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The Daily Dispatch: February 27, 1862., [Electronic resource] 4 0 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 4. (ed. Frank Moore) 2 0 Browse Search
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tter. The casualties were as follows: Killed. Capt. O. Jennings Wise, 46th Va.; shot in several places. Capt. Coles, Company I, 46th Va.; shot in breast. Lieut. William B. Selden, C. S. A.; shot in head. Lieut. Neill T. Monroe, Company E, 8th N. C.; shot in breast, James D. Horn, 8th N. C. Corporal Lane, 8th N. C. R. W. Cameron, 8th N. C. Thos. P. Mulleneaux, 2d N. C. Johnston Williams, 2d N. C. Serg't John H. Talley, 2d N. C. S. J. Claiborne, 2d N. C. Alfred B. Scott, 2d N. C. John S. Turpin, 2d N. C. Wm. Bennett, 46th Va. Wm. Wilson, N. C. State Guards. Chas Bailey, N. C. State Guards. Total killed....16 Wounded. Fifty-ninth Virginia.--Lt. Walker, slight, in the leg; Geo. Collin, severe, in elbow; Thos. Robbins, Co. B, severe, in knee; William David, severe, in thigh and abdomen; John Ray, flesh wound, in hand; Lt. Edgar Miller, slight, in shoulder; John Lawson, in arm; Jas. A. Snell, in arm; Dennis Cussick, finger shot off; Jo
of that excitable people, and, unless Seward can manage soon to clip McClellan's pinions, he will find that he has been hatching a formidable competitor of himself for the imperial purple. We should not be surprised if the divers little intrigues to oust McClellan from his seat, and the subtle suggestion that he should divide the military authority with two or three other Generals, had their origin in the crafty schemes of Seward. Not having the personal courage to proceed, like Louis Napoleon, to the field, and prevent his Generals from a monopoly of gunpowder, he is seeking to play off one against another, so that each can neutralize the other's pretensions. If Mr. McClellan does not look well to his seat, he will find that one Fort Donelson cannot keep him in the saddle. Such a poor old failure as Scott never excited any apprehension in Seward; but a man who wins a battle, even if it be by odds of sight to one, will achieve a formidable popularity with the Northern multitude.