March 23, 1863, The New York Herald The late Congress, in the estimation of the great body of the people of the loyal States, atoned for numerous blunders and covered a multitude of sins in its broad, comprehensive measures for a vigorous and overwhelming prosecution of the war. The men, money, means and resources of [...]

March 23, 1863, The Charleston Mercury On Tuesday last the Yankees, with from 1000 to 1200 men, advanced some two or three miles from Jacksonville. The object was to burn down some buildings behind which the Confederates were stationed. Major BREVARD’S battalion attacked them, and the fight lasted about an hour, during which we had [...]

March 23, 1863, The Charleston Mercury The long silence at Fredericksburg has at last been broken by the clash of arms. The enemy has begun his […..] movement,’ and made his first step by attempting to cross the river at Kelly’s Ford, above Fredericksburg. On last Tuesday morning, about 9 o’clock, a.m., the advance of [...]

March 22, 1863, The New York Herald In a Richmond paper of the 17th instant we find sixteen advertisements for substitutes, with the condition generally attached that he must be over forty-five years of age, which shows that the population of the regular military age, between eighteen and forty-five, must be exhausted, and that the [...]

March 22, 1863, The New York Herald CONDITION OF THE SOUTH – HOW UNION PRISONERS ARE TREATED BY THE REBELS. WASHINGTON, March 21, 1863. The Union prisoners who have been released, and arrived here last night from Richmond, on the steamer State of Maine, make some interesting statements in regard to the condition of affairs [...]

March 22, 1863, The New York Herald The official report of the late conflict near Milton, Tenn., between General Hall’s brigade and the rebels, on the Liberty road, reached the War Department yesterday from General Rosecrans. We have before published the leading facts. Gen. Rosecrans says that the rebels numbered about eight or ten regiments [...]

March 21, 1863, The New York Herald Exploits of the Black Brigade in Florida. HILTON HEAD, S.C., March 16, 1863. The latest intelligence from the Black brigade, which is now marching into Florida, is that they have taken several important points, with many prisoners, and captured large quantities of munitions and supplies, and are still [...]

March 21, 1863, The Charleston Mercury. FROM THE RAPPAHANNOCK. The Fredericksburg correspondent of the Richmond Examiner writer from Fredericksburg, March 17: The military situation here is unchanged, save in the increased animation apparent in the enemy’s camp, and their adoption of certain precautionary measures which indicate a purpose to prevent all communication between the pickets. [...]

March 21, 1863, The New York Herald Nothing of importance occurred in the Army of the Rappahannock yesterday. A heavy snow storm was falling during the day and previous night, and the weather was very cold. By an arrival from Hilton Head we have an account of the exploits of the Black Brigade in Florida, [...]

March 20, 1863, The New York Herald The most important news of a late date from Vicksburg and Port Hudson which reach us from rebel sources is the disaster which occurred to Admiral Farragut’s fleet at the latter place, resulting in the burning of the Mississippi and the disabling of the Hartford. The Richmond papers [...]

March 20, 1863, The New York Herald The reports of the burning of the Mississippi and the disabling of the Hartford, which have reached us through rebel sources, have led to many suppositions among naval officers. It is evident that Admiral Farragut intended to run the batteries at Port Hudson under the cover of night [...]

March 20, 1863, The Charleston Mercury The British iron screw steamer Georgiana, Capt. HUDSON, left Nassau (N. P.) on Sunday afternoon, March 15, for this city, having on board a valuable cargo of medicines, dry goods, and some six pieces of field artillery of the WHITWORTH and BLAKELY patterns. About one o’clock, on Thursday morning, [...]

March 20, 1863, The New York Herald Brigadier General Leonard F. Ross, the military commander of the Yazoo river expedition, is a native of Illinois, in which State he was born in the year 1823. He is, therefore, about forty years of age. He was a first lieutenant of the Fourth Illinois Volunteers during the [...]

March 20, 1863, The Charleston Mercury This gun, which was introduced by the French Emperor into service, as superseding all other smooth bore field artillery, is a lighter gun than the former twelve pounder, and thus capable of being manoeuvred by six horses on the field. It has a smaller charge of powder than the [...]

March 19, 1863, The New York Herald FORTRESS MONROE, March 18, 1863. The rebels made an attack on Newbern, N.C., last Friday, but were repulsed. This attack was, no doubt, made under the direction of the rebel General D. H. Hill, who has just been placed in command of the rebel troops in North Carolina. [...]

March 19, 1863, The Charleston Mercury We are rejoiced to hear from all quarters of the wonderful healthfulness of our soldiers in the field. While the enemy is from time to time shipping from Stafford and Murfreesboro’ such large bodies of sick and demoralized troops as to induce the belief that he is changing his [...]

March 19, 1863, The New York Herald Attack on Port Hudson and the Reported Repulse of the Union Naval Force. The following important telegraphic despatch was received last evening:– FORTRESS MONROE, March 18, 1863. The Richmond papers of the 17th say that on the 14th Admiral Farragut attacked Port Hudson and was repulsed. The Mississippi [...]

March 19, 1863, The Charleston Mercury The warm sunshine and the genial breezes of Spring have now released the mud-brown armies and the bloody work seems about to begin. From Tennessee we hear that the condition of the roads is the only consideration that postpones the conflict between the armies of BRAGG and ROSECRANS. A [...]

March 19, 1863, The New York Herald News of much importance, if it be true, reaches us from Fortress Monroe, based upon the statements of rebel newspapers at Richmond, to the effect that the fleet of Admiral Farragut has been repulsed by the rebels at Port Hudson, the frigate Mississippi burned and the flagship Hartford [...]

March 18, 1863, The New York Herald The news from the Army of the Potomac reports the enemy to be massed upon the right; but that all is at present quiet along the river. It is currently believed in Washington that, although official documents have not yet been published to confirm the statements already given [...]

March 18, 1863, The Charleston Mercury The presses of the United States still rely upon the superior physical power of the North to subject the Southern States. In their view, our conquest is a simple affair of arithmetic. As eighteen is greater than eight, therefore eighteen millions of people must subdue eight. They ignore all [...]

March 18, 1863, Dallas Herald We learn that the Indians are committing depredations constantly on our North Western frontier, in some instances killing as they go. A good many families are moving in from the frontier counties. A letter to the editor from Weatherford says “The Indians are doing more murdering and stealing on the [...]

MARCH 17th.—On Saturday, the enemy’s lower Mississippi fleet attacked our batteries at Port Hudson. The result reported is that only one of their gunboats got past, and that in a damaged condition. The frigate Mississippi, one of the best war steamers of the United States, was burned, and the rest retired down the river, badly [...]

March 17, 1863, The Charleston Mercury COMPLETE REPULSE OF THE ENEMY’S FLEET. A YANKEE STEAM SLOOP-OF-WAR BURNED TO THE WATER’S EDGE. PORT HUDSON, March 15 – 3 a.m. – The bombardment of this place began at 2 p.m., yesterday, and was continued for three hours. The enemy fired slowly, and our batteries did not reply. [...]