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The Daily Dispatch: March 27, 1865., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
, W. T. Horne and Major Hawly were all hung, to extort from them where their valuables were hid, but were taken down uninjured. It is reported that about four hundred negroes and whites were drowned in Cape Fear river in endeavoring to escape with the Yankees, either from the sinking of a flat or the Yankee officers cutting the pontoons loose. "Private residences, after being plundered, were guarded, to 'protect' them." The battle of Bentonville. A letter from Bentonville, March 20th, gives the following about the defeat of the enemy there the day before: "The fight yesterday was successful. I was on the right, and saw Bate's and Cleburne's divisions charge and carry two lines of breastworks, driving the enemy two miles. Hill, commanding Lee's corps, and Loring, commanding Stewart's corps, did similarly on the left. The troops fought gallantly. General Bate commanded Cheatham's corps; Brigadier General Reynolds, of Arkansas, lost a leg; Colonel Talbert, comman
The Daily Dispatch: March 27, 1865., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
composed of the counties of Norfolk, Princess Anne, Nansemond, Isle of Wight, Southampton, Sussex, Surry and Greensville, and the city of Norfolk: Therefore I, William Smith, Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia, do hereby proclaim and make know that elections will be held in the said counties and city on Monday, the 10th day of April next, to supply the said vacancy; and the sheriffs of the said counties and the sergeant of the said city are hereby required to cause elections to be held, each in his respective county or city, and officers commanding military encampments and posts are authorized to have such elections held on the said 10th day of April next for a representative to fill the vacancy aforesaid. Given under my hand as Governor, and under the seal of the Commonwealth, at Richmond, this 20th day of March, A. D. 1865, and in the eighty-ninth year of the Commonwealth. William Smith. By the Governor: George W. Munford, Secretary of the Commonwealth. mh 21--6t
The Daily Dispatch: March 27, 1865., [Electronic resource], article 2 (search)
epresentative from the District composed of the counties of Albemarle, Campbell, Amherst, Nelson, Fluvanna and Buckingham, and the city of Lynchburg: Therefore I, William Smith, Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia, do hereby proclaim and make known that elections will be held in the said counties and city on Monday, the 10th day of April next, to supply the said vacancy; and the sheriffs of the said counties and the sergeant of said city are hereby required to cause elections to be held, each in his respective county or city, and officers commanding military encampments and posts are authorized to have such elections held on the said 10th day of April next for a representative to fill the vacancy aforesaid. Given under my hand as Governor, and under the seal of the Commonwealth, at Richmond, this 20th day of March, A. D. 1865, and in the eighty-ninth year of the Commonwealth. William Smith. By the Governor: George W. Munford, Secretary of the Commonwealth. mh 21--6t