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anting, however, instances where individual companies and regiments of the colored troops covered themselves with glory. It is the testimony of officers, not specially friendly to the negro, that no finer regiments went into battle in any part of the Union than the Fifty-fourth and Fifty-fifth Massachusetts; and their charge at Fort Wagner will be reckoned among the finest passages at arms in history. Of the former of these regiments, in this terrible and bloody assault, an eye-witness (R. S. Davis, Esq.) says: Who fight more valiantly than the Fifty-fourth Massachusetts, as they struggle in the midst of this darkness and death to vindicate their race? They lead the advance, and follow without faltering the brave Shaw, as he ascends the wall of the fort. The parapet is reached, and their lines melt away before the terrible fire of the enemy; but they fight on, though the voice of their colonel is heard no more, and their officers have fallen in the death struggle. Their color ser
of the dead, he be confined at hard labor for two years on the fortifications at Ship Island, and than he be allowed no verbal or written communication to or with any one except through these headquarters. By order of Major-General Butter. R. S. Davis, Capt. and A. A. A. Special Order No. 151: Fidel Keller has been found exhibiting a human skeleton in his bookstore window, in a public place in this city, labelled. "Chickahominy," in large letters, meaning and intending that tllows: New Orleans, June 30, 1862. Mr. Keller desires that part of the sentence which refers to the communication with Mrs. Phillips be stricken out as he does not wish to have communication with the said Mrs. Phillips. (Signed.) F. Keller. Witness: D. Weters. Said request seeming to the Commanding General to be reasonable, so much of said order is revolted, and the remainder will be executed. By order of Major-General Butler. R. S. Davis, Captain and A. A. A. G.
o gets his living by playing cards, is committed to the Parish. Prison till further orders. Anna Larue, his wife, having been found in the public streets, wearing a Confederate flag upon her person, in order to incite to riot, which act has already resulted in a breach of the peace and danger to the life of a soldier of the United States, is sent to Ship Island till further orders. She is to be kept separate and apart from the other women confined there. By order of Maj. Gen. Butler R. S. Davis, Captain and A. A. A. G. I understand that Provost Marshal French has issued the most stringent orders to the police, that they must find the man who attempted to murder the national soldier. Fortunately, the person occupying the store into which the scoundrel ran was, beyond question, innocent of any complicity with the affair, or his building would have been by the military authorities leveled to the ground. I hope that Lord John Russell, and other gallant English sympathize
Government officers who may be appointed or detailed to examine or supervise them. They will report to the Commanding General weekly, the number of families supplied, and the quantity of provisions distributed. They will suspend and abolish the so-called Free Market, so soon as they are ready to make distributions. Messrs. B. F. Flanders, President; T. B. Thorpe, E. Heath, C. Whitmore, and J. B. Hubbard, are appointed as such commissioners. By order of Major-Gen. Butler. R. S. Davis, Captain and A. A. A. G. Taking the oath of allegiance. Provost Marshal's Office.,New-Orleans, La., August 6, 1862. Major-General Butler: In obedience to your "Special Orders," I herewith transmit a statement of the number of men subscribed to the "alien oath," and the oath of allegiance to the United States. Jonas H. French. Provost Marshal of New Orleans. citizens,Aliens. Provost Court3,695123 Mayor's Office17547 Provost Marshal's Office, New Orleans6,1
Latest from the North. President Davis's message — reported movements of Confederates--the draft — news from Memphis, &c. Mobile, August 30. --A special dispatch to the Advertiser and Register, date Tupelo, to-day, says: A copy of the Chicago Times, of the 25th, has been received. It contains the message of President Davis on the reassembling of the Confederate Congress. A dispatch from Cincinnati, dated 24th, says that Gen. Buckner, with 25,000 men, is encaPresident Davis on the reassembling of the Confederate Congress. A dispatch from Cincinnati, dated 24th, says that Gen. Buckner, with 25,000 men, is encamped near Somerset, Ky., and that Gen. Bragg is at Chattanooga with 30,000 more. Gen. Marshall is reported to be at the head of Big Sandy river with 15,000 men. The railroad is in full possession of the rebels. No trains can pass to Nashville. The draft will be enforced on the 1st of September. Foreigners who have voted on their first paper, claiming exemption from draft, are arrested and pressed into service. A dispatch from Memphis, dated August 22d. say: "A guerilla band, n
