May 12th. This morning, at 1 o’clock, heard heavy firing down the river in the neighborhood of Port Hudson, which ceased in twenty minutes afterwards; at five forty -five steamer L. A. Sykes arrived from Alexandria, and at six thirty steamed back up Red river again; finished tricing the logs upon port side of ship; [...]
Tuesday, 12th.—Moved back to Hall’s Ferry Road. Reported Stonewall Jackson died from wounds received in the recent fight in Virginia. (Note: picture is of an unidentified Confederate soldier.)
Tuesday Evening, May 12th.—How can I record the sorrow which has befallen our country! General T. J. Jackson is no more. The good, the great, the glorious Stonewall Jackson is numbered with the dead! Humanly speaking, we cannot do without him; but the same God who raised him up, took him from us, and He [...]
Tuesday, 12th–We took up our march at 5 o’clock this morning and marched sixteen miles over very fine roads. This is a very rich country, and before the war, was prosperous, but now looks quite desolate, the buildings and fences having been burned by our troops. At the approach of our army the people fled, [...]
12th. Sent a letter to Minnie. Played chess with Chester and Lt. Case, on the whole did well. Short talk with Bushnell. Could have done better in Arkansas. Let our horses into a field to graze. Read the Commercial of the 10th, some in Gazette. Drove up a beef from town.
MAY 12th.—The departments and all places of business are still closed in honor of Gen. Jackson, whose funeral will take place to-day. The remains will be placed in state at the Capitol, where the people will be permitted to see him. The grief is universal, and the victory involving such a loss is regarded as [...]
From the diary of Osborn H. Oldroyd MAY 12TH–Roused up early and before daylight marched, the 20th in the lead. Now we have the honored position, and will probably get the first taste of battle. At nine o’clock slight skirmishing began in front, and at eleven we filed into a field on the right of [...]
May 12, 1863, Southern Confederacy (Atlanta, Georgia) We invite the special attention of everybody at home to the letter of our special correspondent J. H. H., from Estell Springs, in to-day’s paper–particularly to that portion of it in reference to writing letters to soldiers in the field. We ought to write to our [...]
May 12, 1863, The New York Herald Since the rebellion broke out we have had a great many uprisings at the North. There have been uprisings of the men of the North, the patriots of the North, the politicians of the North, the contractors of the North, the stock jobbers of the North, the gold [...]
May 12, 1863, Weekly Columbus Enquirer (Georgia) Mr. E. Steadman calls upon all the cotton yarn spinners of the State to meet in convention at Atlanta on the 15th inst., to arrange a united effort on the part of the factories to supply the destitute families of soldiers with yarns. Col. Ira R. [...]
May 12, 1863, The New York Herald The report that General Hooker’s army is again on the south side of the Rappahannock, and advancing, gives general satisfaction. It was feared that his return to this side signified the suspension of any offensive operations on our part in Virginia for several months to come; but it [...]
May 12, 1863, The New York Herald There is nothing to report from General Hooker’s advance today. The rebels were at work in considerable force yesterday on the Orange and Alexandria Railroad, repairing the bridge over the Rapidan. The Stoneman cavalry expedition is immortal. We have given heretofore very full accounts from army correspondents, embracing [...]
May 12, 1863, The New York Herald THE SIEGE OF SUFFOLK. Our West Point Correspondence. WEST POINT, Va., May 9, 1863. A portion of the Fourth army corps, Major General Erasmus A. Keyes commanding, reached this point shortly after one o’clock on Thursday last (7th inst.) The troops were conveyed thither in a large fleet [...]
May 12, 1863, The Charleston Mercury While the Northern journals console their readers for the late disappointment by telling them that another expedition is preparing for the capture of Charleston, there are undoubted signs of activity on the sea islands in possession of the enemy. Within the last two days and nights a very large [...]
May 12, 1863, The New York Herald Colonel Kilpatrick’s Report. WASHINGTON, May 11, 1863. The following was received at headquarters today:– YORKTOWN, Va., May 8, 1863. Major General H.W. HALLECK, Commander-in-Chief of the United States Army:– GENERAL – I have the honor to report that, by direction of Major General Stoneman, I left Louisa Court [...]
May 12, 1863, The New York Herald THE LEADERS OF THE EXPEDITION. The Leaders of the Famous Cavalry Expedition Around Lee’s Rebel Army. SKETCH OF GENERAL STONEMAN. Major General George Stoneman is a native of New York, and between thirty-five and forty years of age. He was appointed from his native State to the West [...]
May 12, 1863, The New York Herald The late catastrophe on the Rappahannock is full of instruction, if the authorities at Washington could only profit by it and amend their ways. The criticism on the battle by Mr. Emil Schalk, in the letter which we published on Sunday, is well deserving of attention. This gentleman [...]
May 12, 1863, The New York Herald THE SIEGE OF SUFFOLK. Our Suffolk Correspondence. SUFFOLK, Va., May 8, 1863. The recent movement of General Hooker at Fredericksburg relieved us of the forces of Longstreet and Hill, who were closely besieging us up to Sunday last, and they are now probably far on their way to [...]