April 16, 1863, Peoria Morning Mail (Illinois) Letter from the Hon. Mrs. F. A few days ago, one Mrs. Fulgum, from Richmond, Virginia, was arrested at the outposts, and a number of letters for rebels in Nashville were taken from her person. She gave the Provost Marshal some unsealed letters, probably to avoid suspicion, but [...]
April 16, 1863, Tyler Reporter Brownsville, Texas, March 18th, 1863. Mr. Hamilton: Some seven or eight days ago, the Yankee transport “Honduras” anchored off the mouth of the Rio Grande, and amongst its precious cargo was to be found E. J. Davis, a renegade citizen of Texas, who at one time disgraced the Texas bench, [...]
April 16, 1863, The New York Herald Our Suffolk Correspondence. ON SIGNAL TOWER, SUFFOLK, Va., TUESDAY, April 14 – 9. A.M. During the entire night we were engaged in the construction of new fortifications, by order of General Peck, under the immediate superintendence of Lieut. James, Topographical Engineers. For this work we used and are [...]
April 16, 1863, The New York Herald Our Suffolk Correspondence. ON SIGNAL TOWER, SUFFOLK, Va., Monday, Midnight, April 13, 1863. It will be remembered that my despatch of this morning left the enemy firing with his artillery from the Sommerton road. At one o’clock he ceased firing and retired in good order. About three o’clock [...]
April 16, 1863, Tyler Reporter A letter in the Houston Telegraph, from Brownsville, of date the 28th of March, says that the clouds raised by the recent abduction of Davis and others from Mexican territory, and the more recent seizure of a Federal schooner in the anchorage off the mouth of the Rio Grande, which [...]
April 16, 1863, The Charleston Mercury OPERATIONS IN TENNESSEE. CHATTANOOGA, April 14. – The first rumors in relation to VAN DORN’S fight at Franklin, prove to have been greatly exaggerated. The loss was only 50 on each side. Only a portion of FREEMAN’S battery was captured by the enemy, which was immediately retaken. All quiet [...]
April 16, 1863, Tyler Reporter From camp Ford, the Eastern camp of instruction for Conscripts. Jefferson Moseley–aged 36 years, 5 feet, 11 inches high, blue eyes, auburn hair, fair complexion, a native of Alabama, by occupation a farmer, a resident of Upshur county, enrolled by W. K. Heath, January 29th 1863. March 30th 1863.
April 16, 1863, The New York Herald Our Suffolk Correspondence. SUFFOLK, Va., Monday Noon, April 13, 1863. We fired upon the enemy last night, shelling the woods from one of the gunboats over the town, without provoking a reply. There is information current that the rebels are waiting for reinforcements, and moving to outflank us [...]
April 15th. This morning, at six o’clock, hove up anchor, and steamed down the river; at ten o’clock, brought ship to anchor five miles above Port Hudson, for the purpose of communicating from masthead, by army signals, with vessels of lower fleet; signalizing from masthead, during the day, with U. S. sloop-of-war Richmond. At six [...]
April. Having been an inmate in the hospital for three months, at my own request, I was allowed to join my company, located at Fort Marshall, east end of Baltimore. Reported to Lieutenant Merwin, commanding company. He would not allow me to go on duty. Wished me to remain at Regimental Hospital for a while [...]
15th. Rainy during the night and drizzling in the morning. Went on, leaving the teams. Drew ammunition. Rode along some with A. B. then with Chester. Passed through Nicholasville and Lancaster. Crossed the Kentucky River. Mountains for several miles. Grand scenery. Reminded me of the Alleghanies. Reached Stanford, 45 miles, about 10 P. M. Went [...]
April 15, 1863, The New York Herald The extraordinary combat maintained last week by eight small iron-clads, carrying sixteen guns, with the innumerable batteries and powerful forts by which the entrance to Charleston harbor is defended, is one of the most remarkable events of the great rebellion, prolific as it has been in prodigies of [...]
Wednesday, 15th–General Quimby’s Division passed on down the river today, and another large fleet of boats loaded with troops passed us for Vicksburg. It is thought that Vicksburg will soon be attacked. Things seem quite lively at present.
15th.—Spent yesterday in the hospital. I am particularly interested in two very ill men. One is a youth of seventeen years, who has been seventeen months in service. Poor boy! he is now sinking with consumption, and has lately been brought to our hospital from another. His case elicits great sympathy and kindness. His name [...]
APRIL 15th.—There is a dispatch, unofficial, from the West, contradicting the news of the defeat of Van Dorn. On the Cumberland River, another dispatch says, we have met with new successes, capturing or destroying several more gun-boats. And Wheeler has certainly captured a railroad train in the rear of the enemy, containing a large sum [...]
April 15, 1863, Savannah Republican (Georgia) A few days since it was a problem whether the Republican would continue its regular visits to its large list of subscribers or not. The destruction of the paper mill from which we drew our supplies, rendered the prospect gloomy indeed. We are gratified, however, to be able to [...]
April 15, 1863, Dallas Herald A letter from Fort Mason, dated March 17th, says a party of 16 Indians came to a house just above here, where they found one man and his wife. They had a white flag, and asked for something to eat. While they were eating the man and woman tried to [...]
April 15, 1863, Montgomery Weekly Advertiser The Vicksburg Whig says that a female spy was caught a few days ago at Enterprise, on the Mobile & Ohio Railroad. We learn that passes are now demanded of all travelling females.
April 15, 1863, Southern Watchman (Athens, Georgia) Since our last issue, the paper on which the Watchman is printed advanced three dollars per ream! Our readers must see that we cannot live at this rate. We shall be compelled to advance too or stop entirely. It is doubtful whether we can procure paper of the [...]
April 15, 1863, Savannah Republican (Georgia) We learn from the Raleigh Progress that a number of women, most of them very abandoned, collected at Greensboro’ the early part of this week and intended to make a mob demonstration similar to that at Richmond and other places, but by the promptness of the authorities, the contemplated [...]
April 15, 1863, Montgomery Weekly Advertiser To His Excellency, John Gill Shorter, Governor of the State of Alabama: We, the undersigned, having been appointed a Committee by the officers of the 12th Alabama Regiment, to request that the old colors of the Regiment be placed among the archives of the State, herewith [...]
April 15, 1863, Savannah Republican (Georgia) Different sounds will travel with different velocity–a call to dinner will run over a ten acre lot in a moment and a half, while a summons to work takes from five to ten minutes.
April 15, 1863, Daily Mississippian (Jackson, Mississippi) Jackson–Its Public Streets–The Negroes, Bond and Free–Nuisances–a Suggestion. To Editor Mississippian: Jackson, like all other cities, has its public and private evils, that require the waters of purification, the hand of correction, and the pruning hook of reformation. While there are portions of this, the Metropolis of our [...]
April 15, 1863, Savannah Republican (Georgia) Among other incidents of the battle of Murfreesboro’, we heard of one the other day, in which a soldier observed a rabbit loping across the field under a heavy fire. “Run, cottontail,” he said, “If I hadn’t got a reputation to sustain, I’d travel too!”
April 15, 1863, The New York Herald The attempt to take Charleston is for the time abandoned. The iron-clad fleet of Admiral Du Pont and the army of General Hunter have been withdrawn to Port Royal. The experiment proved too hazardous. The batteries of the enemy at Sumter, Moultrie and Cummings’ Point, and the obstructions [...]