May 7, 1863, The Charleston Mercury (From the Richmond Examiner of Monday.) On Saturday morning the belief became general in the city that Hooker had succeeded in throwing the main body of his army across the upper waters of the Rappahannock and had established himself on a line running from Chancellorsville, on the Orange plank [...]
May 7, 1863, The New York Herald The intelligence from General Hooker’s army brings us to the sanguinary conflict in Virginia up to Tuesday morning, at which time affairs looked more favorable for our forces than at any previous time since the movement commenced. On Monday the rebels in large force pressed hotly on General [...]
May 7, 1863, The Charleston Mercury Our readers read yesterday a synopsis of the debate in the Senate on the bill which passed the House of Representatives, repealing the Naturalization Laws, in view of the influx of Yankees after the war. This bill is similar to that introduced by Mr. THOMAS COBB, of Georgia, into [...]
May 7, 1863, The New York Herald Our Special Reports from the Battle Field. OUR DESPATCHES. THE CORRESPONDENCE OF T.M. COOK. HEADQUARTERS, ARMY OF THE POTOMAC, NEAR UNITED STATES FORD, MONDAY EVENING, May 4, 1863. I write you in the midst of a lull in operations in this vicinity – perhaps the lull that precedes [...]
May 7, 1863, Mobile Register And Advertiser The factory at Bankston has suspended operations, and the place is being fortified. Col. Wesson has despatched a messenger asking for troops to defend and protect the factory.–[Greensboro (Miss.) Motive, 25th.
May 7, 1863, The New York Herald Our Special Reports from the Battle Field. OPERATIONS ON SATURDAY. CHANGE OF POSITION. During the night of Friday the position of our forces was very materially changed. The Second corps was thrown down the Blanks Ford road, holding the extreme left of our line, and, with a portion [...]
May 7, 1863, The Charleston Mercury FROM THE SEAT OF WAR IN VIRGINIA–THE LATEST NEWS. RICHMOND, May 5. – The following despatch was received this evening: GUINEA STATION, NEAR FREDERICKSBURG, Tuesday, May 5. To his Excellency President Davis: At the close of the battle of Chancellorsville, on Sunday, the enemy was reported advancing from Fredericksburg [...]
May 7, 1863, The New York Herald Our Special Reports from the Battle Field. OPERATIONS ON FRIDAY. DISPOSITION OF THE FORCES. These forces all reached their destination on Thursday, and were promptly thrown into position to repel any attack that might be made upon them. On the same evening the Second corps followed across at [...]
May 7, 1863, The New York Herald Our Special Reports from the Battle Field. CORRESPONDENCE OF MR. L.A. HENDRICK. FIFTH ARMY CORPS HEADQUARTERS, IN THE WOODS, REAR OF CHANCELLORSVILLE, Va., May 4, 1863. THE “ESPIRIT DU CORPS” OF THE TROOPS. About nine o’clock last evening I visited the Ninth Massachusetts regiment, supporting a battery in [...]
May 7, 1863, The New York Herald Long live the Union! The news of Monday’s warlike operations on the Rappahannock, received in this city yesterday, has lifted a heavy weight of anxiety from the public mind. Our heroic Army of the Potomac is still intact, and in a strong position for offensive or defensive purposes [...]
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 [...]