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The Daily Dispatch: May 30, 1862., [Electronic resource], Continued skirmishing — hot work — Gallantry of our men — an incident — a veteran stands to his post — Treacherous Yankee--advance of the enemy, &c. (search)
Continued skirmishing — hot work — Gallantry of our men — an incident — a veteran stands to his post — Treacherous Yankee--advance of the enemy, &c. Corinth, Miss., Monday May 19, 1862 Heavy skirmishing between pickets for the last two days on the Farmington and Purdy roads, especially on the latter. Our forces have been driven in about half a mile, so that the enemy are now within a mile and three quarters of our position. On Saturday we lost from sixty to seventy killed and wounded. Veterans say the work was the hottest of the kind they have known since the war begun.--The enemy's pickets were strongly supported by heavy bodies in the rear, and the officers could be distinctly heard cursing the men to urge them forward. It was not until late in the day, however, that any progress was made by them, and then it was only from respect for their artillery, which opened on our lines heavily with shell and cannister, that we retired. Our men all behaved gallantly, foug
The Daily Dispatch: May 30, 1862., [Electronic resource], "Hurrah for Jackson." (search)
$100 reward. --Ranaway from the subscriber, living in Hayneville, Ala., on about the 17th of March last, Ben a likely mulatto boy, aged about 21 years; about five and a half feet high; weighs about 140 pounds; has a fine set of teeth; a smiling, pleasant countenance, and is prompt in reply when addressed. It is known that he was in Montgomery. Ala., on 1st April, and it is believed that he was in Richmond, Va., about the 24th April. dressed, in uniform, with a sword suspended by his side. He was raised in the neighborhood of Knoxville. Tenn. and was brought from Knoxville to Montgomery. The above reward will be paid for his lodgment in jail, and information furnished, so that I will get him. P. S.--He is a pretty fair carriage-smith and a tolerable bricklayer, and it is believed he has changed his name. William D. Sherman. Haynesville. Lowndes co., Ala. my 27--12t* May 19, 1862., my 27--12t*