns of all great captains. Gustavus Adolphus, Turenne, and Frederic, as also Alexander, Hannibal, and Cæsar, have all acted on the same principle. To keep your forces united, to be vulnerable at no point, to bear down with rapidity upon important points — these are the principles which insure victory. It is by the fear which the reputation of your arms inspires that you maintain the fidelity of your allies and the obedience of conquered nations
The Daily Dispatch: July 10, 1861., [Electronic resource], Subjugation of Missouri. (search)
of any crime, or even semblance of crime, committed or imagined against the laws, State or Federal, and without warrant of law, explanation or a moment's warning. When the amazed prisoner asks what he has done to deserve such treatment, and demands that his accuser shall be brought forth, that he may meet him face to face, he is answered with satanic grimaces and insults of the most degrading character. I will instance a single case. The recent editor of the Evening News, at this place, (Hannibal,) was arrested at his residence a few days since, and taken to camp. Whilst there he was compelled to perform the most degrading work, for the gratification of the soldiers and to the fiendish delight of a number of Black Republican spectators, who had repaired thither to "witness the performance." Among other things, he was made to "mark time" while extracts were read from his paper; to dig, under the scorching rays of a meridian sun, a deep hole in the earth for the convenience of the so
The Daily Dispatch: July 17, 1861., [Electronic resource], $40 reward. (search)
ailroad, brings the following account of affairs in that section of the State: About 2 o'clock on Wednesday morning the camp of the Federal troops, under Col. Smith, of the Illinois Sixteenth, near Monroe station, some thirty miles West of Hannibal, embracing 300 of the Iowa Third, 200 of the Illinois Sixteenth, and about 100 of the Hannibal Home Guard, was attacked by 1,600 Confederates, under Brig. Gen. Harris. Although the Federals were surprised, they repelled the attack, drove th Col. March left the St. Louis arsenal yesterday for some point down the river supposed to be Cape Girardeau. There are now about 1,000 Federal troops encamped in the vicinity of Pilot Knob. St. Louis, July 12 --A gentleman from Hannibal last night says that Col. Smith's command at Monroe was reinforced by three hundred mounted Illinoisans yesterday afternoon, when the Confederates, who had been surrounding Col. Smith's force, were attacked and dispersed. Gen. Harris, their com
The Daily Dispatch: July 22, 1861.., [Electronic resource], A magnificent piece of Masonry. (search)
try. Colonel Steifit, of the 5th Regiment of reserve corps, arrived from Lexington to-day, and reports having captured 200 kegs of powder, 30 muskets, 1 cannon, a quantity of machinery for boring, and a mould for casting cannon, and several other contraband articles. Orders have been issued prohibiting steamers from passing Jefferson City unless they have the American flag flying. St. Louis, July 17.--Mr. Hayward, Superintendent of the Hannibal and St. Joseph railroad, just from Hannibal, received the following dispatch previous to leaving that place: Hudson, Mo., July 16. --800 Federal troops came up ahead of the passenger train as far as Melville, thirty miles above St. Charles, on the North Missouri Railroad, where the track was torn up and the troops fired into. An engagement ensued, resulting in the loss of seven rebels killed and several prisoners. One man caught with a gun in his hands was immediately hung. Another, attempting to escape, was riddled with
The Daily Dispatch: July 27, 1861., [Electronic resource], The Georgians. (search)
cknowledge to have had one man killed. The Seminary was riddled with round shot from the State cannon — most of the troops, however, were in ditches and in the cellar, which accounts for their loss being no greater. In this fight the Federal troops returned the fire at long intervals, during which one State horse was killed.--Harris' men did not number over eight hundred. The Federal troops numbered at least seven hundred, composed of six hundred Illinois and Iowa troops, and one hundred Hannibal Home Guards. The Federal troops became so incensed at their defeat that they burned Capt. Owen's house, took his brother prisoner, and drove off all his stock, destroying all the grain on the place, with all the out-buildings and everything except the clothing of his wife. His property, including forty mules, was carried away and destroyed to the amount of $30,000. They next burned Mr. Combs' house, near Monroe Station. They have also burned several other houses — the names of the own
The Daily Dispatch: September 20, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
St. Joseph, the Secessionists of that region are arming again. Some 2,000 are concentrated in Andrew county, under Major Poller, and about the same number of Unionists, composed of Missourians and Iowans, under Colonels Croner and Andrews, are stationed in the same region, and both are preparing for a battle, which is shortly expected. Washington telegrams of yesterday announce that St. Joseph is now completely in the hands of the Confederates. This news confirms the following: Hannibal, Mo., Sept. 12. --All we hear confirms the previous reports that the Secessionists have full possession of St. Joseph and are doing pretty much as they please in that city. It is reported that they have taken control of the municipal affairs of the corporation, preventing egress and ingress of both goods and travelers. They have also levied heavy contributions on several stores, taking just what they want. From all we can learn the Union men and their property in St. Joseph and the surro
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