March 26th. To-day the men have been at work forming barricades on the poop deck and forecastle with hammocks and old sails; it will prove to be quite a protection to the men who are exposed at these points, as Minie balls are dealt out to us in a profuse manner generally. We were honored [...]
Thursday, 26th–It is very warm and pleasant, and the mud is drying up fast. We have no need for camp guards at this camp. We drew six days’ rations. The Eleventh and Fifteenth Iowa Regiments received orders to move at once down the river. We immediately struck our tents and by 10 o’clock p. m. [...]
26th. In the morning played battledore with Melissa. Scored 711 and 637. Made us feel large. D. R. and C. G. who came in last night, were down an hour or two. Went to town. Met Minnie. Called on Lucy Randall at the store, then at Mr. Fairchild’s and at Mr. Lincoln’s door. C. G. [...]
MARCH 26th.—We have dispatches (unofficial) from the West, Stating that one of the enemy’s gun-boats has been sunk in attempting to pass Vicksburg, and another badly injured. Also that an engagement has occurred on the Yazoo, the enemy having several gun-boats sunk, the rest being driven back. It snowed a little this morning, and is [...]
March 26, 1863, The New York Herald Our intelligence from the Southwest today, confirming, as it does, the floating news which we have been in possession of for the past two or three days, is most important and satisfactory. There appears to be no doubt that Admiral Farragut’s entire squadron has arrived below Vicksburg, farther [...]
March 26, 1863, The Ranchero (Corpus Christi, Texas) From the Fort Brown Flag. On the night of Saturday, the 14th, or rather on the morning of Sunday the 15th, a party of men, consisting of some citizens and some soldiers, so we have been told, (for the names and details of the transaction have been [...]
March 26, 1863, Savannah Republican (Georgia) The Baltimore Clipper says Antonia J. Ford was the principal spy and guide for Capt. Mosely in his recent raid on Fairfax Court House, and aided in planning the arrest of Gen. Slaughter, Wyndham and others. She was arrested and brought to the Old Capitol Prison on Sunday last, [...]
March 26, 1863, Savannah Republican (Georgia) We had the pleasure of examining at the Jewelry establishment of Mr. John Hill on 14th street, yesterday, a pair of very magnificent spurs, of solid burnished gold, which were imported through the blockade, from citizens of Maryland, as a present to General Lee. They are each engraved, on [...]
March 26, 1863, The Charleston Mercury VICKSBURG, March 25. – Two of the enemy’s boats attempted to pass down the river this morning. Our batteries opened upon them with effect. One was sunk opposite our batteries. The other was badly riddled, and now lies opposite the canal batteries. It is expected she will be sunk. [...]
March 26, 1863, The New York Herald Advices received from all parts of the seceded States go to prove how greatly the people suffer for provisions and food of every description. Prices have attained a height which places almost all the necessities of life out of reach of the poorer and even the middling classes, [...]
March 26, 1863, The New York Herald The cheering news from the Mississippi, which we have the pleasure to submit to our readers this morning, opens a splendid prospect before us. Admiral Porter, by a convenient bayou, has succeeded in running five gunboats into the lower Yazoo, and into the very position desired above Haines’ [...]
March 26, 1863, (Marshall) Texas Republican Capt. T. J. Coleman, who has just returned from a trip South, informs us that throughout the counties of San Augustine, Shelby, Sabine, Jasper, &c., provisions are very scarce and that corn is selling at from three to five dollars per bushel. He paid five dollars for himself and [...]
March 26, 1863, Peoria Morning Mail (Illinois) The London Times thus speaks of the condition of sewing women in London and represents a state of things truly deplorable: The young female slaves of whom we speak, are worked by gangs in ill ventilated rooms, or rooms that are not ventilated at all, for it is [...]
March 26, 1863, Clarke County Journal (Alabama) The high prices of everything we have to buy–provisions, paper, ink, &c.–compel us to raise the subscription price of the Journal. Accordingly we have placed it at $3 per annum, in advance. This is a very reasonable price for a newspaper considering the exorbitant prices of almost everything [...]