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The Daily Dispatch: March 23, 1865., [Electronic resource], article 5 (search)
We trust that the appeal of Major Pegram and Major Turner for persons of color, free and slave, who are willing to volunteer under the recent acts of Congress and the Virginia Legislature, will meet a prompt and cordial response. Let the people of Virginia come up to the crisis like men. Those who have given their own sons and brothers cannot hesitate to give their servants also to the glorious cause. We say, with our gallant officers: "Let every man in the State consider himself as a recruiting officer, and enter at once upon the duty of aiding in the organization of this force by sending forward recruits to our rendezvous." We learn, with pleasure, that quite an enthusiasm has been kindled among the negroes themselves here, and that they are eager to aid in the deliverance of the country. We are not surprised at it, for of all who must suffer from Yankee subjugation they would be the most hopeless of the miserable. It is, in realty, their extermination that is the inevitab
The Daily Dispatch: March 23, 1865., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
s of the family. A drunken party went to the house of Mr. Charles Scott, who lives about six miles from Scottsville, insulted his wife, pushed her out of the house, and fired it. Mr. Scott had gone to the woods to secrete some valuables, and returning, saw his house in flames; he fell dead, and was so found next day. When Sheridan himself was in town, those with whom the officers were quartered, and also those who applied for a guard, were not molested. We learn that the Yankees took Mr. Turner, the President of the Bank of Howardsville, and whipped him in the presence of his family in order to compel him to tell the whereabouts of the specie. It had been removed. The damage done to the canal is, of course, very great, but it can be repaired so as to be somewhat available in three weeks. The aqueduct at Columbia was not injured. The Yankees made a deep cut through the embankment, and thus drew off the water from the canal; otherwise, the aqueduct is uninjured. The locks are a
The Daily Dispatch: March 23, 1865., [Electronic resource], The Newspaper Press in the Confederacy. (search)
mpanies of negroes (not uniformed), which were made up from the negroes employed about the hospitals. They are not, we believe, in the Confederate military service. In marked contrast to the appearance of these negroes was that of a squad of Major Turner's colored troops, neatly uniformed, and showing a good soldierly carriage. These regulars had gone up to look at their colored brethren. Volunteering would be much encouraged by the parade of Major Turner's men, which will, we hope, soon tak negroes (not uniformed), which were made up from the negroes employed about the hospitals. They are not, we believe, in the Confederate military service. In marked contrast to the appearance of these negroes was that of a squad of Major Turner's colored troops, neatly uniformed, and showing a good soldierly carriage. These regulars had gone up to look at their colored brethren. Volunteering would be much encouraged by the parade of Major Turner's men, which will, we hope, soon take place.