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posed, and had to be assisted off the field. This account has been furnished by one of his men, who says that his gallant bearing on the field inspired his company, one and all, with a determination to stand till the last man had fallen or victory won. We are happy to state, that both of these officers will probably be again at their posts in a short time, ready as before to meet the invaders of our soil and drive them back. Centreville. An incident of the battle. Norfolk, July 29, 1861. To the Editors of the Dispatch: I have heard many instances of the Manassas battle, but one of the most amusing was related to me by an eye-witness. He had ridden out on the Monday after the fight to view the scene of horror, when he came to the body of a New York Zouave having on a pair of shoes apparently new. While standing there, an Irishman of the Confederate Army approached, whose feet were incased in a pair of the aforementioned articles, pretty much the worse for wear. A
From Yorktown.Federal outrages — Burning of Hampton — Conjectured movement of the hessians, &c.[special correspondence of the Dispatch.] Yorktown July 29, 1861. Three weeks sickness has prevented your correspondent from picking up and sending you some items that might have proved interesting to your readers. There is not much, however, going on, except the continual annoyance to which our people in the lower part of this peninsula are subjected by the barbarians of the North. It seems really hard to apply such a term to men with whom we have long been on terms of social and political intimacy; but when men deliberately ignore and set aside all the rules of civilized life and the laws of honorable warfare, and descend to such deeds as would make any but a savage blush for shame, why should we not call men as well as things by their right names, and term them "barbarians? " Having already plundered nearly every house within their reach about Hampton, they have lately gone a s
Our correspondents continue to furnish us with narratives of occurrences incident to the war, some of which we append, commencing with. A Lady's account of the invasion of Charlestown by the great Patterson.[correspondence of the Richmond Dispatch.] Charlestown, July 29, 1861. We dare ask a place in your much read columns, as Charlestown now suspects herself of some importance, Yankeedem having visited us for the second time — the first visit in a Drown raid of twenty-two men, the second in a Lincoln raid of thirty thousand. Of the first you know. A little of the second we will try to tell you. Our town, which since the noble Southern army marched through, has been the perfection of quietness, was on Wednesday (17th) thrown into confusion by the cry of "They come!--They come!" Now this "they" was well known by every rational animal, from man to monkey, to mean exactly what did come — the barbers, swearers and thieves of Yankee land. We had been expecting them from
e party who sends the same, by endorsement of his military title, if an officer, or of the company and regiment to which he belongs, if a musician or private. 2. That letters and other mail matter sent to any officer, musician or private in the Confederate States Army, at any point from which the said officer, musician or private may have been lawfully removed, shall be forwarded to the person to whom directed at the post-office nearest which he may have been removed, free of additional postage. 3. That on letters transmitted by a member of Congress, with his official signature endorsed on the same, pre-payment of postage shall not be required, but the same may be paid on delivery of the letters thus transmitted. 4. Any person attempting to violate the provisions of this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall forfeit and pay the sum of twenty dollars to be recovered before any justice of the peace having cognizance thereof. Approved July 29th, 1861. au 1--ts
The Daily Dispatch: August 16, 1861., [Electronic resource], Hospital supplies for the Army of the Northwest. (search)
ut one Colonel and one Lieutenant Colonel. The Federal Colonels took good to expose themselves. Where the fight was hottest, there they were not. Therefore, they escaped with their lives. General Wheat, we are happy to say, was not killed, but is recovering from his wound. A Black Republican outrage in Massachusetts. The following letter from a respectable citizen of Wales, Mass., to a gentleman in New York, is copied from the Day Book of that city: Wales, Mass., 29th July, 1861. Sir: I received your kind letter of the 5th inst., and was rejoiced that you take such an interest in my unhappy case. As you want me to give a true statement of the outrage committed upon Zeno Farrington, Jr., and myself, I will comply with your request. On the 5th of May, as early as 9 o'clock, the Republicans began to gather from a very district. The night previous their flag had been cut down, and the pretence was they had met for their purpose of ascertaining who had done
The Daily Dispatch: August 17, 1861., [Electronic resource], Fourth Alabama Regiment--official report. (search)
Fourth Alabama Regiment--official report. Headquarters 4th Ala. Regiment, Camp Bee, near Manassas, July 29, 1861. Gen. Whiting, Commanding 3d Brigade Army of the Shenandoah: Sir: --In obedience to your order of the 26th inst., I submit the following report of the operations of this regiment, immediately preceding and during the battle of the 21st inst.: On the evening of Thursday, the 18th of July, we left our camp near Winchester, and started, upon a forced march, across the Blue Ridge, en route for Manassas. We marched all that night and the next day, arriving at Piedmont after nightfall on the 19th. At that point we took the cars and arrived at Manassas Junction about 9 o'clock on Saturday, the 20th. Our tents were left at Winchester, and the supply of food was scant and insufficient. The men arrived at Camp Walker about ten o'clock A. M. on Saturday, hungry and much jaded by the exposure and fatigue. We bivouacked that day and night, obtaining some food,
ment that I had maps and diagrams of the passes in the Cumberland Mountain, is utterly destitute of truth. The conviction that it was the determined purpose of our State authorities for use military force against us was, as already stated, greatly modified by the following letter from Major General Polk, who has the chief command of the military forces of Tennessee, and which was first shown to me, as already stated, at Abingdon: Headquarters, Department No. 2, Memphis, Tenn July 29, 1861. To Col. Robertson Topp, Judge J. Caruthers, Dr. Jeptha Fowlkes, Col. D. M. Latherman. Gentlemen: I am satisfied that many of our fellow-countrymen in East Tennessee have, by the course of events, been forced into taking a position in regard to the questions pending between the North and the South which is hardly in keeping with their natural relations, and from which it is our duty, in a spirit of magnanimity, to do what we can to relieve them. Without entering into the quest
Mr. Russell's third letter.on the battle of Manassas.[Correspondence of the London Times] Washington, July 29, 1861. On this day week the Confederates could have marched into the Capital of the United States. They took no immediate steps to follow up their unexpected success. To this moment their movements have betrayed no fixity of purpose or settled plan to pursue an aggressive war, or even "to liberate Maryland if they have the means of doing so." And, indeed, their success was, as I suspected, not known to them in its full proportions, and their loss, combined, perhaps, with the condition of their army, as much as a political and prudential motives, actuating their leaders, may have had a fair share in producing the state of inactivity with which the Federalists have no reason to be dissatisfied. The "Special correspondent" attempts a diplomatic view of our Union position. Let us look around, now that the smoke of battle has cleared away, and try to examine