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The Daily Dispatch: August 27, 1861., [Electronic resource], A Sensible servant. (search)
te Sheriff, and we must confess our utter surprise at his arrest. A more innocent, harmless man we scarcely knew." Mr. Smith has since been released by the order of the authorities at Washington. Major General M'Clellan's staff. The following order is the first issued by General McClellan since taking command of his new department: Headquarters army of the Potomac, Washington, August 20, 1861. General Orders No. 1.--In accordance with general order No. 15, of August 17, 1861, from the headquarters of the army, I hereby assume the command of the Potomac, comprising the troops serving in the former departments of Washington and Northeastern Virginia, in the valley of the Shenandoah, and in the States of Maryland and Delaware. The organization of the command into divisions and brigades will be announced hereafter. The following named officers are attached to the general staff of the army of the Potomac: Major S. Williams, Assistant Adjutant-General;
The Daily Dispatch: August 28, 1861., [Electronic resource], Crinoline. (search)
inevitable. Aware that my advice, as well as my motives, may be liable to misconstruction, I would still most respectfully recommend to my friends the propriety of abstaining from all further opposition or resistance to the Confederate authorities, or the action of our own State; and should this be done, although I have no authority to speak for them, I am satisfied that no military power will be exerted among us, except such as may be indispensably necessary to retain military possession of East Tennessee. And to those of our citizens who have gone beyond the limits of the State, either though fear or the purpose of arming themselves to resist a course of action which is disavowed in Gen. Polk's letter, I think I can safely say, without arrogance, that from the course which was adopted-towards me, they would risk nothing by returning to the State and submitting to a result which they have in vain endeavored to prevent. Thos. A. R. Nelson. Knoxville Tenn., 17th Aug., 1861.
The Daily Dispatch: April 20, 1863., [Electronic resource], The prisoners in Fort Lafayette. (search)
The prisoners in Fort Lafayette. A letter from Fort Lafayette says that the crew and passengers of the blockade-running steamer Huntress, which was burnt off Charleston bar a few weeks since, are now confined in that prison. They are eleven in number, and were picked up at sea after escaping from the burning ship. Among the passengers are Thomas Steers, of Va, a passenger, and W. A. Beeson, of Va, a sailor. Among the other prisoners in the fort are John Hopkins, jr, of Va, who has been confined there ever since he resigned his post in the U. S. Navy, August 17th, 1861; Maj. Reid Saunders, of Ky; Col. Zarvons, of Md., (in solitary confinement;) Gen. Williamson, Maryland; Col. Andrew Talcott, of the city of Mexico; Chas Dayrers, of Tampico, Mexico; and Capt D. B. Vincent, of Charleston, S. C.
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