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The Daily Dispatch: July 7, 1862., [Electronic resource], A salute in Honor of the victory. (search)
g their way to the Battery and other points of observation. Many supposed that the great Yankee mortar fleet had arrived, and that the grand fight and struggle for the city had commenced. Others again asserted positively that a sanguinary contest had taken place on the island in which the enemy had again been driven back with great loss of life. Things soon became quiet, however, on learning the facts, and the fighting spirit which had been thoroughly aroused calmed down, and almost as quickly disappeared as it had risen. The following is a copy of the dispatch: Richmond, June 30, 1862. Major-General Pemberton: --Announce to your forces that after two days hard fighting the enemy have abandoned their camps, and are in full retreat, closely pursued by our army, under General Lee. They attempted to destroy their stores, but left their tents standing, and large quantities of their stores have been captured and saved. Prisoners are rapidly coming in. G. W. Randolph.