March 28th. This morning at four o’clock all hands were called; five A. M., got ship under way; five-thirty A. M., opened fire upon the batteries at Warrenton again; the enemy fired very few shots. Our loss is two very slightly wounded; the vessel sustained no injury except being hulled once, and the chain cable [...]
Saturday, 28th–No new developments today. We had orders to clean up for inspection. I went to the commissary headquarters and drew a hat and a blouse, costing $4.78.
28th. Tended Rowena, my saddle mare, and got rations from the Post Commissary. About noon Bob came. Glad to be relieved. Letters from Lucy R., Ella Clark and Sarah Felton. All very good and quite acceptable. In the evening went to class. After it, beat Capt. N. three games of chess. Boiled eggs. Sleeked up [...]
March 28th.—A letter from ––. She tells me that W. B. N. and E. C. both passed through the fierce fight at Kelly’s Ford uninjured. How can we be grateful enough for all our mercies? Letters also from B., by underground railroad. That sweet child and her whole family surrounded and roughly treated by the [...]
MARCH 28th.—We have nothing additional or confirmatory from the West. A letter from Gen. Beauregard states that he has but 17,000 men in South Carolina, and 10,000 in Georgia, 27,000 in all. He asks more, as he will be assailed, probably, by 100,000 Federals. The President refers this important letter to the Secretary of War, [...]
March SATURDAY 28, 1863 Shallie and I went on board the Mary Forsyth to bid Mrs B. farewell. I carried all of the letters brought from Dixie, on board and gave them to Mrs MacLean, who is a St. Louis’n and will see them all properly mailed and delivered.
March 28, 1863, Nashville Dispatch Col. Stanley Matthews, who has been designated by Gen. Rosecrans to carry out the provisions of the order relative to the removal South of the Federal lines of disloyal persons and those whose natural supporters are in the Rebel service, is in the city, and we heard last night that [...]
March 28, 1863, San Antonio Herald Brownsville, March 11th, 1863 Eds. Herald:–In this far off place, we, of San Antonio, always welcome the Herald with delight, not solely for the news it contains, but principally to glean from the local items, something that is transpiring in our beloved city.The advertisements even are conned over with [...]
March 28, 1863, The New York Herald Our Helena Correspondence. HELENA, Ark., March 25, 1863. The despatch steamer Wenona has just arrived from General Ross’ headquarters on the Tallahatchie river, near Fort Greenwood (or Fort Pemberton, as the rebels at first designated the place), having left there on the morning of Thursday, the 19th inst. [...]
March 28, 1863, Memphis Daily Appeal (Jackson, Mississippi) A gentleman who for many years was engaged in manufacturing cotton yarn and cloth in this State, has furnished us with the following estimate of the cost: When cotton was selling at eight cents per pound, the cost of manufacturing a five pound bunch of cotton thread, [...]
March 28, 1863, Nashville Dispatch There is terrible destitution among the sufferers from the bombardment of Fredericksburg. A correspondent of the Richmond Examiner writes that the despoiled population numbers about six thousand. Of these, about one-fourth are destitute. This proportion has been fed by charity for about twelve weeks. The contributions, in the aggregate, were [...]
March 28, 1863, The New York Herald The latest news from Vicksburg and Yazoo expeditions reaches us from Cairo last night. It appears that on last Saturday night another barge, containing one thousand bushels of coal, floated past the batteries at Vicksburg safely, for the use of Admiral Farragut’s fleet. We have it on the [...]
March 28, 1863, San Antonio Herald The affair at the mouth of the Rio Grande was highly brilliant, glorious, and gratifying, and adds another bright chaplet to the brows of our Texas boys–we mean the capturing of those notorious traitors and renegades Judge E. J. Davis, (now a Federal Colonel) and the equally traitorous Montgomery, [...]
March 28, 1863, San Antonio Herald (Extract from a private letter.) Brownsville, March 17th, 1863. Exciting occurrences have transpired here in the last day or two. Judge Davis now Col. Davis, and the notorious Montgomery (Major) of Lockhart, were over in Matamoras, last week; they enticed away many of our Regiment, who for $50 went [...]
March 28, 1863, The New York Herald To form a correct idea of the affairs of Texas, particularly of that portion of the State bordering on the Mexican frontier, and from which it is divided by the Rio Grande, it is necessary to take into account the geographical nature of either portion of the two [...]
March 28, 1863, The New York Herald It is currently reported that President Lincoln will visit New York shortly. We hope that this report is well founded. The President has had very hard work at Washington with the hordes of office seekers, and contractors, and Congressmen, and other such troublesome fellows, and really needs relaxation. [...]
March 28, 1863, Nashville Dispatch The market is rather poorly supplied with vegetables, while prices of almost every article are very high. Sweet potatoes are selling at the rate of five dollars, Irish at three to four dollars, and turnip greens at two dollars per bushel. Fish and poultry of all descriptions are very scarce. [...]