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The Daily Dispatch: August 24, 1861., [Electronic resource], Five Dollars reward (search)
hen hearing of the exploits of this little band, and they may rest assured their prayers ascend for special blessings and protection over the "Black Horse." Spoils of the battle-field. It will be seen by the following special order that Gen. Beauregard is determined to enforce the return of articles taken from the field of battle: The General Commanding has learned with regret, that after the brilliant victory achieved through the gallantry of the Confederate troops on the 21st ultimo, that arms, supplies, and munitions of war, have been appropriated by the inhabitants of the surrounding country, not attached to the army, whereby the Government suffers material loss in its ability to prosecute the war with such vigor as will drive the invaders from Virginia soil. The General cannot but believe that such acts have been done through ignorance that all such articles are the property of the Government. It is therefore ordered: I. That all arms, horses, wagons, har
The Daily Dispatch: August 24, 1861., [Electronic resource], The militia. (search)
The militia. Richmond, Aug. 24th, 1861 To the Editors of the Dispatch:--In your issue of the 21st inst., I noticed a piece signed "Volunteer Private," and was glad to see that some one had come forward and called upon the militia of the city and county to come out and volunteer promptly, to complete the quota called for by the Governor's proclamation. But in your issue the next day — the 22d--this piece is replied to by "Militia," and feeling interested in this matter of volunteering, I cannot allow "Militia's" statement to go before the people of the county without replying to him. In his estimate of the number of men already furnished by the city and county jointly, he has evidently fallen into a most egregious error. He says that the city and county together have furnished "3,355, or 57 more than her quota of 3,798 required to be furnished" Now, the error into which "Militia" has fallen is simply this: In making up his number of 3,855, he has actually included t