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The Daily Dispatch: May 24, 1861., [Electronic resource], King William Co., May 20, 1861. (search)
has unfolded it, and it now floats as it should. He hoped the same breeze was now spreading out our glorious flag all over the nation. This expression met with a general and enthusiastic response from the delighted multitude. Postmaster General Blair, in behalf of the officers and clerks of the Department, thanked the assemblage for their presence. As the President had said, it seemed for a time that the affections of the people for the flag had gone in one section, but this was a gnspirators against their freedom. [A voice--"Hang every one of them."] After further remarks he added: Disarm these conspirators, and these Southern men, like you, will echo your voices in enthusiasm to the Stars and Stripes. As Mr. Blair concluded, he was warmly applauded by the multitude. Secretary Seward responded to the impatient and oft-repeated calls for him, saying: Fellow-Citizens:--You here have known well the statesmen and orators of some of the Southern Sta
The Daily Dispatch: May 24, 1861., [Electronic resource], Stop the Runaway (search)
Headquarters Virginia Forces.Richmond, Va., May 22, 1861. Special Orders, No. 9. I. Colonel Wm. B. Blair, of the Provisional Army of Virginia, is announced to the troops serving in the State as Commissary General of Subsistence of the Virginia Forces. All officers doing duty in that department within the limits of the State, are directed to report to him, by letter, without delay, their stations and the nature of the orders under which they are acting. II. The following Act of the Congress of the Confederate States, in relation to the clothing of Volunteers, having been adopted, as far as applicable by the Governor and Council of the State, as the rule for the government of the Virginia Forces, is published for the information of all concerned, viz: "Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That said volunteers shall furnish their own clothes, and, if mounted men, their own horses and horse equipments; and when mustered into service, shall be armed by the States from w