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The Daily Dispatch: September 2, 1861., [Electronic resource], Moral epidemics. (search)
ve of the party were made prisoners. The other five managed to reach the main picket at the cross roads in safety. The assaulting party crept upon the guard, under cover of thick woods on one side and a cornfield on the other, by which they were completely concealed until the moment they precipitated themselves upon the picket. As soon as intelligence of the attack reached Captain Dennett, he started with the main guard to the relief of his men, but was very soon overtaken by Captain Allison, of the same regiment, the brigade officer of the day, who was on his way with another company of the Thirty-eighth New York Volunteers to relieve Captain Dennett's Guard. Upon consultation as to the expediency of attempting to dislodge the enemy from the hill, it was concluded to be unadvisable, on account of the great disparity in number. The Union force, being not more than one-seventh that of the enemy, who were also provided with cavalry and one piece of artillery, was withdrawn,
The Daily Dispatch: March 20, 1862., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
People determined to be free can never be conquered. To the Editors of the Dispatch: Thinking a brief account of the heroic exertions, indomitable skill; and final triumph of Frederick of Prussia, may be with advantage laid before our people at this time, and help to encourage us all in the unequal contest, I send you the following short summary drawn from "Allison's Life of Marlborough:" "Prussia was now threatened by the most formidable confederacy ever yet in modern times directed against a single State. Austria, Russia, France, Sweden, and Saxony, united in alliance to partition the Prussian territories. These allies had ninety millions of men in their dominions, and with ease could bring four hundred thousand to the field. Prussia had only six millions, who were strained to the utmost to array an army of one hundred and twenty thousand. Even with the aid of England and Hanover, not more than fifty thousand auxiliaries could be relied on. Prussia had neither s
The Daily Dispatch: April 25, 1862., [Electronic resource], From the South. (search)
nson, and a pillaging party of the enemy. We copy the main portion: On Sunday, the 12th inst., Col. Robinson set out in quest of the enemy, who, he learned, was perpetrating the most wanton and heartless excesses in Jones and Onslow counties. His command consisted of the following companies and parts of companies:--Capt. Bryant, 50 men; Capt. Strange, 50 men; Capt. Turner, 50 men; a detachment of Capt. Cole's, 15 men, Lieut. King commanding; a detachment of Capt. Andrew's, 15 men, Lt. Allison commanding, a detachment of Capt. Thomas's, 52 men, Orderly Sergeant Winsted commanding, and four men of Capt. Hays's company — the entire command consisting of about two hundred and six men. The expedition started from a point which need not be mentioned, and proceeded in the direction which promised the greatest certainty of meeting with the enemy. When or how they came upon his tracks, is a matter of indifference, but those tracks were marked with desolation, and terror, and theft, an
The Daily Dispatch: June 6, 1862., [Electronic resource], article 16 (search)
Company F, Captain Lee.--Killed: Privates James Farney and G W Wooky. Wounded: Captain J E Lee, slightly; Lieut J O nattlebaum, severely; Sergeants W L Steedman, J Wathins; Corp Shealy, in thigh; Corp W M Jackson, severely; privates Atkinson, in leg; Allman, severely; Broyden, mortally; D. F Berr, severely; H H Jackson, mortally; J A Miller, in thigh; N B Steedman, slightly. Company G. Capt. J N Withers.--Lieut J W Carroll, Lieut Jas Black, Sergt G H O Farrall, privates J A Adams, D M Allison, D H Carroll, W F Dye, W K Hackot, Robt McCaw, H R Neal, Jas Wood, R R Robinson. O P Barron, W A Fewet, W W East, G T Hall, John Kersey, severely; Sergt J M Adams, Corp G L McElwee, privates J J Coward, D M Hope, F Jeffreys, C C Roberts, W E Rose, T C Williams, J S K Sims, slightly. Missing: H Surratt. Company H, Captain Martin.--Wounded: Lieut J J Brown, slightly; Serg't T C Brown slightly; Corp'l B T Martin, slightly; privates D Cash, A J Gee, Jas T Paris, slightly; Missing: T W Ma
The Daily Dispatch: June 7, 1862., [Electronic resource], article 16 (search)
er, James Saunders. Wounded: Lieuts J D McConnel and Wm Crosby, Sergt J T McKnight, Corporals M S Lindsey and F H Mullinux, privates W A Allen, J T Burris, W Brown, J A Brannon, W Carter, J T Collins, A Coln, J M Grant, A J Hood, J D Humphries, G W Hancock, W N Hardin, A J Hyndman, L Jones, W D Johnston, J M Kirkpatrick, R T Morrow, J E McKnight, A Melton J E Niel, J A Saunders. Company F, Capt Jonathan Fitchett.--Killed: Privates John Turney, J A Clenton, W A Moore. Wounded: O S H J Allison, Sergt J A Bell, privates J C Parris, F H Lynn, E R Johnston, S J Harver, Wm Whitager, J H Yearwood, S A Smith, W J Fewell, John J Gasaway, R J Wilson, C H Mintz, Curtis Parrot, Joseph Murphy. Company H, Capt J B Stedman.--Killed: Lt E J McKissick, privates John Mayes, John H Gailman, John Reaves. Wounded: Serg'ts J E Lindsey, R N Dunlop Corp'l G Puckett, R Foster, R T Harmon, S Mosely, privates J C Davis, W H Gautt, J Gregory, S Gregory, L McDaniel Jos Millwood, R J Vaughan, J C Vin
