May 6th. Commences with clear and pleasant weather, and light breezes from the northward and westward; at six thirty-five A. M., the steamer Sachem got under way and steamed up the river, exchanging signals with lower fleet from mast-head; at eight forty-five called all hands up anchor, got under way, and proceeded up the river; [...]
Wednesday, 6th.—All quiet to-day. Have very good place to camp; plenty of mulberries. (Note: picture is of an unidentified Confederate soldier.)
Wednesday, 6th–The Sixth Division trains all went to the landing this morning for ammunition. Wagon trains are passing back and forth all the time, hauling provisions and ammunition for the army at Grand Gulf. We had battalion drill this afternoon.
Kentucky 6th. Reached the ford at Waitsboro at noon. Troops were crossing. One boatload of 27th N. J. drowned, 32 persons, Capt. Alexander. Pitiful sight. Camped on the hill. Rainy and chilly. Issued about half rations. Saw an old lady, “Aunt Betsy,” 115 years old, good mind and good heart. Enjoyed hearing her talk. Rheumatism, [...]
MAY 6th.—The excitement has subsided, as troops come pouring in, and many improvised cavalry companies go out in quest of the fox—who has vanished we know not exactly whither. It is believed we have taken 15,000 or 20,000 prisoners, and that the enemy’s killed, wounded, and prisoners must reach the appalling number of 40,000. On [...]
From the diary of Osborn H. Oldroyd MAY 6TH.–This day has been a hot one, but as our duties have not been of an arduous nature we have sought the shade and kept quiet. While in camp, the boys very freely comment upon our destination, and give every detail of progress a general overhauling. The [...]
May 6, 1863, The Charleston Mercury (From the Atlanta Confederacy, May 5.) Yesterday morning before 10 o’clock, Col. Lee received a despatch from Major Rowland stating that the Yankee cavalry were at Gadsden, Ala., (on the Coosa river, at the corner of the four counties of Cherokee, DeKalb, St. Clair, and Benton, say 50 or [...]
May 6, 1863, Southern Banner (Athens, Georgia) We are compelled once more to issue only a half-sheet. The necessary supply of paper could not be obtained. We trust we shall not have to ask the indulgence of our patrons in this respect again. By omitting advertising matter, we are enabled to present nearly as [...]
May 6, 1863, Arkansas True Democrat (Little Rock) A friend in north-western Arkansas writes to us the particulars of some of the atrocious acts committed by the federals there. Two of them seized two young girls and outraged them. Afterwards, two negroes, after severe struggling committed rapes on two respectable ladies, while their white [...]
May 6, 1863, Galveston Weekly News A Rappahanock correspondent of a late Southern paper writes from camp: There are but few tents, but the army is beginning to regard tents as a nuisance. Much soldiering has made them very sharp, and given them a full knowledge of the law of self-preservation, and they [...]
May 6, 1863, The Charleston Mercury The guns of this famous iron clad now line on South Commercial wharf. They consist of two long 11 inch Columbiads, and will soon be mounted for our defence – valuable acquisitions, no less than handsome trophies of the Battle of Charleston Harbor. By order of General RIPLEY, Colonel [...]
May 6, 1863, The Charleston Mercury (From the Columbus, Miss., Republic.) The past week has been an eventful one. The boldest, and we may say one of the most successful, raids of cavalry that has been known since the war, has been made (we say it with shame) through the very centre of Mississippi, and, [...]
May 6, 1863, Arkansas True Democrat (Little Rock) Curtis, the cotton card man, has been arrested again; this time in western Arkansas. A man named Cox, who was concerned in the swindle, and another, named Mitchell, were arrested with him. Cox escaped, but Curtis and Mitchell are on their way here, and may be [...]
May 6, 1863, Arkansas True Democrat (Little Rock) At Richmond, lately, a number of women, headed by a market woman, went through the streets accompanied by a number of rowdies, and went into several stores, presenting pistols and knives and helping themselves to goods. They pretended to want food, but stole calico, cloth and [...]
May 6, 1863, Southern Watchman (Athens, Georgia) The paper on which the Watchman is printed this week cost us $15.00 per ream; Paper of the same size and far superior in quality, cost us, before the war, $3.50 per ream! We could then buy corn at from 50 cents to $1.00 per bushel–wheat at [...]
May 6, 1863, The New York Herald THE GENERAL ENGAGEMENT. THE CORRESPONDENCE OF MR. L.A. HENDRICKS. CHANCELLORSVILLE, May 3, 1863. A REVIEW OF TWO DAYS OPERATIONS. Day before yesterday, about eleven o’clock, the fifth corps advanced from Chancellorsville down the old turnpike towards Fredericksburg. Six miles from the city the enemy had intrenched himself, and [...]
May 6, 1863, Arkansas True Democrat (Little Rock) Can’t help it, gentlemen. Mr. Yerkes has gone for a supply of paper. As the feds are below Vicksburg and crossing may be delayed for weeks, we are bound to reduce our sheet so as to have enough to issue a paper, however small, until he [...]
May 6, 1863, The Charleston Mercury As we see various descriptions of the new Flag adopted by Congress, it might be instructive to our readers to give the description in correct heraldic terms, which would be as follows: ‘Argent: on a canton gules, a saltire azure, fimbriated of the field; charged with thirteen etoiles of [...]
June 6, 1863, The Charleston Mercury VICTORY AT PORT HUDSON. The refugees from New Orleans, who arrived at Mobile a day or two ago, bring accounts of glorious Confederate victory at Port Hudson on the 27th ult.: The Yankee troops had made two desperate assaults, which were repulsed with immense slaughter. When ordered to make [...]
May 6, 1863, The New York Herald Our Cape Girardeau Correspondence. CAPE GIRARDEAU Mo., April 28, 1863. The gallant fight sustained by the garrison of this place two days ago has already been announced through the country by telegraph. Though the battle was not of long duration nor the losses heavy as compared with most [...]
May 6, 1863, The New York Herald Our latest intelligence from the battle field on the Rappahannock is up to Sunday afternoon at six o’clock, at which time things looked favorable for General Hooker. Three sanguinary battles had been fought up to that time; the heights of Fredericksburg, with all the lines of the enemy, [...]
May 6, 1863, The New York Herald THE GENERAL ENGAGEMENT. THE CORRESPONDENCE OF MR. L.A. HENDRICKS. FIFTH ARMY CORPS HEADQUARTERS, IN THE WOODS BACK OF CHANCELLORSVILLE, Va., May 3, 1863. We have had some of the heaviest fighting of the war since sending my despatch yesterday afternoon. Happily the Fifth corps has been blessed with [...]
May 6, 1863, Galveston Weekly News It is becoming a matter of grave consideration says the Augusta Chronicle, how our railroads shall be kept up. The building of locomotives does not appear to be as difficult as the making of rails–nor does the procurement of other rolling stock. To an inexperienced mind either the [...]
May 6, 1863, The Charleston Mercury THE VICTORY ON THE RAPPAHANNOCK. RICHMOND, May 5. No official despatches were received last night, or this morning from General LEE’S headquarters, but a private telegram represents our victory to have been complete. General (Stonewall) JACKSON’S left arm was skilfully amputated below the shoulder, by Dr. McGUYER, of Winchester. [...]
May 6, 1863, Memphis Daily Appeal (Jackson, Mississippi) The Montgomery Mail says: After diligent inquiry we are able to present the following list of paper mills now in operation within the limits of the Southern Confederacy: Alabama 1–At Spring Hill in Mobile county. Georgia 3–At Columbus, Marietta and Athens. South [...]