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The Daily Dispatch: December 17, 1862., [Electronic resource], The fighting in North Carolina. (search)
or the impatience of the Administration and the peril surrounding it. Besides, "it is not education or experience that makes Generals." "They are born, not made. " They have heard "mysterious voices," and have revelations denied to others. President Lincoln is a General. A short time since he gave McClellan the benefit of his counsel as a tactician, and within a day or two has volunteered the same advice to Burnside. Witness. "It is understood that the President has furnished a copy of hih McClellan failed to act — to General Burnside, for the consideration and guidance of that officer. The President has also read this letter to various parties, and it will no doubt be given to the public. It is a document which will elevate Mr. Lincoln in the esteem of all thoughtful men, and will show conclusively that he has not been content with the nominal position of Commander-in-Chief, but has studied the great principles underlying the conduct of military affairs." The New York T
The Daily Dispatch: December 17, 1862., [Electronic resource], The "Occupation" of Galveston. (search)
itt, reversed, the Union down — a signal of distress. But the most remarkable fact connected with the expedition was the endurance of the infantry troops. They marched on a bitter night over fifty miles, fought a splendid battle, captured twice their number, crossed the Cumberland river twice, and yet there was no complaints heard, and no straggling witnessed. Yesterday the twenty-one hundred Abolitionists captured in the engagement at Hartsville, on Sunday last, were brought to town and placed under guard in the Court-House square. They are a motley crew, of all nationalitier, from the nasal twanged Yankee to the guttural Dutchman of fresh importation. We saw but few really intelligent faces, and from these specimens, the new levies of Lincoln must be composed of the offscourings of the North. The prisoners belong to the 104th Illinois, 106th and 108th Ohio, and 2d Indiana regiments. We understand, also, that a company of the 11th Kentucky was found among the party.