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The Daily Dispatch: June 21, 1862., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
he fire of our pieces is generally considered very destructive among the Yankees. Deserters, as usual, are coming to our lines, and the stories told by them of the state of the Federal army is in no wise favorable to the ambition of Major General McClellan. One, who deserted from the 11th U. S. infantry informs us that their defeat and loss at Chickahominy gradually begins to be known among the men, and the majority feel in no hurry to attempt the capture of Richmond for they are aware thady to be shed in its defence; and, as the deserter says: "The Southerners fight well at any time, but in support of their capital we may well imagine how desperate the combat will prove, and have no urgent wish that the fight shall commence. McClellan, however thinks it impossible to take Richmond without destroying Drury's Bluff, and as the gunboats have no desire to make a second trial of that fatal experiment, Federal operations before your city may be of long continuance."Deserters.
The Daily Dispatch: June 21, 1862., [Electronic resource], The river lines. (search)
o Weldon and cut off railroad connection at that place with Petersburg and Richmond. At Weldon the railroads from Wilmington, and Raleigh, and Petersburg converge. It is an important position, and, of course, will be held by our forces at all hazards. We have no information as to the preparations to receive them, but believe that our authorities will see to it that they are ample. This explains the recent visit of Burnside to Old Point and the White House, on the Pamunkey, where he and McClellan compared notes. An important arrest was made on the Seaboard train Wednesday, while the cars were crossing the bridge at Weldon on their up-trip. A suspicious looking character having attracted the attention of our guard on the train, he was seized and searched. A large quantity of letters from Norfolk to supposed Union men in Eastern Carolina were found on his person; also, a passport from General Wool, and a document certifying that the bearer had taken the oath of allegiance