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The Daily Dispatch: December 2, 1862., [Electronic resource], Latest Northern News. (search)
the 27th ult. The expansion of Gen. Banks was at Fortress Monroe on the 27th, and was to sall for its destination in a day . The Baltic is the flag-ship, and the number of men composing the expedition is stated at . It appears from the Northern papers that Fredericksburg movement was determined on the 13th ult., on the occasion of the visit of Halleck to Burnside, and that the consent of Lincoln was not obtained until the following Saturday. I dispatch from Offutt's Cross Roads, in Montgomery county, Md., dated the 28th, gives the following account of a Confederate dash: This morning at daylight a body of rebel cavalry, supposed to be sixty strong, entered Poolesville Messrs. Cherry and Sargeant, the Government telegraph operators stationed there, in bed them and permitted them to telegraph to Washington. This boldness of the has caused much excitement in this neighborhood. 1st coming battle at Nashville--the position of the Opposing forces--Gen. Rosencranz--his Inten
The Daily Dispatch: March 19, 1863., [Electronic resource], The cavalry engagement on the Upper Rappahannock. (search)
y Marshal Van Nostrand not to sell such pictures, and the sale of such pictures it hereby forbidden hereafter, unless by special permission of the military authorities. The Yankees at Yorktown. The following is an extract of a news letter from Yorktown, Va: The troops stationed here are under Major General E. D. Keves, commanding 4th Army Corps, and are well quartered in comfortable tents and huts, Among the number are some Pennsylvania militia, including the regiment from Montgomery county, (179th) The other day I witnessed this regiment on dress parade; they looked hale and hearty, and made a martial appearances. The 65th regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers (5th cavalry) Lt. -Col. Lewis commanding is stationed about six miles from this place. This regiment has done, and is still doing all the picket duty on the Peninsula guarding this important post. The country shows the effects of the war; not a sense is to be seen: almost every plantation is deserted, and nothi
The Daily Dispatch: March 19, 1863., [Electronic resource], The Yankees at Yorktown. (search)
The Yankees at Yorktown. The following is an extract of a news letter from Yorktown, Va: The troops stationed here are under Major General E. D. Keves, commanding 4th Army Corps, and are well quartered in comfortable tents and huts, Among the number are some Pennsylvania militia, including the regiment from Montgomery county, (179th) The other day I witnessed this regiment on dress parade; they looked hale and hearty, and made a martial appearances. The 65th regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers (5th cavalry) Lt. -Col. Lewis commanding is stationed about six miles from this place. This regiment has done, and is still doing all the picket duty on the Peninsula guarding this important post. The country shows the effects of the war; not a sense is to be seen: almost every plantation is deserted, and nothing but a few bricks show the spot once occupied by the mansions of the aristocratic F. F. V. s. those interesting specimens of presumption having field at the approach of o
The Daily Dispatch: April 23, 1863., [Electronic resource], "my Maryland" (search)
"my Maryland" --James Snowden Pleasants, a citizen of Montgomery county, Md., was tried by court martial at Poolesville, Md., for relieving the enemy with , and knowingly harboring and protecting them, found guilty, and sentenced to be hung. Lincoln commuted the sentence to imprisonment in Fort Delaware during the war.
