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Alton (Illinois, United States) (search for this): article 6
m. No bigotry to religious tests." This inscription is surrounded with 34 stars of old. By direction of the President, the States of Missouri, Arkansas, and the bordering Indian Territory, will constitute the department of the Missouri and will be commanded by Maj. Gen. S. R. Cary headquarters at St. Louis. It now appears that Gen. Thos. Francis Meagly was not wounded, but his horse fell on him during the battle, stunning him for a while, and his removal from the field. Alton, Illinois, is attached to the department of the Missouri. Western Virginia is attached to the department of Ohio, headquarters at Cincinnati. There are eighteen hospitals in Philadelphia, escapable of accommodating seven thousand one hundred patients. There are nineteen regiments in camp in Richmond and some ten or twelve in Indiana, awaiting orders from the Government. Hon. Thomas Ewing, Jr. Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Kansas has resigned his place and joined the 11th re
Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania, United States) (search for this): article 6
can draw him within a hostile country so far from his (McC.'s) base of supplies as that a huge portion of his army becomes necessarily a rear guard for his transportation and his line of communication with his base. As we have no idea that Gen. McClellan will thus afford Lee the opportunity to select his own time, place, and circumstance for the next grand battle, we believe the campaign on the upper Potomac to be well nigh ended with the defeat of the rebel plan of invading Maryland and Pennsylvania, and therefore soon hope to hear that McClellan is rapidly shifting the line of his operations to some point where he will not have a rear line of two or three hundred miles to guard when essaying to get to close quarters with the enemy. From Harper's Ferry. The New York Herald has the following: Harper's Ferry was finally evacuated by the rebels on Friday afternoon. At noon on Friday they had all left there except a few pickets. A small squad also remained on the Marylan
New Castle, Ky. (Kentucky, United States) (search for this): article 6
r obedient servant, Irwin McDowell, Comd'g 3d Army Corps, Army of Va., The War in the West--the panic at Louisville. A dispatch from Lagrange, Mo., dated the 21st, says that George Jesse, with two hundred rebel cavalry, attacked at Newcastle one hundred and twenty-five of the Home Guard cavalry, under Ro. Morris. The latter, without firing a gun, surrendered his men, horses, and three hundred stand of arms. The same dispatch adds that the Confederates burnt Newcastle. A dispatchNewcastle. A dispatch from Louisville, 21st, says: Shepardsville advices say that Col. Granger's command at that place was attacked to-day by rebel cavalry, who intended to burn the bridge.--Granger repulsed them, killing five and taking 28 prisoners. Six hundred guerrillas attacked Owensborough on the 19th inst., in two bands. Col. Netter, commanding the Union force, attacked one of the bands and was slain. Five of our men were wounded. The rebels lost five killed. At noon we shelled the rebels, kill
Lebanon Junction (Kentucky, United States) (search for this): article 6
f the rebel forces. Most of the stores are closed. The citizens apprehend that an attack will be made within forty-eight hours. Louisville, Sept. 22--Evening. --The main body of Bragg's army was reported to be at Hodgenville Larue county, this morning, en route for Bardstown It is supposed he reached Bardstown this evening. Ninety-five of the Fourth Indiana cavalry, under Capt. Shucker, attacked about the same number Forrest's rebel cavalry yesterday morning, are from Lebanon Junction, and drove them a slight distance. The rebels were reinforced by twice the number; but our troops still pursued them, driving them into Boston, killing five, wounding seventeen and capturing thirty-two. We lost eleven privateers and two wounded. Governor Robinson has issued a proclamation calling the citizens to take up arms under General Nelson for the defence of the city. Mayor Delph has ordered all business houses to be closed. Gen. Nelson has issued a patriotic and
Keedysville (Maryland, United States) (search for this): article 6
, extracting balls, and bandaging wounds of every nature in every part of the body. Rebel soldiers in great numbers lie among our own and receive the ... a rebel officer at the 27th Alabama regiment endure the amputation of his leg without the use of chloroform. Every muscle in his face was contracted, his jaws looked as if in a death spasm, but no sound of pain issued from him. The saw and the knife did their work, but they could not wring from him an expression of physical agony. Keedysville, Boonesboro', Middletown, and I presume Frederick are being rapidly filled with the wounded from the battles of Sunday and Wednesday. The inhabitants in all these villages are laboring night and day to relieve the dying and the suffering. A more Christian people, in the practical significance of that word, I never saw. Every private dwelling is filled with the wounded. Carpets are torn up. costly furniture removed, comfortable mattresses spread upon the floor, awaiting the arrival o