The Daily Dispatch: June 9, 1862., [Electronic resource], article 4 (search)
wick, W U Jones. Company G, Capt Shepherd, commanding — Killed: Private J T Rice, Wounded: B F Sullivan, slightly; W H Davis, shoulder, slight; A J Foster, thigh; W H Robbins, jaw; W H Sullivan, slight; P B Young, slight; N J Quesenberry, slight; G M Huddiston, slight;--Edwards, slight; B F Curry, chin Wounded and missing; C J Simmons, in leg; E Edwards, L C Hutchins. Company H, Capt W H Williamson, commanding — Killed: Private Thomas E Buford. Wounded: Lt R P Doak, thigh: Lt And Allison, hip, slight, Sergt S D Major, head, slight; Corp'l G A Thompson, do, do; Privates Richard Beard, both legs; Jos P Beard, leg, severe, missing; D D Hamilton, head; Samuel Harlin, neck and Jew, severe; Welboth Morriss, hand; Henry W Manson, arm and hand; James Patton, neck, slight; James E Stration, hip, severe; Robt R Taylor, side and leg, severe; Robert Wormack, side, slight; John Reeves, slight; Henry Blair, slight; Thos J Holloway, slight. Company I--Killed: P M Etherly, A McClain,
The Daily Dispatch: August 11, 1862., [Electronic resource], Later from the North. (search)
s well as men were not allowed to utter a word in condemnation of the Yankee Government or the Yankee hirelings in Accomac. Execution of a guerrilla.[from the Leavenworth (Kansas) Conservative, July 29.] Jeremiah Hoy, one of the Quantrell guerrillas, was shot at the fort yesterday morning, having been found guilty by the Military Commission of treason and murder. It was proved that Hoy was a member of Quantrell's guerrilla band; that he was accessory to and guilty of the murder of Allison, a citizen of Missouri, and of a United States soldier of Major Banzhaff's command, on the 20th of March, at Blue Bridge Crossing, Jackson county, Mo; also, of burning said bridge; also, of treasonable acts in levying war against the United States. Financial. New York, Monday, August 4--6 P. M. --To- day's bank statement compares as follows with that of last Monday: Week endingLoans.Specie. July 26$149,768,293$33,064,609 August 2150,517,84434,022,490 Increase
The Daily Dispatch: January 8, 1863., [Electronic resource], Message of Governor Letcher. (search)
A visit to the battle fields around Richmond. --On Tuesday a thorough survey of the various battle fields around Richmond was made by Col. Wm. Lestle, M. P., and the Marquis of Hartington, (son of the Duke of Devonshore) in company with Judge John A. Meredith, of the Circuit Court; Maj. Allison, C. S. A., and Gen. George W. Randolph, late Secretary of War. The party spent the day in making observations. The English portion of the party, on their return home, will be enabled to make a report from their own observation of the apparent impregnability of the Yankee fortifications and the determined resolution and valor that was required to overcome them.
The Daily Dispatch: January 20, 1863., [Electronic resource], From Fredericksburg (search)
, and the larger part of the Carthaginian army was concealed among the woods of the hills that enclose the lake at Thrasymans. But the ground the cavalry noted on appears to have been clear and unobstructed in every instance. So it was at Marengo, which is a vast plain, where, by the by, it is still a subject of dispute whether the charge of Kellerman or the arrival of Dessix decided the victory. Bourienne (who descried and betrayed Napoleon) and Kellerman himself assort the former. Allison follows them, because he thinks it detracts from the fame of Napoleon, Napoleon himself, Savary, and Thiers, as sort the latter. The battle was fought under the expectation that Dessix would arrive in time to decide it, and be did so. So it was at Austerlitz, where the country was all cleared, and nothing existed to break a charge of cavalry. The far famed "heights of Pretzer" are very moderate hills, the country back of them being a clear plateau, as level as a bowling green. Where the
The Daily Dispatch: July 22, 1863., [Electronic resource], The rumored resignation of Earl Russell. (search)
to absolute credit, it does not appear altogether so improbable as it does at the first glance. The ministry were defeated by a large majority, on a local question, but a few weeks ago, and although that question was not of a character to call for the resignation of the entire Cabinet, yet it might possibly afford Lord John, were he so disposed, an opportunity to boll, according to his well known custom, whenever he is pushed more closely than he finds either agreeable or convenient. Allison tells us that the ostensible is hardly ever the real cause of a ministerial resignation. Lord Russell may, therefore, have seized upon the pretext of this majority against the ministry, whereas his real motive may have been the impossibility of agreeing with Lord Palmerston with regard to the French proposition. We are speaking conjecturally only. It is well known that Lord Palmerston has been, at all times, the steady and persistent friend of the Emperor Napoleon--that to him more t
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