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June 1st, 1861 AD (search for this): article 1
From Yorktown[special correspondence of the Dispatch.] Yorktown,June 1st, 1861. I have been purposing to drop you a line for a day or two, but such has been the uncertainty of our movements that it has been almost impossible. Our regiment has been employed this week in making some very formidable entrenchments in this region, behind which it would be very safe to meet any enemy. Others are being erected by large bodies of negroes in proper locations. In one I counted 125 slaves at work. Some of our regiment, it seems, had come to the conclusion that, as we had helped to erect a formidable fort, it would be our pleasant duty to defend it. But this will not be the case. One thing is certain and satisfactory, that the men who will defend it will be worthy of the place. There is but one spirit that animates us all. We will try to die cheerfully, if necessary, in defence of our parents and sisters. Such is the strength of the conviction upon all minds that ours is
York (search for this): article 1
day. Be not uneasy about us if a second battle of "Yorktown" shall be fought presently. It made my blood almost boil a day or two ago when I met fifty or more wagons, carriages, and all sorts of vehicles, bearing old age and infancy, as fugitives from their dear homes How long shall we suffer this?--Though slow to take vengeance, nevertheless the day of vengeance will assuredly come. We are pleasantly situated in some respects. It does one's soul good to stand upon the truly noble York, and drink deep down into his lungs the fresh, invigorating air that comes across its waters. Then the fish and the oysters! I believe all our men are fattening. --Certainly most of them are. We have had very bad quarters, but to-day they have been very satisfactorily exchanged. The house just vacated, and from which I, as the last man to quit, now write you, is about 40 by 20 feet, one-story high, with a small garret-- It has also a cellar. It is occupied thus: In the cellar 70 negroes e
August (search for this): article 1
ield soon, we will greatly need tents. Can they be had? They would save the life of more than one man in my company. Twelve will do for a company. Headquarters young Guard, Yorktown, June 4, 1861. Everything is quiet at this camp. Last night we had a heavy rain, which lasted about an hour, and, being camped in "pine huts," constructed by the ingenuity of our boys, which were not water proof, we obtained a considerable "ducking." We are sorry to say that, in the whole of Col. August's regiment, there are only four tents. Can not something better than this be done? To-day the whole camp is engaged in burnishing arms and drying blankets, which will prove to be a good day's work. On Saturday morning last a detachment of the "Young Guard," under command of Lieut. Vannerson and Sergeant Wade, mounted without saddle or bridle, save a short piece of rope, proceeded down the road leading to Hampton, about twenty miles, and took possession of a large lighter capable of
Wade (search for this): article 1
eing camped in "pine huts," constructed by the ingenuity of our boys, which were not water proof, we obtained a considerable "ducking." We are sorry to say that, in the whole of Col. August's regiment, there are only four tents. Can not something better than this be done? To-day the whole camp is engaged in burnishing arms and drying blankets, which will prove to be a good day's work. On Saturday morning last a detachment of the "Young Guard," under command of Lieut. Vannerson and Sergeant Wade, mounted without saddle or bridle, save a short piece of rope, proceeded down the road leading to Hampton, about twenty miles, and took possession of a large lighter capable of carrying three hundred men; and after encountering much danger and trouble, at seven o'clock on Sunday morning landed the prize safely at the wharf at Yorktown. This party were in much danger during the whole of Saturday night, being within range of the guns of the blockading steamer, which lies below this point.