Zuni (Virginia, United States) (search for this): article 6
ferent regiments which captured them. Confederates Threatening Suffolk, Va. A letter dated Suffolk, Va., September 18, to the New York Herald, says: For some time past it has been rumored that the rebels are in force at Franklin and Zuni, repairing bridges and getting ready for the grand joint land and river advent of Merrimac No. 2. Scouting parties of the Eleventh Pennsylvania cavalry have been scouring the country from Wintonsville to Zuni, keeping close watch of the movementsZuni, keeping close watch of the movements of the enemy. On Monday Major George Stetzel, in command of companies L and D, with two mounted howitzers, started for Holyneck Chapel, Wainvale, and South Quay. Hearing that the rebels were rebuilding the bridge at Franklin, Major Stetzel went rapidly from South Quay to Franklin, and, secreting his command in the woods, proceeded to reconnoiter Franklin. It was reported that the enemy's force consisted of two regiments of infantry, one of cavalry and a battery of artillery. As the ma
Harper's Ferry (West Virginia, United States) (search for this): article 6
a rear line of two or three hundred miles to guard when essaying to get to close quarters with the enemy. From Harper's Ferry. The New York Herald has the following: Harper's Ferry was finally evacuated by the rebels on Friday afternHarper's Ferry was finally evacuated by the rebels on Friday afternoon. At noon on Friday they had all left there except a few pickets. A small squad also remained on the Maryland Heights, to keep up appearances, and a small force at Sandy Hook, to prevent the passage of Captain Evans's company of the Sixth regular afternoon, so as to command the Ferry, and the national banner again waves upon the fortifications. The town of Harper's Ferry was not destroyed or molested by the rebels, or the citizens disturbed. From the headquarters of M'Clellan — that reduced by stragglers returning. A train of cars crossed the Monocracy this morning. The road is now open to Harper's Ferry, where there is a sufficient Federal force for all purposes. The rebels, in their hasty retreat from Maryland, l
Malvern Hill (Virginia, United States) (search for this): article 6
arch of an old mill. One of our shells burst in the arch, killing and wounding all but one, Edwin Wilkison, of Company I, 118th Pennsylvania. The battle at Sharpsburg, Md. A correspondent of the New York Tribune, writing on the 18th, of the battle of Sharpsburg, says: We have been burying our dead and carrying off the battle-field our wounded. I have just returned from the sickening spectacle. Soldiers who went through all the battles of the Peninsula say Fair Oaks and Malvern Hill were as nothing compared with it. The dead do lie in heaps, the wounded are coming in by thousands. Around and in a large barn about half a mile from the spot where General Hooker engaged the enemy's left, I counted 1,250 wounded. Along the same road and within the distance of two miles are three more hospitals each having from 600 to 700 in them, and long trains of ambulances standing in the road waiting to discharge their bloody loads. Surgeons with hands, arms and garments covered wi
Horse Cave (Kentucky, United States) (search for this): article 6
led and twenty-five wounded. Our loss was three killed and eighteen wounded. We captured the and seven prisoners. [It was published in a telegram Saturday that Gen. Bragg captured 1,800 of the enemy at Owensboro'. The victory to our arms was doubtless complete, yet the Yankee journals endeavor to create the impression that we have met with a reverse.] Reliable advices from Cave City say that a portion of Gen. Buell's force attacked and repulsed Gen. Bragg's rear guard from Horse Cave, on Thursday evening. General Bragg is reported to have moved the main body of his army across the river southward from Mumfordsville. No further particulars are received. Louisville, Ky., September 22--Gen. Bragg's forces have escaped from those of Gen. Buell, and are several hours ahead, marching rapidly upon Louisville. Major-General Nelson is making arrangements defend the city to the last. He has just issued the following order: "The women and children of this ci
Bardstown (Kentucky, United States) (search for this): article 6
rson Ferry is to be used exclusively for military purposes. "Persons on foot may proceed as usual." The city is in a blaze of excitement in consequence of the approach of the rebel forces. Most of the stores are closed. The citizens apprehend that an attack will be made within forty-eight hours. Louisville, Sept. 22--Evening. --The main body of Bragg's army was reported to be at Hodgenville Larue county, this morning, en route for Bardstown It is supposed he reached Bardstown this evening. Ninety-five of the Fourth Indiana cavalry, under Capt. Shucker, attacked about the same number Forrest's rebel cavalry yesterday morning, are from Lebanon Junction, and drove them a slight distance. The rebels were reinforced by twice the number; but our troops still pursued them, driving them into Boston, killing five, wounding seventeen and capturing thirty-two. We lost eleven privateers and two wounded. Governor Robinson has issued a proclamation calling the ci
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