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The Daily Dispatch: February 20, 1864., [Electronic resource], The Anticipated attack on Mobile. (search)
He made no objection to the introduction of the letters to prove the handwriting of Phillips. Geo. F. Scammel, proprietor of the Powhatan Hotel, was sworn, and testified as to the signature of Phillips written upon the hotel register in July, 1861. Witness did not pretend to be familiar with the handwriting of Phillips. A lame man named Phillips had contracted with witness for board in July, 1861; had boarded at the house once before; there was another man named Phillips boarding at theJuly, 1861; had boarded at the house once before; there was another man named Phillips boarding at the hotel, who was a conductor on the Central railroad. During the summer another man of the same name boarded with him, whose first name he did not know. He could not say positively that the signature on the register was that of the lame man Phillips. It might be the signature of one of the other gentlemen of the same name. [The signature on the register proved to be that of Mr. Wm. F. Phillips, of Fauquier county. The counsel for the accused offered the following paper, which he pro
The Daily Dispatch: April 29, 1864., [Electronic resource], Reported advance of the enemy on the Peninsula. (search)
of chief Engineers and Major Generals in command that forts have been levelled by our artillery, have become a mass of shapeless ruins and unavailable to defence. These forts, for six months thereafter, have held in security Confederate garrisons, and yet they frown defiance at our iron-clad navies. For three years the armies of the rebellion have defied our power. In April, 1861, the Executive and his advisers thought that 75,000 men could suppress the outbreak in three months. In July, 1861, the Congress thought that 500,000 men would soon complete the work. With an army of many hundreds of thousands now in the field, the same authorities regard it necessary to add 700,000 more to the present. Who is the man that thinks the rebellion is weaker to day than it once was, two or three years ago? It is easy to say we think it weaker. Indeed, it may be so strong; but our actions give no evidence that such is our opinion. If deceiving others be excusable, it is scarcely to
The Daily Dispatch: May 5, 1864., [Electronic resource], The News. (search)
whole war, is still a battle ground. Mr. Smith, (Ky,) of minority of the committee, contended there was prime facte evidence that Mr. Kitchen was the choice of his district. Mr. Whaley (W. Va.) briefly contended that, as the people were taxed, and furnished troops, they should be represented here. Mr. Dawes supported the views of the majority, mentioning as a fact that the Virginia district bordering on this capital has been so far under the control of the enemy since July, 1861, that it is impossible to hold a Congressional election therein. The committee desired to set a precedent not only as to Mr. Kitchen, but as to all others under similar circumstances. The House adopted the resolution declaring Mr. Kitchen not entitled to a seat. Butler razed. The New York Herald has the following paragraph which shows that Butler has razed down to the level of a sort of Shyster General, for cross examining Confederates suspected of having cash: Gen. Gran
The Daily Dispatch: July 14, 1864., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
robable." These "active arrangements" doubtless have reference to an apprehended uprising of the people of Baltimore, and may include the planting of cannon in the streets and other measures to enforce "loyalty" in the Monumental City. At all events, it is apparent that the authorities there were terribly frightened, and busily concerting measures for the safety of the place. The Brig Gen. Tyler who was captured at Monocracy is probably the same individual who figured at Manassas in July, 1861, and has since that time been holding some position in Baltimore. Col. Seward is said to be a son of the Yankee Secretary of State, though we are only positive that he has some relationship to the wily premier. A letter from Winchester, dated July 7th, says that a body of Confederate troops is between Harrisburg and Baltimore, that Harry Gilmore with his command is at Gunpowder river, between Philadelphia and Baltimore, and that Bradley Johnson is operating at Annapolis Junction, bet
The Daily Dispatch: August 9, 1864., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
no project ever promised more favorable results — and officers are alike surprised and mortified at our failure to carry the enemy's entire lines and possess ourselves of Petersburg. There it is. There spoke the whole Yankee nation at once. Disaster after disaster, rout after rout, slaughter after slaughter, have pursued this Army of the Potomac in one series of eventualities unbroken save by the drawn battles of Sharpsburg and Gettysburg, from the first- drawn blood at Manassas, in July, 1861, to the last explosion of Beauregard's mine on Saturday last — yet they are always amusing themselves and the Yankee public with some new device that is to ensure victory at the next trial. Unless it be the Chinese, no population ever existed so entirely childlike in its credulity where its own success is involved. So perfectly have their Fourth of July orations convinced them that they are the mightiest nation on the earth, that they will believe anything which flatters their national v
The Daily Dispatch: October 11, 1864., [Electronic resource], Robbery. (search)
of 500,000 for three years, and for 25,000 for the regular army. The report of the War Department, made in December, 1861, gives the result of the above calls as 610,637 volunteers for three years, and 20,334 for the regular army. From that time up to the present the total number called for has been 2,400,000, and all enlistments and drafts under those calls have been for three years, except the one of August 4, 1862, which was for 300,000 nine-months men, and the last call of July, 1861, for one year men. Therefore we have had calls for 2,710,637 volunteers for terms of service which had not yet expired on the 1st of August, 1864, and they have all been filled, or a draft would have been made, for one was ordered in every call since the one of July, 1862. The total number of volunteers called for has been 3,010,037 for volunteer army; in regular army, December, 1863, 43,332; in navy, July 1, 1863, 34,000. Total, 3,113,969. Probable increase in regular army an
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