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The Daily Dispatch: January 16, 1862., [Electronic resource], House of Delegates. (search)
House of Delegates. The House met at 12 o'clock M. Prayer by Rev. Dr. Moore. The House agreed to the joint resolution of the Senate to appoint a committee to examine the various departments of the State, and to see what changes may be made in view of economizing the resources of the State. On motion of Mr. Prince, the resolutions requesting the representatives of Virginia in Congress to urge the suspension of the act providing for revenue upon imported commodities from foreign countries, and all other acts having a similar bearing, was taken up and considered. Mr. Prince said that this question was already before the Confederate Congress, and he understood that an expression of opinion, on the part of the General Assembly of Virginia, would materially influence the action of Congress. He thought it was unwise at this time (a time of war) to put a tariff on foreign imports. The revenue now raised by the Government by this tariff is but trifling. Let us open our p
The Daily Dispatch: January 16, 1862., [Electronic resource], Wise Legion. (search)
6th tells the following: On Thursday last an unusual occurrence transpired at the camp of the Wisconsin Fourth regiment, now encamped at Patterson Park. Peter Moore, one of the privates, had been ill for several weeks. He to all appearances, died. A certificate of his death was handed to Major Belger, who ordered a coffin for the defunct. On Thursday morning Moore was placed in the coffin, and, just as the lid was being nailed down, he greatly frightened the bystanders by sitting up in his coffin and exclaimed that it was a shame to bury a man before he was dead. Of course he was removed from the box and once more placed under the care of the doc and once more placed under the care of the doctor. Moore had laid one day and a night as if dead, and came very near being buried before his time. His companions declare that, as he refused to be buried when the funeral was ordered by the Colonel, he has disobeyed orders, and that when he recovers he shall be court martialed.
The Daily Dispatch: January 16, 1862., [Electronic resource], List of the General officers in the armies of the Confederate States. (search)
Reported fight in Kentucky. Lynchburg, Jan. 15, --Intelligence has been received here, by the Tennessee train, that a fight had occurred a few miles beyond Prestenburg, between Gen. Humphrey Marshall, with 2,500 men, and the Federals, numbering 3,000. Marshall was retreating when he was attacked, and the enemy came upon him in a narrow gorge. The engagement which resulted is represented to have been one of the most gallant and desperate of the war. Col. Moore's regiment charged upon the enemy, and a hand-to-hand conflict ensued, which lasted half an hour. The Federal fought gallantly, but finally broke and scattered, and ran off in "Bull Run" style. Gen. Marshall's force being exhausted, and so much smaller in numbers than the Federals, he fell back to Prestonburg. The Confederate loss was 25 killed and 15 wounded. The enemy's loss was over 200. The information about this engagement was brought to Abingdon by partisans in the battle.