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The Daily Dispatch: September 9, 1861., [Electronic resource], Lead mine in Alabama. (search)
ly improved, depended the safety of the "old borough," and of Portsmouth and the surrounding country in 1813, and should Lincoln's war vessels open upon our fortifications, our safety may again, in a great measure, depend upon the strength and power of its batteries. Now, as in the last war with Great Britain, it is supposed the enemy may attempt a landing at some point on the bay shore; but the attempt, nearly half a century ago, was, unfortunately for John Bull's fighting men, made at Craney Island, which, as is well known, was defended in a manner that reflected lasting honor upon the noble band of heroes who took part in that important battle, as well as upon the State and country at large. The bravery and enthusiasm exhibited by our small force on that occasion, and the complete success of the day, rendered the repulse one among the most decisive that occurred during the war. The enemy had an armed force of 4,000 men, 2,600 of whom succeeded in landing two miles below the islan
The Daily Dispatch: September 9, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 15 (search)
in Missouri. The Confederates have torn up the railroad track and cut down the telegraph poles between Hunnewell and Shellena, on the North Missouri Railroad. Martin Green was between these places yesterday, with a force of two thousand well armed men, and had two pieces of artillery. Gen. Hurlburt is reported to be west of Shellena, with twelve to fifteen hundred Illinois troops. Later from fortress Monroe. Fortress Monroe, Sept. 4.--A flag of truce this morning conveyed to Craney Island a number of ladies wishing to go South. A flag of truce from Norfolk also brought down the baggage of the released seamen who arrived yesterday. They report that the North Carolina Confederates are terribly exasperated on account of our recent victorious demonstration on their coast. The floating battery said to have been towed from Norfolk down to Sewell's Point exists only in imagination. From Fort Pickens. The United States gun-boat Wyandotte Commander Baldwin, arrived