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The Daily Dispatch: may 29, 1861., [Electronic resource], Pensacola to be Stormed. (search)
Correspondence of the Richmond Dispatch.Doings at Harper's Ferry. Harper's Ferry, Va. May 23, 1861. The election passed off quietly, and the "Ratification of the Ordinance of Secession," if I am to judge by the vote here, will have a majority of about one hundred thousand in Virginia. In truth, there were only a few Union votes cast, as I could only hear of two or three votes of that kind. The vote on the Ordinance was commenced yesterday. This was a precautionary step by which a vo bacon, rice, beans, capital bread, coffee, sugar, salt, vinegar, and such etceteras as will make up a good fare. If our boys can't whip Abraham's lank Yankees, it would be a wonder. There are not enough men in and around Washington to take Harper's Ferry. Well-fed, well-clothed, and lively as our men are, we can present at this post the best soldiery in the world. Hon. Jere, Morton, of Virginia, and Col. Preston, of South Carolina, have arrived here, and now act as aids and advisers to
The Daily Dispatch: may 29, 1861., [Electronic resource], How the Southerners Treat prisoners of war. (search)
Gen. Joseph E. Johnston. As this distinguished officer is now in command at Harper's Ferry, a brief sketch of his career will be interesting to the public. He is the son of the late Judge Peter Johnston, formerly of Prince Edward, afterwards of Abingdon. During the Revolution, Peter Johnston, at the early age of sixteen, lanent commission, and as the army is his profession, he has accepted the commission tendered by President Davis, and been assigned to the important command at Harper's Ferry. Familiar with every branch of the service, and with all the science, learning and history of his profession, having seen hard service and smelt villainous gunpowder, the country may repose in the confident belief that its cause is in safe, competent and skillful hands at Harper's Ferry. Of the four officers named for the Brigadiership by Gen. Scott in 1860, three have resigned, being Southerners, two of them being Virginians. Gen. Albert S. Johnston is on his way from the Pacif
The Daily Dispatch: may 29, 1861., [Electronic resource], How the Southerners Treat prisoners of war. (search)
Personal. --There arrived yesterday at the Exchange Hotel and Ballard House among others, R. W. Irwin, Washington, D. C.; E. C. Clements, W. D. Longstreet, Harper's Ferry; J. H. Pendleton. Wheeling; Jas. Barron Hope, Hampton; J. Wilkinson, Va. Navy; Jno. Evans, Brazoria, Texas; J. R. Bryan, Gloucester. At the Spotswood, Col. Thos. Preston, S. C.; C. O. Sanford, Petersburg; Hon. T. S. Flournoy, Halifax; Col. Asa D. Dickinson, Prince Edward; Col. Joel Hays, Gloucester; and others.