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Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 2. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.) 84 0 Browse Search
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Regimental Histories 54 8 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events, Diary from December 17, 1860 - April 30, 1864 (ed. Frank Moore) 41 5 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 6. (ed. Frank Moore) 36 0 Browse Search
George Meade, The Life and Letters of George Gordon Meade, Major-General United States Army (ed. George Gordon Meade) 36 0 Browse Search
Elias Nason, McClellan's Own Story: the war for the union, the soldiers who fought it, the civilians who directed it, and his relations to them. 36 0 Browse Search
Maj. Jed. Hotchkiss, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 3, Virginia (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 32 0 Browse Search
James Barnes, author of David G. Farragut, Naval Actions of 1812, Yank ee Ships and Yankee Sailors, Commodore Bainbridge , The Blockaders, and other naval and historical works, The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 6: The Navy. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller) 24 2 Browse Search
The Daily Dispatch: June 11, 1861., [Electronic resource] 22 0 Browse Search
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 2. 20 0 Browse Search
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Correspondence of the Richmond Dispatch.look out for spies. Fredericksburg, June 5th, 1861. Though I am not in the habit of writing for newspapers, I feel it my duty, as a Southern man, to make known, through you, some facts which you and others may think important. I am, you see, near our border, and hence have opportunity to see and hear much. I go to Aquia Creek two or three times a week, marking closely men and things. Yesterday morning I went over, as usual, and after arriving there, a fellow who came down in the same train with myself stepped up and inquired of me the number of men at the batteries, and several other questions of the same character. Discovering at once that he had a Northern tongue, I gave him such answers as I thought a Southern gentleman should give a Northern vandal, for such I at once regarded him. I soon discovered him and two others, out in the swamp near the point, pretending that they were looking for pieces of shell. I inquired of several
re a sword and pistol, and is said to be as well drilled as any man in the company, and handles the musket with perfect ease, and in addition to these accomplishments, so necessary for the soldier, she is a female physician, and in this capacity she will doubtless render efficient aid to the company of which she is a bond fide member. Heavy cannonading was heard here yesterday afternoon in the direction of Fredericksburg, from which we infer that another engagement has taken place at Aquia Creek.--During the previous battles there the cannon aiding was distinctly heard all throughout this section. A serious accident occurred on last Sunday with the eastward-bound train on the East Tennessee and Virginia Railroad, with Col. Vaughn's Regiment on board. It appears, from what can be learned, that one of the trucks broke down, which was the cause of throwing three or four cars from the track, containing soldiers. Capt. Morelock's command were the greatest sufferers, the Captain
An official negro minstrel. --Lieut. Pendergrass, of the Seventy-first Regiment of New York, who with twenty-two of his men worked one of the guns of the Anacosta, on the occasion of the recent attack upon Aquia Creek, is a member of Bryant's band of negro minstrels. He is also the proprietor of a New York "rum mill" and gambling hell — the headquarters of John C. Heenan, the Benicia Boy, and the bristle-headed fraternity of fighters generally. He is a little man with a very large voice, a pock marked face, and never more in his element than under a nigger wig, and a physiognomy of burnt cork, dangling away his part in a minstrel performance, upon a triangle.--Such is the "elite" of the New York Seventy-first.
n his position, but does not expect it. The statement in a city paper that the Government believes that there will be no pitched battle for a long time, is doubtless based upon a knowledge of the power of the Confederates to concentrate a very large force in front. The remark is attributed to General Scott, that he wants to get the troops thoroughly prepared for campaigning, and hence the impatience of politicians, who desire to precipitate military demonstrations, of the effect of which nothing but disaster could be predicted. It is said that Gen. Scott declined to furnish a force to make a land attack on the batteries at Aquia Creek, stating that it was easy to reinforce that position from Richmond, and that he had never yet lost a detachment.--That batteries have not been built more generally on the south bank of the Potomac is solely attributable to the fact of the wretched condition of the roads there, and the absence of proper means for the transport of great guns.
The fight at Aquia Creek.a highly colored Narrative. The following description of the second engagement at Aquia Creek we copy from a Northern paper. It purports to be from an eye-witness. The only fault that can be found with it is that it is totally untrue, so far as the effect of the fire from the steamers is concerned: Nearer and nearer the vessels approached, till the batteries were plainly distinguished by the naked eye, and the secession flag was seen flaunting in the breeze.Aquia Creek we copy from a Northern paper. It purports to be from an eye-witness. The only fault that can be found with it is that it is totally untrue, so far as the effect of the fire from the steamers is concerned: Nearer and nearer the vessels approached, till the batteries were plainly distinguished by the naked eye, and the secession flag was seen flaunting in the breeze. But what is that brown spot on the summit of a hill, that contrasts so strongly with the surrounding green? Glasses are eagerly directed towards the suspicious-looking spot, and it is soon discovered to be a sand battery. Some of our officers thought they could see the guns, in which impression I shared. Certainly the works swarmed with men, and one man was distinctly seen going through the motions of using a pickaxe, or some such implement. Captain Ward now signalled the Anacostia to