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Alfred Roman, The military operations of General Beauregard in the war between the states, 1861 to 1865 103 27 Browse Search
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 57 9 Browse Search
General Joseph E. Johnston, Narrative of Military Operations During the Civil War 46 2 Browse Search
Jefferson Davis, The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government 40 4 Browse Search
Varina Davis, Jefferson Davis: Ex-President of the Confederate States of America, A Memoir by his Wife, Volume 2 40 2 Browse Search
Brigadier-General Ellison Capers, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 5, South Carolina (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 33 13 Browse Search
George P. Rowell and Company's American Newspaper Directory, containing accurate lists of all the newspapers and periodicals published in the United States and territories, and the dominion of Canada, and British Colonies of North America., together with a description of the towns and cities in which they are published. (ed. George P. Rowell and company) 28 0 Browse Search
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 3. 27 1 Browse Search
William Tecumseh Sherman, Memoirs of General William T. Sherman . 22 0 Browse Search
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: The Opening Battles. Volume 1. 22 0 Browse Search
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Browsing named entities in The Daily Dispatch: December 12, 1861., [Electronic resource]. You can also browse the collection for Charlotte (North Carolina, United States) or search for Charlotte (North Carolina, United States) in all documents.

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n a captaincy has been because my early training, habits of thought, and pursuits in life have not been such as to qualify me for such command. Unskilled as I am in the arts of war, I have felt at liberty to do no more than risk my own life in the pending conflict. I shrank instinctively at the beginning, and ever since, from the responsibility of risking the lives of others." How truly noble is this, how worthy of honor, of veneration, of universal imitation! Here we have, as our Charlotte contemporary well observes, an experienced statesman, possessed of a high order of intellect, and well acquainted with men and things, modestly declining any military office which would place the lives of others at his disposal, on the ground that he has not been trained to arms, and that he ought, therefore, to do no more than risk his own life in the pending conflict. How does this contrast with those possessed of not one-tenth the knowledge and qualifications of Gov. Brown, who seek fi
The Daily Dispatch: December 12, 1861., [Electronic resource], The 56th regiment Virginia volunteers. (search)
us, I will name the various officers connected with the regiment. Colonel W. D. Stuart, of Richmond; Lt. Col. P. Slaughter, of Orange; Major W E. Green, of Charlotte; Co. A, Capt. Boswell. Mecklenburg; Co. B, Capt. G W Davis, Mecklenburg; Co C. Capt. T. Smith, Loniss; Co. D. Capt. C Patterson, Rockingham; Co. E, Capt. Taylor, Brunswick; Co. F. Capt. J Richardson, Louisa; Co. G, Capt. Thomas D. Jeffress, Charlotte: Co. H. Capt. Michie, Albermarle; Co. J. Capt. J. Palmer, Charlotte; Co. K, Capt. D C. Harrison, Hanover, Marion Howard is Surgeon and Dr. Evans Assistant. B. B. Patterson is Quartermaster. R. C. Nicholas, Commissary, and F., B. Goode AdjutCharlotte; Co. K, Capt. D C. Harrison, Hanover, Marion Howard is Surgeon and Dr. Evans Assistant. B. B. Patterson is Quartermaster. R. C. Nicholas, Commissary, and F., B. Goode Adjutant. The companies are excellently armed and very well equipped and disciplined. I do not know definitely how long we will remain at this place. But little apprehension are now entertained of an invasion in this section.--Suffice it to say that if the myrmidons of Lincoln should attempt it they will be "welcomed with bloody
ing an assault upon Wm. W. Grey, was sent on for indictment, and required to give security in the sum of $300 to keep the peace. This difficulty occurred at the Theatre on Monday night. Stephen Page, charged with stealing a coat, valued at $15, from Charles Jenkins, was remanded for trial. Jere Conners, for threatening to shoot Francis J. Hyde, and to destroy his property, was required to give security to keep the peace. James H. Keyser, charged with firing a pistol in the streets, was remanded for indictment. Aun Leary, arrested for assaulting and beating a warrior named Wm. T. Grimes, was discharged from custody. Wm. Combs, free negro, received sentence of twenty lashes for stealing a jar of brandy peaches, wherewith to grace his Christmas board. The following cases were continued until to-day: James Staves, free negro, charged with assaulting Margaret Gwynn; and Charlotte, slave of Richard Reins, charged with stealing $70 from Elizabeth Schonforber.
Railroad accident. --A serious accident occurred on the North Carolina Railroad on Saturday night to the express train coming west. About two miles beyond Haw river, one of the axles of the tender broke and threw the train off the track. Four of the cars were badly damaged, but we learn that no bodily injury, was sustained by any one.--Charlotte (N. C. ) Democrat, 10th inst.