The Daily Dispatch: May 12, 1863., [Electronic resource], Gen. Jackson. (search)
e removed a swivel from the Empire office, and also taken possession of two wagon loads of muskets, stored in the Light Guards' armory. Mr. Vallandigham was brought before the Court-Martial to-day for trial. He refused to plead to the charges which were read to him. The Court proceeded with the evidence, the publication of which is not allowed. The charges were based on his Mount Vernon speech. Mr. Vallandigham is at the Burnett House to-night, under a strong guard. Dayton and Montgomery county are placed under martial law. The total loss by the conflagration at Dayton was $39,000. Important from England — Exciting debate The Australasian, with Queenstown dates to the 26th, reached New York Wednesday. A spirited debate had occurred in both Houses of Parliament in regard to the seizure of British vessels by Federal cruisers. Mr. Roebuck was among the speakers in the House of Commons, and during his remark, used the following language: Another outrage has t
The Daily Dispatch: June 27, 1863., [Electronic resource], The St Louis Exiles. (search)
pplying spies and escaped prisoners with money, and in general aiding the enemy to the best of his abilities and opportunities. Dr. Gelding was proved disloyal; to have furnished money to escaped prisoners of war, and to have acted as rebel mail receiver and forwarder in St. Louis. Messrs. Clarke and Bourne, of Platte county, were the editors and proprietors of the Platte county Conservator, a rank treason sheet, which of course was suppressed. Messrs. Goran and Cope, of Montgomery county, signalized their faithfulness as good citizens by refusing to take the oath of allegiance presented for jurors. Mr. Rose, of Pike county, was shown to have been engaged in harboring, feeding, secreting and encouraging bush whackers. Mrs. Trusten Polk, of St. Louis, the wife of the rebel ex-Senator Trusten Polk, who is in the Southern army, was held to have repeatedly expressed sympathy for the rebel cause, indulging in treasonable correspondence, etc. It was thought the lady
The Daily Dispatch: July 4, 1863., [Electronic resource], Gen. Dix's Strategy. (search)
who may enlist for the emergency. A line of entrenchments will be commenced around the city of Philadelphia to morrow. The splendid bridge over the Susquehanna at Columbia, valued at $157,000, was burnt on the 28th, to keep the rebels out of the town. The rebels near Washington. The rebel cavalry are committing considerable depredations upon cattle and horses around Washington city, at Drainesville and Long Bridge. They have also made their appearance at numerous points in Montgomery county, Md., on Sunday and yesterday, seizing all of the finest horses to take the place of their jaded animals. Some few of them showed themselves as near Washington as Silver Spring, five miles from the city. They stopped the stage which connects with the railroad at Laurel, and took the horses. From Tennessee. The army of Rosecrans continues to advance at different gaps of mountains. His forces have had severe skirmishing with the enemy, in every case with success. The rebel
The Daily Dispatch: July 6, 1863., [Electronic resource], Later from the North. (search)
ivided among five hundred men, who may enlist for the emergency. A line of entrenchments will be commenced around the city of Philadelphia to morrow. The splendid bridge over the Susquehanna at Columbia, valued at $157,000, was burnt on the 28th, to keep the rebels out of the town. The rebel cavalry are committing considerable depredations upon cattle and horses around Washington city, at Drainesville and Long Bridge. They have also made their appearance at numerous points in Montgomery county, Md., on Sunday and yesterday, seizing all of the finest horses to take the place of their jaded animals. Some few of them showed themselves as near Washington as Silver Spring, five miles from the city. They stopped the stage which connects with the railroad at Laurel, and took the horses. The army of Rosecrans continues to advance at different gaps of mountains. His forces have had severe skirmishing with the enemy in every case with success. The rebel Gen. Cleburne is repo
The Daily Dispatch: July 10, 1863., [Electronic resource], Our army Correspondence. (search)
y created the wildest alarm in the Yankee dynasty. The militia were called out, the streets barricaded, the sale of fire arms was prohibited except under license, the stores closed, and the citizens forbidden to leave their nomes after 8 o'clock. Persons of Southern feeling were warned that any demonstration of sympathy for their cause would be followed by the severest penalties. On the Sunday previous, Stuart was reported by the Sun to have been within six miles of Washington city, in Montgomery Co., where he captured 1,200 mules, come 100 prisoners, and some arms. The same paper states that he levied a tax of $350,000 upon the city of York, giving twenty days time in which to pay. Some $10,000 had been collected by the citizens. The Sun, of the 2d given information that Pemberton attacked Grant at Vicksburg and defeated him, and that Grant endeavored to escape, when Johnston fell upon him and out his army to pieces. The Sun says that Banks has arrived at New Orleans from Por
The Daily Dispatch: August 28, 1863., [Electronic resource], Major General John B. Floyd. (search)
Major General John B. Floyd. --The painful news of the death of this distinguished officer and statesman was announced in this paper yesterday. He died at 6 A. M., on Wednesday, the 26th inst., the anniversary of the battle of Cross Lanes, in Nicholas county, the first of his Western Virginia campaign, in which the enemy was completely routed. He was born in Montgomery county, (in that part which is now Pulaski county,) in 1803, and was therefore in his 58th year. He graduated at Columbia College, South Carolina, in 1826, and was admitted to the bar in 1828. After a short residence at Helena, Ark., he returned to Virginia and settled in Abingdon, Washington county, where he died. He was elected to the House of Delegates in 1847, and again in 1849, in which year he was elected by the Legislature Governor of Virginia for the term expiring January 1st, 1853. In 55 he was again elected to the Legislature. In '56 he was a Presidential elector, and voted for James Buchanan, by w
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