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The Daily Dispatch: may 22, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 3 (search)
Correspondence of the Richmond Dispatch.patriotism in Halifax — Military companies — the ladies. Halifax Co., Va., May 20, 1861. Halifax was one of the first counties in Virginia that desired to throw off the chains that bound her State to Abolition dominion, when they were called disunionist and precipitators. The first Secession flag raised in the States was at Mount Laurel, Halifax, over the dwelling of the Professor of the Academy of that place. One of the first companies offered to our Governor, after the secession of Virginia, was from our midst. Though weeping mothers, sisters and wives were left behind, they were not heeded when the desire to defend their country became their first object. Nine companies have been organized in the county, which shows that her sons are of the "right stamp." her daughters being denied the pleasure of fighting the Yankees, but desirous to show their patriotism in some way, have wielded their needles, instead of the sword.--They