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The Daily Dispatch: April 17, 1861., [Electronic resource], The Civil War. (search)
duty to arm at once, and to do it generally, and to the fullest extent. We want everything; and it seems an enormous task to set about improvising an army without officers and arms or military stores. Nothing, however, is impossible to American energy. Lincoln's call for troops. The following is the call for troops, issued in accordance with the proclamation of the President, by Secretary Cameron, and giving the quotas allotted to each State to furnish: War Department, April 15, 1861. to his Excellency the Governor of--: Sir --under the act of Congress for calling for the "militia to execute the laws of the Union, suppress insurrections, repel invasions, " &c., approved February 28, 1775, I have the honor to request Your Excellency to cause to be immediately detached from the militia of Your State the quota designated in the table below, to serve as infantry or riflemen for the period of three months, unless sooner discharged. Your Excellency will pleas
The Daily Dispatch: April 17, 1861., [Electronic resource], Military enthusiasm. (search)
Correspondence of the Richmond Dispatch.the War news — no Mails — Court day — secession flag and the public, Feeting. Harrisonburg, Va.,April 15, 1861. For some five days we have had no Richmond mail at this place. The cause, 1 understand, to be the damage done to the Central Railroad by floods and high water. Very certainly, we are getting impatient here, as it may be the Convention has voted us out of the Union, or into unconditional slavery to King Abraham, and we do not know anything of it. But we hope to get a mail this evening from the South, for we are certainly in the fog at this time, and you need not be surprised to hear of Rockingham passing an Ordinance of Secession, as she is fully aroused to the momentous issues settling so fast about us.--Rockingham is largely in favor of secession to-day ! Just make a note of this, gentlemen of the Convention. No humbug in this statement, for it is a veritable fact. We hope our representatives, especially, will note this <
The Daily Dispatch: April 17, 1861., [Electronic resource], Virginia money. (search)
Correspondence of the Richmond Dispatch.enthusiastic demonstration in Smythe county. Marion, Smythe County, Va.,April 15th, 1861. Last Saturday was a gala day in our village. Our new military company, the "Smythe Blues," numbering 60, rank and file, paraded in the morning, and certainly exhibited a degree of proficiency in the drill which was remarkable, considering the short time which has transpired since the organization of the company. At 2 o'clock P. M., the members of the company, desiring to give a public manifestation of their way of thinking, unfurled to the breeze the flag of the Southern Confederacy on a pole ninety feet high, fired a salute of forty guns, and gave three cheers for Jeff. Davis and the Southern Confederacy. Loud calls were then made on Capt. A. G. Pendleton, Jr., of the Blues, for a speech, who responded gracefully, in his usual felicitous and eloquent manner. Several other gentlemen were then called upon, all of whom made patriotic and el