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The Daily Dispatch: May 13, 1861., [Electronic resource], From Portsmouth (search)
quite a gathering of ladies, who were enjoying the gay scene and diffusing increased interest by their presence and The young man, Wrenn, from Norfolk, who was pierced by a bayonet, and whose misfortune mentioned yesterday, ? am happy to say is better to-day, and hopes are entertained of his recovery. He is attended by Dr. Tunstadiol Norfolk, a skillful and popular physician of that city. Eleven hundred soldiers from Alabama reached Norfolk yesterday I am told they came through Lynchburg. They are like the Georgians fine looking men. Yesterday evening H. Matthews, a worthy and peaceable citizen of the place, was shot in the head by Stephen Pace, who was subsequently arrested, The wound is not regarded dangerous. The affair will be examined into by the authorities. John L. Porter, formerly the Naval Constructor at Pensacola, but who relieved Mr. Peck the former incumbent here, has received telegram to repair to Montgomery. Mr. Porter a native of this city, and
The Daily Dispatch: May 13, 1861., [Electronic resource], Arrival of more troops. (search)
Arrival of more troops. --The Western trains yesterday brought in about eleven hundred troops from Mississippi--the whole composing the Eleventh Regiment of that State--under command of Col. Moore. The following companies compose the Regiment--Lamar Rifles, Capt. Green; University Grays, Capt. Lowrey; Van Dorn Reserves, Capt. Reynolds; Prairie Guards, Capt. Hairston; Prairie Rifles Capt. Williams; Coahoma Invincibles, Capt. Delany; Chickasaw Guards, Captain Tucker; Carroll Rifles, Capt. Williamson; Noxubee Rifles, Capt. Weir; Nishobee Riflemen, Capt. Franklin, and the Spartan Band, Capt. Mallard. They are all magnificent looking soldiers, and are well armed and equipped, several of the companies being armed with Colt's six-shooter Rifle and the Maynard Rifle. When passing through the streets they marched to the tune "Carry me Down to Lynchburg Town," and seemed to be highly elated that they had arrived on old Virginia's soil;--Lynchburg Repub., 11th.
The Daily Dispatch: May 13, 1861., [Electronic resource], Patriotic act. (search)
Patriotic act. --A donation in behalf of the Southern cause, of a large lot of provisions, was made by the two companies of the First Louisiana Regiment, who passed through Lynchburg Thursday morning. The gentleman in whose hands the provisions were placed, made sale of them, and the proceeds, a handsome amount, applied as directed.