OCTOBER 23d.—The President is highly delighted at the result of the battle of Leesburg; and yet some of the red-tape West Point gentry are indignant at Gen. Evans for not obeying orders, and falling back. There is some talk of a court-martial; for it is maintained that no commander, according to strict military rules, should [...]
Wednesday, October 23.—A clear day. The enemy in great force around Leesburg. We can see the church steeples of that place. Skirmishing kept up all day. In the evening our battery received orders to embark and cross the river,—Capt. Tompkins, having come back from Harper’s Ferry, with the right section, the evening before,—three guns were [...]
WEDNESDAY 23 This has been another sour day, some rain and mist and some sunshine. I have staid pretty close and have not been out. Chas & Sallie were here an hour or two and Doct Smith (Rev) called in the afternoon. An important battle is expected to “come off” up the River soon. The [...]
Daily Chronicle & Sentinel [Augusta, Ga], October 23, 1861 Col. Greer, of one of the Texas Regiments engaged in the battle of Oak Hills, relates the following incidents: The battle raged hottest around the house of an old gentleman named Sharp, near the center of the battle field. After the roar of the cannon and [...]
23rd. Changed my quarters for noncommissioned staff–was sorry.
Wednesday, 23d–There was a large fire in town today. New companies for the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Regiments are arriving in camp nearly every day; also new troops for the Second Iowa Cavalry in camp at the Fair Grounds.
October 23rd.–Up at six, waiting for horse and man. At eight walked down to stables. No one there. At nine became very angry–sent messengers in all directions. At ten was nearly furious, when, at the last stroke of the clock, James, with his inexpressive countenance, perfectly calm nevertheless, and betraying no symptom of solicitude, appeared [...]
October 23.–To-day a battle was fought at West Liberty, Ky., between a part of the Ohio Second, supported by one company of cavalry belonging to the Ohio First, and two pieces of light artillery on the side of the Federals, and seven hundred rebels. The rebels were completely routed, with a loss of twenty-one persons [...]
October 23, 1861 A Chronological History of the Civil War in America1 Writ of habeas corpus suspended in the District of Columbia, in all cases relating to the military. Skirmish at West Liberty, Mo. A Chronological History of the Civil War in America by Richard Swainson Fisher, New York, Johnson and Ward, 1863