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The Daily Dispatch: April 3, 1862., [Electronic resource], Notes of the War. (search)
may attempt to gain our rear, by the way of Florence, Ala., on the Tennessee, to this point, Tuscumbia, which is only four miles distant, by a branch road, from the Charleston road. There is a splendid bridge over the Tennessee to Florence, which could be destroyed in case an effort was made. Buell's column of 60,000, or a portion of it, might also advance to Florence from Columbia, which is 68 miles; the distance from Tuscumbia to Nashville, via Columbia, by the old military road made by Jackson in the Creek war, being about 110 miles. The great battle must therefore be fought between Corinth and Jackson, Tenn., and between the Tennessee and Mississippi rivers. Our whole country is thoroughly aroused to the importance of this great battle, and every man has made up his mind that we are not to be whipped. All feel that we must conquer or die in this battle. Our forces will be equal to every emergency, and the Mississippi river will hold the slain of the foe. It is stated that the
The Daily Dispatch: April 3, 1862., [Electronic resource], A good thing. (search)
The Stonewall brigade. In every encounter of Gen. Jackson's men with the enemy, they have fairly earned the title won by their sturdy and unconquerable valor at Manassas, the "Stonewall Brigade." The late battle near Winchester was another striking illustration of their bull-dog courage. If Jackson had had a few thousand more men he would have routed the enemy, vast as was his predominance in numbers. He is a "live man," every inch of him, and so is every man in his army. We know the meJackson had had a few thousand more men he would have routed the enemy, vast as was his predominance in numbers. He is a "live man," every inch of him, and so is every man in his army. We know the men well, and no Spartans or Greeks ever prossessed to tried courage with less pretension. That common commodity, a gassy soldier, is not to be found in the whole of the common-sense, iron willed, and in every way manly race, who are defending their native Valley. They are men of marrow, pith, and action. Fifty thousand suck, marched to Maryland, would free that State, and capture the whole Federal army of the Potomac.