June 4th, 1861 AD (search for this): article 1
there, and it will be one of the happiest recollections of my life. I have said but little about army movements, because I do not think it prudent. In our Colonel we have a kind friend, a cool and brave commander, and in our Captain the tenderest of fathers. P. S.--As we may take the field soon, we will greatly need tents. Can they be had? They would save the life of more than one man in my company. Twelve will do for a company. Headquarters young Guard, Yorktown, June 4, 1861. Everything is quiet at this camp. Last night we had a heavy rain, which lasted about an hour, and, being camped in "pine huts," constructed by the ingenuity of our boys, which were not water proof, we obtained a considerable "ducking." We are sorry to say that, in the whole of Col. August's regiment, there are only four tents. Can not something better than this be done? To-day the whole camp is engaged in burnishing arms and drying blankets, which will prove to be a good day's w
Vannerson (search for this): article 1
bout an hour, and, being camped in "pine huts," constructed by the ingenuity of our boys, which were not water proof, we obtained a considerable "ducking." We are sorry to say that, in the whole of Col. August's regiment, there are only four tents. Can not something better than this be done? To-day the whole camp is engaged in burnishing arms and drying blankets, which will prove to be a good day's work. On Saturday morning last a detachment of the "Young Guard," under command of Lieut. Vannerson and Sergeant Wade, mounted without saddle or bridle, save a short piece of rope, proceeded down the road leading to Hampton, about twenty miles, and took possession of a large lighter capable of carrying three hundred men; and after encountering much danger and trouble, at seven o'clock on Sunday morning landed the prize safely at the wharf at Yorktown. This party were in much danger during the whole of Saturday night, being within range of the guns of the blockading steamer, which lie
Hampton (Virginia, United States) (search for this): article 1
a considerable "ducking." We are sorry to say that, in the whole of Col. August's regiment, there are only four tents. Can not something better than this be done? To-day the whole camp is engaged in burnishing arms and drying blankets, which will prove to be a good day's work. On Saturday morning last a detachment of the "Young Guard," under command of Lieut. Vannerson and Sergeant Wade, mounted without saddle or bridle, save a short piece of rope, proceeded down the road leading to Hampton, about twenty miles, and took possession of a large lighter capable of carrying three hundred men; and after encountering much danger and trouble, at seven o'clock on Sunday morning landed the prize safely at the wharf at Yorktown. This party were in much danger during the whole of Saturday night, being within range of the guns of the blockading steamer, which lies below this point. Several spies have been captured at this place, and will be examined to-day. There have been vario
Yorktown (Virginia, United States) (search for this): article 1
From Yorktown[special correspondence of the Dispatch.] Yorktown,June 1st, 1861. I have been purposing to drop you a line for a day or two, but such has been the uncertainty of our movements that it has been almost impossible. Our r Thursday morning last. The march was fatiguing, but borne without a murmur. We left Williamsburg at 2 A. M. I visited Yorktown 10 or 12 years ago and examined its defences, but not with the same interest as on yesterday. Be not uneasy about us if a second battle of "Yorktown" shall be fought presently. It made my blood almost boil a day or two ago when I met fifty or more wagons, carriages, and all sorts of vehicles, bearing old age and infancy, as fugitives from their dear homes How lod after encountering much danger and trouble, at seven o'clock on Sunday morning landed the prize safely at the wharf at Yorktown. This party were in much danger during the whole of Saturday night, being within range of the guns of the blockading st
Thomas D. Simms (search for this): article 1
give such particulars as we have been able to give of the battle of Philippi. It will be seen that our troops, attacked by immense odds, covered themselves with glory, and if it was a physical impossibility to hurt back such a vast superiority of numbers, nevertheless, our Spartan band kept them at bay, under circumstances in which few but Southern men would have made any fight at all. If the North considers such a battle a victory, it pays a tribute to Southern valor which it would be hardly willing to offer in its right mind. If it only expects to be able to hurrah when, with forces of three or four to one, it can barely hold its own, it utters a sarcasm upon its own capacity more biting than any that ever escaped the lips of its enemies. We have to lament the loss of some noble men, one, Thomas D. Simms, so well known and highly esteemed in our community. He fought like a lion, and he leaves behind him a name which will be precious and glorious to his family and his country.
1500 AD (search for this): article 1
m Wheeling, who commanded a "Union" regiment of congenial cut throats was so lucky as to end his ignoble life in the union. Dispatches to Northern papers represent him as an errant coward, and seem to rejoice that the chances of battle have obviated the necessity of his future appearance on any active field. Another account received differs somewhat from the above. It says that the Virginia forces were under Col.Porterfield, and contained of 300 men) that they were attacked by 1100 or 1500) of the enemy, and repulsed them three times, our men remaining masters of the ground Eight of our men were killed, among others Col. Porterfield himself, and Mr. Thos E. Simms, of the Commissary Department. There were between fifty and sixty of the enemy Rilled. While we regret the loss of valuable men in an encounter with so ignoble and depraved an enemy as they had to contend against in this instance, we must enter our decided protest against the easy manner in which it appears the w
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