May 8th. Lying to an anchor in the Mississippi off the mouth of Red river; all quiet on the “Father of Waters,” up to four A. M., when a scene of great excitement occurred on board of the Flag-ship Hartford. The reader may ask what was the cause of it? Was the enemy near? No; [...]
Friday, 8th–General Blair’s Division, composed of Ohio and Illinois troops, went by today on their way to Grand Gulf. All day teams were returning to the river landing for provisions for the army at Grand Gulf. We received orders to send all the sick back to the hospital at Memphis, and prepare to march. Our [...]
Friday, 8th. Clear but uncomfortably warm. The regt. came in during the day. Issued four days’ rations in the morning. Conflicting reports about a battle on the Potomac. Hooker whipped! Richmond taken! etc. All very anxious to get reliable news. Col. Miner in camp. Received no letters from home and Fannie. Wrote in the evening.
MAY 8th.—To-day the city is in fine spirits. Hooker had merely thrown up defenses to protect his flight across the river. The following dispatch was received last night from Gen. Lee: “CHANCELLORVILLE, May 7th, 1863. “TO HIS EXCELLENCY, PRESIDENT DAVIS. “After driving Gen. Sedgwick across the Rappahannock, on the night of the 4th inst., I [...]
From the diary of Osborn H. Oldroyd MAY 8TH–We were ready to continue our march, but were not ordered out. Some white citizens came into camp to see the “Yankees,” as they call us. Of course they do not know the meaning of the term, but apply it to all Union soldiers. They will think [...]
May 8, 1863, Mobile Register And Advertiser The Shreveport Gazette recently published a card signed by about a hundred foreigners, who, fearing they might be drafted in the militia, adopted that course to notify the people that they were French subjects, and owned no allegiance to Louisiana. The News says that Mr. B. Courtade, [...]
May 8, 1863, Tri-Weekly Telegraph (Houston, Texas) We are informed that Col. Pyron’s regiment, which is now on the march to the field to meet the enemy, are in need of haversacks. This article is very necessary to a soldier in the field, and it being such a cheap article, we think we have [...]
May 8, 1863, Tri-Weekly Telegraph (Houston, Texas) Waxahachie, Texas, April 30.–The Waxahachie powder mill blew up yesterday. Mr. Rown, the proprietor, and Mr. Phillips one of the hands, were both killed, and Mr. Nance was badly bruised. There were about 2000 lbs. of powder in the mill at the time.
May 8, 1863, The New York Herald The news of General Hooker’s retrograde movement across the Rappahannock without a general battle, and with the enemy en masse in his rear, created throughout this city yesterday a profound sensation of disappointment and despondency. Confident hopes of great victories were changed again to painful anxieties for the [...]
May 8, 1863, American Citizen (Canton, Mississippi) The Raleigh State Journal, alluding to the high price of newspaper, and the difficulty of procuring it at almost any price, says: What remedy is there for this state of things? We see but two: either an enormous increase in the price of subscription, or a [...]
May 8, 1863, The New York Herald WASHINGTON, May 6, 1863. THE FAILURE OF THE CAMPAIGN. Hooker’s campaign is a failure, just when it was supposed to be on the very eve of a brilliant success. It is understood that he was outgeneralled by Lee and his army outnumbered by the rebels. Still a retreat [...]
May 8, 1863, American Citizen (Canton, Mississippi) Among the returned Confederate prisoners, to whom we alluded in our paper of yesterday morning, was a Georgian, who had had his leg shot off in the battle, in which he was taken prisoner by the abolitionists. While in New York city, awaiting his recovery, he states [...]
May 8, 1863, The New York Herald THE CORRESPONDENCE OF MR. T.M. COOK. HEADQUARTERS, ARMY OF THE POTOMAC, NEAR UNITED STATES FORD, May 5, 1863. In my last communication I was compelled, owing to the length to which it grew on my hands, to make merely a mention of the operations of the army yesterday. [...]
May 8, 1863, Savannah Republican (Georgia) A young woman, apparently about 17 years of age, attired in military apparel, was arrested in this city, Tuesday, and lodged in jail, until some satisfactory information in regard to her can be obtained. She says that she is a married woman, that she is from Mississippi, and [...]
May 8, 1863, The New York Herald The news of General Hooker’s retrograde movement to the north side of the Rappahannock, after sustaining a loss of ten thousand men or more during a contest of three days, created an intense excitement in the city yesterday. Our latest news report the army safe at Falmouth. The [...]
May 8, 1863, The New York Herald THE CORRESPONDENCE OF MR. S.M. CARPENTER. UNITED STATES FORD, May 6 – 8 A.M. Yesterday morning the trains were all ordered back to camp, and by dark the wagons, extra caissons, pack mules, &c., were at Falmouth. The wounded were hastily removed from the hospitals and sent to [...]
May 8, 1863, The New York Herald OUR RICHMOND, VA., DESPATCH. I am able to give you a few items of intelligence which may be of interest, in advance of a detailed history of my experiences in the confederacy. THE ADVANCE OF GENERAL STONEMAN HEARD OF. We received an alarm here on Sunday about Stoneman’s [...]
May 8, 1863, Tri-Weekly Telegraph (Houston, Texas) We paid over $2000 a day or two since for a lot of printing ink that before the war would have cost $125.
May 8, 1863, Savannah Republican (Georgia) The war upon women–waged only here and there two years ago–is becoming universal. The stubborn fealty, lofty patriotism, and fiery spirit of the women of the South, which ought rather to excite a noble admiration and would do so in a generous foe, only begets persecution from the [...]
May 8, 1863, Natchez Daily Courier, The following very pertinent remarks, from the Little Rock Democrat of a late date, are equally applicable to the doings of “General Starvation” and his piratical invaders further South. The Starvation Policy. “It has been known, for weeks, that the Federals in this State, as well [...]
May 8, 1863, Southern Confederacy (Atlanta, Georgia) The Fort Brown Flag of March 20th gives a detailed account of the capture and release of the renegade Judge Davis. A party of Texas Rangers crossed the Rio Grand, surrounded the house in which Davis and Montgomery were lodged in company with a number of renegades, [...]
May 8, 1863, Tri-Weekly Telegraph (Houston, Texas) In distributing the cotton cards lately bought by the State, the Military Board have fixed their prices at $10 per pair. As they have enough to go very far towards supplying the demand, it is to be presumed that the price of cotton cards will speedily come [...]
May 8, 1863, The Charleston Mercury FROM THE RAPPAHANNOCK – FURTHER DETAILS OF THE LATE BATTLES. RICHMOND, May 7. – The correspondent of the Richmond Whig gives some further details of the battles of Chancellorsville and Fredericksburg. HOOKER accomplished the capture of Marye’s Heights by a ruse. On Saturday evening he moved several heavy columns [...]
May 8, 1863, Daily Mississippian (Jackson, Mississippi) We infer that something of a panic exists south of us. Droves of negroes, mules &c., have been pressing through our village, northward and eastward bound, for some days. The stampede seems to have frightened many of our own citizens, and we hear of a number who [...]
May 16, 1863, The New York Herald Our Murfreesboro Correspondence. MURFREESBORO, Tenn., May 10, 1863. My despatches of last night will have intimated to you the loss of the forces under Colonel A.D. Streight, sent to destroy the military machine shops and arsenals at Rome, Georgia. The rebel papers received stated the capture positively; but [...]