The Daily Dispatch: July 16, 1862., [Electronic resource], The enemy's lines before Washington. (search)
, within proper limits there, till further orders, and that she be allowed one female servant, and no more. If she so choose. That one of the houses for hospital purposes he assigned her as quarters, and a soldier's ration each day be served out to her, with the means of cooking the same, and that no verbal or written communication be allowed with her, except through this office, and that she be kept in close confinement until removed to Ship Island. By order of Major-General Butler. R. S. Davis, Capt. and A. A. A. G. The New Orleans Delta, of the 5th inst., notices in a very spiteful manner the fact that the British armed vessels in the Mississippi river, near New Orleans, did not, on the 4th of July, pay the usual compliment to the United States by hoisting their colors at the peak, and decking themselves with streamers. The Delta says this custom was neglected "accidentally on purpose," and seems to consider it in the light of an intentional insult to the majest
annoy, loyal persons employed in the quiet discharge of their lawful occupations, it is hereby announced that all such conduct and language is hereafter strictly forbidden, and will be punished with military severity. All officers in this department are directed to order the arrest of and to bring such persons as are found offending against this order before the tribunal established for the purpose of punishing offences within this department. By command of Major General Butles, R. S. Davis, Major and Ass't Adj't-Gen'l. Official--H. C. Clarke, Aide-de-camp. Dr. Rucker in Washington. A Washington paper has the following about the notorious Dr. Rucker, who escaped from prison in Pittsylvania: The stories of returned Union prisoners lend force to the argument of retaliation — none more than that of Dr. Wm. T. Rucker, the noted Union leader of West Virginia. While he was in prison at Pittsylvania the rebels who visited his call to taunt him said the Confederat
Affairs in Northern Virginia. Orange C. H., Nov. 24. --President Davis and staff left here for Richmond this morning. Owing to the inclement weather the President did not review the army. The bulk of the Yankee army is in Fauquier county. Their pickets extend to Cedar Mountain, in Culpeper.
e oath and parole required by General Orders No. 49, for a loyal citizen of the United States residing in a State ever in rebellion, or who has sympathized with the seceding States. (Signed,) --. By command of Maj.-Gen. Butler. (Official.) R. S. Davis, Maj. and A. A. G. Headq'rs 18th Army Corps,Dept. Va. And N. C.,fort Monroe, Va., Dec. 8th, 1863. General orders, no. 48.-- I. All transfers of property or rights of property, real, mixed, personal, or incorporeal, except necessary fsters of the transfer of certificates of stock, or shares in any incorporated or joint stock company or association, in which any inhabitant of this Department who has not returned to his or her allegiance to the United States, (having once been a citizen thereof,) has any interest, are forbidden; and the clerk, or other officer, making or recording the transfer, will be held equally guilty with the transferer. By command of Maj.-Gen. Butler. (Official.) R. S. Davis, Maj. and A. A. Gen.
which may prove interesting to persons desiring to get through our lines on their way to Yankeedom: Headq'rs 18th army corps,Department of Va., and N. C.,Fort Monroe, Va., Jan. 24, 1864. General Orders, No. 12. Inasmuch as the rebels of the Confederate States are sending their women and children through the lines of this Department, and retaining by law, all able-bodied male persons, it is ordered: I. That no white woman or children will be permitted to come through the lines, without a pass from these headquarters, or the headquarters of the Army of North Carolina. II. All able-bodied men will be received, detained until reported to these headquarters, or the headquarters of the District and Army of North Carolina, and orders are given concerning them. III. Nothing in this order shall be construed in conflict with General Order No. 46, relating to colored persons. By command of Major Gen. Butler. R. S. Davis, Major and Assistant Adjutant General.