Browsing named entities in The Daily Dispatch: June 27, 1864., [Electronic resource]. You can also browse the collection for Rawdon or search for Rawdon in all documents.

Your search returned 1 result in 1 document section:

The Daily Dispatch: June 27, 1864., [Electronic resource], Loss of officers. (search)
y placing Confederate prisoners in his works, under the fire of our batteries. We have no occasion to fire on his works. All we want is to stop his dastardly war upon our women and children by making his comrades participate in the danger. In this policy we hope our Government will persevere, not only at Charleston, but everywhere else, wherever a defenseless town, the destruction of which can have no effect upon the issue of military operations, may be subjected to the Yankee fire. When Rawdon hung Hayne, in the old Revolution, every officer in Greene's army went forward and requested the General to retaliate, declaring their own readiness to undergo every risk that might arise from the act. We are sure that our own officers would, without a moment's hesitation, agree to encounter any danger that might arise from an attempt to put an end to the infernal system which has been adopted by the Yankees with respect to Charleston. At any rate, we hope our Government will stand firm, an