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The Daily Dispatch: April 28, 1864., [Electronic resource], Yankee rule in Plymouth. (search)
Yankee rule in Plymouth. The following orders are copies of hand-bills posted in the town of Plymouth. It will be seen that Brig. Gen. Wessels is a model after Lincoln's own heart, and undertook to "run the churches" and the schools besides. As we find the names of the General and the Provost Marshal, and the A. A., G.'s orovost Marshal, will institute careful inquiries, and report such families as neglect to avail themselves of the advantages thus offered. By command of Brig. Gen. H. W. Wessels, Andrew Stewart, Assistant Adjutant General. Plymouth, N. C., April 14th, 1864. And this is the order for running the churches: Noticee churches during the performance of Divine service, and by the practice of spitting on the floor is excessive, and it is hoped that these evils will be corrected without the necessity of individual reproof. By order of Brig. Gen. H. W. Wessels, D. F. Beegle, Lieut, A. D. C. & A. A. A. G. Plymouth, N. C, April 11th, 1864.
The Daily Dispatch: April 28, 1864., [Electronic resource], The news. (search)
New York papers, of Friday last, have been received. Their intelligence is not important: The attack on Plymouth, N. C.--the result not known--Gen. Wessels not surprised — the town Considered Safe. The Boston Traveller has the following telegram from Washington, dated the 20th instant: The following account of the recent attack on Plymouth, N. C., may be relied on: On Sunday last a large body of rebels moved down the Roanoke river upon Plymouth, accompanied by a flotilla he enemy attacked him three times and were repelled with loss on each occasion. The Bombshell, Union gunboat, which was in communication with him, was fired on as she brought down his last dispatch to Plymouth, and had three men wounded. Gen. Wessels, an experienced officer, is in command at Plymouth. He was not taken by surprise, having been-informed of the probable attack for some days, and with Gen. Peck, the commander of that department, having taken measures to resist it. He had sent