March 11, 1863, The New York Herald EXECUTIVE MANSION, March 10, 1863. In pursuance of the twenty-sixth section of the act of Congress entitled an act for enrolling and filling out of the national forces and for other purposes, approved on the 3d of March, in the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty three, [...]

March 10, 1863, The New York Herald The rebels, under Captain Mosely, made an attack on Fairfax Court House yesterday morning, about two o’clock, capturing General H. Stoughton, who was in command there, together with all the men detached from his brigade, 110 horses, and the patrols of the Provost Marshal. He entered the place [...]

March 10, 1863, The New York Herald The bill passed by Congress to tax speculators in gold and silver coin upon purchase to deliver on time, and to prevent banks loaning them money upon the security of specie beyond its par value, has only partially checked the operations of the tribe. The first consequence of [...]

March 10, 1863, The Charleston Mercury That the term of service of three hundred thousand men in the Yankee army will expire in May, seems to be a fact admitting of no doubt. The Chairman of the Military Committee in the Yankee House of Representatives, THADDEUS STEVENS, in supporting the bill which passed the House [...]

March 9, 1863, The New York Herald A year ago a great outcry was raised against the general then in command of the Army of the Potomac because he did not advance against the enemy over impracticable roads during the rainy season. The experience of two other generals since at the head of the same [...]

March 9, 1863, The New York Herald The much despised spade turns out to be a trump in the Southwest, as appears from the map we published yesterday illustrating the three great Union expeditions on the Mississippi. In the peninsular campaign of last year General McClellan was violently abused for resorting to the spade, though [...]

March 9, 1863, The New York Herald Our news from the South today is very full, interesting and important. The Richmond journals of the 6th inst. contain the extraordinary rumors that the Indianola has been blown up by the rebels, but that her armament fell into the hands of the federals. Admiral Porter despatched to [...]

March 9, 1863, The New York Herald Our Port Royal Correspondence. PORT ROYAL, S.C., Mar 3, 1863. The career of the famous rebel steamer Nashville is ended. After having made several successful runs in and out of Southern ports, cleverly eluding our fastest cruisers, and landing large and valuable cargoes, she entered Warsaw Sound some [...]

March 9, 1863, The Charleston Mercury (CORRESPONDENCE OF THE MERCURY.) RICHMOND, Wednesday, March 4. This is the last day of the Abolition Congress of the United States. It has done its hellish work well, and leaves LINCOLN invested with ample powers to complete what has been left undone. The vote on the Conscription Bill shows [...]

March 9, 1863, The Charleston Mercury The drift of events clearly indicates that the lull in the progress of hostilities cannot last much longer. The lengthening days, the roads now rapidly hardening, and the proximity of the great armies which still confront each other at Vicksburg, Tullahoma and on the Rappahannock, admonish us that we [...]

March 8, 1863, The New York Herald Our New Orleans Correspondence. NEW ORLEANS, La., Feb. 27, 1863. In consequence of an announcement in the official journal that the steamer Empire Parish would leave the foot of Canal street at one o’clock on the 20th ult., with such paroled rebel prisoners as were desirous of being [...]

March 8, 1863, The New York Herald HEADQUARTERS, ARMY OF THE POTOMAC, March 7, 1863. The expedition under Colonel Phelps, to Northumberland County, Va., returned this afternoon, after an eminently successful trip. The force left Belle Plain last Tuesday, in steamers, and was composed of picked men from the Fourteenth New York State Militia, Twenty-second, [...]

March 8, 1863, The New York Herald The Mississippi Valley Grand Campaign. The opening of the Mississippi river is now the grand object which occupies the attention of both the Union and rebel armies. The former is determined to open the navigation of the river, while the latter, as evinced in the proclamation of Jeff. [...]

March 8, 1863, The New York Herald Our Mississippi River Correspondence. YOUNG’S POINT, LA., THREE MILES ABOVE VICKSBURG, Feb. 26, 1863. After the capture of the Queen of the West we had hoped that the Indianola would speedily succeed in retaking her. It seems we were doomed to disappointment, and to have the additional mortification [...]

March 8, 1863, The New York Herald The Army of the Potomac has been making a demonstration. An expedition, under Colonel Phelps, which left Belle Plain in steamers on Tuesday for Northumberland county, made a most successful thing of it, and returned to headquarters yesterday. The troops visited Heathsville, which they found deserted by the [...]

March 7, 1863, The Charleston Mercury The Richmond Examiner gives us the following particulars of a brilliant success recently gained by our cavalry in the Valley of Virginia: A few days ago a detachment of Marylanders, from Gen. Jones’ command, had captured nine of the enemy’s pickets, with their horses and equipments, at Kearnstown, four [...]

March 7, 1863, The New York Herald Our news from Nashville reports a further renewal of the fight between our troops and the rebels under Van Dorn, at Springville, near Franklin, Tennessee, on Thursday. General Van Dorn is said to have eighteen thousand men under his command, and the Union force, being very inferior in [...]

March 7, 1863, The Charleston Mercury A volume entitled ‘West Point and Political Generals,’ soon to be issued by a Southern publishing house, gives a brief summary of the exploits of MORGAN, the great Kentucky Partisan. They border on the marvellous, yet they are strictly authentic. He began with a small body of horse, which [...]

March 7, 1863, The New York Herald NASHVILLE, March 6, 1863. There was fighting all day yesterday between the rebel General Van Dorn’s command and a Union force of three regiments of infantry, about five hundred cavalry, and one battery, at Springville, thirteen miles south of Franklin. Colonel Coburn’s three regiments of infantry were cut [...]

March 6, 1863, The New York Herald Our Mississippi River Correspondence. NEAR VICKSBURG, Feb. 22, 1863. The daring of the Union ram fleet during the year which has passed, has furnished themes for the admiration of the country. What was accomplished at Memphis before the Union occupation of that city, is still fresh in the [...]

March 6, 1863, The New York Herald (From the Richmond Examiner, March 2.) The following Despatch has been received:– SAVANNAH, Feb. 28, 1863. The steamer Nashville in coming up the Ogeechee river last night grounded on the sand bar before Fort McAllister and was discovered by the Yankee fleet. A Yankee iron clad opened fire [...]

March 6, 1863, The New York Herald It is the duty of the President to put down the rebellion. The Congress just deceased invested President Lincoln with extraordinary powers. The militia of all the States, the finances of the whole country and the liberties of all the people are placed under his control by the [...]

March 6, 1863, The New York Herald The news from Tennessee reports the progress of the Union arms. The force under the rebel General Van Dorn advanced towards Franklin on the 4th inst., where they were met by the Union troops and driven back with a loss of thirteen killed. The fight was resumed next [...]

March 5, 1863, The Charleston Mercury In humiliating ourselves as a people, under the calamities brought upon us in this cruel war, we are called upon to recognize the chastening hand of an Omnipotent, Just and Gracious Father. And, while considering our sins as a people, and confessing that have left undone those things which [...]