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The Daily Dispatch: July 9, 1862., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
and now we are told that they are fortifying and laying off parallels some miles further from the Capital, adjacent to James river. It is easy to imagine that plying the spade on such a sweltering day as yesterday is no child's play; and that such les were taken within range and sight of the Monitor and another gunboat, said to be the Galene, lying at Haxall's, on James river. On another occasion, Lieut. Fisher, of the Legion, with fourteen men, assisted by Lieut. Yager of the 10th cavalry, ing late, and proceeded several miles beyond City Point. They fired many shells into the forests on the south bank of James river, and occasionally gave the "wild varmints" in the marshes and undergrowth on the south side a "feller," but did no per "perhaps," on the soil of Virginia. With a creek on one side, a shallow mill pond on another, and the shoal water of James river on another, not the vestige of a shade tree immediately near, and the sun's rays pouring down with an intensity that s
The Daily Dispatch: July 9, 1862., [Electronic resource], From New Orleans. (search)
The authorities are debating the propriety of removing all of the Yankee prisoners from the tobacco factories to Belle Isle, in James river. It is thought that the location would suit for the purposes indicated admirably. The temptation to escape would not be enhanced by the change in position, while fewer men would serve as a guard. The river is of considerable depth around the shores of the island.
The Daily Dispatch: July 9, 1862., [Electronic resource], The death of Lord Canning, (search)
Low Water. --The effect of the present extremely sultry weather can be seen by looking at the bed of James river, which is now lower down, though very muddy, than it has been for many a day. If the dry spell continues, many of the little streams that assist to add dignity to the above stream, must incontinently dry up.