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The Daily Dispatch: July 3, 1861., [Electronic resource], Pictures of the great Gen. Butler. (search)
Pictures of the great Gen. Butler. --That our sketch of this illustrious warrior may not be considered overdrawn, we beg to invite in confirmation of it the following description from a journal which is laboring assiduously in the manufacture of heroes for Northern worship and admiration, out of the military Generals and Colonels of Lincoln's army: Anecdote of the early Life of Gen. Benj. F. Butler.--Ben was sent to the High School, and at length to Waterville College, Maine, the principal institution of the Baptist denomination, entirely, or in part, as a charity student. Here he distinguished himself for everything gather than a close applicatn assumed another appearance. Shortly after the French operation for the strabismus was introduced into this country, a distinguished surgeon of Lowell persuaded Butler to submit to it; but one optic having been set right, he positively refused to have the other touched, declaring that the agony he suffered was too great to be en
The Daily Dispatch: July 3, 1861., [Electronic resource], The war Movements. (search)
Naval Brigade will probably accompany them to Hampton. J. W. Bennett, of the 1st Regiment of Vermont, died yesterday, at the hospital, of typhus fever. Over one hundred sick are now in the hospital. A large number of fugitive slaves have come in to-day. The Confederates this morning fired two or three shots from a new battery on James river, directly opposite Newport News. [The foregoing paragraph concerning "fugitive slaves." will attract the attention of every reader. Butler's vandals, in fact, seize all the negroes they can lay their hands upon, confiscate them as "contraband," drive them into the Fortress and put them to work, with short rations. This is way the "fugitives come in."] From Washington. A Northern dispatch, dated Washington, June 29, says: The New York Second Regiment State Militia, now at Ball's Cross Roads, will soon change their camp to a point several miles thence. It numbers about eight hundred and fifty men, one company perf
The Daily Dispatch: July 3, 1861., [Electronic resource], Gen. Butler and Col. Magruder. (search)
I have the honor to be, most respectfully, your obedient servant, Benjamin F. Butler, Major General Commanding. [Col. Magruder to Gen. Butler.] HeadquGen. Butler.] Headquarters, Yorktown, June 12, 1861, Major-General B. F. Butler, Commanding Fort Monroe: Sir: Our people had orders to bring any communications intended for the cMajor-General B. F. Butler, Commanding Fort Monroe: Sir: Our people had orders to bring any communications intended for the commander of the forces at County Bridge or Bethel, to this place, and by a particular route — hence the delay. I understand from Capt. Davies, the bearer of the I have the honor to be, most respectfully, your obedient servant, Benjamin F. Butler. P. S.--Inclosed certificate, by Lively and Whiting, which will show yout, received no harm from the Federal troops. B. F. B. [Col. Magruder to Gen. Butler.] Sir: I have just received yours of the 13th inst. With respect to th your ob't serv't. J. Bankhead Magruder, Colonel Commanding. To Maj. Gen. B. F. Butler, Commanding Fort Monroe, &c., &c. I may state, (says the correspond