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The Daily Dispatch: February 7, 1861., [Electronic resource], The Stars and stripes. (search)
The Stars and stripes. --In Fayetteville, N. C., last week, the ladies residing at one of the hotels, made an U. S. flag, and hoisted it from an upper balcony amid the cheers of a large crowd who had assembled. At the Brooklyn (N. Y.) Academy of Music, Monday night, Miss Hinckley sung the "Star Spangled Banner," and the audience rose and cheered the vocalist.
The Daily Dispatch: October 11, 1862., [Electronic resource], Extraordinary strategy. (search)
ies, especially the former, were very much pressed for motive power to meet the Government demands, in consequence of which a selection by lot of the locomotives was decided upon by the authorities, and was made Thursday at the office of the Virginia Central Railroad Company, and resulted as follows: The Virginia Central Railroad drew the "Hero," an engine built by Norris & Sons with 16 by 24-inch cylinders, four and a half feet wheels, and weighing about 38 tons. The "Job Terry," built by Hinckley & Co., cylinders 15 ½ by 20 inches, five feet driving-wheels, and 18 tons weight. The Orange and Alexandria Railroad drew a Rogers engine, the "President," (formerly had a likeness of Old Abe on it,) 16 by 22-inch cylinders, drivers five feet in height, and 26 tons weight. The "Red Bird," built by Smith & Jackson, 16-inch cylinder, with 22 inches stroke, and four and a half feet driving wheels, weight 26 tons. A "camel-back" burthen engine, Ross Winans, builder, cylinders 18 by 24 inche
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