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The Daily Dispatch: July 12, 1862., [Electronic resource], article 4 (search)
— a town shelled. The Petersburg Express of yesterday states that passengers who arrived from Weldon Thursday afternoon brought the important intelligence that Hamilton a thriving village on the Roy shelling Hamilton, and as the Roanoke river is quite high they would probably attempt to reach Weldon. We are informed, however, that the water is not so high as to allow them to come up as far as Weldon, unless they sign under four feet water. The people about Weldon are much excited about this state of affairs and the militia have been called out for purposes of defence. Hamilton is a tWeldon are much excited about this state of affairs and the militia have been called out for purposes of defence. Hamilton is a thriving village of Martin county, on the right bank of the Roanoke river, about ten miles east of Raleigh, and 45 miles from Weldon. It is at the head of navigation for and is noted for the activWeldon. It is at the head of navigation for and is noted for the activity of its in oppress lumber. The Express says all is quiet on James River.-- in that paper, written from Prince George county, July 9th, says: This morning, looking from the bluff and shor
The Daily Dispatch: July 12, 1862., [Electronic resource], Arrival of Union troops. (search)
nside. It will be remembered that this commander some few weeks since visited the Peninsula and held a conference with McClellan, with the object, it was conjectured, of co-operating in the "on to Richmond" movement. The desperate straits to which the "Army of the Potomac" has since been reduced have foiled the plans to ingeniously laid down, and Burnside now seeks to cheer up the drooping spirits of Yankeedom by shelling defenceless towns in North Carolina. Viewed as a demonstration upon Weldon, an important point in our railway connections with the South, this movement may cause some apprehension in the public mind. We are not prepared to say what measures have been taken to prevent the accomplishment of such a scheme, but our information assures us that the necessary preparations for the emergency have not been neglected. If the Yankees are going up Roanoke river in search of "Union sentiment." they will return disappointed, and the expedition will have no other effect than to