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The Daily Dispatch: November 4, 1861., [Electronic resource], A Sad accident. (search)
The "Banner with a strange Device." --A good joke about the Richmond ladies is told by "Dixie," in the columns of the Memphis Appeal, which, though never before published, was ventilated quite extensively in this section not very long ago. An order was received from the Army of the Potomac for seventy-five regimental flags of an entirely new and "strange device." They were to be made and forwarded to Manassas in forty-eight hours. The whole matter was to be kept a profound secret. So the making of the flags was entrusted to seventy-five ladies, who were expected to hold their seventy-five little tongues for the space of two days and nights at the least. It need scarcely be added that the fact, and the pattern of the banner, and the short time in which the order was to be filled — in brief, all about it, was known to everybody the next morning. The ladies of Richmond are zealous and patriotic, but does Gen. Johnston expect them to perform. impossibilities ?
The Daily Dispatch: November 4, 1861., [Electronic resource], From camp Bartow. (search)
d adjourn sine die Perfect your little before you improve your land. Drive invaders from Virginia's sacred soil before you annoy people with amendments to the judiciary, and other departments of the Government. Lieut Col. Jonathan M. Heck, captured by the enemy at Rich Mountain, and now a prisoner on parole, came to camp the day before the election and secured the entire vote of the Monongalians here assembled, to wit, just four o test--of course he is elected. Charles W. Russell and Robert Johnston. Esqrs, being already members of the Confederate Congress, will be re-elected by the army, though I understand both have opponents. Preparations are making to winter troops here. Already it is so cold as to require several blankets to keep a man moderately comfortable. The health of the army is improving. The Leesburg victory gave us joy. May God grant success to the righteous cause of the defenders of their homes and hearths. Soldier. P. S.--The prisoners say the
The Daily Dispatch: November 4, 1861., [Electronic resource], of Thason in New York (search)
t forty or fifty. The Federals would have been attacked and driven their position the next morning, had they not retreated across the river during the fight. This is a correct statement of an of which we have already given the version. The victory of the previous day (the 21st) was announced to the Army by Gen. John as follows: Headquarters Army of the Potomac, Centreville, Va., Oct. 22, 1861. Orders No. 47. The Commanding General announces to the with great satisfaction, a brilliant success achieved yesterday, near Leesburg, by the and his Brigade. After a contest lasting from early morning this Brigade routed and drove back Maryland a very large Federal force, during six cannon and 657 prisoners, and command wounding a large number. The skill and courage with which this victory has been achieved enmities Col. Evans Brigade of the 1st Corps to the of the Army. By command of Gen. Johnston. [Signed] Thos. G. Ruett, A. A. General.
The Daily Dispatch: November 4, 1861., [Electronic resource], Excitement in Knoxville. (search)
early ceased, only an occasional stray shot from persons posted in the trees to pick off the officers. At this juncture, a person, wearing a gray jacket and blue pants appeared, riding a dark brown horse, and beckoned with his hand to the Union forces, saying, "We are friends; come this way, boys." Firing instantly ceased for two minutes, Gen. Baker and the Assistant Adjutant General saying, "Cease firing; you are shooting your own men." The next moment Gen. Baker said, "Soldiers, there is Johnston on the left; give them a volley." By this time the enemy had flanked us on the left. The Adjutant General inquired "Who are you?" addressing his inquiry to the flanking party. He was answered, "We are Confederates, you Yankee sons of b — s."This confusion arose from the fact that Gen. Baker had posted Company A as a skirmishing party on the left. The order was then given to charge, and the Unionists pressed into the woods on the left, but they met an overpowering force and fell back