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The Daily Dispatch: May 18, 1863., [Electronic resource], Latest from the North. (search)
ire whether the rebellion was caused by slavery or abolitionism, by ambition or interference with State rights. Our duties are with the events of the hour, and we must render the Administration a cordial and energetic support, as it is the only agency through which the will of the people can be legally and properly executed." From Port Royal, on the 6th, the Yankees are advised that all their iron clads had left for North Edisto, and their troops were entrenching themselves on Folly, Seabrook's, and Coles's Islands. An official report of Col. Kilpatrick's share in the Stoneman raid is published, dated from Yorktown, May 8th. The following is an extract: Yorktown, Va., May 8th. Major-General H. W. Halleck, Commander-in-Chief U. S. A.: General: I have the honor to report that, by direction from Maj-Gen. Stoneman, I left Louisa Court-House on the morning of the 3d inst., with one regiment, (the Harris Light Cavalry,) of my brigade; reached Hungary, on the Frederic
The Daily Dispatch: May 18, 1863., [Electronic resource], Affairs at charleston. (search)
d nights a very large and formidable battery has been erected by the enemy on Folly Island to bear upon the southern portion of Morris Island, and in full view of Fort Sumter the Yankee sentinel is seen steadily pacing to and fro on his post. An entrenched camp has been made lower down on Folly Island, and unmistakable preparations are evidently progressing. The abandonment of Cole's Island spring before last, and the difficulties of access on our part, enable the foe to proceed. At Seabrook's Island, North Edisto, there are also indications of earnest efforts to make a safe basis. A force of several regiments has been and is now at work, while five iron-clad gunboats and a number of transports lie in the stream. Some seventy transports are still waiting in Broad river, and the outposts of the enemy in Gen. Walker's District have recently been doubled in strength. In view of these appearances it becomes us to prepare vigorously to resist another demonstration before the heat