Thursday, 14th.—Sent out as skirmisher; but was soon ordered in, as regiment had orders to move; have to wait until to-morrow at 7 o’clock for rations. (Note: picture is of an unidentified Confederate soldier.)
Thursday, 14th–News came today that Richmond was taken. I took a walk and reviewed the rebels’ works about here. They were strongly fortified with heavy ordnance on the high bluff, about two hundred feet above water, with the river for a distance of two miles running straight to the bluff. This made it a very [...]
14th. Went down to H Co. after morning work and played chess. Beat Capt. N. three times and John Devlin four times. Cleaned up my revolvers. Col. Abbey appointed acting Brigade Com. Says Thede can be detailed here. Good. He has been sick with diarrhoea. Getting a little better. In evening read in “Les Miserables.” [...]
May.–A number of the teachers and pupils of the Academy have enlisted for the war. Among them E. C. Clarke, H. C. Kirk, A. T. Wilder, Norman K. Martin, T. C. Parkhurst, Mr Gates. They have a tent on the square and are enlisting men in Canandaigua and vicinity for the 4th N. Y. Heavy [...]
May 14th. Commences, “for a change,” with stormy weather, squalls of rain, and continued so during forenoon of this day; at seven A. M. the despatch steamer L. A. Sykes came out of Red River, direct from Alexandria, and made fast alongside of us, bringing despatches from Gen. Banks to Commodore Palmer; also the gunboat [...]
MAY 14th.—We have been beaten in an engagement near Jackson, Miss., 4000 retiring before 10,000. This is a dark cloud over the hopes of patriots, for Vicksburg is seriously endangered. Its fall would be the worst blow we have yet received. Papers from New York and Philadelphia assert most positively, and with circumstantiality, that Hooker [...]
From the diary of Osborn H. Oldroyd MAY 14TH.–Started again this morning for Jackson. When within five miles of the city we heard heavy firing. It has rained hard to-day and we have had both a wet and muddy time, pushing at the heavy artillery and provision wagons accompanying us when they stuck in the [...]
May 14, 1863, The Charleston Mercury BATTLE IN MISSISSIPPI. JACKSON, Miss., May 13. The enemy yesterday advanced a column of ten thousand men upon Raymond, Miss., where GREGG had 4100 infantry and a few cavalry, but not artillery, to oppose them. Skirmishing began at nine o’clock, a.m. The enemy was continually reinforced until one o’clock, [...]
May 14, 1863, The New York Herald By intelligence we published yesterday from Richmond, via Hooker’s army on the Rappahannock, our readers have learned that the celebrated Stonewall Jackson died on Sunday last, partly from pneumonia and partly from the effects of the amputation of his arm, rendered necessary by a wound be received in [...]
May 14, 1863, Savannah Republican (Georgia) In referring to this enterprise some days ago, we omitted to give deserved credit to Mr. F. W. Maura, a worthy mechanic of Macon, who invented the entire machinery used in the establishment, and that without any previous knowledge on the subject. In addition to the specimens [...]
May 14, 1863, The New York Herald We have some important news from the Southwest. General Grant had a severe action on Wednesday last, at Clinton, ten miles from Jackson, on the railroad, with a rebel force under General Bowen. The fight lasted all day, and the rebels were defeated. Reports are said to have [...]
May 14, 1863, The Charleston Mercury A gentlemen of this city, of military experience, and cool, clear judgment, who spent the greater part of last week on the battle field of Chancellorsville, gives us the following information, which may be depended on as being as nearly accurate as can be obtained in the absence of [...]