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Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2, chapter 2 (search)
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 19. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), The Virginia, or Merrimac : her real projector. (search)
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 30. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Graduates of the United States Military Academy at West Point, N. Y. , [from the Richmond, Va. , Dispatch, March 30 , April 6 , 27 , and May 12 , 1902
[for the Richmond Daily Dispatch] Richmond, June 23, 1861
To the Editors of the Dispatch:--At a late hour on Saturday a friend called my attention to a communication in your paper from Col. G. A. Porterfield, late commandant of the Virginia forces in the Northwestern portion of this State.
As Col. Porterfield raises the question of accuracy only, I reply, that whilst the account, of what he terms the "Affair at Phillippi," may be an incorrect one in some particulars, that if the Court of Inquiry which he has "solicited" shall do its duty, it will find the following facts:
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That the reason that induced Col. Porterfield to evacuate Grafton applied with equal force to the town of Phillippi, the geographical formation of the two places being similar.
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That both on June the first and June the second, he had information of the force and presence of the enemy at Grafton; the said enemy having reconstructed the inconsiderable bridges at Flemington and Mannington
From Winchester.[special Correspondence of the Dispatch] Winchester, June 23, 1861.
The evacuation of Harper's Ferry on the 13th and 14th of the present month, was a source of regret to those unacquainted with military tactics, as well as to those who are forgetful that "prudence is the better part of valor." I myself must confess to feelings of surprise, not to say sorrow, when I witnessed the movement, and I deemed it a pity that our boasted stronghold should fall an easy prey to those Northern vandals.
On conversing, however, with men who had passed successfully through military campaigns and when I heard the powerful reasons urged for this evacuation, I began to discover that my chances were desperately slim of ever becoming a Brigadier General.
It is no every-day sight to see one hundred and fifty wagons, laden with baggage and provisions, all in a train, followed and preceded, in different detachments, by some sixteen thousand soldiers.
The men marched briskly, i
The Daily Dispatch: June 25, 1861., [Electronic resource], The Northwest. (search)
Correspondence of the Richmond Dispatch.the sloop-of-war Plymouth. Norfolk, Va., June 23, 1861.
The Plymouth is up. We are indebted to the untiring energy of Commander Spotswood and Carpenter Knight, with the workmen of the Yard, for at least one good ship.
Great praise is due them all, as the ship was at least thirty odd feet in mud and water, and many persons of experience said she could not be got up; but she is afloat, and three of Virginia's daughters hoisted the flag of the Southern Confederacy over her this morning, just after sunrise.
Much credit is due to the poor sub-marine diver, Williams, who lost his life just as he was finishing the last part.
He has left a wife and three children, without a dollar in the world.
The Government should and must do something for Mrs. Williams and her little children.
He has received nothing for his work — he never asked for a cent, but trusted to the State to pay him whatever the Commandant would say his work was worth.
So le
Correspondence of the Richmond Dispatch.more troops--Texas Rangers, &c. Charlotte Court-House, Va., June 23d, 1861.
Our village is to-day honored with another body of Confederate troops, consisting or men from different States, mostly from Western Virginia. Ohio and Texas are also represented in their number.
They style themselves the "Texas Rangers," and are on their way to join that noble band of patriots at or near Phillippi.
They are fighting on their own hook.
All they ask is for one glimpse of Old Abe, Scott, or Butler, or any of their picayune crowd.
Many of these Rangers are praying Christians, who daily invoke the continuance of Heaven's richest blessings upon our Confederate companies, and they all seem to have such control over themselves as will disarm our invading enemies, and will "Lay the proud usurpers low; Liberty will be in every blow; We will be free." Luola.
The Daily Dispatch: June 26, 1861., [Electronic resource], Judge Parker Grand Jury of Frederick county, Va. (search)
Letter from "Oats."[special Correspondence of the Dispatch.] "Camp Page," near Williamsburg, June 23, 1861.
The weather is still warm, the roads dusty, and the tents of our gallant soldiers are still whitening the fields.
On Friday your correspondent visited Yorktown, and spent several hours exchanging pleasant greetings among friends of "lang syne." A soldier's welcome, and, perhaps, more than a soldier's fare, greeted his arrival, and it was more than an ordinary pleasure, with which many reminiscences of the past were blended with the high hopes and predictions of the future.
Accredited by high official authority to the gallant commandant, I lost no time in reporting myself at "Headquarters," and need not say that I found in Col. John B Magruder all that my fancy had painted of the Virginia gentleman, the frank and manly representative of the chivalry of the dear Old Dominion.
There, too, I met with Major John B. Carey, an old and valued friend, who has done mor