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The Daily Dispatch: July 3, 1862., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
to 30,000. The Yankee General Curtis is being reinforced. Jackson's Tennessee cavalry burnt fifteen hundred bales of cotton, last Thursday, within twelve miles of Memphis. The vote in the municipal election at Memphis was small. No responsible person was a candidate for office. Jackson, Miss., June 30.--Gen. Chalmers has taken Bolivar, Tenn. Col. Tappen, of Arkansas, says that Gen. Hindman, with 30,000 men, has Curtis completely cornered. The State is blazing with excitement. The battery at Duval's Bluff commands White river, and is supported by 5,000 Confederates. The people along the rivers refuse to trade with the Yankees. Knoxville, June 30.--Buell's army is rapidly crossing the Tennessee river at Florence, and concentrating at Bridgeport, thirty-four miles from Chattanooga. The enemy crossed a regiment of artillery over Battle Creek yesterday. Gen. Harry Heth has been assigned to the command of the forces at Chattanooga. All quiet towards Cumberland Gap.
The Daily Dispatch: August 14, 1862., [Electronic resource], Further from the North. (search)
wn among the camps the excitement was intense. The 9th Ohio, McCook's own regiment, on learning of the assassination, marched back to the scene of the occurrence, burned every house in the neighborhood and laid waste the lands. Several men who were implicated in the murder were taken out and hung to trees by the infuriated soldiery. The guerrilla feeling throughout the State is increasing rapidly, and bands of these robbers are forming in every hamlet. The train I came down in from Battle creek was fired into at different points. No damage was done to the persons of any of the passengers. The train for Columbia to-day was fired into by guerrilla parties, at various points on the road, and one man was killed and thirteen wounded. Companies are forming here to assist in the capture of guerrillas near the city. As I write this dispatch the excitement is increasing in the city, and the streets are alive with the populace. Amazement and revenge are pictured upon every
The Daily Dispatch: August 27, 1862., [Electronic resource], Affairs on the Peninsula. (search)
From Tennessee. Chattanooga, Aug, 26th. --Morgan's proclamation, dated Hartsville, Aug, 18th, declares his intention of putting the law of retaliation in force since the Yankees will not permit his paroles to be recognized, and says he will in future imitate them in their exactions; retaliate upon them the cruelties and oppression with which his friends are visited and continue that course until the enemy consents to make war according to the law of nations. It is now certain that Buell's forces are falling back from or down the Tennessee, having evacuated Battle Creek, Bridgeport, and Stevenson, leaving but a picket guard at each place.
The Daily Dispatch: August 29, 1862., [Electronic resource], From the Peninsula. (search)
Morgan's proclamation for retaliation — Buell falling back. Chattanooga, August 26. --Col. Morgan has issued a proclamation, dated Hartsville, Tenn., August 18. He declares his intention of putting the law of retaliation in force, and says: "Since the Yankees will not permit my paroles to be recognized, I will in future imitate them in their exactions, and retaliate upon them the oppression with which my friends are visited, and continue this course until the enemy conduct the war according to the law of nations. It is now certain that Buell's forces are falling back from or down the Tennessee, having evacuated Battle Creek, Bridgeport, and Stevenson, leaving but a picket guard at each place.
The Daily Dispatch: August 30, 1862., [Electronic resource], A Slight Brush at city Point. (search)
An unusual sight. --At the Post-Office, last night, an unusual sight was witnessed — nothing less than an U. S. mail bag packed with Yankee letters, which was captured on the Rappahannock lines.--The letters are of late date. One from Genesee county, L1, dated he 18th inst., says that county has raised nine companies under the last call, and that "when the Government gets in earnest the rebellion will be put down and traitors hung." A letter from a soldier at Battle Creek, Tenn., Aug. 8th, says: "We have all the army here that was at Corinth, and 200 field pieces. More infantry is expected in a few days." A letter dated Lincoln county, Mo., Aug. 18th, from a son to his father, says the draft by the U. S. Government was very injudicious, as "Davis will get six men to Lincoln's one" He adds that he would rather see Indians than Federal in Missouri, for they could not steal or murder more.--Dr. Ben Tood, according to this letter, was taken out of bed by the Federal tr
The Daily Dispatch: July 15, 1862., [Electronic resource], Wounded Yankees. (search)
From the South. Our Southern exchanges furnish a few items of interest: The War in the Southwest. A letter from Nicajack, in the vicinity of Bucil's forces, date July 8th, says: The Federal forces on Haley's term, near Battle Creek, two or three miles above Bridgeport, have increased to about five thousand, having a portion of cavalry and artillery. At Bridgeport they have one regiment and a half of cavalry: and of artillery: twelve small pieces. A large train of baggage wat, and we may ere long, hear of something like war right here on the Tennessee river. Our forces are on the side of the river opposite the Yankees, and are anxious to see them on this side. The Yankees celebrated the 4th at Bridgeport and Battle Creek by a salute of thirty-four guns. On Saturday morning last a small party of Col. Davis's Florida troops went across the Tennessee, and, fording the Sequatchie on foot, surprised a scouting party of Yankee cavalry, numbering 27, taking five
The Daily Dispatch: August 28, 1863., [Electronic resource], From Tennessee--Rosecrans's advance. (search)
the country, pillaging and destroying what his minions cannot consume, and compensating with imprisonment and chains. The order of Gen. Hill concerning hucksters in Bragg's army, has had the effect of reducing prices. Fruits, which used to sell at two dollars per dozen, can now be had at fifty cents per dozen. Loyal residents of East Tennessee are promptly responding to the President's last call for troops. The Federals have not ventured up the Tennessee river farther than Battle Creek. He will hardly come farther unless he comes in force. Major-General Buckner has issued an order closing all liquor establishments at Knoxville. The rumored reinforcement of the Federals at Bridgeport is untrue. Rosecrans was at Murfreesboro' on Tuesday, Aug, 22. The report that Stanton and Halleck have been at Winchester is unfounded. Two regiments of Federal cavalry and two regiments of infantry are at Dunlop, 25 miles from Chattanooga. Our Generals have p
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