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The Daily Dispatch: March 17, 1864., [Electronic resource], $300 reward. (search)
bellion. The New York Times has an editorial entitled "The Rebel Spirit, " in which among other things it says: "We are very sorry indeed that the opinion entertained for some time past by many excellent people, that the rebel army and Confederacy were so badly broken down that they would do no more fighting this Spring, or more forward, has not been sustained by our latest experiences. The rebels in their recent encounters, in different parts of the country, with our troops, under Gens Seymour, Sherman, Smith and Palmer, have fought with their usual obstinacy and pertinacity, and marched with their ordinary celerity. Their small detachments everywhere show fight, and their large armies stand their ground. The rebel backbone is undoubtedly in a frightful condition, and those unacquainted with morbid anatomy might easily imagine that it was quite impossible for the monster to stand erect. But he does stand, nevertheless, and it is wisest for us neither to ignore his vitality n
The Daily Dispatch: May 19, 1864., [Electronic resource], The battle of the Wilderness. (search)
g one, being rendered the more so by the dense woods through which his line runs. Lee's position is equally satisfactory. Last night Gordon, of Early's division, threw his brigade around an exposed point in the enemy's lines; and took Brig. Gens Seymour, of Queen Fond memory, and Shaler, and about 500 men prisoners Seymour admits that Grant has been whipped, and that the Federal army will continue to be whipped until their ports are closed and the troupes reduced to "parched corn and beansSeymour admits that Grant has been whipped, and that the Federal army will continue to be whipped until their ports are closed and the troupes reduced to "parched corn and beans like the rebels," He says Grant drinks too much liquor, and that the war on the part of the North is conducted as if it were a matter of frolic and compact. Our lines were withdrawn a few hundred yards last night, and from the enemy's immediate front, for the purpose of improving their position. Not understanding exactly what the movement meant, Grant advanced with heavy force this morning at half-past 10 o'clock, but he seen discovered where the Confederate troops were, He was dri
The Daily Dispatch: June 15, 1864., [Electronic resource], The Department of Richmond. (search)
Parker's Store, on plank road, eight miles from Chancellorsville. Result, three corps and two divisions of Yankees repulsed--Generals Jems and Stafford killed. Pegram wounded. Friday, May 6.--Place, near Wilderness. Yankee right and left wings turned. Longstreet wounded; Jeanings and Jenkins killed; also, Wadsworth, on Federal side. The Yankees pushed back to Chancellorsville. Saturday, May 7.--Place, Germania Ford road. Gen Gordon, of Ga, turned enemy's right, and captured Gens Seymour and Shuler. Enemy abandoned Germania road and removed pontoons to Eley's ford. Sunday, May 8.--Enemy swung round. Lee morning on their right flank Fight at Spotsylvania ll; the 5th army corps and two divisions of cavalry against Gen R H. Anderson. Enemy repulsed with heavy slaughter and driven from the Court House, which they vainly endeavored to retake. Monday, May 9--At evening a large body of the enemy moved around our left and look possession of the road midway between Sh