CAMP CHASE, July 5, 1861. DEAR UNCLE:–I have so little to write that I have, perhaps, neglected you. . . . . We are getting on very pleasantly here. It is a gentlemanly, social life, with just business and exercise enough to pass the time. I have probably engaged a horse for one hundred dollars–a [...]
JULY 5th.—We have news of a fight at Gainesville between Gen. Patterson and Col. Jackson; the latter, being opposed by overwhelming numbers, fell back after punishing the Philadelphia general so severely that he will not be likely to have any more stomach for fighting during the remainder of the campaign.
Friday, July 5.—Cloudy, with a moderate trade. Just before daylight one of the prizes broke adrift. Recovered her and let go the one we had in tow and directed the officer in charge to work his way into Cienfuegos. At about 2 p.m. crossed the shoal off the east end of the reef of the [...]
FRIDAY 5 Hot in the sun but a good air stirring. Congress is fairly organized and ready to go to work. I was at the Capitol a couple of hours today. Saw many of the “Members” with whom I was acquainted, went on the floor among them before the call to order. The Halls looked [...]
“Camp Lyon” St. Joseph Mo1 July 5 1861 General Order No 6 [Applications and the granting of leaves from the camp were tightened. Guard mounting at seven o’clock A. M. ordered each day.] 5th A General Court Martial will convene at this post, at the tent of Major Crocker on the 8th day of July, [...]
July 5th.–As the young gentleman of colour, to whom I had given egregious ransom as well as an advance of wages, did not appear this morning, I was, after an abortive attempt to boil water for coffee and to get a piece of toast, compelled to go in next door, and avail myself of the [...]
July 5.—Yesterday M. P. and myself spent several hours riding about to visit our friends. The news of the day was, that General Patterson, with a large force, had crossed the river and taken possession of Martinsburg, and that General Johnston had sent Colonel Stuart, with his cavalry, to reconnoitre and cut off his supplies, [...]
–This morning the rebel troops stationed at Fairfax Court-House, Va., were advancing upon the Federal lines, when a regiment of their infantry fired by mistake upon a company of their cavalry, killing seven or eight men. and wounding several others.–N. Y. Evening Post, July 6. –This morning the Missouri rebel troops, under Gov. Jackson, broke [...]
July 5, 1861 A Chronological History of the Civil War in America1 President’s Message read in Congress: he called for 400,000 men and $400,000,000 to aid in putting down the rebellion. Battle at Carthage, Mo. (Sigel 1,100 v. Jackson 4,000): rebels routed. A Chronological History of the Civil War in America by Richard Swainson Fisher, [...]